basketball scientist

The next day, on the plane to Milwaukee, Ke Yan flipped through the newspaper in his hand and let out two proud chuckles from time to time.

A columnist from "USA Today" praised Ke Yan's game adjustments in the article:

"In yesterday's game, the Hawks narrowly defeated the Suns at home. Paul scored 22 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Nash scored 33 points and 11 assists. The showdown between the two generations of point guards in the league was full of sparks.

But the battle between the head coaches ended with Kimi being the better player..."

"KG's defense blocked Stoudemire. In this game, Stoudemire tried to beat Garnett with the ball five times, but none of them hit. Compared with other opponents, it can only be described as tragic. Marion's strong performance

Continuous output in strong dialogue has always been a problem. The Suns can only rely on Nash to complete most of the tasks. Kimi noticed this and also targeted Nash on the offensive end. There is no doubt that this made Nash bear the burden on himself.

Expenditure beyond ability, and ultimately determines the game."

"In the first eight games, the Hawks' record of 7 wins and 1 loss is surprising. Their opponents include favorites like the Suns and Heat, as well as teams like the Rockets and Magic that are expected to make breakthroughs this season.

The team. Such a victory is full of gold. Perhaps, this season has really come to a time when they can shoot the eagle in the sky!"

At the beginning of the game, while the Hawks' popularity was high enough, the league arranged many "powerful dialogues" for them, which also tested how strong the Hawks were.

For the fans, this is enjoyable. But for the team, this is not friendly!

The opening period is when a team's morale is at its highest. A good start will help enhance the team's confidence in the entire season. This is also the so-called "schedule benefit".

On the other hand, if a team's starting performance is not as good as expected, the players will enter a stage of self-doubt. At this time, the adjustment ability of the players and even the coaching staff will be particularly tested.

From this perspective, the Hawks have overcome a big hole dug for them by the league!

Fortunately, the Hawks' next schedule will be a little more comfortable. In the next two weeks, there will be a total of eight games. Only one of them is an away game in the West, which is in Memphis next door. The opponent is the Grizzlies who are determined to mess up;

In seven games, there was only one strong opponent: the Pistons.

If planned properly, it won't be a problem to continue a winning streak.

The first opponent in this sweet schedule is the Milwaukee Bucks.

The lineup structure of the Bucks is slightly similar to that of the Hawks. Two players with extremely strong shooting ability, Mo Williams and Reid, form a backcourt partner; there is a power forward with comprehensive skills; and a white inside man with high potential.

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Of course, except for the matchup between Bodog and Milicic, the Bucks' configuration is all the "bankrupt version" of the Eagles.

This gap is huge!

After the game started, the gap between the two sides was very intuitively reflected on the court. The Eagles formed a "crushing" situation against the Bucks, with all kinds of effective data fully dominant.

Recalling that a year and a half ago, Ke Yan also came to Milwaukee for an interview. After failing the interview, he was taken away by Anthony Ressler in a Milwaukee hotel.

Think about it, if Vandeweghe had relented on the spot and handed over the No. 1 pick to Keyan, would the current situation of the Eagles and Bucks be reversed?

But Ke Yan doesn't have any bad feelings towards the Bucks.

How to put it, in the past few years since the turn of the century, the Bucks have always been a strong team in the league. As a small-market team, they also need to keep their stars to ensure the team's market, even if Reid is just a player.

A second-tier star, building a team around him will have no chance of competing for the championship;

The Eagles have always been an underdog in the league since 1998. The team has not even won a winning streak of more than six consecutive years in 20 years. It is not an exaggeration to describe such a team as "full of waste and waiting for improvement".

, it is reasonable and reasonable to be willing to let Keyan carry out drastic transformation.

The key is that Ressler made the right bet! Not only the team's performance, but also business development. This offseason, the Eagles reached strategic cooperation agreements with four companies from China, with a cumulative revenue of more than 10 million U.S. dollars. The league

Among them, only the Rockets and Hawks have this treatment.

Performance has improved significantly, business development is progressing smoothly, and it is no wonder that the Eagles have turned a profit for the first time in many years.

Facing Bogou who participated in the draft in the same year and beat him to get the No. 1 pick, Paul was never polite. He always trained in the military as many times as he could and never held back.

In this game, Paul performed as well as ever. He made 12 of 20 shots and scored 31 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds. He defeated the Bucks' backcourt who are good at personal offense and helped the team to 125:

103 defeated the Bucks and won the 8th victory of the season. (8-1)

After the game, the reporters who were interested in the game also asked Ke Yan about the 2005 draft, hoping to get some explosive information out of Ke Yan.

"Everyone knows that the Bucks will choose Bodog. We will select Paul among the remaining rookies. It's as simple as that~" If it were other rookies, Ke Yan would also symbolically boast, "The training period for centers is longer.

", "The Bucks need Bodog to stabilize the team's penalty area" and the like.

But Bogou...Ke Yan didn't mock him because he didn't want to hurt innocent people.

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On November 18, the Hawks came to Madison Square Garden to challenge the Knicks away from home.

Last season, the Knicks hired championship coach Larry Brown from the Pistons to coach the team. The team spent money wildly in the free agent market and built a lineup with a total salary of more than 90 million U.S. dollars. The championship coach "Galaxy Battleship"

"The combination looks like we are going to do something big!

However, the themes surrounding the Knicks last season were "civil strife," "injury," and "contradiction," and many players in the team were labeled "cancers."

At the end of the season, Larry Brown was also liquidated by the team and fired directly. The team's general manager Isaiah Thomas took over the position of head coach.

In fact, late last season, the Knicks once considered inviting Ke Yan to coach. After all, Ke Yan had only signed a two-year contract with the Hawks, and the salary was not high. The Knicks had the opportunity to grab the opportunity after the season.

people.

However, before the Knicks even had time to find an intermediary, the Hawks officially announced a three-year contract extension with Ke Yan. Then, the Hawks traded for Garnett, aiming directly at the championship.

The team has no hope anymore.

As the successor as head coach, Isaiah Thomas did not make many improvements to Larry Brown's tactical system. Overall, it was in a sloppy state.

However, compared to Larry Brown, who believes in "ruling the army with an iron fist," Isaiah Thomas adopts a gentler and more tolerant attitude toward players, easing conflicts in the team's locker room by providing better material conditions.

This approach may seem useless, but it is actually effective. Marbury and Crawford began to play seriously and were even willing to defend subjectively. Channing Frye entered the starting lineup, which not only helped Eddie Curry open up the offensive space, but also

I did a lot of dirty work and showed my worth.

In such a relatively peaceful environment, the Knicks started the season with 4 wins and 5 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, making great progress compared to last season.

Although Ke Yan doesn't like Larry Brown either, he also despises Isaiah Thomas' practice of "kneeling and licking" players to improve the team's record.

The game officially started at 11 o'clock in the evening. Knicks games never lack spectators, and Madison Square Garden once again had a full house.

The Hawks' starting lineup remains unchanged, while the Knicks' starting players are: Marbury, Crawford, Jaylen Rose, Channing Frye, and Eddy Curry.

Little Shark Eddie Curry's jump ball was basically a throw. Garnett easily won the jump ball and handed the ball to Paul.

Stretching his right wrist forward, he caught the ball in the air. Paul paused for a moment, and then, like an arrow from the string, he quickly rushed towards the opponent's half.

Facing the leader of the new generation of point guards in the league, Marbury, who calls himself the "league's number one point guard", still has ambitions to compete. He spread his legs splayed, his center of gravity dropped slightly, and his upper body leaned forward slightly.

The open arms kept swinging as Paul approached...

Marbury's defense is criticized, but it does not include his 1v1. On the contrary, his excellent physical condition makes him a great single defense player as long as he plays seriously. He has good explosive power, fast speed, mature defensive skills and strong core strength.

Difference.

His problems are the same as Westbrook's. He is poor at off-ball defense and pick-and-roll defense, and is more likely to miss people. He also has very little enthusiasm for filling positions.

Marbury remained unmoved by the continuous changes of direction and position. He only guarded his own small area, but he saw through Paul's breakthroughs several times.

Although Paul did not succeed in breaking through, he had already observed the movement of his teammates and tried to break through again. This really diverted the attention of the Knicks' defense. Inadvertently, he made a pass from behind to Anthony Parker, who was running without the ball.

Hit a jump shot in motion.(0:2)

When the Knicks attacked, Marbury did not choose to force the ball by himself, but handed the ball to Eddie Curry inside, and Milicic immediately followed up.

Little Shark desperately held up Milicic with his left shoulder, dribbling with his right hand and pushing backwards. His nickname says it all. He has excellent inside confrontation ability, but Milicic can't hold on very well and gives way easily.

The location of the inside line.

But Milicic was only the Hawks' first line of defense. Behind him, there was Garnett. The Wolf King's timely assistance affected Eddy Curry's shooting rhythm, and Milicic protected the backcourt rebounds.

The Hawks continued to attack, Paul quickly brought the ball across the half court, played a pick-and-roll with Garnett and broke through Marbury, attracting Crawford's defense and then passing the ball to Joe Johnson, who hit an open three-pointer.

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Compared with the Knicks' very strenuous offense, the Hawks' offense is "simple" but "killing people."

Marbury continued to perform his duties as a "point guard", relying on his physical advantage to break through Paul's defense and then pass the ball. Crawford received the ball and suddenly started dribbling. When Joe Johnson, who was guarding him, moved with him,

At that time, a pull-up jump shot was taken. Although the ball hit the rim and bounced out, it caused a defensive foul on Joe Johnson.

Crawford's free throw percentage is as high as 88.9%. Sending him to the free throw line is equivalent to giving him points. (2:5)

I originally thought that Marbury was just having a fit and had to play the role of point guard. Unexpectedly, in the next game, he showed a good performance, organized the offense, and delayed the Eagles from opening up the score.

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The rhythm of both teams was relatively fast. The score was 16:14 in the first half of the game. The Eagles relied on higher outside scoring efficiency to maintain a weak lead.

Key Yan made a substitution adjustment and replaced Milicic with Millsap. After his appearance, Millsap also took Key Yan's instructions.

In the next round, Joe Johnson took over the team's offense and broke the deadlock between the two sides.

Facing a strong offense and a weak defense, and facing a disadvantaged Crawford, Joe Johnson first hit a three-point long shot from the right wing, then posted up to Crawford, easily pushed away the opponent, and succeeded in a layup, scoring two consecutive goals in one minute.

Five points helped the team open the point difference to 7 points and enter the official timeout.

If you include Marbury, who defends according to his mood, the Knicks are filled with too many players who are "strong on offense and weak on defense". This is a problem with their team building thinking. This is not because Isaiah Thomas is a "dog licker".

It can be solved. If you let Key Yan go, he can only solve this crisis through continuous transactions.

Seeing Crawford being chased by Joe Johnson, Isaiah Thomas chose to replace Crawford with Francis, hoping that Crawford would come back on the offensive end... Such a magical operation, Shu Keyan was very disappointed

Difficult to understand.

Marbury and Francis dislike each other in character, and their playing styles are wrong. The two immediately returned to the "lone wolf" and "privilege" status. They do not cooperate with each other to win, which is even more nonsense!

At the end of the first quarter, the Eagles led their opponents 35:21. Joe Johnson made 5 of 7 shots and contributed 14 points.

Perhaps the situation in the second half of the first quarter woke Thomas up. In the second quarter, he chose to use Marbury and Francis in a staggered manner, but the effect was very average.

Marbury, whose "lone wolf" attribute was stimulated, did not return to his form in the first quarter. The key is the Knicks' backcourt. Francis and Crawford are also more threatening types with the ball in their hands, and even in the draft.

The same goes for Nate Robinson at the back.

This is the virtue of a group of players. This kind of lineup combination makes the Knicks' offense lack of coordination and change. Unless all these players have great shooting skills, there is really no way to compete with the Hawks.

Even if Marbury wanted to show off in front of Garnett, he still couldn't do anything.

The home team was hung up and beaten by the Eagles, and the fans at the scene booed dissatisfiedly. At the same time, a small fan on the sidelines held up a sign and put out a slogan: "We need scientists!" to "show love" to Ke Yan on behalf of the team.

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The young fan's suggestion was met with overwhelming response from others. Immediately, the director cut the scene to the big screen while observing Ke Yan's reaction.

"..." Ke Yan avoided the camera by talking to Schneider.

This kind of scene is very disrespectful to Isaiah Thomas. Ke Yan is not Phil Jackson and he doesn't bother to do this kind of thing.

The main players came on the stage. Compared to the Knicks' chaos, the Hawks' offense was managed in an orderly manner, and the point difference continued to widen.

At the end of halftime, the score reached 39:64.25 points, which was enough to make the second half of the game enter garbage time!

In the third quarter of the game, the Eagles took advantage of Garnett's singles and containment to frequently cause damage, widening the point difference to 36 points in the first half of the game, which completely ended the suspense of the game.

The Knicks, however, caused the "Madison Square Garden Incident" this season. The gang fight with the Nuggets prompted Iverson to join the Nuggets and also set Anthony's career in the next ten years.

In his career, he completely lost the protection of referees. When talking about the referee's standards of punishment, Anthony always had tears on his face.

In order to avoid such a situation, Ke Yan withdrew all the main players in the fourth quarter and told the players to hold back and not make the Knicks anxious.

In fact, it is an unspoken rule of the league that a team with a big lead should hold back appropriately. It is rare for a team to fight to the death without mercy. Only the Nuggets have this tradition.

In the final quarter of the game, the Eagles did not attack very hard. Except for Gibson's three three-pointers, the other players scored a total of 7 points in a single quarter, allowing the Knicks to narrow the point difference to less than 40 points.

Within 20 minutes, it can be called a model of letting go, and it also makes Knicks fans more satisfied with his "general knowledge"!

The final score was fixed at 97:115. The Eagles won away from home, extending their winning streak to 5 games.

After the game, Ke Yan attended the press conference. Not surprisingly, the reporters mentioned the slogans posted by the young fans at the scene and asked Ke Yan what he thought.

"I've enjoyed every second of my time in Atlanta. Whenever I come back to the city after a road game, I always smile and there are people in Atlanta that I love. I just focus on everything about the Atlanta Hawks.

, I will be happy when we win, and I will also feel sad when we lose." Ke Yan said, "I want to apologize for what happened to Isiah. I have experienced the pain of being backstabbed by my peers, so

I won't do such a dirty thing."

Ke Yan's speech gave Eagles fans a moment of reassurance. After all, New York is very tempting. They can offer Ke Yan the highest salary, they can build the lineup regardless of the luxury tax, and New York is also the most prosperous city in the world.

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Fortunately, there is no one in New York that Ke Yan likes!

"Kimi, your contract expires in three years. By then, are you willing to consider New York?" A reporter then asked.

"Maybe it would be false if I said I don't know where I will be in three days. But if I don't do well leading the team in the next three months, I may have to step down as the head coach of the Eagles. You ask me where I will be in three years.

If you don't consider New York, how can I reply to you?" Ke Yan asked, "I can only tell you that I am focused on the Eagles."