Author: Can play the harmonica

Chapter 221

Lu Yusheng didn't know that the management was unhappy about the dealings of him.

He felt happy that he was about to play against the Denver Nuggets.

Facing his idol Aaron Iverson is what makes him happy.

The Lakers' match against the Denver Nuggets is held at the Lakers' home court. The game officially begins at 19:30 p.m. local time in Los Angeles!

During the entrance ceremony, the Denver Nuggets entered the finale with Iverson, which received cheers from the audience.

It seems that Iverson still has a certain amount of weight in the hearts of fans at Staples Center.

Of course, Lu Yusheng was the one who received the biggest cheers when the players played in this game.

His popularity even surpassed Kobe.

Indeed, Lu Yusheng has been the most popular player recently.

In fact, Phil Jackson didn't take it seriously in this game. He was basically not afraid of teams like the Denver Nuggets.

The tactical feature of the Denver Nuggets is that they have no holistic tactics and rely solely on golden double guns to fight.

The way they play by relying on their personal abilities is not that their head coach George Carl has no tactics, mainly because the lineup given to him by the Denver Nuggets management is not in line with George Carl's advice style at all.

George Carl's style of advice is that a powerful point guard must be on the court, giving all the power to the point guard, so that everyone can play around him, so that George Carl's tactics can be played out.

But unfortunately, Allen Iverson is obviously not the type of point guard he wants.

When the Nuggets management negotiated the deal with the 76ers, George Carl had already expressed his attitude. If Allen Iverson came to play the second position, he would completely agree with it.

But if Allen Iverson was asked to play No. 1, he would definitely object.

Unfortunately, the Denver Nuggets still believe that the omnipotent Allen Iverson will bring them magic.

So, it makes George Carl very uncomfortable.

Since the Denver Nuggets have settled the deal and got him Allen Iverson, he has no other choice but to use whatever he wants.

Many times, NBA head coaches are like chefs. Although they have unique skills, many times, the management cannot bring them the ingredients in the cuisine they are good at according to their ideas, which leads to them being unable to exert their true strength.

Many coaches are very twisted, but there is no good way. If you are not a coach of Phil Jackson or Popovich, you often do not have your own choice in hiring people.

George Carl is in his current situation. When the team has already brought you the great Allen Iverson, you don’t know how to make this dish, and you have to bite the bullet.

But they played really twisted at the beginning, especially in the games when Allen Iverson just joined the team, the Denver Nuggets played really incompetently. Head coach George Carl tried to convince Allen Iverson to make changes, let him organize tactics and connect the entire team's offense.

And Allen Iverson did this, as he was ruthlessly abandoned by his parent team 76, which was difficult for him to accept. After all, since he entered the league, he was the king of that team.

Everything about that team serves him, the lineup is built for his playing style, and the coach's tactics also serve his playing style. Coach Brown is such a coach who attaches importance to defense, but in order to adapt to Allen Iverson's style, he finally made compromises and no longer emphasizes defense too much and allows him to attack.

All his glory, glory, and everything in Philadelphia, he thought he would stay there, fight until he retired, and become the king there.

But he did not expect that the 76ers were already tired of his personal performance and no record in recent years. From the time he entered the league, it had been a full ten years since the 2006-2007 season. The 76ers believed that except for one final experience, Allen Iverson did not bring them what they wanted, so they really wanted to rebuild.

They basically put Allen Iverson on the shelves very easily and quickly completed the deal with the Denver Nuggets.

Aaron Iverson didn't even react and was kicked to the Denver Plateau, a desolate place.

This is completely unacceptable to Allen Iverson, who once had such a glorious past. He really wants to prove to the management of the 76ers and the world that this deal is definitely a stupid deal, and he wants the 76ers to completely regret it.

So, when he came to the Denver Nuggets, he decided to say goodbye to the past completely, be a brand new self, and start over!

So when Coach George Carl tried to make changes, he was really willing and proactive in changing his playing style and adjusting his rhythm in order to adapt to the Nuggets' tactics.

But there are some things that he has played for ten years and is an ostensibly point guard, but in fact, he has always been the role of shooting guard.

In the past ten years, he has already unlimitedly released his offensive nature in the 76ers. All his teammates have already integrated into his bones with the offensive rhythm. Now he has made a sudden change and play a role that makes balls for his teammates everywhere and passes the ball to his teammates. It is really difficult for him to adapt to it for a while.

He did try hard to do it, but he really couldn't do it. When those opportunities appeared and when the blood was on the head, he would reflexibly forget the tactics explained by the coach at the beginning, and then attack frantically.

It was not until he felt something was wrong that he realized it, but it was too late. At this time, the Nuggets' tactics were already in chaos. Everything that coach George Carl arranged before the game was completely disrupted to the rhythm.

Aaron Iverson was also very upset about this, but he had no choice. It was his nature. He could not quickly bind himself and say goodbye to the ten-year-old fighting style.

Coach George Carl also understands this truth, and he can see that Allen Iverson really wants to play for him and really wants to make changes.

But he also knows that it is really hard to change the way you play for ten years and transform from an offensive genius to an organizer.

George Carl is so smart. He knew that it would not work to let Iverson make a change, but if he continues to twist like this, his record will be very ugly. At that time, he may be the first to be dismissed.

So, he simply changed his tactics and saved his record.

His tactical adjustment was to let Allen Iverson and Anthony attack, and then let other players be responsible for wiping their butts and defending.

For offense, if you only pursue the regular season record, George Carl is very clear that he doesn't use too many tactics at all. With the offensive talents of Allen Iverson and Anthony, his firepower is definitely enough.

In other words, no matter what kind of defense the opponent is, with these two people, no matter how they target, the basic score will definitely be there. It is absolutely no problem for each of the two to score 60 points, after all, the offensive talent is there.

With such a basic score, teammates will add more. If you want a player like JR Smith, if you add another ten or twenty points, there will be no problem with the offense.

As for organizing the offense, it's enough to leave it to Andre Miller. Although Andre Miller's talent is limited and it's difficult to become the point guard at the level that George Carl wants the most, it's definitely enough to let him lay the foundation.

So, he just needs to defend well and let other teammates help them defend, so that is enough to win.

Therefore, George Carl has almost all his energy on how to strengthen the team's defense. When your team has players like Nene Hillaryo, Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, it is actually very simple to build a defensive system.

Therefore, on the defensive end, George Carl used the super defensive abilities of these three people to build various systems of defensive tactics.

Then, on the offensive end, Allen Iverson and Anthony let go.

This move really worked. After Allen Iverson joined the team and lost several consecutive games, when George Carl made this adjustment, they quickly ushered in a row of winning streaks.

This wave of winning streak has made the team feel prosperous and all doubts about them have been resolved.

But even with such a smooth flow, Phil Jackson did not take them seriously.

In Phil Jackson's opinion, teams like the Denver Nuggets are the best teams to play.

You just need to beat the offense well, just destroy their defensive system, that's enough. As for defense, you only need to limit their Andre Miller. When this guy is restricted, the Denver Nuggets' offense basically has no structure, leaving only singles between Iverson and Anthony.

But it is obviously unrealistic to win the Lakers in this singles.

Therefore, the first tactic used by Phil Jackson in this game was to let Lu Yusheng face Andre Miller.

This made Lu Yusheng a little unhappy. He hoped that Iverson would be the one who matched him. He had dreamed several times in this game. He fought against Allen Iverson on the court, and he fought back and forth.

As a result, as soon as he got on the court, he just asked him to face Andre Miller.

But Lu Yusheng understood the Zen master's tactics very well, so even if he was reluctant, he still did as the Zen master's instructions.

As soon as both sides kicked off, Lu Yusheng went directly to face Andre Miller.

Lu Yusuo is very good at defending players like Andre Miller. Andre Miller is basically the type with the least talent in the position of point guard.

Karen Mok not only has no talent in physical condition, but also has limited technical talent. When he was young, he had already had the floor flow.

He plays very well.

His oil gave some point guards with great talent because he was too experienced in playing.

When he faces point guards who can run and jump, those very talented point guards always want to cut him off and cover him with their hats.

In this way, Andre Miller's Taoer was touched. He always deceived them with all kinds of fake moves, making them very uncomfortable.

But Lu Yusheng is really not afraid of players of this type. He knows very well that you only need to do one thing well against players like Andre Miller, that is, don’t let him break through, and don’t let him score easily, that is enough.

He knew very well what Andre Miller's function was on the court. As long as he did not let his teammates lead and played out the organization, it would be the best restriction on him.

Therefore, when Lu Yusheng was replaced, he was targeting Andre Miller.

Andre Miller almost used all kinds of fake moves to deceive him, but Lu Yusheng didn't eat at all. He always stayed in front of him, and kept him, and did not cover him, just not let him break through and shoot easily.

Andre Miller played very uncomfortable. He had no way to lead the team, so he could only let Iverson and Anthony go.

But in this situation tonight, Iverson was targeted by Kobe as soon as he came on the court. When Kobe showed his defensive momentum to defend Iverson, Lu Yusheng found that Iverson was actually not easy to play.

Lu Yusheng's impression was that in the 2001 Lakers and 76ers finals, Iverson was not as troubled as Kobe now. He often could easily break through and then make a quick stop and jump shot.

But now, when Kobe is using all his strength to defend Iverson, it seems really difficult for Iverson to score in front of Kobe without using the pick-and-roll.

Obviously, at this time, Iverson had lost the explosive power and speed he was proud of, and it was difficult for him to make a positive breakthrough for Kobe.

When you can't make a breakthrough head-on, your shooting fake moves are not threatening, but Kobe was in the past, and his ability to move sideways has not yet declined. In addition, his height and wingspan are far superior to Iverson, so Iverson's play is very difficult.

He tried to play a few, but Kobe was defended by all of them. In the end, he had no choice but to pass the ball.

In this case, the Nuggets' offense is only Anthony left. After all, the Lakers actually don't have a good candidate to deal with Anthony's point. Luke Walton's defense is not enough in front of Anthony, who claims to be an offensive kaleidoscope, and it is basically difficult to limit him.

But the Zen master did not replace Odom or others to deal with Anthony, or to adjust any assisted tactics to deal with Anthony, so he asked him to fight Luke Walton.

This is exactly what he wants.

No matter how powerful you are, even if you pull your offensive ability to the extreme, what can you do? You can't beat the Lakers at all.

What's more, if you attack like this, do you still have the energy to do it in the second half?

On the other hand, at the beginning of this game, Kobe was abnormal and did not attack directly. He was always making balls for his teammates and constantly passing balls to his teammates.

When Lu Yusu and Kobe were playing ball for their teammates on the court, the Lakers' offense became extremely smooth because the opponent had no way to limit it, and they had no limit to the center of gravity.

When they focus on Kobe, Lu Yusheng's pass will make them lose sight of each other, and when they focus on Lu Yusheng's defense, Kobe's offense becomes extremely simple.

(End of this chapter)
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