Legendary star

Chapter 203 The Changing Spurs
"Ervin, are the Spurs playing a triangle offense now? Why do I feel that the running positions of the Spurs players on the field are somewhat similar to those of the Lakers?" Michaels asked his partner when the game lasted more than 10 minutes in the first quarter. asked Magic Johnson.From the beginning of this game, Michaels felt that the Spurs were a little different, but he was not sure what was different, so he could only ask his partner for help.

"It should be, but compared with the Lakers, the cooperation between the Spurs players is a little more rusty. Although the movement of the players on the field seems to be in line with the tactical structure of the triangle offense, they still haven't realized the essence of the triangle offense. According to the current lineup of the Spurs, the Spurs' triangle on the court should be Avery Johnson, Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, but Avery Johnson is obviously not as thorough as Ron Haber's understanding of the triangle offense. Take the Spurs offense just now as an example. After Avery Johnson and Meng Xu completed their cooperation, they should cut into the left corner from the outside, and at the same time Duncan shifted from the right side of the penalty area to the left, so that the Spurs' offensive triangle was formed. , but because Avery Johnson's outside shooting was too poor, there was no threat at all after going to the bottom corner, so Avery Johnson didn't cut into the bottom corner, but ran to the area near the free throw line. It can be called an offensive triangle, but its offensive deterrence has been greatly reduced. At the same time, the area that should have been on the weak side after the formation of the offensive triangle has now gathered Avery Johnson, Mario Elli and Sean Alley. There are three players in Liott, which greatly reduces the difficulty of the Pacers' defense, so the current triangle offense of the Spurs cannot be called a true triangle offense." Although Magic Johnson said so, Magic Johnson felt that Bo Povich still admires it very much. Even Phil Jackson can perfectly copy the triangle offense to his team only after he has two tactical masters, Old Winter and Jim Clemens. Vicki probably read a few books and some videos on the triangle offense before he dared to implement this tactic in his team. This kind of courage and tactical understanding is no one else.

"That is to say, the Spurs still lack a Ron Haber?" As a professional basketball commentator, Michaels is familiar with various tactical terms, but he is a little confused when it comes to the field, but this is normal. If the field is still not confused, Michaels can change his career as a coach.

"Not just a Ron Harper, but also a Jim Clemens or a Winter." Talent, at most half a season, they will be able to master the triangle offense proficiently.

"Jim Clemens just left the Lakers this season. I think Mr. Popovich can try it." Hearing Magic Johnson say that the Spurs lacked an assistant coach who is familiar with the triangle offense, Michaels immediately remembered that he had been from the Lakers. Lakers' Jim Clemens resigns.

And the current situation on the court is just as the magician expected. When Meng Xu moved the ball to the left along the 3-point line, at the same time Duncan also began to move from one side of the penalty area to the other. Wes Best, Avery Johnson who appeared in this large area in front of him, is still entangled with Travis Best behind him. Under this situation, Meng Xu can only choose himself Playing singles or passing the ball to Duncan, but his own singles obviously did not meet the tactical requirements, so after a little hesitation, Meng Xu passed the basketball to Duncan on the left side of the penalty area. After Duncan received the ball, he was very relaxed. Turned, and after dribbling, he got rid of O'Neal's defense and made a throw.In the end, relying on Duncan's excellent performance in the first quarter, the Spurs led the Pacers by 24 points 20 to 4. If it weren't for Reggie Miller's 3-pointer at the buzzer at the last moment, the point difference between the two teams would be even greater.

"It seems that we still have to think about other ways." After the timeout, assistant coach Mike Budenholzer took the tactical board to explain the tactics to the players who were about to play, while Popovich was still standing on the sidelines to The Spurs' current cooperation on the court is tantamount to wishful thinking if they want to defeat the Lakers who have the grandfather of the triangle offense, Old Winter, but if they don't do this, they can't play the effect of 1+1>2. Too much is not a good thing. Popovich shook his head and looked at Magic Johnson in the commentary. He really didn't know how he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar integrated the two different systems together.

Although the Spurs tried the triangle offense in the playoffs against the Trail Blazers last season, the results of those attempts were not very good. Meng Xu doesn't know if there is an objective reason, but Meng Xu is very nervous now. To be clear, the matching degree between himself and the triangle offense in the system is only 36%.Although there is no problem with Meng Xu's off-ball running under the triangle offense system because of his skills as the king of running positions, the more important point is that whether as a terminator or a supporter in the triangle offense, Meng Xu They are all quite different, and the lack of offensive means has caused Meng Xu's actual finishing ability to be far inferior to people like O'Neal, Kobe, and Duncan.Similarly, although Meng Xu's passing is already very good, it is based on the bonus of the offensive tactical system and the snake-shaped breakthrough. After leaving the system and skill bonuses, Meng Xu's coping ability is actually the Very average.With Meng Xu's current ability, it may be no problem to assume the role of Ron Haber, but it is still much worse to assume the role of Pippen and Jordan in the triangle offense.This side is a little bit worse, that side is a little bit worse, and the sum of the difference is very much.

After the start of the second quarter, the two teams sent substitute lineups. Compared with the Spurs' David Robinson Gardrick Anderson lineup, the Pacers' bench lineup is a bit worse. After the official timeout, the Pacers replaced all the main players. The old David Robinson was still able to compete with O'Neal, but Derek Anderson was blown out by Reggie Miller, and he was full of monkeys. Slipping away, barely persisting until the official timeout, 32 to 32. The Pacers have evened the score, and during this period, Reggie Miller also made 5 of 3 shots and 3 of 2 1-pointers. The score of this game has risen It's 16 points.

During the timeout, Popovich asked the main players to continue to stick to the tactics of the first quarter, and asked Meng Xu and Mario Elli to switch defenses, and Meng Xu was to defend Reggie Miller.Starting from this season, Popovich has no requirements for the team's record in the first half of the season. In the first half of this season, Popovich set the task for the Spurs to realize the system between Meng Xu and Duncan. Fusion, and then wait until the second half of the season in a bang, as long as the top three in the Western Conference can be guaranteed.

"Meng, you finally came to defend me. I'm impatient. I've scored 16 points now, and I'm only 30 points away from Houston to San Antonio." Reggie Miller challenged Meng Xu, who was standing next to him, with a smile on his face.

"Reggie, are you shaking M? If I don't defend you for a moment, you will feel uncomfortable. And you can't score 30 points in this game." Leaning towards Reggie Miller, Meng Xu put his hands on his hips, if If you only look at it from behind, Meng Xu and Reggie Miller are really very similar except for the jersey and skin color.After learning Reggie Miller's strongest combo skills, Meng Xu is very clear about Miller's details, and now there is no time for you to use Miller.

"Because I really enjoy the thrill of shooting on your head." After Reggie Miller finished speaking, he pushed away Meng Xu who was pulling at the corner of his clothes, and started to make irregular moves along the sideline.Meng Xu is not Derek Anderson. No matter how Reggie Miller moves, Meng Xu can always follow his footsteps. Even when Reggie Miller wants to change direction, Meng Xu can block in advance. On the way.

After walking along the sideline and the baseline, Reggie Miller couldn't get rid of Meng Xu's defense. At this time, Reggie Miller directly reached out to signal O'Neal to cover for himself, but when O'Neal pulled out from the inside, Ray Jimmeler didn't do a normal pick-and-roll with him, but circled directly around O'Neal, and finally got away from Meng Xu by a body distance.

Just when Reggie Miller was open, Austin Crohill passed the ball to Reggie Miller. After receiving the ball, Reggie Miller jumped up and shot without the slightest pause, but Before the basketball in Miller's hand was released, Meng Xu rushed forward, blocking the possible trajectory of the basketball with his big hands, and Meng Xu's body collided with Reggie Miller in the air, and was seriously injured. The interfering Reggie Miller inevitably missed the shot.

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