Tang Qian knew immediately that his worries were completely unnecessary.
He attaches too much importance to James Harden. After all, this guy has been a super scoring machine averaging 37 points per game for a long time this season. In the last game, he only dropped to 36.9 points because of himself. So from this point of view, they
Even if there are defensive methods, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to prevent. Tang Qian thought so in his heart. After all, his previous experience told him that none of the super scorers, especially those at this level, are good.
Stubble. But...
Mr. Ha from the Mosaic team immediately told Tang Qian loudly and with hard facts, what you said is wrong.
A super scorer at this level still...has his faults.
For example, I am.
James Harden has entered a very strange situation. You say he doesn't know what to do. It's not that he doesn't know. When he saw his opponent defending like this, he had no chance to step back and make a three-pointer, so he changed his mind.
It's like walking in. With such an open road ahead, it's all in vain, right? Harden tried the same adjustment as when he played against the Jazz, shooting from farther away, but it's a pity that George refused to follow through tonight! That's it!
It doesn't give you a chance to step back at all. Inside, let you go in. Don't even think about trying outside!!! This is very similar to Bledsoe of the Bucks. Moreover, he defends better than Bledsoe and has a longer wingspan.
He is stronger and has better pace. As long as he keeps his face down, it can give Harden a completely desperate situation to make a step-back three-pointer. In that case, then... go in, go in?
Okay, Harden is in! But, at this time, Harden can only dribble on the right side to break through. This is for sure. The cost of defending sideways from the left side is that the right and middle doors are wide open. A seal is a seal.
The left wing is dead, but the center and right wing need a sheltering inside line to protect the basket. Because the so-called magic ball system is definitely not just three-pointers. Three-pointers + basket, in the end
Playing with optimal efficiency is a complete magic ball system. Harden has also come in. After all, he is the main scorer of the Mosaic team. If he really doesn't score anymore and has no scoring threat, there will be no one on the Mosaic team who can fill this average.
A big gap between 36 and 37 points. Even if Paul opposes Harden's obsession with singles, he has to admit it. This team's offensive firepower cannot be missing without James Harden.
After all, he is one of the few super scorers in history. Regardless of his playing style, you cannot deny his super scoring ability, so for a period of time, Harden will always need to play. Otherwise, no one will be attracted by singles, Mosaic
The team's team system will also collapse. They were originally the team with the most singles in the league. There is no other team in the current season. Harden and Paul alone have faced the basket in singles more than 20 times! This is still average! A little more
Sometimes, including the rest of the team, half of the shots are in singles and singles. This is normal. For example, in the series in the past few years, it is typical. Once the tactics are not easy to play, it is singles + singles to attract points.
That's how it works.
So willful.
However, it is true that they have the willful capital. The two super defenders in offense and passing are both on the team, so it does make sense to do this.
So the Lakers are ready to prepare. Look at Tang Qian, the first thing he has to do is his own level. Harden has to come in and protect the basket at any time. In the middle, Larry Brown arranged for Covington to roam and sweep.
Vinton has height and wingspan, and is also a full-time defensive 3D. He is perfect for this job. The Lakers still have no shortage of defensive players. Times have changed now, and the rules are becoming more and more conducive to offense. Otherwise, maybe,
It's another super defensive Los Angeles Lakers team. But even so, the resource allocation is still very good. Covington's first defense ability has grown under the hands of Larry Brown, and his defense has long been better than before.
Together with Tang Qian, the mobility and sweeping ability of the two have reached a high level. When playing in a small ball lineup, they can play a very good role in that one plus one is greater than two. In addition, there is Paul George's pursuit defense behind him.
, Harden must handle the ball as soon as it comes in. There is no time to delay, otherwise he will easily fall into a double-team situation. As soon as Harden comes in, he passes the ball. Unfortunately, the Houston Mosaic team is not in the last game tonight, and the outside touch is not good at the beginning.
, this is also a common problem of the shooting team. Even if it is as strong as Universe Yong, a historical-level marksman, it cannot escape this law of cause and effect. It can only reduce the probability of occurrence.
The problem of poor touch, as strong as their team lineup, is unavoidable.
Not to mention the Houston Mosaics.
If it's not accurate, then after one or two shots are missed, you have to play something else. Unless it is to attract open shots, it is basically a matter of star players. At this time, D'Antoni immediately gave Paul a tactic.
Gesture, let the whole team cooperate with Harden to carry out singles attack. There is no way, Harden's singles have said before, it is not a simple singles played by one person, he needs the whole team to revolve around him, it is a kind of very ball-eating.
A strange singles mode for team resource allocation. Harden also did not hesitate to accept the order at the critical moment, preparing to start his top super scorer cutting melons and vegetables mode.
Unfortunately, he may not have understood that this is not the regular season.
Coupled with the deliberate targeting of the Lakers, Harden had a very difficult time, so... when playing one-on-one, you will find that the Lakers can't stop the car. The score is on the road to expansion and will never return. What is this?
What does it mean? It means...this guy can't be hit.
Is it simple?
They couldn't score points, couldn't score, and they couldn't defend the Los Angeles Lakers, so the score difference would naturally widen. Tang Qian was a little nervous at first, concentrating on preventing this guy from suddenly bursting out.
Well, even if he doesn't break out, based on his average points per game in the regular season, it should be difficult to completely stop him without opening the ability card. After all, such defense is very good, and it also suppresses the opponent's No. 13 point-taking skill.
Step back three-pointers. But... as long as it is a targeted defense, there will definitely be weak areas. After all, it is not one-to-one defense. If you want to focus on it so much, there must be loopholes. And this loophole is, if the Rockets
No. 13 suddenly came in and made a sudden stop to shoot, then the Los Angeles Lakers were a bit dumbfounded.
Because there will be a situation where the defense is thrown away and the assisting defense is temporarily unable to make up for it and cannot keep up.
Although Harden's mid-range shooting is not at the master level, it is still passable. Basically, it is close to 40% in the playoffs, which is already very good. Don't always compare with the mid-range masters in this area. After all, Harden does not eat this bowl of rice.
. If he can do this, that’s good. Especially since his long-distance 2-point shooting has not been good in the regular season. It can be regarded as an extraordinary performance in the playoffs. In addition, he can also come in and do some small projectiles, etc., this is okay.
It will make it difficult for the Lakers to defend. It is certain that points will be lost, but at least this way, it suppresses Harden's three-pointers and directly attacks the basket. There are gains and losses, depending on the effect.
Basketball offense and defense is originally a game. There is no perfect way.
But slowly, Tang Qian, who was carefully reading his opponent's offense, discovered a "small problem", and that was this guy...
BANG~!!!ah~ha~ Another block! From our Eastern tyrant! Tang~~~~~~Qian~~~~~~~~~
You heard the on-site commentator Bill MacDonald loudly explaining something into the commentary microphone, and Tang Qian also blocked Harden and hit the basket again. But because of this, Tang Qian felt a little "unbelievable" and even doubtful.
, is this a trap set by the opponent, deliberately used to paralyze his concentration and nerves. Why do you say this? Because in pursuit of the ultimate magic ball efficiency this season, Harden has completely begun to give up on the mid-range shot. If it is said before, at least
There are still about two shots from 10 to 23 feet in a game, so this season, there is only one shot left. By the next season, the total time and space will not add up to one shot, only 0.5
Times... 2 times are very few, 1 time or so, it's almost like, there is no way, no shot. Even if the situation worsens and he needs to shoot from mid-range, he... won't play like this.
My body has not practiced mid-range for so many years, and I am not confident enough. Since 2016, Harden has been rarely seen in the mid-range. Before, the proportion of mid-range shots was more than 20%, but in the 16-17 season, it suddenly became
It became 10%, then half a percent, and finally 1/50%... This is the evolution history of Harden's magic ball, and it is also a history of the degradation of mid-range shots. Some people have said how terrible Harden's magic ball is.
The CIC is not terrible now. It's a bit of a joke, but it's not completely unreasonable, at least the data proves it. It's not a question of accuracy, but now he doesn't vote at all.
Even if someone else defends him like this, he won't take a shot from mid-range.
That's why every time in the playoffs, the team can't lead the team to break through, and every time the data drops significantly compared with the regular season.
You said that Harden's three-point shooting percentage is 36~37%, compared to about 56% from mid-range! Look how accurate it is! Durant, Jordan, Kobinovich, etc., can't shoot such a mid-range shot.
Shooting percentage. Durant's career is only 45%, and it reaches 47% in the playoffs. This is the result after going to the Universe to get the ultimate shooting space benefit. But even so, the most accurate Warriors
In a single season, the team's mid-range is only 50% to 50%. And it's only one season. I'm afraid that's the case for Jordan. To put it bluntly, Jordan actually didn't have a playoff season in his career.
The mid-range hit rate exceeded 50%. Of course, the space situation in that era was extremely bad, and Jordan took almost all the Bulls' tough shots. So when combined with this shooting rate and the number of shots, compared to before Durant did not go to the Warriors
, this number is not considered to have fallen from the altar. Except for the incredible 11-12 season playoffs, Du Qiqi's mid-range shooting rate reached more than 50%. He basically only made 45% of the mid-range shots in the Thunder.
It looks like. This is the overall calculation of the middle distance and the middle long distance, which is the sum of two points. So looking at it this way, you don’t think there is a problem with this data.
If you think about it, so many great players, even Durant, basically need the space environment of the Warriors to maintain about 50% of the mid-range shots. From this, we can see what the concept of 50% of the mid-range shots is. Duran
Teko is also known as the most unsolvable shooter in history with his body and super wingspan. Looking at it this way, at 56% of the mid-range, Harden's three-pointers alone are enough to defeat these so-called mid-range masters. But
...Numbers also have limitations. That is the issue of stability.
Especially the stability in a single game, the stability of key balls, the stability after being targeted, the mid-range is obviously better than the three-pointer.
Otherwise, Durant Leonard wouldn't be so different in the playoffs.
Even if the bayonet is red, it is still effective in the mid-range. Moreover, there is another problem, that is, after Harden is defended in this way, he cannot take the step-back three-pointer that he is good at. Even the three-pointer is because of the opponent.
It's stuck on his left side, making it difficult for him, who is left-handed, to shoot even an ordinary three-pointer, let alone a step-back three-pointer. In this way, he can't even shoot a three-pointer, so what else can he do?
The so-called 56% mid-range shooting rate? There are no three-pointers. You hit the basket and Tang Qian is waiting inside. In addition to throwing floaters, you can occasionally steal points. What do you do? At this time, do you make mid-range shots?
?
Shooting is embarrassing, I haven’t practiced for so long, and I am weak. Not shooting is even more embarrassing. Now you are a super scorer and you are asked to score points, but you can’t score. How can you call yourself a super scorer? You are still the best in history.
One of the top scorers? Isn’t this nonsense? Harden suddenly fell into a dilemma. Furthermore, Harden’s three-pointers in the playoffs, except for the 14-15 season, have never reached this level in any Mosaic season.
His so-called three-point shooting rate in the regular season is 36% to 37%. Therefore, even if he is asked to shoot, he cannot shoot a mid-range shooting rate of 56% now. You have to know that as he plays on the field
After averaging 8+ three-pointers, Yuanshikong has only once reached 35% in the playoffs with a three-point shooting percentage. The rest are almost below 30%. Low-level black? Really not, after excluding 35%, the highest
Just 31%. Then the remaining seasons with a large number of three-pointers were more than 20% and less than 30%. So why 36%~37% of three-pointers equals 56% of mid-range shots? This kind of nonsense
, after Harden increased the number of three-point shots, let alone the regular season, let's talk about the playoffs, which has not been done once yet.
It has never been a success in the playoffs, but it has become the norm to beat the iron into a dog.
Now that Harden is in such an embarrassing situation, he will let you go to the middle distance to see if you are sure.
Then Harden's reply was: What? You want to see me in the mid-range? The labor and management are bearded and just won't vote!
It’s just not what you want!
What can you do to me???
I can't help you. After Tang Qian blocked Harden's fifth attempt to hit the basket in the game, he became a little "fascinated". He looked at Harden who was complaining to the referee and couldn't help but said: "No,
Didn’t you accept someone’s black money and deliberately match-fix?”
Harden was stunned, and while running, he looked at Tang Qian and said, "What? What nonsense are you talking about! Am I short of that little money?"
"Then why are you beating so randomly?" Tang Qian's soul torture made Harden look confused and said:
Where did I hit randomly? I've always played like this! Don't think you got carried away just because you blocked a few of my balls. I'm telling you, wait until I feel better...
When Tang Qian saw that Mosaic Team No. 13 was really not joking, he immediately blurted out and asked:
Is this your level in the playoffs?
Is this the ability?
Are you serious?
Harden looked at Tang Qian and was a little at a loss, because the gaze of No. 29 really made him feel a little uncomfortable. It was as if he had been waiting for a long-awaited duel between masters, but his opponent turned out to be a big importer.
Think about it, what kind of state of mind did Ye Gucheng feel when he saw someone playing a flute on the top of the Forbidden City instead of Ximen blowing snow after all the mental construction he had done? This mental construction was in vain.
Ah, there is no point in being nervous, there is no point in putting on such a big posture and getting ready.
Now Harden gave Tang Qian the feeling that what Ye Gucheng saw on the top of the Forbidden City was the flute playing at the south gate instead of the snow blowing at the west gate.
For a moment, the look in his eyes was so complicated that it almost made Harden feel embarrassed.
Although my brother Deng is loved by everyone, has flowers blooming, is a bad guy in nightclubs, and has read countless stocks, you can't look at me like this.
But soon Lakers No. 29's eyes turned from doubtful and disbelieving to cold and disappointed, which made Harden's head blistered with fog.
What do you mean? I'm thinking that I didn't provoke you this time. Why are you "cold" and "disappointed" again?
You Orientals are really difficult to deal with.
Can your mood be more stable?
PS: More updates are coming~~~~~~~Please support me~~~~~~