"Toot-"

The halftime whistle sounded, and the Philadelphia 76ers' first real tough game of the new season was halfway through.

Under the leadership of the invincible Chen Mu, the 76ers showed a completely different situation from the past, both offensive and defensive were extremely strong, and actually played a staggering performance on the Devil's home court in the Holy City.

59-44, the Philadelphia Light Cavalry looked younger than the aging Spurs on the court, full of energy, and galloping. In many wonderful shots, the Philadelphia boys are flying dragons bombing the basket in the sky, and the Spurs veterans can be seen looking at the ball and sighing in the background.

The difference of 15 points is not a true reflection of the strength of the two teams. Although it has only been a little over a year since the Spurs last won the championship, this season is indeed a low point for the Spurs, and the Spurs have never had such a difficult regular season journey since the new century. Against the young 76ers, the Spurs players were sluggish as if they had their legs and feet in charge. It's just that the boys in Philadelphia are trying to play fast again, which makes the Spurs players unguardable.

"Coach Carlisle is really not simple, any quasi-strong team or midstream team in his hands can always be reborn immediately and become a strong team at the level of giants!"

During the break, Smith asked Barkley what he thought of the effect of Philadelphia's change of coach, and Barkley said: "His offensive and tactical tuning skills are too strong, although there are still details worth polishing, but in terms of on-the-spot command, I personally think that sooner or later he will become one of the famous coaches in the history of the league." ”

"In other words, this change of coach, Philadelphia has done a very successful job?" Smith asked.

"Absolute success, more than four million a year is really worth it!" Barkley gave a thumbs up.

Meanwhile, inside the away team's locker room.

'The first half was good, the defense worked hard, very good!'

Carlisle couldn't stop applauding and praised the players: "Although the Spurs have averaged a low number of points per game this season, they really play fast offense and defense." The Spurs still have enough weapons to do so. We defended well, controlled the half well, and only allowed them to score 44 points in so many rounds, which was a success! ”

"Haha, Coach, is there a 'but'?"

Iguodala asked with a smile.

"As you wish, there is."

Carlisle smiled and nodded, and then said, "Our offense is not good enough. ”

What......?

Our offensive ...... Not good enough??

Coach, you're not kidding!

The Philadelphia players were shocked, and scoring 59 points at halftime at the Spurs' home court was a year-long record for any team. To know. The reason why the Spurs have been able to win a strong record this season despite the sluggishness on the offensive end is that they rely on the second defensive efficiency in the league.

The Spurs' defensive ability is second only to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference. Whether it's man-to-man or joint defense, whether it's rotation or positioning, it can be said that in addition to some problems in defending the fast break, the Spurs' defense this season is almost perfect, and it is also ranked among the best in history.

And the reason why the Spurs don't do a good job of defending fast offense is not because they don't have a sense of awareness. Or there is a problem with the defensive strategy. On the contrary, their awareness is among the best in the world and their defensive strategy is very targeted. The defensive fast break is not good, just because the aging of the lineup is more obvious.

The degradation of Duncan on the inside. The lack of a second defensive super-strength, and the lack of a full-time defender on the perimeter, is the reason why the Spurs are not defending fast break teams. If this Spurs can have even one defender of Danny Green's level in the future, the team's defensive ability will be taken to the next level. Become the top existence in history.

In the face of such a Spurs, the 76ers scored nearly 60 points in the half with a shooting rate of more than 50 percent, wasn't it good enough?

"Our score. At least a small half of them come from fast attack and quasi-fast attack, they are slow to turn around, and their legs and feet are slow, so they can't prevent our fast attack. Being able to score these points and maintain a shooting rate of more than 50% in the half of the game has nothing to do with our fast break. ”

Carlisle naturally knew the confusion in the players' hearts, and said: "On the other hand, it is our positional battle, and the fight is a little sluggish. ”

"In order to foul Thiem, we used more of Chen's singles strategy, which was the right choice, and the result proved that you made the right choice. After Thiem's departure, the pressure on us was reduced a lot, and it was very effective. ”

Carlisle looked at Chen Mu and nodded: "Your singles have to continue to be maintained, and you have to put pressure on Tim at the beginning of the second half, and you can't let him be easy for even a second." Even if the ball is not in your hands, you have to keep yourself in a position and move that you can make an offensive threat at all times, and consume Tim as much as possible. ”

……！

When Chen Mu heard this, he gave Carlisle a thumbs up again in his heart.

That's a good point!

Although Chen Mu is definitely not a ball bully, he is not a player who can only play with the ball in his hand. In fact, some experts have made statistics that among the core attackers of each team, Chen Mu's ball use rate is the lowest. Compared with Chen Mu's offensive contribution, his efficiency can be said to be at the level of the sky.

But for a long time, Chen Mu still lost the offensive threat more or less at some specific moments.

For example, when the team runs an attack on the strong side, Chen Mu falls on the weak side, and is completely separated by the opponent, Chen Mu will be a little overwhelmed. Aside from trying to grab rebounds, I don't know what I should do to maximize my attacking efficiency.

And now, Carlisle has actually given a solution, and Chen Mu himself is already doing it. It's just that I didn't keep up with it consciously, so I just didn't know much about this tactical arrangement.

Whether it's covering or blocking, any player who wants to cooperate with his teammates and become that "wall" has an important premise:

The greater the threat of the coverer's own attack, the better the cover will be.

Why is it that from the beginning of the season to the present, as long as Chen Mu covers his teammates, the opponent's defensive lineup will suddenly fall into a brief chaos?

The reason is that the other party cares too much about Chen Mu's attack.

To put pressure on your opponent on the offensive end all the time, you need more than just physical confrontation and rebounding. What's more important is to make the opponent extra careful of his attacking threat in any situation.

None of the historically famous offensive gods is not like this. Imagine on the court, you are defending Kobe, as long as you are distracted, look back at the direction of the basketball, Kobe Bryant may run away, shoot in a very small space, and hit an incredible shot, how can you keep your mentality unbalanced, and how can you divide part of your defensive attention to help defend and supplement the defense?

Chen Mu is now facing the absolute defensive core of the Spurs, as long as Duncan can not have time to take care of the team's overall defensive continuity, then the Spurs' defensive strategy has already failed halfway.

“…… I see, coach. ”

Thinking about all this, Chen Mu's mind suddenly flashed with countless tactical combinations that Carlisle had arranged, and some of the points that were not very clear were instantly clear, and they were finally integrated.

"Very good, if you understand, then go and do it well!"

Carlisle was very satisfied with his apprentice's comprehension, and nodded heavily: "In the second half, the Spurs will definitely launch a final counterattack." However, I am familiar with Grieg's style, and as long as the margin reaches 20 or more by 25 points at the end of the third quarter, with his overall attitude towards the regular season, it is likely that he will strategically abandon chasing points. ”

"25 points...... So we have to find a way to win by 10 points in the third quarter? Lowry asked with a wink.

"That's right, 10 points is the bottom line." Carlisle nodded: "If possible, it is safest to go straight ahead to more than 30 points." We still have a lot of strong enemies to fight against, and I don't want you to be consumed too hard in the Holy City. ”

“1、2、3…… 76ERS！！ ”

After laying out the general tactical idea for the second half, the players gathered together, put their palms in the middle, and shouted in unison.

The second half of the game is about to begin.

"Okay, half-time is over, both teams are going back to the court, we just got the starting line-up for the second half of the two teams, let's see if there are any changes!"

On the commentary stage, Smith looked at the list in his hand, read the Philadelphia starters, and there was no change, and then when he started to read the Spurs' starters, he was stunned, and then exclaimed: "Manu...... Manu starts in the second half! ”

In the second half, the Spurs started: Tony Parker, Manuginobili, Michael Finley, Tim Duncan, Matt Bonner.

There is only one super defender lineup in Duncan, and all players except Duncan have a super offensive lineup with a three-point threat. With the exception of Bonner, the rest of the four can all carry the ball and play an offensive storm alone.

This storm is about to blow in the holy city.

Let's fight!

The Spurs possessed the ball, Parker controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and without any hesitation, gave the ball to Duncan near the free throw line.

Then, the Spurs ran a tactic that Chen Mu was very familiar with.

"It's ...... Philadelphia Lighthouse! ”

In the last two seasons, relying on Chen Mu's strong containment and passing ability, using Chen Mu to stand at the free throw line alone, the team's shooters took turns to run the small ball play, which appeared on the calm Spurs.

Greg Popovich, a scheming super-celebrity, sat on the bench and reached out to touch his chin, silent.

Rick, Chen, this is our last comeback.

Seeing Chen Mu staring at Duncan intently, Popovich thought to himself.

This wave of attacks is learned from you, can you resist it......? (To be continued.) )

PS: Speaking of transformation, when do you think Zhuge Vic's transformation is?

I still remember that at the beginning, everyone said that the Spurs were a strong team in defense and the main team in offense. Now that he has become a famous coach at the historical level, the Go master doesn't know how much hard work he has done in private!