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Chapter 646 Jerry Sloan
This is only the fifth floor, is it so sad?Is your choice right?Is it worth it?
Tang Qian is an ordinary person, so when he had only one last chance left, he couldn't help but "pity himself".

But soon he shook off this idea, because the one who made the choice was not others but himself.Therefore, good or bad, he should bear it all.

There is one last chance to challenge!At worst, the young master will activate ability cards every game!Let's talk about this first!
But... there is a big disadvantage in doing this, that is, there are 2 floors behind, what should he do?These ability cards were saved by Tang Qian for the last 2 floors to sprint!In case several cards are consumed on the fifth floor, he can only stare blankly in the future!

Besides, do you think you can win for sure if you use the ability card? ? ?It's not that Tang Qian has used ability cards before, but also lost the game.Only this time during the process of "climbing the tower", he felt this more clearly.

Ability cards are definitely not omnipotent!It's no guarantee of victory either!Those super strong teams and super stars, none of them are weak chickens. If you want to win, you have to fight to the death!Even Tang Qian faintly felt...why would he give an ability card after sweeping?Why can I get ability card fragments after I win the best player in the game after a successful challenge?This is neither "sending warmth" nor "special attention", it's just... "Different Dimension" is "pitying" itself and giving itself "life".

This tower was not so easy to climb up.

Just like life, just like success.

"There is one remaining challenge opportunity, the defending champion Houston Rockets, the overall chemical reaction has been weakened by 30%."

"Open the head coach selection, please stop within 1 minute."

Um?Head coach choice?Got something new?Because the pattern on the "calendar board" is already in operation, Tang Qian must make a decision within 1 minute, otherwise the consequences...he doesn't know what will happen, but it will definitely not be particularly good.

"stop!"

After Tang Qian called to stop, the "calendar board" slowed down, and finally the cursor stopped on a pattern, no, it was a photo.

Tang Qian recognized this person at a glance... because this face is so famous.

Jerry Sloan, the godfather of Salt Lake City, has coached the same team for 26 years in his 23-year coaching career. In the end, because of conflicts with Deron, he retired midway. , have never won a championship ring.But in the end he was selected into the NBA Hall of Fame, and his name goes down in history.

Everyone has a deep impression of Sloan during the coaching period, especially the NBA Finals for two consecutive years in 9798, which made this name known to the world.But a few people know that Jerry Sloan was also the No. 4 pick in the first round that year, and he spent 11 of his 10 seasons in Chicago.

The Chicago Bulls, the biggest regret of his coaching period, was the greatest pride of his player period.

10 years of Bulls, 6 best defensive teams, 4 best defensive first teams, 2 All-Stars, and even the place where Sloan started his head coaching career after retiring was Chicago, and it was all the Bulls.It can be said that he accompanied the Chicago Bulls through the darkest period at the beginning.

But history is such an irony, but after he became the godfather of Salt Lake City, he was shot down by the top of the Chicagoans twice.

So for the Bulls, Jerry Sloan probably has a love-hate relationship in his heart.

But Tang Qian's understanding of this old man is limited to this. Salt Lake City, where the Utah Jazz is located, is really not a very famous city.At least for Chinese people far away in the East, if it weren't for the 9798 NBA Finals, it is estimated that few people would know this place name.

"Choose the head coach Jerry Sloan, Jerry Sloan's tactical system, tactical concept and tactical running position, all will be blessed in your team."

No wonder the previous head coach has always been a "popular face" and can't see any flowers. So it turns out that this function can be turned on at the third challenge opportunity? Is "Different Space" intentional? ? ?After Tang Qian cursed a few words, he wondered again, he won't enter the third challenge too early, and there will be no farts in the end, right?Well, according to the urination not explained by "Different Dimension", it is very possible.

Forget it, I didn't need it before, but now it's just right.

For Jerry Sloan, another tactical impression of Tang Qian is, oh, he is a master of pick-and-roll tactics.

When Tang Qian confirmed the opportunity to challenge for the third time, the scene went dark, but he didn't appear on the basketball court as before.

Haven't even guessed the coin yet.

He and these teammates...appeared in a training hall!
And the person standing not far away is Jerry Sloan.

"What are you doing in a daze! Come here right away!!! Assemble!!! Assemble!!!" Jerry Sloan shouted while blowing a whistle with a very tough and unquestionable tone.It can be seen that he should be a head coach with a not very "kind" temper.At least compared to Mike D'Antoni, he's more of a player-trained coach...huh?Well, I almost forgot, he is from a faction of players, so it is not surprising that his coaching style tends to be "sentimental" as a whole.

Players who have played in the NBA and become coaches after retirement basically have the passion that academic coaches do not have. Jerry Sloan was a fiery temper in his player days.To say something that everyone can't believe, does anyone know who has the most T's in NBA history?Including all and everyone.

The answer is not "Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace nor "Flower Bug" Dennis Rodman, nor the latecomer Cousins, the answer is... Jerry Sloan.how?unbelievable?Cousins ​​has accumulated more than 5 technical fouls and 76 expulsions in 10 seasons, but this is weak compared to Jerry Sloan, the "technical foul king" in NBA history.

Because Jerry Sloan accumulated 413 technical fouls in his lifetime!This level!I really don't target anyone!
As a coach, he can do more technical fouls than players, and even become the "technical foul king" in the NBA. This is a bit of fantasy and appalling.Unfortunately, this is the historical truth.

It can be seen from this that this old man born in 1942 has a bad temper and a hot temper!According to the memories of Malone and Stockton, when they were rookies, they were often yelled at by Jerry Sloan. This situation did not change until they became the irreplaceable "dual core" of the Jazz. improve.But if you are lazy in training and make mistakes in the game, you still can't escape the scolding of the "old man".But "Utah Shuangsha" doesn't resent Jerry Sloan, and even respects and loves the latter.

There is only one reason, he is really good for them.

And roaring is just a way of protecting him.

It can be seen clearly that Jerry Sloan is just hot-tempered, he likes to roar but he basically doesn't abuse much, and it is obvious that roaring and insulting are two different things.But there are people who can't stand it, and he is Deron Williams.Because of the conflict between the two, in the end the old man was disheartened, resigned and left, and Delong was not left behind.

The reputation is gone, and the strength is gone. Facts have proved that he can only play at the peak All-Star level under the "Sloan system", otherwise he is not worthy of being on an equal footing with Chris Paul.

Then this week's training camp, Tang Qian and others, all spent in "hell".This Jerry Sloan is a workaholic. No wonder Malone has become the strongest No. 4 in NBA history in his hands. With this kind of work ethic, you will collapse if you can't hold it. Can you hold it... definitely will benefit greatly.

Because of the "differing space", in just one week, Tang Qian and his group have completely mastered Jerry Sloan's tactical concept and tactical system, and the most surprising thing for No. 29 of the Lakers team is...the team's tacit understanding The degree and chemical reaction are like sesame seeds blooming, rising steadily.Compared with before participating in the training camp, there are completely two teams with completely different combat capabilities.

Finally, Tang Qian understood the role of a head coach in the team, and his positive addition to the team is simply immeasurable.

"Okay, tonight we are going to start the first game of this round of the series. The Rockets are very strong, but... obviously we are stronger!" Jerry Sloan said directly and loudly: "To the arrogant Houstonians, a ruthless Lesson! Kick their ass!!!"

In the coin guessing session, Tang Qian finally succeeded, and Tang Qian's team won the home field advantage in this round of the series.

The first game will be played at the Staples Center.

In the ball scrimmage, Tang Qian withstood the pressure, first Olajuwon took the ball in one step, and then No. 1 Kidd held the ball and slowly pushed forward.Near the top arc of the Rockets' three-point line, Kidd made a gesture. Tang Qian went up to pick and roll with him in a high position. Kidd broke through and went straight to the inside of the Rockets.

But the Rockets are not in a panic, because their inside line is standing "Big Dream" Olajuwon.

In an era when the three-second defense was weakened to only a small 12-foot penalty area on the weak side, and in an era when there was no reasonable collision zone under the basket, it really takes a little courage to enter the penalty area to challenge the "NBA historical block leader".

The Rockets even intentionally let Kidd enter the inside and hand it over to Olajuwon to close the net.

This is an extreme confidence in the peak "big dream" personal ability.

Kidd is really going to kill him, what will happen?There is half the chance of being blocked, and more than half of the chance of hitting the ball!There is no way, Kidd's physical fitness was passable at his peak, and he can be used to deal with Olajuwon, so it seems "too shabby".Without Jordan's physical fitness, Olajuwon's offensive and defensive confrontation with the peak front-to-back usually doesn't end well.

This point, the three major centers in the 90s have experienced it firsthand, and Kidd is simply joking if you want to force it.

However, Kidd's original intention of coming in was not to lay up and score by himself. He is a true traditional point guard master, and as I said before, he is not the No. 1 position like Nash who mainly passes the ball and assists.Organization and field control are Kidd's No. 1 rules.

So after he spun the ball around, he passed it out to Stephen Curry on the left. Curry held the ball...was he going to shoot a three-pointer?No, the Rockets didn't give him this chance. His opponent was like an octopus. He stuck to him immediately, using both hands and feet. That entangled defensive style made Stephen Curry extremely uncomfortable. .

Because of the 99-00 season, the NBA weakened Hand-Checking for the second time. Before that, defensive players could invade the occupied positions of offensive players.This point is very important. If you savor it carefully, you can "dance with hands and feet" and "show your teeth and claws".Not to mention that you can use your hands, forearms, shoulders, etc. to change the offensive path of offensive players. This is a heavy blow to Curry, an outside player whose body is not particularly prominent.It is equivalent to greatly compressing Curry's shooting space and breakthrough space, so that Curry needs to be ready for "meat to meat" at all times, whether he is shooting or making a breakthrough.So Curry can only change his desire to shoot and play... tactical ball!

right!It's tactical ball!This is the training, tacit understanding and tactical literacy that Jerry Sloan gave them during this period of time, soaring!
Therefore, the ball moves before the people, which is the essence of tactical ball. People can never move faster than the ball.

After deducting the brain reaction time of the human body, as long as the ball moves before the person, it can have the effect of surprising and tearing up the defense.

For example, this ball is Tang Qian, who just went to the top arc to help Kidd pick and roll, and became the final finisher.

How to become a Terminator?Just make a quick start, shake off the defender, and then lob the dunk!
Why do you say it is so easy?Is there no one inside the Rockets?This is the advantage of the tactical ball. Because of Kidd's breakthrough, Curry held the ball outside the left three-point line, which made the Rockets' defensive attention focus on the left side, which is the so-called strong side.In this way, the weak side is obviously emptied, giving Tang Qian the space to drive straight in, fully accelerate and fully take off.

bang~
Otis Thorpe was directly exhausted, and finally watched the Lakers No. 29 soar into the air.

The Tang Qian team took the lead and scored first.

After a fierce offensive and defensive battle, neither side scored in 2 minutes. It was not until the Lakers repeated their tricks that Ben Wallace also staged an alley-oop dunk at the same position, which made Tomjanovich a little dissatisfied. Shouted: "Focus on defense, don't ignore the weak side off the ball! Hakeem, you stand slightly below the basket!"

But after the Rockets missed a three-pointer, the Tang Qian team scored another goal. It was still the same pattern, but Ray Allen passed the ball to Kidd. After Kidd broke through to attract the attention of the defense, he raised his hand. Toss, the basketball rebounded... The Lakers took off on the 29th and stormed! With a "clang", the Houston Rockets' basket was violently ravaged again!
6-0, this is the first time in these recent games that the Tang Qian team has an opening advantage. Olajuwon scored a goal on the offensive end, but within 15 seconds, the Tang Qian team staged another exquisite cooperation. Stephen Curry made a three-pointer from the right, swiped~, the basketball stabbed the basket hollowly.This is the over-correction made by the Rockets who were too worried that the Tang Qian team would attack the basket on the weak side, and when you let go of your attention outside the three-point line, Stephen Curry did not hesitate. The arc breaks the net!
9-2, the Houston Rockets called a timeout.

Tang Qian walked off the court, as if he didn't believe that the Houston Rockets would be so easy to "deal with".

This is the tactic set up by Jerry Sloan, called Reject. Lob, the literal translation is to refuse to lob the ball and refuse to play clumsily and slowly, but the tactic name is more like satirizing the opponent.Because it can be seen that this tactic is filled with a lot of lobs and lobs. For example, the alley-oop is one of them.And it is also a variation of pick-and-roll tactics, using high-position pick-and-rolls to create breakthrough space for No. 1, and then No. 1 deliberately chooses one side as the strong side, creates a weak side, and then passes the ball to the strong side outside the three-point line. Players, if they have a chance, they will make their own shots, and if they don't have a chance, they will pass to the basket on the weak side, and the big man with good athletic ability will attack down.

This Reject.Lob tactic requires the ability of the 1st position. At the same time, the 23rd position on the outside should have a good three-point shooting range. Finally, it also requires the inside players who attack down the line. They must have high mobility and athletic ability. , otherwise the opponent cannot be thrown away at the last blow, then the entire tactical system will be wasted.It just so happens that the current Tang Qian team is satisfied with all these factors, and they are also extremely satisfied, so when they are deployed, they are extremely powerful and handy.

Is this luck or coincidence?Wouldn't it be a pick-and-roll tactic tailored by Jerry Sloan for this team?

If that's the case... that's too awesome!
Because Tang Qian is not very familiar with Sloan, of course he doesn't know. How many coaches are there in the NBA?Less than 10 people in history.And Sloan's wins are the third head coach in history, with a career winning percentage of more than 60%, and he is also the coach who has coached the same team for the longest time in the four major American leagues.Although this record is likely to be ended by Popovich of the Spurs, he has been in one place for so many years, regardless of decline or prosperity, he is a witness. This kind of perseverance and courage is rare in the history of the league.

Jackson once said that he and Jerry Sloan don't have any problem of coaching ability, it's just that Sloan hasn't coached super talented players, and it just so happens that he has.This statement is a bit deliberately modest, but it is undeniable that there is also a certain degree of truth. Salt Lake City is a small team market, which has not changed for decades, so it is not particularly attractive to players.You mean Malone and Stockton?Please look at their draft picks, at least not many experts and scouts are optimistic about them before they join the NBA and make a name for themselves.And they all got their grades after they were 30 years old. How can ordinary people wait so long?
So Jerry Sloan has never won a championship, but his ability is not bad at all.

Now give him a lot of players with outstanding abilities, how could he not use it?You don't really think that he can simply pick and roll, do you?Pick-and-roll tactics can also be divided into many types. It just so happens that Jerry Sloan is the master of this tactical system.

The Rockets did not find any particularly good solutions throughout the first quarter, and as the number of times the ball moved increased, the Rockets' turnover rate continued to increase, which made Tang Qian suddenly understand... It turns out that this is the so-called team Chemistry weakened by 30%.The simpler the tactical coordination, the smaller the chemical reaction required, but in reverse... this is probably the true power of this "weakening effect".

It's just that his team's first two challenges didn't force the Rockets to play tactical cooperation, and they were simply killed by hand, so Tang Qian didn't realize the power of this "weakening effect".As a championship team or a consecutive championship team, what is their biggest advantage is that the team's tacit understanding is the chemical reaction, which is the basis for them to become an invincible team.

In the main time, the Rockets did not open up the points as in the previous two challenges, which led to them being hit by Tracy McGrady after entering the substitute time.Yes, Olajuwon can only rest for 4~5 minutes in a game, but other Rockets players can’t. Look at the playing time of other players during the consecutive championship period. Except for Olajuwon, the longest time is 38+ Drexler, and the rest couldn't stand on the court for a long time.Why do you let Chucky Brown, Chris Gent, Scott Brooks, Carl Herrera defend the peak McGrady?
An average of more than 30+ per game is a super scorer. McGrady was a monster with an average of 32+ per game that year.That's purely for points.Magic No. 1 chopped melons and vegetables, scored 28 points in 31 minutes off the bench!There is no way, these opponents are too weak, completely making McGrady feel like no one is in a situation, so naturally, McGrady's scoring efficiency has increased sharply, which can be called breaking the table.

In a slow-paced game, this is equivalent to the concept of a god-level weapon, and it is equivalent to scoring at least 40+ points in a fast-paced game in later generations!The game was 98-91, and the Tang Qian team won by 7 points!This is the first time they have won their first victory since the two challenges!
Tang Qian played 31 minutes in the game and scored 15 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. However, the best player in the game naturally belongs to the No. 1 Magic team.Tonight, his contribution on the bench was very important. One person overwhelmed all the Rockets' benches, and several others together contributed 6 points. Tang Qian's bench scored 37 to 22, with an overwhelming advantage of 15 points. The Rockets scored from the bench.Then look at the Tang Qian team only winning by 7 points, you should know the weight and significance of this 15 points.

Tang Qian is dispensable to this best player. It’s not that he doesn’t want it. It’s just that the first task and requirement is to win and keep winning. Otherwise, it’s the last chance to challenge. If he fails, the consequences Unbelievable.

After a day of adjustments, the second game started. The Tang Qian team wanted to repeat the same trick and played a few more Reject.Lot again, but unfortunately they were completely banned by the Rockets.Tomjanovich made a small change in the inside substitution. Tang Qian or other offensive players' high positions went down the weak side to attack the basket and were immediately contained.What to do is to directly switch defenses with Hakeem Olajuwon during Otis Thorpe's pursuit. This not only takes care of the strong side with the ball, but also effectively defends the weak side without the ball.

Tomjanovich is a head coach at the consecutive championship level, and his technical and tactical level will definitely not be too weak.

Immediately, the Tang Qian team fell into offensive trouble again. At the end of the second half, they entered the locker room 41-49 behind by 8 points.And as soon as he entered the door, he heard Jerry Sloan yelling loudly: "Idiots! Are you all idiots? You took too many dollars, so you can't even think about it?"

"The rigid use of tactics, is it something I handed over to you?"

"Or did I not teach you conventional tactics at all?"

"The body is very important for young people to play, and the brain is also very important. Otherwise, let the bodybuilders play the game!"

"But Mr. Sloan, the Rockets' offense and defense transition is very good, it is difficult for us to get in." Danny Fortson complained.

"Could it be that their defense is so good that you can't score at all?" Jerry Sloan glared at Danny Fortson and said, "If it's not like this, please don't say such things in the future, play basketball Courage and perseverance are very important! People without courage and perseverance are not worthy of playing basketball in the NBA!"

After suppressing the entire arena, Jerry Sloan took out the tactical board again, and said: "Later, we will play this regular tactic, high cross double screen! And not two people are covering, but one person!" He suddenly After a pause, he turned his head and asked, "Tan, do you have any questions?"

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Jerry Sloan was nicknamed "The Original Bull" back then, and his No. 4 jersey was also the first jersey retired by the Chicago Bulls, so history is always slightly ironic and joking.The old man is a bull if he succeeds, and a bull if he loses.

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