Legendary star

Chapter 205 Meng Xu's Singles Tactics

"Greg is still young, but he's a champion coach now, and the Spurs are a great team, but I think it's pointless for Greg to imitate the triangular offense of the old man, the triangle offense is just a Opportunistic, meaningless tactics, and the Spurs do not need the so-called triangle offense to win the championship. The previous two seasons have fully proved this point. As the best defensive team in this era, The Spurs just need to continue to implement the current tactics. Defense is the foundation of winning a championship, and change is often the root cause of a team's turmoil." As a big boss in the NBA coaching world, the Cardinal also I was invited to participate in the Spurs' championship ring awarding ceremony today, but the Cardinal was dissatisfied with the tactics Popovich used in the first half of the game. Since the triangle tactics entered the NBA, the Cardinal has been very I don’t want to see this kind of tactics, and I even despise Phil Jackson very much. Whenever Phil Jackson is mentioned, the cardinal’s evaluation is basically that he only picks up ready-made ones and only relies on superstars. A nanny coach who can only hold thighs.

At the same time, as an award named after the cardinal, the best coach of the NBA season, basically the cardinal will participate in the Auerbach Award Ceremony every year, but when Phil Jackson won the award in 96, the cardinal He refused to go to the scene to present awards to Phil Jackson, and when he was being interviewed by reporters, he said something that made Phil Jackson very unhappy, which made Phil Jackson very unhappy on a good day.

Similarly, when the San Antonio local media interviewed the old man of the Cardinal after the game, the Cardinal once again expressed his disdain for the triangle offense, and at the same time implicitly criticized Popovich.

"Greg, maybe we really should give up the triangle offense and try other tactics. When Tim and Meng are on the court at the same time, we can play pick-and-rolls. When Tim is off the court, we can use Meng as the core to score. , won’t this perfectly solve all problems?” The day after the Pacers game ended, after seeing the criticism of the Cardinal against the Spurs in the newspaper, Mike Budenholzer also immediately took The newspaper went to the video room to find Popovich, and now Popovich seems to be in a trance. He spends at least 10 hours a day in the video room, watching various game videos, and holding the tactical board at the same time. Constantly write and draw.

"Pick-and-roll tactics alone can't win this Lakers team. In this way, let's make a singles tactic for Meng Xu first, and try it out in tomorrow's game against the Timberwolves. Let's see the effect first and then talk about it." After finishing the defending championship After the championship, Popovich is extremely eager to establish a dynasty belonging to the Spurs, but facing the increasingly powerful Lakers, the Spurs must also make certain changes.Pick and roll tactics?Who can have the last laugh when the pick-and-roll tactics meet the triangle offense?Sloan's Jazz has already given everyone the answer. They have two superstars Malone and Stockton, and they are still the kind of superstars with a pick-and-roll system. It can be said that the Jazz is a team that has used pick-and-roll tactics to the peak. A team to the extreme, but the Jazz met the Bulls in the Finals for two consecutive years, and they were all solved by Jordan.At the same time, before Phil Jackson entered the Lakers, the Lakers with O'Neal were also beaten by the Jazz every year, but when the Lakers switched to the triangle offense, the Jazz were swept against the Lakers in the regular season last season, although there were Malone and Stoke The reason for Dunton's increasing age, but the attributes of the triangle offense to restrain the pick-and-roll are still very obvious.

On November 2000, 11, two days after the end of the Pacers game, the Spurs ushered in their second opponent in the regular season at the Alamo Stadium at home, the Minnesota Timberwolves. The league's official media selected a so-called "Four Power Forwards", namely Tim Duncan of San Antonio, Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Chris Webber of the Sacramento Kings, and Dirk Novi of the Dallas Mavericks. ski.

Needless to say, Tim Duncan has two consecutive FMVPs. It is not controversial to say that he is now No.1 in the league. Kevin Garnett averaged 23 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5 assists last season, leading the Timberwolves to a A record of 50 wins, and 20+10+5 is also a very standard Larry Bird data.As for Chris Webber, he averaged 24.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. Under the leadership of Chris Webber, the Kings are also one of the teams with the most gorgeous offense and the most points in the league. Eliminated by the Lakers, but in the 5 games against the Lakers, Chris Webber also performed very well. There is no dispute about what kind of leaderboard these 3 players are selected for. As for the last Dirk Nowitzki , This is another successor to Larry Bird. Although no one may question his talent and future, Nowitzki's performance last season is really not comparable to the above three. The Dallas Mavericks are not even in the playoffs. Not able to enter.

For David Stern's star-making movement, the entire league is now well known. After Jordan retired and the four major centers entered their twilight years, the current league needs to establish its own new signboard too much. Not only It is the four power forwards. It is said that the league is still planning to launch four shooting guards and four small forwards.

After the league and the major media hype the four power forwards in turn, this direct confrontation between Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan is also known as the duel between the strongest No. 21 in the new century. If we only look at the data, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are equally in the same category. Both of them are players with outstanding talent and explosive physical fitness. Their height and weight are basically similar, perhaps a little different is that Kevin Garnett is the kind of power forward who is a bit biased towards small forwards, so he is slightly better than Duncan in support, while Tim Duncan is He is a power forward who favors a center-forward style of play, so Duncan's finishing ability at the basket is more deterrent than Garnett on the defensive end.

The starting center for the Timberwolves in this game is Rasu Nesterovic, a well-regulated inside blue-collar, Kevin Garnett at the power forward position, and Meng Xu, one of the few starting small forwards in the United States. One of my friends, Wally Szczerbiak, has basically the same trajectory as Meng Xu in the Spurs. Zebiak pushed Timberwolves veteran Sam Mitchell to the bench and became the Timberwolves' starting small forward.Since the Timberwolves played a double point guard tactic in this game, they also started with two point guards, namely Chauncey Billups and Trier Brandon, Trier Brandon He is also an All-Star point guard who averaged 17 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds per game in the regular season last season.In the playoffs, facing the powerful Trail Blazers, he averaged 20 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds per game.

On the Spurs side, perhaps because of the criticism of the Cardinal, David Robinson returned to the starting lineup as the starting center, and the rest of the starting players basically did not change, continuing the previous game against the Pacers. The lineup in the second half of the game, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Sean Elliott, shooting guard Meng Xu, point guard Avery Johnson.

"Meng, in the first quarter of today's game, you will be the team's main offensive point. David and Tim will open up space for you inside, so let it go."

Today's game has not even started yet, Meng Xu has already felt the uncontrollable prehistoric power in his body. In today's training session, assistant coach Mike Budenholzer specially formulated for Meng Xu A ball-holding singles tactic, and it was also simulated in the team match in the afternoon. As a result, the bench lineup led by Meng Xu and Derek Anderson beat the main players of Duncan and David Robinson. Derek Anderson, this guy made 3 of 15 11-pointers and scared all the assistant coaches on the sidelines.

So when the game started, after assistant coach Mike Budenholzer patted Meng Xu on the shoulder and said these words, Meng Xu was also looking forward to this game, just like the game against Italy in the Sydney Olympics , this game will become a turning point for me in the Spurs, and perhaps a turning point for my entire career. Even if I performed well last season, even if I faced the Lakers in the playoffs. The evaluation in the mainstream media is still an excellent role player. Although Meng Xu has always dismissed these evaluations, Meng Xu also hopes that he and Tim Duncan, like Kevin Garnett, can become players on the court. off-site focus.

When David Robinson overwhelmed Rasu Nesterovic with a successful jump ball, the strongest No. 21 matchup between the Spurs and the Timberwolves, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett also kicked off.

After Avery Johnson took possession of the ball and passed the half court, he handed over the basketball to Meng Xu, while he ran according to the tactics formulated before the game. Since the playoffs last season, Avery Johnson has been able to clearly I can feel that my status in the Spurs is getting lower and lower. Of course, this status refers to the tactical status. In the past, as the leader of the Spurs locker room and the commander on the court, the Spurs' possession of the ball was all allocated by Avery Johnson. , But since last season's playoffs, Avery Johnson has increasingly developed in the direction of a dribbling guard, and was replaced early in the last game.

Although he is 34 years old, Avery Johnson has maintained a very good game state in recent years, so Avery Johnson does not want to sit on the bench now.But Avery Johnson also knows in his heart that with the continuous rise of Meng Xu, his status in the team will become lower and lower, and he will face the possibility of being sent away by the team at any time.

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