Basketball Myth: Super Guard

After a two-day break, the 76ers resumed practice.

After some free training, Coach Luke called everyone together and started group confrontation training, but today's group confrontation training lineup was slightly adjusted.

"Today, Andre Iguodala will be involved in group confrontation training." Coach Luke announced.

This is not surprising.

In fact, Iguodala has resumed training before, but because he is still recovering, he is not suitable for high-intensity confrontation training. He just does recovery training by himself.

After a period of restorative training, Iguodala's return to confrontation training is also a normal process.

Everyone looked at Iguodala, and Iguodala smiled and looked a little excited.

"Group A now." Coach Luke continued: "Nene, Speights, Brand, Iguodala, Qin, you are in Group A. Mozkov, Betty, Yang, Lou Wei, Ivor Sen, you guys from Group B. Okay, get ready, we'll start right away."

Everyone dispersed.

Adversarial training also begins soon.

Looking at the players on the field, Coach Luke frowned slightly. Group A was fine. It was this lineup before Iguodala was injured, but Group B was a bit troublesome.

Mainly in the backcourt, how should Lou Wei, Iverson, Holiday, the three guards be arranged?

on the field.

Group B got the ball and started to attack. Iverson took the ball and advanced. After coming to the front court, he asked for a pick-and-roll, and gave the ball to Lu Wei. When Lu Wei got the ball, he made a breakthrough. Hit the board.

Group A counterattacked. Qin Hao passed the ball to Iguodala after arriving in the frontcourt. Iguodala seemed a little excited. After all, he hadn’t participated in confrontation training for more than a month.

When he got the ball, Iguodala was a singles, a cross step, and then suddenly started, rushed to the inside and jumped up against Mozkov, found a physical confrontation, and then shot.

boom!

The ball didn't go in.

After all, Mozkov had a height advantage. He put down the ball and scored a rebound. He passed the ball to Iverson. After Iverson reached the frontcourt, he made a breakthrough and tried to attack by himself, but he was not able to score.

In the next few rounds, Iguodala was almost always playing in Group A. Today is his first day of confrontation training, and he is a little eager to get back to his game state.

But the effect is not good, continuous strike.

And the performance of Group B also made Coach Luke frown. The backcourt combination of Iverson and Lu Wei is not ideal. Both of them need the ball, they are inclined to attack, and their height is too short. Lu Wei is 185 meters tall. Centimeters, Iverson is 183 cm tall, which is too disadvantageous in defense.

"It seems that Iguodala hasn't recovered yet." Assistant coach Harry sighed: "But it's also because Iguodala is not in good shape in the past few minutes. Qin has not shot yet, or Iverson+ The backcourt combination of Lou Wei has long been penetrated defensively."

"Yeah." Coach Luke frowned, writing and drawing with a tactical board in his hand.

When Iguodala returns, the team's lineup will inevitably need to make some adjustments.

How to adjust, which involves Iguodala's recovery, is also related to the configuration of the bench lineup, and now it seems that the situation is not very good, giving Coach Luke a headache.

After a while, Coach Luke put down the tactical board, called a timeout, replaced Iverson, replaced Holiday, let Holiday play the 1st position, and Lu Wei plays the 2nd position.

This is the usual lineup in Group B in the past.

After this substitution, the situation in Group B has improved a little, but how to use Iverson has become a problem again.

On the group A side, Iguodala still didn't play well. This time he was injured in his right hand, but Qin Hao found that Iguodala seemed to be in decline. I don't know if it was because of a truce. For many months, the reason for not being able to adjust the state of the game.

When the intra-team competition is over, the players are disbanded.

Coach Luke didn't leave in a hurry, but called a few assistant coaches and came to the coach's office to discuss the next lineup adjustment and tactical adjustment.

Qin Hao didn't leave either, he still stayed to practice...

In the next few days, the grouping of the competition was still Nene, Speights, Brand, Iguodala, Qin Hao, but Iguodala's state was not very good, which made Coach Luke a little helpless. , With Iguodala's current state, it's a bit troublesome to deal with the playoffs.

The lineup of Group B has been adjusted several times. Coach Luke tried to put Iverson, Lou Wei, Holiday on the court at the same time, plus Mozkov and Yang, a lineup of four small. .

But defense is really a problem. Originally, Iverson and Iguodala were less than 1.9 meters tall, and they were very disadvantaged in defense. If they play a big or a small, then this "four small" is really too small.

Also changed the combination of Mozkov, Barty, Young, Iverson, Holiday.

But what about a "sixth person" like Lu Wei? Reduce Lou Wei's playing time, reduce his possession of the ball, and his role will not be reflected.

It was a conundrum that gave Coach Luke a headache.

In the end, Coach Luke decided not to have a fixed lineup at all. It depends on the situation of the game. Iverson, Lou Wei, Holiday, send the right people when the situation calls for it.

After a few days of training, Coach Luke was not satisfied and worried. With the current situation of the team, it is really difficult to face the No. 1 in the Eastern Conference.

At the same time, Qin Hao was also a little worried.

The three-point shooting ability has still not been able to break through, and the opportunity has not appeared. Tomorrow will be the first game of the playoffs. It is unlikely to break through before the playoffs arrive.

As the first round of the playoffs approached, every player on the 76ers felt the pressure, and they were much quieter during normal training.

After all, the next thing they have to face is the No. 1 in the East.

After the day's practice, the 76ers rushed to Chicago, and after a night of rest, they will usher in the first round of the playoffs on the road - the opponent is the Chicago Bulls.

Three days ago, the regular season for all NBA teams was over, and the playoff roster was officially released.

The Western Conference has eight teams in the playoffs, ranked in order of record, the Spurs, the Lakers, the Mavericks, the Thunder, the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers, the Hornets, and the Rockets.

On the East side, the Bulls have played very well this season. They have a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, which is not only the first in the East, but also the first in the league.

The Heat, which owns the Big Three, also posted a record of 58 wins and 24 losses, ranking second in the Eastern Conference, followed by the Celtics, Magic, Hawks, Knicks, Pacers, and 76ers.

According to the rules of the playoffs, the eight teams from the east and the west cross each other. In the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers will face the No. 1 Bulls in the east.

Without a doubt, this will be a huge test for the 76ers.