"Ray, it's so accurate!"

When the players returned to the bench, the first thing Cheeks said was a word of discouragement.

"There are already four three-pointers in the third quarter, and if we don't stop him, we will be his record opponent and be nailed to the shame post!"

Ray Allen, whose regular season record for three-point shooting is nine so far, is far from over, hitting seven of his 12 shots and showing no signs of stopping.

If we can't find a way to reduce Ray Allen's shooting percentage or limit his three-point shooting, the end result is likely to be as Cheeks feared, and this game will be a historic moment for Ray Allen to break his personal milestone.

Any team wants its players to be able to set record after record, but they don't want to be a stepping stone for the opposing team to set records.

Today's 76ers are facing such a dilemma.

"Kyle, come down and take a break, Carney plays, and then switch guards with Andre."

Cheeks made a set-up, and Korver, who was ineffective defensively, was replaced, and rookie Carney, although inexperienced defensively, was much more physically fit than Korver. After the switch, the team's strongest defender on the perimeter, Iguodala, limited Ray Allen's three-pointers, and Carney only had to keep up with Lewis and find a way to reduce his ball-handling opportunities to complete the task.

"No, that's not enough......"

Although he is very relieved of Iguodala's defense, after going on the court, Iguodala has to face Ray Allen, the first three-pointer in history and entering a state of killing, even if Iguodala is a great defender in the future and is enough to compete for DPOY, he does not dare to pat his chest and pack the ticket, saying that he can limit Ray Allen's play.

"Coach, I think that's enough."

After being silent for a long time, Chen Mu finally raised his head and said, "Let Andre go to the single lightning protection, it should be enough." ”

"Huh......?"

Chen Mu's words came out. Cheeks and Miller were the first to react, and after thinking about it for a while, they still didn't quite understand what Chen Mu meant.

Although every time Chen Mu put forward those whimsical tactical arrangements during the pause, they finally achieved good results. But the situation is different now. Ray Allen's shooting rhythm has been fully found, and the shooting posture and jump timing have been adjusted to the best condition, and Iguodala's individual defense alone is simply impossible to completely limit.

And if they can't limit Ray Allen's play, the SuperSonics will become very resolute on the offensive end. As long as the whole team continues to create open and even semi-empty opportunities for Ray Allen, and even only needs to create space for him to receive the ball and send passes, with Ray Allen's current state, he can completely disintegrate the 76ers' defense with three-point firepower covering the entire half.

Expressing his concerns, Miller shook his head and said, "Do you want to propose BOX-ONE?" I've thought about this too, it's not that it doesn't work, but it's ......"

"It's not very safe, and it still can't limit Ray Allen's play." Chen Mu nodded and said, "I know this." ”

"But is there any better way to restrain him? A double bag clip? Ray's vision is not bad, and there are shooters like Rashad and Luke on the outside. A single pass can make our set-up invisible. ”

"Or is it a split tactic that restricts him from receiving the ball? As you can see, the whole supersonic team is now frantically covering him and creating opportunities, which is impossible to do. ”

Chen Mu raised his eyes to look at Cheeks while saying his thoughts, and said cautiously: "I mean, don't think too much about small details, always think about how to limit his personal performance, and don't let him shoot three points in the next round, this idea is right." But it's a little too restrictive. ”

“……”

Cheeks listened attentively to Chen Mu's thoughts, and gradually began to figure out Chen Mu's thoughts.

'At the moment we are very passive, but in the big picture, we were tactics at the beginning. Isn't it because of their defensive strategy of expanding outwards that they were reversed passively? ”

Chen continued: "It's their overall strategy to limit my and Miller's low singles, to let the interior players move out, and not to let us fall into the box easily. ”

"In the beginning, we continued to strike at low levels. The goal is to score points, but in the long run, it's more important to force them to shrink their defense, free up space on the perimeter, and give Kyle a chance to shoot. The results also proved that our strategy was correct. ”

"Now they use the touch of Lei against the sky to regain the continuity of the offensive and defensive space, and continue to push and counterattack, limiting my frontcourt rebounding, this is the anti-shrinkage strategy."

Chen Mu analyzed while gesturing: "Since they have succeeded in countering shrinkage, it means that in order to create opportunities for outside players, especially Lei, to counterattack and chase three points, their position on the defensive end is bound to be a little outside." In order to push the counterattack, there will be no internal and external linkage of the ball holder in the penalty area, then ......"

"We'll be able to start playing low singles again!"

After saying this, everyone suddenly realized.

Cheeks, in particular, was even more stunned, and praised Chen Mu's brain circuit again.

"They broke our contraction offensive with anti-shrinkage, and now the defensive line is scattered again, relaunching the attack from the low post, which can not only play our advantage in the low post, but also force Ray and other outside players to return to the penalty area to help defend, thereby limiting their counterattack speed, killing two birds with one stone!"

Cheeks took over the conversation, the thoughts in his mind gradually became clearer, and he nodded: "Chen, it's very good, just do it!" ”

After saying that, Cheeks took out the tactical board and began to draw it, laying out a new tactical arrangement.

"DEFENSIVELY, USE BOX-ONE, QUADRILATERAL POSITIONS INSIDE THE THREE-POINT LINE, CONTROL THE TRANSFER OF THE BALL, AND IF THEY DARE TO BREAK THROUGH, THEY WILL CLAMP THE BALL CARRIER TO DEATH UNDER THE FREE THROW LINE!"

"On the offensive end, the tactics of re-running the opening game, Chen and Miller fell to the low post and played unlimited singles. I'd like to see if it's our low post that grinds them to death, or if they keep such an ungodly hit rate all over the game and beat us up! ”

What Chen Mu proposed was just an overall consideration and idea of the overall situation, while what Cheeks gave after being inspired was a detailed operation plan. I can't say who has a higher level, it's just that Chen Mu's habitual out-of-the-box thinking has depicted a building base out of thin air, and Cheeks has used his rich tactical knowledge to decorate this building.

Each of the teachers and apprentices has received nutrients from the other, and the 76ers' new offensive and defensive strategies have taken shape. The burden of offense and defense fell on the two people.

"Defensively, Andre, give me a dead eye! On the offensive end. Chen, there's no scum left in Wilcox! ”

"Yes!"

Chen Mu and Iguodala were full of confidence, and at the end of the timeout, the two high-fived and returned to the court with great momentum.

The game continues.

Miller advances to the frontcourt. After the 76ers' concise running was over, Wilcox was surprised to find that Chen Mu, who had not appeared in the low post in the half, had sometime leaned on the situation by giving others an opportunity to cover without the ball and gained space outside the three-second zone.

"They have been playing and cutting since the second half of the first quarter, and the Chinese kid is always covering the wall on the inside, and he actually took advantage of this to successfully fall into the low position!"

Wilcox's nerves tensed up instantly, and he hurriedly leaned closer, using his strength to hard push Chen Mu, as if facing a great enemy.

Miller's pass is on point. The supersonic perimeter players were waiting for a fast break and didn't immediately return to the vicinity of the box to help defend. Taking advantage of the chaotic moment of the supersonic defensive formation, Chen Mu quickly turned around and wiped it to the middle after receiving the ball, and the basketball in his hand was raised high.

Wilcox reflexively jumped, but as soon as his feet left the ground, he regretted it.

Seeing Chen Mu's smile of "the trick succeeded", Wilcox finally recalled the truth that he realized in the continuous abuse at the beginning:

The Chinese kid's first basket attack was a feint!

Collect the ball smoothly with the left foot as the pivot foot without leaving the ground. The right foot retracted half a step and went around the side of Wilcox's body while it was still in the air, and he lifted the ball with his right hand and licked the basket into the frame with a light lick.

UP&UNDER。 Recreate the rivers and lakes!

"Tut-tut~"

Chen Mu nodded arrogantly and went back to the defense, and the angry Wilcox couldn't wait to smash the ball directly into the face of this arrogant draft loser.

The supersonic attack, after coming to the frontcourt, Ridno dribbled at the top of the arc, and Ray Allen started his bizarre running again.

After a heavy cover, Ray Allen was confident that his movement was not flawed. But the dark shadow behind him kept following closely.

"Iguodala, defensive toughness is really much stronger than Korwall!"

Finally accelerated by the cover, Lewis's cover stuck Iguodala's body to the side, Ray Allen walked around and reached out, just wanted to catch the ball and shoot, but felt that the jersey on his side seemed to be a little tight.

"What's going on?!"

With a casual glance, I saw that Ray Allen and Lewis were almost close together, and in that extremely subtle space, one palm bent out backwards, and actually pulled his jersey fiercely at the moment before Ray Allen made a move.

"This little gesture...... It's insidious! ”

Ray Allen couldn't help but laugh, Iguodala has always been a good defender, rarely distracting with small moves that wander on the edge of the rules. Now the defensive master has also made small moves, proving that his deterrent power is strong enough, which should be a good thing.

But it was this momentary pull that made the last half step of Lei Allen not adjusted in place, with extremely slight deviations and small flaws, which disrupted Lei Allen's rhythm, and jumped directly out of the shot, which would affect the direction of the shot.

"In that case, then I'll shoot and fall to the ground and cheat you into a three-point foul!"

Lei Allen was sure of his mind, and immediately jumped up and started to shoot three points, but what made him even more ridiculous was that he didn't know whether it was intentional or not, Iguodala's hand actually let go the moment he jumped.

The stretchy jersey was deformed under this pull, and after being loosened, it quickly rebounded and stretched around Ray Allen's waist. Ray Allen, who was determined to make a foul, instantly disrupted his rhythm, and there was a slight deviation in the three points of his shot, smashing out of the frame.

"Basket! Board! Ball!!! ”

Chen Mu roared angrily and rose to the ground, picking up the rebound in the air.

By this time, Iguodala had already started and sprinted towards the front court like an arrow. Before Chen Mu's "TOUCHDOWN" was finished, the basketball had already rushed over Lei Allen's head.

Iguodala received the ball and jumped up, pulled his right hand into a huge reverse bow, and smashed the ball into the basket as if venting.

With extremely fast cooperation, the score was scored in two consecutive rounds, and the 76ers re-tied the score at 74 under the leadership of Chen Mu and Iguodala!

"These two boys, did you do it on purpose?......!"

What happened in that moment, the referee didn't really see it, Iguodala's movements were very subtle, and it may not have had much impact on Ray Allen's shooting.

It's just that this kind of small interference is more likely to be distracting than a rough foul, and if a player rushes at this time and slams directly into Ray Allen, the super three-pointer may be able to completely calm down and throw a three-plus-one.

But it was such a small action that made Lei Allen think too much in an instant, which affected the rhythm.

After hitting consecutive shots before, the SuperSonics barely thought about grabbing this frontcourt rebound. But the Chinese kid under the basket seemed to see through his inability to score early in the morning, and actually took off the rebound in advance.

From the basket where Chen Mu is, it is impossible to see this little entanglement between Iguodala and Ray Allen, so there are only two answers:

Or, it's all a plan, Iguodala's jersey pulling, Chen Mu's early card position, are all small tricks that Cheeks has already arranged, the purpose is to disrupt the rhythm of Ray Allen's shots.

Or, these two people have an extremely strong trust in each other!

"Defend and defend!"

Running up front again, looking at Iguodala who was chasing after him not far away, Ray Allen was not sure what he was about to face. (To be continued.) )