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Chapter 164 Are you sure this melon is ripe?
According to the schedule, the Clippers got four days to prepare, and Spoelstra first gave the team two days off.

Su Yang took the time to accept Bezos' invitation and had a meeting with him in Beverly Hills to talk about the development of e-commerce in the next ten years. Finally, he agreed to Bezos to serve as a special advisor to Amazon's strategic development committee and take 0.25% of the shares.

Walking out of Beverly Hills, Su Yang did some mental calculations: How much is 1.6% of Amazon with a market value of 0.25 trillion US dollars?In the end, I lamented that Bezos, like Xiao Zha, has not yet realized how much money Amazon and Facebook in their hands will attract.

On the early morning of the 22nd, I rushed to the Clippers training base again to discuss with Spoelstra and other coaches how to deal with the Nuggets.

After half an hour, the main strategies on both ends of the offense and defense came to a conclusion. On the offensive end, play more pick-and-rolls to find Camby and Martin, take advantage of the deficiencies of the two defenses against pick-and-rolls, and use rotations to bully the Nuggets. Rank 25 three points.

Who makes the Clippers have more forward players?

They are tall and fast, and they are all big muscle bullies.

If the opponent does not have the ability to score quickly and stably with long-range shots, and the inside offensive level is average, it will be very difficult.

The strategy is determined, and the corresponding training will start accordingly.

"Judging from the defensive video of the last 40 games of the Nuggets, they like to block the paint area to block breakthroughs, and they will also seriously defend the three-pointer. They often only give mid-range opportunities so that they can grab rebounds and initiate offensive and defensive transitions. We need to do it Stable and efficient mid-range shots, and a lot of secondary off-ball support, especially those that won't be counted in the data..."

Between training sessions, Spoelstra explained how to target the Nuggets, and frequently mentioned the details of the Nuggets' matches against the Suns and Spurs, making the analysis sound like broad words such as more rebounds or more confrontations, and making everyone in the Clippers more open-minded. easy to remember.

Su Yang gave a thumbs up and praised, knowing that it would take a lot of videos to do it. Sipo's big dark circles were probably caused by watching videos for two consecutive days. That was the meaning of inviting Sibo to be the head coach. He didn't want to do it that thing.

After training, Su Yang invited the whole team to a dinner party on the beach in Malibu, and said bluntly: "My goal at the beginning of the season was to reach the Western Conference Finals, but I didn't expect everyone to be so fierce. When Malone and Payton joined, my goal has already been achieved." Become a champion.

I know it will be very difficult, but I will do everything, for Malone and Payton, for all of us. "

After the voice fell, the whole team cheered and drank together.

Hurrying back to the villa at night, Su Yang held Alba and Irene in his arms, saying that he would play crazy again, and then he would start the abstinence mode with the playoffs.The two girls smiled and showed "I believe you a ghost" eyes, and turned to prepare black and white stockings and teacher uniforms.

On the 24th of the next day, the Clippers played their first playoff game against the Nuggets.

At [-]:[-] p.m., one hour before the start of the game, tens of thousands of Clippers fans have gathered around the Staples Center. A dozen bald men are holding up the headshots of Su Yang and others to tour and display, cheering and blowing trumpets and drums Sound, played in unison.

The Staples Center was also filled with fans one after another, and the central large screen played the pre-match interviews of the two teams in a loop.

[Anthony said: Su Yang is indeed very good, but after coach George Karl took office, we achieved a record of 32 wins and 8 losses. We also won one game against the Clippers. I dare not say that we can definitely beat the Clippers. They are [-]-[-].

Iguodala said: We have Su Yang.

Kenyon Martin said: Many fans may not realize that in the 40 games since coach George Karl took office, we have allowed opponents to make an average of 17.8 turnovers per game, ranking first in the league, and our defense is seriously underestimated.

Maggette said: "We have Sujan.

Marcus Camby said: I am a candidate for the best defensive player of the year. Kenyon Martin and I created an average of 6.3 blocks per game, which ranks third in the league. Our inside line is a no-fly zone.

Payton said: We have Su Yang.

Joel Carr said: I have heard many people praise how good the Clippers' tactics are, but based on my years of coaching experience, once they enter the playoffs, most of the fancy tactics cannot be executed efficiently, even if they are as strong as the peak Bulls. The triangle offensive tactic, and finally we have to hand over the ball to Jordan, we are not afraid to face Jordan, we have Carmelo Anthony.

Spoelstra said: We have Suyan. 】

The interview video of the two teams specially edited by the director of TNT made the fans laugh out loud, as if Su Yang was invincible.

During the live broadcast, the host Ernie opened the topic and asked Barkley and Kenny: Who has the highest winning percentage between the Clippers and the Nuggets.

Barkley first analyzed: "We all know that the confrontation intensity in the playoffs will be higher, and the Nuggets have a group of players with the best physical fitness in the league, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Andre Miller, They are very good at using their bodies to create confrontation, and the Clippers have advocated smart tactics since the beginning of the season, so they will suffer more in the playoffs..."

While talking, Barkley stopped suddenly.

Ernie and Kenny showed Zamele expressions immediately.

"SHIT! I've had enough!"

Barkley laughed: "I don't want to memorize the script, I don't want to say that the Nuggets will be tied with the Clippers, I don't want the program effect, I just say it straight! Defensively, Su Yang will easily average 5 points per game."

After the words fell, Ernie and Kenny laughed together.

Su Yang happened to see Barkley's analysis in the locker room, and thought to himself, isn't this another program effect?

After wrapping up the ankles and binding the elbow pads and knee pads, and finding that the whole team was ready, Su Yang summoned the whole team to surround him in unison.As a veteran, Ma Long gave a short speech before the game. The whole team joined hands shoulder to shoulder and shouted 123 Clippers in unison.

The pre-game ceremony was held immediately. The 17-year-old rookie singer Rihanna took the stage to lead the singing of the American national anthem. Big names such as Billy Crystal and Mark Wahlberg stood up and put their hands on their chests to pay tribute. It seemed that the founding of the United States was particularly difficult. like.

When the performance was over, the lights were turned on.

The long whistle sounded, and the game entered the final preparation.

Su Yang walked to the technical stage, raised his hand to lead the audience to snap their fingers, and first created a large-scale fear halo for the entire Nuggets team.

The big central screen simultaneously lists the starting matchups of the two teams, point guard Su Yang vs. Miller Sr., shooting guard Simmons vs. Jamal Johnson, small forward Maggette vs. Anthony, power forward Varejao vs. Martin, Center Kaman against Camby.

A short whistle sound followed, and the referee entered the field.

Cheers erupted in the arena, and the Nuggets won the jump ball.

The old Miller took the ball to the left wing and looked for Martin to attack, but Varejao did not hesitate to go up and delay. Kaman in the middle and Martin, who shrank in advance and prepared to tag the defense and tried to dismantle the inside, made Miller rush the ball Pass to Camby who is wide open at the top of the arc.

After two long points, he made a shot and hit the iron with a bang.

The Clippers have already done research. Camby's average field goal percentage in the area from 16 feet to the three-point line is only 36%, which can basically be emptied, not to mention that Camby averaged only 10.3 points per game, most of which came from the basket. , To long shot must be welcomed.

The Clippers turned to attack, pick and roll at the top of the arc, Su Yang broke through from right to left, made an emergency stop and passed to Varejao, and then moved to the right at the top of the arc. After continuous screens, Maggette got rid of Anthony's defense and strode to the basket to attract Martin Squat down and drop, then divide Varejao.

Camby hastily shrunk his defense and prepared to jump up high to block the shot, but Varejao then scored for the basket.

Kaman catches the ball and it is a dunk.

Cheers erupted in the arena, and Su Yang strode back to defend, saying that George Karl's most powerful ability is to inspire players to play freely, with specific goals such as 10 offensive rebounds, 10 steals, and 10 blocks per game. Guiding players to work hard, it was quite practical in the past 90s. It is a bit like running a [-]-meter long-distance running for physical fitness in the past, but now it is an inefficient way.

George Karl really doesn’t have any tactics or anything. It all depends on giving players blood. If they go crazy, they will kill their opponents, and they will also kill themselves. After taking office, they say they have 32 wins and 8 losses, but the Nuggets only won 6 more than last year. Field, or in the case of the introduction of Martin.

George Karl's greatest contribution is to liberate the nature of players such as Anthony and Martin, don't play tactics, just rush.

After thinking about it, the Nuggets counterattacked.

Miller dribbled the ball to 45 degrees to the right in three seconds, ignoring the defensive situation at the basket, and directly threw a lob pass to try to assist the lob, but the pass was too high, and Anthony was heavy, so he could barely catch the basketball when he jumped up After completing the empty pick-up, they will be surrounded when they land.

But Anthony refused to accept it. The 20-year-old young man's nose was more than [-] degrees, and he carried Kaman and Varejao on his back.

boom!Anton nailed himself directly.

The basketball rebounded, fell and rolled, and Su Yang, who had shrunk early, bent over and pounced, but was knocked over by the impatient Anthony.

The referee immediately whistled for a foul, Anthony pouted slightly and turned away, George Karl yelled for a flop on the sidelines.

Su Yang got up to catch the ball and pushed forward, calling for a 14flat tactical start from the center line.Maggette followed up and ran a slip screen at the top of the arc. As soon as he got caught, he went straight to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. With Su Yang's powerful offensive threat, he got an open space and passed the ball.

Jamal Johnson on the right elbow of the Nuggets hastily stunted the defense. Seeing this, Maggette immediately passed the ball to Simmons who ran to the right corner at the same time. Lecho blocked, helpless.

Martin didn't have time to switch defenses in the short corner, and Simmons made a steady three-pointer with a wide open and slammed into the net.

In the live broadcast, Barkley sighed, saying that as long as Su Yang initiates a pick-and-roll, the Nuggets must find a way to delay, and the player responsible for covering Su Yang can get open, so just now Maggette was able to catch the ball at 45 degrees through a slip screen. The Nuggets rotated in time to fill the position, but the Clippers also had Varejao's back cover to follow up, making full use of Varejao's speed advantage and Martin's speed disadvantage, it was a clear idea of ​​​​the Nuggets' thinking, allowing the use of It is difficult for the Nuggets, who are physically talented to defend, to achieve results.

Offensive and defensive transitions on the field.

Nuggets Miller launched an attack on the right wing screen, Anthony screened for Martin, let Martin rush down to the basket, and then took advantage of the basketball to move to the top of the arc, quietly stuck in the right elbow area, and then received the arc The top Camby passed the ball and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball rebounded with a bang, and Kaman grabbed Varejao's arm to grab an offensive rebound. Unfortunately, he failed to make a tip-up and yelled a foul at the referee when he landed. Anthony flew to the basket and threw Kaman's long pass. Fan Fei flew to the sidelines, quite spiritual.

"Anthony is very active in defense, awesome!"

Seeing that the team's fast break failed and was still destroyed by Anthony, Su Yang said in his heart that the butterfly effect really made Anthony willing to spend more time and energy on defense. Unfortunately, George Karl, just like Brooks, had more than liberated players and insufficient tactical guidance.

Thinking about it again, Scott Brooks' master is George Karl, no wonder the Thunder three are like that!

Just now, Anthony’s tactic of catching the ball is actually a tactic used by a center like O’Neal. The Nuggets specially pulled Camby to the top of the arc to make room for Anthony, but that operation is too obvious, and the STS cover is confusing. use.

After thinking about it, the Clippers launched a counterattack.

Still starting with 14flat, Maggette continued to raise.

Anthony may have judged it as a pick-and-roll, and hurriedly followed it out, rushing up ahead of time to prepare for the delay.Maggette immediately gave up his position to stand close to the wall, and ran directly to the 45-degree three-point line on the right under the cover of the ghost, received a pass from Su Yang, and forced the old Miller who was forced to switch defenses.

The old Miller thought he couldn't stop Maggette's impact, so he took the initiative to back away, and Maggette rushed to his right elbow and made an emergency stop to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball clanged into the net, 7-0.

"Agua, it's not good to be too active!"

Su Yang turned around and retreated, and joked at Anthony. Anthony gritted his teeth and stared slightly angrily, wanting to throw a punch.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Nuggets continued to start from the right.

But for some reason, the running position is different from before. Anthony is actually stuck on the left side, staggered by a long way.

Miller quickly threw the ball to the top of the arc, and Camby caught the ball and then divided it to Anthony who came out of the left elbow with the help of a screen.

In that position, Maggette obviously couldn't guard against it.

Seeing this, Su Yang strode back and crossed the paint area to the short corner on the left to prepare for an early help double-team. However, he saw Anthony rushing forward with his head buried in his head. blow the whistle.

Anthony offensive foul!
Anthony accumulated two personal fouls!
Anthony suddenly showed frustration, numb!

George Karl was a little confused, and turned to ignore the assistant coach's decision to replace Anthony, shouting for some confrontation!

Cheers erupted in the arena. Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, raised his head at Anthony, and signaled for a fight with his eyes.

Don't change it, right?

Then catch and beat him.

(End of this chapter)