Chapter 468 I Am the Best Coach

The tactics of basketball are complicated. In the development history of one hundred years, there have been various changes according to the changes of rules and players' skills.

The pick-and-roll is undoubtedly the oldest and most vital of them all.

In today's NBA, pick-and-rolls are the way to go.

In the system, Li Liang has learned the tactical changes after the screen from coach John Wooden.

However, his role at the time was not the ball handler, but the screener.

But I have never eaten pork, have I seen a pig run away?

In daily training and competitions, Li Liang will also call for cover.

Recently, during the team's training, there was a special practice for Li Liang to hold the ball and use the cover to launch an attack.

The screener who cooperated with Li Liang was Griffin.

Paul can cooperate with Jordan, but Li Liang can't.

Unless skills are used, Li Liang, as the ball handler, cooperates with Jordan on screens. As long as the opponent goes up to press and double-teams, the pick-and-roll is over.

Li Liang can't attack by himself, pass it to Jordan? What's the use of passing it on to him?

Li Liang's pick-and-roll screens are all outside. If Jordan wants to catch the ball, he must catch the ball at the top of the arc. It is useless to catch the ball.

Only Paul can cut into a deeper position and cooperate with Jordan, creating an alley-oop opportunity for Jordan.

Not only because Paul is shorter and more flexible, but also because Paul's mid-range threat makes opponents worry about gains and losses.

Li Liang's stronger threat still comes from his three-pointers.

But when he and Griffin cooperated in the pick-and-roll, Griffin immediately found that he had a wider room for movement in the middle.

Because Li Liang's ability to open up space is too strong.

Griffin's template in the draft was Karl Malone, but his development route does not seem to be moving towards Malone.

For example, Malone is more like a football running back in offense, and rushes toward the frontcourt like a locomotive during a fast break.

Then he will receive a pass from Stockton, there will be almost no extra dribbles, and he will start to attack the basket directly when he gets the ball.

And Griffin doesn't have the speed of Malone in the fast break. Sometimes he even lags behind, dribbles halfway by himself, and shows off his dribbling skills and spinning top ability.

At the same time, Griffin also has organizational talent in offense, but because of Paul's existence, this talent has been somewhat curbed.

He acts more as an end point, a scoring point, and follows Paul around the court.

When Paul was not there, when he and Li Liang were performing pick-and-roll cooperation, he realized that the middle of the court was so empty.

An outside fort stands on the outside, can it not be empty?

Li Liang first made a three-pointer to make the Celtics dare not use the zone defense anymore, and then began to feed Griffin the ball in the middle.

Once Griffin catches the ball down the middle, his options are plentiful.

He can kill the basket by himself, distribute the ball to the wing, and pass the ball to the inside.

The middle road is originally the core area where a team needs to strictly guard against death.

For the Celtics in the past, one of the defensive strengths was "blocking the center."

Now they don't have Kevin Garnett, and they don't have Perkins as a meat shield.

How could it be possible to block the middle lane by relying on Humphries and Bass?

If you rely on more people to block, the result is that Li Liang and Crawford's three-pointers may have to gain momentum.

There is no way around this, as there is a natural gap between the two sides in lineup strength.

But Li Liang discovered the tactical gap caused by this gap, and seized this point to fight to the death.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Celtics had already narrowed the point difference to only 5 points, and then they were beaten by a wave of offense by the Clippers to 15 points.

It was even bigger than the score difference in the first quarter.

Stevens could only pause and adjust.

But it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. You have no one, so it's useless to adjust.

Stevens has a lot of tactics, but it's a pity that such a simple pick-and-roll cannot be broken.

Griffin also found that Li Liang's passing was not as subtle and comfortable as Paul's, but at the same time his autonomy became higher.

When Paul's pass comes, except for the kind of low feed or simple transfer of the ball, basically Griffin can consider shooting.

Paul has already arranged everything quite properly, and Griffin just needs to take the last step.

But Li Liang couldn't be as meticulous as Paul. He just passed the first ball and let Griffin handle it later.

As a result, Griffin felt like he was at the core.

Really dominated the ball like a core, sent assists, and messed up the Celtics defense.

At the end of the half, the Clippers led the Celtics by 12 points at 65:53.

Griffin scored 17 points and 6 assists, both scoring and assists were the highest in the game.

It turns out that being an offensive core and controlling the game feels so good.

By the third quarter, Griffin continued to maintain a good state.

Low post, mid-range, rushing to the basket after receiving the ball, scoring continued to rise.

The Clippers have always suppressed the Celtics. Although the Celtics resisted desperately, they shouted "I have made contributions to the NBA, and I have the longest history!"

The result was useless. They could still perform well on the offensive end, but they couldn't form an effective offensive to turn the situation around.

At the same time, on the defensive end, Li Liang-Griffin's pick-and-roll problem has never been solved.

How could it be possible for you to crack it in half the game?

At the same time, Crawford is in good form tonight. When Li Liang and Griffin are not doing well, Crawford can always stand up and use his unreasonable singles to hit the Celtics. .

At the beginning of the season, Li Liang always criticized Crawford because of his weak defense and "independence" in offense.

As the season progressed, Li Liang gradually realized how important a player with valuable ball-handling offensive ability is in the NBA.

In the most confrontational basketball league in the world, many talented players who could play the whole game with the ball in their hands in college and high school can only be engineers who don't touch the ball here.

Tactics don't work every time, individual ability is very important.

When you can't open, feel bad, and the opponent's defense is too strong, a teammate who can rely on his own Li Liang to get the ball in is really very important.

The relationship between Li Liang and Crawford is getting better and better.

Anyway, on the defensive end, Li Liang will try his best to wipe Crawford's ass, and on the offensive end, Crawford will take over.

When Li Liang felt uncertain about holding the ball, he dumped the blame on Crawford and asked him to shoot.

Isn't this the same as James?

After leaving Kobe, Li Liang seems to be gradually becoming Zhanhua.

In fact, it's just because he wants to play more reasonably recently.

The game against the Spurs not only did not make Li Liang dizzy, thinking about being a comeback hero, but instead made him feel like a leader.

"What is a leader? You are called a leader by leading everyone to show together!"

This is Li Liang's perception of the leader, not to mention, it makes sense.

The Clippers' offense is not particularly smooth, and Li Liang's organization always feels a bit "hard".

Passing is not smart, there is nothing to wow the ball.

But it was this kind of "hardness" that made the Celtics helpless.

It's a gap in strength, and you let the opponent grab your sore foot on the defensive end.

There is no excellent basket protection, which is the biggest problem for the Celtics at present.

No matter how much pressure you can put on the outside line, even if it is as strong as the Heat, the oppression is strong enough. If you can't protect the basket inside, you will still be penetrated.

And they often lose sight of the other, because the inside line is pierced, and the outside players go in to fill the hole, and the outside line is also pierced.

Griffin is the iron ball that hit the hole. By the fourth quarter, he had scored 30 points.

Neither Humphries nor Bass can stop him when he drives to the rim with the ball.

Fouls are useless, Griffin is in good free throw form tonight.

But it was Li Liang's pole that pulled Griffin's iron ball out.

Throughout the game, Stevens tried to use Jeff Green, Bradley, Gerald Wallace and other people to defend Li Liang, but it didn't work.

Li Liang played very cautiously. His three-pointers were very precise, but if he didn't make a shot easily, his shot would kill him.

He didn't play at all tonight, he was as stable as an old dog.

Rivers and Mike Brown and several coaches even saw Kidd's shadow from Li Liang's pass.

Thankfully he doesn't shoot like Kidd.

At the end of the game, the Clippers easily defeated the Celtics at home with a 110:98 advantage of 12 points.

Although the Celtics played well with several players, they have implemented the head coach's tactical intentions.

However, his skills are really inferior to others, and he can't guard against Griffin.

And Li Liang had 20 points and 7 assists in the game, which felt nothing special.

But Stevens took the initiative to hug and shake hands with Li Liang after the game.

"You are the best player tonight." Stevens said to Li Liang.

As one of the youngest coaches in the NBA, Stevens has an appearance that is not lost to Li Liang.

Li Liang responded: "No, I am the best coach tonight."

As he spoke, he looked at his own bench, Rivers, Brown, Lu...these three looks combined are not enough for Stevens to play alone.

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