Chapter 925 It's Still a Matter of Defense

Failure is not terrible, failure is inevitable, what is terrible is that you cannot learn from failure.

One loss in the regular season, if enough lessons can be learned, can guarantee success in the playoffs.

Li Liang won the four championships not only because of the system, but also because of his hard work and brains.

In fact, many NBA players are really not smart.

Like someone from the Kings.

They often play by instinct and long-term accumulated experience.

They seldom analyze rationally, where and why they lost.

Before becoming the head coach, Li Liang often thought about this question.

The answer I get is often: because my hanging is not big enough.

After becoming the head coach, Li Liang needs to think more about such issues.

After losing the game, the next day, Li Liang had a meeting with his assistant coaches to summarize the loss of the game.

"I don't think there is a big problem with the offense. The main problem is the defense." D'Antoni directly blamed Mike Brown.

But what he said is correct. The Kings can play well on the offensive end. If there is a problem, it is that the shooting percentage from the three-point line is too low.

But this is not the coach's fault, but the player's ability and status.

Li Liang thought to himself that he could no longer use the touch rune to Gordon.

This product is easy to wave after it feels good, and it will cause problems after a wave. Let Rondo do it.

Brown spread his hands helplessly, and said: "Time, it takes time. We have only practiced the new defensive tactics for more than a week. The key is that the concept of defense must be gradually transmitted to the beliefs of the players. I think if it can be successful, this system will It's the 'triangle offense' of defense aggregation! It's sure to bring enough impact to this league, and of course, to bring us wins."

As he spoke, Brown himself became a little excited.

In the 1990s and 2000s, the triangle offense did become popular under the promotion of Phil Jackson.

This offensive system is not so much a tactic as an offensive philosophy.

At the time when the defensive meat was minced and the power of the three-pointer had not yet been fully demonstrated, the triangle offense with the core concept of creating more low-post singles opportunities appeared to be unique among various offensive tactics that created gaps and gaps. Exceptionally effective.

Coach Winter, who was originally unknown, became famous because of this.

Of course, after 2010, the triangle offense gradually faded out of the historical stage and became an auxiliary idea in many offensive systems.

Jackson's transformation of the triangle offense in the Knicks is obviously not doing well.

In the current NBA, the defense is not that strong, and the three-pointer opens up the space.

And not every team has unsolvable single hitters like Jordan, Kobe, and O'Neal.

The swarm defense and triangle offense that Brown is now rolling out are similar.

He has defensive routines, but more of a defensive philosophy, a defensive philosophy of harassment and guerrilla warfare.

In the modern basketball defensive system that emphasizes strength, double-teaming, and rotation, it also appears to be unique.

Of course, the second game against the Spurs proved that in a high-level game, it is really not that easy to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm.

Especially this kind of defense that needs to keep moving, if one is not careful, the door will open wide, giving the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of.

The Kings still have a long way to go on the defensive end.

For Mike Brown's statement, Li Liang still agrees.

He then asked Tyronn Lue what he thought.

Tyronn Lu was stunned for three seconds, and said: "I think... I think it's because you took too few shots, otherwise you will definitely win."

Mike Brown listened, thinking that Lu is talking nonsense again, Bruce Lee still has few shots? 23 shots, already a lot.

Unexpectedly, Li Liang nodded and said, "That's right, what Lu said makes sense. If I take 30 shots, I will probably win this game."

Mike Brown closed his eyes, not knowing what to say.

In fact, what Director Lu said makes sense.

As far as this game is concerned, if it is the playoffs, Li Liang is determined to win, relying on his own offense and cheats, he will definitely be able to win.

Li Liang has this confidence.

But this is the regular season, you can't rely on props every game, and you can win with difficulty.

As a coach, training an excellent team is the greatest sense of accomplishment.

After the discussion meeting, several people, together with the trainer, watched the video of the second game again.

Through the video, Li Liang can see many things that he can't feel when playing on the court.

The positioning of teammates, the opponent's defensive choices, Popovich's on-the-spot command, the status of the players and so on.

As a coach, you must have the ability to open God's perspective.

Like Li Liang at the end of the fourth quarter, he lost this vision and immersed himself in his own world.

As a player, this is no problem, and sometimes it can inspire his "king of heaven" state or "improved three-point shooting percentage".

But not as a coach, the coach must always pay attention to the dynamics of the entire stadium.

Li Liang's loss to Popovich was due to a rhythm control.

To be honest, at this point, Popovich is worse than Jackson back then, otherwise he wouldn't always lose to Jackson's team.

Jackson has a superior talent in controlling the rhythm of a single game and deploying the entire series.

His timing of calling a timeout, his magic touch when making substitutions, and his grasp of players' psychology are all first-class in history.

I don't know how high it is for a coach like Popovich, who was rigid in his early employment and became flexible in the later stage by relying on his absolute control and understanding of the Spurs.

Compared with this top master, Li Liang still has a long way to go.

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After playing the first two games, the Kings embarked on a road trip to the Eastern Conference early.

Five consecutive players, this is not good news for the king who is still adjusting.

On the 31st, when the Kings challenged the Eagles away, they encountered a little trouble.

The Eagles, which had achieved great success in the 15th season, have fallen apart after losing to James one after another.

Horford went to Boston, Jeff Teague was traded to the Pacers, and Carroll went to the Raptors.

At present, only Millsap and Korver are left on the team.

With such an opponent, the king actually played extremely hard.

The problem is still on defense.

The flanks of the Kings failed to stop Millsap's tossing inside, plus Korver's three-pointer tonight.

The Eagles and Kings played until the critical moment of the fourth quarter.

The Kings are still 1 point behind the Hawks - Millsap is in a super state.

At the most critical moment, it was Li Liang who made the steal.

He held two [Death Coils] in his hands at the last moment, successfully stealing opponents one after another, and assisted Gordon with a three-pointer in the counterattack, helping the Kings overtake.

Then, Li Liang defended Millsap one-on-one and successfully interfered with his shooting, and the Kings sealed the victory.

In this game, Li Liang scored 32 points and 13 rebounds.

The Kings team scored 118 points and also allowed the Eagles to score 115 points.

To be honest, such a loss of points was not what Li Liang wanted to see.

Let the opponent take too many points.

A solid defense is the key to maintaining a stable winning percentage in the regular season, and the Kings lack this.

After winning the Eagles, followed by playing back-to-backs in Miami, the Kings overturned.

Although the Heat did not have Wade, they played a very beautiful team offense under the leadership of Dragic.

The King's "swarm defense" was mostly killed and injured by the Heat's hot outside three-pointers.

Although Li Liang scored 33 points, he was still very efficient, but the Kings still lost the game.

After the start of the game, there were two wins and two losses, no winning streak, and three games lost more than 100 points.

Li Liang began to experience the first crisis of his coaching career.