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Chapter 38
Chapter 38
The suggestion for Paul was put forward by Su Yang, because Paul started to excel this season, and he is about to be selected to the best team, the best second defense, won the assists and steals king, averaged 21 points per game, and almost won the MVP.
But for Su Yang's proposal, McMillan and others were quite surprised, because in their opinion, although Paul averaged 17+8 per game last season and had great steals, he was limited by his height and did not need to pay too much attention. iverson.
McMillan suggested that we should focus on David West and Peja, because those two are the main scorers of the Hornets, and Chandler, who averaged nearly 10 points and 12 rebounds per game, should also pay attention, because Chandler can do a lot around the paint area matter.
After discussing for a long time, Su Yang knew that it would be difficult to convince McMillan and others with oral language alone, so he gave up for the time being.
The plane arrived in New Orleans at three o'clock in the morning. He first left a message for Bob to record, and then slept until noon.
In the afternoon, the scouting colleagues who were originally inspecting the Rockets in Houston flew to New Orleans to join the team as planned, and brought the analysis video of the Hornets' first game against the Kings in the new season. Su Yang took the video to participate in the meeting again.
The video shows that Paul played 37 minutes, made 13 of 7 shots in total, 8 of 7 free throws, scored 22 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. God of War.
Orion Green, who was directly defended by Paul, was scored 2 points, 4 fouls and 1 assist by Paul.
Facing the video with overwhelming evidence, McMillan and others finally realized that Su Yang's proposal was completely justified.
Su Yang took the opportunity to mention how to limit Paul and how to consume Paul, and the method he proposed was a summary of the actual combat experience of many teams and coaches in the NBA for decades, including the Spurs headed by Popovich, the The Warriors headed by Paul, the Thunder headed by Brooks, and the Grizzlies headed by Hollins are all suffering from Paul.
At the end of the talk, Su Yang felt that he was super cheating, using the sword of the future to kill the cannon of the present.
McMillan and the others frowned at first, then gave him a thumbs up and praised him.
After the meeting, Su Yang followed Outlaw and others to visit Orleans, which was reconstructed after the disaster, listened to jazz in the bar, tried Spanish paella in the restaurant, and tried the local delicacy fried alligator. .
At the end of the tour, Outlaw and others were about to go to the nightclub, and they took him with them, saying that they would show him something.
Su Yang politely declined. He drove to find a GameStop store, bought a PS3 and a few game discs, returned to the hotel with Mike Roberts, played Battlefield Hutch until late at night, and finally called garbage games a waste of time.
The next morning, the team held training as usual.
Su Yang arranged the plan made at the coaching meeting, and by the way, he used the aggressive method to tell the players that Paul is very strong. In the next ten years, Paul may continue to occupy a position in the All-Star backcourt, and Paul will be the god of point guard.
Although telling the truth, the players of the Blazers still felt that it was too exaggerated. Jack was even a little angry, thinking that Su Yang was spoiling his own prestige with others' ambition, and said that he must strictly guard Paul and let him not praise so exaggeratedly.
Su Yang silently nodded in agreement with Jack's proposal, that was exactly his purpose, the only way for the Blazers to engage with Paul was Jack.
"Listen, Jack, I suggest you use your ass to bully Paul when you're facing off against him..."
In Su Yang's opinion, although Paul is only 183, he has strong muscles and strength, and his shoulders are heavy and strong. He is basically useless, and his lateral movement speed is fast, his defensive attitude is excellent, and it is difficult to be thrown away face to face. .
Right now, Paul is only afraid of having a big butt.
As long as someone uses a big ass, Paul will basically play out of order, such as against Deron Williams.
However, any short point guard is afraid of a big butt, because it makes them difficult to shoot and unpredictable.
In addition to guarding against Paul, Su Yang also led the team to practice breaking the zone defense, because the Hornets have a very strong zone defense this season, so strong that they ranked second in the West by virtue of zone defense, and even played seven games against the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. If Horry did not hurt West, the result would be difficult. material.
In the afternoon, the Trail Blazers team rushed to the New Orleans Arena to start warm-up exercises before the game.
Su Yang watched from the sidelines, and several Hornets scouts came to chat with him. The reason was that ESPN just published a feature article about him in the morning, introducing how he changed from a scout to an assistant coach, and in the Blazers vs. Spurs game, How to complete the lore through three consecutive timeouts, the article blew him up like a god came to the world, even with ulterior motives.
The Hornets scouts wanted him to share his experience, and Su Yang told them truthfully that experience is strength plus luck.
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially started.
The Blazers start as usual, while the Hornets start with Paul, Peterson, Peja, West, and Chandler.
When it was time to play, McMillan repeated Su Yang's suggestion and asked to see the timing to implement it.
Amidst the cheers from the audience, the Hornets won the jump ball, and Paul led the ball across the half court, looking for a screen to break through and score the ball.
Peterson caught the ball in an open position and hit the iron. Pulzbila got a rebound, but the fast break was restricted by the Hornets defense.
Fortunately, Webster grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Adelaide who was going down, and scored two points with difficulty.
Like an appointment, both teams worked hard on the defensive end. With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, it was only 10-8.
However, Paul did not show the power that Su Yang emphasized before the game. The Blazers' attention to Paul gradually decreased, but Paul immediately made steals to speed up the attack, as well as pick-and-roll sudden assists, which incidentally made Jack an offensive foul and led the audience.
McMillan called a timeout and repeated one of Su Yang's strategies against Paul: actively changing defensive strategies.
In Su Yang's view, Paul is so smart that any inherent routine will be broken by Paul after a few times. Only by actively changing the defensive strategy can Paul think more about handling the ball, and that moment is the opportunity for the Blazers.
After the timeout, the Blazers re-targeted Paul, Adelaide occasionally delayed, and Roy occasionally double-teamed, unpredictable.
In that way, Paul's efficiency dropped quickly, but after the first quarter, the Hornets still led 24-20.
In the second quarter of the game, all the Blazers played hard. Jack hit Paul with his big butt every time he attacked, which made Paul very uncomfortable. In addition, the Blazers were stronger. Those who overtake by 1 point.
During the intermission, Su Yang once again analyzed how to deal with the Hornets' double-teaming, and proposed to focus on killing Chandler.
Because Chandler is the core of the Hornets' defense, Paul is very strong in linkage, and his threat must be reduced first.
When the third quarter started, Roy used Pulzbilla to cover continuously and intentionally carried Chandler to break through for a layup. Although he was almost blocked twice and hit the iron three times, he still succeeded in causing Chandler to pass twice. foul.
Chandler came off the court with three fouls on his back, and the Hornets' strong defense collapsed in an instant.
Alder, Webster, and Roy teamed up to make 13 of 8 shots. The Hornets did not have Chandler on the offensive end, and the pick-and-roll options were reduced by half. Paul's performance was further affected, and he made two frizzy turnovers. contribute.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Su Yang suggested to take the initiative to change the lineup and increase the outside scoring instead, so as to be caught off guard.
McMillan adopted the suggestion, and the Blazers followed suit, while the Hornets were still strictly guarding against Alder, Webster, and Roy attacking the inside. Jack and Frye had multiple open three-pointers, making 6 of 5 shots in total. Destroy the Hornet directly.
With 5 minutes left in the game, the Hornets fell behind 75 to 96, and head coach Scott paused and replaced the main force to admit defeat.
In the end, the Blazers beat the Hornets 109 to 81.
Paul made 12 of 5 shots in the game and made 4 rare turnovers, which was very different from his performance in the first game.
At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked how Paul was restricted. McMillan laughed and said that Su Yang was Paul's nemesis.
That night, the whole team set foot on the plane to Houston overnight, preparing to challenge the Rockets in back-to-back away games.
(End of this chapter)
The suggestion for Paul was put forward by Su Yang, because Paul started to excel this season, and he is about to be selected to the best team, the best second defense, won the assists and steals king, averaged 21 points per game, and almost won the MVP.
But for Su Yang's proposal, McMillan and others were quite surprised, because in their opinion, although Paul averaged 17+8 per game last season and had great steals, he was limited by his height and did not need to pay too much attention. iverson.
McMillan suggested that we should focus on David West and Peja, because those two are the main scorers of the Hornets, and Chandler, who averaged nearly 10 points and 12 rebounds per game, should also pay attention, because Chandler can do a lot around the paint area matter.
After discussing for a long time, Su Yang knew that it would be difficult to convince McMillan and others with oral language alone, so he gave up for the time being.
The plane arrived in New Orleans at three o'clock in the morning. He first left a message for Bob to record, and then slept until noon.
In the afternoon, the scouting colleagues who were originally inspecting the Rockets in Houston flew to New Orleans to join the team as planned, and brought the analysis video of the Hornets' first game against the Kings in the new season. Su Yang took the video to participate in the meeting again.
The video shows that Paul played 37 minutes, made 13 of 7 shots in total, 8 of 7 free throws, scored 22 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. God of War.
Orion Green, who was directly defended by Paul, was scored 2 points, 4 fouls and 1 assist by Paul.
Facing the video with overwhelming evidence, McMillan and others finally realized that Su Yang's proposal was completely justified.
Su Yang took the opportunity to mention how to limit Paul and how to consume Paul, and the method he proposed was a summary of the actual combat experience of many teams and coaches in the NBA for decades, including the Spurs headed by Popovich, the The Warriors headed by Paul, the Thunder headed by Brooks, and the Grizzlies headed by Hollins are all suffering from Paul.
At the end of the talk, Su Yang felt that he was super cheating, using the sword of the future to kill the cannon of the present.
McMillan and the others frowned at first, then gave him a thumbs up and praised him.
After the meeting, Su Yang followed Outlaw and others to visit Orleans, which was reconstructed after the disaster, listened to jazz in the bar, tried Spanish paella in the restaurant, and tried the local delicacy fried alligator. .
At the end of the tour, Outlaw and others were about to go to the nightclub, and they took him with them, saying that they would show him something.
Su Yang politely declined. He drove to find a GameStop store, bought a PS3 and a few game discs, returned to the hotel with Mike Roberts, played Battlefield Hutch until late at night, and finally called garbage games a waste of time.
The next morning, the team held training as usual.
Su Yang arranged the plan made at the coaching meeting, and by the way, he used the aggressive method to tell the players that Paul is very strong. In the next ten years, Paul may continue to occupy a position in the All-Star backcourt, and Paul will be the god of point guard.
Although telling the truth, the players of the Blazers still felt that it was too exaggerated. Jack was even a little angry, thinking that Su Yang was spoiling his own prestige with others' ambition, and said that he must strictly guard Paul and let him not praise so exaggeratedly.
Su Yang silently nodded in agreement with Jack's proposal, that was exactly his purpose, the only way for the Blazers to engage with Paul was Jack.
"Listen, Jack, I suggest you use your ass to bully Paul when you're facing off against him..."
In Su Yang's opinion, although Paul is only 183, he has strong muscles and strength, and his shoulders are heavy and strong. He is basically useless, and his lateral movement speed is fast, his defensive attitude is excellent, and it is difficult to be thrown away face to face. .
Right now, Paul is only afraid of having a big butt.
As long as someone uses a big ass, Paul will basically play out of order, such as against Deron Williams.
However, any short point guard is afraid of a big butt, because it makes them difficult to shoot and unpredictable.
In addition to guarding against Paul, Su Yang also led the team to practice breaking the zone defense, because the Hornets have a very strong zone defense this season, so strong that they ranked second in the West by virtue of zone defense, and even played seven games against the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. If Horry did not hurt West, the result would be difficult. material.
In the afternoon, the Trail Blazers team rushed to the New Orleans Arena to start warm-up exercises before the game.
Su Yang watched from the sidelines, and several Hornets scouts came to chat with him. The reason was that ESPN just published a feature article about him in the morning, introducing how he changed from a scout to an assistant coach, and in the Blazers vs. Spurs game, How to complete the lore through three consecutive timeouts, the article blew him up like a god came to the world, even with ulterior motives.
The Hornets scouts wanted him to share his experience, and Su Yang told them truthfully that experience is strength plus luck.
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially started.
The Blazers start as usual, while the Hornets start with Paul, Peterson, Peja, West, and Chandler.
When it was time to play, McMillan repeated Su Yang's suggestion and asked to see the timing to implement it.
Amidst the cheers from the audience, the Hornets won the jump ball, and Paul led the ball across the half court, looking for a screen to break through and score the ball.
Peterson caught the ball in an open position and hit the iron. Pulzbila got a rebound, but the fast break was restricted by the Hornets defense.
Fortunately, Webster grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Adelaide who was going down, and scored two points with difficulty.
Like an appointment, both teams worked hard on the defensive end. With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, it was only 10-8.
However, Paul did not show the power that Su Yang emphasized before the game. The Blazers' attention to Paul gradually decreased, but Paul immediately made steals to speed up the attack, as well as pick-and-roll sudden assists, which incidentally made Jack an offensive foul and led the audience.
McMillan called a timeout and repeated one of Su Yang's strategies against Paul: actively changing defensive strategies.
In Su Yang's view, Paul is so smart that any inherent routine will be broken by Paul after a few times. Only by actively changing the defensive strategy can Paul think more about handling the ball, and that moment is the opportunity for the Blazers.
After the timeout, the Blazers re-targeted Paul, Adelaide occasionally delayed, and Roy occasionally double-teamed, unpredictable.
In that way, Paul's efficiency dropped quickly, but after the first quarter, the Hornets still led 24-20.
In the second quarter of the game, all the Blazers played hard. Jack hit Paul with his big butt every time he attacked, which made Paul very uncomfortable. In addition, the Blazers were stronger. Those who overtake by 1 point.
During the intermission, Su Yang once again analyzed how to deal with the Hornets' double-teaming, and proposed to focus on killing Chandler.
Because Chandler is the core of the Hornets' defense, Paul is very strong in linkage, and his threat must be reduced first.
When the third quarter started, Roy used Pulzbilla to cover continuously and intentionally carried Chandler to break through for a layup. Although he was almost blocked twice and hit the iron three times, he still succeeded in causing Chandler to pass twice. foul.
Chandler came off the court with three fouls on his back, and the Hornets' strong defense collapsed in an instant.
Alder, Webster, and Roy teamed up to make 13 of 8 shots. The Hornets did not have Chandler on the offensive end, and the pick-and-roll options were reduced by half. Paul's performance was further affected, and he made two frizzy turnovers. contribute.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Su Yang suggested to take the initiative to change the lineup and increase the outside scoring instead, so as to be caught off guard.
McMillan adopted the suggestion, and the Blazers followed suit, while the Hornets were still strictly guarding against Alder, Webster, and Roy attacking the inside. Jack and Frye had multiple open three-pointers, making 6 of 5 shots in total. Destroy the Hornet directly.
With 5 minutes left in the game, the Hornets fell behind 75 to 96, and head coach Scott paused and replaced the main force to admit defeat.
In the end, the Blazers beat the Hornets 109 to 81.
Paul made 12 of 5 shots in the game and made 4 rare turnovers, which was very different from his performance in the first game.
At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked how Paul was restricted. McMillan laughed and said that Su Yang was Paul's nemesis.
That night, the whole team set foot on the plane to Houston overnight, preparing to challenge the Rockets in back-to-back away games.
(End of this chapter)
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