Chapter 402 [Unstoppable, Very Adaptable]
Smith said excitedly: "It's beautiful, Jason blocked the Pistons' interior players twice in the first quarter, once Ben Wallace hit hard, and once Campbell cut in the air. Billups hasn't scored yet, and Jason doesn't just attack. ”
Barkley smiled: "It's going to be garbage time again, and it's not easy for Jason to get 50+10 today." ”
"Some people are predicting him to get more than 10 50+10s this season," Smith said. It sounded like a fantasy in previous seasons, but it's possible for Jason to do it, as long as he keeps playing time that even a defensive team like the Pistons can't defend it. ”
When the Suns attacked, Marion pulled out the perimeter run, Campbell struggled to keep up. No, Marion can not only shoot in the middle of the shot, but also shoot three points.
After Guo Xu blocked and dismantled, he held the ball on the right side and glanced at Xiao Si in the middle, and suddenly changed direction and accelerated past the big book, Billups chased after him from behind, and Guo Xu easily got on the basketball.
20 to 4, 13th personal point.
Not only were the Pistons players stunned, but the coach on the sidelines, Larry Brown, was also stunned, and was reminded of the painful memories of the 2001 Finals.
Under the premise that other players of the Suns have the ability to shoot, Guo Xu is difficult to defend with a move, and he breaks through too fast after the dislocation, and when he sees him, Brown will think of Iverson, or a strengthened version of the shot.
Iverson mainly relies on breakthrough play, although he has super breakthrough ability, but opponents know how to deal with it, that is, to defend on the periphery, wrap around the penalty area, and let others shoot.
It was much more difficult for the Pistons to clamp Guo Xu because he liked to shoot outside the three-point line, and the formation was completely stretched. He drew a point after the pack, and the Pistons defense was sure to be leaky.
Hamilton caught the ball and hit an iron shot, Big Ben grabbed the rebound in the front court and distributed it to the right baseline, and Prince also missed the shot in the open position.
The sophomore Prince was appreciated by Brown for his excellent wing defense, but he didn't do much on the offensive end, scoring mainly by sliding from the baseline, and his style was similar to Marion. He is a slightly less offensive player, a blue-collar star on the outside in his previous life, and averaged less than 15 points per game in his peak season of his career.
In the Suns positional battle, Guo Xu played a block outside the three-point line, attracting Campbell to switch defenses and then go to the weak side, dribbling with his right hand and turning his head to look at the middle, and then suddenly accelerated to pass successfully.
He didn't have complicated feints on several breaks, relying on the change of dribbling rhythm, and at this glance, he made Billups dare not let go of Xiao Si to wrap up, making Campbell worry that Xiao Si would cut empty, thus creating a breakthrough opportunity.
Guo Xu hit the basket on the right side and scored in three steps to the basketball. 22-4, 15th personal point.
Larry Brown was forced to call a timeout again, and just after 6 minutes, the Pistons couldn't open the offense and couldn't defend it.
When Guo Xu left the court, he high-fived his teammates to celebrate, Haslem handed him a towel, and Howard handed him water.
The game played like this, Guo Xu wanted to release the water a little, and found that he overestimated the Pistons. The Pistons without Rashid Wallace are a different team, with a flawed defense at the No. 4 position and no room for offense.
Hamilton averaged 19.7 points per game last season because of the partnership with Clifford Robinson, who shot beyond the three-point line. In addition, Rick Carlisle will arrange three-point tactics as coach, and his teammates will pull away from the outside to create opportunities for Hamilton.
The Pistons averaged 18.1 three-pointers per game last season, and as soon as Brown arrived, that number immediately dropped to 11. Even if Hamilton gets rid of Bale, he will be distracted by the flanks.
Guo Xu thinks that if the Pistons can't trade for Rashid in the middle of the season, they may not be able to pass the first round of the playoffs, because Brown doesn't like to use Oku, and the two blue-collar interior players are too easy to defend together.
Smith said: "The Pistons grind the position, and the style of play that reduces the number of rounds can't prevent Jason, it just makes the team's offense worse, they don't have a good shot, and all five Suns players are in position." ”
Barkley laughed: "The Grizzlies won against the Suns because the two big men opened up space, and the Pistons' interior players pulling out would only make the guard trapped. I don't think Campbell should play again in this game, otherwise Jason can score more than 60 points, and he won't be able to defend himself with one move to 'worship Buddha'. ”
Guo Xu has practiced "worshipping Buddha" into a trick in recent years, and the frequency of use is far more than the change of direction under the crotch, on the basketball court, this trick is called "Fake hesitation" in English, also known as "hesitant step".
Guo Xu's "worship Buddha" mainly has two options, one is to rely on solid basic dribbling skills, control the ball and stop urgently, pretend to hesitate to do shooting, passing and other actions to induce the defender's center of gravity to improve, reduce the range of defensive breakthrough, and then immediately lower the center of gravity to accelerate the dribble to break through the defense.
The second is to pull the center of gravity, that is, he switches the center of gravity of the front and back feet when stopping the ball, and pulls the center of gravity of the defender to lean forward or raise it upward, so that the defender's action becomes awkward, and he cannot quickly move sideways to block the breakthrough route.
Even if his teammates' coverage is not very successful, Guo Xu can break through, he often fakes flicks after blocking and dismantling, and is getting better and better at playing his speed advantage.
After the timeout, both sides made substitutions, with the Pistons inside Campbell coming off the court and replacing Oku. Even if Big Ben is good at pick-and-roll, this substitution doesn't look like much of a difference on the defensive end, as the Suns are small-ball tactics.
Born on May 26, 1979 in Yalova, Turkey, Oku was selected by the Pistons with the ninth pick in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft, and only joined the NBA in 2002 because of his contract.
HE IS 211CM TALL AND WEIGHS 113 KILOGRAMS, AND CAN NOT ONLY DEFEND THE RESTRICTED AREA AS A MEAT SHIELD ON THE DEFENSIVE END, BUT ALSO OPEN UP SPACE ON THE OFFENSIVE END TO BLOCK AND DISMANTLE WITH TEAMMATES, CATCH AND SHOOT. Occasionally, relying on his height and weight, he can also eat opponents hard in the low position.
It's clear that Oku is a good center forward inside and out, and at the age of 24, he is in his prime of his body. However, if you look at his size, you can see that he is not fast, he weighs more than Campbell, can this person play against Marion?
Brown changed his defensive tactics to a joint defense, with Billups on the outside defending Guo Xu and four others in charge of the area. Oku's job is to guard the box, protect rebounds, pull out on the offensive end to cover, catch and shoot, and create chances for his teammates.
Collis-Williams is a super-mobile forward who can step up his pick-and-roll defense by playing in the No. 4 position, but he still sits off the court and Brown doesn't like to play him as a power forward.
Brown also doesn't admit that Guo Xu said "If you can't prevent the demolition, you can't prevent the sun", he is a paranoid person, even if the idea is wrong, he will always stick to it.
On the Suns' side, D'Antoni brought on Haslem to replace Marion. It's about strengthening the defense and making the team more offensive in the second quarter.
Before the game, the Suns coaching staff analyzed the Pistons' lineup in detail and formulated a response plan.
Assistant coach Larry Drew believes that Oku has some scoring ability and Marion will struggle to defend the main defense. If Marion and Big Ben are put in the opposite position, and it is easy to be prevented when counterattacking, he might as well go down to rest happily and come back with a substitute in the second quarter.
Haslem is an orthodox interior lineman, with a strong style of play, who can not only defend against pick-and-rolls, but also resist the open cut Oku in the low post, and he can also pull away on the offensive end, and his mid-range shooting is no worse than Marion.
The Suns staff behind the Pistons bench sent a text message to D'Antoni as soon as they saw Brown calling Oku to his side to talk about tactics, and although he couldn't hear what he said, he could see the opponent's substitution intentions.
The Suns coaching staff is very resilient at home......