0517 Enemy Steve
Early in the morning of the Nine, Su Yang rushed to the training base and pulled the assistants to read the scout report together to study how to play against the Cavaliers.
In the offseason, the Cavaliers fired Mike Brown, hired Blatt as head coach, and chose Wiggins and Joe Harris.
He was obviously ready to do some big moves, but since the start of the new season, the Cavaliers have always ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference.
"David Blatt is the Europa League coach of the year, but here is the NBA. He has much less power and the rules of the game are different. It is normal to play like this in the first season, and they have also beaten strong teams like the Pacers..."
Mike Brown took the initiative to excuse Blatt, which sounded quite generous, but it was strange that the other party was the current ex-girlfriend.
The European League has three-second defense rules, and the calls are not so frequent, and the cover judgment is stricter. Naturally, it depends more on big players. The tactical system is more like the NBA in the 1990s, but Cavaliers Irving and Wiggins are both outside players.
Suddenly, Blatt adjusted his tactical thinking for many years, and it was quite difficult, and it was indeed understandable that the Cavaliers had poor record.
"From the scout report, the main reason for the Cavaliers' games against powerful teams such as Pacers and Hawks was that Kyrie Irving and Andrew Wiggins exploded at the same time, and the two of them rarely broke out at the same time in other games, and seemed to lack team attributes..."
Hearing Mike Brown's remarks, Su Yang immediately made a plan and smiled: "The conventional defensive strategy is arranged as usual. Try to divide Irving and Wiggins. Start with a large number of double-teams of Irving, making it difficult to shoot and shoot, and let Wiggins play singles more..."
Make up your mind and the king trains accordingly.
Su Yang was interviewed by reporters at the same time and praised Wiggins when talking about Wiggins, "He is a very talented player. He has the ability to lead the Cavaliers to regain his glory. They will end the embarrassing situation of signing in the No. 1 pick for three consecutive years and no longer show off..."
Not mentioning Irving a word.
But with a little deduction, it is easy to draw the meaning of Irving's poor performance in leading the team, with the purpose of making Irving jealous.
If you can succeed, you will succeed, and if you fail, you will lose.
Moreover, his words are not sharp, and it is much gentler than Cuban's "Thunder is only Durant, a superstar".
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.
The Cavaliers sent five players, Irving, Dion Witts, Wiggins, TT Thompson and Taylor Zeller as the starting lineup.
Seeing Witts, Su Yang temporarily realized that the Cavaliers had a thorn player, and it was really difficult for Blatt to coach.
Without a big player like Love, he used three-pointers to pull the space. The Kings and the generals arranged by Su Yang to double-team Irving unscrupulously, but Irving won the ball to death and quickly made 0 of 3 shots, instead taking the initiative to give up the cover and challenge Curry one-on-one at a high position.
Curry did not show off his power. According to Su Yang's arrangement, he blocked the right side every time, forcing Irving to break through and rush to the basket or jump shot.
Antetokounmpo and Lavin have also helped the defense many times, and Green Green even caught Irving to intercept it. After all, there is basically no threat to score. Irving is not the kind of person who can pass the ball efficiently in a small area, and the defense is excellent.
After the first quarter, Irving made 1 of 8 shots. If he covered his name and only looked at the data, he would think it was Westbrook.
The Cavaliers only scored 15 points, but Blatt's defensive system had something to do, which only allowed the Kings to score 31 points, but it has not collapsed yet.
But Blatt had no good idea for Irving's head to pass the ball. He paused the adjustment twice and had no use.
I dare not take the initiative to remove Irving.
The second quarter game started immediately, Irving was temporarily resting, and the Cavaliers basketball finally started to work. Who would have thought that in just two rounds, Dion Witts started to play singles again, as if it was because the number of shots in the first quarter was too few, but Turner's defense was much better than LaVine. Witts banged three irons, and Cavaliers coach Blatt couldn't bear it, so he paused the replacement directly.
The Cavaliers finally moved a large number of players to Wiggins, and they received the ball and stepped forward to rush hard, and they also changed hands behind their backs and broke through the cracks. The scene was awesome, but unfortunately, as Antetokounmpo came back to the stage, those awesome performances came to an abrupt end.
Wiggins is determined to kill the enemy, but he is powerless to turn the world back.
When all the main players of the Cavaliers appeared, the situation did not change.
After the whole game, the Kings beat the Cavaliers 103 to 84, winning eight consecutive victories, firmly ranked first in the league.
Irving made 4 of 18 shots in the game, obviously betting on the balloon. After the game, Blatt hurriedly emphasized that Irving was the boss of the Cavaliers.
The news report was released, and many fans joked that Su Yang was too bad and actually played attacking skills in basketball games, which was really a bad guy.
Some fans also lamented that the three teams coached by Su Yang, whether it is the Thunder Lakers or the Kings, have few conflicts within the team. Cousins did not even have any disagreement news with Curry. The key is that they did not compete for the boss's obvious operation and cooperate perfectly.
Some fans lamented that Irving's skills are actually better than Curry, but he didn't meet a better team, otherwise he would beat Curry.
When Su Yang saw the fans talking, he thought to himself that it was because Curry had never thought of competing for the boss. Cousins was not a typical boss player personality, but more like a big boy. Instead, the second-grade rookie Antetokounmpo has begun to establish the awareness of leading the team.
On the 11th day of rest, the king faces the Nuggets,
Cousins grabbed two offensive rebounds in the beginning, and then assisted Curry to hit a three-pointer, and his hard power suppression was very obvious.
The Nuggets are in a turmoil, and head coach Brian Xiao is about to be fired. Rumors are flying everywhere. Lawson and others no longer obey the command. They just rush and beat hard on the offense. However, the Kings have high scoring efficiency and few opportunities to grab rebounds and fast breaks, and they are soon behind by 15.
No matter how Brian Shaw boosts morale, the Nuggets players have not changed, especially Avraro, with too many rumors about related transactions.
Anyway, the Nuggets are disbanded and the team is difficult to lead.
Su Yang transformed into Phil Jackson and closed his eyes and rested. He really didn't need on-the-spot command, so the suspension was left to Mike Brown.
Trash time entered halfway through the fourth quarter, Su Yang arranged the third lineup to appear, and the Kings finally won 118-108.
Five players in the team scored in double digits, Curry scored 32 points and 7 assists, and Cousins scored 26 points and 14 rebounds.
With nine consecutive victories, the king continued to fight against the Mavericks.
In order to achieve better results, the Mavericks spent a very high price to trade from the Celtics. Parsons and Cuban both tweeted to welcome it, but Rondo's playing style was obviously incompatible with the Mavericks system, which led to a decrease in the Mavericks' offensive efficiency.
Fortunately, the Mavericks' overall defense has improved, but it is only a little bit, and there is no qualitative change. It still depends on Chandler.
The game started at 8 o'clock, and the Mavericks pushed the fast break very hard. Parsons and Ellis were in great shape. They carried the Mavericks to the last moment and won the chance to win and tie. Su Yang instructed Curry to boldly let Rondo go and double-team the other Mavericks.
Curry decisively double-team Nowitzki, while Rondo received the ball and scored a three-pointer. The Mavericks failed to win the final victory and the Kings narrowly won.
After the game, Su Yang followed the routine and shook hands with Carlisle. He never thought that he had seen Rondo and Carlisle quarrel.
So embarrassed, I can only act as if I didn’t see it and turn around and leave.
After the game, the media reported the quarrel between Carlisle and Rondo, saying that Carlisle's final tactic was not passed to Nowitzki. Rondo made his own decision and chose to score three-pointers after the tactical execution was frustrated, while Rondo insisted that there was no mistake in choosing that.
Some fans lamented that the Mavericks chose the wrong person.
Some fans also lamented why the team coached by Su Yang always chose the right person. They have won the opponent's internal strife in the past three games. Even Bynum, the only thorn in the Lakers, asked Su Yang to trade in advance. It was too accurate to see people, and it was comparable to the werewolf killing prophet.
The Kings rest for three days to face the Heat.
Wade was on the verge due to injury and the Heat lost their attack ability on the periphery. Su Yang instructed the whole team to use unlimited defense replacements and use the game instead of training.
However, the unlimited defense replacement was performed on the spot, which led to the King's defensive suppression not being so strong, and it was not until the last three minutes that the victory was established.
Defeat the Heat, the Kings faced the Clippers back-to-back. Cousins was absent due to his swollen toe, and the team fought hard for four quarters and lost regret.
Ten consecutive victories came to an abrupt end, and the Kings' record of 40 games at the start of the game turned into 37 wins and 3 losses, and they still ranked first in the West.
According to the rhythm of previous years, Su Yang will lock in the All-Star Western Conference head coaching duties in advance, but the Warriors will chase 34 wins and 6 closely. Before the final deadline on February 2, the record still has hope of surpassing the Kings. Rookie head coach Steve Cole has a chance to compete.
Chapter completed!