Jordan gives a big hat!
The fans at the scene burst into cheers! The old flyer can still fly!
Jordan smiled and high-fived the Twin Towers in celebration.
Unfortunately, the fan went out of bounds and the Mavericks still had the ball.
There were 10 seconds left in the attack time. When Nash received Finley's baseline serve while running, he waved to LaFrentz for a pick-and-roll.
The first attack in the game, in Nash's mind, was either him or Nowitzki's singles, and his teammates had to get used to it.
But Nowitzki's power forward was so squeezed by Jordan from the outside that he couldn't stand firmly, so Nash could only continue to play pick-and-rolls.
This time, after Nash moved laterally past Odom, he penetrated deeper and was blocked by the defender before releasing the ball. He passed the ball directly to Etondo Najera at close range.
When Nash penetrated deeper, Nowitzki tacitly moved to a 45-degree angle, forming a diagonal passing angle, taking away Jordan and not giving Jordan a chance to defend the bottom line.
But as soon as Edondo Najera received the ball and stepped into the three-second zone, O'Neal Jr. made up for it.
Seeing that Nash was so deep, O'Neal just ignored Finley on the right side of the three-second zone.
When Edondo Najera was covered and wanted to pass to the right, Li Ao moved between Nash and Finley, and he couldn't pass!
Nash ran high to the right, creating an angled passing lane, and Odom moved to the free throw line and opened his arms.
The left and right sides of the three-second zone were cut off by the Clippers from the middle!
Fortunately, Nowitzki ran over to take over, and Edondo Najera took two steps back to protect the ball and passed it to Nowitzki.
Nowitzki failed to get rid of Jordan, and was immediately stuck after receiving the ball. He forced to take off and shoot...Due to Jordan's rough confrontation, Nowitzki was restricted in taking off, and his upper body was forced to increase his shooting force, but he could not control his strength. , iron!
Li Ao blocked Finley and easily won the defensive rebound!
When the ball reaches the baseline on the strong side, the catcher and pitcher on the weak side must go to the bottom corner. The wing players on the weak side guarding the pitcher shrink to cover the players on the weak side... The opponent's defensive cooperation is very beautiful to Nelson as an opponent. .
As expected of a coach who came from Larry Brown.
However, by using Jordan to defend the power forward, Nelson saw his own shadow again - he is indeed a fan of mine.
When it comes to the Clippers' offense, Nelson is looking forward to what kind of offense he, a fan, can play after getting Jordan.
Bibby advanced to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Odom, and Jordan came to the right side of the free throw line to catch the ball at a high post.
Nelson is wondering, will the Clippers focus on the triangle offense in the new season?
He has seen the offensive video clips of the Clippers' first six preseason games. There are triangle offense movements, but the Clippers have tried many tactics. It is difficult to rely on those six preseason games to analyze the Clippers' new season. What kind of cooperation.
But in tonight's preseason finale, we can see more. By this time, the type of offense we will play in the new season has basically been determined.
Odom passed the ball to Jordan and cut in the middle. O'Neal Jr. pulled to the right side of the three-second zone to screen Bibby who was cutting from the wing. Jordan passed a high post to Bibby who was cutting from the wing through the screen. Bibby received the ball and slid around the baseline to the three-pointer. Passing the ball from an oblique angle on the left side of the second zone, Jordan passed the ball and moved to the left side of the free throw line to help Li Ao block the pursuing Edondo Najera. Li Ao went around to the right side of the free throw line to catch the ball and made a mid-range shot!
Old Nelson clapped his hands. It was actually not a triangle offense, but a basic tactical pass-cut coordination that all coaches know.
The minimum limit of this tactic is very low, but if the players have enough passing ability and they cooperate well, they can still play well.
The Clippers' high-post back-up pass-and-cut coordination this time seemed very good in Nelson's opinion.
The space between the free throw line extension and the parallel line between the top of the arc of the reasonable collision zone and the free throw line was vacated by the Clippers' passing and cutting cooperation!
The Mavericks had absolutely no chance of cutting off the opponent's diagonal pass in the middle.
Moreover, while making good use of Jordan's high post threat, Jordan was not asked to do too many things. The team cooperation saved Jordan's physical strength.
The same goes for the defense just now. Asking Jordan to guard Nowitzki, who is the slowest runner, is also saving energy... and so on.
Old Nelson suddenly woke up. This was a game, and he was actually cheering for his opponent!
There was no way he could help it. Every time he saw Gentry, who admired him so highly, he felt very fond of him and felt that this junior was very discerning.
Fans misunderstood me!
Nelson turned off the filter for fans and concentrated on analyzing the game.
After a few rounds, he called a timeout. The score was 4-12, and he was 8 points behind in the first 3 minutes!
After Nelson turned off the filter for fans, he just wanted to curse - the opponent's offensive and defensive system is actually so perfect?
Three seconds of defense is a new rule that has never been seen in the history of basketball, and it is a subversive new rule. To put it simply, if this rule exists for a long time, the NBA will never be able to play a true zone defense.
Coaches of teams who want to win have a headache just thinking about the center protecting the frame and not being able to stand under the basket.
Moreover, the literal meaning of defending for three seconds can be understood by the coaches of each team, but they do not know what effect it will have in the game, and there is no precedent to refer to.
Therefore, the coaches of each team just created a new defensive framework. In the preseason, after understanding the specific whistle blowing method of three seconds of defense, they added specific defensive tactics to the framework.
The same goes for Nelson. After playing three games in the preseason, he really started to polish the new defensive system. He feels that their team has made rapid progress. Their inside players will no longer be able to easily defend for three seconds. You won't give the opponent a free throw or throw in vain, and your defensive coordination can be executed stably.
But compared with the opposite Clippers, he could only curse.
The opponent not only adapted to the three-second defense, but also made good use of 'allowing early flanking'!
The guard pairing of Nash and Finley were 'separated' by each other. According to their existing tactics, they couldn't cooperate at all!
Nelson suddenly discovered that the introduction of the three-second defensive rule had a great impact on the defense of each team, and each team must rebuild its defense.
However, rebuilding defense does not mean that he cannot defend. He already has a clear idea of rebuilding defense. The opposite Clippers have already overcome the impact of three seconds of defense.
In other words, defending for three seconds can limit the center's frame protection efficiency, but it cannot shake the foundation of defense.
On the contrary, 'allowing early double attack' allows the defensive end to do many things that could not be done before, and the defensive end can have more changes.
Old Nelson's eyes widened - the new rules created by the league in order to restrict O'Neal and encourage offense, the final result may not only be unable to curb the iron-blooded team, but may push the iron-blooded era to a new peak!
He just wants to understand this now. It's not that his vision is not as good as Gentry and Jordan, but that he doesn't think in that direction at all.
He saw that the defense was gone for three seconds, and he was thinking about how to take advantage of the rule of not being able to stay under the basket for a long time when there is no opponent next to the center on the offensive end to strengthen the offense.
He is looking forward to the NBA returning to the era of offensive basketball ten years ago, the era when he won the best coach three times in 10 years.
Now I suddenly realize that not only can I not go back to that era, but the iron-blooded style of play may become more popular, and my mentality explodes...
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The Mavericks' timeout did not have a particularly good effect. The current competitive state gap between the two teams cannot be made up by thinking of a few offensive tactics and adjusting defense.
Originally, the Mavericks were no better than the Clippers, and their defensive run-in progress was far behind. Even Nelson couldn't think of a way to turn the situation around.
In the blink of an eye, Nelson could only let Nash and Finley attack in singles, enter the rotation stage early, let Van Exel and Tim Hardaway rotate in early, and alternate singles with Nash and Finley, and the frontcourt players Actively rush for offensive rebounds and shooters open up the space.
This was the best solution he could think of at the moment.
But the disadvantage of the Mavericks is not only the defensive adjustment progress, but also the progress gap in offensive adjustment.
Nelson discovered from the beginning that the opponent's offensive end had made good use of the defensive three seconds.
He was wondering if he was really old, and he was so far behind his opponents even with his offensive adjustments.
However, after the time when his mentality exploded, he focused his attention on analyzing the Clippers' offensive and defensive cooperation and studying the opponent's tactical ideas.
Yes, he started to learn the offensive system of a new coach who had only been coaching for a few years.
He has never been a complacent person, just like he hates the iron-blooded era but still has to play defense when he should.
Look at the Mavericks' starting lineup last season. There are two pitfalls in Nash and Nowitzki. He still created a first-class defense. If it weren't for Cuban's brainstorming to find a scoring area that would be the same burden as Nowitzki. Coming back, it’s still unclear who will win in the playoffs against the Clippers last season.
He very much looked down on those who pretended to be old coaches and were unwilling to accept new basketball knowledge. He confirmed that with this rule change, another group of old coaches who pretended to be unwilling to change would leave the NBA, and he did not want to be one of them. Since becoming a head coach in the 1970s, he has been making changes with the changing times so that he can still be regarded as a top coach in the 21st century.
In the end, the score was fixed at 107-75. The Clippers defeated the Mavericks and won the last preseason game.
Mike Bibby had 12 points and 5 assists, Jordan had 17 points and 4 assists, Odom had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Li Ao had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, O'Neal Jr. had 15 points and 12 rebounds, all the Clippers' top five starters. Score in double figures!
The strength shown by the Clippers tonight is much stronger than the last game against the Rockets.
It's not that they have improved so much in two or three days, but that their offensive tactics tonight were all suitable tactics selected through actual combat in the first six preseason games.
On the defensive end, it was also the first time in the preseason that a targeted defense was deployed based on the opponent's players' playing characteristics.
Although it was only a preseason game, the Clippers players could see that the opponent was treating the game as a regular season game from the beginning, and they beat the opponent hard until they could only conduct tactical movement training.
This game added a lot of confidence to the Clippers players!
On the other side, Old Nelson was Old Nelson. After the time for mental breakdown was over, he quickly accepted the reality that he was not as good as the Clippers.
Returning to the locker room after the game, Nelson called several core players together and told them one by one how to adjust the offensive style next, so that they could start preparing in advance.
When it came time to communicate with Nowitzki, Nelson said: "You were learning Spider-Man's style of play during the playoffs, right? Continue to learn this season, watch more videos of his games, and refer to his playing style. It will help you adapt to the new competition environment faster.”
What Nelson is thinking is that Nowitzki's singles skills are not mature yet. With so many isolation-oriented point guards on the team this year, Nowitzki's time off the ball will inevitably increase this year. Spider-Man has adapted to the new rules so quickly. It also happens to be a style of play that is mainly off the ball and can be used as a living teaching material for Nowitzki to refer to.
But when Nowitzki heard Nelson's words, what he thought of was: I want to learn from Spider-Man to play basketball. Should the mad scientist ask me to develop a post-up shot?
That’s for sure! If I learn to post up, I won’t have to worry about Jordan’s one-on-one defense!
It's so embarrassing to be guarded by a small forward who used to play guard and can't even stand still!
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After the preseason, the Clippers have four days to prepare for the regular season opener on October 30.
On the 26th, the coaching staff gave the players a day off and no training was scheduled. From September 25th to October 25th, the players basically had no rest and could relax.
But the coaches did not have a chance to rest. Gentry led the coaching staff to make further adjustments to the tactical system based on the problems exposed in the last game of the preseason to prepare for the next three days of training.
Not just this time, this work will continue throughout the early part of the season.
At this stage, they have a great advantage over other teams, but it is true that Gentry dare not be careless. They just adapt to the new rules quickly. This gap is the easiest to catch up with. He wants to improve the 'adaptation level' gap before being caught up, allowing the team's offensive and defensive strength to reach a higher level.
For the Clippers players, although the coaching staff arranged for a day off, except for the veterans and inside players, everyone else spontaneously came to the Memorial Gym for additional training in the afternoon.
The team is adjusting quickly, they are more motivated, and they are working hard to compete for playing time.
Who doesn’t want to be the starting point for a strong team that can win?
However, it was rare for Li Ao not to practice any more today. He came to Beverly Hills with his aunt, the hospital assistant, and his parents, and moved into a villa next to the Beverly Hills Nursing Home.
Kobe said: "This is the house that Vanessa and I bought at the beginning of last year. My family used to come here occasionally, but they no longer come, so you're welcome, Vivian, you can stay here with peace of mind.
Vanessa and I bought this place to prepare for having children in the future. It has all the necessary things. The furniture and appliances were just replaced last year. If you need anything, call Vanessa and she will prepare it..."
Li Ao's parents were amazed when they saw that Kobe, a black guy, treated guests so well.
Looking at other people's children, and then looking at their own home...well...the old couple suddenly discovered that their children seemed to be very considerate when entertaining guests!
Hiss... there was no comparison. They had never realized that their cubs were so outstanding before!
(End of chapter)
