The opening three-pointer in basketball

At the Hilton Hotel in Minnesota, Grizzlies players and the rest of the coaching staff have taken a break.

In the head coach's room, Hollins had not yet fallen asleep.

Because this time it wasn't just him, his wife and children also came.

As the head coach, of course Hollins cannot take his wife and children to an away game.

His wife and children have come here a long time ago, because his brother-in-law is studying at the University of Minnesota.

Before the playoffs started, his wife's father-in-law and his family came over for vacation and took a look at his brother-in-law.

Hollins is in his early forties, his son is eight years old, and his daughter is five.

My daughter hadn’t seen Hollins for half a month. When they met today, she pestered Hollins and asked him to accompany her in painting.

Although Hollins is a coach, his painting skills are pretty good.

"Dad, please draw a picture for me. Dad, draw a picture for me."

My daughter must accompany Hollins to paint.

Hollins had no choice but to sit down and then paint seriously with his daughter.

He held a paintbrush in his hand, but his mind was not thinking about painting at all.

After a while, my daughter suddenly screamed.

"Dad, who is this person you drew?"

Hollins paused for a moment, suddenly woke up, and looked down.

Only then did I realize that the cartoon character I had drawn was not the cartoon character I had promised my daughter.

Although the person on the drawing paper in front of me is as good-looking as a cartoon character, this person is none other than Bai Yi.

Look at Bai Yi's handsome face in the painting.

Hollins sighed, apologized to his daughter, and started painting again in earnest.

Half an hour later, Hollins finally coaxed his daughter to go to bed.

He was about to turn on the computer and study the techniques and tactics for the next game, but he found that his wife had taken a shower and was looking at him with a look of resentment.

Hollins shook his head helplessly. He had not paid the public grain for half a month, and the landlord was dissatisfied.

He smiled bitterly and stood up

Half an hour later, Hollins finally had time. He came to the computer, then opened the video of the previous game and watched it carefully again.

He has watched this video many times, but still can't think of a better way.

Probably because it was the sage time, his brain was spinning faster.

He quickly realized that in the last game, although the Timberwolves were missing Morris Jr., the perimeter defense had not weakened due to the addition of Tucker, and it was almost the same as before.

Where the Timberwolves have really weakened is in the paint.

But the Grizzlies don't score many goals inside.

The main reason is that neither Randolph nor Garfield is a good scorer.

Neither of them has the ability to attack independently, so they can only eat the cake. In this case, these two need to have good space and some good passes.

Once there is no good space.

Without good and smooth passing, it will be much more difficult for Garfield and Randolph to score points.

For example, in the regular season, Garfield averaged 14 points per game, while Randolph averaged 11 points.

Together, these two people equaled half of Bai Yi's score.

So the Timberwolves finally replaced Love as a scarecrow. The inside line was already very weak, and the Grizzlies still couldn't score easily.

It's just that Randolph and Marc's scoring abilities are too weak.

If one of the two people is Duncan or O'Neal, wouldn't they destroy the Timberwolves inside?

But even if they know this problem, what can the grizzly bear do?

The Grizzlies' lineup has this condition. They don't have an outstanding player like Duncan at all.

Hollins then looked at the Grizzlies' lineup and couldn't help but sigh.

The Grizzlies' interior lineup can be said to be the best in the league, and even the Pacers can't compare to them.

In addition to Kawhi and Randolph, they also have Cunningham, Maris Speights, and Haddadi from Asia.

Both Cunningham and Speights are practical players who can protect the frame, grab rebounds, and defend well.

The only flaw is the poor scoring.

Even Haddadi is the same. He has speed and confrontation, but he just can't score.

The Grizzlies obviously have so many good inside players, but they don't have any great scorers.

Hollins is really depressed.

He clicked on the table, thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a way.

Since the ability to independently attack is poor.

Then rush up and draw a foul.

Insiders are generally heavy, and once they accelerate, they will consume a lot of energy.

But the Grizzlies have no problem, they have enough rotations.

The more Hollins thought about it, the more likely it became.

He waved his hand with satisfaction in the end and planned to do this in the next game.

…

Hollins was thinking, and so was Adelman. Naturally, he also thought of the Timberwolves' poor interior defense.

At this time, he and three assistant coaches were discussing what should be done to make up for the Timberwolves' interior defensive deficiencies.

"I think we can try other players, not necessarily Love."

An assistant coach expressed his opinion.

Adelman shook his head and said, "No, our newcomer is really terrible and not trustworthy at all."

"I think we can actually give up interior defense completely and focus on scoring from the outside. Didn't we win the last game?"

"White's hand felt good in the last game, but you can't keep betting like this."

"But Bai's touch has always been very good."

Several assistant coaches started arguing.

Adelman had a headache when he heard this, "Guys, we have to reduce Bai's burden. We can't let him play so tired, otherwise he will be more susceptible to injuries."

Bai Yi has a special status. It can be said that Bai Yi is the barometer of the Timberwolves. If Bai Yi is injured, then the rest of the Timberwolves will basically pack up and go home.

Several assistant coaches expressed their ideas again, but they didn't work well.

It's not that the players' attitudes are bad, but the Timberwolves' resources on the interior defensive end are really terrible.

"I think Garfield and Randolph scored a lot in the last game. Garfield scored 25 points and Randolph scored 22 points."

Compared with the scores of the two men in the regular season, this is almost double.

Calculating it this way, the two of them actually got a lot of advantages because the Timberwolves were weak inside.

The assistant coach continued: "If we really want to restrict them, we can shrink the lineup and all the players shrink under the basket and see what they can do?"

"The Grizzlies are not good at scoring from the outside."

Adelman's eyes lit up when he heard this.

As the assistant coach said, the Grizzlies are really not good on the outside.

Like Kang Li, who averages 11 points per game, like Allen, who averages nine points per game, and Mayo, who is better, averaging 12 points per game.

Gay is the Grizzlies' best perimeter scorer, averaging 20 points per game.

However, Gay's scoring is mainly based on rushing the frame, allowing him to shoot from the outside, and he is also unstable.

If the Timberwolves shrink as a team, let the Grizzlies compete on the outside and see how many points they can score.

Adelman clapped his hands and smiled with satisfaction, "Okay, let's give it a try."