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Chapter 661 The Core of Princeton

Every improvement in the NBA is slowly changing after the emergence of people who have the courage to challenge the rules or have the ability to jump out of the rules. (Guess whether the league will set up a four-point line because of Curry?) This is actually exactly It is a manifestation of the American spirit. They learn from others' strengths, and then integrate them, and finally progress and grow through integration. Of course, at the beginning, those who challenge the established rules will definitely be criticized. Pete Carell That's it.

When Pete Carell came to the NCAA with Princeton University and his "back door" tactics, no one thought that this school with extremely strict scholarship reviews would go too far. After all, Princeton's strict scholarship review system made them It is difficult to attract star players to join in high school. Although Princeton is an Ivy League school, but how many of them are good at playing basketball are good at learning, and everyone can probably figure it out.

It is such a team composed of "nerds" and "men with engineering glasses", but by virtue of Pete Carell's tactics, they won 14 victories in the NCAA and had [-] lowest scoring records.

After the initial criticism, both the NCAA and the NBA began to learn from Pete Carell's "Princeton" tactics. Although some only learned one or some specific tactics, Princeton did change. The style of the league has benefited many teams.

Rick Adelman is the admirer of Princeton tactics, or to exaggerate, he is obsessed with pushing Princeton tactics to a higher direction.

After coaching the Sacramento Kings in 98-99, Adelman found a player that suits his style of play, Chris Webber, Veratti Divac, Jason Williams, Peja Stojakovi Oddly, these four formed the basis of the Kings team that almost changed the situation of the league later.

With this foundation, Adelman further deepened Princeton's tactics, making it more suitable for confronting the increasingly fierce NBA arena. Gradually, this Kings team showed surprising strength.

In the next few seasons, the Kings brought a clear stream to the entire league. They played gorgeous teamwork. The five starters on the field all had very good passing ability. At the same time, the five players also cooperated tacitly. There are sometimes classic coordination in the center.

In the 01-02 season, the Kings beat the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks and other powerful players to occupy the No. [-] position in the Western Conference and the League. Advance to the Finals (Stern was the Lakers godfather in that series), but the attraction of the Kings is really great.

In fact, before Liu Han left the NBA, he had some grievances with Adelman. When Adelman was coaching the Warriors, he was repeatedly beaten by the Lakers led by Liu Han. Adelman It was also because of the poor performance of leading the Warriors that he had to resign and rest for more than a year.

Now it's Christmas in 2003, and the league puts the Mavericks and the Kings together, which can be said to be a very interesting game.

Christmas is coming, although Liu Han's family does not celebrate Christmas, but after all, the whole North American region is exaggerated by this festive atmosphere, and there are still some medical staff who are on duty at Liu Han's home 24 hours a day, so Liu Han He also bought turkeys and Christmas trees according to the American tradition, and prepared some small gifts for his teammates. Now he has reduced the time for training with the team, which also affects his teammates to a certain extent, so Liu Han had to make some compensation.

Liu Han spent Christmas Eve at home with his family and medical staff, and they were leaving for Sacramento the next day.

Coming to the state capital of California, the festive atmosphere here is even stronger. Although the winter in Sacramento is not freezing at all, there are still many holiday service personnel wearing Santa Claus costumes at work.

Since the distance between the two cities is not too far, the Mavericks immediately carried out adaptive training after arriving in Sacramento. At the same time, the coaching staff also conducted tactical explanations and drills for the game tonight.

For Princeton tactics, Nelson made a very targeted arrangement. The key point of the game tonight is Liu Han.

Although the Kings do not have Webber now, Divac and Brad Miller both have a good passing awareness, and the core of Princeton's tactics is that the center holds the ball in a high position and makes a pivot, and other players use interspersed running positions and cover back runs Come to the "back door" and find a gap to cut in, so the Mavericks' replacement and rotation in this game are very critical, and the only Mavericks who can frequently replace Odom is Liu Han.

The Kings also have their own arrangements to face the challenge of the Mavericks. Although Adelman has a clear understanding of Liu Han's strength, he is also confident that he will surprise Liu Han and the Mavericks with the current lineup. After all, the past few years have been good. The results made Adelman regain his confidence. At the beginning, he was hit by Liu Han in the Lakers and lost his belief in coaching. For this reason, he had to rest for more than a year.

The surprise that Adelman arranged for Liu Han was Gerald Wallace, who was selected by the Kings in the 2001 draft. But his defensive ability is worthy of recognition. Excellent physical fitness and never-giving defensive attitude make Gerald Wallace have the potential to become a top perimeter defender. Although his rookie season and last season's data It's not impressive at all, but everyone in the Kings recognizes Wallace's defensive ability. He once defended McGrady in the rookie season when the league was in full swing. He only scored 01 points in the game and was still defending in the game. Kobe let him end with two technical fouls, which shows how good this player's defensive ability is.

In addition, in this game, Adelman also used the swingman Doug Christie, who is also a very mobile player. His purpose is to defend Liu Han in the game. Count on Gerald Wallace to defend Liu Han alone.

Liu Han didn't pay much attention to today's game. In fact, he has long forgotten the grievances between Adelman and him. However, when explaining the team's tactics, Princeton's tactics reminded him of his days at UCLA. With the help of George Crent and Mr. John Wooden, Liu Han gradually formed his own basketball world view at that time.

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