Chapter 1032 1031. It Is Difficult to Teach a Disciple Who Is Too Smart (Ask for Monthly Votes)

Better than Magic Johnson, the historical assists per game leader, in a season when he averaged 10+ assists per game, at least three or four of his teammates averaged 3+ assists per game.

In the only season in which Magic successfully defended his title, in addition to Magic himself being the assist leader, Byron Scott, the Lakers' scoring leader at the time, averaged 4.1 assists per game, and Michael Cooper, the best defensive player, averaged 4.1 assists per game. 4.7 assists per game, James Worthy’s 3.9 assists per game, backup point guard Wes Matthews’ 2.7 assists per game, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and many others averaging around 1 assist per game, even if these people basically None of them had full attendance, and they were all injured by Pat Riley, but the Lakers averaged close to 30 assists per game that season.

The same goes for Stockton. When he led the league in assists, Hornacek, Karl Malone, and Jan Humphries all averaged 3+ assists per game.

In the first quarter, the Eagles had a total of 7 assists, which looked very good. Based on 48 minutes, it was 28 assists in a game.

However, 6 of the 7 assists came from Liu Mang. The team's ball rights were too concentrated!

Defense, the original foundation of the Eagles, is still the team's basic defense. It played an important role at this time and helped the Eagles hold on to the score.

In the second quarter, Coach Kruger asked Stockton, who also saw something was wrong, to stop talking and let Liu Mang go up and fight by himself, so that Liu Mang could feel the difference between what he said and what he did. .

When the game came into the second quarter, the depressed Liu Mang wanted to continue to "organize the offense" and help his teammates score, showing that he was determined to get his teammates to "participate" in the offense.

However, in the past, Liu Mang had many situations that others did not think were opportunities, but in his eyes, they were opportunities. He made a lot of shots, and he made them with a good shooting rate.

This kind of ball is the ball planet. Liu Mang dares to shoot the ball that ordinary players cannot or dare not shoot. Moreover, the Eagles need Liu Mang to shoot like this so that Liu Mang can attract more double teams.

But now Liu Mang is shooting a lot less of these shots, and the threat is suddenly greatly reduced.

In particular, Baron Davis, an excellent point guard, determined from the first half of the first quarter that Liu Mang was playing strangely today, and led his teammates to try to contain Liu Mang's style of play in the second half of the first quarter. After confirming that Liu Mang had turned into a data-brushing style like Blevins Knight today, he continued to lead his teammates to defend against Liu Mang in the second quarter.

After the second quarter, the Warriors scored 24 points in the second quarter. It was not easy to contain the scoring of the Warriors who were bombarding. It was difficult for the Warriors not to score more than 100 points in a game. The Warriors were half Scored 49 points in the game.

For the Eagles, Liu Mang played the entire first half, scoring 7 points on 3 of 6 shooting, 10 assists and 3 rebounds. The assists were soaring, but the Eagles only scored 45 points in the half. ! The Warriors were ahead by 4 points!

Liu Mang wanted too much to get a "good start" in front of his teammates. He wanted too quickly to enter the "assist king" mode. From the data point of view, this would be very easy, as long as he keeps holding the ball. , with the playing style of the second brother who he considers to be the god of porcelain, the assist king can be easily obtained.

However, it does more harm than good to the team!

That is to say, the Eagles defended well and did not fall behind too far at halftime.

It has nothing to do with who is stronger or weaker, Liu Mang or a certain No. 0 player who allows his teammates to get more offensive rebounds than backcourt rebounds. This style of play is wrong.

The assist king usually doesn't pass the ball just to get assists. Otherwise, with Nash's passing ability and scoring threat, last season, if he could complete the second pass regardless of the record, the team's chemistry, and his teammates, he would only pass to the direct pass. Teammates who shot could easily overtake McGrady, but he didn't.

Liu Mang's style of play is destructive to the team's offense. The Eagles can hold on to the score because Liu Mang only focuses on assists and does not think about rebounds. He must defend well, otherwise he will lose consecutive games. There was no chance to catch up with the score through defense.

When Liu Mang thought about it and decided to give priority to passing, his mentality changed. Now Liu Mang was thinking about assists, but he delayed the team.

Liu Mang didn't play uncoolly, but too calmly. He wanted to find an open teammate every time he attacked, but the opponent just didn't give him a chance to pass the ball. They would rather give him a chance to score. He wanted to be too calm. He passed the ball to his teammates instead of shooting when he needed to shoot. The assists came up, but his teammates stagnated.

It's not that teammates scored less, but that teammates passed the ball to Liu Mang. Without Liu Mang's scoring, the Eagles only scored 45 points at halftime!

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Back in the locker room, Liu Mang sat depressed and said nothing. In fact, in the second half of the second quarter, he gradually realized something, but he was in the middle of the game and outsiders could see it clearly, but the coaching staff did not. Remind him, want to teach him a lesson.

Liu Mang thought for a while and found that he was really not a competent point guard. His method of organizing offense was too simple!

Being single is not bad. If he plays with one shot, four steals and being flanked to split the ball, Liu Mang can do very well, but he has to organize like Tracy McGrady, Calderon, and Iguodala when scoring less. Attacking won't work.

During the break after halftime, Liu Mang figured out the dilemma he encountered in the first half.

"Fortunately, I'm smart and figured it out right away, unlike the king of the sewer." Liu Mang was intoxicated with his own IQ.

After being intoxicated for two seconds, Liu Mang immediately went to find McGrady and Stockton. His advantage is that he is willing to ask questions when he has a problem. He can even ask a blacksmith shamelessly, let alone his teammates.

McGrady was talking to Stockton at this time. McGrady didn't understand. He went off the court to rest in the second half of the first quarter. As an outsider, he saw that Liu Mang was wrong, but Stockton asked him not to tell Liu Mang. McGrady was confused. Didn't he know that there was a problem with the team!

When McGrady was discussing this with Stockton, Liu Mang came.

"Tracy, John, I have a question. How did you connect your teammates?" Liu Mang asked straight to the point.

McGrady saw Liu Mang coming and wanted to talk to Liu Mang directly about it. He didn't want to care about the coaching staff's advice not to tell Liu Mang and let Liu Mang suffer.

But after hearing Liu Mang's question, McGrady thought for a while and said, "That's it. Break through, pass the ball, and pass it to whichever teammate you think has a good chance."

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Liu Mang and Stockton were speechless.

Stockton was very pleased to see Liu Mang find his problem so quickly, but was speechless after McGrady's words.

Stockton has seen many excellent young point guards who reduce their shots and pass the ball more in order to get assists and show their "selflessness".

Passing the ball more is not a bad thing, but many young players are too deliberate in passing the ball, and they don't grasp their own opportunities. It's better not to pass the ball and just shoot by themselves.

And this kind of thing is difficult for many young players to understand by themselves unless someone teaches them, but young people are often too confident and disdain the guidance of the team's veterans. Those who have the ability to make assists are basically high-ranking rookies and the pride of heaven, and they don't listen to other people's advice.

This is also the reason why Stockton did not take the initiative to remind Liu Mang after listening to Coach Kruger's instructions.

But Stockton was still worried. Liu Mang was very stubborn!

But surprisingly, Liu Mang figured it out so quickly and asked proactively.

Stockton ignored McGrady's infuriating words and said to Liu Mang: "Ace, do you remember what I told you? Getting assists is a by-product. As a ball holder and a player who organizes the offense, you must shoot when you have the chance!"

In the past, Liu Mang passed the ball to get assists. Even in the season before McGrady came, when he averaged more than 6 assists per game, he did not pass the ball for the purpose of getting assists. Instead, when his teammates were in a good position, Liu Mang immediately passed the ball. As for whether it was open, Liu Mang did not care so much. He did not care whether his teammates could easily throw the ball in and give him an assist. As long as the team could score, it was fine. But this time was different. He was too deliberate and wanted to get assists too much.

In the past, when passing the ball, teammates received the ball in a good position. After getting the ball, they had the opportunity to shoot or pass the ball. Only then could the team's offense run smoothly. Now, even if Iguodala and McGrady are on the court, they all lay up directly after receiving the ball, otherwise they can't catch the ball.

More importantly, Liu Mang had problems with his shooting. He didn't shoot many balls that were his shooting "opportunities" before, which made his teammates uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, in a one-on-one mid-range game, if no one double-teams him, Liu Mang will shoot six or seven times out of ten when he has the ball in his hand. His teammates know that they should grab the rebound in that situation, but now, his teammates don't know what to do!

Stockton and McGrady both saw this very clearly, but Stockton couldn't say it. McGrady saw it but didn't know how to say it. Iguodala and Calderon and others may have seen it, but they didn't dare to say it.

Just like the position of No. 0 Thunderbolt Blue in the team, McGrady is the only one who dares to say that among the Hawks' several players who are good at organizing offense, but McGrady doesn't know how to say it, and the coaching staff doesn't even let him remind them.

"Shoot yourself? What about passing the ball? How can teammates get involved?" Liu Mang was still confused.

"Organizing offense is not a simple matter. Tracy played for a year last season before gradually mastering the trick. Ace, you should keep your own style of play first and observe your teammates more. It is not necessary for teammates to pass the ball only when they have a chance. Didn't you do well in the previous games this season?" Stockton said with a bit of depression, and his tone became heavier.

Stockton thought Liu Mang was smart just now, but now he feels that Liu Mang is sometimes too stubborn and stubborn.

As the coach who most supports Liu Mang's idea of ​​doing things, he supported Liu Mang so much because he saw Liu Mang's style of play in the preseason and the first few games of the season, when his teammates could pass or shoot. He felt that Liu Mang began to realize the joy of organizing offense. He didn't expect Liu Mang to play like this when he really had to be the first organizing point.

Stockton felt that when he cooperated with Liu Mang in the first year, Liu Mang shot so much, and still averaged more than 6 assists per game. He did a good job. Why is it like this now?

Liu Mang is also in trouble. How can he find a balance between them? There are so many teammates who can hold the ball and score. How can he make reasonable use of them?

Liu Mang felt that McGrady's sacrifice last season was extraordinary... Wait, that guy... maybe he only needs to play a few games to know what to do.

Liu Mang was even more depressed.

Seeing Liu Mang's entanglement, Stockton thought about how to give Liu Mang some advice. If Liu Mang realized his problem after the game, or simply didn't realize his problem, Stockton would have enough time to analyze and organize his words, but now the time is too short. Sometimes the apprentice is too smart, and the teacher hasn't even planned the course to teach.

Stockton thought of a temporary solution: "Ace, play simpler, don't just think about doing one thing, relax your mentality, don't just think about passing, shooting is also very important."

Stockton is so depressed! I didn't expect that one day I would encourage a point guard to shoot more and let a point guard pass less!

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