I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 210 Enlightenment (Second Update)

On April 4, the first round of the NBA playoffs gradually came to an end.

On this day, the Dallas Mavericks lost to the San Antonio Spurs on the road.

They reached the playoffs as the second place in the Western Conference, but were intercepted by the Spurs in the first round.

Dirk Nowitzki has suffered another blow in three years since he suffered a black eight in the 2007 season.

Such a result makes it difficult for the entire Mavericks team and the entire Dallas fans to accept.

At the end of the game, Nowitzki could even feel the laughter from the audience.

It has been three years, since that black eight, he has been suffering from all kinds of infamy, especially the reputation of "soft guy".

In the first round of 2008, he was eliminated by the fledgling Paul and the Hornets. Kidd showed his old age in the face of Paul in the series.

In the second round of 2009, they were beaten by the Nuggets. In the first round of that year, they defeated the Spurs in the first round.

As a result, this year, the Spurs completed their revenge and successfully overturned the Mavericks with the seventh pick, and the series did not have much suspense.

The Mavericks made a good start at home and beat the Spurs in the first game, and then they were beaten by the Spurs in three consecutive games, trailing 1:3.

Returning to the home court in the fifth game, the Mavericks beat the Spurs to save some face, but the situation of the series has been controlled by the Spurs.

As a result, in Game 22, the Mavericks came to San Antonio and were beaten 8:[-] by the Spurs in the first quarter.

At the beginning, I dug a big hole for myself, and finally buried myself, and I couldn't climb out again.

After losing in the playoffs for the third consecutive year, it is hard to imagine how much pressure Nowitzki is under.

In 06, when they were the closest to the championship, they were only one free throw away from the championship.

But it was a free throw that killed the Mavericks, and they couldn't get up from that moment on.

Four seasons have passed, Nowitzki's teammates are about to change, and only Terry is left.

They still couldn't go any further. They won the second place in the Western Conference in the regular season for nothing and went home early.

The Spurs created the first "black seven" miracle since the first round of seven games and four wins.

It is several years later than Heiba.

Unfortunately, the victims of both miracles were the Mavericks.

Nowitzki scored 26.7 points in the series, which is very good.

But the performance of the Mavericks team is ups and downs, especially the offense.

In the four games they lost, none scored more than 90 points.

In the face of the experienced defensive experience of the Spurs, the personal abilities of the Mavericks players have not been fully utilized.

Carlisle fell into deep self-blame and thinking after the game.

He didn't say a word all the way back to Dallas.

Since taking over the Mavericks in 2008, Carlisle has been trying to build an offensive system around Dirk for two seasons.

The offensive routine created by the predecessor Johnson, which is suitable for the player's personal offensive ability, is too rigid.

In 06, there were many factors that fell short, especially some off-court factors.

And being hacked in 07 really had a lot of tactical problems in it, and he was targeted very hard in the first round.

After Carlisle coached, he transformed the team's tactical system, hoping to make the team's offense flow.

He believes that the team's offensive tactics centered on Nowitzki and Kidd must be flexible.

The pursuit of fierceness and toughness does not necessarily bring victory, because it is not suitable.

But for two consecutive seasons, Carlisle felt that he didn't grasp the lifeblood of the team's tactics.

It's always a bit worse, a little bit here, a little bit there, and it can't reach a truly satisfactory situation.

The main responsibility of an excellent head coach is definitely not to formulate a few tactics and draw tactical boards on the sidelines.

Their work is much more complicated. They are the brains of the team, and they must ensure that the players under them operate around a core idea, each show their abilities, and do their best on both offensive and defensive ends.

However, Carlisle felt that he hadn't thought enough about what this core idea was.

The whole team was immersed in a terrible atmosphere. On the plane back to Dallas, no one said a word.

Carlisle wanted to sleep, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. He kept replaying the game in his mind, trying to get an answer.

Carlisle knew he didn't have to worry about getting out of class. When he left the Spurs' home court, Cuban came over and said.

"Continue to work hard next season."

Carlisle also knows that Nowitzki will continue to stay with the Mavericks, and the 33-year-old will not give up.

He won't propose a trade, won't say he's going to compete for a championship elsewhere, and Cuban won't trade him.

Nowitzki is a great player, and as a European player, he doesn't like to struggle.

They expect to be able to play in one place, unless the team takes the initiative to trade him.

Next season, we still have to make a fuss about Nowitzki.

Cuban will continue to bring in players. As the head coach, Carlisle has to figure out a problem: how to best play Dirk's ability and hide his disadvantages on the defensive end.

A headache, a real headache.

Assistant coach Stotts came up and said, "Rick, I saw a post-match article, and I think there may be some inspiration. Let me show you."

Carlisle waved his hand and said, "Stotts, do we still have to rely on the nonsense in the media to guide the team's game?"

Stotts said: "These articles are different. They were recommended to me by Mike Dunleavy."

Dunleavy and Stotts knew each other, though they never worked together.

Stotts was selected by the Rockets in 1980 when he entered the league. Dunleavy was playing for the Rockets at that time.

After Dunleavy went to the Bucks, Stotts also worked, but the timeline was staggered.

Everyone is a coach, and people who are familiar with each other will have some exchanges on weekdays.

Carlisle heard Dunleavy's name and said, "Did the Clippers pull the score to 2:3?"

Stotts nodded and said: "That's right, they made a lot of adjustments and changes in the fourth game, and the effect was immediate. You can read this article."

So, Carlisle cheered up, took Stotts' cell phone, and began to check this article titled "Victory of Space and Ball Power".

This article uses the replay of the fourth and fifth games between the Clippers and the Lakers as an example to describe the role and significance of the Clippers' lineup and tactical adjustments.

Carlisle read it casually at first, and a senior person like him is not willing to read media articles.

However, with the deepening of reading, the more he read, the more he felt that the article was written very interesting and instructive.

In particular, one of the sentences reads: "In offense, when a tactical system solves the problem of space and ball distribution well, whether it focuses on the inside or outside, the main shooting or the main breakthrough, it is no longer important. It's so important. These are things that the players decide on a temporary basis. Before the game, the coach has settled the allocation of space and ball rights, so that the two can reach a perfect balance, so that the players can be in the most comfortable state Run their offense and play their best offense."

This sentence gave Carlisle some enlightenment, and he suddenly figured out a lot of problems.

"Who wrote this article?" Carlisle asked anxiously after reading it.

"It's the NBA-Batman who likes to send out all kinds of rumors and gossip. It's his blog."

"What? It's this guy... I... I want to contact him by private message."

(End of this chapter)