Chapter 400 What Is the Concept of Two Guarantees and Three?

Li Shengli and Kidd's forced alley-oop can only be regarded as a prerequisite for the Mavericks' established tactics, because the effect Gordon wanted was to show Li Shengli's unstoppable offensive ability, forcing the Jazz to double-team, and then create many outsiders outside the paint. Take less chances.

Can Li Shengli be left alone and let others take charge of the offense?

In the eyes of ordinary people, Gordon is simply playing with fire. After all, Li Shengli is the best among the team in terms of offensive stability, and the expected tactics only play the role of Li Shengli's containment, abandoning the stability of the offense to a certain extent.

Have no idea!

Gordon really couldn't help it.

Because excluding the crushing of the center position, the small forward position is the same, and the "height" of the other three positions is lower than that of the Jazz. According to the normal confrontation and no major surprises... the Mavericks want to win the first place steadily. To win, the team must reach its maximum performance value, and the Jazz cannot be at their maximum performance value.

If we insist on quantifying indicators, take the performance value cap of 100 as an example.

The Mavericks' peak performance may be 70, which is mainly reflected in the three main players of Li Shengli, Kidd, and Curry. The source of the 70 data is mainly based on the Mavericks' regular season record; but on the other hand... the Jazz's main players are obviously not Too bad, the peak value may reach 80 or even higher, which means that if both sides play perfectly, the Mavericks will still lose.

Although no one will use these uncertain off-court statistics to guess the outcome of the game, everyone knows that the Mavericks are weaker than the Jazz, and Gordon is the same.

What we can know is that if the Mavericks want to reach the peak of their performance, they must let Li Shengli force opponents to double-team, reduce the contribution of Li Shengli's offense in performance value, and allow other teammates to have more leeway.

However, it is not that Li Shengli does not attack. The only difference lies in whether the opponent's double-teaming is thorough. If the Jazz is blocked in the penalty area, the most reasonable way of playing is to choose to distribute the ball. Li Shengli, because of his comprehensiveness, even if he puts aside the offense , as well as the dominance of defense and rebounding, which are also crucial to the performance of the Mavericks.

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There is no such thing as a bombing tactic in the NBA, which can blow up the opponent as soon as it is used. The so-called tactics are more about deploying tactics according to the situation, and Li Shengli almost made it clear that he told the Jazz and Jerry Smith Long, our first move is... Qiang Kong, now it's time for your Jazz to break up the moves.

Back to jazz.

Because the game had just begun, Jerry Sloan really didn't worry about the outcome at all, and because the completeness of the lineup gave him enough power to deploy defenses in the future, and the so-called splitting was not a problem in his opinion...

The Jazz's double-teaming will lead to three-and-four defense outside the penalty area, and they will play less and more. This is certain, but there will always be a glimmer of light in the dark corner of the seemingly disadvantageous situation.

You know, if the Jazz choose to double-team and pile up people inside, the Mavericks' layup will become more difficult and the number of shots will increase. The Jazz can selectively miss an opponent with a bad touch and let him shoot. Although it is impossible to defeat the Mavericks 100% and not concede a point, it is still feasible to reduce the Mavericks' offensive efficiency.

This kind of attempt may be relatively passive at first, but as long as the Mavericks find a breakthrough point where the Mavericks feel bad, the Jazz can still seize the advantage, and more importantly... there is still a lot of time, Jerry Sloan feels that there is no need to specialize The layout can defeat the Mavericks.

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The timeout ends and the game returns.

The Jazz's offense is still the classic pick-and-roll cooperation between Stockton and Malone, but Felton can choose to position far away from the two evils and pull Li Shengli out of the battlefield. This shot was scored by Stockton and Malone. Cutting straight to the basket and scoring a layup.

Back to the Mavericks' offense, this is the focus of the first round of G1.

The Jazz's first wave of defensive positioning was very conventional, with each guarding its opponent. But when Kidd passed the ball to Li Shengli and rushed to the basket, the Jazz's positioning changed drastically... Malone and Felton held on. Li Shengli, Benoit sprinted towards McLeod, and Stockton took Jackson to the outside with two and three.

There's a chance!

The opportunity has really come!

Li Shengli had some fluctuations in his heart. He was struggling with Malone and Felton with the ball. Although it was not difficult to defeat Felton alone, it was obviously not the same thing with Malone. He could force the shot, but even if he let Ola go, Zhuwang, Robinson, and O'Neal can't say that they will definitely score.

Therefore, Li Shengli's first choice was to distribute the ball to Kidd on the outside. Kidd's three-on-two outside organization was very good. He first pretended to shoot to attract Stockton, and then handed the ball to Curry and scored. He hit a quick, accurate and hard three-pointer, which looked good.

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In the opening few attacks, the Mavericks were full of momentum, but the background of the two-time Utah Jazz did not make the Jazz impatient, because Jerry Sloan had already considered this situation in his arrangement. The core strategy was to beat whoever is in good shape. , obviously Curry raised his head.

Therefore, in the second Mavericks offense, the Jazz defense was still the same, but Curry enjoyed Stockton's exclusive defense. Kidd on the other side saw that no one was watching, so he took the initiative to assist himself and made the first shot of the game. A mid-range shot.

However, the Jazz did not impose many restrictions on Kidd who was holding the ball. However, when he made a shooting action and could no longer distribute the ball, Benoit, who was nearby, swooped in decisively. Even without effective interference, Kidd Germany is still in trouble.

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It’s you, Jason Kidd!

Jerry Sloan was very happy. Stockton didn't even need to remind him when he pulled Jim Jackson, and took the initiative to make Kidd a non-key defensive target. And in the subsequent exchange of offenses... Kidd really gave him enough. The Jazz's "face" basically guarantees a 33% hit rate of 3 shots and 1 hit.

Until the end of the first quarter.

Li Shengli scored 10 points. Putting aside the 4-for-4 force in the air in the first 3 minutes, he was troubled by Malone and Felton later. He forced the ball 3 times when the outside firepower was not smooth, but failed to score in all of them. He only made one goal. 2 of 2 foul shots.

Curry made 1 of 1 three-pointers and 1 of 3 two-pointers. He scored 5 points in the first quarter. In addition, there were 2 points from Jones and 4 points from McLeod. As for Kidd... 2 of 6 was a little bit. Embarrassing, I also got 4 points.

The Mavericks scored 25 points in the first quarter, but the Jazz also scored 24 points. If it weren't for Li Shengli and Kidd's 4-of-4 alley-oops in the opening game, the point difference would have been reversed and the Jazz would lead.

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The situation was bad, but not so bad that it couldn't be saved.

Li Shengli felt deeply powerless and frustrated by the current situation. It was helpless to force his opponent to double-team, because as long as he showed his unstoppable offensive ability, Jerry Sloan, a bad old man, had no reason to let him go. It is said that Gordon's arrangement forced this situation out in advance and tried to gain time to break the game as soon as possible.

But the problem is that the Mavericks have too many flaws.

The outside line was really outnumbered by the Jazz, and Kidd's offensive limitations were maximized by the bad old man. The beautiful arrangement Gordon expected did not achieve the maximum effect. On the contrary, apart from the first 3 minutes, it was still a disadvantage.

Should Kidd be replaced?

Obviously, Gordon replaced Kidd in the second quarter, and Kidd was replaced by Crotty.

Kidd has not fully utilized the Mavericks' current style of play. The focus has shifted from assists, which he is good at, to offense, which he is not good at. Therefore, if Crotty is replaced by Kidd, his offensive efficiency will be better than Kidd's, no matter how bad he is. At the same time, he can also Strengthen your own defense.