Chapter 314: Defeating the Raptors against the style of play (1)
After the regular season ended, the Magic did not choose to take a break. Instead, they took the time to start training against their first-round opponent, the Toronto Raptors. During this training, the Magic players were surprised to find Rashard Lewis.
And Hida Turkoglu was actually put on the bench to act as an inside player.
Others, such as Marcin Gortat, Kwame Brown and even Paul Millsap, all appear to be very tough defensively. Tough defense is of course a good thing, but as training subjects, their defensive methods are suspiciously fierce.
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The difference between Gnani and Gnani is quite big. Compared to other insiders of the Magic, Rashard Lewis, the pseudo inside, and Sheida Turkoglu, the outside, are more similar to the two big inside players of the Toronto Raptors.
Although there is a little difference in height, it can stand up to the "sexual" phase difference machine.
In order to make Adrian familiar with this style of play as early as possible, after communicating with Rashad Lewis and Turkoglu, this training content was reached.
The purpose of the training is to make Adrian more familiar with low-post offense and organization.
"Ed, you have to pay attention. When you are double-teamed in the low post, Marcin will start running with Rashad. You have to pay attention to Rashad's position and condition at all times."[
"Maxin, you have to block the opponent quickly in the first place, completely block the opponent, and create an open opportunity for Rashad to catch the ball."
"Xida, you have to go around the baseline, from the left to the right, and be ready to meet Adrian at any time. I believe that when you catch the basketball, Adrian will definitely block the defender for you. Then you will be
You can also choose to shoot directly. If the opportunity is not good, pass the ball decisively. Hang it to the inside. After Maxin blocks the person, he will pass down. You can pass it to him to attack, or you can pass it back to Adrian..."
In fact, Adrian is relatively familiar with the low post. When he was with the Lakers, he often dropped to the low post at the request of Phil Jackson and used his own post-ups to create situations. After coming to Orlando, although he almost no longer plays in the low post.
Most of the time, he launches attacks from the high post or organizes the team's offense. The Orlando Magic does not need him to attack the defense in the low post. Until now, Adrian has never encountered a full frontal attack.
It is a situation where you must lower your position without opening up the situation.
But Adrian has never stopped training on his low-post skills. Even though he was not able to use these skills in the Magic, but influenced by Michael Jordan, Adrian deeply understood the skills on the court.
There is no skill that you don’t need. Even if your style of play doesn’t use this skill for the time being, there are always some strong teams in the league. There will always be times when you are forced to change your style of play.
Open up the situation.
Therefore, even though he almost never entered the low post in the Orlando Magic, he never relaxed in honing his low post skills. Although he used them very rarely, his persistent training made him feel that his low post skills were becoming stable.
progress.
In terms of low-post offense, Adrian's main reference template is Michael Jordan in his prime. Michael Jordan may not be the most comprehensive low-post player with low-post skills. But he is definitely the most efficient. However, compared to Jordan's back-turning
For the fadeaway jump shot, Adrian has honed another skill more precisely, which is to turn his back and cut in with one step before attacking the basket directly.
Jordan's low-post skills are not that they are complicated and unpredictable. The scary thing about his low-post skills is that you clearly know what he is going to do next but there is absolutely nothing you can do about him.
With his strong physical fitness, he can easily get stuck in a favorable position when turning his back. The first step after turning around can completely push ordinary defenders aside, making it impossible for the opponent to defend him. Stan -
Van Gundy stood on the sidelines, carefully observing Adrian's performance in the low post. The more he observed, the more confident Van Gundy felt about the upcoming first round of the series.
Adrian's back-up skills are better than he expected. This strength alone is enough to defeat the Toronto Raptors' weak defense in the series. Whether it is Jamario Moon or Chris
-Bosh, it is almost impossible to guard against Adrian like this.
Except for Adrian, everyone else is also in good shape. Especially Weaver. This is Van Wever's first time participating in the playoffs. It can be seen that Van Weaver, who participated in the playoffs for the first time, is very interested in
I was very excited and my performance on the training field was much more positive than before.
Stan Van Gundy has decided to give Van Weaver a new guaranteed contract after the end of the season. He has not yet considered whether it will be one year or two years, but he is quite sure that although Van Weaver will not
He has the ability to play as the main force, but he can be a useful supplement to the Magic's bench. The most important thing is that Weaver can be signed very cheaply. Signing him will not consume too much salary space.
Marcin Gortat and Kwame Brown also performed very well. Although it is difficult for these two to make up for the reduction in the Magic's inside strength due to Howard's departure, the inside combination formed by these two is better than the average inside combination in the league.
By now I can do it without too much trouble.
To be able to achieve such an effect with a 2.7 million insider combination, Stan Van Gundy can't ask for more. Paul Millsap is also very good. The only pity is that he is too short. If he can
If he is six to seven centimeters taller, he is actually taller than Kwame Bu
Long is more suitable to be a starter. Not only is he tough on defense, he is better at grabbing rebounds, and his half-volley baskets on the offensive end are also quite powerful. However, if Millsap was five or six centimeters taller, he would never fall to the second round.
, and it is impossible to be traded by magic at such a low price.
Three days later, Amway Center!
The flames of the playoffs were ignited amidst a lot of noise. In the Magic's home locker room, everyone was preparing for the upcoming first playoff game. Turkoglu was sorting out his
After arranging the shoelaces, he saw that they were not satisfactory, so he loosened them and rearranged them. Gortat adjusted his two wrist guards, put them on, took them off, put them on again, and finally chose to take them off and throw them in directly.
In the locker room.
Weaver was listening to rap with big headphones, and his body was shaking regularly to the rhythm of the music. Millsap seemed very calm, sitting there quietly, with his head lowered as if thinking about something.
After looking at the time, Adrian took a deep breath and stood up from his seat. When he stood up, in an instant, more than a dozen eyes focused on Adrian.
"Everyone." Looking around at the dozens of eyes focused on him, Adrian paused and said calmly: "Let's go." (To be continued. If you like this work, () vote, monthly vote,
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