ATPnovel Chapter 235 Against the Wizards
Chapter 235 Against the Wizards
The next game of the 76ers is to go to Washington to play against the Wizards. To be honest, the Wizards don't have any outstanding players. Instead, they play extremely united, a bit like European basketball.
The biggest problem facing the Wizards is how to crack the opponent's team basketball.
The day before the game, Brown's head coach started the pregame analysis session.
"Guys, the next team you're going to face is the Wizards. This team has been very good at team basketball these seasons."
"Then the next thing you have to do is how to crack the opponent's team basketball. What they are best at is the 23-zone defense, especially the tactics they have always used."
"Because the personal ability is not outstanding, so it is necessary to use 23 zone defense to cover up their shortcomings, so for this lineup, the most effective offensive method is outside shooting."
"Zhao Qiang and Iverson, you two have been practicing three-pointers for a long time, so now is the best time to test your three-pointers. In this game, I need you two to use three-pointers Divide the ball to open things up."
"The rest of them just need to cover the two of them and attack with three-pointers, and Zhao Qiang can assign the other offensive ends."
It can be said that Brown's head coach is now more and more at ease with these rookies under him. There is no need to formulate too detailed offensive tactics, as long as the entire technique and tactics set a big tone.
As for the other offenses, Zhao Qiang, the point guard, should be able to organize them. Everything on the court is under his control.
This time since he became the head coach, he was the last relaxed head coach.
Zhao Qiang couldn't help but want to complain a little. Coach Brown is too relaxed now, but it just happens to be in line with his wishes, controlling everything on the court in his own hands.
All players are naturally fine, because these are the tactics they practice daily, and they only need to improve their defense according to their daily strength.
"As for defense, it's enough to use man-to-man defensive tactics. No other complicated tactics are needed. If people are marked to death, no one is allowed to miss. If it doesn't work, you can shoot and not allow breakthroughs."
Coach Brown's requirements have already been placed here anyway. If he can't do it on the court, he will definitely be punished by the fall.
Soon the 76ers team went to Washington, and two reporters from the National Sports Channel, Cheng Gan and Li Ming, also followed the team to Washington.
Originally, racial discrimination is very common in this beautiful country.
But Cheng Gan and Li Ming did not feel racial discrimination in Philadelphia, and he also found that they were very popular in Philadelphia.
This is completely an incredible thing.
But soon they also discovered the reason, and that was because of Zhao Qiang.
Because Zhao Qiang is so popular in Philadelphia, there is no way, his arrival has brought about earth-shattering changes in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the largest city in the beautiful country, and it also has the largest population.
So Zhao Qiang's popularity in Philadelphia is really hard for others to imagine.
Came to Washington, the game began soon.
Before the start, Brown's head coach also specifically mentioned, "It's still the old rule, whoever makes the most mistakes will become the opponent's breakthrough, and the next game will be a replacement."
Anyway, this 76ers team is a 10-point effective incentive, especially for three rookies.
Anyway, the three of them absolutely don't want to perform at their worst. Sitting on the bench is too uncomfortable for them.
At the beginning of the game, Mutombo will call Zhao Qiang, and Zhao Qiang will organize the 76ers to attack.
As soon as the Seven Passers came on the court, they put up a second and third defense. It is clear that they don't want it. The 76ers will attack the inside line of the basketball.
Zhao Qiang has been observing the way the Wizards move while thinking about how to attack.
If their defensive range does not expand, Zhao Qiang will shoot directly outside, which is the easiest way to break the zone defense.
As a result, these people from the Wizards team really retreated to the three-point line, so Zhao Qiang no longer hesitated, and immediately shot a jumper from outside the three-point line.
The basketball hit the rim firmly.
At the beginning of the game, Zhao Qiang immediately scored three points for the team.
The head coach of the Wizards immediately gestured to the side, signaling them to press the entire defensive lineup forward.
Don't think that the Wizards didn't do their homework, they also did enough homework, that is, to expand the scope of their 23-zone defense.
It's just that the range of the 23-zone defense is expanded, and they will be a little uncomfortable, because the range of defense will expand and the range of running supplementary defense will expand.
Often at this time, it will leave a flaw for the other party.
So at the beginning of the game, they first shrank their lineup of two and three defenses, first tried the opponent's shooting percentage, and then considered the following defensive strategy.
Although Zhao Qiang hit a three-pointer in the opening game, it didn't have much impact on the players of the Wizards.
The Wizards go on the offense, their point guard dribbles the ball halfway, and then they're running pick-and-rolls.
Non-stop pick and roll, passing the ball into the small forward's hands requires the forward to hit an immediate two-point jumper.
This is the current offensive rhythm of the Wizards, constantly conducting pick-and-rolls through the basketball, and then scoring the ball.
Zhao Qiang felt very excited. Finally, a decent team came. There were no outstanding stars for me, but only players who worked together as a team.
Zhao Qiang continued to attack, and saw the Wizards' defensive radius expand after halftime.
Just wanted to know that they would not let him shoot a three-pointer so easily, so he pulled his position to the top of the arc.
In this way, the defensive personnel were mobilized to the top of the arc, and then immediately made a two-way change and entered the inside line. This is pure personal ability.
内线的4号位立即朝赵强补防了过来，而5号位置向4号位补防的过去，3号位向5号位补防的过去。
The Wizards made a rotation of defensive matchups in this split second.
However, this kind of rotation defense has shortcomings, and not everyone is an omnipotent defender.
Just like the Warriors Green bragged later, he can defend from the 1st position to the 5th.
Zhao Qiang threw the ball high, and Mutombo leaped high to catch the ball and pour it into the basket.
In a connection between Uncle Mu and Zhao Qiang, Zhao Qiang assisted Uncle Mu in an alley-oop.
This is the gap that will be opened in the second and third defenses, because of the height difference caused by the rotation and the alignment.
The Wizards continued to attack, passing the ball non-stop, passing the ball and scoring.
Now the problem facing the 76ers is how to control the passing of the Wizards.
The Wizards' passing was really quick and accurate. .