NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 207 Big and small Van Gundy

Big Van Gundy has been complaining to the referee about the three-second offense.

Faced with the unilateral protest of the Heat coaching staff, the league’s referee team did not indulge them.

As a referee with many years of experience, the bald referee is much more sensitive to the three-second offense than the rookie coach Big Van Gundy.

The referee saw the scene on the court clearly on the sidelines.

The Asian boy took a favorable position before Prince shot.

It was as if that guy knew that his teammates would definitely shoot at that position, and he completed the positioning in advance at the risk of the three-second offense.

It is very difficult to complete the counter-positioning when Wang Song is stuck behind you.

Brian Grant gave up the idea almost instantly, and instead he and Odom surrounded him in the middle, trying to make the opponent unable to move and create an offensive three seconds.

Unexpectedly, this double-team became an excellent second offensive opportunity for the Knicks.

After Wang Song occupied a favorable position under the basket, he directly completed the fight for the offensive rebound and sent a wonderful pass.

Rather than saying that this is a competition of personal strength, it is better to say that it is a game between the two sides in the interior.

Both sides are betting on the other side to make mistakes, but the experienced Heat interior duo still lost the rebound.

The screen of the CCTV live broadcast room was playing the wonderful pass just now, which attracted cheers from the studio.

“What is an organizational center? This is a competition of basketball IQ.”

“Wang Song not only has a good grasp of the landing point of rebounds, but also has a tacit understanding with his teammates.”

“When you only have the skill of rebounding, you will become the league’s leading blue-collar center, but when you have enough overall vision, it is enough to make you a first-class center.”

New Fox Sports Live Room.

The barrage is boiling.

——【To be honest, I really didn’t expect this game to end in this way. It looks a bit clever. 】

——【Who said it wasn’t? At that moment, Wang Song was like Chamberlain and Nash possessed, and took on the responsibilities of two people in an instant! 】

——【It seems that long-term interaction with high-level teammates has visible benefits for improving one’s level. 】

——【Indeed! It is no exaggeration to say that if I play with Nash for a week, I should be “Changnan Little Nash” when I return to school! 】

——【The Knicks really played seriously in this game. They had an endless desire to win just after the game started, and they didn’t mean to underestimate their opponents. This may be the so-called champion appearance. 】

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On the sidelines.

In the Heat players’ bench, Van Gundy was called over by Van Gundy Jr. behind him.

The two had a private conversation for a while.

Van Gundy swept away the gloom just now and put on a confident look again.

Fans are no longer surprised that the Heat have a foreign coaching team.

Connections themselves are also part of competition.

However, the home fans did not take this scene to heart. To be more precise, the Heat on the field did not show enough competitiveness for them to pay attention to.

The players on the Heat bench all showed nervous expressions.

The starting lineup fell into a disadvantage, and there is a high probability that the burden of chasing points will fall on them.

On the other side.

D’Antoni was slightly surprised. Wang Song’s rebounding and passing choices just now were a little beyond his expectations.

Herb Sendek clenched his palms with his fingernails excitedly.

The players on the bench stood up and threw towels!

The first quarter was just like the expressions of the benches of the two teams. The Knicks, who relied on good communication, were always successful on the offensive end.

Wang Song even scored a terrifying 8 rebounds in a single quarter.

Converted to the full-time efficiency of 48 minutes, this game will reach Wang Song’s record of 30 rebounds.

16:29!

Van Gundy looked up at the score, and his face had lost its original calmness.

The shield of the first echelon was ineffective in front of the strongest spear!

Instead, the Heat fell into a state of silence.

In the first quarter, in addition to Wade’s sudden mid-range shot, the main scoring method of the Heat was Odom’s occasional two shots from the wing mismatch after the pick-and-roll.

As for Eddie Jones and Caron Butler, the two musketeers who helped the Heat beat the Nets in the first round, they didn’t make much noise in the first quarter.

——[What the hell is this Heat, the game is almost doubled in one quarter,

The Celtics are not so vulnerable. 】

——【It’s mainly their inside line. The old Grant really can’t stand up to Wang Song. He should have been able to try ten years ago. 】

——【Why didn’t the above say to give Wang Song another five years? Will there be any opponents for him in the current NBA at that time? 】

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Intermission.

Heat bench.

Big Van is summarizing the Heat’s starting lineup with the experience he just learned from his brother.

Compared with Stan Van Gundy’s poor on-the-spot command, Little Van Gundy can be said to be in control of the Rockets.

The two are not only brothers by blood, but also brothers in distress in terms of coaching style.

Big Van Gundy lacks on-the-spot experience, and his control of the game throughout his career is not very good.

Little Van Gundy always focuses on old players and functional players. It is often difficult for emerging players to stand out during his coaching period. In this respect, he is a bit similar to Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown.

In other words, both brothers have flaws.

Now the two have combined their strengths to fight against the Knicks, which has weakened their weaknesses to a certain extent.

One is on-the-spot and the other is personnel, but in addition to these two major problems, the two also have a common coaching problem.

Lack of half-court offensive firepower.

With Francis and Yao Min, the Rockets led by Van Gundy Jr. are only at the top 10 level in the West. As for Van Gundy Sr., this is even more so. His lack of experience makes his reserve of half-court offensive tactics not sufficient at all.

It can be said that this is also the reason why the Heat has become the league’s defensive vanguard.

Many times, the outcome of the game can only be determined by the individual performance of the stars, which is obviously unqualified for the team coach.

Especially when the stars of the Heat and Rockets are still in the growth stage, the shortcomings exposed by the two are more obvious.

Wade, a rookie, naturally found it difficult to take on this responsibility.

In the second quarter, Wade led the Heat’s rotation lineup to the court.

Originally, they wanted to use this time point to catch up and try not to widen the gap too much when the game entered the second half.

But D’Antoni… or the Knicks players, did not intend to give the opponent this opportunity at all.

The Knicks still kept the starting lineup, except for Houston who was replaced, the other four stayed on the court.

It’s not that the Knicks did too much to give the Heat a chance to survive, but this Game 1 made them wait too long.

For a whole week, the Knicks players were holding back their energy and waiting to vent.

(End of this chapter)