In the first two minutes of the game, he took four shots, hit three, and caused a foul on Tyrone Lue. He made two free throws and scored eight points. The Lakers won 12:6 in the opening game.
points lead.
Tyronn Lue has proven that he has absolutely no way to defend Adrian. In order to prevent Tyronn Lue from becoming the biggest defensive hole on the field, Eagles head coach Woodson chose to replace Tyronn Lue and replace him with their 04
The No. 6 overall pick selected this year is swingman Josh Childress.
Adrian is quite familiar with the Atlanta Hawks' drafts in recent years, so he really can't understand what the brain structure of the Atlanta Hawks' management members is.
In the 2003 draft, they selected Boris Diaw, a 203 cm tall swingman.
In the 2004 draft, they selected 203cm tall swingman Josh Childress with the sixth overall pick.
In the 2005 draft, they regarded Chris Paul, Deron Williams and others as useless, and selected the 206-centimeter swingman Marvin Williams with the second pick.
Until this year's draft, because there were really no players worthy of selection in the position of swingman, the Eagles management reluctantly selected Sheldon Williams, although his position on the court was positioned as a center.
Or a power forward, but his height is only 204 centimeters.
In addition, their star player Joe Johnson is also a swingman.
The Atlanta Hawks have a lot of swingmen with a height of 200cm to 206cm in their lineup, and they have no intention of trading these swingmen. No one knows their management.
What ideas are running through the heads of the players? It seems that the Eagles' management has identified the position of swingman and the range of 200-206, and has nothing else to pursue.
However, this is good news now, because they have enough candidates to try to defend Adrian in the low post.
Childress is a good candidate. As a 203 cm swingman, he is about the same height as Adrian, and his footsteps are not slow. He can indeed interfere with Adrian. But compared to Adrian
, his strength is really too poor.
With two random back moves, Adrian easily pushed past Childress and scored a layup.
Compared to Adrian, Childress is too thin. He is 6 feet 8 inches tall and only weighs 210 pounds. He is not particularly strong in his bones. Although he is thin on the surface, he is not afraid of any confrontation at all. For example,
Someone like Kevin Garnett or Andrei Kirilenko.
In the low post, he couldn't withstand Adrian's back-up push. As long as he held his position at the beginning, Adrian could easily push him all the way to the basket for a layup or dunk. At the same time, the Hawks
The team's offense was also in trouble.
After replacing point guard Tyrone Lue, the Hawks' offensive organizational pressure fell entirely on their core boss Joe Johnson.
Although most of the Eagles' offensive organization was originally completed by Eagle King Joe Johnson, he was not a full-time point guard after all. This dropped to the position of point guard, and Joe Johnson seemed very uncomfortable.
There were two turnovers in three minutes.
Coupled with Kobe's magical three-pointer today, and his steal of Joe Johnson's pass and a fast break dunk, the Lakers expanded their lead to 20:10 in the fifth minute of the game.
to double digits.
The offensive end is poorly organized and the defensive end is full of flaws.
This is where the Atlanta Hawks currently stand.
Eagles head coach Woodson had to call another timeout. Not even halfway through the first quarter of the game, the Eagles were forced to call two timeouts in a row. Woodson was obviously a little panicked and stopped the game on the sidelines.
All the players on the court scolded each other, and before they had time to adjust any tactics, the timeout had already expired.
Returning to the court again, the Eagles' offense took off a little bit. After all, Joe Johnson had extraordinary organizational skills. After getting over the initial discomfort, he was immediately competent in his new role.
In the second half of the first quarter, he continuously assisted Josh Smith for dunks inside, and assisted Williams to hit a three-pointer. He also hit a two-pointer himself.
But on the defensive end, the Hawks still did very poorly. Adrian is still not something Childress can stop at the basket. If someone dares to double-team, Adrian is definitely not the kind of person who sticks to the ball.
, he can always pass the ball to the players who have opportunities as quickly as possible.
After playing in the low post for a few minutes, Adrian quickly realized the importance of passing the ball in the low post. The key is to attract double teams. After all, once you enjoy the treatment of double teams, it means that a player on the court must be caught.
If it is left open, as long as the ball can be handed over, it is easy to get an assist.
This is also the reason why those powerful centers usually average four or five assists per game, and the more games they score, the more assists they will have.
This is because those powerful inside players can always enjoy the treatment of double teams in the low post.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers already led the Hawks by 14 points 40:26 at home.
Taking advantage of the break, Woodson urgently adjusted the Hawks' tactics. Mainly the defensive tactics. In 2004, after the Pistons won the championship, Mike Woodson, who studied under Larry Brown, left the Pistons and became the head coach of Atlanta.
The head coach of the Eagles won ten more games in his first season than last season. Although he still did not enter the playoffs, his performance was recognized by the Eagles management and his coaching position was stabilized.
The Eagles signed Mike Woodson to a long-term contract.
Mike Woodson studied under Larry Brown, and he is naturally good at the same aspects as Larry Brown, focusing on defense.
Mike Woodson chose to shrink the defense and compress the defense line to within the three-point line to consolidate the defense inside. This kind of defense has some gambling qualities, because once the Lakers' three-point shot is missed, this defensive strategy
It will destroy itself without attacking.
But in the beginning, it did achieve good results.
After playing in the second quarter, Adrian continued his playing style in the first quarter, but this time he was hindered. After shrinking the defense, the original space inside the Eagles disappeared. When Adrian once again squeezed away
When Childress was going for a layup, Josh Smith quickly moved to Adrian's side. He jumped high to face the layup, and slapped Adrian with his black palm.
Basketball shot.
In a flash, Adrian suddenly took back the basketball he was about to shoot and switched it to his left hand, switching hands in the air for a layup. In this way, although he avoided Josh Smith's block, Adrian hurriedly
I changed hands and used my unfamiliar left hand. Naturally, my layup was not accurate and the basketball bounced off the rim.
Adrian didn't even raise his head. He had just landed and jumped up faster!
This time, he didn't save any strength at all, but really took off with all his strength, grabbed the rebound over the head of Eagles center Pachulia, and dunked into the basket with his backhand!
It was only then that Adrian relaxed a little.
The goal just now was too dangerous, and he didn't want to use it as a background to appear on "Today's Sports"'s top five goals of the day.
Josh Smith cursed bitterly. Although his voice was very low, you could still hear the words starting with f. Obviously, for the ball just now, Adrian changed hands at the last moment to avoid his block.
Gai was quite dissatisfied.
The Eagles' shrinking defense played a very good role in controlling the Lakers' inside attack. Adrian played in the low post twice more, but still couldn't achieve any good results. Adrian was about to change positions.
In the high post, Phil Jackson took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to replace him.
After being replaced, Adrian sat on the bench and said nothing. Being replaced by Phil Jackson at this time, to be honest, Adrian was quite depressed, but he also understood Phil Jackson's intention of replacing him.
location.
On the football field, the best way to break through a dense defense is to shoot from distance. On the basketball field, the best way to break through a tight defense is to shoot a three-pointer. Everyone knows this. Phil Jackson replaced Adrian and replaced him with a three-point shot.
Vujacic, who has not had much playing time this season, is playing because Vujacic has good three-point ability, while Adrian has no three-point ability.
It's not that Adrian can't shoot three-pointers at all. In fact, he has been intensively training his own three-pointers during this period. However, compared to mid-range shots, the distance of three-pointers is farther, and it is also difficult to shoot three-pointers.
It is more difficult to master. Although Adrian has practiced a lot, the three-pointer has not yet reached the level where it can be used as a conventional weapon.
Under the Eagles' shrinking defense, Adrian's offensive efficiency naturally dropped. At this time, it was natural for Phil Jackson to adjust his tactics and replace him.
