Defense Is Not a Single Person's Job!
Big Yao played as the center and Nowitzki played as the power forward.
The two players were not in the same position and rarely faced each other directly in a game. However, in this life, the two of them faced each other in their first game.
The 2002 Nowitzki had very obvious technical characteristics. His style of play leaned towards the back. He was very flexible when facing the players inside and easily broke through them. When facing players shorter than him, he could use his height to shoot directly in the face.
Even against Garnett, Stoudemire, and Nowitzki, whose speed and flexibility were similar to his, he could use the rhythm, triple threat, and possession of the ball to complete the attack.
Big Yao took the initiative to defend against Nowitzki. Li Muchen's lips suddenly curled up slightly. Letting Big Yao defend against Nowitzki was something Li Muchen had secretly told Big Yao before the game. His purpose was to
Li Muchen's gaze fell on Iverson, who was resting on the sidelines. In the past, Iverson would not appear on the preseason stage, but this time, he gave Li Muchen face. In the preseason game, he played for five or six minutes to warm up.
Big Yao's defense against Nowitzki was not as effective as Stoudemire's. Although Big Yao had a lot of speed and agility in his rookie days, it was only relative to the center position. In the power forward position, Big Yao's defense against Nowitzki was not as effective as Stoudemire's.
After being singled out by Nowitzki once again, Li Muchen clapped his hands and called for a time-out. Big Yao returned to the substitutes 'bench with some frustration. Li Muchen smiled and patted Big Yao's shoulder.
"How do you feel, Dayao?"
"I can't defend against him. He's faster than me. I can't defend against him at all!”
Li Muchen nodded and looked at Xiaosi. Xiaosi sighed."Coach, I can keep up with him, but this German is too flexible. He always shoots before I block.”
The smile on Li Muchen's face grew wider as he listened to the two of them. He knocked on the tactical board and attracted everyone's attention.
"Defense is not a matter of one person!”
Li Muchen's words attracted the attention of all the players.
"Amare, how do you feel about yourself compared to Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves?”
Li Muchen looked at the coachman. The coachman scratched his head and said honestly,""I'm not as good as Kevin Garnett!”
"Nowitzki was able to get 33.3 points per game against Kevin Garnett in the playoffs. It's normal that you can't defend against him.”
Li Muchen looked at the data in his hand and told the players seriously.
This was the first preseason game for the 76ers. All the tactical arrangements were planned by Li Muchen. The result of this game was not important. The most important thing was to let this group of rookies grow.
If the lone hero Iverson could hear something, then this game would be a huge profit!
"Amare, it's normal that you can't defend against this German tank. If you can't defend against it, even Dayao, who is stronger than you in single-handedly defending, can't defend against it.”
"So we're just going to let Nowitzki slaughter us in this match?”
Li Muchen looked at Iverson.""Perhaps you will say that we have Alan. We can attack them, but they can't defend against us!”
"But let me tell you, defense is the only way to win the championship.”
"If one person can't defend against Nowitzki, then let two people defend. If two people can't defend against him, then use three people to defend!”
Li Muchen laid the tactical board flat for everyone to see.
"I have two players inside, Big Yao and Stoudemire. Why should I defend against Nowitzki alone?”
Li Muchen patted the coachman's shoulder.""Next, if Nowitzki still plays, you just defend against him alone. With your speed, it's easy to keep up with Nowitzki. Just stick close to Nowitzki and don't let him shoot.”
"If Nowitzki chooses to break through, let him in. We still have Big Yao guarding the inside. Let him break through!”
"You can even deliberately reveal a flaw and let Nowitzki break through you to enter the inside line!”
Upon hearing Li Muchen's words, the coachman suddenly understood. Big Yao nodded his head. Why did he and the coachman have to defend against Nowitzki alone? Why couldn't they work together to defend?
Two towers in the middle, two towers in the middle. The two of them working together were called the two towers in the middle.
Seeing that Big Yao and Stoudemire were listening, Li Muchen's gaze fell on Iverson again.
"Moreover, the best way to defend against someone is not to defend against him, but to attack him! Foul him, beat him down! Even if I can't continue fighting, I'll exhaust his stamina!
I don't believe that when a player is exhausted, his offensive efficiency will still be high!”
"Iverson should have a deep understanding of this!”
Hearing Li Muchen mention him, Iverson was stunned for a moment. Then he could not help but smile bitterly. The coach was using him as a negative example!
Iverson couldn't refute what Li Muchen said. It was inevitable that a player's offensive efficiency would decrease after his stamina decreased.
Even if he was an iron man, his efficiency in the middle and late stages of the competition was not as high as his efficiency at the beginning of the competition.
"Time out. Go. If one person can't defend, then two people can defend. If you can't defend, then beat him up and wear him down!”
Li Muchen put away the tactical board and watched his players go on stage. He looked at Iverson out of the corner of his eye and found that Iverson was deep in thought.
Iverson was a hero, a lone warrior, and a lone wolf. In his heart, basketball was a 1v1 game. Whether it was offense or defense, it was a 1v1 game.
He felt that he should deal with his opponent alone!
However, Li Muchen wanted to correct Iverson's thoughts. He wanted to tell Iverson that basketball was not a sport for one person, but a sport for five people!
This was also why he had asked Big Yao to defend against Nowitzki alone before the game!
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