start with scouting

Chapter 758 Now, step forward from the beginning

Take a day off, NO.17 early in the morning, the king boarded the plane and started the first three-game journey of the new season.

Everyone took their seats, and McGee suddenly sighed: "It's crazy! Vince Carter played 24 minutes on behalf of Atlanta last night and scored 12 points. If he hadn't been troubled by fouls, he would have played more time. He is 41 years old. !"

Antetokounmpo was full of envy: "GOSH, this is his 20th season, right? I wish I could play for that long."

Curry chuckled: "He and my father were teammates during the Raptors period. I went to Canada when I was a child and played 1V1 with him many times. Now I especially want to dunk. Part of the reason is that he was influenced by him, and I also learned the need from him. Quick shot."

Tatum showed a little surprise on his face: "This is my second season. 20 seasons seems too exaggerated. Kobe also played 20 seasons. How can they maintain their enthusiasm for basketball for so long and have to sit so many times?" plane and bus."

"You can only do it if you really love basketball..."

Su Yang also sighed. Players like Carter have long been financially free. Although they did not win the championship, they never seemed to want to win the championship with their thighs in the past. dunk.

"Yeah, only if you really love basketball..."

As the oldest player in the team, Curry seemed to get Su Yang's sigh invisibly, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

After everyone sighed, they began to play cards, games, and read magazines. Su Yang turned to discuss with the coaching staff.

The topic is very simple, just two points.

The first is how to improve the concentration of veteran players on the game. Considering that the core of the team has won four consecutive championships, it is really difficult to keep them focused in every game. so big.

Su Yang directly made a decision: "Keep your eyes closed. When Curry shoots three-pointers, let him go, especially in games that have little impact. It doesn't matter if Brother Antetokounmpo is not so active in defense. Sometimes losing will help more.”

The second is how to allocate the playing time of rookies and veterans.

The injury wave last season caused heavy losses for the Kings. This season will only be more risky. Load management must be done in advance. Naturally, rookies must be allowed to play more time, but too many rookies may lead to lose the game.

Assistant coach Jenkins suggested: "When playing against weak teams or back-to-backs, let rookies play more..."

Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested: "Using more mixed arrangements, such as Sabonis occasionally serving as the starter, responsible for the center position organization, playing with Giannis, and making Mikal the starting shooting guard, playing with Tatum."

The suggestions of the two assistant coaches are quite applicable. Su Yang nodded and said that it is feasible, that is, changing the starting lineup often requires more running-in.

After determining the general direction, the next step is the detailed implementation.

Su Yang first set the main tone for Curry's rotation, 10 minutes in the first quarter, 6 minutes in the second quarter, 10 minutes in the third quarter, and 6 minutes in the fourth quarter. Wait for the situation to make adjustments.

As for back-to-back games, unless it is a place of special significance to Curry at home, the Bay Area or New York, the truce is directly announced in advance. On the one hand, it is for load management, and on the other hand, it is to prevent those who want to see Curry from wasting energy. .

Let the teaching assistants discuss other detailed plans first, there is no rush.

The plane landed in New Orleans instead.

The whole team arrived at the hotel by bus, put away their luggage, took a brief rest, and arrived at the Pelicans home court at [-] pm.

During the regular training of the players, Su Yang took the coaching staff to discuss countermeasures, mainly how to target Mirotic. The guy is 208 tall and can shoot three-pointers, helping the thick eyebrows to open up space in the interior, so that the thick eyebrows can avoid endless double team.

"The Pelicans don't have a center in the true sense. Let McGee follow up with Mirotic and switch defenses directly when there is a screen. Don't let Mirotic catch the ball easily. As for AD, Giannis is in charge of the whole process. Our Defenders can shrink more..."

The Pelicans introduced Elfrid Payton in the new season, a player whose original template was "Rondo". So far in his career, he has only shot 28.9% of three-pointers. A guard 'Zhu Ge' Holiday's three-point shooting percentage was only 33.7% last season. The King's backcourt can boldly shrink and defend around screens.

After the strategy was finalized, Su Yang rushed to the media center to accept the pre-match interview. He first talked about the evaluation of AD. He bluntly said that AD performed very well, but he couldn’t always be the leader of the empty-cutting group. He implied that AD needs more helpers. Distance meter.

He also talked about the late Pelicans owner Benson, saying that Benson was a good man and hoped that it would not affect the Pelicans.

In a blink of an eye, at seven o'clock, the game started.

The Pelicans won the jump ball, and the thick eyebrow first attack caused a foul, blowing very trivially, Antetokounmpo shook his head with his hands on his hips.

Switch to the king's attack, separate the strong and weak hands, move the thick eyebrows and Zhu Ge to the left, concentrate on the left to attack the Pelicans Itovan Moore, Elfrid Payton and Mirotic, and run a screen In the second place, Dun Luo assisted McGee for an air cut dunk.

Between you and me, the Pelicans have all kinds of high-position pick-and-rolls, Zhu Ge and the thick eyebrow pick-and-roll, Payton and Milo pick-and-roll, Zhu Ge and Miro pick-and-roll, Payton and the thick eyebrow pick-and-roll, Moore is a pure tool man, tactics The low post is the lowest, and most of the time he can only catch the ball and rush to shoot.

After the first quarter, the Kings lead the Pelicans 43 to 40.

Su Yang was interviewed during the festival and talked about why he could get a high score of 43. He answered the question and said that the Pelicans did a good job offensively.

The main thing is that I don’t want to tell the truth. The Pelicans’ defense is too bad, and I don’t want to tell lies and scenes. I just praise the Pelicans for their good offense. After all, Gentry is the head coach, and his entire coaching career has been influenced by D’Antoni the most. , The attack is really powerful.

Of course, the king didn't do his best to defend.

On the one hand, it was called a foul at the beginning, and on the other hand, this game had little impact on the Kings, and it has not reached the stage of victory or defeat.

The second quarter started immediately, and Su Yang sent Bridges + Brogdon + Covington + Sabonis + Zhou Qi's five-man team. The quality of the defense prevented the Pelicans from signing in the summer and wanting to prove themselves. Randall yelled, bull rushing was useless.

The main strategy is to keep Randall in hesitation.

As for Randall's golf quotient, he was stunned when he thought about it.

After halftime, the Kings' lead expanded to 14 points.

Back from the intermission in the third quarter, the king strengthened a wave of defense and double-teamed Davis to only score 2 points in a single quarter, while the king's lead expanded to 22 points, which set the tone for the game early, and Su Yang was fourth The festival let Dunlow and Bridges play the main role.

In the end, the Kings defeated the Pelicans 138 to 119.

Nine of the Kings team scored in double figures, while for the Pelicans, Davis scored 18 points in the first half and only 6 points in the second half.

After a night of rest, the king flew to Oklahoma City to challenge the Thunder.

The Thunder made a big deal in the offseason and officially entered the reconstruction stage. The combination of Russell + Ingram + Grant has achieved miraculous results. college basketball.

Su Yang led the Kings coaching staff to do a little research, and found that the Thunder is really Donovan's best college basketball style: reusing guards, short rotations and more main players, and the possession of the ball is also concentrated on the three-person team. Adams and others are all functional. sexual role.

As for getting two junk contracts from the Lakers, Donovan basically didn't use them, and he didn't let Luol Deng play in the preseason.

That kind of strategy actually allowed the Thunder to play okay.

The three young men have physical strength, they are tireless in rushing, their tactics are simple and they don't need to move too much, doing all kinds of random things.

The game started at 07:30.

Played normally in the first half, the Kings led by 12 points. In the third quarter, Su Yang instructed to boldly shrink and intercept the inside line, not allowing the Thunder to easily rush to the basket. Grant then hit the iron five consecutive three-pointers, and Russell made a three-pointer Three strikes in a row...

Ingram made a three-pointer, but got two fouls and two turnovers, which were also considered in vain.

In the end, the Kings defeated the Pelicans 131-107 to win the opening three-game winning streak. Brogdon, who came off the bench, scored the best 22 points, 10 assists and 4 rebounds. 3 tackles and 2 interceptions.

At the press conference after the game, Su Yang said with a smile when he talked about his former favorite Grant, who made 12 of 3 shots: "We are too familiar with him, it will help us in offense and defense, but that is not his true level. He's going to get promoted very quickly."

Grant is the kind of superb substitute,
Has a size advantage and a shooting touch, but the basic skills are deviated, and it will be difficult to perform normally when encountering high-intensity defense. On a championship team or a strong team in the playoffs, he can play his role to the maximum. Almost mean.

After finishing the press conference, the whole team flew to Denver overnight, and after a day's rest, adjusted the offseason to get Nance Jr.'s Nuggets.

There was no fluctuation throughout the game, and the Kings were suppressed by hard power. In the third quarter, a wave of flow laid the foundation, and finally won by 14 points.

Dun Luo performed the best, scoring 11 points with a super high efficiency of 9 of 20 shots, and did not suffer too much on the defensive end.

The whole team flew back to Saskatchewan overnight to face the Grizzlies back to back.

The Grizzlies didn't have too many weaknesses in the off-season. They only signed the "Time Lord" Kyle Anderson with the middle class. They mainly used Conley and Gasol to drive the offense and defense, but Gasol was obviously aging, and he no longer had the support he had back then. Bears' ability to defend.

McGee even grabbed three offensive rebounds in the opening game, helping the Kings to an 11-0 start and directly establishing the trend of the game.

The Kings won the game 107 to 92. Curry and Antetokounmpo both clocked in three quarters, and Tatum scored the highest score.

The five-game winning streak has made the Kings a hot topic of discussion.

The time was just around the corner for the early renewal deadline, and many commentators tweeted that 'the king won't renew Brogdon because the king doesn't want to pay the luxury tax, and giving up early is just an excuse to procrastinate'. After seeing it, Su Yang tweeted Push to refute.

"I didn't want to respond again, but now I promise to those fans who like Brogdon that we will renew Brogdon next year, please retweet these guys again at that time, remind other fans that their revelations cannot be trusted .”

With one trick, many commentators deleted their tweets, but some complained that Su Yang was too stingy and ended up personally.

Su Yang replied: I am an ordinary person, in the face of unnecessary criticism, I will occasionally pretend to be indifferent, but occasionally I will hate people,

That kind of tweet attracted many people to forward it, praising him as the most down-to-earth billionaire, comparable to an Internet celebrity.

Su Yangxin said that I learned from Musk, spoke for myself, and saved promotional expenses. A Chinese poem attracted 127 million + retweets and likes on Twitter, which attracted heated discussions among Chinese netizens. It is more bitter than those companies. Advertisement works better.

Mainly in the past, those multi-billionaires either pretended to be life mentors, or lived in seclusion, and did not go deep into the masses.

On the 26th the next day, the Kings played against the Wizards at home.

After the pre-match ceremony, the audience stood up and cheered. Su Yang appeared on the stage to help Jeff Green win the championship ring last season. Congratulations to Green for getting a long-term contract worth tens of millions of dollars. wonderful performance.

The game starts at seven o'clock.

Su Yang instructed the starting lineup to defend Wall and Bill, and the backup to defend Oubre. The bullying Wizards had a particularly concentrated possession of the ball and lacked high-quality screens. He successfully made Bill 11-of-3 three-pointers and Wall 6-for-1 three-pointers. , Let Oubre 5 of 1 three-pointers.

At the end of the game, the Kings beat the Wizards 116 to 97. Sabonis, who started the game, scored 26 points and 12 rebounds.

At the press conference after the game, the reporter asked Cousins ​​about his recovery from injury. Su Yang replied: "He has resumed regular training for a while, and he has successfully lost weight in the off-season. Next, he will gradually resume confrontational training. Everything is going well, he will come back in mid-November, we have made relevant plans and will notify fans at least five days in advance..."

After a day off, the king prepares for the Raptors.

The Raptors didn’t have many lineup changes in the off-season. General manager Ujiri tried his best and couldn’t do anything about it. Unless there is an unexpected opportunity in Canada, or long-term training, it is difficult to have big-name players. Bosh and Carter have left successively. .

However, Valanciunas's development of three-pointers and the appointment of new coach Nick Nass gave the Raptors a glimmer of hope.

Su Yang rushed to the Gold One Center at [-]:[-] p.m., and worked with the coaching staff to study countermeasures as usual, but found that there was no need to pay attention.

The Raptors, with DeRozan and Lowry at the core, really don’t have any special skills. Coach Nas, like many rookie coaches, likes the main force of dead grass, but he has a record of 2 wins and 4 losses so far. Compared with the Raptors under Coach Casey , it can be said that there is no change.

The game starts at seven o'clock.

In the first half, the King pursued 'friendship first' and played back and forth with the Raptors, but came back from the halftime break and pursued 'This is my horse' in the third quarter. A wave of tough defense directly let Lowry and DeLore Zan made 10 of 3 shots and finally beat the Raptors by 9 points.

In the press conference after the game, when talking about how to evaluate Nas, Su Yang said: "I admire him very much for his persistence on the road of coaching. He looks young, but he is an old-fashioned and experienced coach. The Raptors achieved a whole new level of achievement."

Nurse likes to watch the tactical videos of veteran coaches such as Hubie Brown. The biggest advantage is that he has his own set of coaching methodologies and can consciously use active means to win games. The best representative is to focus on the quadruple against Curry.

Love to learn and dare to try, two points are enough to succeed.

After Su Yang finished the press conference, the Raptors continued. After Nas took the stage, he asked the reporter how he felt, and said with a smile: "Although I spent two hours studying the king every day in the past summer, I can face Su Yang directly today. I still don’t understand…”

After a day off, the king started the four-game Eastern Conference.

Everyone boarded the plane again, and after taking their seats, McGee said: "The Cavaliers lost last night. We are now the only team in the league that is undefeated at the start of the game. Many fans are discussing how strong we are and why we can always win. win?"

After the words fell, the king's generals instinctively looked at Su Yang.

Seeing the situation, Su Yang said with a smile: "Because we have a heart that never stops, we have not been proud and slack because of the past achievements. The road to Xiongguan is as long as iron, and now we are starting from the beginning. Take them all down!"

　Something is delayed, today is just one chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)