The Hawks, who failed to rob the Grizzlies in the draft, were even weaker than Wang Shuo remembered.
On November 1, the Wizards defeated the Hawks with a score of 104 to 77 on the road almost without any blood. As a "rookie coach", Wang Shuo also made the Hawks' young head coach Ron Krueger doubtful during the game. Life.
Kruger, who was hired from college to coach the NBA last year by the Hawks management, obviously hasn't figured out the difference between the NBA and college basketball.
In terms of offensive tactics, he places great emphasis on "sharing the ball", but in exchange for this, in this game against the Wizards, the Hawks only had 8 assists in the game.
In Wang Shuo's view, there is nothing wrong with Kruger's tactical design, but if you want to play this kind of pass-and-cut tactic...
So why would you use Jason Terry as the team's starting point guard?
In Wang Shuo's previous life, Terry, nicknamed "Jet", was known for his strong scoring ability and accurate three-pointers.
In his career, Terry hit a total of 2,282 three-pointers and scored 18,881 points.
In terms of personal ability, Terry, who is not yet 25 years old at the moment, is definitely the backbone of this Eagles team.
But in Wang Shuo's view, Kruger's mistake was that he let Terry organize the team's offense.
Because, except for the simplest sudden points, Terry doesn't know how to do it, or he doesn't have any organizational talent.
In this game, the Eagles, who seemed to be passing the ball all the time, actually had several real pass-and-cut coordinations.
On the contrary, on the Wizards' side, Gasol simply dealt cards in the high post, and Boss Joe sat in the low post, and he was able to overwhelm the Hawks.
In this game, Hamilton changed the "Han doesn't shoot" image left to Wang Shuo in the first game. In the whole game, he made 11 of 18 shots, including 5 of 7 from beyond the three-point line. Counting free throws, Hamilton scored a total of 10 points for the team. Scored 31 points, plus 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Boss Joe, who has been flanked by the Hawks in the low post, became the biggest beneficiary of Hamilton's explosive touch in this game.
In the entire game, while only playing for the team for 27 minutes, Boss Joe posted a triple-double of 15 points, 13 assists, and 14 rebounds.
At this time in 2001, the only player who could still score a triple-double in the NBA after the age of 38 was the ancient beast Elvin Hayes.
So, after the game, people couldn't help but asked Boss Qiao a little question...
That is, are you serious about what you said before that you can no longer play in the NBA?
No, if you can no longer play in the NBA, should all current NBA players retire where they are?
I have to say that data is indeed very deceptive.
Compared with Gasol, who was busy on both offense and defense throughout the game, even Jordan himself complained to Wang Shuo privately after the game that he had no difficulty in getting rebounds and assists tonight.
Hearing this, Wang Shuo couldn't help but sigh and lamented that Boss Qiao really knew how to play football.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, even the few true fans of Westbrook would not dare to brag about Westbrook's organizational skills when arguing with the huge number of haters.
In Wang Shuo's view, whether he understands organization and whether he can get assists are completely two different concepts.
For example, the Phoenix Suns in his memory.
In fact, Nash didn't have many assists in a game at that time, averaging about 11 per game, but if you compare the games of my team, you will find...
The offensive quality of the teams these two belong to is not at the same level at all.
If Nash is a master in organizing offense, then Westbrook is not even a kindergartener in front of Nash.
As for rebounds?
If a guard were changed, God knows how many rebounding titles Steven Adams, with his amazing offensive rebounding ability, could have won during the peak years of his career?
In the 17/18 season, Adams, who averaged 5 offensive rebounds per game for the team, ended up averaging only an incredible 9 rebounds per game in that season. Who knows who had "stole" Adams' rebounds at that time? "Up?"
After the away game against the Hawks, the Wizards flew back to Washington that night.
According to the schedule, they will next face the Philadelphia 76ers at the MCI Center at home on the 3rd.
As the NBA "Total Runner-up" last season, Iverson will not play in this game against the Wizards because he just underwent surgery in the summer and has not yet fully recovered.
However, at the press conference before the game, veteran Larry Brown was still full of confidence in the team's victory over the Wizards on the road.
Because in his opinion, although Wang Shuo is very talented in coaching, he has already seen through Wang Shuo's tactical arrangements on both offense and defense.
This guy is truly a genius.
Wang Shuo knew very well that Larry Brown, who always only played defense in the game and hated three-pointers, could not possibly think highly of him.
As the saying goes, people with different paths cannot conspire with each other.
In Wang Shuo's view, the reason why Larry Brown said that he had seen through his own tactics and admired him so much was simply to find a way out in case he lost.
Before the game, during a strategy meeting with the three Mikes, Mike Brown said with a worried look on his face: "Larry is a legendary coach. Has he really seen through our tactics?"
Hearing this, Wang Shuo immediately became happy and said: "If he has really seen through our tactics, then why did he tell us specifically?"
The honest "Black Brown" was still confused, but "White Brown" had already reacted, "This is psychological warfare, he just wants to disrupt our tactical deployment."
Wang Shuo nodded and said, "However, he is indeed confident in guarding Michael in the low post."
Seeing this, the three Mikes turned their heads towards Wang Shuo.
“Dikembe (Mutombo) has active and wide defensive coverage on the court, and Matt Halprin does not need his teammates to cover for him in the low post, so if we still beat Michael on this point, then in tomorrow’s game we will It is indeed possible to be defeated." Wang Shuo said to the three Mikes while fiddling with the tactical board.
"But our tactical design is not for Michael to face off against Matt..." D'Antoni asked.
Wang Shuo shook his head, and then analyzed Matt Halprin's characteristics for the three Mikes.
In Wang Shuo's view, Halprin, who is 201 centimeters tall and weighs 106 kilograms, is so underestimated in this era simply because of his skin color.
This guy is not only strong physically and defensively, but he also has incredible mental attributes and a heart harder than steel.
If the Wizards call the 76ers outside tomorrow like they did in the previous two games, Wang Shuo believes that Halprin will respond with crazy deflections.
Since Mutombo is on the inside, it doesn't matter if Harprin doesn't block the Wizards' breakthrough line.
At this time in 2001, the only one who can destroy this "African mountain" with absolute strength on the court is the fat head fish in Los Angeles.
In Larry Brown's view, as long as Jordan is blocked tomorrow night, the Wizards will become headless flies.
So, in a sense, he did see through the Wizards' tactical layout in the first two games.
but......
He only saw through the first layer.
"So according to what you said, how should we adjust the team's offensive tactics tomorrow night?" Mike Brown asked.
Wang Shuo picked up the two magnets on the tactical board and said with a smile: "Who told you that our only absolute strength on the court is Michael Jordan?"
The "mountains of Africa" are indeed very high.
But what if the Wizards choose to bypass it directly?
Just like the German invasion of France in World War II.
Who stipulates that if you arrange the Maginot Line in advance, I must face hard steel?
In Wang Shuo's previous life, as a representative of softness overcoming strength, the 01/02 season, which was Pau Gasol's rookie season, was also the only season in his career that had reference value against Mutombo.
In the two games against Mutombo that season, Dajia completely destroyed the "African Mountain" and led the Grizzlies to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers.
In these two games, Gasol scored 20 points and 24 points respectively, and his shooting percentage exceeded 50%.
During the game, Mutombo and Gasol had a huge headache.
Because no matter how wide his defensive area is, Gasol can always find gaps in the offense and launch attacks around his defense.
"Tomorrow night, I will use Paul as the core of the offense, and let him open the door to victory for us!" Wang Shuo said after readjusting the Wizards' triangle offense on the tactical board and looking at the three Mikes.
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