With the difference in strength between the different levels of the two teams, Shandong Expressway and Zhejiang Chouzhou fiercely competed until the first half of the final game to lose with a 6-point disadvantage of 94 to 100, and most of the time in the game to grasp the initiative of the game and lead the opponent, the on-the-spot play can already be called super standard. However, the result of the final defeat still gave Xu Changsuo and the high-speed decision-making team a problem, when the fish and the bear paw can not be both, choose the fish or choose the bear paw?
(I'm too hard?!) ）
Zhejiang is the first group this season, playing more than half of the regular season, and has not fallen out of the top four so far, basically changing in the third and fourth places. High-speed is a typical second group, ranking in the top eight, nor falling to the twelfth, roughly fixed in the tenth and eleventh positions. The first time the two teams met Zhejiang 17 points of superiority, the high-speed resistance only one and a half points, and then the defeat was like a mountain. This is the first background that the two sides provide for each other to make strategic predictions before the second round.
The second background is that the regular season played to the 23rd round, high-speed 12 wins and 11 losses, 12 wins, in addition to the first shanghai long-term unexpected victory, the remaining 11 games are all lower than the opponents ranked below the team. And the re-battle against Shanghai was crushed by the other side, outputting the most humiliating record in team history and CBA history, proving that the previous battle to win Shanghai was purely accidental, and it was indisputable that the high-speed and ninth-ranked team encounters were in the overall disadvantage.
(Take a gamble, Hudson, Tao Hanlin, on!) ）
These two backgrounds, so that Xu Changsuo and the high-speed coaching team once again ushered in the challenge of Zhejiang, you need to choose one of the two paths: risking several absolute main forces to bear huge consumption and eventually inevitably lose the risk of fighting with all their strength to fight a high-skilled Zhejiang, or in this game with a probability of more than 90% probability of not being able to win, so that the core players such as Tao Hanlin and Hudson, who were seriously overdrawn in Qingdao, can breathe to ensure that they can win the games that must be won later? Xu Changsuo and his think tank chose the former - a gamble, in case the bet is won?
From the perspective of actual combat, the high-speed is really almost a gamble to win. If you simply evaluate the process of this game, it can be said that it is the best game played at high speed so far this season, and there is no one. The victory in Shanghai was a complete disorder of the opponent, and the high-speed play was also average, this time against Zhejiang, from pre-game preparation, tactical arrangement to on-the-spot response, Xu Changsuo's use of troops has reached the highest point since taking over the high-speed marshal's seal. If the chain is not dropped tens of seconds before the final, it is possible to burst a real super cold door in Zhejiang.
The foundation of Zhejiang's establishment is "fast" and "accurate": the pace of attack and defense conversion is fast, there are many outside pitchers, and the shooting rate is high. High-speed in view of these two points, in the defense of the key deployment, Wu Qian, Wang Yibo, the two Zhejiang offensive and defensive conversion hubs are strictly restricted, so that Zhejiang can not get up fast, the number of attack and defense rounds on the field is reduced, Zhejiang has to play the position war they are not good at, the inner line can not go in, the outside line is due to the high-speed expansion of the defense area is difficult to transmit the empty opportunity and dumb, the first two quarters of Zhejiang 3 points can only be forced against the defense, the hit rate dropped sharply. 3 points shot missed, high-speed rebounds counterattack scoring efficiency is very high, the entire first half and the first half of the second half, the game is in this rhythm dominated by high speed, Zhejiang has been passive.
(What if you have more than enough heart, lack of strength, and are not willing? ）
However, the turning point came unsurprisingly in the second half of the third quarter. The average age of 30+ high-speed physical fitness declined, the defensive strength could not keep up, the young and playing zhejiang broke free, and the initiative began to return to their hands. Tao Hanlin, who played 47 minutes against Qingdao in the last round, and Hudson, who almost fought to the end of the bullet, were exhausted and had to rely on fouls to maintain defensive intensity, and the veterans Wang Ruheng and Li Jingyu, who had made great contributions to Qingdao, were also in a slump, fortunately, Gao Shiyan, Chen Peidong, Liu Yi, Qiao Wenhan and other fresh forces could still fight, and the high-speed was able to bite the score and tangle with Zhejiang until the last half minute. Unfortunately, 48.2 seconds before the final game, Tao Hanlin left the field with 6 fouls, and Hudson missed two consecutive 3-point shots, and the high speed was powerless.
(Looks like a lot of people, or no one is available)
Obviously, if the high-speed always maintains the defensive strength of the first two and a half quarters of Zhejiang, the team can play steadily and complete the playoff goal with certainty. However, the two weaknesses of the core players' age and the huge gap between the main bench make it unlikely that they will be able to do so. This is also the fundamental reason why the first 23 rounds of the high-speed showed a good and a bad situation, and the ups and downs became the biggest shortcoming of the team. Before the game, Ding Yanyu came to the division, but what is missing at the high speed now is not him whose defense is obviously not up to standard, but Jiao Hailong, who has been injured for too long, and the internal line needs someone to help Tao Hanlin share the pressure. Xu Changsuo should change the strategy of encountering all opponents with average force and beating Da Tao and Lao Ha to the death, and give up while having gains, so that he can go more steadily and farther.