Chapter 348 [Muscle Man, Penalty Team]
In the whole game, the Wizards shot 30 of 81 from the field, shooting only 37%, and 2 of 8 from three-point range, shooting 25%. The Timberwolves shot 39-of-83 from www.biquge.info field, a 47% shooting rate, and 3-of-7 from three-point range, with a 43.9% shooting rate.
Just looking at these two stats, everyone would think that it was a slaughter, and the rebounding wizards also lost 4 and 5 fewer assists overall, in this case, they actually won.
The Wizards shot 29 of 33 from the free-throw line. Margeti made 8 of 8 free throws and Stodameyer made 11 of 12 free throws, and they were big contributors to the victory.
The Timberwolves were 9-of-15 from the free-throw line, and the most fouls were actually made by the bench Rejay Lester with 2-of-4 free throws, followed by Garnett with 3-of-3 free throws.
Stoudamire is really a "little bully" after taking cover, as long as he bypasses Garnett, mobility and explosiveness crush the other interior lines of the Timberwolves. Lauren Woods, Nesterovich, and Trent couldn't do anything with him, and he finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.
Margety had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Wesley had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Jordan had an average performance with 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Although the Timberwolves players have a high shooting rate, the scoring mainly depends on mid-range shots, and the two statistics of penalty area scoring and free throws are twice as low as those of the Wizards.
After the game, Yang Rui became the focus, and the media believed that the reversal was due to his tactical arrangement.
The Minnesota media shouted for the Timberwolves, denouncing the Wizards for making too many free throws and cheating fouls for their ugly style of play.
Facing a reporter's question, Yang Rui said seriously: "I guess there will be many people who say that we have a lot of free throws, but those are uncontroversial fouls, our players have physical advantages, the opponent can't stop it, fouls are a strategy." It's just that we're not afraid of shark slashing tactics. ”
The reporters in the venue fainted, your shark slashing tactic, who would use this on someone who shoots 80% from the free-throw line?
The reporter asked: "The Wizards have made the best start in recent years, how do you feel?" ”
Yang Rui smiled: "It's only four games, I don't have any feelings, and when the season is more than halfway through, if I can maintain this level, my feelings must be very rich." ”
The reporter asked: "You said before that too many pauses in NBA games will affect the spectacle, why are there so many timeouts per game now?" Statistically, you are the coach who has called the most timeouts since the start of the game. ”
"The Wizards rebuilt in the summer, there were a lot of new players, and if I didn't call a timeout in time, it would be very messy at some point and lead to losing the game. In order to win, I can only slap myself in the face now, after all, the Wizards are not the Raptors of last season, and there are not so many stars. Yang Rui said with a smile, not embarrassed at all.
When he arrived at the Wizards, he felt that being a head coach was interesting again, and he felt the excitement of basketball. Constantly making adjustments and arranging tactics in the face of adversity gives him a sense of accomplishment.
In the last season of the Raptors, Yang Rui really felt that he was just a spectator, and he didn't need to arrange any tactics, and the Raptors core who had been running in for three years knew how to play.
In Yang Rui's view, being an NBA coach is like a game, since it is a game, it is interesting if it is a little difficult. Even if you play Contra, clearing three lives and adjusting thirty lives to clear it is a completely different experience.
Yang Rui's coaching level has improved a lot over the years, and the assistant coaches study tactics, and the threesome must have my teacher, he knows the advantages and disadvantages of various tactics well, and knows how to give full play to the team's maximum combat effectiveness.
On the 6th, the Wizards defeated the Weak Cavaliers 107-100 back-to-back.
The game scene was very ugly, under Yang Rui's arrangement, the Wizards players increased the number of outside cover runs, and as a result, the players hit iron again and again outside the three-point line, and only 5 of 23 shots.
It took a year for the Raptors to become a super three-point team, and the Wizards used to play mainly two-point teams. Hamilton shoots very well, and has developed a bad habit in the league for three years, he runs inside the three-point line with ease, runs along the three-point line at ease, and often steps on the three-point line when shooting.
This time, he twice turned his three-point shot into a big two-point because he stepped on the three-point line, which was depressing. This problem, Yang Rui's previous life, Hamilton did not change when he went to participate in the three-point contest.
During the game, Hamilton made two mistakes when he stepped on the three-point line while shooting the last two shots and was disallowed. If these two goals are not on the line, the extra ball will add three points, and then he will be equal with Dirk Nowitzki to enter the next round of competition, only to be eliminated with only 14 points.
There are only two people in the team who run smoothly, and the three-point tactics are not good, so in order to ensure the offense, Yang Rui can only arrange to impact the basket again. It would be humiliating to lose to the Cavaliers at home.
The Cavaliers are worse than Yang Rui's previous life this season, the core is the swingman Ricky Davis, on the surface, the data is very good, averaging 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, in fact, this Jun is the person who expresses the word "cancer" to the extreme, he will not lead the team to win, stealth at critical moments is a common thing, in order to make a triple-double, he can throw the ball to his own basket.
The only strong strength of the Cavaliers inside is center Ilgoskas, but he can only be a second-in-command, not a leader, with average offensive ability with the ball, and after returning from a serious injury, he reduced the strong attack under the basket, and mainly received and shot after blocking and dismantling the ball in the high post.
Moreover, Boozer, an important backup interior who was supposed to join the Cavaliers, was selected by Yang Rui to the Wizards, and the Cavaliers have one less big man who can pull away. Forward Jumaine Jones, who was supposed to be the team's sixth man, is now also with the Raptors.
The Cavaliers have struggled to get 15 wins this season, and they are properly at the bottom of the league.
Against such a weak team, the Wizards' offense was not smooth enough, and finally relied on the performance of scoring in the restricted area and the free throw line to win the game in the final quarter.
Margeti finished with 21 points and five rebounds on 4-of-14 shooting, 0-of-3 three-pointers and 13-of-15 free throws.
Stoudamire finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting and 9-of-12 from the free-throw line.
Wallace made 4-of-6 free throws, and even substitute Tyrone Lue made 5-of-5 free throws, making it 43-22.
Jordan only had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in this game. Seeing the bravery of his interior teammates, he rarely rushes to the basket. Jordan's three-point shot is not good, and if he doesn't go to a low-post step-back jumper, it is not good to score.
After this game, the media did not say much good about the Wizards, especially the Cleveland media began to question the Wizards' style of play, saying that they won the game by relying on a group of rampaging muscular men, and they were a "free throw team".
In fact, Yang Rui also has a headache, winning in this way, killing a thousand enemies, and losing eight hundred, today Xiao Si was pulled down in a dunk, and a hard fall made people very worried.
He was all over in the air and landed on his back, but fortunately he was strong enough to be uninjured.
Hitting the basket is particularly injury-prone, and if Stoudamire dunked less, he would never have slipped in form in the 2011-2012 season, because his knees were too worn.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Margety and Wallace were also often injured, all because of their playing style.
Entering the playoffs, the physical confrontation will become stronger, and now the Wizards have an advantage, because their style of play is already playoff intensity, and when they do enter the playoffs, if the Wizards can't get a lot of free throws, the situation will not be good.
Yang Rui decided that even if it was difficult to win, he would have to practice tactics first, and strive to do a good job of combining inside and outside, rather than focusing on a little bit.