Chapter 145 144. The question is, who has better teaching ability between Big Bird and the God of Basketball?
Although you won the recognition of Boston fans in your rookie season, performed well in the playoffs, and had a good performance in the finals, the nationally renowned Len Bias is the future in the minds of Boston fans.

Len Bias performed better in college, and in his sophomore season, Bias scored 29 points against Michael Jordan, who was a junior at the time, while Jordan only scored 21 points.

The sudden death of Len Bias made Boston fans feel desperate and felt that the team's future was bleak. In order to get the second pick, Auerbach not only consumed the connections he had accumulated over the years, but also gave away multiple draft picks and role players. It can be said that it was a waste of time. As for the other person in the dual core mentioned by Auerbach, that is, you, in the minds of Boston fans, you are at most the refrigerator to Bird, the assistant. Without Len Bias, your future core role will not exist.

Because you lost several quality substitutes in the trade for the second pick, and Bill Walton had surgery in July and is expected to be out for 7-8 months, public opinion generally believes that your prospects for defending the title are bleak.

However, after the start of the new season, you, who turned 23 and entered your sophomore season, showed great progress right from the start of the season.

More accurate shooting, more perfect technique, just the right defense, and even developed a pretty cool back-to-the-basket singles... After the first month of games, you successfully squeezed out Danny Ainge and became the team's new starting shooting guard. You played 80 games in the regular season, averaging 24.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 50.1%, a three-point shooting percentage of 41%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 87%.

You, Larry Bird, who averaged 26 points per game, and Kevin McHale, who averaged 20.8 points per game, formed the most terrifying scoring front-guard trio in the league. Together, you led the team to a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, beating the Hawks to win first place in the Eastern Conference.

You were selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star reserve team and the All-NBA Second Team for your outstanding performance in the regular season.

In the first round of the playoffs, you helped the team sweep the Bulls again. You performed well in the matchup with Michael Jordan, averaging 20 points per game. At the same time, you made good use of the rim protection ability of the twin towers McHale and Parish in the interior and the backup defense of Bird on the wing, and defended Michael Jordan, who averaged 48 points per game with a hit rate of 37% in the regular season, to only 33.1 points, and limited his hit rate to only 39%.

季后赛第二轮，面对50胜的雄鹿队，凯尔特人队失去多名主力轮换球员后第二阵容实力下滑的缺陷暴露，前三场分别打出126比124、121比126、124比129的比分，大比分1比2落后。

到了G4，你暴走了，打了49分钟，23投13中、其中三分球5中3、外加16中13的罚球，拿到42分7板3助攻，加上伯德的32分11板12助攻、麦克海尔的28分20板……率队通过双加时以138比130险胜雄鹿队，将大比分扳平。

In the next two games, you were used as the first scoring point by head coach KC Jones. Bird switched to play as an organizing forward and mainly held the ball to attract double-teaming. You scored 30 points and 8 rebounds and 26 points and 10 rebounds respectively, leading the team to scores of 119 to 113 and 126 to 124 respectively, winning three games in a row and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals with a score of 3 to 4.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, you were not afraid of the rough defense of the Detroit Pistons. You averaged 5 points per game in 27 games to beat Joe Dumars, and beat Adrian Dantley who averaged 26 points per game and Bird who averaged 26 points and 11 assists per game to become the scoring leader of the series. You led the Celtics to a 4-1 victory over the Pistons and met the team's arch-rival, the Lakers, in the finals.

Bill Laimbeer, who has admired you since you beat Bird, praised your opponent after the Eastern Conference Finals - Jack is better than Len Bias. He is as talented as Len Bias, and he works harder, smarter, and tougher. Not only does he play tough, he is also stronger inside. He is not stupid enough to take drugs to numb his nerves. He showed a strong and tenacious mentality when the stupid Celtics fans looked down on him and ignored him, and he performed more dazzlingly than anyone else.

Boston fans then realized that they had been sighing for a year about "losing the core of the future", but it turned out that the core of the future was already in the team, and there was no need to wait until the future, the future had already arrived, the 23-year-old you and the 30-year-old Bird were already an unstoppable duo in the playoffs, and they had already established a legacy similar to that of Magic and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...

Today is June 1987, 6, the day after the Eastern Conference Finals ended. The Finals will kick off on June 1 at the Lakers' home court, the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles.

The team exposed a huge flaw from the second round - apart from Bird and Dennis Johnson, there was no third point to pass the ball.

Bird is going to teach you a few tricks in the three days before leaving for Los Angeles. We'll meet at the arena at 3 a.m. this morning...

...

After waking up, Zhang Yang received the training message.

The past year of the 80 timeline seems to be very colorful.

The playoffs with the Bulls are over, which is a bit regrettable...but being able to play in the finals with Magic Johnson and Skyhook means that Jordan is not that important at this time.

Zhang Yang opened the "Door of Experience" and looked at the ability assessment.

“Name: Zhang Yang.

Age: 23 (date of birth: June 1963, 6).

Height: 196 cm, wingspan: 210 cm, weight: 95 kg.

Ability evaluation (training mode): three-pointer 83, mid-range shot 92, layup 94, ball control 93, passing 81, speed 92, strength 88, jumping 89, physical strength 92..."

Zhang Yang looked at the ability assessment and recalled the training information... How could an 83-point shooter achieve a 41% three-point shooting percentage? He was just a little short of the 180 club! I'm afraid they were all open three-pointers!
That's right, there are not many people who can shoot three-pointers these days.

When he enters the training mode, he doesn't need to actively recall his previous training memories. When he thinks of one thing, he will normally think of related things. In the first round of last season's game against the Bulls, there were 3 games. The Bulls averaged 3 three-pointers per game and the Celtics averaged 5 three-pointers per game.

According to the Celtics regular season statistics in the 85-86 season, the team averaged 6.1 three-point shots per game, of which 4.5 were taken by him and Bird, and no one else took them.

天赋方面，三分加了4点、中投3点、力量3点、速度2点、弹跳1点、体力4点，减一下，三分就是79、中投是89、力量是85、速度90、弹跳88、体力88……张杨觉得他投篮天赋应该还没开发到头，毕竟才还有几天才满24岁。

But the physical fitness should be similar. At most, the speed, strength, jumping and physical strength, which are strongly related, will fluctuate with age and weight changes.

The basic talents of speed, jumping, and strength are actually pretty good, but the basic stamina is 88, and after adding 4 points it is only 92... Keep brushing up on your talents!

Zhang Yang looked at the task board.

"Basic mission: The glory of the Green Army, lead the Celtics to defeat the Lakers and win the championship."

“Optional Task 5: I can also pass the ball and average + assists per game in the finals.

Optional Task 1: Snake Catcher, get a triple-double in the finals.

Optional Task 3: Be a determined scorer and win the scoring title in this finals."

The first task reminded Zhang Yang of the team’s weakness in the training information—the lack of players who could pass the ball.

Zhang Yang remembered that in the 85-86 season, the Celtics had three players on the bench who averaged 3+ assists per game, and the team averaged 3 assists per game that season... It was probably in order to get the second pick that these people were sent away.

So, in the days before the Finals, Bird is going to teach him how to pass?

Mission 1 rejected.

Task two... is it to benchmark against James Worthy's triple-double in 88, beating Magic Johnson to win the FMVP?

10 assists in a single game and 5+ assists per game... Zhang Yang chose Task without hesitation.

Switch the task interface.

“Glory to the Celtics: …Bonus: The art of playing with your back to the basket.

Determined Scorer: …Bonus: I age slower (beginner).

The art of facing away from the basket: When you face away from the basket, you will be more sensitive to the position and movement of your teammates and opponents, and it will be easier to judge the timing of passing the ball.

I age slower (elementary): When your physical fitness reaches its peak, it begins to decline. Your physical fitness declines a little slower than that of ordinary people.

Zhang Yang smacked his lips when he saw the reward for the basic task, but his eyes widened when he saw the reward for the optional task.

Is this a reward related to the teammate's Chieftain? Or is it a reward related to the opponent's Skyhook?
In the 85-86 season, the 33-year-old Parish averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds per game. As a jumping man, he didn't look like he was in his 30s at all. It seemed that he was still being sought after by various teams when he was in his 40s.

Tiangou's "anti-aging" is equally exaggerated. He won the FMVP at the age of 38, an achievement that is almost impossible to break.

Seeing the name of the task, it should be a reward related to the skyhook. For the Chief, there are only two ways to score: catching the ball and standing at close range to receive the ball and shoot.

Zhang Yang got up from the bed and looked around the house. It was still the same apartment he lived in last year.

The training information shows that he got a 3-year, 300 million contract extension last summer, which expires in 89. It is not much higher than his rookie year, but this salary is good. Bird's annual salary is only 180 million, and the highest-paid Magic Johnson is only 250 million US dollars. And these are average salaries, and there is no such thing as annual increases.

As for why Zhang Yang knew about Bird's and Magic's annual salaries... when he was drinking with Bird after the first round last year, the drunkard complained after getting drunk, saying that his three consecutive MVP salaries were not as high as that piece of chocolate.

Magic's nickname when he was a student was Chocolate, and Jason Williams' nickname came from that.

...

After getting up and making some food, Zhang Yang read the newspaper for a while while digesting the food to catch up on the latest news.

My family subscribes to a lot of newspapers, but these days there are only two channels for getting information from the outside world: television and newspapers.

Zhang Yang didn't expect that the person who helped him win the recognition of some locals was actually his defeated opponent, Lambiel...

However, not everyone agrees with Laimbeer's words. There are still many media outlets that believe that Len Bias is more talented and would have played better if he hadn't died.

Zhang Yang thinks that people who insist on this point of view, even if he becomes successful in the future and ultimately achieves higher achievements than Bird, those people will still believe that Len Bias should have achieved higher achievements.

He didn't take it to heart at all. Anyway, most of the time he wasn't the one facing such comments... I wish the other him to be strong!

After the feeling of fullness faded a little, Zhang Yang went out and came to the North Shore Garden Arena.

It was just after 8 o'clock when he entered the training ground, and Bird was already training inside.

Seeing Zhang Yang coming, Big Bird started to scold: "You are a little late, NCP."

NCP, Non core players, is the abbreviation of non-core players.

Zhang Yang saw in the newspaper just now that Laimbeer had spoken trash to him in the Eastern Conference Finals. He wondered if his winning the Eastern Conference Finals scoring title was related to Laimbeer's trash talk.

In short, combined with what Laimbeer said praising him after the game, there should be many people who think that Boston fans are funny. There is a young player with outstanding talent and strength in the team, but they keep talking about the "genius" who took drugs and killed himself.

Anyway, 'non-core player' has become one of his nicknames now, and he has another nickname - bird-shooting expert.

Zhang Yang responded without hesitation: "Big Bird, don't worry, the scoring champion is here."

What's the point of being the scoring champion of a series? Bird complained: "I'm still the assist champion of the Eastern Conference Finals! Without me passing the ball to you, can you average 27 points per game?"

Zhang Yang: "Without me making the shot, can you average 11 assists per game?"

Big Bird sighed when he heard that, and rarely did he continue to argue.

They are miserable this season!
He, Zhang Yang, and McHale averaged a combined 70 points per game, plus Parish's 13 points per game, sixth man Ainge's 10 points per game, and point guard Dennis Johnson's 12 points per game, which is already 105 points per game, but their team's average score in the regular season was only 112 points.

In other words, apart from these six people, there is no one else in the team who can fight!
Bill Walton, who had undergone major surgery again and returned to action, saw his form plummet. In the last 10 games of the regular season, he averaged 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block per game.

You know, Bird averaged 26 points per game this season, higher than last season's 25.8 points per game, hit 53% from the field, higher than last season's 49.6%, averaged 7.6 assists per game, a career high, Zhang Yang's strength soared this season, averaging 24.6 points per game, McHale maintained a level of 20+10... The record actually dropped by a full 9 wins! The Bucks almost flipped in the playoffs!

It is because they actually only have 6 players who can play this season, and 7-8 players rotating is the norm, and the players who rotate outside of the 6 are basically here to dig holes.

Thinking about the Lakers team with 7 players averaging double-digit points, and 4 players averaging more than 4 points per game, averaging 117 points per game in the regular season... the pressure is really great.

No longer in the mood for bickering, Bird said: "When we played against the Bucks and the Pistons, our opponents had already discovered the flaws in our team's offense.

The Bucks have the best defensive player Moncrief, and fast-moving and intercepting forwards and guards like Pressey, Cummings, Pierce, and Sikma. The Pistons have Rodman, Laimbeer, Dumars... players with strong intercepting abilities.

Dennis and Danny's breakthrough passes were cut off, and they couldn't pass the ball after breaking into the inside. Only Kevin and I could use back-to-the-basket passes to provide assists... In fact, except for the connection between you and me, we could only rely on singles to score most of the time in the second round and the Eastern Conference Finals.

The next opponent, the Lakers, has Magic, Cobra, Cooper, Rambis, and Green. They are more capable than the Bucks and Pistons. We must create better team scoring conditions. Your high-post back-to-the-basket is already very good, but your high-post back-to-the-basket passing after attracting the defense is very bad, so I am merciful and ready to teach you how to observe the movement of your teammates, thank me. "

After listening to Big Bird's words, Zhang Yang thought of the reward of 'the art of facing the basket' and matched it.

But... he responded: "Although my pass button is a little malfunctioning... I just don't like passing the ball, but learning how to pass the ball and having the threat of passing the ball will help me score more. But, in just three days, can I learn it? Can I use it in the finals?"

Bird was very direct: "Even if you learn it, it will be difficult to use it. The team does not have a tactic to organize the offense against your high post play. Even if you copy my tactics, I can't run, catch the ball and shoot like you. I am much slower than you."

Zhang Yang narrowed his eyes and complained: "How thick-skinned do you have to be to say so confidently that you are slow."

Big Bird: "I am happy with it, why do you care?"

Zhang Yang: “…”

Bird: "I'm teaching you now because I have nothing to do... I'm in the mood now because I just beat Thomas. After the finals, I may not be in the mood to teach you."

Zhang Yang heard the hidden meaning and complained again: "It's not like you haven't defeated a magician before."

Ha! Bird liked to hear this. It was a rare occasion for this non-core player to say something nice.

Big Bird: "Go warm up first. There are some energy drinks and bread I bought over there. You can eat when you are thirsty or hungry. In order to save money, the Cardinals have closed the restaurant on non-training days and non-game days, and do not provide drinks."

Zhang Yang was indeed a little thirsty, so he picked up a bottle of energy drink and took a few sips.

At this time, he heard Big Bird say, "One dollar and a half a bottle. Remember to pay me after training."

Zhang Yang held it in for two seconds: "...I can't kill you!"

Half an hour later, Zhang Yang finished warming up and Bird began to teach him how to pass the ball when posting up in the high post.

Bird stood in the high post with the ball and his back to the basket and said: "When I start to post up, the other inside player always stands there, right, right there, on the edge of the three-second zone.

At this time, there will be two cut-in arrangements in the tactics, one in the middle, and the other is the baseline on the same side as our back-to-back attack... Why not a cut-in from the weak side baseline?
It is true that it is easier to cut in over there, but we are here, and we have formed a diagonal passing route from the high position to the low position with that side. Although the opportunity is good, it is easier to be cut off by the opponent, which is not a good choice.

Our teammates on the same side can cut into the baseline and form a double threat to the opponent's defender standing on the right side of the three-second zone. The other inside player of the opponent must be sent to the middle, so our other inside player can go to the left to provide cover..."

Zhang Yang: "I see. When you post up in the high post, I can easily get around to the area above or below the free throw line on the left side to catch the ball and shoot. That's the principle."

Big Bird: "You are very good. You understand things much faster than Kevin."

Zhang Yang: “…”

What a stream of consciousness! What's going on here and there!
If his tactical understanding was a little worse, he might not even understand what Big Bird said!
So the question is, who has better teaching ability, the God of Basketball or Bird?
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