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Carlesimo's ability in tactics is indeed unrecognizable. In just a few days, he designed a set of rather sophisticated, practical and effective tactics.

Stephen is still the initiator of the tactics, but he used to always start from the top of the circle, but now he starts from one side, but it is not at a 45-degree angle, but at a position of sixty or seventy degrees. Specifically, Left or right, it depends on the situation at the time.

When Stephen is holding the ball and ready to launch, the two insiders should be brought up to provide Stephen with a pick-and-roll when Stephen needs it depending on the situation, while the one on the same side as Stephen, at the bottom corner or at a [-]-[-] degree angle, should It's Durant.

In this way, an inside player plus Stephen and Durant form a triangle. At this time, Stephen can attack the basket by himself, and the inside player can either block for him or reject the screen for him. Drive to the basket.

At this time, Stephen can attack and score on his own, or he can pass the ball to the inside player behind him, and he can also distribute the ball to Durant. The three of them form a very stable triangle. All Kurt Thomas has to do is move to the other side and open up the space around the basket. If the opposing defender comes to help defend Stephen, Stephen can pass the ball to Kurt Thomas.

And Watson's main position is to maneuver back and forth between the bottom corner and the fixed position at a 45-degree angle, ready to receive a pass or shoot a three-pointer, or a two-pointer at any time. At the same time, he can also be brought up to form a team with Stephen and Kurt Thomas. Another triangle.

Of course, this is just the basic situation of this tactic. Everyone is constantly moving, and the ball can come back at the same time after the ball passes, but the most important offensive points are Yao Ming, Stephen, and Durant. .

In fact, this is no longer a high-position pick-and-roll, but a triangular offense, but the follow-up changes are different. Any tactics are changing, and sticking to a set of tactics is considered routine. If the game is successful, it will only fail in the playoffs. It is the triangle offensive tactic. The Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers played differently.

The three points of Stephen, Yao Ming, and Durant can basically form a two-point advantage when facing any team, and Durant's positioning, Carlesimo also does not want to fix him In terms of an outside three-point shooter.

Shooting is Durant's strength, but he is not good at shooting. Most small forwards in the league are not as tall as him, and not as flexible as him, nor as fast as him. This is not a paradox, Durant's talent is like this , especially when he breaks through, with the first step, he can basically overtake most of the players by half a body. If he wants to catch up with him, many people need to take two steps to do it.

And although his passing skills and awareness are not particularly good, he has the advantage of vision with his height, coupled with his extraordinary ball quotient, so Durant is not only an offensive finisher, but also an offensive player. starter.

However, Carlesimo initially wanted to imitate the equipment of the Chicago Bulls and build Durant into a point forward role like Scott Pippen. Later, he found that Durant has no technical and physical problems. With a height of [-] meters, but his ball-handling skills are better than the average guard, but in terms of team awareness, Durant is still not at the level of Steco Pippen, and he himself does not want to be like that character of.

In terms of face-up attack, Durant has no weakness. This is mainly due to the fact that his shooting has almost no dead ends. His height has an advantage when facing most opponents. Although Durant is young, he is very mature. Forced shots, shooting is also very rational, except that his temperament is a bit cold and difficult to approach, he is almost a model of a professional player.

It was only slowly that Carlesimo observed that Durant was unwilling to succumb to the role of a second-in-command or Pippen, but he knew that he could not move Stephen's position, and in his situation, leaving the Supersonics The team wasn't a great option, so Durant lurked patiently like a fisherman.

He can fulfill the role of Stephen's helper, but he doesn't want to completely position himself in that role. His ambivalence has created his strange idea. Carlesimo doesn't know how to solve this problem, and he also needs to change his clothes. The room was not his business.

Stephen is naturally aware of this, but so what, as long as there are no major health problems on his side, Durant will not be able to challenge his position within five or six years. It may not be able to gain an advantage, and the team has new players joining every year. Who knows when a genius will emerge. As long as there is no problem with oneself, then everything is fine. As for the team, Stephen does not think the team will give up on themselves .

Both Yao Ming and Durant's offensive roles have been enhanced in the new tactics, but Stephen is not worried. He still has the right to control and fire as he pleases, it just depends on whether Stephen is willing or not.

Since everyone's role and position in the new tactics are different from before, everyone needs to adapt to the new role and running position, and according to the changes of the substitutes, combined with the performance in the past two months, Carlesimo has also adjusted the positioning and tactics of substitute players.

Due to the limited playing time of Yao Ming, and the fact that Coupard was originally a starter, and he also has the strength to start, Carlesimo increased Coupard's playing time, and at the same time tried a Yao Ming and Cooper Moral cooperation.

This is the lineup of the twin towers. Generally speaking, in the twin towers, there must be one offense and one defense, and the Sonics are no exception. Yao Ming is the main attacker, and Coupard is the main defender. The problem is that both of them have the ability to pass internally. What is lacking, and as the main offensive point, Yao Ming's low-post offense is no problem, but his mid-range shooting ability is not particularly good, but if he only plays for a few minutes or ten minutes, then there is no problem at all. The coach will deliberately study a tactic that only plays a few minutes.

Moreover, if the personal abilities of Yao Ming and Coupard were considered nothing in the 90s of last century, they would be much better now. How many teams can put up such an inside lineup now?It is estimated that no one can do it except the Los Angeles Lakers.

The next game happened to be against the New York Knicks at home. A weak team like the New York Knicks was just used to experiment with new tactics. In the game that day, the Sonics played very badly at the beginning. Si actually played a match, but as the players became more and more familiar with the new tactics, they slowly opened up the score.

When Yao Ming and Coupard Twin Towers came out, they immediately beat the Knicks into a rut. Now there are still people using this tactic, which is too scary. Yao Ming can beat 90.00% of the league when he only has an assistant like Hayes around him. The inside line, coupled with Coupard, still makes it impossible for people to live.

In the second quarter, the Sonics led the Knicks by [-] points. In the third quarter, the lead expanded to [-] points. In the fourth quarter, when the Knicks gave up the game, the Sonics' lead had already come. Thirty points, since the new tactic is just an improvement of the old tactic, the players have quickly adapted to it, and the fact that they didn't make a single mistake in the entire third quarter is an obvious proof.