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Chapter 53 Difficult Choices



Chapter 53 Difficult Choices
As Su Yang predicted, the Heat failed to launch a counterattack after the timeout. O'Neal got angry several times and wanted to make a strong attack, but ended up with an offensive foul. The Blazers maintained their [-]-point lead until the middle of the fourth quarter, and finally won a big victory.

At the press conference after the game, McMillan proudly introduced to the reporters that under the guidance of Su Yang, the overall offense of the Blazers has formed a wild and beautiful style, which is more beautiful than the Lakers SHOWTIME.

Such remarks drew ridicule from Lakers fans.

James Worthy and other Lakers celebrities let the Blazers win the championship first, and 72 wins without a championship is useless.

McMillan did not respond to the ridicule, but took advantage of the three-day holiday to train.

Su Yang suggested to focus on training defense, especially the overall and zone defense. The Blazers players have weak single-defense ability. The overall rotation can make up for many disadvantages, and the defense largely determines the team's lower limit, especially when the offense is sluggish.

As a defensive coach, McMillan naturally accepted the suggestion and said that he finally reached a consensus with Su Yang.

Su Yang responded with a smile, did not make too many suggestions on defense, and tried his best to give the opportunity to Monty.That is the experience he learned from TV dramas. Even if you are super capable, don't always catch them all at once, and unite more comrades.

On the [-]th, the Blazers played against the Bucks at home.

During the warm-up before the game, Su Yang chatted with Ah Lian and suggested that the training of shooting speed should be strengthened.

After the game started, Frye moved to a high position on the offensive end, which caused Bogut to struggle between protecting the frame and defending three-pointers. Webster and Roy all tacitly switched defenses to fill positions, resulting in Reid and Mason, the two main Bucks. He made 16 of 5 shots in the half.

Just like that, Bogut's advantage over Frye on the inside had little effect, and the Bucks trailed by 14 points at halftime.

In the third quarter, Mo Williams beat Blake in a row and made 10 of 6 shots to help the Bucks cling to the score.

But the rest of the Bucks couldn't cope with the Blazers' sudden zone defense. They made 12 of 4 shots and even zero free throws.

In the fourth quarter, the situation of the game remained unchanged. The Blazers defeated the Bucks 117-105 and won three consecutive victories.

With a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, the Blazers flew to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz after a day off.

In an interview before the game, Jazz head coach Sloan strongly praised the Blazers, saying that the Blazers have reached a new height in the use of the dynamic offensive system, coupled with so many three-pointers, especially the big three-pointers, it is likely to change the league's game style.

Those remarks were forwarded by ESPN to major social media platforms, which quickly aroused a lot of discussion.

Some fans support the Blazers offense and call it a new version of SHOWTIME, because it is indeed very gorgeous, and some fans think that the Blazers offense is just a variant version of the Suns RUN AND GUN, with a special emphasis on speed...

There are dozens of opinions among a hundred fans about how the Blazers play.

ESPN's special guest summarized and analyzed: So many debates just show that the Blazers' dynamic offensive system is successful, because the Blazers include various advantages of play, no fixed routines, only basic concepts, all based on on-the-spot reading and reaction.

As the fans argued, the Blazers also defeated the Jazz 97-89, winning four consecutive victories.

The five Blazers scored in double figures, and Webster hit 6 three-pointers in a single game, hitting Kirilenko to doubt his life.

That night, they set off overnight and flew long distances to San Francisco, arriving in Oakland at three o'clock in the morning.

After a ten-hour break, the team played back-to-back away games. The shooting percentage in the first quarter was as low as 33.3%, and there was only one free throw.

After three quarters of the game, the Blazers gradually found their status. With Travis and Jones two substitutes, they made 12 of 7 shots, Roy made 13 of 6 shots, and Jack had 6 assists, and finally defeated the Warriors 105 to 95.

At the press conference after the game, Nelson said that he hoped to see the Blazers succeed, preferably a championship, to prove to the world that a basketball game does not necessarily require super strong inside and head-to-head, and jump shots and three-pointers can also be successful.

That night, the Blazers returned to Portland with five consecutive victories, and Su Yang accepted a telephone interview with TNT TV station.

When talking about the team's offensive changes, Su Yang said modestly that it only stimulated the hidden potential of the players.

When talking about the one-year contract with the team, Su Yang said that he didn't care about the contract and only focused on the present.

When talking about how Oden will perform when he comes back, Su Yang emphasized that Oden still has a long way to go, so don't put pressure on it.

NO.14, the Blazers vs. the Jazz at home.

Before the game, Adelaide had a truce due to a toe injury, and Su Yang simply let Frye and Pulzbila start the game.

Just like in Salt Lake City, the pick-and-roll linkage between Deron and Boozer was still very uncomfortable with the partial three defenses and two defenses of Adelaide, Blake, and Webster. The overall defense is excellent.

In the end, the Jazz made 13 of 0 three-pointers, and the Blazers easily won six consecutive victories.

At the press conference after the game, old coach Sloan once again praised the Blazers' offensive system, emphasizing that he is watching the video to learn, hoping to learn some styles of play and apply them to the Jazz's UCLA system, especially the off-ball screen.

Sloan's remarks once again aroused heated discussions, and Su Yang's name once again appeared in the eyes of the public fans.A fan claimed that the general manager of the Grizzlies was his uncle, and said that the Grizzlies would invite Su Yang to interview the head coach after the season ended.

NO.16, the Blazers went to the away game to challenge the Nuggets.

Adelaide still missed the game due to a toe injury, and Su Yang continued to arrange for Frye and Przybilla to start.

After the start of the game, the Blazers deliberately reduced the number of three-point shots, reduced the frequency of long rebounds, and tried their best to ensure the speed of returning to defense, greatly delaying the rhythm of the Nuggets' offensive and defensive transitions. They repeatedly dragged the Nuggets into positional battles and used zone defense extensively.

Iverson and Anthony's long-range shots are low, and the Nuggets have few offensive routines, making it difficult to deal with zone defense.

The Nuggets turned to strengthen defense, but Iverson was limited by height, Anthony was limited by attitude, and Camby was pulled to the top of the arc by Frey. The team was completely unable to prevent the Blazers from attacking, and fell behind by as much as three quarters. 19 points.

In the fourth quarter, Iverson went all out, making 8 of 5 shots and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 16 points.

But Anthony only made 6 of 2 shots and only 2 free throws. With only one golden gun, he couldn't reverse the situation at all.

In the end, with the advantage of six players scoring in double figures, the Blazers won 116 to 105, scoring seven consecutive victories.

At the post-match press conference, George Karl emphasized that he did not lose to his apprentice McMillan, but that he was less lucky than McMillan, and did not get a super excellent assistant like Su Yang, although his assistant was also very good.

NO.17, the Blazers returned to the home court and faced the Hornets back-to-back. The media campaigned that it was a battle for the top spot in the Western Conference.

Adelaide continued to be absent due to a toe injury, and Su Yang temporarily let Jack and Outlaw start the game.

Perhaps because they lost to the Trail Blazers in the first two games, the Hornets were very aggressive on both offense and defense after the start.

The Blazers responded passively, only scoring 20 points in the first quarter to tie with the Hornets, but focused on defending Paul to 4 for 0 shots.

In the next two quarters, relying on the wonderful performance of Mike Roberts and other substitutes, the Blazers struggled to get an 8-point lead.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Paul, who had been aggrieved for a long time, stood up, made 4 of 3 shots and sent 2 assists.

可惜,罗伊回敬6投4中2助攻,带领开拓者98比86击败黄蜂。

At the post-match press conference, Hornets head coach Scott said that as a former member of the Lakers SHOWTIME era, he is very convinced that the Blazers are still far behind, because at that time, Magic Johnson never listened to the head coach’s instructions, let alone Maybe listening to an assistant coach when running the fast break, the current Blazers are just performing a puppet show.

Those remarks quickly sparked controversy in ESPN and other media, the core of which was whether Su Yang had too much power.

The idea that McMillan is a puppet coach was brought up again, and Su Yang's experience of never playing college basketball was also revealed. For a while, major basketball forums aroused doubts, thinking that Su Yang was just lucky and just stole the results.

Many fans think that Roy and Adeben are high-ranking picks, Frye is also a high-ranking pick, and Webster is a talented high school player selected. They can gather in the Trail Blazers, mainly because of the general manager. Credit to Kevin.

Those fans also thought that the Trail Blazers players had just grown up this season, and the losing streak in the preseason was just a run-in. The record improved.

All kinds of discussions kept appearing in the media, but the Blazers didn't pay any attention to it.

On the contrary, the general manager, Kevin, took the initiative to hand over a new four-year contract to Su Yang with a high salary.

Su Yang was very entangled, and it was difficult to decide whether to sign or not to sign.

(End of this chapter)


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