king of defenders

Chapter 1155 Strengths and Weaknesses

American Airlines Arena.

The game is about to start, and the players from both sides have finished warming up and are surrounded by the coach.

For the 76 team, the head coach Brett Brown looked serious, glanced at his players, and said: "First of all, it is defense, and the most important thing is to guard against Meng Yun. Although Meng Yun's average points per game this season is not many But this is only because the Heat's previous opponents were not strong enough, and he didn't make a full shot. His strength is beyond doubt, no matter how good the other players are, only Meng Yun is the soul of the Heat."

"Ben (Ben Simmons)." Brett Brown looked at Simmons, "You are tall enough, but the most important thing is to keep up with Meng Yun's footsteps."

Hearing this, Simmons showed bitterness. Meng Yun's speed is too fast, and his own speed is not slow. With his height and long arms, and good physical fitness, he can get the best result without three-pointers and lack of shooting ability. A rookie, he is firmly established as the starting point guard for the 76ers, but compared with Meng Yun, his speed is not at the same level.

As we all know, Meng Yun's speed is the best in the league.

Even when a reporter interviewed Allen Iverson and asked how Meng Yun's speed compared to his original one, Iverson admitted frankly that the two sides had never compared it. Will be slower than when he was at his prime.

You know, Iverson is the well-known speed king of the NBA. In addition to his excellent skills, he won several scoring titles with his height of 183 cm, and he relied on the speed that topped the league.

Now Meng Yun also has this kind of speed, and his height has reached 205 cm, which is equivalent to a heightened version of Iverson, and his combat power will only be stronger than Iverson.

Simmons has height, flexibility, and physical confrontation ability, but against Meng Yun, his speed is still not enough and he doesn't have much confidence.

Coach Brett Brown also understands this, so he changed the sentence: "Try to keep up with Meng Yun's footsteps, take advantage of your height, and don't let Meng Yun make shots easily. If he breaks through with speed, your teammates will Help you back up your defense."

Simmons nodded: "Yes, coach."

Brett Brown is still a little lucky. At least Simmons has height, wingspan and confrontation, and he moves fast. He can suppress Meng Yun's shots. Unable to make Meng Yun's breakthrough, and unable to prevent his shooting, both ends were at a disadvantage, making it difficult for teammates to help.

But now at least Meng Yun's shooting can be restricted and he can be forced to break through, so that teammates can help defend or make up defense more targeted.

Then coach Brett Brown told others, changed the subject, and his tone became sharp: "Remember, we have to play our own offense and bloom more. Joel (Joel Embiid) on the inside ), Dario (Dario Saric), you have to be aggressive. And Jimmy (Jimmy Butler), you have to play more proactively, you have an advantage in this point.”

Tactics in basketball games are often based on matchups. The higher the level of the game, the more prominent the advantages and disadvantages of the matchup. Because the players are of higher level and have a strong ability to seize opportunities, as long as the matchup has an advantage , they can use it and turn it into a score.

So when a team plays against another team, the most basic thing is to build on the matchup.

For example, at the moment when the 76ers are facing the Heat, Simmons must be at a disadvantage. Simmons is definitely not Meng Yun's opponent. Not bad, Embiid can have a little advantage, but Saric can't, so on average, the 76ers actually have little advantage inside.

On the front line, Butler is facing Gay. After all, Butler is an All-Star player and he is in his prime. He has an advantage, so he should take advantage of this advantage.

As for Redick at shooting guard, he is a shooter who needs his teammates to feed the ball. Korver is also a shooter. Both of them are good at shooting. Wall has performed very well with the Heat in the past two seasons.

"Okay, let's play." Coach Brett Brown waved his hand after finishing the arrangement, signaling the players to go on the field. He sat down, wrote and drew on the tactical board, and said to himself, "On the 1st position We are at a disadvantage, but we have an advantage at position 3. If Jimmy plays well enough, it may be able to offset the disadvantage at position 1. Redick has some advantages at position 2, but not too big. Finally, it is the inside, Joel And Dario have to play well enough so we can get an advantage as a whole."

Of course, this is only the main lineup, so even if everything goes well, it doesn't mean that the Heat can be defeated, because there is a substitute lineup.

And that's where coach Brett Brown worries.

After Butler joined this summer, the team's main lineup is already gorgeous enough, but the bench lineup has not been greatly improved, which is much inferior to that of the Heat.

However, these are all book strengths. How the final game will depend on the performance of the players is the key to the game. If the book strength can determine the game, then what suspense and meaning is there in the game?

Heat here.

Coach Spoelstra also made some preparations, and finally told Meng Yun: "Meng Yun, your point is your biggest advantage, so you have to take more shots today." He didn't say "be serious." , Because although Meng Yun did not take many shots in the previous 12 games, he actually played very seriously, which is why he was so efficient.

Meng Yun smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"beep"

The two sides came to the field and the game officially began.

The Heat got the ball, Meng Yun came to the frontcourt, still organizing the offense, he needs to see the state of his teammates today, read the opponent's defense, and then decide what to do.

Why James always likes to organize the offense at the beginning, wait until later to exert force, and score by himself. In fact, this is not a personal preference, but a strategy.

Without observation and analysis, how do you read the game, how can you control the game?
Those who started playing in a hurry, seemed to perform very well, but in fact the final winning rate was very unstable, because they played in the same way no matter what the game, did not read the game seriously, and carried out targeted self-play. Without adjustment, it is impossible to control the game, let alone control the outcome.

(End of this chapter)