"Actually, I think Thunder can also adapt to Princeton System! There are four people in their Starting Lineup who can handle the ball well, and Aaron·Gordon has an excellent Backdoor Cut sense of smell, or Tobias Harris is an all-round player like Offensive End. This Prince is a perfect fit!"
The so-called Princeton System focuses on one thing: people move and the ball moves in a coordinated manner. Human movement means moving without the ball, Backdoor Cut and Reverse cut, and ball movement means passing the ball continuously and sharing the ball.
Invented by Pete Carey, Adelman carried it forward in the NBA.
However, this system is quite demanding on players and requires excellent handling by most of the players, as well as a tacit understanding of passing and cutting cooperation.
The most demanding thing is that at the center position, there must be a person with excellent organization to be responsible for the pivot.
Due to the high basic requirements, after that Kings, few teams can guarantee to meet these conditions.
Of course, this does not mean that Prince will disappear. A large number of outstanding coaches have absorbed the essence and used it as the cornerstone to develop new tactical systems.
Prince emphasized. "The further away from Basket, the more space can be created." This statement is also carried forward by today's Small-Ball Era.
Some of the core, such as center support, defender Backdoor Cut, a large number of Reverse cut and other tactical requirements, have been retained, and today, they have been completely integrated into various Basketball systems.
But Donovan is obviously not an advanced researcher of this tactic.
He is better at Pick and Roll Screen type of tactical arrangements, which is what he started with, and he also knows some specially designed Three-Pointer tactics.
The more classic ones are OKC-4 Flash.
This was a tactic specially designed for Ibaka to attack Shot.
Position 1, Baseline serves, the center stands in front, positions 3 and 4 are in the corner and Free-Throw Line position, position 2 cuts around the two-person screen and cuts into the low post on the weak side, this is a move; position 5 lifts up from Baseline, acting as a screener waiting for opportunities to block people, Power forward cuts outside to attract the defense, and then cuts out to catch Shot.
Thanks to Ibaka's excellent shooting, this tactic also helped Thunder hit a key goal.
Closer to home, back to the game, Nuggets's attack Possession.
General Barton was in good condition. Relying on Plumlee's not too tight cover, he received the pass from Harris, and then quickly dropped the ball to break through.
After reaching the basket, he quickly launched Three steps, Layup of Contact in the air, and scored against Collins.
He barely helped the team and recovered two points again.
It's a pity that it's a drop in the bucket, here they just scored two points, and over there Thunder started to advance the counterattack again.
Chen Xi held the ball and advanced quickly to Frontcourt. Faced with Beasley's approach, he quickly broke through without stopping and came to Mid-range against Beasley. Then he quickly turned around and fell back to make a fake move.
After cheating Beasley, turn around again, Up-and-Under connects with the small Floater, and then advances by two points.
Chen Xi is now more and more comfortable naming the small defender Isolation.
Various technical moves are at your fingertips. Shot is accurate and threatening. Shot Fake fake moves are used to deceive defenders and create shooting space.
It is no exaggeration to say that in this aspect alone, the level of Chen has already climbed to the position of the highest batch of League.
Malone frowned and looked at the time on the sidelines. He felt that it was almost time, so he stretched out his hand to greet Referee, motioned to Nuggets, and asked for Timeout.
After Timeout, Jokic Murray, return to the field at the same time.
In the first attack back, Murray holds the ball and Top of the Key initiates Pick-and-Roll, cooperating with Jokic.
Teacher Jokic picked up the ball and moved forward, took two steps in front of Paint and then threw the ball far away.
Murray on the other side, using the cover of Barton, got a short open opportunity at a 45-degree angle.
So I received the pass from Teacher Jokic and took action immediately.
Three-Pointer hit.
At this time, the score between the two sides was 50 to 39, with Nuggets trailing by 11 points.
Thunder ball rights.
Still maintaining his own rhythm, Butler received the ball and slowly moved it to Frontcourt, then Top of the Key held the ball and waited for Chen Xi to move.
Chen Xi bypassed the screen made by Grant, came to a 45-degree angle, received the pass from Butler, turned around Face-Up, Isolation Barton.
As an all-around defender, General Barton is a classic, good at everything but not very good at anything.
There are shooting and breakthroughs, he can control the ball, and he can organize, but he cannot meet the requirements of high standards, and his overall level is not enough.
The characteristic of omnipotence will become omnipotent when the intensity of the environment increases by one level.
Moreover, his defense is not in the all-round category.
Physical Talent has restricted him, and his professional attitude is good. Taken together, the defense can only be considered okay.
After Chen Xi dropped the ball, he didn't do any fancy moves. He just simply in and out, then broke through and changed direction to mislead, and then connected with Push Dribble Change of Direction in the opposite direction. It passed cleanly, and then Mid-range Long Two took action.
Easily scored.
Nuggets's current problem is that there are not enough defensive resources. Compared with other teams, they are far insufficient. There is only one Craig with a good defensive level.
So the question is, facing Thunder, who should Craig use to defend against?
You can't just let him go in front of whoever is holding the ball.
Besides, at least one of the Thunder trio was present for the entire 48 minutes. Who can bear this?
Now it seems that Nuggets couldn't bear it in the second quarter.
The competition is still going on, Jokic Murray Pick and Roll has begun to take shape, and the effect is pretty good.
But Offensive End, Thunder are really too diverse.
Chen Xi named Center, Butler Pick-and-Roll Mismatch eats defender, Westbrook retreats and converts Attack the Basket, what else Little Sabonis Pop Out catches the ball, Harris Mismatch Isolation and other tactics are enough to make Nuggets feel better if he uses them over and over again.
At halftime, Thunder 63 led Nuggets by 13 points 50.
The game basically lost its suspense.
So Third Quarter, Malone finally let Jokic play for 6 minutes. After chasing the points to no avail, they took down Starting Lineup and announced defeat.
Thunder is Second in the West. There is no shame in losing to them. The important thing is whether our several players who are still in the growth stage have grown during the game.
Don't ask, just ask because we are still at Rebuilding.
After the game, Chen Xi had not had time to find Jokic, but Teacher Jokic took the initiative to come over.
"Chris, can I, can you sign my jersey? My brother is your fan."
"Of course, I'm extremely happy. How about we exchange jerseys? I also appreciate you very much."
League social butterfly, Chen immediately High Wing.
"By the way, let's change the contact information. I'll come to Denver when I'm free in the future, or Off-season will go to Europe so I can find a local guy. I'm also quite interested in Serbia."
Chen approached them with a smile. He likes to make friends with these League superstars and collect their contact information, which gives him the pleasure of collecting stamps.
He can say anything to gain favor, but in fact he knows nothing about Serbia. He just knows that Serbia is in Europe and doesn't know anything else!