In the playoffs last year, the Spurs suffered the loss of superstar ball. They could only use role players to fight against the Lakers, trying to use San Antonio's overall tactical quality to win. Unfortunately, they failed and ended up becoming a joke. Especially in the last game.
, the stars were scolded miserably by the outside world because they had sacrificed too much in the front and could not win the ball, so they started to play wildly, and Popovich couldn't hold it back anymore.
What about this season? It seems that their core Leonard has improved a lot and is already firmly in the top five or even top four players in the league this season. Is he capable of competing? You have to wait and see.
It is indeed necessary to admit that Leonard grew up in the Spurs system, so his passing and receiving are very good, and his conduction and tactical planning are far beyond the Lakers' number position. Tonight's start against the Spurs
The layout is to use Leonard to attract firepower, then go to any wing to hold the ball, and around this, play pick-and-rolls and air cuts on the strong and weak sides. Although Duncan is gone, the Spurs still have the league's highest number of ball passes this season.
The team with the most. Popovich’s team building style and coaching style remain the same.
The Spurs' tactical system is very good. Anyone can use it as a pick-and-roll inside or outside cutter. They used this to beat the Lakers before. It can be seen that it is still very targeted. In the end, the Spurs
This season is also ambitious, or in other words, they have been an ambitious team for the past two decades. Therefore, after the Lakers' sweep last year, there is a more in-depth and systematic study of the Lakers' playing style.
Analysis. This is almost the only way for all strong teams. When you become strong, your opponents will naturally analyze and dissect you as the main research object. That is why it is said that consecutive championships are not so easy to win. This
Several shots were obviously made after carefully studying the Lakers' defensive positioning during the season, so they all happened to grasp the time difference and space difference of defensive movements. Popovich is really not a blocker.
As a teacher, Larry Brown should feel quite pleased.
It's gratifying to be gratified. What you want to win is to win. The Lakers are the defending champions this season. And unlike your San Antonio Spurs, they can't defend the title consecutively. Although the Spurs are officially recognized as a dynasty by the NBA,
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Spurs' absolute dominance is not strong, so to put it bluntly, they cannot win consecutive championships.
No matter what, not winning consecutive championships is a fatal injury.
This is also normal. After all, the Spurs are a strong team in the league. They are also third in the Western Conference this season, second only to the Lakers and Golden State Warriors. For such a strong team, the head coach is also the head coach of President Hill.
Popovich, it would be unrealistic not to find the relative weakness of the Lakers. Basketball is not football, and it is impossible to achieve true absolute defense.
So just adjust, what's the big deal? The Lakers changed their formation directly, eliminating the focus on Leonard's area coverage and reducing his ball-handling from the wings. Now, Leonard is needed again.
Kill it. The Lakers' one-on-one tactical defense is extremely powerful. The Spurs suffered a lot last year with their positioning. The other side forces you to play singles with us. What can you do? Now, the Lakers are here again. Although it's
In the regular season, the standard of confrontation cannot be the same as in the playoffs, but it also makes Spurs fans feel worried.
The Spurs didn't do much more this time, they just let Leonard play one-on-one.
Leonard is much better this season than last season. The significant improvement in his points per game and MVP ranking all illustrate this problem. So one on one, the Lakers' No. 1 Ariza is a bit overwhelmed. I think
If you want to fight hand-to-hand, your strength and confrontation are not as good as Leonard's. If you want to compete in offensive and defensive skills, Leonard has also been upgraded in the offseason, but Ariza is still the same.
Now that he has enough physical strength, he can fight a few times and Ariza doesn't have much of a temper.
On the contrary, the Lakers played a more "Spurs" game in this game, relying on Tang Qian's inside attraction to directly hit the ball, allowing outside players to get shooting opportunities. As long as tall people have good shooting skills and vision, it is never a problem.
This is why James' passing skills are far worse than those of traditional point guard masters, but he is still unstoppable.
Excellent personal attack power is one aspect, and his height is also another aspect. He has a natural advantage in terms of vision acquisition. In addition, his tank breaks through and breaks the situation. In this era, there are almost no natural enemies. If you want to suppress it, you can do it alone.
It's impossible to do it. It's just a matter of which bottle of poison you drink. Unless you have a super offensive and defensive center like the Lakers, then that's another story. Popovich wants to take the traditional path of restraining big centers.
, quickly double-team and interfere when holding the ball, in order to disrupt the offensive rhythm and ball-playing rhythm of the big center. The rest should pay attention to intercepting and passing the ball midway.
This kind of low-post double-teaming + interception of the ball route is a powerful tool for scoring against many powerful big men.
There is no way to avoid Yao Ming O'Neal. We can only reduce mistakes. The latter relies on the triangle offensive system to alleviate his symptoms of being unable to hit the ball from double teams. Otherwise, why do you think O'Neal can't do it when he has led several star players in the past?
Breakout? It’s because he couldn’t solve this problem by himself. Only when Jackson Jackson came, this problem was basically erased, forming a true dynasty of the Lakers with three consecutive championships in the new era. Now the Lakers are not playing a triangle offense, so there is nothing wrong with doing so. What a pity.
, Tang Qian's passing ability is so strong, and now it has reached the level of being above the first line inside, so he can directly rely on his personal ability to break the Spurs' defensive tactics.
Popovich watched from the sidelines, a little frightened. He thought, this is too comprehensive. Are we really going to follow Olajuwon's route? Even the traditional weakness of passing the ball is almost eliminated now.
No longer exists? Use Tang Qian directly in the low post to conduct basketball, and use the personal ability of Lakers No. 9 to force the Spurs' tactics to be ineffective.
Don't you want to surround us in the low post? Our No. 5 position, he is not afraid at all, okay?
The Lakers' tactical guidance was still extremely smooth. In this way, the Spurs had to change their formation first, otherwise, they would be in a dilemma. The Spurs' first tactical target was just broken.
Then, something shocking happened. The Lakers, the Lakers actually... completed a very similar tactical defense to the Spurs on the defensive end. Aldridge, who was playing the ball from the Spurs, was careless and was placed in the middle.
Ariza, who was wandering around, stretched out his hand to steal the ball, and then the Los Angeles Lakers made a personal pass.
Ariza is relatively good at doing this. During his previous trips to the Finals with the Lakers, he was assigned this type of role. The degree of completion was very high. This made the Spurs players feel a little frustrated.
It feels like the Lakers did it on purpose. Aldridge also took the initiative to admit the mistake, and the Spurs played more cautiously and meticulously. This team is not like the Nets, Timberwolves, or bad teams like that. They should be more careful. The Lakers
It is not easy to win the team. After all, this team is still called the San Antonio Spurs.
In terms of this kind of tactical transmission, he has always been at the top of the league, and has even been the king for many years.
There was no way, for the sake of offensive efficiency, the Spurs changed their tactics and cleared another wing. The ball holder attracted firepower, and after breaking through to attract the defense, he immediately passed the ball to the weak side baseline, and someone would come over there to respond. The strength of the Spurs
Large-scale side transfer has always been a major feature of the team. In the past, during the heyday of GDP, this trick was so effective that it reached its peak in 2014. Even if it is weakened now, it is still very good.
, looking at the league, it is still at an excellent level. However, the Lakers' defense is very fast, and people are turning around all of a sudden, but the Spurs are the Spurs, and they really have a backup plan. When you see the Lakers coming over to defend, do it immediately
He set a baseline screen and allowed Danny Green to go out and catch the ball for a three-pointer. Well, it really looked like the Spurs.
In terms of tactical routines, they have reached the level of proficiency. Even role players are very agile in tactical movement and tactical judgment. But, can this be enough to defeat this year's Lakers? Larry Brown was calm on the sidelines.
Watching, he didn't say any nonsense, just made it clear and continued watching the show.
After Danny Green got the ball, he immediately prepared to turn around and shoot a three-pointer. He is an extremely good D player, so he can do all this with his eyes closed. Back then, he almost made a shot on his own for the Heat.
Damn it. In recent years, his form has become a little better, but he is still a powerful open shooter that cannot be missed. But as soon as he passed by, before he could turn around, a Lakers player came over and took a closer look. It was Butler.
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Is there a substitution? Then find someone immediately. They will definitely have an unreasonable defensive lineup.
Not to mention the opening, at least there can be a situation where the big one beats the small one or the small one beats the big one.
Yes, Danny Green is indeed a character with a strong tactical mind. He is known as a strong player in tactical defense. He is also very good at understanding tactics. He immediately looked for someone, but found...he had not found such an opportunity? This
, how is this possible? The Lakers clearly made a large-scale rotation of defense and supplementary defense.
There's no reason why it shouldn't be chaotic at all.
Yes, it is impossible not to be chaotic once, but the time for chaos is too little. It is so short that Danny Green has already completed the defensive reset by the time he reacts and looks for someone. Danny Green has a good understanding of tactics, but it is a pity.
Yes, his ball-playing and passing abilities, including his personal passing vision, are actually not very good. If he is a good passer and has a keen vision, he may be able to find the first opportunity to play the ball, but Danny Green does not have this
ability.
After a moment of hesitation, Butler was already close to him. Butler was physically strong and had strong defensive moves. He could only protect the ball, and then randomly selected a nearby player to pass the ball over. It was given to Tony Parker, but Parker didn't.
It's time, a quick single, this ball... doesn't touch it. Rondo even almost reached out to cover it and dropped it.
The Spurs made another tactical change, multiple fixed-point screens and running around + catching the ball and moving out quickly.
Several goals were scored, but the tactical energy consumption was too great. If you play tactics like this for every ball, people's energy cannot bear it. The same is true for the Spurs. They cannot copy the metaphysical state of 2014, and they can only
It was just that one time. The Lakers played much simpler. Tang Qian mainly attacked in the low post. He only defended and attacked alone. There was absolutely no negotiation. He came to help defend and encircle the ball and just released the ball.
It's such a simple play, but the Spurs couldn't crack it tonight.
"Zen Master" Jackson once said that the simpler the tactic, the more effective it is and the more difficult it is to break down. His magic weapon is the triangle offense, especially in the last quarter, allowing superstars to attack without double-teaming as much as possible.
One-on-one. Very simple tactical instructions and concepts, that is, no one can break it. Unless this their superstar cannot sustain his own personal ability, then that's pretty much it. If someone breaks it, it is basically impossible.
The same is true for the consecutive Rockets back then. Olajuwon's "center version" had one star and four stars, and it was the best in the league back then. There was no way around it. Because, you knew they would do this, but they just couldn't solve it.
Isn't that the problem?
This is a real super conspiracy tactic, but you can see that "Zen Master" also didn't tell the truth. That is, there should be another sentence after this sentence. The simpler the tactic, the harder it is to disintegrate, but... First of all, you
There must be players and stars who can support this simple tactic. Otherwise, it is all nonsense, empty talk, and has no meaning at all.
The typical example is the current James system. If James himself is not too incomprehensible, if it were someone else, would this tactic be useless?
The all-inclusive style of play also requires the support of personal ability. Even this is the main aspect. If not, it would be a joke.
Now, the Lakers' offense has begun to do this, attacking Tang Qian as the axis, hitting when he can, and hitting the ball when double-teamed. In addition, Tang Qian's physical fitness has improved now, and he can last for a long time. The Lakers
With some tactical embellishments, a game can be completed. Unless Tang Qian's touch was particularly bad that night, more changes are needed.
However, but, hey, don't forget, he is an inside center, and he is a traditional big center who does not shoot three-pointers. If this kind of center has no solution, it means dominating the low post and the inside. Since it is a low post
And under the basket, when does the hand feel bad? It's not good, can't I just take a step closer and it will be better?
In the future, these words will also become a pretentious saying of Tang Qian, that is, when someone asks, why do you basically never feel bad? Tang Qian replied: If you feel bad in the low post, go to the closer paint area.
, if you feel bad in the paint area, go to the basket. The basket is already there, and the basket is right in front of you. Tell me, why do you feel bad?
If you feel bad, wouldn't it be better if you move closer to the basket?
When I scored 80 points for the first time, I actually had a bad hand, and I couldn't even make a good hook or free throw, so what I had to do was, get closer, get closer, and then shoot close to the basket, right? Look,
It's that simple, right?
Simple, I am simple and your sister is simple. You just stand and talk without your back hurting.
If you don’t show off, you’ll die. (To be continued)