new lord of the rings

Chapter 427 Donovan's Plan
This ball kicked off the counterattack of the Phoenix Suns. Zhang Xin continued to make air cuts or breakthroughs to create opportunities for outside shooters. Opening his mouth, the Sun's offense became very smooth.

At the beginning of the sport of basketball, the requirements for space became more and more stringent. In the beginning, it was just that the players’ skills or concepts did not reach the level they are today. The basketball philosophy at that time was: the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score!
So the players at that time were demanding the ability to score at the basket, and there was a scene where ten people were crowded in the paint area to fight hand-to-hand. With the development of basketball philosophy, more and more attention was paid to space, whether it was the Hampton system or Triangular tactics are all about opening up space and creating opportunities for players to create space.

Since its development, the magic ball theory has been more and more recognized: three points is one point more than two points!
It can be said that the pursuit of space has reached the extreme.

This Phoenix lineup is in line with modern basketball theory. Except for one Tyson Chandler, the other Zhang Xin, Tucker, Hield, and Bro Gordon all have precise three-pointers. When Tucker, Hill After De and Brogdon were three-point shooters, and Zhang Xin and Tyson Chandler played high pick-and-rolls, Zhang Xin's ability to involve terrorist attacks was brought into full play.

This kind of routine is high-sounding and unreasonable. Either you directly switch defenses and get killed by Zhang Xin, or you can only choose to let outside shooters shoot.

Coach Donovan is extremely troublesome. This kind of tactic sounds good and upright, but it doesn’t sound good. It’s playing hooligans, relying on a super strong ball-handler to attack, and the others just wait for the ball to shoot. , not without disadvantages, the disadvantages are:
If the opponent's shooters are not accurate enough or there are not enough shooters, the ball handler will be caught in a pinch, but the Suns have both many shooters and high quality.

This is why Zhang Xin focused on the group of three-point shooters in the locker room. With him around, outside shooters only need to show their charisma, wait for the ball to catch, and shoot. There is no need to worry about missing shots. Chance.

Coach Donovan can only do multiple-choice questions. Either let Zhang Xin play, or let the outside shooter shoot, or let Chandler dunk at the basket. Of course, Donovan’s choice is to let the outside shooter shoot. A shooter may not be able to make a shot!
But he was soon disappointed. The outside shooter not only made the shot, but also shot accurately!
When chasing points, the three-pointer is the easiest way to narrow the score. After a few rounds, Donovan had to call a timeout, and the score was forced to close to 5 points. It was impossible not to call a timeout.

Zhang Xinyi high-fived with his teammates. Tucker, Hilde and Bro Gordon were all very excited. They all scored three-pointers. This kind of open three-pointers is really cool, just like in training.

Zhang Xin smiled slightly, and now he wanted to see what tricks Donovan could come up with.

Donovan is indeed thinking of recruiting, but his head hurts so much that he can't help it. Dong Zhan Xi Zhan has defeated countless powerful enemies by relying on this tactic, and no one can really crack this tactic. If there is one, it is In the 2017-18 Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets, the Golden State Warriors with Durant still scored the tiebreaker. There are two flaws in this tactic:

One is the physical strength of the ball holder. Constantly breaking through and creating opportunities is extremely exhausting;
The second is the stability of the shooter. Once the shooter can't shoot an open three-pointer, then this tactic will naturally disintegrate.

The Houston Rockets failed in the tiebreaker of the 2017-18 Western Conference Finals. Both problems were encountered. Harden was able to clearly show a serious physical exhaustion in the third and fourth quarters, and the shooters were also seriously inaccurate. , This allowed the Warriors to seize the opportunity to defeat the Rockets.

After that battle, D'Antoni's employment was once again questioned. His problem of using the main force has not changed. The Warriors often rotate 11 to [-] people, while the Rockets only rotate [-] to [-] people. In the third and fourth quarters, haha It is normal for Deng and the shooter group to be inaccurate due to severe physical exertion.

Donovan was also thinking about this. He made up his mind to delay the game until Zhang Xin was exhausted. The current trick was nothing but counterattack.

After the timeout, the Thunder made a change in defense. They just switched defenses and let Zhang Xin play. Whether the big fights the small ones, or the small ones fight the big ones, Zhang Xin is allowed to fight. It just consumes Zhang Xin's physical strength.

On the offensive side, Zhang Xin's defenders took Zhang Xin for a walk, constantly consuming Zhang Xin's physical strength. In Donovan's view, in this way, Zhang Xin had to consume both offensively and defensively. With a lot of physical strength, Zhang Xin couldn't last long at all.

After a few rounds, Zhang Xin immediately discovered Donovan's plan. Zhang Xin immediately made adjustments. He defended Robertson himself, and asked Warren who had just come up to pester Durant. Zhang Xin gave Warren the following tasks: Keep in front of Durant and give him constant confrontation.

Warren did a great job of stalking Durant, who was extremely irritated by being pestered.

Zhang Xin will not be soft when he attacks again, since Donovan dares to let him play singles, then he will play Thunderclap very distressed!

Tyson Chandler's defender is Adams. After Zhang Xin and Chandler's high pick-and-roll, Adams came to change defense every time. Adams finally understood why his teammate Robertson was beaten by Zhang Xin to see a psychiatrist.

When Zhang Xin faced Adams, he played freely. If he didn't come up, he would shoot a three-pointer. Able to score under his defense!
After the second quarter, the Suns led by 8 points instead.

McBrin commented: "It cannot be said that Coach Donovan's response was inappropriate. To deal with such super ball-handlers as LeBron, Harden and Zhang Xin, in addition to exhausting their physical strength, the only way to deal with them is through flanking. Only then can they limit them, but the high-quality shooters of the Suns guarantee that they will not dare to attack Zhang Xin at will. In this way, Zhang Xin is like a fish in water in this environment. Coach Donovan's plan cannot be said to be useless, but still Before it comes into play, it depends on whether Zhang Xin exhausts his energy in the third quarter or the fourth quarter."

Mark Jackson, the former coach of the Warriors, also came to the scene to comment tonight. Mark Jackson laughed: "Coach Donovan may have made a mistake. Note that Zhang Xin himself is a tactical master. He used the method of exhausting the core physical strength of the opponent. Countless times, he has fought against LeBron James for three consecutive years, and the most common tactic is to exhaust LeBron's physical strength. Do you think Zhang Xin will be defeated by this method?
If my guess is correct, Zhang Xin should save as much energy as possible in the third quarter, and only control the situation in the fourth quarter. This is the Zhang Xin I know! "Mark Jackson said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)