To talk about the pioneers of the one-one-four-small strategy, the Houston Rockets started it as early as 1995.
As the defending champion Rockets performed poorly in the regular season that year, they traded high-quality power forward Thorpe for the Trail Blazers star Drexler, Olajuwon's good friend.
After acquiring Drexler, the Rockets' core lineup is Olajuwon, Holly, Mario Alley, Drexler plus Kenny Smith.
Olajuwon is a standard inside center, and although Holly plays power forward, his offensive style of play is obviously more like a small forward.
The Rockets had an average record in the regular season, but miraculously finished sixth in the playoffs and won the championship.
It's just that the Rockets' championship this year was short-lived. The reason why a miracle is a miracle is because it is difficult to repeat.
And although the Rockets in 1995 had one big player and four small players, with one star and four stars, Olajuwon's one star was extremely capable.
In the interior, both offense and defense are top two, and all shots revolve around this one star.
On the offensive end, the Rockets played a very traditional inside-out routine, and Olajuwon's ball power digestion rate in the low post was extremely high.
Therefore, the Rockets' success in winning the championship was just an accident.
By 1999, the Spurs relied on the more traditional twin towers to easily win the championship.
During the Lakers' three consecutive championships, the configuration surrounding O'Neal also had the flavor of one big player and four small players.
In addition to Grant, Fox and Holly are all shooting power forwards.
But the core of the Lakers is of course O'Neal.
Later, with the rise of top power forwards such as Duncan and Garnett.
There is a lot of competition at the power forward position, and the requirements for comprehensiveness are higher.
Therefore, the first and fourth players are non-mainstream in the league and should be done occasionally, otherwise it would be very ugly if the insider is exposed.
The 2007 Golden State Warriors ushered in a new situation with one large and four small teams.
The first one is Biedlins who has no ability to attack independently.
The team's offensive launch relies entirely on four outside players.
Relying on his understanding of Nowitzki and targeting the Mavericks, he took advantage of the Mavericks' psychology.
The Warriors in 2007 created a black eight miracle.
But in the semifinals against a second-rate insider combination like Boozer + Okur, they couldn't hold on.
Boozer averaged 24 points and 14 rebounds per game, and Okur averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds per game. They were completely blown away.
Therefore, it is still non-mainstream.
By 2009, the Magic, with Howard, had found a compromise between one large and four small players.
As a super center, Howard has offensive power that Biedrins does not have.
But his low-post offensive strength and ability to digest the ball are far inferior to Olajuwon and O'Neal.
Therefore, the Magic made good use of Howard's super defensive ability and strong finishing ability.
Then the task of controlling the ball was placed on small forward Turkoglu.
In this way, a more balanced lineup of one large and four small teams was constructed, and they successfully reached the finals.
Although it was a certain amount of luck that the Magic reached the finals that year, they were indeed strong.
Once Turkoglu's point of dominating the ball was taken away and Garnett returned, the Magic collapsed.
Even if Turkoglu returns to the Magic this season, they will never find the tacit understanding they once had.
But as the court space becomes wider, players' three-point shooting abilities become more powerful, and the super insiders wither away - as O'Neal is about to retire, Duncan is getting old, and Oden has been injured continuously, the league has not had a real eight-year-old for a long time. It's a top-level low-post monster.
Cole is also a subscribed fan of NBA-Batman. The article "Victory of Space and Ball Rights" has been circulated by almost everyone in the coaching circle and is regarded as the vane of basketball in the new era.
As the season progresses, the content makes more sense and new things emerge.
However, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, and different coaches have different understandings of this article.
In Steve Kerr's understanding, he believes that one large and four small are a reshaping of the court space.
The distribution of ball rights will change from the traditional structure of "inside-outside" to a more three-dimensional "outside-inside-outside" structure.
After coming to the Clippers, Cole's biggest surprise was to find that the team's "lineup experiment" (actually, Min Congda did not allow Dunleavy to rotate properly, and everyone was allowed to play) has been going on for a whole season.
This provided him with very good soil for reforming his offensive tactics.
From coaches to players, they can accept different lineup combinations and can play in any situation.
This is very rare, because most teams will maintain a stable rotation lineup for the sake of record.
There are many young people in the Clippers, and with the atmosphere of "everyone has a ball to play", lineup experiments are commonplace.
After using Nick Young to play one senior and four juniors last time, Cole wants to try a defensively enhanced version tonight.
Let PJ Tucker serve as the power forward. He seems to be weak against Jamison, but Tucker is a player who plays very hard. In the only playing time, he may not be able to defeat Jamison.
However, what Cole didn't expect was that the Cavaliers replaced Jamison again in the middle of the third quarter.
And the substitute was not any forward, but a defender, Danny Green?
Cole was shocked. The Cavaliers actually played one big and four small. Was this a prediction of my prediction?
When you were preparing to watch the video before the game, did the Cavaliers have this lineup?
Are they also conducting lineup experiments?
The Cavaliers' lineup on the court at this time is Lopez, James, Miller, Green, and Anthony Parker.
In this set of one player and four players, except for Lopez, the remaining four players have the ability to shoot three-pointers.
Danny Green didn't expect that he would be able to appear on the stage at this time, and he looked a little nervous.
However, after two rounds on the court, his nervousness disappeared and he devoted himself to the confrontation.
His main task is to guard James Harden, both of whom are second-year rookies.
It's just that the third overall pick is growing gradually in the Clippers and has huge potential.
One was a second-round pick who was almost waived, but was lucky enough to get a contract extension with the Cavaliers in the summer.
But during the season, his performance was mediocre and he was sent to the Development League for training.
After some experience, Danny Green has improved in all aspects and gradually reached the NBA threshold.
Of course, it's just reaching the threshold, which is definitely far behind Harden's talent.
But in the NBA, talent is not everything, willpower and determination are also very important.
Tonight's Cavaliers matchup with the Clippers is an opportunity to be broadcast live across the United States. Green's appearance at this time is an opportunity for him to express himself.
At halftime, coach Mike Brown...no, it should be coach LeBron James who gave him a very clear arrangement: guard James Harden.
So, from the moment he stood on the Staples Center court, Danny Green only had eyes for James Harden and his lush beard.
(End of chapter)
