new lord of the rings

Chapter 428 The mighty Phoenix!
Mark Jackson guessed right, Zhang Xin immediately changed his strategy in the third quarter.

For a team that aspires to win the championship, how to play basketball well, how to become a championship team, and even how to become a dynasty team is far more than a temporary success or loss. It is not that simple.

It's hard to say whether Zhang Xin's singles can win the game, and it's hard to say whether he can maintain his physical strength until the last moment. Although Zhang Xin has the confidence to support until the end of the game, the team is not a matter of one person, but a team. things.

Tucker has no way to become the team's main offensive point, and Hilde has no possibility of becoming the team's main offensive point for the time being. Of course, Rajon Rondo, Paul Gasol, Tyson Chandler, etc. are all impossible.

But Zhang Xin will still feed them the ball, even if the efficiency is not high. Zhang Xin must feed them the ball from time to time, and he must participate in the offense, even if it is a screen, an air cut, or a rebound.

Only by bringing them into the system can they stimulate their enthusiasm for participating in the team's offense and defense. This is how the team's discipline and tactical quality are established.

Therefore, Zhang Xin can't play singles all the time, whether it is to ensure the physical strength of the final quarter or to maintain a good discipline and tactical quality for the team, because it will destroy the chemical reaction of the entire team. Not for.

Zhang Xin directly gave the ball to Rondo to organize, and threw himself into the crowd to run without the ball.

This is the value of Zhang Xin. When he is playing with the ball, he is the league's number one ball holder. When he is playing off the ball, he is still the league's number one scorer!
How awesome Rajon Ron is!
As long as Zhang Xin's ability to terribly tear the defense to contain the Thunder's defense, Rondo can give the ball to the man who is emptied.

For example, there is a ball like this:
Zhang Xin asked Devin Booker for an off-ball screen at the elbow. When he slid down to the bottom of the basket, Pau Gasol made another off-ball screen. When Zhang Xin ran to the baseline, he attracted Robertson. And Adams' attention, Pau Gasol was emptied, Rondo's ball arrived, and Gasol put the ball lightly into the basket!

The wholeness of the sun is revealed!
Zhang Xin is very fortunate to have invited Rondo to join. In a sense, with Rondo's joining, the team has an extra core, and Zhang Xin can do more things. When Rondo is present, He doesn't have to think about driving his teammates, but just concentrate on playing his unparalleled offensive ability.

Coach Donovan frowned again: Zhang Xin didn't play singles blindly, which directly bankrupted his plan!

Sure enough, it is still not that simple. Zhang Signal said that the tactical master among the players is not unreasonable. His vision has gone beyond the stadium itself.

The Thunder's offense still maintained continuity. By the end of the third quarter, Westbrook and Durant had cooperated to score 60 points!
This is a very scary data. The two scored 32 and 28 respectively. Westbrook scored 32 points and Durant scored 28 points.

The score between the two sides was 90:96, and the Thunder trailed by 6 points in the away game. The intensity of the game was beyond people's imagination.

"It's really wonderful beyond imagination. I originally thought that if the strength of the sun is slightly inferior, it should be at a disadvantage. Although the sun has Zhang Xin, it is difficult to make up for the lag in overall strength. I didn't expect The Suns showed amazing explosive power, and it is undeniable that Zhang Xin played a big role in it. Zhang Xin has scored 45 points in three quarters, accounting for almost half of the team's points, but the Suns' scoring ability is still impressive. be surprised:

Booker, Tucker, Hilde, Bro Gordon, Warren, everyone made at least two three-pointers, and the sun rained three-pointers, which is why they are still able to maintain the lead now!Amazing! " Wang Meng praised.

"Mr. Wang, we may have to re-evaluate the Suns' combat effectiveness. We always think that the Suns are slightly weaker than the Warriors and Thunder, but what is our basis? Why do we think their strength is inferior? You know, their record in the regular season is the second in the league. They didn't give the Utah Jazz a chance in the first round. They simply defeated the Jazz 4:0. Are they really weak? Are they really only relying on Zhang Xin? I I’m afraid I have to give these evaluations a question.”

Teacher Yang Yi questioned.

Wang Meng pondered for a moment, then suddenly woke up: Yes!Why do I feel that the sun is weak!

"Teacher Yang Yi reminded me that when I woke up the dreamer, I was influenced by too many critics' remarks. In fact, if we take a closer look, the age distribution of the sun is not so unreasonable:
There are veterans like Rondo, Gasol, Chandler, and Dudley;

There are also middle-aged and younger generations such as Zhang Xin, Tucker, Bledsoe, and Knight;
There are also young generations like Hilde, Booker, Bro Gordon, and Warren.

They are not the so-called youth army. Although Zhang Xin is also very young, he cannot be measured by the level of young people.

Their strikers are not so weak:
They have Zhang Xin, the best small forward in history, Tucker, a striker who can play three, four, and even the fifth position when necessary, a defensive strongman like Bro Gordon, and a physically strong player like Warren. Forwards, their strikers are not weak either!

What makes people feel horrible is that, except for the starting lineup, which is slightly weaker in three-pointers, when it comes to rotation, the Suns can even shoot three-pointers with five people!

Other teams talk about shooters who shoot threes like this: So-and-so and So-and-so are three-point shooters.

And when it comes to the Suns, it should be introduced like this: Except for Rondo, Chandler, and Pau Gasol who are weak in three-pointers, the others are all three-point shooters, what a horror! "After Wang Meng came together, he was also shocked: so the sun is so powerful?
Yang Yi and Wang Meng looked at each other, and then said in unison: "It's amazing!"

Only then did they understand how amazing Zhang Xin's work this season is: turning a group of players who are like loose sand into a real team. Those who have not experienced this matter will never know how difficult it is , Before Zhang Xin came, they were still this group of people, but they were at the bottom of the league. After Zhang Xin came, they formed a team. This is not something that can be done well by relying on appeal.

It's all about the details!
The offense needs to pay attention to details, whether it is positioning, screens, air cuts, dealing with flanking attacks, which positions are the shooting points, etc., these require a lot of time to polish, but the Suns did it in one season.

Defense needs more details, how to position, how to deal with pick-and-rolls, how to pinch, how to allocate blocks, who blocks, who grabs rebounds, how to cut off the passing line when pinching... These require strict discipline to be able to Did it, and the Suns still performed very well, is it due to Earl Watson?

Come on, he's not Stevens.

(End of this chapter)