How to break the opponent's pick-and-roll?

As an enduring tactic, the pick-and-roll may seem simple, but the test required for the defender is definitely not simple.

You must know that in the era when the Jazz dominated the Western Conference, the Jazz's offense relied on the pick-and-roll tactics of "Postman" Malone and Stockton, day after day, year after year, but no team could be said to be able to crack it.

It's like playing with an open card against you. You know what your opponent is going to do, but sorry, you just can't control it.

Back then, the most common way for everyone to deal with pick-and-rolls was to have two defensive players guard the inside, and then let the opponent's offense switch to shooting from the outside. With a certain amount of shooting space, the opponent's shooting percentage could be seen.

But in this era, as players pay more attention to shooting practice, the shooting percentage of outside players is getting higher and higher. When the pick-and-roll tactic appears, if you leave the outside open, you may really be shot to death.

Especially for a player like Lillard, who has excellent three-point shooting range, you must know that in such a game, if Lillard's three-pointer is also missed, it will definitely be a murder.

Whether to release three-pointers or to put Zhang Feng inside, or to double-team and shrink the defense to release other Blazers, D'Antoni finally chose to guard the inside, the area where it is easiest to score, and then continue to defend Lillard with intensity. The big man

Attacking the perimeter to interfere with Lillard's shooting, the players and defenders near the baseline retreated to the basket to prevent Zhang Feng or Lillard from penetrating into the paint. The remaining two used constant rotation to try to defend. If that didn't work, they would let go of the others.

People, we must not allow rookie Zhang Feng and Lillard to perform any more.

But D'Antoni's defensive ideas were ruthlessly torn apart by Lillard.

Lillard is not a good boy who can follow tactics. His ability to pass the ball to Zhang Feng is entirely due to brotherly loyalty.

Lillard first met McCollum during his rookie season last year. After all, the two had very similar college experiences. They both completed four years of college, were injured in their last year of college, and both played in a non-traditional basketball world.

Elite schools, all are small shooting guards...

The two sides had already had a relationship before McCollum participated in the draft. At that time, Lillard even comforted McCollum, who suffered injuries that would affect his draft prospects. Unexpectedly, in the end, the Trail Blazers would really

With the No. 10 pick, McCollum was selected to enrich Lillard, so the good relationship between the two is conducive to the harmony of the Trail Blazers' backcourt.

Under McCollum's guidance, Zhang Feng himself had a confrontation with Lillard off the court, and Lillard finally recognized Zhang Feng as his younger brother.

As for others, in the vanity fair of the NBA, Lillard is not unable to score by himself. Although he occasionally chooses to pass the ball, in most offensive rounds, scoring by himself in isolation is what he should do as a star.

D'Antoni's defensive arrangement was completed, but after the timeout, when completing the pick-and-roll with Zhang Feng, Lillard directly chose to pull out and play singles on the outside.

Lillard, who had previously cooperated well with Zhang Feng in the pick-and-roll, encountered great resistance when Zhang Feng walked inside and was greatly interfered by the shooting defense, so he just stepped back and was not in the three-second zone.

He made a half-shot inside shot, retreated to the outside of the three-point line, and directly threw a three-pointer.

Lillard, who is crazy about people, is a deterrent to his opponents because you don't know when he will become very accurate and give himself a fatal blow.

Lillard, whose physical fitness has been well preserved before, is very bold in shooting and his shooting movements are still very standard.

Lillard made two consecutive unreasonable three-pointers after picking and rolling, and both of them were made, directly silencing Staples Arena.

The Trail Blazers ended the third quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a 14-point advantage.

D'Antoni, today's seemingly reasonable timeout tactical arrangement was interrupted by the Trail Blazers' continuous unreasonable play. There is no way, this is the Trail Blazers, this is Lillard.

In the fourth quarter, Ade still has to sit on the bench to rest for a short period of time and wait until he comes back to close the game a few minutes later. For the Trail Blazers, who have the lead, they have the capital to continue with the Lakers in the fourth quarter.

On offense, as long as the Trail Blazers can ensure scoring efficiency and maintain a lead of about 10 points, Stotts can let Aldridge rest for a while.

After a period of rest between quarters, Gasol "recharged" and was full of energy at the beginning of the fourth quarter. When facing Zhang Feng in the paint, he did whatever he wanted.

Zhang Feng really has no choice. When he does not have an advantage in all aspects, it is inevitable to suffer losses when guarding against an All-Star-level insider who has been in the NBA for more than ten years.

For Gasol, who is good at free throws, Zhang Feng did not choose to foul blindly, which may only increase the team's defensive times in vain. In later games, the team may fall into collective foul trouble and free throws.

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When there was no double team to help defend, Zhang Feng recognized it and put his main energy on the offensive end, continuing to contribute to the team's offensive end.

Zhang Feng and Lillard's pick-and-roll tactics continued. As the opponent's attack and contraction became more complete, when the two people's pick-and-roll was completed, they no longer had good opportunities under the opponent's multi-player defense.

Lillard started passing the ball to other teammates.

The overall shooting stability of the other Blazers players is quite good. Although they cannot score every one of them, their shooting percentage is not much lower when they are open.

Zhang Feng doesn't have a good offensive opportunity. He is a pick-and-roll wall on the court, and then rushes for offensive rebounds, protects the team's backcourt rebounds, and fights with Gasol on both offense and defense. Although he is not strong enough

He had the advantage, but Zhang Feng's goal was to consume Gasol's physical strength until the return of his team's main force.

Three minutes later, the Trail Blazers were still leading by 12 points. Ade came back full of blood. Lillard and Zhang Feng came off the field together. As expected, Zhang Feng will not play. Lillard rested for 2 or 3 minutes.

, just come back and close the game.

The Lakers without Kobe still lacked someone who could lead the team to a comeback in the last quarter. In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers by 13 points 108-95 away from home.

Aldridge and Lillard both scored 25+, and surprisingly, Stotts used the pick-and-roll tactic between Lillard and Zhang Feng for the first time, and the result was rookie Zhang Feng.

In this game, Zhang Feng made 6 of 8 shots and scored 13 points in his limited substitute time. He became one of the 5 Trail Blazers to score in double figures. The key is that Zhang Feng's scoring efficiency is very efficient, but only on the defensive end.

It still needs practice, but Stotts is very satisfied with Zhang Feng's performance anyway.
Chapter completed!