From sparring to superstar

Chapter 212 210. Old Nelson: It's not shameful to steal a teacher

Big hat to Jordan!

The cheers of the fans broke out!The old trapeze can still fly!

Jordan smiled and high-fived the Twin Towers.

It's a pity that the fan went out of bounds, and the Mavericks still have the ball.

With 10 seconds left on the offensive clock, Nash waved to LaFrentz for a pick-and-roll when he received Finley's baseline serve while running.

The first attack at the beginning, in Nash's mind, either he initiated it, or Nowitzki singled it out, and his teammates had to get used to it.

However, a power forward on Nowitzki's side was squeezed by Jordan's perimeter and couldn't stand still. Nash could only continue to play pick-and-rolls.

This time, after Nash disassembled and moved across Odom, he broke into a deeper place and was stuck by the supplementary defense before sending out the ball. He passed directly to Edondo Najera at close range.

When Nash penetrated deeper, Nowitzki moved tacitly to a 45-degree angle, forming an oblique pass angle, taking away Jordan, and not giving Jordan a chance to defend from the bottom line.

But just as Edondo Najera stepped into the three-second zone after receiving the ball, O'Neal made up for it.

Seeing how deep Nash was, O'Neal ignored Finley on the right side of the three-second zone.

When Edundo Najera was covered and wanted to pass to the right, Li Ao moved between Nash and Finley, and he couldn't pass!
Nash runs high to the right, creating an angled pass, and Odom moves to the foul line with arms outstretched.

The left and right sides of the three-second zone were cut off by the Clippers from the middle!
Fortunately, Nowitzki ran over to meet, Edondo Najera protected the ball and took two steps back to Nowitzki.

Nowitzki failed to get rid of Jordan, and was immediately stuck to the ball after receiving the ball. He forcibly took off and shot...Because of Jordan's rough confrontation, Nowitzki was restricted from taking off, and was forced to increase his shooting force with his upper body, and he couldn't control his strength. , Iron!
Li Ao blocked Finley and easily scored a defensive rebound!

When the ball reaches the bottom line, the weak-side catcher must go to the bottom corner, and the weak-side defensive pitcher's wing player shrinks to cover the weak-side cut player... The opponent's defensive cooperation, old Nelson thinks it is very beautiful as an opponent .

Worthy of being a coach from Larry Brown.

However, with Jordan's operation of defending against power forwards, the old Nelson saw his own shadow again-as expected of my fan.

When it comes to the Clippers' offense, Nelson is looking forward to what offense he, a fan, can play after getting Jordan.

After Bibby advanced to the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Odom, and Jordan came to the high position on the right side of the free throw line to receive the ball.

Old Nelson wondered, the Clippers will focus on the triangle offense in the new season?
He has watched the Clippers' offensive video clips in the first 6 preseason games. There are triangle offensive moves, but the Clippers have tried many tactics. It is difficult to analyze the Clippers' play in the new season based on those 6 preseason games What kind of cooperation.

But tonight's preseason finale, we can see more things. By this time, what type of offense to play in the new season has basically been determined.

Odom passed the ball to Jordan and then cut in the middle. O'Neal pulled to the right side of the three-second zone to pick and roll Bibby who cut in from the wing. Jordan passed a high pass to Bibby who cut in from the wing with a screen. Bibby caught the ball and slid to the bottom line. An oblique pass from the left side of the second zone, Jordan passed the ball and moved to the left side of the free throw line to help Li Ao block the chasing Edondo Najera, Li Ao circled to the right side of the free throw line to catch the ball and made a mid-range shot!

Old Nelson clapped his hands. It was not a triangle offense, but a basic tactic that all coaches know.

The lower limit of this tactic is really low, but the players have enough passing ability, and if they cooperate tacitly, they can also play well.

The Clippers' pass-and-cut cooperation initiated by the high post this time, in the eyes of the old Nelson, played very well.

The space from the free throw line extension to the parallel line between the arc top of the reasonable collision zone and the free throw line was vacated by the Clippers' pass and cut cooperation!
They Mavericks have no chance to cut off the diagonal pass in the middle.

Moreover, while making good use of the threat of Jordan's high position, Jordan has not been allowed to do too many things, and the teamwork has saved Jordan's physical strength.

The same is true for the defense just now. Letting Jordan guard Nowitzki, who runs the slowest, is also saving energy...etc.

Old Nelson woke up suddenly, this was a match, and he was applauding for his opponent!
No way, every time he saw Gentry who admired him so much, he just liked him very much, and felt that this junior was very discerning.

Fans misunderstood me!

Old Nelson turned off the filter for fans and focused on analyzing the game.

After a few rounds, he called a timeout, the score was 4 to 12, and he was behind by 3 points in the first 8 minutes!
After the old Nelson turned off the filter for fans, he just wanted to scold the street—the opponent's offensive and defensive system has actually improved to this point?

Three seconds of defense is a new rule that has never been seen in the history of basketball, and it is a subversive new rule. Simply put, if this rule exists for a long time, the NBA will never be able to play a real zone defense.

The coaches of the teams who want to win have a headache just thinking that the center guard can't stand under the basket.

Moreover, the coaches of each team can understand the literal meaning of defending for three seconds, but they don't know what effect it will have in the game, and there is no precedent for reference.

Therefore, the coaches of each team just recreated a defensive framework. After the preseason actual combat understands the specific whistleblowing method of the defense for three seconds, they will add specific defensive tactics to the framework.

The old Nelson is the same. After playing 3 games in the preseason, he really started to polish the new defensive system. He feels that their team is already progressing very fast. Their inside players will not easily get three seconds of defense now. It will not give the opponent a free throw and a free throw, and the defensive cooperation can also be executed stably.

But compared with the opposite Clippers, he can only curse.

The opponent not only adapted to the defense for three seconds, but also made good use of the 'allowing early flanking'!

Nash and Finley, the pair of defenders, were 'separated' by the opponent. According to their existing tactics, they couldn't play a regular match at all!
Old Nelson suddenly discovered that the introduction of the defensive three-second rule has dealt a big blow to the defense of each team, and each team must rebuild its defense.

However, rebuilding the defense does not mean that he cannot defend. He already has a clear idea of ​​rebuilding the defense, and the Clippers on the opposite side have already surpassed the impact of the three-second defense.

In other words, defending for three seconds can limit the efficiency of the center's frame protection, but it cannot shake the foundation of the defense.

On the contrary, 'allowing early flanking' allows the defensive end to do many things that it could not do before, and the defensive end can have more changes.

Old Nelson's eyes widened - the new rules that the league came up with to restrict O'Neal + encourage offense, the final result may not only be unable to control the iron-blooded team, but may push the iron-blooded era to a new peak!

He just wanted to understand this now, not because his vision was inferior to Gentry and Jordan, but because he didn't think in that direction at all.

He saw that the defense was gone for three seconds, and he was only thinking about how to make good use of the rule of not being able to stay at the basket for a long time when there is no opponent next to the center on the offensive end to strengthen the offense.

He is looking forward to the NBA returning to the era of offensive basketball ten years ago, the era when he won the best coach three times in 10 years.

Now I suddenly find that not only can't go back to that era, but the iron-blooded style of play may become more prevalent, and my mentality explodes...

...

The Mavericks' call for a timeout didn't have a particularly good effect. The current gap in competitive status between the two teams cannot be made up by thinking about a few offensive tactics and adjusting the defense.

Originally, the Mavericks were no stronger than the Clippers, and their defensive run-in progress was so much behind. Even Old Nelson couldn't think of a way to reverse the situation.

Fighting, the old Nelson can only let Nash and Finley attack in singles, enter the rotation stage ahead of time, let Van Exel and Tim Hardaway play early in the rotation, alternate singles with Nash and Finley, frontcourt players Aggressively rushing for the offensive rebound, the pitcher opens the space.

This is already the best way he can think of at the moment.

But the disadvantage of the Mavericks is not only the progress of the defensive run-in, but also the progress of the offensive adjustment.

Old Nelson discovered from the very beginning that the opponent's offensive end had already made good use of the three seconds of defense.

He is wondering if he is really old, and the offensive adjustment can lag behind the opponent so much.

However, after the time when his mentality exploded, he focused on analyzing the Clippers' offensive and defensive coordination and studying the opponent's tactical thinking.

Yes, he started to learn the offensive system of a new coach who has only coached for a few years.

He has never been a person who stands still, just like he hates the iron-blooded era but he still has to play when he should play defense.

Look at the starting lineup of the Mavericks last season. There are two pitfalls of Nash and Nowitzki. He still built a first-class defense. If Cuban hadn't brainstormed to find a scoring area, it would be as cumbersome as Nowitzki. Come back, it is not certain who will win or lose in the playoffs with the Clippers last season.

He looked down on those who put on airs of old coaches and refused to accept new basketball knowledge. He confirmed that with this rule change, another group of old coaches who put on airs and refused to change are leaving the NBA. He didn’t want to be one of them. Since he became the head coach in the 70s, he has been making changes with the changes of the times, so that he can still be regarded as a top coach in the 21st century.

In the end, the score was fixed at 107 to 75. The Clippers beat the Mavericks and won the last preseason game.

迈克-毕比12分5助攻、乔丹17分4助攻、奥多姆14分9板5助攻、李敖18分6板4助攻2抢断4盖帽、小奥尼尔15分12板，快船队五大首发全部得分上双！
The strength shown by the Clippers tonight is much stronger than the last game against the Rockets.

It's not that they have improved so much in two or three days, but that their offensive tactics tonight are all suitable tactics selected after the actual combat in the first 6 preseason games.

On the defensive end, it is also the first time since the preseason that a targeted defense has been arranged based on the characteristics of the opposing player's style of play.

Although it was only a preseason game, the Clippers players could tell that the opponent was playing the game as a regular season at the beginning, and they forced the opponent to the point where they could only conduct tactical training.

This game has given the Clippers players a lot of confidence!
On the other hand, the old Nelson is the old Nelson. After the mentality burst time was over, he quickly accepted the reality that he was not as good as the Clippers.

Back in the locker room after the game, Old Nelson called several core players together and told them one by one how to adjust their offensive play, so that they could start preparing in advance.

When it was time to communicate with Nowitzki, the old Nelson said: "During the playoffs, you were learning from Spider-Man's style of play, right? Continue to learn this season, watch more videos of his games, and refer to his style of play. It will help you adapt to the new competition environment faster."

What the old Nelson thought was that Nowitzki's singles skills are not yet mature. With so many singles point guards on the team this year, Nowitzki will inevitably spend more time off the ball this year. It also happens to be an off-ball style of play, which can be used as a living teaching material for Nowitzki to refer to.

But when Nowitzki heard the old Nelson's words, what he thought of was: Learning to play from Spider-Man, did the mad scientist ask me to develop a back game?

It must be so!Learn to play back, I don't have to be afraid of Jordan's single defense!

It's so embarrassing to be defended by a small forward who used to play guard so that he can't stand still!

...

After the preseason, the Clippers have four days to prepare for the regular season opener on October 4.

On the 26th, the coaching staff gave the players a day off and no training was arranged. From September 9th to October 25th, the players basically did not rest and could relax.

But the coaches had no chance to rest. Gentry led the members of the coaching staff and needed to make further adjustments to the tactical system based on the problems exposed in the last game of the preseason to prepare for the next three days of training.

Not just this time, this job will continue throughout the preseason.

At this stage, they have a great advantage over other teams, but it is true that Gentry is more afraid to be careless. They just adapt to the new regulations quickly. This gap is the easiest to catch up. Before the gap is overtaken, the team's offensive and defensive strength will be improved to a higher level.

For the Clippers players, although the coaching staff arranged a holiday, except for the veterans and inside players, everyone else spontaneously came to the Memorial Stadium for additional training in the afternoon.

The team is progressing quickly, their enthusiasm is higher, and they are working hard to compete for playing time.

Who wouldn't want to be the anchor of a winning team?

However, it is rare for Li Ao not to practice more today. He came to Beverly Hills with his aunt and his parents, and lived in a villa next to the Beverly Hills Sanitarium.

Kobe said: "This is the house that Vanessa and I bought at the beginning of last year. Before that, my family would come to live occasionally, but they don't come now, so you're welcome, Vivienne, you can stay here and wait for the baby.

Vanessa and I bought this place to prepare for having a baby in the future. We have everything we need, and the furniture and appliances were just replaced last year. If you need anything, call Vanessa, and she will be ready..."

Li Ao's parents were amazed when they saw that Kobe, a black boy, was so considerate in his hospitality.

Looking at other people's children, and then looking at their own... Uh... The old couple suddenly discovered that their cubs seem to be very considerate when they treat guests!

Hiss... There is no comparison, they have never realized that their cubs are so good before!

(End of this chapter)