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Chapter 66 [Angry Baron Davis]

Author: Can play the harmonica

After the regular training game on the second day, Master Jackson began to conduct a detailed analysis of the Golden State Warriors' overall lineup and play style.

First of all, Zen Master emphasized that although this year's Golden State Warriors team has not officially played a game, their style is completely predictable.

Because their head coach, Don Nelson, was the first coach in NBA history to integrate run-and-gun tactics into his team, earlier than D'Antoni of the Suns.

In fact, there is a lot of essence in D'Antoni's run-and-gun tactics, which he learned from Don Nelson.

But why was D'Antoni able to use this tactic and lead the Suns to the top of the Western Conference, but Don Nelson failed to do so?

That's because the run-and-gun tactic has a big disadvantage, that is, it places too much emphasis on offense but despises defense.

We all know that if a team wants to achieve good results, it must have a balanced offense and defense.

This requires that a run-and-gun team must have many players with strong defensive abilities to make up for this disadvantage.

Coach Don Nelson's luck is far less good than that of D'Antoni. The teams he has coached, including the Bucks, Knicks, and Mavericks, have never had a group of players like the Suns' Marion, Laga Bell, and Star.

Demier, such a player who is both offensive and defensive.

Therefore, although Don Nelson has coached in the NBA for many years, he has not achieved very high achievements. His running and gun tactics were instead promoted by D'Antoni.

“But this year is different,” said Jackson. “Brian Shaw and I have studied this year’s group of players, and I think they fully meet Coach Nelson’s conditions for running and gunning. They have good individual defensive capabilities and their physical conditions are also very good.

Therefore, under special circumstances, the strength of this Golden State Warriors team cannot be underestimated."

As a later generation, Lu Yusheng naturally knows that Zen Master's analysis is not bad at all, because this year's Golden State Warriors entered the playoffs with eighth place in the Western Conference, but they defeated the first-ranked Mavericks.

, staged an exaggerated 'Black Eight Miracle'!

"Of course, you don't have to be overly nervous because this Warriors team also has quite a few shortcomings, and these shortcomings may become the key to their success this year," said Jackson.

"What is it?"

"Their defense capabilities are insufficient."

Brian Shaw said, "Coach Phil just said that people like Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Andris Biedrins, Adonal Foyle, and Barnes...

Players, their individual defensive ability is good, but their awareness of assisting defense has never been strong, so when we play against them, we need to use deeper tactics to mobilize their defense."

Lu Yusheng nodded.

"One more thing." Jackson added, "The reason why this Golden State Warriors team cannot reach the level of the Phoenix Suns is the gap between their main point guards Baron Davis and Nash."

"Baron Davis is a point guard who has excellent skills and strong physical fitness, but his performance is often unstable. When he performs well, he can lead the team to play a mercury-filled offense. When he performs poorly, the team's offense will be poor.

He will be very sluggish, and he himself will often become invisible."

When Zen Master said this, he turned his attention to Lu Yusheng, "This is fatal for a point guard, because your instability means the team's instability."

Lu Yusheng nodded.

Then, the Zen master arranged some tactics for warriors and asked everyone to start targeted drills.

Early the next morning, Lu Yusheng followed the team on the plane to Golden State.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Lakers' bus drove into the Oracle Arena, the home of the Golden State Warriors.

Although the performance of the Golden State Warriors has not been ideal, the basketball culture here is very strong.

Many fans came to the arena early to watch the players warm up before the game.

While the Lakers were training on the court, Lu Yusheng noticed that on the Golden State Warriors' court, the players started dunking mode during the warm-up. One by one, they flew into the air and dunked with great joy, causing the home fans to burst into laughter.

Cheering and screaming.

Worthy of being called the ‘Golden State Athletics Team’, the physical fitness of these players is indeed excellent.

As soon as the Lakers' warm-up training ended, the media gathered around and wanted to interview Lu Yusheng, but Lu Yusheng politely refused.

Firstly, he didn't want to stand out from the limelight and become the focus of the game in this way. Secondly, he didn't want to be disturbed by reporters' tricky questions and affect his rhythm of the game.

Baron Davis over there likes this feeling of being supported by everyone. After all, he is the absolute core of the Golden State Warriors and the team leader.

However, today's interview surprised him somewhat.

Because reporters rarely asked questions about the Warriors' tactical preparations or other situations, but almost all focused on Lakers rookie Lu Yusheng.

Moreover, the questions they asked were somewhat disrespectful to him, a veteran point guard in the league.

"Davis, did you watch the last game between the Lakers and the Suns? Their rookie Lu performed very well, even against Steve Nash. Do you think you can limit the performance today?

him?"

"Davis, we all know that the Golden State Warriors also specialize in run-and-gun tactics, but the Suns didn't gain an advantage against the Lakers in the last game. Their tactics didn't work out at all. Do you think you have a way to deal with the Lakers?

"

"Davis, the rookie Lu of the Lakers, has an extremely good ability in sorting out the team's offense. Do you think you can limit his performance in this game?"

At this time, Baron Davis became a little annoyed, "Come on, I have been playing in this league for 7 years. Are you disrespecting me by comparing me to a rookie who only played one game? What if?

If you insist on asking me this question, I can tell you this, I have played against Steve Nash, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd...these top point guards in the league, and I have restricted them to death in some games.

Damn it, if you think I can't handle a rookie, open your eyes and watch how I teach him how to play tonight!"

When Baron Davis said this, he suddenly became angry.

"Next question, I don't want to hear any more questions about this rookie, got it?"

The next reporter said wisely, "Okay, Davis, this question is not about Lu, please don't worry."

Seeing that his intimidation was effective, Baron Davis nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, you can ask."

"Kobe will continue to be absent from this game. Do you think this is a good opportunity for you?" the reporter then asked.

Baron Davis:…
Chapter completed!
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