Chapter 309 [The real madman and the false madman]
On November 7, the SuperSonics faced the Golden State Warriors at home.
This game was broadcast live on ESPN across the United States and was a very interesting focus match. Because the core player of the Warriors is "Madman" Latrell Sprewell, who had a conflict with Yang Jian last season and was knocked out with a punch.
Got a concussion.
As long as these two match up, they can attract the attention of many fans.
Before the game, many fans speculated about what they would say and felt that they would not play the game like normal people.
For example, Yang Jian asked: "You are not dead, are you?" Sprewell said: "I am not dead, I can still elbow."
The league arranged this live broadcast, of course, not to see Yang Jian beating someone up again, or Sprewell practicing martial arts to complete his revenge. Both teams are offensive teams, and the offensive game will be more interesting to watch.
This season, the Sonics have the most live games in the United States. President David Stern is very satisfied with the Sonics' style of play, praising offense and encouraging speed.
Although the president does not want to see local stars being beaten by Yang Jian, he must admit that the SuperSonics played beautifully. The perpetual positional battle style of play like the Bulls and Jazz should be eliminated. Compared with the SuperSonics, the other strong teams
The game was so ugly.
The current mainstream style of play in the league is to fight hard on defense, open up the offensive end, and let the stars hold the ball and challenge each other. After the fans watched too much of the SuperSonics' fast breaks and Yang Jian's crazy scoring, Jordan arched his back twice, with a beautiful posture like
The turnaround and fadeaway jump shot doesn't look that good anymore.
Yang Jian's statistics in the last game were explosive, and people speculated that he would also score a lot this time. Sprewell definitely didn't want to see Yang Jian score super high scores, he would work hard.
In the locker room, Warriors head coach Rick Adelman emphasized the tactics and asked the players to resolutely double-team Yang Jian. He would rather let others shoot easily than let Yang Jian score high points. It doesn't matter if he loses, just
So extreme.
Adelman is scared. He is one of the worst coaches in the league at arranging defensive tactics. Last season, the Warriors he coached conceded an average of 103.1 points per game. Although the team averaged 101.6 points per game, they only won 36
game and missed the playoffs.
If Yang Jian is restricted and prevented from scoring high scores, Adelman feels that he can last until the end of the season before being fired. If Yang Jian breaks out today, he may be fired soon.
The team's record is too poor and the Warriors must rebuild.
Adelman can stay in this position purely because the team does not have a better coaching candidate. He is a coach who advocates offense. The team's strong offensive power can attract some fans to watch the game at home, but the management does not care about him.
There is a limit to your patience.
It is worth mentioning that Adelman has a good relationship with several stars on the team. He can help the stars obtain good data. Sprewell and Joe Smith both hope that he can continue to be a coach.
In a parallel world, the Warriors replaced coach Carlesimo in the 1997-98 season, who was not good at handling player relations, and something went wrong with the team immediately. Sprewell was angered and strangled Carlesimo's neck, and was suspended.
for a season.
In fact, it is not just a problem for the players. Carlesimo had conflicts with the stars when he was coaching the Trail Blazers. He liked to yell and scream at the players with a harsh voice, which was particularly annoying. During his coaching period, the Trail Blazers
Top star Drexler took the initiative to request a trade, and the Blazers were forced to start rebuilding.
This guy's coaching career was quite bizarre. He was rebuilt everywhere and was a laughing stock in the coaching circle. Later, Carlesimo briefly coached the Sonics, but the Sonics simply disappeared. The team moved to Oklahoma City and was renamed the Thunder.
After arranging the tactics, Adelman looked at the sharp-eyed Sprewell and thought for a while without saying anything. He knew that there were some things that needed to be said, and Sprewell would never dare to provoke Yang Jian again. This had nothing to do with the national live broadcast of the game.
Because he can't beat it.
Most black people in the United States bully others and shrink back when their opponents are strong. Now Yang Jian is so crazy and extremely popular that even if the coach encourages Sprewell to provoke, he would not dare.
This game is a confrontation between real madmen and false madmen.
In the home team's locker room, George Karl laid out tactics, but had no intention of letting Yang Jiandou take more shots. "Yang, the Warriors will definitely prevent you from taking more shots in this game. You have attracted double teams and passed the ball more. Gary should pay attention to changing positions with Yang.
Run, catch and shoot and cut inside, while others are ready to catch and shoot."
George Karl said to Payton again: "Gary, don't be obsessed with assists. You have many ways to help the team. Use your scoring ability and we will play better."
Payton nodded. It is indeed difficult for him to compete for the assist title this season because Yang Jian has increased the number of offenses with the ball. Last season, Yang Jian mainly attacked without the ball, and when he reached the finals, he did not hesitate to attack with the ball.
.
Everyone in the team can see that Yang Jian plays a greater role when attacking with the ball.
Payton won't be obsessed with assists, because he can't be ranked first in history.
Stockton's assist data is too outrageous, and his career is still very long. Payton can't surpass it even if he works hard every season. For Payton, pursuing a single data king is not as good as winning a championship.
, a championship ring will definitely enhance his historical status more than an assists title.
TV5 broadcast the game live, and the ratings were even higher. Even the game on Thursday had super high ratings, which made people suspect that many people skipped work and classes.
Zhang Lili said: "Yang Jian was in great form after the start of the game. I don't know if he can score high points again today."
Sun Zhengping said: "It definitely can. He has never scored less than 30 points since the start of the game."
Zhang Lili smiled and said: "30 points is not a high score for him. I think he should start at least 40 points."
30 points is considered a high score for Payton. His career-high 38 points came in 46 minutes, and he has never scored 40 points.
During the warm-up, Payton's shooting touch was good. Yang Jian walked up to him and said: "Gary, you are in good condition today. Take more shots and try to score the highest score in your career."
"We play like we did in practice?" Payton laughed.
"Yes, cut in and out, I can definitely see you. Fuck Price, don't be polite to him." Yang Jian and Payton exchanged fists.
Yang Jian always offends his teammates by collecting points, so he chooses a big-core play style to develop in an all-round way. He just doesn't intend to rebound. The shooting guard always shrinks and grabs rebounds to hurt the team, unless his teammates' rebounding is too bad.
, otherwise he wouldn't do it.
Yang Jian guessed that he would definitely face a tighter defense. He could beat Sprewell alone, but it would be more troublesome. If his teammates changed the main attack, things would become very simple.
This season the Warriors signed star point guard Mark Price, a white man who is 183cm tall and weighs 77kg. Price was selected to the All-Stars four times while playing for the Cavaliers, but in the past two years he has suffered frequent injuries and has declined.
His weak athletic ability became even worse.
Payton has a great physical advantage against Price, and Yang Jian is not the only one who can use the roll call tactic.
SuperSonics starting lineup: Payton, Yang Jian, Schrempf, Kemp, Buck Williams.
Warriors starting lineup: Mark Price, Sprewell, Chris Mullin, Joe Smith, Todd Fuller.
Kemp won the jump ball and the game began.
Yang Jian first reached the right corner, and then under the cover of Kemp, he ran to 70 degrees outside the three-point line and received Schrempf's pass. Sprewell and Joe Smith immediately double-teamed Yang Jian from the outside.
Todd Fuller is the No. 11 pick in this year's first round. He is a white center who is 211cm tall and weighs 116 kilograms. He is responsible for guarding the penalty area. If the Sonics mainly attack the basket, he will deal with two famous inside players. Generally speaking, coaches really
I dare not arrange it this way, the loopholes are too obvious.
The SuperSonics started to follow the usual offensive routine. Schrempf passed the ball and ran to the left. Mullin was at a height disadvantage as the defense. Yang Jian passed the ball to Schrempf and it was an opportunity for a single.
Yang Jian changed direction to the middle and passed the ball to Payton, who was looking for a cover from the left and cut inside. Payton received the ball and made an emergency stop in the corner of the left penalty area for a jumper. Price couldn't cover it, but Todd Fuller
There was no defense and the ball went in. 2 to 0.
The rookie center did not dare to go out to help defend the defender. Kemp made a cut on the right side. Although he did not have the ball, could he let it go? His choice cannot be said to be wrong. If he saves it, Payton takes advantage of the situation and passes the ball to Kemp, which is a dunk opportunity. Joe Smith
Unable to respond in time.
Yang Jian sent the first assist of the game, which was too easy.