basketball court controller

Chapter 76
To keep up with the opponent's speed, you need an inside line that can run.

Camos like Mashburn are fine if there's no big man who can run.

Since Mashburn can make a guest appearance, so can others, such as Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen played power forward in the All-Star rookie game, and he felt it at that time. He has good strength and jumping, but he has an advantage when facing non-strong typical insiders, such as Odo from the first-year team. Tom, then, he should be able to handle Marion and Robinson of the Suns.

Regardless of his lack of height, during the All-Star rookie game, he gave the opponent's players a few big caps, and his excellent mobility and jumping ability made it easier for him to block opponents.

Of course, there is nothing he can do to lean on him with a tall and strong insider, but now the Suns have such a completely small lineup, there is no such player at all.

It happened to be his turn to rest below, "Coach, in fact, we should play a smaller lineup more thoroughly, so that the defense will not be unable to keep up, and we still have an advantage in lineup battles."

Fortunately, he and Mourning rested separately. His suggestion was actually to replace Mourning. It would be bad if he asked the coach to replace the team boss.

Pat Riley shook his head. It's not like he didn't think about it, but the team doesn't have that type of inside line. "The inside line must have rebounds and help defense. Jamal can't do it." Whirlwind, if it lacks rebounds and help defense, it will be a real tragedy, and it will be spent.

"Jamal can't do it, but it doesn't mean I can't do it. Coach, let me play center. I can handle the inside of the Suns." Zhang Chen said firmly.

Pat Riley's heart moved. He also watched Zhang Chen's performance in the All-Stars. This method may really work.

"The Heat made personnel adjustments again. Unbelievably, Zhang Chen actually appeared on the inside and stood at the center position. This is the first time for the Heat to make such a strange lineup."

"They are also in a hurry. Can Zhang Chen play inside? This is not an All-Star game. This is a formal game, and it's not that easy."

At this time, the Heat's lineup became Tim Hardaway at No. [-], Dan Marley at No. [-], Bruce Bowen at No. [-], Jamal Mashburn at No. [-], and Zhang Chen at No. [-]. A small lineup through and through.

In this way, the Suns have a height advantage instead.

"Heat sacrificed height for speed, which is not a good idea."

"Yeah, the Suns don't just shoot from the outside,"

The first defense after changing the lineup, the Heat finally kept up with the rhythm of the Suns, and this time the Suns were forced to play positional warfare. Seeing Zhang Chen's height, Kidd directly lobbed the ball to the Clifford Robinson.

This guy still has good inside skills, but he has face-up inside skills. There are power forwards who can shoot and post up, but Robinson is definitely not one of them, but even if he doesn't have excellent post-up skills , he still didn't think Zhang Chen could guard him, after all he was tall.

After receiving the ball, seeing that Zhang Chen didn't come over to stick him, Robinson dribbled the ball twice, which was a jump shot.

But as soon as the ball was released, he saw someone jumping in the mouth in front of him, with a strong big hat.

The jump shots of inside players are generally slower than those of outside players. He basically made half of his moves before Zhang Chen made a quick start. Still relying on his excellent speed, bounce, and extraordinary judgment, he blocked the ball.

However, with a completely small lineup, the Heat are still pressing the rhythm.

Zhang Chen was about to hit the ball inside, Robinson was a little unconvinced, he was careless in attacking just now, but now that he was standing behind Zhang Chen, he couldn't believe that he could still beat him forcefully.

Zhang Chen has back-up skills. Even if he is beaten by Robinson who is taller than him, it is not impossible, but the hit rate depends on the touch. When the Suns do not have an insider with excellent blocking ability, he still needs to choose to hit. A higher attack rate.

After receiving the ball, he made a fake turn outwards, then turned to the baseline in an instant, and wiped it in at once. Progressively rushing from the bottom of the basket was a one-handed reverse dunk.

If an ordinary outside line wants to pass an inside line like this, even if the flexibility is enough, the fluency of the movement will be affected due to physical contact, but with Zhang Chen's strength, this impact will not be great .

The offensive method of slam dunk is much higher than the backward jump shot behind the back.

What the Heat want is the hit rate. Even if they play a small lineup, Zhang Chen and Marsh can play in the low post. What if the Suns fail to make a fast break? Can they use Anfernee-Hardaway? "Penny" is not as good as it was in the early years. On the books, Robinson's offense is more dominant. The key is that he was blocked the first time he attacked Zhang Chen.

But even so, he was sure of it.

If a team with a weak inside line does this, they can still switch to an orthodox inside line, but the Heat have Mourning, and if they put on an orthodox inside line, the Heat can use Mourning, which is a disadvantage for them. '

The only way out is to make up his mind to play a small lineup. They don't believe that Zhang Chen can always defend the big man inside. After all, he has never seen him play inside before. During the rookie game, he was also an auxiliary insider. Unlike now, this is It's really acting as an inside gate.

Robinson's physical fitness is actually very good. He belongs to the type who can run, jump and shoot, so P-J-Brown can't guard him at all, but it is not easy to meet Zhang Chen. Although his type of insider can also Singles, but rely more on the passing of a good defender. When encountering Zhang Chen, he suffers from speed and bounce, and his strength can't gain the upper hand. He can't play his advantage at all.

This is the sad reminder of not being good at attacking with the basket on your back. Even if you are taller than Zhang Chen, you can't beat Zhang Chen.

So the Suns still chose a more suitable offensive method for them. The attacking players strengthened their running without the ball, and when there was a gap, the defenders would send the ball to their teammates in time.

This is a tactic that requires high timing for the point guard to pass the ball, and the Suns can play it easily because of Kidd.

But it is not enough to defeat the opponent with a successful tactical run, it also depends on the opponent's defensive tactics. Regarding the man-to-man defense, Marley and Bowen are both masters, and the Suns soon discovered that Zhang Chen's help defense in the interior His abilities are no worse than Mourning's, and his super-fast movement speed even gives people the illusion that he is everywhere in the three-second zone.

If the opponent doesn't go inside, they can't play inside offense, and the Suns will be depressed.

There are fewer opportunities for fast breaks, and the efficiency of positional warfare is not as good as that of the Heat. The score on the court changed quickly.

The Heat were originally behind, but by the end of halftime, they had become ahead.

"Zhang Chen's performance is shocking again, this player is really comprehensive."

"But it's not necessarily a good thing. It's impossible for him to show all his abilities in the game. It's better to hone the skills of the forward and defensive lines better."

"That's true, but the Suns are in danger in this game."

The existence of Zhang Chen is simply restraining the Suns. Such an opponent is more in the interests of the Suns on the outside. He can only keep an eye on one of them on the outside. It is almost impossible to play inside.

And when the two sides enter the rotation, the Heat also have the advantage. The Suns' tactics can't play so smoothly without Kidd, and the Heat have no such influence at all.

In the second half, the Suns finally didn't dare to play a purely small lineup.

Zhang Chen also returned to his original position to deal with Anfernee Hardaway.

In this way, the offense of the Suns is still limited. In short, the rhythm is not smooth, but Robinson is liberated, but this is not the rhythm of the Suns. Their rhythm is to push forward and throw quickly. Now Can't get rid of the defenders, the offensive efficiency is much worse.

On the other hand, the Heat are still playing in the paint. It was Zhang Chen just now, and Mourning is now.

Under such circumstances, the Suns almost vomited blood.

What to do, in the end the Suns chose to bite the bullet and play a positional battle with the Heat.

In the positional battle, Anfernee Hardaway's performance is needed, a sudden breakthrough with force, and then a beautiful turnaround jumper, Zhang Chen has nothing to do with such a ball.

But this season, Anfernee Hardaway has rarely played like this, and Zhang Chen's close defense is very difficult, and after the injury, this player's speed is no longer very fast, and he can only rely on the difficult turn and fall back if he cannot get rid of it. , Even in his prime, he didn't do it all the time. When the defense came up, he was used to passing the ball. This is a habit of a person with the ball.

So after he stood up for a few rounds at the end of the third quarter, he failed to restore the Suns' disadvantage.

It's not that the score has been stretched wide, but that their offense has become discontinuous. Attacking teams are afraid of intermittent offense, and they have completely fallen into the rhythm of the Heat.

102:92, the Heat won the game without any risk.

"He was very good. The Heat had him, so we lost." After the game, the Suns coach Scott Scholes said with some helplessness.

Although Zhang Chen showed his ability in the interior, it only caused some amazement, and did not make other opponents take it too seriously. After all, this is not a conventional style of play. If Zhang Chen really runs to the interior, other teams will Cheer up, overlapping with Mourning is not as threatening as complementing Mourning on the perimeter.

After winning the Suns, the Heat rested for four days.

The well-rested Heat ushered in a wave of five consecutive victories, tying the record of the Pacers.

But immediately, they were wiped out by the visiting Lakers, and they were one game behind the No. [-] Pacers in the East.

This is quite depressing. At a critical moment, I met the Lakers, the most difficult team to play.

On March 3, the Heat defeated the Eagles, who were hopeless in the playoffs, 22:82. The Pacers were defeated by the Bucks the next day, and the two teams' records were tied again.

(End of this chapter)