Chapter 311 310. Xiao Pao: I regret it, I shouldn't have been so cocky

The opponent's current offense seems to be similar to the team offense in the first quarter, but there are essential differences.

Fans who only watch basketball occasionally may not be able to see the difference, but if you watch more games and have a certain understanding of the techniques and tactics, you can easily find the difference. Scott was considered a top-notch coach in the NBA before the small ball era, so he can naturally see the difference.

Rondo, Millsap, and Mike Miller, the three players who can pass the ball, their first goal after getting the ball is to pass it to Zhang Yang and let Zhang Yang shoot!

It was true that it was Muhammad who shot in the third attack just now, but that was because Zhang Yang was double-teamed after the screen and had no ball, which created an absolutely open opportunity, so Millsap passed the ball to Muhammad.

This adjustment does not affect the operation of tactics. It only changes the tendency of choosing the shooting end point. As long as the person who receives the ball dares to throw the ball and can make the shot, he can make the shot.

Scott also saw the tactical purpose - to avoid the decline in offense during the adaptation phase when the tactical core is replaced.

Rondo, Hill, Mike Miller, Millsap, and Okafor can barely be counted as one. The five of them are good at different passing methods. When two or three of them take turns to play as tactical cores, even if they use the same tactics, the offensive focus will be different.

It is certainly impossible to replace all five players on the court when making substitutions. Therefore, the players who partnered with the previous tactical core combination must adjust their running methods according to the passing habits of the tactical core after the tactical core is replaced. Although the Bobcats players are very familiar with each other and have a tacit understanding, this time will not be long... but the opponent is the Hornets, the top four team in the league, and the Hornets are scoring like crazy tonight under the leadership of Paul. The two or three rounds, three or four rounds of offensive decline are enough for Paul to lead the team to gain an advantage.

If the Bobcats adjust their shooting endpoint selection tendency, there may not be this offensive decline phase. No matter which tactical core comes on the court, they will pass the ball to Zhang Yang with a clear goal.

Over the next few possessions, the Bobcats played just as Scott expected.

Zhang Yang ran out of opportunity, and his teammate with the ball passed the ball to him for a shot. He didn't run out of the open space, but none of his teammates had an open position either. So his teammate with the ball still passed the ball to him. The tactics really didn't work, so they just threw the blame to him and he just swung it and it was done.

The Bobcats made a lineup rotation, replacing Mike Miller and Millsap with Hill and Okafor. As Scott analyzed, their first goal was to pass the ball to Zhang Yang. This time the Bobcats' team offense did not have a brief stagnation like the two lineup rotations in the first quarter, and had a smooth transition!

After Zhang Yang played for 5 minutes, Felton took over as the main attacking point. There was no obvious transition period for the Bobcats' team offense.

In terms of personal offensive advantage, Felton has a greater advantage against Paul than Zhang Yang against Morris Peterson, which is even greater than Zhang Yang against James Posey.

After Zhang Yang went off the court for a rest, the Bobcats' offense did not decline but increased, which is rare in Bobcats games, except when their opponent is Paul.

Scott saw through the opponent's tactical intentions but did not make any adjustments on the defensive end.

This star's playing style is different from the star's swinging the ball.

Carlisle kept at least three passing points on the court to ensure that Zhang Yang or Felton could get the ball to an open player when they were double-teamed.

Therefore, the tactical adjustment of off-ball double-teaming or cutting off the passing line is not advisable, especially when Rondo is on the court. As long as the middle or the basket is open, Paul cannot stop Rondo from breaking through to the inside to score. If Paul leaves Rondo open to participate in the double-team, Rondo will be happier to break through. If he is blocked in the inside, just pass the ball. If he does not move in advance to block him, it will be a layup.

However, the reason why Scott did not adjust his defense was not entirely because of this, but because Paul went crazy tonight!
Facing Zhang Yang and Felton, Paul played his craziest performance since the start of the season tonight and led the team to the most ferocious offense since the start of the season!
Moreover, this adjustment by the Bobcats does not only have advantages, but also has obvious and even fatal disadvantages - it puts the offensive pressure on several not-so-outstanding tactical cores.

Millsap and Rondo, who are in their second year, are not mature; Okafor has average talent in passing; Hill is a mediocre passer; Mike Miller is the most mature one among the group, but he is a one-sided student who can only pass the ball on the wing.

These five players took turns playing in groups of three, playing very hard and attentively. Although the continuity of the Bobcats' offensive tactics was well maintained, the five players occasionally made mistakes in offensive decisions. For example, one time Mike Miller made a long pass to Perkins who was left open in the mid-range after helping Felton set a screen. Perkins was stunned when he received the ball, and Paul, who came back, stole the ball and launched a counterattack...

The Bobcats scored 15 points in the first quarter with Zhang Yang and Felton scoring a combined 3 points and 30 assists. The offensive firepower continued and improved in the second quarter!
Zhang Yang played for 5 minutes in the first half of the quarter, rested for more than 4 minutes in the middle, and replaced Rondo at the end of the quarter. He teamed up with Felton to fight against Paul. He played for 7 minutes and 33 seconds, made 7 of 4 shots, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 10 points and 1 assist.

费尔顿打了7分钟，6投4中，其中三分球4中3，加上1中1的罚球，拿到12分。

Led by these two players, the Bobcats scored 32 points in the second quarter!
However, the Hornets continued to suppress the Bobcats in the second quarter. Paul scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists in a single quarter, leading the team to score 34 points in a single quarter!
Paul's performance tonight was really great. Whenever he passed the ball, his teammates either had the opportunity to shoot or passed it to teammates with better opportunities. His MVP-level strength was fully demonstrated!

At the end of the first half, the Hornets led the Bobcats by 70 points, 62 to 8!
The Bobcats were firmly defeated. Scott was very satisfied with Paul's performance. He couldn't be more satisfied. He had 14 points and 11 assists in the first half. Even if Nash was in his prime, this would be the most he could do.

However, although he suppressed the opponent, Carlisle's tactical adjustment still surprised Scott and made him admire him. If he were in his place, he would never think about it in this regard, and even if he did, he would not dare to do it.

In the Bobcats' offensive system, Zhang Yang, Felton, and Okafor are the three most important players, especially Zhang Yang and Felton. They average 8 assists per game. If they are separated from the passing and used as pure scorers, the five players with obvious flaws can be the core...

Scott: Are all Bobcats coaches so brave?

...

Scott was very satisfied with his team's performance in the second quarter and with Paul's performance.

Carlisle was also satisfied with the performance of his own team and his young players.

Paul had 11 assists in the first half tonight, leading the Hornets to an unstoppable performance. Just based on the Hornets' form tonight, Carlisle believes that there is no team in the league that can defend them.

Anyway, it's impossible for the Bobcats to defend. If they don't make any offensive adjustments and continue with their normal style of play in the first quarter, it will be difficult for them to go further against the Hornets' first-class defense. They might even decline, and the score difference will be more than just 8 points.

Of course, he could also find faults with his players' performance in the second quarter, and he naturally saw the same problems that Scott saw.

But there is no way, some of the supporting players are really inexperienced, mediocre, partial to certain subjects, and amateurish, and it is already good enough to be able to do this.

He did not dwell on it. During the halftime break, he actively adjusted the tactical details to make up for the shortcomings in the tactics executed in the second quarter.

After the halftime break, the third quarter begins!

Just like the previous game, no matter how hard the Hornets attacked in the first half, they still showed a very obvious decline in the third quarter.

It's just that Paul's performance tonight was too fierce. Even though the Hornets' offensive performance in the third quarter declined significantly compared to the first half, the Hornets still scored 27 points.

On the Bobcats side, Zhang Yang and Felton scored 10 and 11 points respectively with the help of their teammates, leading the team to continue their performance in the first half. 30 points in a single quarter only narrowed the gap by 3 points.

97 to 92, the Hornets led the Bobcats by 5 points at the end of the third quarter.

After the Hornets endured their usual weak third quarter, in the final quarter, they came on the court and beat the Bobcats 9 to 4!

Peja made two consecutive three-pointers, and David West followed up with a layup and beat Okafor for a 2+1.

During this period, the Bobcats scored two goals. Okafor made a mid-range jump shot, and Zhang Yang went around the middle and shook off James Posey and went straight to the basket for a dunk. He made no mistakes at all, but the score difference was widened to 10 points!
106 to 96, after three quarters, the Hornets extended their lead to double digits for the first time!

The Hornets' offensive obviously hurt the Bobcats' morale. In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Bobcats failed to organize an effective counterattack and trailed the Hornets by 108 points at 119 to 11 when the official timeout began.

After the official timeout, the Bobcats regained their spirits and scored 5 points in 18 and a half minutes, but Paul withstood the pressure and led the team to score 14 points in half a quarter.

At 10:24 pm, the final whistle sounded.

张杨首节8分、第二节10分、第三节10分、末节9分，全场打了37分钟，25投13中，其中三分球7中3，加上10中8的罚球，拿到37分。

费尔顿首节7分、第二节12分、第三节11分、末节14分，全场打了35分钟，26投14中，其中三分球11中7，加上11中9的罚球，拿到生涯新高的44分。但对面保罗上半场14分11助攻、下半场12分11助攻，全场26分5板22助攻3抢断！

在保罗带领下，佩贾拿到22分、钱德勒18分、大卫-韦斯特28分、詹姆斯-波西11分、拉素尔-巴特勒14分……黄蜂队6人得分上双，以133比126终结山猫队5连胜！

When the final whistle sounded, Zhang Yang and Felton once again stood with their hands on their hips and looked up at the big screen.

26 points and 22 assists, that's awesome!

Zhang Yang remembered that he had seen similar data in the news once during his rookie year. In the 1-05 season, when the Suns played against the Knicks, Nash scored 06 points and 28 assists in a single game against Marbury, leading the Suns to a 22-point performance.

However, the Suns lost that time. Marbury, David Lee, Crawford, Eddy Curry and Frye scored a total of 5 points, while the Knicks scored 120 points.

那次新闻里提到了纳什的28分22助攻，是进入21世纪以来，NBA第一次出现25分+20助攻的表现。

自1976年之后有详细数据统计以来，算上纳什，也只有寥寥7人，凯文-约翰逊4次、魔术师4次、斯托克顿3次、谢尔曼-道格拉斯1次、穆罕穆德-劳夫1次……马布里1次。

After playing for one month in the 98-99 season, Marbury was traded to the Nets by the Timberwolves due to failure to reach an agreement on a contract renewal. After joining the Nets, he went on a rampage. In the 1 games for the Timberwolves, he averaged 18 points and 17.7 assists per game. In the 9.3 games after being traded to the Nets, he averaged 31 points and 23.4 assists per game. His performance of 8.7+25 was one of his representative works of angry outburst after being traded. Relying on his performance in that half a season, he was discussed together with Iverson for a long time, until Iverson widened the gap in the 20-00 season.

最狂暴的当属魔术师的32分20助攻11板，比这强的，只有张伯伦传说中的3乘以20的表现。

Because Nash performed so well in that game, he was praised to the sky even though the Suns lost. Zhang Yang was deeply impressed and remembered that Nash had 22 assists and 4 turnovers. Paul was even better this time, with 22 assists and only two turnovers.

Paul became the eighth player to score at least 8 points and 25 assists since detailed statistics were available, and the third active player.

We were definitely unwilling to lose, but in this game, Zhang Yang and Felton tried their best. They scored a combined 80+ points. The teammates also performed well. Rondo had 6 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Mike Miller had 12 points and 5 assists, and Okafor had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists... It couldn't be better.

Sometimes you will encounter a situation where you explode but the other person explodes even more crazily.

However, Zhang Yang was confused about one thing. He turned around and asked Felton, "Didn't they just win a regular season game? Why are they so happy?"

Felton was puzzled when he saw a group of people surrounding Paul and even throwing him up. "Yeah, they were so happy as if they had won the championship. It's puzzling."

Hill on the side opened his mouth but said nothing.

He feels that these two third-year geniuses on his team don't seem to know their status in the eyes of their peers... But it's okay this way, these two brothers are already very extravagant, and they can't get any more arrogant.

...

Zhang Yang suffered from insomnia after losing the game. He had tried hard to overcome this bad habit by forcing himself to lie down and fall asleep. However, doing so not only did he fail to fall asleep, but made him feel even more uncomfortable.

Now he simply accepts it. If he can't sleep, he won't sleep. He reviews and analyzes the poor performances in the losing games, and thinks about whether there is anything he can learn from the good performances of his opponents.

His thoughts changed a bit, and he stopped dwelling on the defeat. Instead, he felt sleepy as he thought about it. Before, he couldn't fall asleep unless he saw the scenery at four in the morning, but now he fell asleep before two...

At around 7 o'clock the next morning, Zhang Yang was awakened by a knock on the door.

He got up angrily and opened the door, wanting to let the person who disturbed his sweet dream experience what a Jeet Kune Do master is like... huh?

Zhang Yang saw the person coming and complained, "Boss, why are you here to see me so early? Or did you go to the nightclub again last night and get robbed by a nightclub girl?"

Felton rolled his eyes and pointed at the man who was grinning so hard that his teeth were almost exposed and said, "We were robbed again, and this bastard said he wanted to treat us to breakfast!"

Zhang Yang stared at Paul for two seconds, resisting the urge to swing his fist. Although he could definitely hold down the cannon hammer, the other party would definitely fight back. If he got hit by a cannon fist...

"No, I'd rather starve than go to this damn place with such bad security."

Zhang Yang was about to close the door, but was blocked by Paul.

Paul said shamelessly: "The cafe I booked is in a wealthy area, not in a chaotic place like a nightclub. It's very safe."

Zhang Yang stared at Paul for another two seconds and said, "Okay, can you call two more people?"

Paul: “Of course!”

Zhang Yang: "Boss, call Alan and Emeka!"

Felton instantly understood what his younger brother meant. He made a gesture of losing the South Korean market and ran to wake Okafor up.

Xiao Pao:?
Are Zhang San and Xiao Fei so close to the legendary cold and aloof little Duncan?
Half an hour later, the group of five arrived at the Garden District on St. Charles Avenue, which was the area in New Orleans least affected by the hurricane and the first place to complete post-disaster reconstruction.

The reason is simple. This is the largest wealthy community in New Orleans. Almost all the wealthy people whose names appear in newspapers and on TV own properties here. All the well-known luxury brands also have stores here.

Paul booked a family restaurant in a large villa with an elegant environment and stylish decoration. The table he booked was in the garden, and one could see that the flowers were all fresh bouquets that had been changed in the morning. The prices on the menu were also quite considerable.

Not all people living in wealthy areas are rich people, or not all of them have a lot of liquid funds. For example, some people whose real estate is very valuable but who actually have little money, have to do business to make money to pay for their houses to ensure that their houses are not taken away by the tax bureau.

As Zhang Yang expected, after they sat down, before they even ordered any food, Paul started showing off. He took out a pile of newspapers from somewhere, all of which were praising his 26 points and 22 assists last night.

Zhang Yang and Felton looked grumpy, Okafor had no expression on his face, and Alan Anderson was speechless...

Another half an hour passed, and the smile gradually disappeared from Paul's face and moved to Zhang Yang and Felton's faces.

Paul finally understood why Felton became excited when he heard Zhang Yang say he wanted to call on Okafor.

He thought he was a big eater. Felton was also a big eater. Zhang Yang also had a good appetite. Alan Anderson's appetite was average but not comparable to that of ordinary people. After all, he was an athlete... But Okafor ate more than all four of them!

This restaurant has a good location, great environment, and delicious food. However, the prices are also outrageous. A serving of appetizer soup costs three figures, and the portions are pitifully small. Not to mention the athletes, even an ordinary person would easily spend a few thousand yuan if they sit down.

Paul was mentally prepared for this. It was worth spending tens of thousands of dollars to show off his victory and 26 points and 22 assists to Zhang Yang, the current top player of the same class.

I didn’t expect to spend twenty or thirty thousand!
His mood at this moment was the same as when he was tricked out by a nightclub girl the night before and had a ring worth tens of thousands of US dollars robbed!
This is just breakfast!

Paul: I regret it so much. I shouldn’t have been so cocky. If I hadn’t been cocky…

(End of this chapter)