basketball court controller

Chapter 47 Zhang Chen Can't Defend

After I figured it out, the smog in my heart was swept away, and my heart of pursuing victory and never admitting defeat was still firm.

Zhang Chen was so excited that he opened his arms and hugged Xiao Ye next to him. The girl was taken aback for a moment, then her face was full of shyness, and she wanted to push this reckless guy away.

"Thank you." The three soft words came from the ear, but Xiao Ye lost all the strength in his body.

Forget it, seeing how pitiful this guy is, let him hug him for a while. The girl's hand also hugged the big boy in front of her. It felt so warm. Since when did she get used to his existence?

When Zhang Chen was still at a loss, he didn't know that his performance of scoring 50 points in the first game of the finals and almost leading the team to reverse 20 points has become a hot topic in the league and completely conquered Pat Riley.

Pat Riley had a little hesitation about changing tactics before, but now this hesitation was completely swept away by Zhang Chen's terrifying firepower.

When I arrived at the training ground the next day, the Heat's training content only had one tactic, with Zhang Chen as the outside core to dominate the team's offense, while Mourning had to focus on defending the "Twin Towers" of the Spurs above.

"Zhang, you just have to show off your offensive talent in this series."

Zhang Chen is also excited by the high expectations placed on him by the head coach.

The second game started, and Zhang Chen won the right to attack the team's first goal for the first time. He is the team's main point of attack in the game, and he must let his teammates and opponents see clearly his determination and ability.

One step forward, facing Mario Eli's mid-range jumper, he made a solid hollow into the net.

The Spurs are not without weaknesses. Their biggest weakness is the outside offense and their dependence on the inside. Moreover, they have no defensive strengths, and no one can stand up to Zhang Chen one-on-one.

So even without the effect of the life extension three-point card, Zhang Chen is very confident in his outside offense. After he scored the first goal extremely domineeringly, Pat Riley was also relieved. How well he played and how good he was at the critical moment. He is also a rookie. Whether he can carry the team's offense can only be known after playing. But after this ball, Pat Riley knew that his worries were unnecessary. big scene players.

After seeing Zhang Chen's goal, the Spurs players also breathed a sigh of relief, because although the ball was facing the defense, it can only be said to be a standard star attack, not an unreasonable three-pointer like the previous game. The Spurs got back 19 points with an unreasonable three-pointer by Zhang Chen in the first half. They were a little worried that he would continue to go crazy in this game, and that would be really difficult.

The Spurs are not worried about not being able to defend the outside line. When facing many teams, their outside line is a bit disadvantaged, but in the end they can always win, because no matter whether they suffer from the outside line or take advantage of it, the "Twin Towers" can turn the opponent's inside line upside down. Players are closer to the basket than perimeter players, so they hit more shots, score more points than their opponents, and of course win.

So the Spurs didn't feel that there was anything wrong. When it was their turn to attack, Duncan turned around and hit the ball in the low post to score the ball, steadily scoring 2 points.

"See, Tim and David can easily put the ball into your basket, you can't win." Eli said loudly on purpose when he passed by Zhang Chen.

He just wants to anger Zhang Chen, this is his task, and it is also revenge for Zhang Chen's unscrupulous scoring in front of him.

Facing such an opponent, Zhang Chen didn't even bother to pay back. With the Spurs' current tactical system, their outside players basically don't know how to play singles. If Zhang Chen wants to block the player who is facing him, as long as he doesn't lose his position, the opponent will eat duck eggs. It's possible, but it's not necessary.

Facing this Spurs, it only makes sense to suppress Duncan and Robinson on defense or outscore them.

When it comes to defense, the Heat can only do their best. When it comes to offense, Zhang Chen must do it.

But it's not nonsense, for example, in a stalemate, he will still pass to a teammate in a better position.

It's a pity that other than him, the current main player's firepower is not very good. However, after the Heat changed to focus on outside offense, they didn't fall behind as quickly as they did in the previous game, and the Heat still had an advantage , that is, the replacement lineup is stronger than the Spurs.

Although at this time, substitute players will have less time to play, but they are still part of the game after all. Terry Porter, Dan Marley, Voshan Leonard, Clarence Witherspoon , these can all contribute.

So the scene suddenly became you come and go, the Heat continued to get opportunities on the outside, while the Spurs desperately scored points inside.

"Zhang, in fact, you can be more decisive in your shots. Don't worry about the hit rate. You have unlimited firepower in this game." Pat Riley specially reminded Zhang Chen during the break.

He observed off the court and found that Zhang Chen would make extremely decisive three-point shots when the score was behind, but he would shoot very reasonably when the score was ahead, but Zhang Chen shot decisively than when he played reasonably. Be taller.

Pat Riley therefore believes that Zhang Chen's offense should be more decisive, and that is Zhang Chen's rhythm.

It's just that he doesn't know that it's not because of the rhythm problem, but because the effect of the life extension three-point card is only effective when the score is behind. Of course, double the hit rate will be higher than double the hit rate.

So when Zhang Chen is behind, it will be more obvious, because when he is behind, he will definitely solve the battle by himself.

At the end of halftime, Zhang Chen hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the Heat led by 41 point at 40:1.

After Mourning put most of his experience on defense this time, it also caused some trouble for the Spurs' offense, so neither team scored very high in the first half.

This rhythm is no stranger to the two teams, because they are both teams that focus on defense.

Counting, this is already the third defensive team that the Heat have encountered in the playoffs. Except for the Pacers, other opponents are very defensive, including themselves of course.

"Alonzo, continue to cause trouble for the opponent's inside line, you can definitely do it."

"Zhang, they can't defend you from the outside line, keep your confidence and shoot decisively."

The head coach didn't have anything special to arrange. The Heat's current style of play doesn't even need simple tactics. It has completely changed to Zhang Chen playing whatever he wants, but the effect looks good.

In the second half, the tactics of the two sides did not change.

The Heat intend to use this kind of tactics without tactics to fight against the Spurs, and the Spurs will remain unchanged. When their inside line can attract double-teams and open up the outside line, they can score high points, as the Heat have now. Players of Mourning's level entangled with them inside, and their scores would be lower, but only the outside changed. Their inside is stable, so they don't worry at all.

"Beautiful internal wear and internal coordination, the Spurs overtook the score as soon as they came up."

"It's another three-pointer. With Zhang Chen's height armband, the Spurs' outside line can't stop him from shooting outside the three-point line... I have an interesting statistic here. All the three-pointers made by Zhang Chen of the Heat are in the When they were down, it seemed as if the team was down and he couldn't wait to get the points back."

The game became more and more intense, and Zhang Chen's strange three-pointers appeared more frequently, and the Spurs had to pay attention. Although it was not the same continuous three-point rain as in the first half, this player obviously wanted to explode on the outside. Well, you don't have to worry about it before, but if it's not like this at the last moment, it will be troublesome.

They first changed the player defending Zhang Chen into Elliott, because the latter has an advantage in height.

But the advantage of height is not an advantage in defense. Whether it is speed or jumping, Elliott cannot pose a threat to Zhang Chen.

In the fourth quarter, as soon as Zhang Chen received the ball, the Spurs attacked. They would rather let go of Tim Hardaway, the Heat's leading outside scorer in the regular season.

"Zhang Chen forced a pull, an incredible goal. I think the Spurs should try their best to prevent him from receiving the ball. Unfortunately, they don't have a perimeter player who can do this."

"His three-pointers are as stable as scoring in the three-second zone. It is surprising that he did not show such a strong three-pointer ability before the finals."

Popovich once again called a timeout. He has tried three combinations of Elliott and Ellie, Elliott and Johnson, and Elliott and Johnson to interfere with Zhang Chen's receiving and shooting, but none of them worked. , and the opponent still has the ability to pass the ball.

"Coach, why don't I defend myself?" Robinson suggested.

Popovich shook his head. Zhang Chen's attack distance is too far. Robinson's defense will make the Spurs open at the basket, which is even more dangerous. Moreover, Robinson was not a few years ago and had to keep up with an outside player. The speed is no longer realistic.

After careful consideration, Popovich decided to focus on the stability of the team's offense at the last moment. They don't have perimeter defense experts, so there is no need to struggle.

"After Duncan received the ball, he passed the ball to the bottom line without looking at people. Elliott made a three-pointer, 80:78. Duncan's pass was better than many guards."

"The Spurs flanked ahead of time. Zhang Chen ran past Hardaway and directly took the ball in the hands of his teammates. The drifting three-pointer was beautiful... At 81:80, the Heat took the lead again, with only 30 seconds left."

"After the timeout came back, the Spurs served the ball from midfield, Johnson controlled the rhythm, Robinson and Duncan switched positions, and the ball was still handed over to Duncan... Zhang Chen stepped forward to pinch, Duncan passed the ball... was cut off, Zhang Chen broke the ball."

After the first game of the finals, Zhang Chen also carefully considered the use of absolute control. If it is difficult to block the big man, he should poke the ball away before he shoots, or force him to pass the ball.

Duncan is also good at passing the ball, and he will pass the ball when he is flanked, so Zhang Chen focused on this.

(End of this chapter)