Bishop of the Devil

Seeing that Adelman couldn't stand it anymore, Richard called a timeout and immediately laughed!

What Adelman is thinking is exactly why Richard feels sure to win!

The Trail Blazers are just a slow positional attack. Anyway, they know very well that even if they speed up the fast break, they will not be able to go faster. They might as well just play a steady positional battle!

Taking advantage of his height and inside rebounding advantages, he doesn't just make breakthroughs, he just shoots!

On the defensive end, even if the Blazers can't defend with all their players as quickly as possible, the Warriors can't get up fast. When the Warriors are fully positioned, even if the Blazers are slower, they still have all their players in position. Got it!

With all the players in position, the Trail Blazers took advantage of their height advantage to let the Warriors cut inside, leaving absolutely no chance for an open shot from the outside!

But when cutting inside, Ben and O'Neal, who have already found a defensive rhythm, are becoming more and more skilled in cooperation.

Ben will be the first line of defense first. If the opponent can get past Ben, they will have to face O'Neal next!

Even if he can get past O'Neal Jr., the help of Big Ben will become another difficulty!

This resulted in the Warriors, who had a slight advantage at the beginning, making the game more and more difficult!

It was so difficult that Adelman had to call a timeout!

Even if there are only the last two minutes of the first quarter, this timeout is imperative because Adelman feels that if he doesn't make some changes, the game may collapse in the next two minutes!

"Li, your tactics worked. God, the simplest tactics have such an amazing effect!" Carlisle's face was filled with surprise. This result was something he had not expected.

At the beginning, the Trail Blazers were in trouble and couldn't find their own rhythm!

But as time progressed, Richard's simple tactics became effective!

There are four newcomers on the court, and O'Neal Jr. and Kobe Bryant are even more ridiculously young!

In this case, Richard would only arrange difficult tactics for the team unless his brain was flooded...

It is simply impossible for newcomers to implement difficult tactics thoroughly. Instead of letting them implement difficult tactics and then achieve half-assed results!

It's better to just use the simplest tactics and achieve 100% effect!

Positional defensive counterattack!

This is the cornerstone tactic set by Richard for the Blazers!

The so-called cornerstone tactic is the main style of a team. For example, the cornerstone tactic of the Suns in later generations is run and gun. From this cornerstone tactic of run and gun, some single-round tactics can be branched out.

Positional defense and counterattack, which includes both defense and offense!

On the defensive end, positional defense uses man-to-man tactics. When the opponent plays pick-and-roll, switch defenses immediately!

This is the simplest defensive tactic when zone defense cannot be used. I am afraid that even a fool can understand and execute this tactic well.

Can't you mark people? Wouldn't you change your defense when encountering a pick-and-roll? How can it be!

On the offensive end, it is still a positional battle. Positional offense is the same as the Princeton system. Positional battles also require players to position themselves in the frontcourt!

It's just that this positional attack doesn't require the troublesome tactical coordination of Princeton!

Big Ben and O'Neal on the inside guard the inside defense and protect the rebounds, and the three anti-aircraft guns on the outside are firing as much as they want!

There are no fast breaks, no crazy breakthroughs, just shooting!

To put it simply, the Blazers' offensive end consists of two tough guys inside and three anti-aircraft gun shooters!

Whether it is Rasheed, Robinson or Kobe, they are all about ten centimeters taller than their opposing players, enough to be called anti-aircraft guns!

It can be said that this is the simplest and most brainless tactic, but for the immature Blazers now, it is the most effective tactic!

At least against the mature Princeton system, this brainless tactic worked quite well!

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"Price, you go off the court and rest first. Armstrong, you go to the point guard position. If there is a fast break opportunity, don't miss it!"

Adelman had no choice but to take Price off the court and replace him with the young black point guard Armstrong!

The point difference between the two sides has now reached six points, and the Trail Blazers scored 23 points in ten minutes.

This offensive efficiency is already quite terrifying!

The Warriors currently have only 17 points scored.

Being behind by such a point difference does not mean that the Warriors' shooting percentage is lower than that of the Trail Blazers, but that their rebounding is completely lost to the Trail Blazers!

Miller's rebounding ability is not very strong. In an NCAA environment, he can still be considered outstanding. But in the NBA, his rebounding ability can only be regarded as average and slightly below the level!

Even though O'Neal is so immature now, O'Neal's rebounding ability is still better than Miller!

Not to mention that there is a rebounding monster named Ben who is eyeing him!

After two years of special training by Richard, Big Ben's rebounding ability is definitely not at the level of those who just entered the league in history.

It will definitely not reach the level of fifteen rebounds per game in his peak period, but now that Ben is averaging 10 rebounds per game, it is not a problem!

With O'Neal Jr. and Ben Ben, the Blazers' rebounding is their advantage. Not to mention the Warriors who are not strong in rebounding inside, I am afraid that half of the teams in the league are not as good as the Blazers in rebounding!

Moreover, the most frightening thing is that this is just the young Auburn combination. After these two people have grown up for another two years, it will not be too difficult for the Blazers to suppress the league in rebounding!

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Whoever gets the rebounds wins the world!

This is absolutely correct. More offensive rebounds means that the team has more second-attack opportunities and gets more shots than its opponents. Even if the shooting rate is lower, it can still win!

There are more defensive rebounds, which naturally means that the opponent has fewer offensive rebounds, and the opponent cannot get a second offensive opportunity!

Richard has always believed in this view, those who get rebounds win the world, which is why he insists on putting O'Neal in the starting position instead of the stronger and more experienced Sabonis!

He knows very well that under the best circumstances, O'Neal Jr. may reach the level of Sabonis in rebounding in a short period of time!

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Now if the Warriors want to offset the Blazers' rebounding advantage, there is only one way, and that is to seize all fast break opportunities and improve their shooting percentage. Otherwise, they will definitely lose in this frog-stewed rhythm!

"Coach, I'll play point guard! In this situation, I'm more suitable to play point guard!" Adelman was about to arrange for Armstrong to play point guard when the madman spoke.

Adelman looked at the madman very dissatisfied. No head coach wants to hear such words.

Are you more suitable to play point guard?! Am I a fool? If you were more suitable, would I let Armstrong go? !