Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 53 Su Wan is so useful!
Rick Carlisle talked a lot about his pre-game arrangements, covering all aspects.

However, when the game really started, it was still the Supersonics who took the lead first.

第一节2分14秒，超音速队以8比2领先6分。

The head coach of the SuperSonics is Nate McMillan, one of the "Top Ten Legends of the SuperSonics". He dedicated his entire career to Seattle. After retiring in 98, he worked as an assistant coach for three years. In 00, he became the head coach of the SuperSonics.

George Karl was his head coach when he was a player. From the fast break mode of this Supersonics team, we can see that he learned a lot of fast-paced concepts from George Karl:

For example, he also likes to use "physical men" to play inside and provide vitality to the court.

In this regard, the Pacers do not have an advantage inside without O'Neal Jr.

Neither Austin Croshere, the hero who helped the Pacers reach the finals in 00, nor David Harrison, the 29th pick in the first round of this year, are "physical freaks".

Croshere became famous in 00. With his steady three-point shooting and tough playing style under the basket, he became an indispensable part of the Pacers that year. But judging from his subsequent performance on the court, he was an out-and-out "contract year player". After his performance in the 99-00 season won him a 7-year, $5500 million contract, he quickly fell.

If O'Neal Jr. had not been suspended, he would have no chance to start.

Harrison only played in the league for 4 years, and then became a star in the domestic CBA.

During his four years in the NBA, he was best known for being photographed standing next to Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson during the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, and became one of the "Three Musketeers" who received mandatory psychological counseling afterwards.

Compared with athletic ability, Croshere is 2 meters tall and David Harrison is 08 meters tall, which is their advantage.

If you want to take advantage of your height in the paint, you must slow down.

Unfortunately, Tinsley is not good at this.

Coming from the streets, his playing style can be described in four words:
Master of chaos fighting!

The more chaotic the battlefield is, the more he jumps. Although he is only 1 meters tall, he can score easily by using one hand to shoot and using a hook shot under the basket.

However, in fast break rhythm and positional warfare, he is prone to lose the rhythm and become "invisible" on the court.

Rick Carlisle was prepared for this.

A wink.

Su Wan stretched out his hand: "Come here with the ball!"

There are two ways to let the rhythm fall into position. One is to rely on the high-speed CPU of the No. 1 position to accurately guide everyone's position. The "masters" among them are Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo.

Su Wan is not among them.

Another way is to stretch the lineup and let players who have the ability to hold the ball and play one-on-one solve the problem based on their personal abilities.

Su Wan...

That's what it does!

He was holding the ball and facing the "Bear Biscuit" Ray Allen!
Although he was the first line of defense against Kobe in the 2010 Finals, if Paul Pierce wasn't standing on the wing and Kevin Garnett was standing behind him, his close defense would be no different from a free throw.

Too light!
He is 1 meters tall and weighs only 96 kg.

Facing his aggressive "shit plaster" defense, Su Wan was not afraid at all and directly held the ball and killed. Now the outside defenders who cannot use their hands to make contact and indirectly exert force, if they want to form the first confrontation inside the free throw line, they must use their chest to withstand the impact of the ball holder.

Ray Allen didn't have the ability to do that and was knocked away by Su Wan.

Reggie Evans, who is 2 meters tall, showed his mobility and came forward to defend. Suwan ignored him and just raised his hand to make a jump shot.

With a "bang", Suwan's first shot for the Pacers bounced out of the rim.

However, Evans made up for it, and the only one left in the Sonics' interior was "The Joker's brother". Harrison and Croshere were in a "2 on 1" situation, and they successfully grabbed the offensive rebound and scored a goal.

Rick Carlisle nodded with satisfaction. A singles tactic does not necessarily have to be successful. As long as the ball handler can disrupt the opponent's defensive formation through his singles and allow other players on the team to gain a positional advantage, it is also a successful singles tactic.

Otherwise, how do you think the “Little Blacksmith of Milan” led the team to win “two consecutive championships”?

As long as a star's singles can attract double-teaming and change the opponent's defensive formation, it will be a "heavy weapon" on the offensive end.

Those who only focus on the shooting percentage are definitely "ball blind" and loyal "data-only patients".

Just like the Pacers' attack this time, Suwan missed the shot and the rebound was grabbed by his teammate Harrison.

But in fact, Harrison was able to grab this "offensive rebound" because he got a "2v1" opportunity, and this opportunity was actually created for him by Suwan's singles.

In the next round, Suwan repeated the same trick and broke through Ray Allen again. Facing Reggie Evans who was helping him defend, he made a layup and missed again. However, this time the Pacers got the offensive rebound, but it was not Harrison who got it, but Croshere, who also easily made the rebound under the basket.

Seeing that Su Wan was missed under the basket in two rounds of defense, the Supersonics changed their defensive strategy and stopped defending. However, the middle door was opened... Su Wan made a direct jump shot!
McMillan scratched his head.

The most uncomfortable situation is when a team's defense puts a one-on-one player on the wing in a dilemma.

But the Sonics' three perimeter players are not good at defending!

Neither Ridnour nor Lewis can replace Ray Allen in defending Suwan.

Ray Allen can at least still put up a fight, but if it's the 1-meter-tall Ridnour or Lewis who has almost no lateral movement, Suwan will probably play even better.

At 6 minutes and 45 seconds in the first quarter, McMillan watched Suwan miss another shot, but the Pacers easily scored again after "outnumbering the minority". He decisively replaced Ridnour with Antonio Daniels.

Like Stephen Jackson, the "fourth pick in the first round of 97" also graduated from the "Spurs Military Academy", where the infamous Jackson became a "wing puzzle" with excellent offense and defense.

Daniels, who entered San Antonio as a "parallel import", learned organization and defense there.

This season, he shared the point guard position with Ridnour and served as a substitute for Ray Allen. He averaged 27 points and 11.2 assists in 4.1 minutes per game, which was very efficient.

However, what really makes him an important rotation player for the Supersonics is his defensive ability!
McMillan often replaces him when the team encounters a tough outside ball handler.

He's doing a good job so far.

Suwan saw Daniels coming on.

This was a face that was very unfamiliar to him.

Although he was a time traveler and knew a lot about the NBA, he didn't know every player like Daniels. But his intuition told him that McMillan's substitution at this time was not because he thought his "background board" was too monotonous, so he changed his "background board", right?

In the next round of offense, Suwan decisively chose to call James Jones to play the "hand-to-hand" tactic with him.

Pretend to put the ball into Jones' hands, then quickly hold the ball and pretend to break through.

Lewis and Daniels were unable to switch defense in time and could only stand in front of Su Wan.

After Su Wan called on his teammates to move away, he easily dribbled past Lewis and completed a "one-handed slam dunk".

Compared to him, Lewis's movements seemed like they were in slow motion.

When passing McMillan while returning to defense, Suwan pointed at Lewis, then at Ray Allen, and made a "substitution" gesture.

What it means is: It's useless to replace others, you have to replace at least one of these two people.

Rick Carlisle smiled. What McMillan was experiencing at this moment was what he had also experienced in the opening game.

Sure enough, the feeling of being rude to Su Wan is not as good as watching Su Wan rude to you.

Su Wan is really useful!
(End of this chapter)