Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 202 Bull Horn Tactics
Li Weisi went home before 12 o'clock, so he wouldn't delay his sleep because of someone!My own parents can't do it, let alone the annoying Byrd!
Silent all night.

During the team training the next day, the players suddenly realized that the team seemed to be changing tactics.

For more than half a season before, the team's tactics were relatively simple and did not use too complicated tactics, so the team's offense mainly lay in personal talent.

But today Nelson changed the training content, which was really beyond everyone's expectations. After all, it is almost the end of the season, and the risk of changing tactics at this time is too great.

However, the explanation given by Nelson is: "This is just a supplement to our usual training. To really participate in the game, it still depends on your mastery."

The tactics that the Warriors practiced today are actually not too novel. They are the simplest horn tactics, and that's right, they are the horns in the diamond horns taught by Nan.

The so-called diamonds and horns are actually two sets of tactics, the horns are responsible for offense, and the diamonds are responsible for defense.

In the final analysis, diamond tactics are a way of zone defense. Generally, two guards are required to stand near the free throw line, the center stands under the basket, and the other two players stand on the flanks, forming a diamond-shaped position on the field, hence the name. .

It's just that the NBA can't use zone defense at this time, otherwise this would be a good defensive tactic for the Warriors. After all, the best weapon to crack zone defense is the three-pointer.

Next, let’s talk about horn tactics, also known as “V” tactics. Generally, it means that the ball holder stands at the top of the arc to organize, two big men stand at 45 degrees on both sides of the free throw line, and the remaining two stand at the bottom of the two sides. Corner, three-pointers to open up space, so the positions of the five players form a "V".

Of course, the horns only refer to the position, and there are at least dozens of tactics based on the horns. Today, Nelson's training content mainly includes two, one is the horn Flare, and the other is the Rub.

The horn flare tactic is the most widely used. Under normal circumstances, one inside and one outside are placed, that is, two bottom corners, one inside and one outside, and two 45 degrees, one inside and one outside.

For the Warriors, Li Weisi holds the ball, Rodman and Curry (or Hornacek) are in the corners, Malone and Mullin mention the free throw line, Li Weisi holds the ball from the outside side, that is, Mullin This side receives a screen, and Mullin on the outside line receives Malone's screen and pops up. The screen pop-up tactic of the 3rd and 5th positions is the horned Flare.

After Mullin pops up, he can catch the ball and shoot directly, or he can attract the defense, allowing Li Weisi or Malone to go down and create space for layups.

As for the ox horn rub tactics, it is mainly to give the inside line a smooth run.

The positioning this time is different from the previous tactic. Positions 2 and 3 stand at the bottom corner, and positions 4 and 5 stand at the corner. At this time, Li Weisi distributed the ball to Smith at the 45-degree angle and then went down. At that time, he went down to the free throw line and didn't go in, and turned around to cover Malone's back. This kind of cover for the inside line, which only rubbed to the free throw line without entering the penalty area, was the Rub tactic.

At this time, due to Li Weisi's cover, Ma Long has a good chance to go down. If the opponent pays too much attention to Ma Long's down, Li Weisi can catch the ball and shoot.

The advantage of this tactic is that if the 1st and 5th positions have strong offensive capabilities, the opponent will be hard to defend against. Obviously, Li Weisi and Ma Long have such conditions.

Of course, each tactic also has its own pros and cons. Generally speaking, the horn tactics require big men who can shoot three-pointers, and players who open up space must also have the ability to shoot three-pointers. This determines why the horn tactics were not popular in the 80s. In 10 years The reason why the latter is very popular, who shoots three-pointers these days!

In addition, the players on the screen must make high-quality screens, and the players with the ball must have certain breakthrough ability, shooting ability and ball distribution ability.

It can be said that apart from the big man's three-point ability, the Warriors do not have the other factors. The Warriors are on the same page. This is why Nelson is determined to use bullhorn tactics, because this can release the offensive capabilities of Li Weisi and Malone to the maximum.

It's just that a plan stays on paper and is always just a plan. When it is practiced and the training is really started, various problems appear again.

The first is the issue of three-pointers.

In terms of three-pointers, the Warriors can be said to be the best in the league. If the Warriors say that their three-pointers are second, no one will say that they are the first.

But the Warriors' three-pointers were too concentrated on Li Weisi, which was not conducive to the development of tactics.

Some people may be wondering, the Warriors have so many sharpshooters, how can there be a shortage of shooters?
This has to consider the factors of the era. Players of this era, even if they shoot very accurately, rarely shoot three-pointers because they have no idea.

The reason why I have no idea is that the training of three-pointers is not in place. Secondly, after playing for so many years, I never thought about using three-pointers as the main offensive weapon. I was not mentally prepared .

Therefore, the first problem encountered in this tactic is to let Mullin, Price, Hornacek, Curry, etc., build up the confidence to shoot three-pointers, dare to shoot, be good at shooting, and be reliable. Throw hard.

Secondly, there is another problem, which is the organization of the fourth position.

When playing Rub tactics, after Li Weisi passed the ball to the fourth position, the fourth position had to be organized in a high position. This is really too difficult for Smith.

Smith is a blue-collar power forward. He can do the dirty work of rebounding and low-post defense, but it is too difficult for him to do the fine work of passing the ball.

Instead, during training, I accidentally discovered that Rodman had done well.

Although this guy looks silly, he has a very keen sense of tactics. This guy who looks silly has an extremely deep understanding of tactics. Second to Li Weisi.

In Rodman's words: "Hey, after talking for a long time, isn't it just to let me pass the ball to Malone or West? Isn't the timing just to pass whoever is unguarded? Is this difficult?"

I have to say that Rodman's words are not rough, and his summary is in place, but a new problem has emerged. Rodman's body is still a bit weak when playing the fourth position. He can play for a while, but it takes a long time to play. , it will be very strenuous, and in severe cases, it will cause permanent damage to Rodman's body.

Therefore, although Rodman's strength has improved rapidly this season, if he wants to replace Smith as a power forward, he still has to wait for him to get stronger physically.

Therefore, although the dawn can be seen, there is still a long way to go. At least the current strength of the players is not enough to exert the full strength of the horn tactics.

Just like Nan's team, his tactics are fine. The reason why the team is not successful is mainly due to the ability of the players, the quality of the screen is not high, the shooting is too poor, and the guards lack the ability to shoot and rush.

Therefore, there has never been a strong tactic, only strong players can make the tactic strong.

(End of this chapter)