NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 360 361. Conceptual Differences (3 More)

Chapter 360 361. Conceptual Differences (Third)

Then in the free market, the Cavaliers successively introduced the league steals king Larry Hughes and the high-ranking fortress Don Yale Marshall.

In the end, the team's All-Star center Ilgauskas was renewed. It was this series of operations that helped the Cavaliers return to the Eastern Conference playoffs.

With the help of his teammates, James played the best season of his career.

So far, James has averaged 41.2 minutes per game, able to gain 30.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.6 assists.

This kind of comprehensive performance, coupled with the team's deep lineup rotation, also makes the Cavaliers a new force in the Eastern Conference, which makes no team dare to underestimate it.

But for this Cavaliers team, Liu Rui also made sufficient preparations before the game.

Because Liu Rui knows very well that the current Cavaliers can show such a high level precisely because the depth of the team's lineup is very sufficient, and every player can play a great role on the court.

Coupled with James' breakthrough and scoring, it also put a lot of pressure on other teams, but Liu Rui also understands James in this period. His biggest weakness is his unstable long-range shooting ability.

His current breakthrough ability is not as good as that of Brother Antetokounmpo that Liu Rui saw in later generations, and his scoring ability is not as good as that of Harden that Liu Rui saw in later generations.

The reason why he was able to play such explosive data and help the Cavaliers return to the playoffs is precisely because the real strength of James is that he can drive the offense of his teammates while scoring himself.

This may be a problem for other teams, but it is not a problem for Liu Rui.

Because Liu Rui has seen other teams' insane defense against Harden in later generations. When cutting off Harden's connection with other teammates, and defending Harden without the ball, the method is not cruel.

And as long as the connection between James and his teammates is cut off, and the focus is on defending James' breakthrough route, this is undoubtedly a self-defeating arm for James.

For the difficulties of other teams, they don't have a striker who can limit James' presence well in one-on-one.

But Liu Rui is not worried about this at all, because the Bobcats have an excellent defensive player on the front line, Gerald Wallace.

In addition, under Liu Rui's defensive system, the Bobcats will adopt a strategy of not double-teaming no matter who they are facing, so for this defensive method, the Bobcats can be said to be handy.

If James can't use his breakthrough to transfer the ball to his teammates, then whether it is Larry Hughes or Marshall, the offensive firepower of these people will at least drop by a notch.

As for Ilgauskas, a limp center who relies on his height to do whatever he wants in this era, Liu Ruizhen doesn't take it seriously at all.

His height does allow him to gain some advantages on both ends of the offense and defense, but his slow movement speed will also pay a heavy price against teams like the Bobcats and Suns.

"Rui, we really need to adopt such a defensive method in this game. Although Gerrard's defensive ability is also very good, it is difficult for him to really lock LeBron in one-on-one."

"Because LeBron's explosive power during the breakthrough cannot be underestimated. Gerrard will naturally defend better if he lets him go. But in this way, LeBron may score a lot of points in this game."

"However, although the Cavaliers can use more people, everyone is very average, and there are no players who score too well."

"Can we double-team LeBron at the right time to try to ease the pressure on Gerrard on the defensive end?"

Before the start of the game, the players were doing warm-up shooting training on the field, while the coaching staff on both sides were still analyzing the situation before the game.

After all, after the game has just started, all teams in the league are also habitually playing two tactics first.

In addition to letting the players adapt to the rhythm of the game as soon as possible, we also want more players to participate in the team's offense, so that the players can find the shooting feel in the game as soon as possible.

At this time, Montgomery, who was sitting next to Liu Rui, consulted Liu Rui.

Montgomery is very accomplished on the offensive end, but he is completely so-so on the defensive end.

This phenomenon is not difficult to see when he leads the Warriors. When facing the Cavaliers, most teams in the league will use a double-team strategy against LeBron.

There must be some reason for being adopted by so many teams, so Montgomery also suggested to Liu Rui before the game.

"It doesn't matter, this season has passed so long, you should have discovered that no matter who I face, I basically rarely use double-team tactics. Even when facing Nowitzki of the Mavericks, I still don't use double-team tactics."

"This behavior is not my belief in the individual ability of the players on the court, nor is it my ego behavior on the defensive end."

"Just because double-teaming can certainly suppress a fixed player on the offensive end, but it will also give him the opportunity to drive the offense of other teammates."

"Compared to all people being soldiers, I still hope that they will concentrate their offensive points on one person, because as the game goes deeper, our advantage will become bigger and bigger."

"Teaming is naturally useful, but it still depends on the occasion. If the main player of a team is injured and only one person is left, then I will definitely double-team him, because the others are not afraid."

"But it's obviously not the time, especially when he's LeBron."

Casually explained to Montgomery next to him, but Liu Rui didn't expect him to understand.

After all, there is a big difference in the concept of basketball in each era. Even if Liu Rui has a big difference with their opinions, it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong.

There is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, it's just that different times have created different wind directions.

Basketball people in ancient times would hit the ball to the basket as much as possible, and then mid-range shots accounted for half of the league. In the end, 70% of the shots were from outside the three-point line.

In Liu Rui's view, there is no distinction between right and wrong, let alone the improvement of basketball or the upgrading of concepts.

To put it bluntly, this is entirely created by the environment.

When more and more teams in the league start to play in this way, then the teams that still maintain the classical style of play will naturally delve into this style of play.

Perhaps his original intention was not to change the team's offensive style of play, but to better defend it after a thorough study.

But people are always rational animals, and sometimes they will be assimilated by the environment when they study and study...

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(For example, sometimes you turn on your mobile phone Baidu and want to check something, but after opening Baidu, you start to read the news without knowing it..., and finally realized suddenly, what the hell, I seem to be here to check things...)

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