Original title: Lian Kehao is strong, but it makes it difficult for the CBA powerhouse to ride the tiger: it is more embarrassing to win another game!
Going from a four-game losing streak to two wins in a row not only halted the team's downward trend, but also reunited the team's morale. This is the contribution that Shandong men's basketball assistant coach Ding Wei has made to the team in the near future.
Since the beginning of the season, the Shandong men's basketball team has been regarded as one of the most likely teams to become a big dark horse this season, not only because of the team's continuous heavy signings, but also because of the strong coaching team, so that fans can see the determination of this veteran powerhouse to rise again.
Rise and reform, dual tasks coexist
The so-called rise is the restoration of the team to its former glory. This point from the team's maintenance of the existing stable squad, the introduction of domestic titans such as Ke Lanbaike and Yang Linyi, plus the signing of three foreign aides, and more importantly, the official conversion of Gao Shiyan from loan to transfer with a high salary, this series of actions is enough to see the determination of the club management to create a brilliant record for the team.
Moreover, the club resigned Shandong meritorious player Xu Changsuo from the post of head coach and used two excellent CBA coaches, Wang Han and Ding Wei, to lead the team, further expressing the team's determination to rise.
The so-called reform can be divided into many aspects, and for the Shandong men's basketball team, the reform here is a complete change in tactics and style.
In our impression, the traditional characteristics of the Shandong men's basketball team are strong internal strength and strong physical fitness, which is an opponent that no opponent is willing to meet. After head coach Wang Han took charge of the team, he persuaded the management with his tactical concept, changed the original tactical style, and officially entered the fast-paced offensive and defensive transformation.
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Let's go into more detail and abandon the team's previous inside-based tactics and start to gradually shift to outside-based projection. Using fast-paced offensive and defensive conversions, the inside line as a containment, increasing the number of outside shots, to put it more clearly, is a strengthened version of the Jilin team. This is also the tactical arrangement that Wang Han is best at, and the club agrees with Wang Han's guiding ideology.
The reform will have a painful period, after all, most of the players of the Shandong men's basketball team are more accustomed to the previous tactics. This sudden change still takes time to adapt.
The league has been played for more than 20 rounds, and the overall feeling in terms of results is average, at least it does not meet everyone's expectations, and it is basically unchanged from the same period last season. From the perspective of the team's mental outlook, it always feels that the whole style of play is awkward, and maybe the fans, like the players, need time to adapt.
Therefore, this season is indeed a more entangled season for the Shandong men's basketball team, if the reform is relatively smooth, then the team has not only improved its record, but also achieved its ambition to rise, and it also proves the coaching ability of head coach Wang Han. But once there is an accident in the results, and the team loses its original foothold, then not only the team and the coaching staff, but also the club will have to bear great pressure.
Wang Han and Ding Wei, who can play the real strength of the Shandong men's basketball team more
In fact, this issue should not have been discussed in the first place, and there is a suspicion of creating internal friction. And the two are partners, there is no competing relationship.
But judging from recent results and a series of performances, this problem may be inevitable.
So far this season, head coach Wang Han has led the team through most of the games, and Ding Wei has only stood on the scene to replace Wang Han when he is not available. Just like in the last two games, Wang Han was unwell, and Ding Wei became the real tactical and commanding executor of the team.
Logically speaking, Ding Wei, as Wang Han's deputy, should continue to adhere to his tactical thinking even if Wang Han is not there. After all, the two have been serving the entire team, and the tactical ideas for transforming the team should also be the same, but there are differences in details.
But the result was unexpected.
In the past six games, the Shandong men's basketball team has won 2 wins and 4 losses. Four of these losses were four consecutive losses, which were the games led by Wang Han. After losing to the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Wang Han had to temporarily leave the command seat due to physical reasons, and Ding Wei had to rush to the front line.
The team will face the Qingdao men's basketball team next. If you say that from the perspective of paper strength, maybe the Shandong men's basketball team will have a slight advantage, but if you analyze it comprehensively, for example, the recent 4-game losing streak of the Shandong men's basketball team has seriously affected morale, coupled with the "Qilu Derby", the Qingdao men's basketball team has always been not soft, so it is not easy for the Shandong men's basketball team to win the opponent.
Facing Zhejiang Guangsha in the last round, this is definitely one of the toughest teams in the CBA, and as the runner-up last season, it is natural that this season will continue to attack the championship. In the face of such an opponent, the Shandong men's basketball team is almost at a disadvantage in terms of strength and communication records. Although Zhejiang Guangsha's foreign aid has some problems, the team has the strongest domestic trident in the league, and the prospects of the Shandong men's basketball team are still not optimistic.
It was in this context that Ding Wei withstood the pressure and led the Shandong men's basketball team to successive victories over Qingdao men's basketball team and Zhejiang Guangsha, perfectly helping head coach Wang Han clean up the endgame.
So the question is, what did Ding Wei do to regain the confidence of the Shandong men's basketball team to win?
In fact, it is very simple, Ding Wei is to let the team return to the familiar tactical idea in the past: start from the inside, give full play to the advantages of the team's inside line, and then use strong physical fitness to further strengthen the defensive intensity, nothing more.
Whether facing the Qingdao men's basketball team or Zhejiang Guangsha, Ding Wei's guiding idea is like this. In the Qilu derby, Gillenwater burst the inside of the Qingdao men's basketball team, and in the face of Zhejiang Guangsha, the inside of the Shandong men's basketball team completely dominated the trend of the game, Gillenwater, Tao Hanlin, Jia Cheng, the three major inside lines combined to score 64 points! And whenever the opponent is close to the score, it is the inside line that solves the problem and helps the team stabilize its position.
The defensive end continues to put pressure on the opponent, and the high-intensity defensive pressure makes the opponent full of entanglement every shot. The Qingdao men's basketball team scored only 81 points, while the attacking Zhejiang Guangsha also scored only 85 points. This is the most intuitive feeling that data gives us.
Therefore, while guiding Ding Wei to lead the team to overcome strong opponents, he also threw an embarrassing question for the club, whether to adhere to the traditional playing style or change the team's tactical style according to Wang Han's wishes, so the exact problem caused the management quite a headache and difficult to ride the tiger.
Both Ding Wei and Wang Han are long-established CBA coaches, both of which have been recognized by the media for both experience and coaching ability, and both of them have the ability to run a team no matter who they are. But today, coming together to lead the Shandong men's basketball team forward, there needs to be a convergence point. Although everyone does not want to face the problem of which is strong or weak, the results of these games have been clearly understood.
After Ding Wei led the Shandong men's basketball team to two consecutive victories, he still maintained a very clear head in an interview, and frankly said: The team can achieve consecutive wins, mainly due to the good tactical execution of the players, but the team has not come out of the predicament, and there are still many problems to be solved.
Facing the Ningbo men's basketball team in the next round, it can only be said that the Shandong men's basketball team has great hope of winning three consecutive victories. I don't know if Wang Han can return in this game and restore his prestige in the hearts of the team and fans with a victory. If Ding Wei continues to lead the team forward and wins three in a row, the topic of who is more suitable for the Shandong men's basketball team will be more sensitive about Wang Han or Ding Wei.
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