Chapter 310 The Spurs Swing Left and Right
When we arrived in Oakland, it was less than early morning. This was because the distance between Seattle and Oakland was not too far. The players got on the bus in a daze, then went to the hotel in a daze, threw their bodies on the bed, and fell asleep.
After the game, you have to fly immediately, and then you have to participate in a slight training the next morning. After an afternoon rest, you have to continue the game in the evening. Not to mention older players, even young players can't stand it. Therefore, this kind of back-to-back game is the most painful.
This state is reflected in the game, that is, players cannot devote all their energy to the game, and they always feel that something is wrong with their bodies. Even Stephen feels that when they jump, they are not as high as before. They used to be a random move, but now they must deliberately strengthen their strength to complete it.
This season, the head coach of the Warriors was replaced by Old Nelson, which is also another master of **Vic. The eclectic and changeable offensive system of **Vic is inherited from Old Nelson. He is the first head coach to combine Larry Brown's defense with Old Nelson's offense, and the second is young general Avery Johnson.
Although it was only this season that the Golden State Warriors, the effect that Old Nelson brought to the Warriors was immediate and obvious. Since the beginning of the season, he has defeated strong opponents, including the Dallas Mavericks, the Detroit Pistons, the Uta Jazz and other strong teams.
It was still the same player or the same team. After the old Nelson made a modification of the team, his combat effectiveness suddenly improved. This change made **Vic watch and couldn't help but admire the old man's drastic move. Although he did not agree with this approach for reasons of basketball philosophy, it was undoubtedly effective for Old Nelson's changes and there was a market among the fans. At least it can be seen from the Oracle Arena full of seats.
The Oguzhuang's football market is very good. Although nominally, it is just a small town, it is only separated from San Francisco by a cross-sea bridge and a metropolitan area. In addition, various ethnic groups here are mixed, and the diversified cultural atmosphere also stimulates the needs of people here.
The Golden State Warriors are also a very traditional team. They are one of the eleven teams established in the league. The first champion owner, the famous Chamberlain and Jacky Cheung, debuted here, but they were called the Philadelphia Warriors at that time.
In addition to Old Nelson being **Vic's master, Rick Barry's jersey was also hung over the Oracle Arena. Brent Barry's father, the inventor of the toilet-type free throw method, led the team to win the team's third championship.
However, since then, the Warriors have never won the championship again. Their most glorious period was under the coaching of Old Nelson, who brought current general manager Chris Mullin to the playoffs four times. However, due to the fact that the record was still unable to break through, Old Nelson was fired and went to the Knicks again.
In the Knicks, Nelson, the old man, proposed to use the team's symbolic character Patrick Ewing to exchange for O'Neal who was just debuting at the time, and was resisted by players and fans, and then left sadly. **Vic wanted him to come to coach the Spurs, but he chose the Mavericks. After turning the Mavericks into a strong team, he was driven away by Mark Cuban.
It is precisely because of this reason that the Warriors chose him to coach this team again. Of course, "God's left hand" Chris Mullin also made an indelible contribution. The Warriors players also like the arrival of Old Nelson very much. Everyone knows that playing on Old Nelson does not require defense. You just need to run and shoot. Of course, it would be even better if you can play multiple positions.
Although three main players were on the injury list in this game, including Byron Davis, who is the first player in the team's strength and fame, the Warriors' offense is still very crazy. Yes, they can only be expressed by madness. No matter who gets the ball, the first choice is shooting, and there is no need to pay attention to the lineup. There is no difference in position. You see a big man two meters away standing outside the three-point line and taking action, while a small player has to get into the basket. There is no doubt that it is the current Warriors.
Moreover, all of these people left after shooting, without considering rebounding at all, unless they fell on his head, their offense was very fast, but they did not play well like the Suns. The entire offense was like a bunch of headless flies. As for defense, there was never this word in the current dictionary of Old Nelson.
But with this tactic, the Spurs have no temper at all. They have always been very effective in defending in front of the Warriors. You haven't made a good defensive posture yet, and they have already taken action. No matter how you attack, they still play like this after they come back.
Your defense is useless at all. You will naturally give up on defense. Seeing that the entire league is troubled by conquering the Spurs' defense line, who would have thought that it would be broken so simply? At this time, Stephen thought that he had read a martial arts book that the highest level of martial arts is "no moves are better than moves."
Without moves, you can't deal with targeted moves. Of course, the Warriors' level is not yet at the highest level of no moves. They are just messing with tactics and not yet at the same time, but in this way, the Spurs' defense can't handle it.
The scores of both sides have been rising alternately. Stephen still did not play in the second quarter. Both sides played until the end of the first half and it turned out to be a 50-50 draw. However, all the Spurs who played the game were already running out of breath, and they still looked energetic.
**Vicy already felt that the team might fail at this time. Although he and Old Nelson are both mentors and friends, it does not mean that he is willing to lose to the other party. So at the beginning of the third quarter, he sent Stephen, Udic and other young and physical players.
But it was useless. Although Stephen scored fourteen points in this quarter and Yudic did not bear the burden and scored eleven points, the Spurs still only scored one more point than the Warriors. One point lead is no different from not leading.
Stephen has already tried his best. In this state, his defensive ability is simply not available. The opponent basically just runs over and shoots, and there is no way for anyone to shoot. It is useless to focus on the defense. He is not like the Suns, with Nash fixedly allocating the ball. They seem to be very casually passing the ball back and forth between the players, and then they may be able to shoot the ball.
There must be some trick here, this is still a tactic, but if you can't catch the flaws, you can't defend your opponent, so you can only pray that the opponent's shot will not be made. In this situation where you don't defend each other, the test is the feel. One cannot be forced to be unaccustomed, and the other is proficient.
In the fourth quarter, although **Vic replaced Duncan and Tony Parker again and maintained his strongest lineup on the court, he still failed. Within a few minutes, he could no longer keep up with the Warriors' running. If you can keep up, even if you don't defend, you can at least keep away from the basket when shooting. If you can't even follow, you can only let your opponent take any action.
In this quarter, the Spurs lost ten in a single quarter, and Stephen only scored five points. Although the score was still above twenty, the team's failure made everything meaningless, losing to the Warriors, a team that was still the last in the league last season.
After each failure, criticism followed. Kevin, a reporter from the famous Spurs, made direct criticism of **Victz's lineup arrangement in his own column, believing that **Victz should not make any changes and put Stephen in the third quarter.
He used a large amount of facts and data as reasons to analyze and came to a conclusion that as long as Stephen gained an advantage for the team in the second quarter, the Spurs won the game, and the strength of the Spurs became stronger than the substitute. For ordinary teams in the second quarter, it was the time for the substitute to play.
**Vicci gave up his advantage in the second quarter and put Stephen in the third quarter without allowing Ginobili to play in the third quarter. He has listed it in the front. The best and most comfortable passing with Stephen is Ginobili, who wasted Stephen's ability.
Of course, he would not say that the Spurs had encountered back-to-back away games, nor did he say that the Warriors are no longer the same team as before. He just grabbed a problem, then chased and magnified infinitely, attracting attention. Of course, this is the usual style of the media.
If his criticism is barely justified, the appearance of another person there was the provocation of Hongguoguo. Bronya Cwinter published an article in several media called "The San Antonio Spurs in the Swinging Left and Left".
He pointed out incisively that the Spurs have been swaying between the team's old system and Stephen as the main attacking point on the outside, and has never determined a fixed principle. Although the two seem to have no conflict, the Spurs also won the championship last season and broke the two major curses, but in the long run, it is a kind of damage for both players.
Without playing time, there is no data, and without data, there is no evidence. Ginobili is in his year of playing. Stephen is a potential new star. This method of swaying left and right can only prevent both of them from playing their greatest role. It can be seen that Ginobili's average score decline has shown that he was in a bad state last season and he is still willing to do so. This season has completely recovered, but it is still the case. Although his assists have increased, for a player like him, offense is what he should do the most.
Stephen and Bronia Cywinter spent a lot of time praising, and Stephen blushed. In the article, Bronia Cywinter believed that Stephen was the kind of talented player who had ever met in a century. The Spurs quickly confirmed that he was the core of the team building, but they were still shaking. Could it be that internal and external combinations like Stephen and Duncan are not as good as Duncan, Tony Parker and Ginobili, and moreover, they can form a combination of Stephen and Duncan and Tony Parker, and there is no conflict between them.
According to Stephen's scoring efficiency, if Stephen's playing time is increased to the playing time of players of Kobe, Iverson, and James, Stephen's average score should be more than 35 points, which is definitely the league's scoring champion, and there should be no problem in obtaining average data of 30 plus seven plus seven plus seven.
Any team in the league like this dreams of having it, and Stephen is not an exclusive player. From his average assists, it can be seen that the Spurs are still swaying like this. It is really incomprehensible. Is **Victch too nostalgic, or is he unable to tolerate Stephen's shortcomings with a slight personality.
Chapter completed!