On the day of the finals, the Monterey team arrived at the Great Western Forum Arena, home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The arrival of Shaquille O'Neal in the semifinals directly heated up the final of the Drew League, which could be held in the Great Western Forum Arena, and the managers of the league also had a lot of blood, but the heat of the semifinals made the managers understand that they still had to draw this blood.

Because the attention and popularity of this Drew League is unusually high, as long as the league managers take advantage of it, this opportunity will help the Drew League complete a take-off.

The Great Western Forum is a standard NBA-sized arena with 18,000 seats and a capacity of 18,000 fans.

Surprisingly, with more than an hour to go before the start of the game, the Great Western Forum Arena was already full.

All sorts of fans appeared on the sidelines, with Monterey fans occupying a small area of the stands, and M.H.P. fans taking up a little more, but only a portion of the stands, and most of the fans were Lakers fans in Lakers jerseys.

The atmosphere was very hot, but because there were not many loyal fans of the two teams, there was more noise from neutral Lakers fans in the arena.

But even so, such a grand scene has already made the history of the Drew League.

"Eighteen thousand people should be full, I didn't expect a Drew League to have such heat." In the front row of seats next to the technical table, Mitch Kupchak, assistant to the Lakers general manager, sat down with Kotlambis, who had just joined the Lakers' coaching staff.

The two looked around and soon saw Qiao Hai walking out of the player's tunnel.

Because of leading the team to defeat Shaquille O'Neal, Qiao Hai has become a hot figure during the NBA shutdown, and as soon as he played, almost all the eyes of the audience were on him.

"Look, China Joe is here."

The fans were talking, and even Kotlambis couldn't help but poke Mitch Kupchak and motioned for Kupchak to look in the direction of the players' tunnel

Mitch Kupchak nodded, not paying attention.

Cortlambis didn't get the reaction he wanted, and there was nothing he could do but shrug his shoulders helplessly.

Maybe Mitch Kupchak doesn't think Joe has anything to focus on, but Cortlanbis thinks differently, leading an amateur team to beat Shaq, which is not too much to describe as a miracle, and Citlanbis has been thinking, if he is allowed to lead this Monterey team, can he beat Shaq? Come to think of it, the answer is the same – no.

So, fellow coach, Kortlambis, became interested in Johi, which is why he came to watch the game.

Mitch Kupchak had a different purpose, he came to watch the game live, more to see how Kobe Bryant and Eddie Jones performed, which was also the task given to him by the team's general manager, Jerry West.

Jerry West is the godfather of the Lakers, and his decision-making in recent years has become more and more spicy and wise, in 1996, he traded All-Star center Divac for the hairy boy Kobe Bryant, and after two seasons of growth, Kobe Bryant has reached the point where he can replace Eddie Jones.

For the team's two All-Star-caliber point guards, Jerry West is still very concerned.

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Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines, and the heat of this final was surprising.

Looking at the packed Great Western Forum Arena, Qiao Hai's desire to win this game became stronger and stronger.

On the other side, the M.H.P team also played, their head coach was a black man, named John Emiro, which Qiao Hai knew, but when Qiao Hai looked at the bench of the M.H.P team, the M.H.P team arranged the tactics of a white man, which made Qiao Hai a little confused, could it be that Paul Clement's information was wrong?

Mitch Kupchak recognized Lewis Edney, and Mitch Kupchak frowned: "That's Lewis Edney?" Is he the head coach of the M.H.P? ”

Cortambis glanced at Lewis Edney, nodded, and then shook his head again: "No, as far as I know, the head coach of the M.H.P team is John Emiro, and Lewis ......?" He should be an assistant, but looking at his position now, maybe he is the one in charge of this game. ”

"But that's interesting, Lewis Edney is very good at Princeton tactics, and his alignment with China Joe is interesting......"

Kotlanbis's interest was even stronger, and Mitch Kupchak still had the same indifferent expression, and his eyes had turned to Kobe Bryant, who was warming up on the court.

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On the field, the two teams have finished warming up, and Qiao Hai pulled his starting five tigers and arranged the opening style of play.

Due to Kobe's arrival, the Monterey team's starters changed, and Qiao Hai's adjustment was also a little unexpected, he did not make a counterpoint adjustment, but directly let Kobe Bryant take the position of power forward Matt Richards, and then let Tom Shiller play power forward, and Kobe Bryant played the No. 3 position.

In terms of tactics, Qiao Hai also unexpectedly came up with a set of fast-attacking counterattack tactics, instead of the previous run-and-bomb tactics.

Different from the run-and-bomb tactics, this set of fast-break counterattack tactics is more focused on defense, and the fast-break is just a dessert after a successful defense.

Originally, Qiao Hai's tactics were triangular tactics, Kobe Bryant played Jordan, Tom Shiller had a certain Pippen attribute, Jordan plus Pippen, although it was a weakened version, but it was obviously enough to sweep the Drew League, but if you think about it carefully, triangle tactics can not be formed in a short time, and the opponent also has a big killer like Eddie Jones, defense is still very important, think about it, a set of fast attack counterattack tactics that are more inclined to defense is more suitable for this final.

This set of fast-break counterattack tactics is taken from the Heat, who won two consecutive championships in the 21st century, Tom Schiller and Kobe's wing combination, plus the two big shooters on the outside, just like James Wade's combination, through slow positional defense of the opponent's offense, and then with lightning-fast counterattack to break the opponent's defense.

Kobe Bryant, a nine-time first-defense winner, defended Eddie Jones, Tom Shiller guaranteed interior height, and there was obviously no problem with defense.

The offensive end is well-layered, with breakthroughs and long-range shots, which is obviously not something that an ordinary Drew League team can withstand.

However, there are still a few points that need to be emphasized in this set of tactics, before the start of the game, Qiao Hai constantly emphasized several key points: "Remember, after defending the opponent's offense, you must pay attention to the protection of rebounds, and the fast break in the front court must also keep up, which is the top priority!" ”

"Come on, win this victory!"

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On the side of the M.H.P team, foreign coach Lewis Edney looked serious: "In this game, our opponent is not weak, so we must be extremely careful, from the beginning, we began to attack, Eddo took the ball ......"

The M.H.P. team set the tone for the opening onslaught, with head coach Lewis Edney believing that there would be no defense to speak of in an amateur game like this, and that as long as they play well in attack, victory will be within reach.

So, after a simple set-up, he let the team's starters play.

Lewis Edney is full of confidence, and he feels that winning this match is not a big problem as long as he is careful and does not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

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Five minutes into the game, a confident Lewis Edney hurriedly called his first timeout, and John Emiló, the real head coach of the M.H.P. team, was also a little helpless.

Lewis Edney, a professional coach from the Los Angeles Clippers, suddenly found that all his opening set-ups were restrained by the young Chinese of the Monterey team.

The opening onslaught was played by the Princeton tactics that Lewis Edney was good at, but this set of slow positional offensive tactics was directly defeated by the Monterey team's stubborn counterattack, and the big center was pulled to a high position, Kobe Bryant's successful single defense against Eddie Jones made the M.H.P. team's offense miss repeatedly, and the rebounds were controlled by the Monterey team.

Then, surprisingly, after defending against the M.H.P. attack, the Monterey team was able to rely on Tom Schiller's long pass to get a counter-attack opportunity.

Defending, counter-attacking, defending, counter-attacking......

After five minutes, Monterey opened the game with a 14-4 run from M.H.P, and in just five minutes, Monterey sealed a 10-point advantage.

Lewis Edney called a timeout in a hurry, and he had to force his adjustments to get back in the game.

But on the other side, Qiao Hai accurately guessed Lewis Edney's adjustment through the command assistance system.

"Next, the M.H.P. team will definitely increase their breakthroughs, so we will shrink the defensive line......"

At the same time, Lewis Edney made a similar adjustment: "We increase the break, don't shoot indiscriminately from the outside, play inside, try to play the success rate, and create foul ...... for the opponent."

If he can't shoot, Lewis Edney can only play inside, but Qiao Hai's one-handed contraction of the defense line has already restrained Lewis Ednik early.