Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Assistant Coach Harry was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise: "What kind of team?" "Haha." Coach Fox smiled: "We played very well in the previous games, winning all 6 games, but I always feel that it is not good enough. It seems that something is missing. This game let me know that we are still lacking. Our perimeter is very strong. We have Qin, Jimmy, and Holbert. Looking at the entire Big East League, I am afraid there is no such team. The perimeter of the team is comparable to ours."

"However, our interior is relatively weak, and Kent's strength is average. Jefferson has a good small hook, but his height is a weakness."

Coach Fox still looked at the game on the court, and his tone was low: "With our inside line configuration, we are not too competitive. We were beaten inside the twin towers of the University of Tennessee. Today, we played against Lan of the University of Louisville. Dess, our inside is still the hardest hit area."

"Once there is no inside advantage, then defense is difficult to start, so we can't become a team based on defense. It can even be said that we can't become a good defensive team."

Hearing this, Assistant Professor Harry frowned slightly, but he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.

The NCAA does not have three seconds to defend, but it has three seconds to attack. Under such rules, the inside line becomes the basis for the team to establish a defensive system. Without an excellent inside line, it is difficult to form a system for defense.

Moreover, under such rules, Syracuse University could not compete with the opponent in defense at all, as evidenced by the fact that the inside line was blown up by Landers in the first half.

"Harry." Coach Fox's eyes flashed, "Today's game let me know that we have to fight against a strong team, and to beat a strong team, we can only rely on offense. We must use our perimeter advantage to our advantage. Offensive at its best."

Assistant Coach Harry was shocked and lost his voice: "You mean... we are going to be a pure offensive team?"

Coach Fox shook his head and said, "No, we don't completely lose defense, we just make a certain choice between the two, and we prefer to attack. We have point guards like Qin who have sharp breakthroughs, excellent speed, and excellent organizational skills. There's a forward who's impactful and can score well like Butler, and there's a shooting guard who can score a lot like Holbert."

"You see, we have a lot of people who can handle the ball. Once we move up the pace of offense and defense, our offense can change a lot, and we don't have to fight the opponent in the half-court position. The scoring ability is released to the maximum."

For Syracuse University, the outside line is rich enough, but the inside line is stretched, especially when it encounters strong teams such as the University of Tennessee and the University of Louisville, the inside line will become a soft underbelly.

There's no way to change this, it's a lineup configuration issue.

Everyone knows that it is best for a team to be balanced inside and out, with all-round strikers and both offense and defense, but the reality is that few teams are so lucky.

For example, Syracuse University, with Qin Hao and Butler joining in, is already strong enough on the outside. The trio of Qin Hao, Butler, and Holbert is enough to disdain the Big East League.

But the inside line is weaker.

Changing the team's style of play, speeding up the rhythm of offense and defense, highlighting the perimeter offense, and replacing defense with offense is indeed a solution when the lineup is fixed.

Assistant Coach Harry nodded subconsciously, thought about it again, and suddenly exclaimed, his eyes widened and he shouted, "Isn't this a 'run-and-gun' tactic?"

"Haha, yes, it's 'running and gunning'." Coach Fox laughed: "Our situation is just right, why not?"

At this time in 2009, because of the "indiscriminate bombing" trend set off by the Suns by Nash and Stoudemire, the "run-and-gun tactics" had become a household name.

The so-called run-and-gun is a quick transition between offense and defense, and a quick transfer of the ball. Each player has the ability to handle the ball, and can adapt to his own needs on the court to decide whether to shoot. Each of their players is an offense initiator and possibly a finisher.

In fact, the fundamental is two words, speed and shooting.

The first element is speed. Take advantage of the opponent's unsteady footing to create offensive opportunities, use fast running, and counterattack, so that the opponent is exhausted and eventually dragged into your rhythm.

The second is shooting, running quickly, passing the ball quickly, and making quick shots. There is no very complicated tactical coordination, and in order to open up space, it will be more shooting from the outside. Therefore, shooting is extremely important in running and shooting, and every player involved is required to have the ability to shoot.

Assistant Coach Harry's heart was beating wildly, looking at the court, Qin Hao quickly pushed the ball to the frontcourt, then passed it to Holbert, Holbert made a sudden point, and then passed it to Butler, who received the ball and made a jumper.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

There were only two passes, and the basketball did not pass the hands of Kent and Jefferson. The two inside players seemed redundant and slowed down the team's counterattack.

"We're really good at hitting, running, and bombing." Assistant Coach Harry said secretly, then frowned, "Coach, if we hit and run, then Kent and Jefferson can only keep one."

"Kent came off the bench," Fox said.

Assistant Coach Harry sighed helplessly, it seems that Coach Fox has made a decision.

This does not surprise Assistant Coach Harry. Coach Fox has the name of "Silver Fox", which means that his coaching style is changeable, not rigid in form, and often has unexpected operations, making people unpredictable, like a cunning the fox.

So Coach Fox suddenly decided to "run and shoot". Although Assistant Coach Harry was a little surprised, he didn't find it difficult to accept, but he felt sorry for Kent.

But it's also for the team.

Poor Kent was still on the court facing the crazy destruction of Landers.

"beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, pointed to Kent, gave him another foul, and then signaled that Kent was "five fouls" and would be sent off.

Coach Fox's face is black, I plan to make you a substitute, but you can't strike me immediately, haven't I said it yet?

Without Kent, the inside line can be imagined, and it will be worse.

"Coach, I..." Kent came off the court with a depressed look on his face.

"Forget it." Coach Fox patted Kent's arm and comforted: "It's okay, you don't have to blame yourself, I know you've done your best."

Fortunately, Landers free throws are not good, only one free throw.

Then both sides began to make substitutions. After more than seven minutes of play in the second half, it began to enter the rotation time, replacing the main players to rest and waiting for the final few minutes of the final battle.

The good news for Syracuse University is that they are also 6 points ahead of their opponents thanks to the excellent performance of their perimeter players during this period.

[Author's digression]: Brothers and bosses, hurry up and smash the banknotes in your hands!