Healing Basketball

   Chapter 217 217. Defensive assistant coaching target

  The court broadcast live broadcast. Tonight, the interview object before the game is the King of Silver Horn, not the warden on the opposite side!

  The King of Silver Horns is on fire!

   Now it's windy when we walk!

   But the King of Silver Horn remembers people well, and exaggerated the warden in front of the camera of the imperial court.

   He had seen the character image, and he himself thought it was very similar.

   He asked if it was a famous TV series in China. The reporter said it was the most famous, but not very famous.

   asked again if the character was very powerful. The other party affirmed that he was indeed very powerful. He was also an apprentice of the Taoist ancestor of the Chinese sect, and he was a god.

  Although the shape is very chic, it is normal for gods to be chic.

   The key is like! The key is that most of the billions of people in China probably know it!

  Therefore, King Silver Horn only felt that 'the warden will not deceive me', and his affection was overwhelming.

   And the origin of this goodwill, thanks to a certain No. 21 player who has a deep reputation...

   At 7:16 pm on March 24, 2004, at the Portland Rose Garden Arena, the Mavericks and Trail Blazers, both sides of the game, have entered the arena one after another.

  The two teams were intensively doing the final preparations before the game.

   After the instructions from the coaching staff were over, it was time to play.

   The warden was playing with the ball beside him, looking like he was hanging around.

  Randolph was speechless, what about happiness...ahah, what about the boss?

   But on second thought - hey, if the big boss can't be the big boss, the second boss is also good.

   Thinking of this, his resentment towards the Kings is not so deep.

   So, the butcher takes over!

"Brothers, we are adjusting our style of play for the playoffs. At a critical moment, a strong team like the opponent is a big test for us, but it is also an opportunity. There are only 13 games to the playoffs, and only such a huge Only pressure can push us to complete the adjustment faster! Enough is enough, go up and kill them!"

   "Kill them!"

  The teammates were led by the butcher and shouted.

   Their enthusiasm for the game is already high, and their emotions are easily pulled up.

   But a few teammates are still surprised - the butcher has changed a lot this season!

   They are all old teammates, and the original Randolph impressed them too deeply.

   I didn't expect Randolph to be such a butcher after the opportunity came to him.

  …

   Liu Xiu's side is actually taking the last time to think.

45 wins and 25 losses, the Mavericks still have 12 games to play, and come back from the All-Star Weekend, that is, after trading Anthony Walker as a chip to acquire Ratliff, they achieved a 15 wins and 5 losses record, from the Nuggets and Rockets. The team's record in the first gear rushed all the way into the second group in the West, and is competing with the Lakers and Grizzlies for fifth in the West, and the record has been tied with the Grizzlies.

   And the Grizzlies have lost more and won less in the last few games, and that momentum has come to the end of the season when the teams are fighting to win every game.

   Instead, the Mavericks have a high probability of hitting 55 wins.

   To be extreme, the Mavericks are lucky, and it is not impossible for the next 12-game winning streak to rush to the second place in the Western Conference to end the regular season.

  Ratliff's supplementary defense, assist defense, and tandem defense are a perfect match with Nowitzki's guards and rims!

"Theo Ratliff, 31 years old, 208 cm, 107 kg, C/PF, ability rating 77, offense-, defense 88...blocks 97...2003-2004 season for the Mavericks, averaged 7.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 4.4 blocks in steals..."

  3 blocks per 30 minutes for the Eagles was already very good, and for the Mavericks, 4.4 blocks per 32 minutes!

   The pre-match preparation time is over, and the two teams will start.

   Blazers starting: Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Miles, Randolph, McDyess.

   Mavericks starting: Nash, Finley, Josh Howard, Nowitzki, Ratliff.

   At 7:30 p.m., the game between the Blazers and the Mavericks started!

  Ratliff beats Miles to win jump ball, Mavericks take the lead!

  Ratliff showed off his awesome wingspan and acceleration from the start.

  Nash advances to the frontcourt to attack and break through!

   Liu Xiu was very close and did not follow up completely, but when Liu Xiu was about to see that Nash was about to get a pull-up jumper, Miles made up the defense and cut off part of the passing route.

  Nash also stopped the ball!

  Finley responded, and Nash passed the ball.

  Under Ruben Patterson's rough defense, Finley made a fadeaway jumper...

   Needless to say, Finley's playing action and shooting posture are really handsome, one of the early Jordan successors, but over 30 years old, his efficiency has seriously declined.

  Iron!

  Liu Xiu received the first rebound of the game.

   The Mavericks retreated quickly, and Ratliff retreated immediately after being carried by Randolph, restricting Liu Xiuqi from counterattacking and promoting offensive and defensive transitions.

   The Mavericks suffered a big loss in this regard last time.

   But Liu Xiu didn’t start a fast break this time, he kept the rhythm steady, and he had the opportunity to counterattack, of course, but to fight back in the transition from offense to defense, he had to wait for the opportunity, and he needed those players to play.

   fell into a positional battle, the ball is given to Randolph, Randolph hits Nowitzki with a close-up face-to-face single, Ratliff attacked, Randolph took the initiative to press on, forced a layup... Hit!

  Randolph was shouting some slang words, nodding his head and running back with saliva, the cheers were thunderous!

   is hard!

  2-0, the Trail Blazers scored first.

   When the Mavericks attacked, Nash, who was not careless, was now more cautious.

   How long has it been! That rookie's defensive footwork and grasp of movement timing have improved again...why do you say it again?

   Every time you play, you can feel the change of the opponent and the last fight!

  Nash is also considered an old player. In this case, the last time I met the high school student who was a year later.

   And not just this rookie, but the progress of the Blazers as a whole.

In the past few games of the Blazers, Nash and Nowitzki have done a good research together. The Blazers did not hide the changes in the way of play. Training + actual combat went directly. Although when they first played against the Jazz, the Blazers did The Warriors seem to be very sandy, but they are improving every game!

   The pinch attack in the area just now had something to do with it, forcing him to give the ball to the one with the least efficiency in the starting four scoring hands.

   However, although Nash is cautious, he handles every ball carefully.

   However, in the opening stage, the Blazers firmly suppressed the Mavericks!

Rough confrontation, well-timed pinch attack, cutting off the Mavericks' passing line... The most important thing is that the Mavericks have played 20 games after the All-Star weekend, and the adjustment effect is excellent. The Blazers know the Mavericks' style of play very well. , targeted clearly.

Although the Mavericks carefully studied the changes in the Blazers' play style and predicted what defensive adjustments the Blazers would make, the Blazers' defense in the last game changed a lot from the previous game. The last one has also changed a lot!

  Melee, confrontation, chisel score...

   In the last attack of the first quarter, Liu Xiu lobbed the ball to Rahim, who replaced Randolph. Rahim went straight to the basket, swayed Ratliff, took off, and dunked with both hands to score two points.

Amid the increasingly frenzied cheers from the fans, the Blazers led the Mavericks 23-17 by 6 points, relying on Randolph's 7 points, Liu Xiu's 5 points, and Raheem's 5 points after the first quarter. Holiday break!

   The Mavericks only scored 6 points in the first half of the quarter, but they adjusted their play in the second half in a timely manner, and followed the Blazers on defense to pull up the score.

   In the second quarter, the Mavericks went from passive to active, and the defense played even better than the Blazers!

   Not many people remember that Mad Scientist was a coach who started out on defense. His teammate and coach in his playing days was named Bill Russell. Defense was something carved into his bones.

   In the second quarter, the Mavericks beat the Blazers 23-19 in a single quarter, reducing the difference to 2 points and entering the second half with a score of 40-42.

   After entering the second half, as soon as the third quarter came up, the two teams continued to stubbornly defend, and the defensive intensity was full!

   With this style of play, the Blazers have greatly narrowed the gap between Liu Xiu and Nash. No, it is accurate to say that Liu Xiu has the upper hand!

Under the fierce confrontation, Liu Xiu made 3 of 6 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scored 9 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Blazers score 22-20. The difference was re-opened to 4 points, leading 64 to 60.

   It's just that the Mavericks have a lot of stars, and the adjustment of the mad scientist is really strong!

  In the last quarter, Mad Scientist played a Nash + Jamison pick-and-roll attack, Nowitzki opened the flank, Josh Howard attacked the frame from the bottom line, and Ratliff rushed to the offensive lineup.

   Let Nowitzki be the spot-up shooter, the Mad Scientists are having a great time!

Nowitzki made 4 of 5 shots in the half-quarter, including 2 of 3-pointers, and scored 10 points in the half without free throws, leading the Mavericks to a 18-10 half-quarter score, from a 4-point deficit to the 78 to 74 lead by 4 points!

  Although the Blazers rushed behind and scored 14 points in the half quarter, the Mavericks also scored 14 points.

  In the end, after a fierce battle, the Blazers lost to the Mavericks 88-92, and the Mavericks won 5 consecutive victories.

   Liu Xiu scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Randolph scored 26 points and 13 rebounds, Raheem had 16 points, and Momomoka had 13 points and 4 assists... Lost to the King of Silver Horn with 30 points and Nash's 15 points and 9 assists in a single game.

  50 wins and 20 losses, the Blazers suffered their 20th loss of the season!

   It was a pity that the fans at the scene failed to make a comeback at the last moment, but they still gave cheers and applause to the players.

   The last time we played against each other, it was already seen that the Mavericks after the trade were at the level of the Kings, Lakers, and Pacers at that time. It was not easy for them to maintain the lead for a long time tonight.

   But unfortunately, in the face of the Mavericks' sudden change of style of play and the 10-point half-quarter strength of Dirk Nowitzki, they failed to make timely adjustments, and it was too late to make adjustments later.

   But Blazers fans have patience! They've already matched last season's record.

  1 wins and 3 losses, they also give the players the greatest support!

   Now that they are adjusting the direction, the new style of play, as long as they are fans with some experience in watching football, they all know that once the adjustment is made, the probability of winning in the playoffs will definitely be greater!

   Of course you have to support!

It’s good for fans to change. Although the current fans remember the glory of reaching the Western Conference finals in the playoffs 4 years ago, they will not talk about that day by day. They are because the current Blazers players gathered to support the development. Blazers, they expect the Blazers they support to play their glory!

  …

   After the game, during the physiotherapy time, the coach and the chief assistant sat next to Liu Xiu, who was suffering from psychotherapy, chatting.

   No matter how many times I've watched it, I think it's unbelievable that a rookie patiently does a complete set of physiotherapy after each game like an old man.

The content of the    chat is naturally about the game tonight.

   Lost and lost, they still gained a lot tonight, verified that some defenses are effective, some defenses are taken for granted, and learned which defensive strategies will work well in case of encountering the Mavericks in the first or second round.

   Then we talked about the first half of the fourth quarter, the first half of the collapse...

   When Kevin Plitter got to this point, he put the pot on his back first, saying that he didn't adjust properly.

   Liu Xiu comforted the hard-working chief assistant: "Actually, we defended very well in front of us, but their changes were sudden, and Nowitzki was too accurate, there was no way to do it."

The chief assistant coach shook his head: "Actually, there is a way. A really good defensive coach can find out the opponent's possible changes when the opponent is making lineup adjustments, and come up with corresponding coping strategies to tell the head coach that he can't expect the opponent to shoot. Instead of advancing, we must take the initiative to eliminate hidden dangers, which is playoff defense."

  “…”

   The chief assistant still loves to dig into the horns... Liu Xiu was speechless for a while and said, "Coach, I think your defense is well done!"

Maurice Cheeks nodded: "Kevin's defensive system is good, and I'm good at it, but our ability to adjust on the spot on the defensive end is not very good, and we are not really top defensive coaches. The players are aging, and I didn't think about developing in this direction, and now it seems that I need to find a top defensive assistant..."

  Top defensive assistant, easy to say!

  Liu Xiu wants to complain, but think about their Blazers...

That's why their boss is not as interesting as Dolan. They didn't want to invite Lanny Wilkens, Larry Brown, Isaiah Thomas and others back to be their coaches in turn. If they want to do it, their boss can definitely do it. Get it, and have more fun.

  The ability of banknotes is strong!

   Liu Xiuzheng slandered and was named.

   "Warden, do you have a defensive coach you want to bring in? Your Syracuse University head coach is quite good, why don't you dig him?"

  Morris-Cheeks is serious about saying this.

   The chief assistant heard it, and what the coach said was true.

   The recent movement of the team made the two of them very excited and happy, and finally, they relied on the record to make the boss change his mind! Persistence has paid off!

   Liu Xiu replied: "He? He has to be a head coach before he is willing to leave the university."

  Maurice Cheeks deflated, waved his hand, and ignored the question just now.

   "But I really have a personal choice!"

   "Who? You can't take my head coach position again!" The head coach looked cautious.

   "Jeff Buzdrick."

   "Who?" The coach didn't know.

   "Nuggets head coach." The chief assistant is knowledgeable.

   "Are you great?" the coach asked.

   "It's very good, but he's the head coach." The chief assistant coach felt unreliable.

   "I heard that he was dissatisfied with the contract the Nuggets gave him. He has never signed a formal contract, and still has the salary of an assistant coach. He is similar to Chris, and he is more interested in money than being a head coach." The warden opened his eyes.

   As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the two coaches lit up!

   Salary, easy to say!

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   Ask for a recommended monthly ticket!

   (end of this chapter)