Towards the end of 2021, there was a rebound in Japan' epidemic, which inevitably affected the B-League:
The 1/4 final of the Emperor's Cup on January 5, 2022 was postponed; there was no B-league arrangement during the Emperor's Cup, and the planned 16th round of January 8-10 was only played 5 times due to the epidemic deadline for this article, and the rest were postponed.
Therefore, to fully observe the current B League, you can only look at the first 15 rounds.
The B League is different from the CBA, there are teams bye in each round, each team has played the same number of 26 games in 15 rounds, and the B League's regular season is a total of 60 games, which means that the schedule is about to reach the iconic 50%, a new pattern and style has surfaced, and to my surprise, the Ryukyu Golden Emperor, who changed the head coach last summer, currently has a record of 23 wins and 3 losses, which is not only at the top of the list, but also expected to break the historical record of the B League regular season wins.
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This has also triggered a strong pursuit of this traditional strong team by the Japanese media, believing that the playing style of the Golden Emperor of Ryukyu is different in the B League, and they really took over .
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The Golden Ryukyu Emperor, Chinese fans, especially the fans of the East Asian Super League, should be quite familiar, earlier because the club is located in today's Okinawa Prefecture, the ancient Ryukyu country, Chinese more or less nostalgic complex and sense of identity;
Later, everyone found that the leader of the team, Kishimoto Ryuichi, a small man with a height of 1.76 meters, was the prototype of the character of the sequel to "Slam Dunk Master", which was deeply loved by Yuhiko Inoue, and the old man gave him a platform;
Then, there is the East Asian Super League, which has held 4 competitions in Macao, China for 3 consecutive years before the outbreak of the epidemic (2 competitions in 2018, of which the Super 8 Summer League held in July restricts foreign aid), the Ryukyu Golden King has never been absent in 3 years and 4 matches, and the results are good, and the inside and outside of the field reflects a high cultural literacy, which once shocked the Chinese media;
The most recent event is the recent 2 games in the first window of the 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifiers, the China-Japan showdown, the venue is the Okinawa Arena, which is also the new home of the Golden Ryukyu Emperor.
Probably because of the convenience of the host, there is no pressure to qualify, the Japanese men's basketball team is called afraid of not losing, the second window period, that is, February 25 to 28, 2022 several games have also been arranged in the Okinawa Arena.
Why do you always arrange in the Okinawa Arena where you lose, and don't you shy away from feng shui?
It turns out that there is another story.
The Okinawa Arena is located in the Okinawa Prefectural Sports Park, where there are many venues, and in 2016 the local government announced the construction of the former bullring as the home stadium of the Golden Emperor of Ryukyu and the main venue of the 2023 Basketball World Cup Japan Division;
Engaging in international major events naturally has to experience the effect repeatedly, so the Ryukyu gold that ended last season quickly moved in, although in the new home field, more losses and wins less, the semi-final was eliminated by the Chiba jet machine, and the G3 that decided to live and die was defeated at 71:89, which was not an perfect ending, but considering the severe epidemic situation at that time, the Okinawa Arena, which can accommodate 10,000 spectators, has an average of 3,780 fans sitting in the audience seats each game, which is already the benchmark arena of the B League.
Bad results blame feng shui is of course my joke, although Feng Shui is also popular in Japan; first of all, blame the head coach - this is the most basic rule of most sports in most countries and regions, so the season will end, that is, June 9, 2021, the new head coach Barrel Valley Dai will be whipped and debuted.
Head coach Daigu and team leader Ryuichi Kishimoto, the two are very tacit understanding
This old man is not very famous, the name is strange, (but it is certainly not the bucket of the rice bucket, and everyone does not need to think of the rice bucket like me and then think of iishima love), according to colleagues to verify the Japanese surname, valley, generally through the house, that is, his ancestors are most likely to open a shop to sell barrels of ancient Internet celebrities;
As early as 2008-2012, he was the head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Emperor, during which he won the BJ League twice, and then played for other clubs.
In 2016, Japan's two top leagues BJ and NBL merged to form the current B League, and Ryukyu Dai, that is, left the BJ League and moved to the NBL League, successively serving as head coach in Iwate, Osaka, Sendai and other teams;
By the time he returned to Ryukyu again, he had accumulated 15 years of experience as a head coach, and it is said that the team's management ability has also improved significantly, and once he returned to his old place, he asked the club to create a new winning culture from top to bottom.
"I haven't fought alongside the citizens of Okinawa and the fans of the Golden Emperor for a long time, and it's a pleasure to meet you again, my name is Barrel Valley Dai, I'm the new head coach of the Golden Emperor, and although the team's players and staff have changed a lot, I will try my best to inherit and develop the Golden Emperor's winning culture as soon as possible."
The above is the declaration of the barrel valley.
Such a tone can be described as arrogant to the extreme,...... But are you familiar with it?
Yes, the last Japanese women's basketball head coach, American Tom Hovasse, about 5 years ago when he became the head coach of the Japanese women's basketball team, he claimed to take the Olympic gold medal, last summer led the team to get a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the same medal but white and gold after all, there is a difference, and the identity is the host Some things everyone knows that there is no evidence of things that are not convenient to say well, but purely depends on the results, this silver medal is already a miracle of Asian basketball; now, he is promoted to the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team.
The results show that the old man in the United States only accounts for less than 1% of the bragging component.
Judging from the current achievements, Japanese young people do not have special bragging, ah, it is true that they do what they say and pay attention to practical results.
So, well, what happened last summer when Japanese basketball entered the B-League era, when the best regular season result was 3rd and the best playoff result was the golden emperor who reached the final in the 2018-2019 season?
Sorry, if you just look at the team's lineup can be said to have no change at all, their offensive and defensive core can be described as the rugby court 4 pointbacks, 196cm tall forward swing man Dwyane Evans, he is often the starting big forward, playing 28.2 minutes, teammates are out of reach, the average contribution per game is also 17.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists, but compared to last season's 18.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists, the data has dropped slightly;
Next, there are 3 players with similar playing time, namely Alan Durham, who is 198cm tall, and the 6th person, with 24.3 minutes per game;
208cm tall big forward Jack Cooley, starting center, 24.2 minutes;
Yoshita Imamura, who is 191cm tall, starts as a shooting guard with 24.1 minutes.
Cooley averaged 11.8 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, down from 15.8 points and 12.2 rebounds last season.
Durham, who averaged 15.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, is a newcomer — replacing fellow Jason Washburn last summer, averaging 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and crucial 1.5 blocks per game for the Golden Emperor last season;
Other foreign aides have also changed - but the B League stipulates that only 2 foreign aides and 1 naturalized player can play at the same time in each game - the rules determine that other foreign aides are plan B, playing soy sauce, spare tires, how to describe the same connotation.
Even Ryuichi Kishimoto, the team leader and field commander who has remained unchanged for many years, has also slightly declined in comprehensive investigation, averaging 8.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.7 attacks and 0.6 steals last season, compared with 9.0 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.4 attacks and 0.8 steals this season.
What's more, the Golden Emperor averaged 82.7 points per game last season, ranking 8th in the league; this season it has dropped to 80.9, 9th in the league.
What a strange thing, the results did not drop, but from the 3rd in the league last season to the current 1st and threw the next place Chiba Jet and the Kawasaki Brave Thunder away from 3 wins, what kind of secrets are hidden in this?
The answer is revealed -
Phil Jackson's triangle offensive tactics
This kind of way of putting gold on the face of the galaxy's number one coach to put gold on his ass is not easy to talk about, so I have to explain the source of the information clearly and write it clearly - the following paragraphs are the original words of the Japanese English media canvas-forward (I don't have such fictional ability):
"The Golden Kings are second in the B League defensively this season, averaging just 72.1 points per game."
"When you look at the NBA as a basketball model, teams with the top defensive abilities tend to win championships. The most typical example is the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls, who averaged only 92.9 points per game, and at the time only tied for third place in the league, but finally broke NBA history with 72 wins and 10 losses, and won the fourth championship trophy of the Jordan era. ”
Barrel Valley drew on triangular offensive tactics. The tactic, used by Bulls coach Phil Jackson in the 1990s, is also a perfect fit for today's Golden Emperor. ”
Of course, the article did not mention that the Bulls averaged 105.2 points per game on the offensive end of the year, ranking first in the league;
And just continue to think to themselves, the Golden Emperor has always been one of the top passing teams in the B League, averaging 20.3 assists per game this season and only 11.3 turnovers, and the conclusion is that -
"On the offensive end, the Golden Emperor always makes the right choice."
To keep saying ah, I guessed while watching whether the Japanese media was going to hijack themselves again, claiming that this team has some taste of the NBA's current Golden State Warriors? Don't say, people really mean this...
For example, the article said that the Golden Emperor recently won a long 13-game winning streak, which is the B-League record of this season, but it was almost terminated on December 19, when they faced shibuya Sun Rock and Roll, which is also a quasi-strong team, currently ranked 6th in the eastern region, and is in the opponent's home stadium Aoyama Gakuin Stadium, the last 6 minutes and 09 seconds of the whole game are almost every minute and every second is a score, starting from 72:73, and the biggest point difference after that is only 5 points, but this maximum score difference lasts only 37 seconds, 1 round of attack and defense;
The rest of the time it's anser ball, every offense is a response, and every ball has the potential to decide life or death;
As a result, Yoshita Imamura, who scored 4-of-5 from a three-pointer in the final quarter, made his team surpass by two points with 1 minute and 34 seconds left, and relied on this most decisive goal to win.
"It's great for the inside players to find Yoshita Imamura on the outside, who can score consecutive points and bring the whole team to the rhythm. Golden Emperor has a lot of talented players, and the team will rise to the challenge and grow. ”
Speaking of this game, these three-pointers, this last quarter match, this gold-like shining three-pointer, Barrel Valley Tai made a high evaluation of Imamura Yoshita, but did not let him enjoy the credit alone.
Understand the meaning of barrel valley big, right?
That is to say, his team is B-League, but the tactics are those of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
Anyway, the Japanese media think that it is already very realistic like the Golden State Warriors; they also cited statistics, on the offensive end, the golden emperor ball power is average, the whole team 12 people play, the least 5.6 minutes; of which 9 players reach 17.1 minutes, and the 9 people's rotation lineup scored the least 6.0 points, the most is Evans's 17.1 points, and then down is 15.1, 11.8, 10.5 ... , no more score double-doubles, but everyone passes, everyone grabs rebounds, Everybody assists, everybody steals..., everybody blocks (that's impossible).
Speaking of foreign aid above, American Aaron Durham actually lowered the inside line when he joined last Year's Canadian Summer, resulting in the highest altitude of only 208cm this year, mainly starting in the center position; his american compatriot Jack Cooley is the starting big forward;
Allen lowered the altitude of the team's interior line, and the Golden Emperor had to run up and defend
There's also fellow American Gary Hamilton, also 208CM, the strikeback swingman, on the bench.
Strictly speaking, this season they are not at all a center of the eight classics, it is simply a hobbit corps.
Doesn't this seem to be today's Golden State Warrior? ...... Wait, Andrew Bogut, Zaza Pachulia, DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Looney, James Wiseman, a long list of names that fully shows that Steve Kerr never gave up on the center, and only when he couldn't do it did he start the so-called Death Five, and let Draymond Green do the work of center;
If history can be pushed back, then Phil Jackson's Bull Dynasty always has a center, with Bill Cartwright, Will Paddy and Staser King before and after the first 3 consecutive championships, and Luke Langley in the third consecutive championship, who didn't play much on the offensive end, but protected the paint area well on the defensive end.
This pair of masters and apprentices are in the same vein.
According to this analysis, who is this Ryukyu Golden Emperor like now?
According to me, like the Japanese women's basketball team of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the FIBA website officially marked that the center has and only Sanada Takashi, who is flying all over the field, and his height is 185cm, ranking 3rd in the team with 3.5 rebounds per game; the chief is the starting small forward Sunflower Ako, who is also 185cm tall, grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game; the second place is Miyazawa Yuki, a big forward, 183cm tall, grabbing 4.3 rebounds per game.
But they just took the Olympic silver medal.
How to get it?
Remember tom Howassay's explanation is that the offensive end is to use the characteristics of short stature and speed to run more and shoot more three-pointers, the whole team has no offensive focus, and the top 6 scores are ranked from 15.3 points to 11.3 points - exactly the same as the current Golden Emperor;
On the defensive end is the ancient Chinese martial arts of the Tian Ji horse race, the center is not fully tall, the big forward is basically not tall, but the small forward is tall - he puts the highest point in the small forward position, it is not difficult to understand the role of sunflower Ako - is it too similar to the Golden Emperor Evans?!
No, no, no, it should be the Golden Emperor is very similar to the Japanese women's basketball team, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the front, and now this Ryukyu in the back:
Looking at the technical statistics of the B League, you will find that as the front-runners, they only have Dwyane Evans ranked 17th in the league scoring list; Jack Cooley ranked 3rd in rebounding, and further down, the 28th position is Aaron Durham of this team; in the 31st place in the assists list, finally found the 172cm tall and became...
As Kishimoto Takamoto grew older, Risei began to carry the banner of the course organizers
Cooley's presence is like a flock of chickens, which is like - Machida Yusuke of the Japanese women's basketball team, with 12.5 assists per game, and the second place is only 2.4, less than a fraction of her.
Imitation can not follow the same trend, Dong Shi Gong, or from the objective reality to maintain their own personality, the center is the center, the organization of the defender is the organization of the defender.
For the Japanese women's basketball team I have only studied so much, not in depth, otherwise I am also the Chinese version of Phil Jackson do not have to write hard here, there are willing to learn in depth or ask Hovasser himself, because the team has merit, he is already the head coach of the Japanese men's basketball team, the 2023 Basketball World Cup qualifiers of the 2 Games between China and Japan, China has no suspense to win, but, Hovassy and his team are still tough, asking the Japanese men's basketball team to carry forward the style of the Japanese women's basketball team, the style revolution to the end.
No, the top league of the Japanese men's basketball team has already had the Ryukyu Golden Emperor to carry out the revolution, and it is quite effective.
What more can I say about this kind of thing?
Copyright Notice: Exclusive manuscript of "East Asian Premier League", author Zhong Xing'er. The material is mainly from the Japanese media such as japan-forward, basketballking, japanbasketball, as well as the websites of the B League, the Japan Basketball Association, and the FIBA, and has been strongly supported by colleagues in the East Asian Super League; the pictures are mainly from the screenshots of the above media websites, and the East Asian Premier League is used according to the practice of self-media. If you have any doubts about copyright, please deal with it immediately, and if other media or self-media need to reprint, please communicate in advance.
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