Chapter 144 The Defense Book Of The Smiling Assassin (2/5)
The SuperSonics' lineup is very stable, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
A stable lineup and playing style can allow players to perform more stably, but at the same time, there will also be problems that are easy to be targeted due to insufficient changes.
The current Sonics are at a stage where they are being targeted everywhere.
There are now a large number of coaches in the NBA who specialize in cracking the Sonics.
Isiah Thomas is certainly no exception.
The Smiling Assassin doesn't care about the blame-shifting system or not, he doesn't deal with those that are false.
Isn’t Yes insufficient for confrontation?
If there is not enough confrontation to defend the player who is attacking with the ball, then use Jamal Crawford, who is strong in the offense with the ball, to deal with him.
Isn’t Milicic talented but inexperienced?
Then use Eddie Curry, a young shark who is very experienced on the offensive end, to deal with it.
David Lee has excellent rebounding and his second offense is quite unique, so use another secondary offense monster, Wilcox, to counter him.
As for Quentin Richardson and Rajon Rondo, these two players are garbage in the Knicks and do not need too many targeted arrangements.
"After this game, I can also publish a book on defending Yes like Rick Carlisle!"
Isiah Thomas feels that Rick Carlisle, who is now very popular in the coaching world, is his learning partner.
Whether you are a coach or a fan, using Yes to become famous is the fastest way!
In order to deal with this game against the Sonics, Isiah Thomas is well prepared.
Shaq Eddie Curry's jump ball, which Isiah Thomas had high hopes for, lost to Milicic.
Curry is the same height as Milicic and weighs more than Milicic. It is normal that he is not as good at jumping the ball as Milicic.
The Seattle SuperSonics started the first offensive attack of the game.
This game was arranged by head coach Isiah Thomas to defend Yes, and Jamal Crawford didn't know whether to call Isiah Thomas naive or magical.
What kind of defense is he like? He still doesn't know it?
Yes, even as a rookie, he cannot defend a player who averages 30 points per game.
However, since Isiah Thomas asked him to defend Yes, he can't shirk it.
Isiah Thomas's status in the world is not something he can resist.
As soon as Yes passed halftime, Crawford followed him inseparably.
Not only Crawford, there is another person besides Crawford beside Ye Si.
"Off the ball?!"
Barkley looked at the defensive situation on the field and thought for a moment that he had made a mistake!
That Sonics 9 is Jordan?!
In this game, the New York Knicks are planning to use two people to guard Yes?!
Now Marbury and Crawford are all by Ye's side.
There was no defender in front of Rondo who dribbled the ball to the top of the key.
Balkman, who was originally guarding Quentin Richardson, stood between Rondo and Quentin Richardson.
Yes, who was standing in the bottom corner, was guarded by two, and Rondo and Richardson, who were standing at the top of the arc, were guarded by one and two?!
The defensive strategies of Isiah Thomas and the Knicks made Nelson stunned on the sidelines.
"Does Isiah Thomas look down on Rondo and Quentin Richardson so much?!"
It is true that the Smiling Assassin doesn't think highly of Rondo and Richardson, but using Balkman to defend them can be considered a sign of their importance to these two former New York players.
Balkman's defensive evaluation this year is very good. He is the engine of the Knicks' defense. His defense is full of energy and hard work. He is the best player for the New York Knicks to defend one against two!
Looking at Yes standing in the corner, Rondo's face was dark, Yes was not moving, and his intention of standing in the corner was obvious.
Yes, you want me to handle this attack?!
Bringing the defender to the bottom corner and making room for him means letting him directly lead the attack.
Rondo has a lot of assists this season, but he doesn't lead the offense much.
Yes trust him so much?!
"So infuriating!"
Mr. Long Er is really angry now!
Even if his former opponents thought Er Ye was trash, they still treated him as an NBA player.
Isiah Thomas is treating his second master like nothing!
Balkman defends one against two, but is more on Richardson's side. Why can't he come over a little bit?!
This embarrasses me, okay?!
Rondo glared at Balkman fiercely. Balkman was also innocent. This was the head coach's arrangement. If you want to glare, just stare at the Smiling Assassin.
Also, instead of staring here and there, I might as well just shoot and let the Smiling Assassin get punished, so I don't have to defend one against two.
Glancing at the basket, Rondo resisted the urge to strike and let the Knicks go first this time!
Let you take a good look at Mr. Long's breakthrough. I can kill you without using the secret weapon of shooting!
"Rondo's offensive choices are still problematic because of his poor shooting!"
Being placed like this, shooting is all it takes. Rush inside, which is the range of inside defense. The original four-on-three situation was directly changed to 3-on-3.5 by Rondo's breakthrough.
After Rondo chose to break through, Balkman directly defended Richardson, while Yeez, who had been standing in the bottom corner, led Marbury and Crawford's defense to move to the upper limit.
"Isn't Rondo stupid?"
"Yes is still actively cooperating with Rondo?!"
"Yes, you trust Rondo too much?!"
Even if Yes attacks against two people's defense, it's still better than Rondo handling the ball like an idiot!
Four on three, it has to be played like this. Calling a pick-and-roll is better than just dribbling the ball and breaking through!
Eddy Curry and Wilcox were very happy when they saw Rondo rushing over. There was only a little space inside, which was enough for them to defend 2 and 3!
"Yes, it's really hard for you"
Marbury is really convinced now. Is Rondo the undercover Isiah Thomas placed next to Yes?
With such a group of undercover agents, Yes actually led the SuperSonics to seventh place in the Western Conference!
"Rondo has reached a dead end!"
It was already about to hit Curry, but Rondo was still "slowly" killing him inside.
"Isiah's tactical layout is very amateurish, and Rondo's offensive handling of the ball is equally amateurish."
"A player who averages more than 10 assists per game, with his ability to handle the ball, is no wonder he is ridiculed by the national media as O'Neal's grandmother."
"Yes has been using his actions to support the growth of his teammates, but the growth of his teammates will disappoint him!"
You can clip it on now!
The timing is great!
Isiah Thomas was pleased with the timing of Curry and Wilcox's double-teaming of Rondo.
Now Rondo can't pass to the outside, he can't pass to the inside, and he can't even attack by himself!
A good four-on-three was turned into a turnover by Rondo!
Where is the ball?
With a bang, Thomas, who was praising Curry and Wilcox, heard a dunk!
Milicic dunked?!
Rondo can actually pass the ball to Milicic?!
Chapter completed!