Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 111 If you can’t do it, don’t play!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 111 If you can’t do it, don’t play!

Budo recognized that Coach Anzai's tactics should be the Suns' bombardment and cover shooting tactics in the mid-1990s. But what Budo didn't know was that there were actually some deviations in his perception.

Because in this era, Nash, known as the Son of the Wind, has not yet joined the Suns. The reference template team for Coach Anzai's tactics is actually the Warriors from 1989 to 1991.

That is the classic tactics of the Warriors and run-tmc combination under the coaching of Nelson.

The run-tmc combination is composed of three NBA legends Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, these three players played for the Warriors at the same time and formed the famous "RUN-TMC" combination.

In the peak season of 1990-91, Mullin averaged 25.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, Richmond averaged 23.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists, and Hardaway averaged 22.9 points, 4 rebounds and 9.7 assists. The three of them led the team to 44.

Won 38, eliminated the Spurs 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs.

But in the second round, they lost 1-4 to the Lakers led by Magic.

The Warriors may not have been the strongest team of that era, but they were definitely a very capable team.

The legendary coach, Don Nelson, is the coach with the most wins in the entire NBA league. This coach not only played bombardment tactics in the 1990s when big centers were rampant, but also the famous shark-cutting tactic was also used by this bad old man.

Invented, his method of dealing with Shaquille O'Neal was later used by many other team coaches.

One of the cores of Coach Nelson's coaching philosophy is positional ambiguity, which is also the basic concept of small ball play.

The so-called position blurring means that players on the court do not stick to their own position, but set a predetermined framework for themselves. A simple analogy is that if you are a center, you don’t need to be stupid.

Standing in the paint or grabbing rebounds, you can also appear in other positions on the court, and even shoot three-pointers.

Coach Anzai, who is now explaining tactics to the players on the bench, actually wants to integrate this style of play into the offensive system of Shohoku High School. This sense of dislocation across time and space can't help but make martial arts stunned.

Is small ball play easy to use? It depends on the era and the team.

There is a reason why the bombardment style of play that existed in the 1990s did not become popular in this era, but only became popular in the NBA decades later.

There are many reasons, including changes in defensive rules and the lack of big centers in later generations. But the biggest reason is that there is no big center.

Coach Anzai's tactics actually don't fit that well with Shohoku High School.

Maybe in the eyes of others, a big center with Takenori Akagi's height and condition cannot be considered a "big center", but the reality may be somewhat different from what everyone thinks.

Although Akagi is less than two meters tall, he, Akagi, can really be regarded as a big center in the high school arena. Akagi's movement speed is not very fast, at least compared with Budo, Mitsui Hisashi, Miyagi and others.

There is a big difference. Even the Chiba Oishi can move a little faster than Takenori Akagi.

If Shohoku wants to play Coach Anzai's tactics, mobility must be guaranteed. Quick pick-and-roll cooperation is the core of this offense. Akagi, who is slow-footed, obviously does not meet the requirements.

"Do you all understand? I don't have anything to ask?" After Coach Anxi explained the tactical requirements to the players, the players remained silent. Seeing this, Coach Anxi couldn't help but ask.

Coach Anxi was puzzled as to why the players were silent. Could it be that his coaching skills were already so strong? There was no doubt that the players understood a new tactic so quickly when they heard it?

"No problem! Coach!" Miyagi Ryota's reply was the quickest, because in terms of tactical arrangements, he required relatively few operations. Dribbling the ball through the half court, and after the half court, let the ball smoothly reach the designated position, that is

This tactic has all the requirements for Miyagi.

It was not very difficult for Miyagi.

"Well, coach, you mean, you need me to pull to the outside to pick-and-roll Mitsui, right?"

"But if this happens, won't the offensive power inside be gone?"

"Normally speaking, wouldn't it be better if the offense should revolve around the center? Being closer to the basket, the success rate of scoring can be higher."

Takenori Akagi looked at the tactical board in the hands of coach Anzai and came to his senses. Although it was the first time for him to hear this tactic, Akagi was not a stupid person and he immediately understood the significance of this tactic.

Coach Anzai is planning to build a new offensive system around Mitsui Hisashi and Budo on the outside.

Before Budo joined Shohoku High School, Shohoku's offense was built around Mitsui Hisashi and him. In terms of ball rights, Mitsui Hisashi and he could be said to be evenly divided. But once Budo came and competed in the practice match of Lingnan High School,

Takenori Akagi's ball rights have been greatly reduced. Not only him, but also Hisashi Mitsui's ball rights have been greatly reduced.

At that time in the practice match, Akagi didn't feel much, because Budo's offensive efficiency was pretty good and helped the team win, and he didn't feel much about the reduction in his ball rights.

But if Coach Anzai's tactics are implemented, it means that his ball rights will be directly reduced from a strategic point of view. This is the delegation of status within the team, which will give Akagi a completely different feeling.

Although Akagi said it tactfully, he still wanted to fight for some rights for himself through this method.

"On offense, there is only scoring and no scoring, there is no inside or outside."

"No matter where the offense is launched, scoring is the team's main purpose!"

"Akagi, you need to adapt to the team's tactical changes."

Coach Anxi explained briefly, then looked at the others and asked again: "Where are the others? Are there any who don't understand?"

Akagi lowered his head silently after receiving Coach Anzai's answer. He could not refuse the coach's arrangement, but in his heart, he was still a little unwilling. In Akagi's view, with such an offensive method, it is better to give the ball directly to his hands.

, chiseling inwards.

Akagi is full of confidence in his own strength. He feels that with his strength, no player in the county can guard him. He was somewhat invisible in the game against Lingnan, mainly because he did not have enough ball rights.

That's all.

Mitsui Toshiwa and Budo have quite a lot of basketball experience and are quick to adopt new tactics. However, the other first and second graders had a lot of questions. After Coach Anzai answered them one by one, the gym became quiet again.

Come down.

"In this case, let's conduct tactical drills for the rest of the day."

"For the rest of the afternoon, what you need to practice is this set of tactics. At the same time, you also need to develop a tacit understanding of switching defenses."

"I will break up the players and divide them into groups of five for tactical drills. While simulating an attack, the defender needs to make timely rotations to defend the attacking group."

As Coach Anzai said, he began to divide the players into groups. Takenori Akagi and Hisashi Mitsui formed a group with several second- and third-year players, while Budo, Miyagi, and Oishi Chiba formed a group with two

The team members formed another team. The other team members also formed a team of five.

The tactical drill in Xiangbei began immediately.

Yasuharu Yasuda was placed in Budo's group and played the role of ball control, while Budo and Miyagi stood on both sides of the three-point line and took on the role of initiating offense. Inside, Tsunoda Satoru and Chiba Oishi

, one acts as a power forward, and the other acts as a center, practicing as a pick-and-roll role.

The entire court in the Xiangbei Arena is divided into two training areas, with two or three groups of players training in each half.

Budo and his team were in two groups in this half, and the team facing them was a temporary team composed of freshmen and second-year players. Shiozaki Tetsuji and others were all facing off against Budo and his team.

Yasuda Yasuhiro is a new player who joined Shohoku in the same generation as Budo. Although he is a new player, his basketball foundation is quite solid. At the very least, his ball holding and passing skills are passable. He can find good passing opportunities and pass the ball.

Give it to Miyagi or Budo.

During the half, Miyagi Ryota quickly broke into the paint after taking advantage of his teammates' pick-and-roll. When the defender rushed up to block Miyagi, Miyagi Ryota passed the ball without looking at anyone and directly passed the ball.

The ball was given to the side, and when the ball came to the player, Wu Dao accurately received the basketball in the inside, and after one step, he stood up and dunked.

The smooth attack only lasted three or four seconds in total, and the team members defending Martial Arts and others did not even react.

"Good pass, Miyagi!" After the slam dunk, Budo and Miyagi high-fived and praised. Miyagi's passing awareness is really good, and the amount of advance given is just right. Budo's hands are just in the position of catching the ball.

The chest is also very comfortable.

In general, although the two of them did not cooperate that much in sports battles, they already had a tacit understanding.

Next, the two groups began to communicate repeatedly. After Budao and his team attacked ten times, the two groups switched offense and defense. On the offensive end, Budao and his team played very smoothly, giving people a sense of this tactic.

Very simple look.

But when the offense and defense switched and another group started to attack, those people knew that they were overthinking.

Wu Dao did not let go at all on the defensive end. Although the Xiangbei players who were opposite him used pick-and-rolls to get past Wu Dao, Wu Dao's pursuit speed was terrifying. Players who wanted to lay up were repeatedly blocked by Budo's pursuit and were blocked continuously.

After building three or four, it was impossible to continue the training for a while.

The blocked first-year student still wanted to let Wu Dao relax and not pursue so fast, but what he received was Wu Dao's slightly scolding words: "After the pick-and-roll screen breakthrough, you are not directly allowed to go to the layup. You are here."

After a breakthrough, you still need to observe your opponent’s movements.”

"It doesn't mean that everything will be fine once you break through!"

"Also, when you dribble the ball, don't keep looking at the ground and the ball. This shortcoming is very serious and must be corrected. Your eyes need to look elsewhere, to observe your opponents and teammates!"

"When you encounter difficulties, don't look for the reason from others, look for the problem within yourself!"

Jinguji Martial Arts doesn't let things slip during training. If you don't train hard and let things slip, it will become a loophole when it comes to the competition field.

Budo hopes to lead Shohoku High School to win the national championship, but if there are only five main players, the national championship is obviously unrealistic!

Their other substitutes in northern Hunan also need to train well to make themselves stronger, so when faced with the opponent's request to release, Wu Dao retorted mercilessly.

"." The team member who was spoken to by Wu Dao felt a little ashamed, blushed, lowered his head and said no more. Wu Dao's merciless words also made the training atmosphere a bit awkward.

Fortunately, Chiba Oishi was considered a qualified senior and stepped in to smooth things over, so the training continued.

The player whose problem was pointed out by Wu Dao was not a piece of mud who couldn't stand up to the wall. After Wu Dao finished speaking, he was obviously paying attention to his own problem, and tried his best to observe the situation on the court while dribbling.

However, his dribbling foundation was a bit weak, and he repeatedly made dribbling errors, which made their team's offense stumbling and their training progress was greatly slowed down.

For the opponent's mistakes, Wu Dao was somewhat tolerant. He didn't say anything because of the opponent's mistakes. Instead, he took the trouble to accompany him in training over and over again.

Martial Arts is not the kind of unreasonable person. Attitude issues need to be pointed out. Ability issues can only be solved by practicing. No one is born with the ability to play. And Chiba Oishi is really a qualified senior. The team members have

He did not complain when he made mistakes, but encouraged his team members loudly.

For a time, the training atmosphere in this half became harmonious, and the players were all focused on practicing the new system.

On the other side of the court, Hisashi Mitsui led the team members to conduct tactical drills. He was partnered with Akagi, Konobu Kigure and others. Konobu Kigure and Hisashi Mitsui were the initiators of the attack. As for the task of controlling the ball, it was one

Third grade team members perform.

Takenori Akagi on the inside is one of the pick-and-roll players.

Unlike the relatively smooth training in martial arts, Mitsui Hisashi's training was really stumbling.

"Hey! Akagi, can you move faster and improve the pick-and-roll?"

"The defender is stepping on the three-point line, what are you doing standing over at the free throw line?!"

On the court, Hisashi Mitsui received a pass from his teammate outside the three-point line and dribbled the ball for three or four seconds. Akagi's pick-and-roll was not in place for a long time. Mitsui Hisashi felt a little impatient and shouted directly at Akagi.

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After being called out, Akagi slowly prepared to take the position, but at this time, Mitsui Hisashi broke through quickly before Akagi picked and rolled. The next second, the players guarding him and the players who were supposed to defend Akagi in the interior quickly surrounded Mitsui Hisashi and completed the attack on Mitsui.

There was a double team. Mitsui Hisashi had no choice but to pass the ball back.

It's back in the hands of the point guard.

At this time, the point guard Akagi moved quickly towards the basket. The ball-handling player saw that Akagi was in a good position and passed the ball to Akagi's hands with a long pass. Akagi easily made a layup.

After scoring the goal, Akagi couldn't help but feel a little proud. Sure enough, he is still quite important!

"Mitsui, if you can't score, pass the ball to me!" Akagi said to Mitsui Hisashi, then picked up the basketball and threw it to his teammates on the outside, allowing his teammates to organize a new round of offense.

Mitsui Hisashi, who was originally annoyed because Akagi didn't follow tactics in pick-and-rolls, became furious when he heard Akagi's words.

"Before you say this, please understand your running position first!"

"If I still don't have a chance to make a shot after you pick and roll, and you are open, I will give you the ball!"

"Of course! The requirement is that you show me the running position first!!"

"If you can't do it, don't play! You know, I am the captain and I have this right!"

Mitsui Shou's voice was not high when he spoke, and it seemed that he lowered his voice deliberately. Mitsui Shou was actually able to understand some of Akagi's little thoughts, and while taking into account Akagi's face, he did not forget to remind Akagi.

"Hmph! I hope you can score the ball well!"

Akagi is not a fool. Mitsui Hisashi's words are both a threat and a reminder. Although Akagi is dissatisfied with Mitsui Hisashi, he does not dare to resist Coach Anzai's tactical arrangements.

In the next few rounds of offense, Akagi would strangely go to the designated position to perform pick-and-rolls. Hisaya Mitsui was very stable, either making a layup or passing the ball to the open Kimugure Kimibu for the opponent to finish.

During this period, Takenori Akagi also had an open mid-range opportunity. Hisashi Mitsui gave the ball to Akagi's hands. Akagi shot from an open position. The basketball hit the backboard and popped out directly, wasting an offensive opportunity.

Hisashi Mitsui also seized this opportunity and said sarcastically: "You can shoot so crookedly when you are open, you should practice shooting!"

"If you can't practice well, you can come and ask me for advice! After all, I am the captain, so I should help my teammates!"

Mitsui Hisashi's words made Akagi blush, which stung Akagi's self-esteem and also gave Akagi a deep sense of shame.

"Damn you, isn't it just shooting? I will definitely practice it, and my shooting will definitely be more accurate than yours!"

(End of chapter)