Five minutes passed, and the Rockets were playing badly. The reason was that they couldn't use the routine they used in the regular season.
Why? There is a big problem with this, that is, their tactics are not systematic.
Kevin McHale, his "blind tactics" can still be used in the regular season, but in the playoffs? You are overthinking it.
The focus and analysis in the playoffs are N times that of the regular season, and the emphasis and penalty scale are completely different.
So many regular season tactics simply won't work in the playoffs, that's it.
McHale, so far, sorry to say, is just a regular season head coach, not a playoff coach.
It is even less likely that he has the potential to be a championship coach.
It's not that he will never be good in the future, but now, his abilities are limited. To paraphrase D'Antoni, he was undoubtedly a great player as a player, but as a head coach? He still has a long way to go.
A team without a system at all is unlikely to achieve playoff results. After all, Harden and Howard are not the kind of players who have their own system. Therefore, the penetration of the head coach's tactical system is quite important.
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With D'Antoni having a reliable No. 1 position, his tactical level is completely different from before. How else would he be called a "small ball master" or a "run and gun master"? Look at the league's small ball play style and
He did not initiate the run-and-gun style at all. Nelson and others before him were all pioneers who took the lead after the pace of the game slowed down in the 1990s. However, they did not leverage the league as a whole.
Run and gun, on the contrary, is only regarded as a "side doctrine" and a "deviant approach", and it is impossible to eventually reach the hall of elegance.
But Mike D'Antoni is different. He really made the league move from a slow pace into a fast pace era, and it became faster and faster and more exaggerated. From the overall rhythm change of the league, he can be regarded as an indispensable contributor.
promoter.
Moreover, I really have to mention that his ability to activate defenders is extraordinary.
As long as you are a defender with certain organizational skills, he can completely stimulate you.
Nash, Jeremy Lin, and the future Harden are all from his handiwork, so there is also a saying in the league, if you can't play as a defender under D'Antoni's system, then you will basically play for the rest of your life.
It won't come out anymore. The word "star" will be insulated from you forever. Please go to the role player area and substitute player area and wait in line.
So with Nash, D'Antoni's abilities suddenly came out, and he became much more flexible in adapting to situations and thinking. It was like he was blessed with a "halo". This situation is not fantasy, it is human.
The additional "benefits" brought by having energy and energy reaching a peak. Under Nash's leadership, the Lakers scored 19 points in 5 minutes. What about their opponents? D'Antoni arranged for Kobe to defend Harden alone, and the effect was extremely significant.
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Although Harden has made significant breakthroughs and improvements this season compared to last season, it is only for himself. In front of Kobe, who is now at his all-round peak, he is still not worth mentioning and is weak. In the past, he relied on speed and
The method of using strength to bully the elderly Kobe is completely unworkable, so rely on rhythm to break through? Yes, Harden's rhythm breakthrough is good, but it also depends on who he is compared with.
People are more infuriating than others, and this also works in the NBA.
For example, Kobe Bryant's fadeaway is second in NBA history, but when compared with Joe God, he falls behind again.
The same goes for Harden.
His combination of rhythm and sudden shooting will actually be at the top level in the league in the future. Unfortunately... he met Kobe, who has returned to the peak of various attributes and has more than ten years of NBA game experience. Better than rhythm? Better than the combination of sudden shooting? And
Kobe Bryant? That’s self-inflicted.
At this point, Kobe is still sitting next to Joe.
No, this season, with peak physical fitness + peak ability + peak game experience, Jordan at his peak may not be able to say that he can definitely beat Kobe. He has reached the limit of the No. 2 position this season.
Harden? Do you want to beat Kobe in isolation? Are you serious? Or is it the combination of rhythm and sudden shooting that Kobe is best at?
Coupled with the restrictions of the final season, the closer Kobe is to the finals, the more intense and explosive his desire becomes.
Harden beat Kobe 4 times in isolation. Except for two free throws, he made no progress and was completely strangled by No. 24.
Compared with the first round, this shows the extraordinary level of No. 24 this season, because the Mavericks' Monta Ellis is still too weak, and it doesn't take much effort to defeat him. Now Harden, this ESPN season
The "first point" that was initially touted was what No. 24 really "enjoyed".
"Come on, keep trying, don't give up, I'm waiting for you on the other side."
"Your defense is not good. It's far behind when you were with the Thunder. What? You put all your attention on the offense, so you lost the defensive end? As the league's No. 1 point guard, this is a bad thing.
ah."
"Your rhythm breakthrough is not bad, but the connection is still not smooth enough. The link between technology and technology is too rigid."
"Did you see that this is the standard movement of making an emergency stop and retreat? Your rhythm is too slow, and it is easy for defensive masters to stick to you and block shots."
Harden was almost stunned by Kobe. He didn't understand why Kobe suddenly became so scary this season. He was completely different from last season. He didn't play like this when he met Kobe in the first season.
It was an embarrassing experience. Of course, in the 2009-10 season, Kobe had already begun to decline, but compared to other points in the league, he was still the strongest. But it was not his strongest state. Harden had not seen it.
Kobe was before 2008, so his experience was not that profound.
Even Kobe in the 2005-06 season can beat any historical ranking in the league, let alone Harden this season?
In the era when the Lakers' offensive rounds and offensive rhythm were only around 90, they averaged 35+ points per game, and the overall offensive rhythm in the future will average more than 97~98, with the highest exceeding 100. It is completely different. The 2017-2018 season control
Grandmaster Jason Kidd said in an interview that the current data is completely different from the previous data. The data is depreciating!
Once the number of game rounds improves, it means that all statistics will improve. Can you imagine that Kidd's four triple-doubles in the season ranked first in the league? What about now? Is a triple-double something very rare?
To put it simply, if Kobe Bryant averages 35+ points per game in the future, don’t be surprised at all if he averages 40 points per game.
What is the concept of a difference of 9 to 10 rounds? Even if the hit rate is only 45%, it is reached in a few rounds. This still counts the distribution of the ball. If the "lone wolf" has more "conditions", it is crazy.
It wouldn't be too strange to score points.
And the current Kobe, even if we don't take into account these big rules and environment, is incomparable to the peak Kobe.
It can completely suppress Kobe Bryant at his peak! Regardless of attack or defense! It can be done!
Even the final desire and determination, the final season, and the burning No. 24 were stronger than the No. 8 in the 2005-06 season.
What level is Harden in in the 2013-14 season? He is far from reaching his greatest peak!
It is not surprising that he was completely suppressed by Kobe, who is now at his peak.
This is a true Kobe who combines offense and defense, not the Kobe who was 7-point offense and 3-point defense in the later period, nor the Kobe who directed traffic in the later period. Except for Jordan at his peak, he can kill anyone alone, both on offense and defense.
Harden in the 2013-14 season? He’s not even ranked in history. How can he compete with this Kobe? Fight each other?
"Have you seen it? Ladies and gentlemen, have you seen it? I'm not bragging. As soon as Kobe came on, he suppressed James Harden, the league's number one point scorer, on both offense and defense! This is so coquettish! So domineering.
Already!!!"
"There's nothing to make a fuss about." Another commentator, Stu Lantz, said: "Bryant is definitely the second-best point scorer in history. It's not normal for him to dominate James Harden, who is the N-th player in history.
? If Harden can go to nightclubs less, maybe his performance will be slightly better."
Under the ridicule of the Lakers' home commentator, the poor "league's first point guard" could not come up with a better way to break the game.
Harden was really a little angry, but it was useless. Kobe still controlled him tightly. As long as it was singles, his shooting percentage was not even 20%! Harden was not a scorer with a particularly high shooting percentage.
The more demanding requirement is not efficiency but output, but now he doesn’t even have output, what should he do?
Harden was so angry that he even used the trick early on, but there were problems with this set in the last round. The change in scale made Harden's result far less smooth than in the regular season. That's not to say.
There is no whistle. At critical moments, the referee becomes very strict in controlling the whistle and will not give it easily.
So the Rockets' victory over the Clippers in the last round was really all due to Howard.
This is basically similar to the years of the original time and space. Howard's playoff performance was far better than the regular season, while Harden's performance was exactly the opposite.
Last year, his shooting percentage in the playoffs was less than 40%. The weak playoffs were the bottleneck for him to advance to a higher level.
Moreover, you need to understand that the whistle also has weights and scales.
If Harden is really the league's top scorer, he will naturally have an advantage in the competition for whistles, but what if the target is Kobe this season? Kobe who has MVP + one defense and one team, or Kobe who has super scoring data? David.
Train is not stupid, and the referees are not stupid either. Harden's star whistle will naturally be greatly reduced, but it will be faintly biased towards No. 24.
Even if he is not biased, once he enters a large number of high-intensity offense and defense, Harden will be at a disadvantage.
He was like this in the original time and space. This problem was not solved until the 16-17 season. What about his opponents? They were far from the level and level of Kobe Bryant at his peak. He was still in such a mess, so his end was obvious.
After the first quarter, Kobe completely suppressed Harden, and on the defensive end, Harden only scored 4 points.
They were all obtained through free throws.
The remaining 7 shots were all missed.
This kind of direct confrontation data is really indistinguishable at all. Harden fans and Harden fans are a little confused.
Howard was sitting off the court and couldn't help but complained loudly: "Why don't you give me the ball? I haven't even touched the ball once!!! What the hell are you doing!!! Ah!!!" Harden
He looked a bit ugly, because these words were obviously "blaming others". Although he didn't mention him by name, any fool knew who Dwight Howard was complaining about.
But Howard is confident, because in the last round of the playoffs, it was because of his dominant offensive and defensive statistics that the Houston Rockets were able to overturn the Clippers, win the tiebreaker, and advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.
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If you rely on Harden, you will definitely kneel down.
Now he feels that it is time for him to "heroically" lead the Rockets out of trouble again.
In view of Dwight Howard's outstanding performance in the first round of the series, McHale thought briefly and let Howard be the main offensive point in the second quarter to start the offense. Harden was arranged to become an outside fort and became ready to catch the ball.
three-point shooter.
This is definitely a big humiliation for a man who wants to be the "number one player in the league."
Because since Jordan, what are the images and standards of shooting guard stars in the NBA? Singles! Attack! The team's core score depends on it! Now Harden is asked to stop holding the ball and playing in singles and become a three-point shooter. Isn't this a humiliation?
?You know, he has stated many times that he is the boss of this team.
Harden looked at McHale, thinking it would have some effect, but unexpectedly the latter did not look at him. Instead, he said to Howard: "Dwight, it's up to you from now on. You are the number one center and the core pillar of the team.
, I believe you can lead us out of this predicament." These words have the meaning of "falling on both sides", which is also a major coaching mistake of McHale.
Because if a fixed team boss cannot be determined, it must be a factor that greatly affects the stability of the entire team.
And the more critical the moment, the more serious the impact.
The "Yao-Mai combination" of the Rockets back then was the same, and so is the "Demon combination" of the current Rockets.
Why is this happening? This is all caused by the lack of courage of the head coach.
After all, as strong as "O.K Group", they have to be divided into top and bottom, not to mention "Yao Mai" and "Moden"?
In a small group, multiple leaders are not suitable. This simple truth is something McHale is unwilling to implement.
Wishful thinking is that both of them can be the absolute boss, and whoever is good and in good condition will take over.
This can only solve a temporary need, but in the long run, it is actually unfavorable because it dampens the enthusiasm of another person and at the same time unknowingly encourages the team's tendency of "infighting".
Seeing that he had obtained the "boss' right to exercise" again, Howard said happily: "Don't worry, Mr. McHale, I will lead the team to overcome difficulties and defeat the opponent just like in the last round!"
"Well, come on, I know you can do it." McHale thought he was superb at "controlling people" and was secretly proud of himself.
But will there be a change if this is done? Kobe dominated Harden, but what about Tang Qian?
PS: Today is Singles Day, Xiaozi will try his best to update more~~~Fufufu~~~
Today a colleague asked me a dilemma question, let me tell you, would you rather celebrate Singles’ Day or Hand-Off Day? Xiaozi is ashamed, what do you think?