Grizzlies' offense. Although Yang Fan's lineup at this moment still has potential, if he can train it well, he can be regarded as a playoff team in the future.

But except Yang Fan, others cannot know the potential other players currently have.

What's more, for rookies like Mayo who have just entered the league, the Grizzlies coach is probably still studying the player's development positioning and technical characteristics.

So even if the players of this Grizzlies have great potential at this moment, the power they can exert in the end will definitely be greatly reduced.

In terms of offense, the Grizzlies' offensive method is relatively simple at this moment, that is, Guy and Mayo take turns to attack.

At most, you can use the pick-and-roll from your teammates and then fight for some shooting opportunities.

After all, although Gasol had a good basketball IQ during this period, he had no tactical status in the team.

At this moment, under Jaffaroni's men, he was actually used as a blue-collar worker, the kind of meat shield-type center who was in the inside to grab positions and compete for rebounds.

So even if you have the ability to support the pass, you will be the ultimate goal of being a pearl.

But this cannot be blamed too much on Jaffaroni, who made Gasol at this stage fat and fat.

It looks like a flesh shield, who would have thought that this guy actually has exquisite passing ability?

Jokic: "?????"

As for Mike Conley and Hakeem Warrick, there is no need to say more. As a rookie who just entered the league last year, Conley can be said to have no chance to cash in on the potential at this time.

You know, Conley is a player who rarely scores but is very stable on the court.

Therefore, players like him are more suitable to go through the tempering of time and have a certain ball and command direction in the team's tactics.

Instead of a shooting guard who can make him quickly become a season or two.

As for Warrick, there is no need to say much. Although his physical fitness is very strong, this guy basically has no lethality on the offensive end except for the dunk and empty cuts that broke through the basket.

It is no exaggeration to say that Yang Fan can completely let him go three meters away on the defensive end, because looking at Hakim Warrick at this time, Yang Fan could not find out what was too different between him and Swift.

This situation also led to the Grizzlies' offensive style becoming very simple at this time, when neither Mike Conley nor Gasol Jr. had a tactical position.

So Mayo, who was bestowed by the Grizzlies management as soon as he entered the league this year, basically split the number of shots with Guy.

As for whether this situation will cause the team to fall into too many singles on the offensive end, it is completely beyond the scope of head coach Jaffaroni's thinking.

Because compared to the blooming of flowers in later generations, the attack in this era seems so simple.

Except for a few teams with particularly strong tactical execution, most teams only focus on singles by the leading stars and then use their personal abilities to drive other teammates.

As Mayo missed the mid-range stop after using the pick-and-roll, Ibaka at the basket quickly jumped up.

Before Gasol could react, he quickly protected the backcourt rebound.

Ibaka, who protected the backcourt rebound, always kept in mind the arrangements of head coach Yang Fan on the field.

So after receiving the rebound, Ibaka directly passed the ball to Westbrook not far away.

After receiving the pass, Westbrook didn't think much about it. He just lowered his head down and then quickly advanced to the front court with the ball.

While Westbrook was sprinting towards the frontcourt, several other Thunder players also ran to the frontcourt with all their might as well.

This naturally includes Ibaka, who just protected the backcourt rebound.

Faced with the Thunder's extremely rapid collective counterattack, the Grizzlies' defensive formation became loose and they had nowhere to find their own position at all.

I can only try to follow the offensive players who appear in front of me, and I don’t have time to consider whether there will be any misalignment.

After all, it is not only the Thunder team that looks young on the field at this time, but the Grizzlies players are also very young. Most of the main players are just rookies and have no much experience at all.

During the chaos, Westbrook saw several teammates who had the opportunity to come out, but facing this opportunity, Westbrook seemed a little hesitant and did not dare to pass the ball out immediately.

It seems that I am afraid that such passes will cause unnecessary mistakes.

Seeing that Westbrook clearly has many pass options, he continued to push towards the frontcourt and slowed down in terms of propulsion speed.

This made Yang Fan, who was standing off the court at this time, feel a little dissatisfied, and stand up from the bench and shout at Westbrook on the court:

"Fuck, if you have the chance, you can play quickly. Don't be like a foal on the court!!"

Faced with Yang Fan's sudden rage, Snyder, the assistant coach who had been sitting next to Yang Fan, was obviously startled.

Because in the past few months with Yang Fan, Snyder has never seen Yang Fan get such a big temper.

In Snyder's personal impression, although Yang Fan often has some teasing jokes on weekdays, he basically doesn't swear, and he won't vent his temper at the players for no reason.

So when Yang Fan stood up and roared at Westbrook on the court, Snyder was obviously startled and even the tactical board in his hand was unsteadily and fell to the ground.

Hearing the roar from the head coach Yang Fan off the court, although Westbrook on the court did not hear it very clearly, from the tone, Yang Fan seemed to feel a little angry because of his decision just now.

Faced with this situation, Westbrook was very afraid that Yang Fan would be angry, so he directly replaced himself off the court.

But when Westbrook saw Jamison on the court ready to land outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, he threw out a long pass and passed straight to Jamison's direction.

With Westbrook's goal in the defensive counterattack, the Grizzlies have not yet completed the defensive end.

So when Jamison successfully caught Westbrook's pass in the bottom corner, the whole person was in a state of emptying.

Faced with this kind of opportunity, Jamison, who has been fighting in the league for many years and has even been selected into the All-Star lineup, did not hesitate at all.

After adjusting his shooting posture slightly, he directly completed a single arrow outside the three-point line from the bottom line!!

"Swish~"

5:0

As Jamison made an open three-pointer from the bottom corner, Jamison breathed a sigh of relief and raised his right hand high in the direction of Westbrook, as if saying "Good spread"!!

While retreating, Westbrook was not happy at all after scoring the goal. Instead, he was worried that Yang Fan would be angry with him.

So during the process of retreating, Westbrook kept turning his head to look in Yang Fan, wanting to judge from the expression on Yang Fan's face, what Yang Fan thoughts were in his heart at this time.

"The grass is so fragrant~"

And when Westbrook saw that Yang Fan seemed not as angry as he imagined.

Instead, he still applauded the team's attack under the court, which somewhat made Westbrook feel at ease.

But this incident also strengthened Westbrook's belief, that is, don't be afraid of making mistakes when facing opportunities, do it first!!!

In the first quarter, the game between the two sides seemed to be not as ugly as people imagined.

Of course, this is not ugly, but simply refers to the Thunder, because if you just look at the offensive choices of the Grizzlies in the first quarter, it would be too fucking ugly.

Throughout the first quarter, the Grizzlies have been following their individual singles, and others have pulled away to fight and cut off offense strategies.

On the other hand, the Thunder's strategy in the first quarter was very obvious, that is, try to play a defensive counterattack after the Grizzlies missed the shot.

If you really don’t have a chance, then use pick-and-roll more on the offensive end, make some big shots after pick-and-roll, and the small one breaks through and passes the ball to the three-point line at the bottom corners of both sides.

Since the Grizzlies are also very young, the Thunder seized many opportunities from defensive counterattacks in the first quarter.

And while greatly reducing Durant's personal singles, Durant, who was off the ball, also contributed very high offensive efficiency.

After all, when Durant does not take the ball and take the initiative to play singles, Durant can create more opportunities to make a phone call through the unball pick-and-roll made by other teammates.

The reason why Yang Fan arranged such an offensive method for Durant in this game was because he borrowed some advantages from the later Warriors team.

In the Warriors team that year, Durant, in addition to taking over the game at a critical moment, always played an off-ball role like Curry.

Because Durant's outstanding height and wingspan can give him sufficient personal advantages when shooting, but his shortcomings are that his personal strength is insufficient and lack of physical confrontation.

That's why Cole tailored a set of playing styles for Durant at that time, and it was a completely different style of playing style from his time in the Thunder.

The final effect is obvious, that is, this method is very suitable for Durant, at least it is much more efficient than his offensive efficiency when he was with the Thunder.

After all, with the development and changes of the times, personal singles have become synonymous with inefficiency, which has penetrated into Yang Fan's heart.

Although there is no player like "Dream Chasing" Green in the Thunder team, it is impossible to completely replicate the Warriors' style of playing at that time.

But at least Yang Fan can learn from his strengths and weaknesses, and learn from the Warriors' pick-and-roll without the ball, and the running and conversion on the ball.

This will create more shooting opportunities for Durant and Jamison to the greatest extent.

Regarding this, Yang Fan will never admit that he was plagiarizing, at most he only admits that this is a reference!!!

After all, Kerr was still the general manager of the Suns at this time, so if nothing unexpected happens, Yang Fan will probably lead the small ball era in this life...

In addition, although Guy, who was responsible for defending Durant in this game, did not have much disadvantage in speed, Guy was about to cry in terms of height and wingspan.

Because Guy found that even though he did not lose his feet while defending Durant and he jumped with all his might, it still seemed that he was useless!!!

It’s not that I can’t keep up with Durant’s speed, but that I really can’t block this guy’s shooting!!

In addition, Durant used his teammates' pick-and-rolls many times when he was out of the ball, creating a lot of shooting opportunities, so Guy truly experienced the fear of being dominated by Durant in the whole first quarter.

According to official data, Rudy Guy is two meters and three meters tall, while Durant is two meters and eight meters tall.

But whenever Yang Fan sees Durant and Jordan Jr. standing together, Yang Fan feels that things are definitely not that simple...

So Guy could only interfere from the bottom to Kevin Durant's move. As for the purpose of completing the blocking above, it was somewhat of a dream.
Chapter completed!