Chapter 872 Durant’s Magical Skills!
Flow offense is one of the hottest tactical systems in the NBA coaching world this year.
In the fan circle or the media expert circle, many people have never even heard of this tactical system.
But in the NBA coaching world, this tactical system is as famous as the Sonics's "pass the buck" tactical system, the Timberwolves' "coreless" tactical system, and the Suns' "run and gun" tactical system in recent years.
And the creator of this Flow offense system is the Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.
Just like the "pass the buck" system was created by Nelson for Yes because of the emergence of Yes.
The "Flow offense" system was created by Rick Carlisle for Afflalo because of the emergence of Afflalo.
In the NBA, most tactical systems rely on the tactical instructions of the head coach.
For example, the "pass the buck" system and the "run and gun" system have fixed tactical instructions, which are the so-called tactical routines, such as the "pass the buck" and "collect the buck" routes of the "pass the buck" system, and the classic "horn pick-and-roll" of the "run and gun" system.
Yes and Nash are free, but the tactical system has instructions and tasks. ,
But the Flow offensive system that Rick Carlisle created for Afflalo this year is completely different.
The Flow offensive system has no tactical instructions and no routines. The core of the Flow offensive system is to give full play to the subjective initiative of the tactical core players on the court. The tactical core can do anything on the court without restraint. Through his own interpretation of the game and the changes in the defensive center of gravity of the opponent's defensive formation, he can make the most direct and rapid response, guide and predict the behavior of his teammates on the court.
So the key to this Flow offensive system is to find a core player with comprehensive offensive skills, excellent passing ability and high basketball IQ, preferably a core player who is very good at three-pointers and dribbling.
In other words, as long as your team has such a player, you can play this tactical system!
This is also the reason why this tactical system shocked the entire NBA coaching community this year.
The top tactical system has great requirements. For the tactical system of throwing the pot, the core must be able to pass the pot ball, and there must be a matching pot player. For the tactical system of triangle offense, the core must have an invincible singles, and there must be other supporting players to match it.
But the Flow offensive system does not require it, and the requirements are even lower than those of the run-and-gun system.
As long as you can find such an all-around hexagonal offensive player, you can also play this tactical system.
This tactical system is the same as the run-and-gun system, and it can become a popular tactical system!
The popularity of this tactical system is even stronger than the run-and-gun system. The run-and-gun system also requires some supporting tactical guidance from the head coach, which is really a headache for many commercial head coaches in the NBA.
However, the Flow offensive system, a tactical system that is completely left to the players to decide, is really a blessing for those commercial head coaches.
They don't need to give any tactical instructions to the players. They can hand over the game to the core of the Flow offensive system in the future, and they can just give spiritual chicken soup on the side.
It can be imagined that as time goes by, old Nelson thinks that the 60% to 70% of commercial head coaches or academic head coaches with not very good level in the future NBA may have a Flow offensive system.
The core players of the Flow offensive system require all-around offense, and this all-around is not all top-level. Yes, who is top-notch in everything, can play the Flow offensive system, and James and Afflalo, who are first-class in everything, can also play the Flow offensive system. Even if you want to force this tactical system, you can use a little bit more core players.
It can be said that Rick Carlisle opened the era of NBA head coaches.
At the same time...
Rick Carlisle also opened the era of triple-doubles for NBA players...
The core players of the Flow offensive system can easily hit triple-doubles, and may even hit triple-doubles per game!
It can be said that this year's Mavericks, except for many media reporters and fans, regard this team as a joke.
But for old Nelson and many NBA insiders, this year's Mavericks are really an epoch-making team!
The emergence of the Flow offensive system has opened a simple mode for NBA commercial head coaches. This tactical system cannot be cracked tactically because there is no specific coaching tactical instruction.
But it cannot be cracked tactically.
It does not mean that it cannot be cracked from other aspects.
In the Mavericks' Flow offense, Afflalo likes to cooperate with Kwame Brown very much, and uses the cooperation with Kwame Brown as the basis for tearing open the opponent's defense line.
And Kwame Brown is indeed easy to use, with strength, athletic ability, and very good in all aspects of technology.
Since Kwame Brown plays such a big role in the Mavericks' offense and defense.
Old Nelson has no reason not to target Kwame Brown!
Flow offensive system cannot be targeted.
But Kwame Brown, no matter how well Rick Carlisle protects him, he must not be let go!
Old Nelson is also stubborn. After the game started, he seemed to be determined not to stop until Kwame Brown was taken down.
But it is obvious that Old Nelson and Carlisle are fighting like this.
That really makes Milicic suffer.
Kwame Brown's foul is really not that easy to make.
Especially when Rick Carlisle protects him so well.
Although Milicic's offensive methods are diverse and rich, he is known as the Little Yao Ming in the current league, but the Little Yao Ming is not the real Yao Ming!
Even if it is the real Yao Ming, it may not be difficult to score on Kwame Brown's head, but it is still not easy to make Kwame Brown foul, because he is not O'Neal.
Halfway through the first quarter, Milicic, the main attacking point of the Supersonics in this game, scored 6 points in the half-quarter, but did not cause Kwame Brown to foul once.
At this time, the score of the two teams was 13 to 15, and the Mavericks led by 2 points on the court.
"After the main attacking point of this game was changed from Durant to Milicic, the gap between the Supersonics and the Mavericks has also narrowed!"
Barkley is very satisfied.
Whether they can win or not is another matter. If Durant misses every game like the last game, then they will collapse in every game!
It doesn't matter if they lose, but they can't be swept in every game!
Otherwise, it will be so embarrassing!
In this game, Nelson's tactical intention was to use Milicic's main attack to kill Kwame Brown, the pillar of the Mavericks on both offense and defense.
Yes still supports Nelson's tactical intention.
So he didn't force the ball, and he shot himself in the double team or passed the blame to Durant in the double team.
It's also good to let Rondo organize Milicic to play against Kwame Brown. It's quite interesting to see these two current teammates and strong teammates fighting each other.
In addition, Yes can't break the double team of Afflalo and Monta Ellis now.
45...51...54...39...58...
Even if Monta Ellis's strength is not good, he can have a chance to play against Afflalo one-on-one in a confrontation, but the feel of this game is really not that good.
And although Monta Ellis is not strong, she is flexible. After pushing away, she can quickly clamp up again. He must succeed in singles against Afflalo in this fleeting opportunity, which is not easy.
Halfway through the first quarter, Yes found the touch to shoot twice, and scored 3 points with 1 of 2 shots.
The team's game situation is pretty good now, and he doesn't need to defend Nowitzki. Moreover, with the touch of this game, even if he has a touch of +20, he probably can't forcefully break through the double-team of Afflalo and Monta Ellis.
He should just quietly be the Yes of the Supersonics. As for Kobe of the Supersonics, he is not interested in being one.
Milicic is non-mainstream, and is as famous as Bynum of the Lakers.
But Milicic is really not a big fool. Non-mainstream and haircut are still different.
Non-mainstream is just different from the mainstream aesthetics. The mainstream likes gold, but Milicic just likes milky white. It doesn't mean that his IQ is defective, and it is still in the category of normal people.
Haircut is different. That is not the aesthetics of normal people, let alone mainstream or non-mainstream. As long as you see it, you can tell that he is a mentally retarded child with defects in IQ.
Since he is not a brainless person, Milicic is really uncomfortable now because he cannot do it because of the coach's instructions.
This feeling of not being able to do it but having to do it, and not being able to do it, is really uncomfortable.
Moreover, seeing that his offensive efficiency is declining due to his forced fouls, the team's score has dropped from 2 points behind in half a quarter to almost 5 points behind in almost a quarter, and there is 1 minute left in the first quarter. Milicic is really uncomfortable like an ant in a hot pot.
"No, I can't go on like this!"
Coach Nelson's tactical intention is correct, but he can't continue to be so stubborn. There is no problem in continuing to implement Coach Nelson's intention, but he needs to take a rest and relieve his emotions first. Now hand over the main attack right.
Just after reviewing it, Milicic was depressed again.
Except for Yes who was double-teamed, there is really no suitable player who can attack.
Rajon? No!
KD? Even worse!
Paul?
Millsap's main focus in this game was to defend Nowitzki, and he couldn't take the lead. It was okay to attack from gaps, but it was definitely not okay to attack from the main position.
"Dakko!"
Just when Millsap was hesitating, Josh Howard, who had returned to assist in defense, had arrived. After being reminded by Durant, Milicic was frightened and subconsciously hit the basketball in his hand towards Durant.
Seeing Durant catch the ball, Milicic felt a little regretful, but what Milicic didn't expect was that Durant didn't pull it up directly.
Instead, he motioned Milicic to go over and screen with him!
Could it be? !
"KD is going to continue to single out Kwame in this game?!"
After seeing Durant's intention, Milicic hesitated for a moment, and finally followed Durant's instructions.
Huh?
Seeing Durant actively switch himself to Kwame Brown through a screen on the court, old Nelson and Carlisle on the sidelines were stunned at the same time.
Both of them were a little surprised.
After all, Durant had already failed to foul Kwame Brown in the last game.
But Nelson and Carlisle were a little different in their surprise.
Carlisle felt that the Sonics had no other options, and even Durant had to be reused in the end.
Nelson was surprised that this time Durant did not distance himself from Kwame Brown and break through from the front, but instead leaned in front of Kwame Brown.
Durant does not have the ability to attack from behind?
Of course there is. Durant's offensive skills are very comprehensive and he can do everything.
But his back-to-the-basket offensive skills are definitely not so easy to beat Kwame Brown.
"Kevin Durant does not want to repeat the failed way to beat Kwame Brown. In this game, he will choose a new undercover method on the offensive end!"
Seeing Durant like this, many people in the press box on the sidelines have begun to mock him.
And Durant on the court is still serious and seems to be thinking about how to back-to-back Kwame Brown.
Now many reporters and Mavericks fans at the scene are laughing at Durant when they see him like this.
You can't break Kwame with a frontal attack from the outside, and now you have to use the weakness of the outside to beat Kwame's strength?
How incomprehensible is this?
"Dong James and Sid Durant are really worthy of their reputation!"
"Two geniuses in the undercover world!"
"Yes and Wade are really unlucky!"
"Even more unlucky are the other players of the Heat and Supersonics? They will never guess why Yes is so good to Durant and why Wade loves James so much!"
Seeing Durant want to beat Kwame Brown like this, Milicic on the court regretted it very much. He thought there was a new way, but it turned out to be this. Milicic wanted to cry.
If he can't attack like this, how can KD do it!
Many Supersonics players on the sidelines have covered their eyes at this time, unable to bear to look directly.
On the contrary, James Harden, who was also sitting on the sidelines, showed a puzzled expression on his face.
"KD's move..."
"James, I didn't expect you to notice that KD's back-to-back move was not standard. This time it's really over. KD has taken the initiative to go undercover again!"
"..."
Mark, I'm not talking about this, I'm saying...
Looking at the excited Gasol, James Harden didn't have a chance to say anything. Gasol next to him had gone from excitement to dullness.
James Harden looked at the court. Kevin Durant turned over and made a jump shot, but Durant's hands holding the ball were stuck under Kwame Brown's armpits...
Kwame Brown, who opened his arms and never hit his hands in defense, mechanically lowered his head and looked at the hands that were actively clamped under his armpits. He blinked his dull eyes.
For a moment, he was a little confused.
The Mavericks fans on the sidelines and the reporters in the press box who were still laughing just now were all silent at this time.
And the object of their ridicule, the No. 35 of the Supersonics, actually took the ball and walked to the free throw line before the referee blew the whistle.
That decisive turn, that resolute back, in Milicic's eyes, really had a bit of coolness.
The key is, if the referee doesn't blow the whistle, you're traveling...
Before Milicic could say the word "ah" in his heart, a quick voice broke the silence!
Beep beep beep!
Blue No. 54 fouled!
White No. 35 made two free throws!
This whistle...
This gesture...
The whole world remained silent and confused at this moment.
Yes on the side subconsciously said "huh".