Chapter 425 New Arrangements
When Adelman saw that the game was about to go, he wanted to replace Gan Guoyang from the field in advance. However, Gan Guoyang shook his head at Adelman, so Adelman still put Gan Guoyang on the field until the end of the game.
At this time, what Adelman is most concerned about is not that Gan Guoyang can score more points on the court and save some face for the team, but that Gan Guoyang will not be injured, especially when playing against teams like the Pistons. Although the Pistons' "dirty" tactics are more of a psychological tactic, there are actually not many players who are injured because of playing against the Pistons, but Adelman still inevitably has to worry about this problem.
Fortunately, Gan Guoyang played safely until the last second on the court. Even the Pistons replaced the main players to greet the fans' applause. However, Gan Guoyang, as the absolute main player, was still on the court, even if the players around him were on the edge of the bench.
When the whistle at the end of the game was blew, the entire Auburn Mountain Arena entered a state of cheering. This big victory was of great significance to the Pistons. It not only meant that they had a complete victory in the competition with the biggest potential champion competitor of the season, but also meant that the team's trade had achieved initial success. Aquili performed very well in this game, and more importantly, the relationship between him and his teammates was extremely harmonious. He was willing to defend, was willing to obey Daly's command, and was willing to go from the Mavericks to the front pawn in the Pistons.
The Pistons' No. 1 star Isia Thomas scored only 6 points in the whole game, and only made 2 shots in 11 shots. His performance was not bad, but the Pistons could still rely on their strong overall strength and correct strategies to take advantage of the Trail Blazers' lack of a lineup and not being able to complete the lineup, which gave the opponent a headache.
Although there are various unfavorable factors on the Trail Blazers, the final result was beyond the expectations of many people. Especially Gan Guoyang's performance, it seemed particularly bad under the harassment of Dennis Rodman. This is a typical mouse eating an elephant, and the inferior horse is mixed with the superior horse.
Therefore, after the game, the Pistons players were particularly excited, while the Trail Blazers players were extremely frustrated. Winning and defeat were common, but the Trail Blazers this season have tasted too little of failure, and there was only one such miserable failure.
At the post-match press conference, Gan Guoyang had to accept questions from reporters without exception, especially when the Trail Blazers lost, the reporters always had many questions.
When a reporter asked Gan Guoyang why he didn't leave the game at the last moment, Gan Guoyang replied: "It was me who told the coach that I wanted to continue to stay on the court, and I don't want to leave. Although I know that we played badly tonight and there was no hope of victory, I can't sit on the bench and watch the team lose the game. Even if I didn't perform well on the court tonight, if I sat on the bench, I wouldn't be able to do anything."
"Also, I don't want the TV station's camera to sweep the Trail Blazers' bench when watching sports news at night, and then give me a big close-up." After Gan Guoyang finished answering, he did not forget to add, which triggered the laughter of the reporters, but Gan Guoyang himself could only smile embarrassedly.
That's right, Gan Guoyang doesn't want to be swept into the "Shape of All living beings". In fact, after returning to the hotel, he didn't even watch TV. He doesn't want to watch TV reports. He watches the Trail Blazers and loses again in the news, unlike watching him as he is made by Rodman in the game.
When Gan Guoyang was lying on the bed and felt a little idle, the door was knocked on. Gan Guoyang opened the door, and then saw Adelman standing at the door holding a video recorder in his hand. Gan Guoyang hurriedly let Adelman come in.
"For good news, I borrowed a good video recorder in the hotel. The video recorder we brought before broke; the bad news was that Drexler could have come back on the 28th, but there was news from Portland that he needed to observe again. His footsteps were a little repetitive. We hope he can keep his best form until the playoffs." Adelman came in and said to Gan Guoyang.
"This is correct. If Clyde is injured in the playoffs, this is the worst. Now we can hold on, it's just a game." Gan Guoyang said while sitting on the bed.
"That's right, a game, but we made a lot of mistakes. You should know that the whole league is now staring at us and studying how to defeat us. Every time we fail, the coaches of other teams will analyze it and find a way to defeat us." Adelman said while installing the video recorder on the TV in Gan Guoyang's room.
"Yes, but most of them failed." Gan Guoyang walked aside and poured Adelman a glass of water.
"But as long as they succeed a little bit and each team succeeds a little bit, someone will find a way to deal with us. I bet that Pat Riley is definitely watching videos of our game with the Pistons now, studying how to limit you, how to limit our fast break, how to limit Sabonis' passes, and how to deal with Williams on the bench." Adelman was like Grandet at this time, afraid that his opponent would study them and steal a little victory.
Adelman's worries are both redundant and redundant, because in the regular season, every team has to face so many opponents and play so many games. Although they will target one or two teams, it is impossible to stare at one team every day. Many times, with the strength of the Trail Blazers, there is no need to adjust much. As long as you don't have any injuries and run through them all the way to the end of the season, the problem will not be too big.
It's not redundant, it's aimed at the playoffs. The regular season is the exercise field, and the playoffs are the battlefield for real swords and guns. It's too late to study strategies and tactics in the playoffs. During the regular season, you must find more problems and solve them, especially some key issues, which may be fatal in the playoffs.
The Detroit Pistons are the biggest favorite in the Eastern Conference this season, and they are last year's championship. They are very strong. And from this game, they can be seen that the Pistons are very comfortable in adapting. Using Rodman to defend Gan Guoyang is not just a small forward to defend the center. Gan Guoyang is defeated by the entire Pistons system, not Rodman.
This is exactly the terrible thing about the Pistons. The special tactics need to be practiced repeatedly in normal times. It seems that Daley is prepared for how to deal with Gan Guoyang. If Adelman doesn't make any preparations, then Gan Guoyang will be restricted by the opponent's team in the playoffs, which is very deadly.
"Okay, the video recorder is installed. Let's take a look at the game tonight. I know you don't want to watch it anymore, but we need to improve. And I have some good suggestions for your playing style. I have discussed it with Mr. Bellman before. I think these suggestions are very good." Adelman said to Gan Guoyang after finishing the video recorder.
Gan Guoyang nodded after hearing this. As long as he can make improvements and make progress, what is it to watch a video of losing?
However, when Adelman turned on the video recorder, his performance inside still made Gan Guoyang feel a little reluctant to see it. He made a mistake in receiving the ball, made a mistake in passing, could not get the ball, missed the hook, pushed Rodman and got a foul, and scolded Ranbir and got a technical foul. Until the end of the game, he ran alone on the court alone. All this was combined with Gan Guoyang's recollection of the game process, and he not only got goosebumps.
At this time, Adelman's suggestion made Gan Guoyang think.
"Look, Gan, you try your best to rely on your own running position to get rid of Rodman's entanglement, but how can you get over a small forward? And have you noticed that your position is too close to 45 degrees down, too close to the bottom line. These balls close to the bottom line, you look at this, here, here, here, several players from the Pistons are surrounding you, you should know that this position is the easiest to fall into a defensive trap. We often create such traps, and now you are trapped in it."
Adelman actually pointed out a very important issue, that is, Gan Guoyang's positioning issue. As an inside line, Gan Guoyang's major advantage is its flexible positioning. Thanks to his increasing attack range, Gan Guoyang can catch the ball and launch an attack from any place.
However, there are two problems caused by such erratic movements. One is the increased difficulty of teammates cooperating with him, and the other is that Gan Guoyang will sometimes be unconsciously driven into the opponent's defensive trap.
"Look here, I stopped the video. Sally, Ranbir, Rodman, formed a small encirclement at this position, and you fell into this small encirclement again. Look at you on the left, I know that you are the most comfortable to get the ball in this place, and turning to the bottom line is also your best move, but the opponent also knows your intention." One of Gan Guoyang's best attacking tricks is to slip into the bottom line and then take Sabonis' mid-range jump shot at the bottom line or at a position outside. This way of scoring is easy. Generally, Gan Guoyang can catch the ball and jump shot with such a running position to get seven or eight points.
But tonight, Gan Guoyang didn't get any chance to score easily.
Chapter completed!