Chapter 146 145. Bird, stop passing the ball and shoot with me! (25)

Every time Zhang Yang talked about big birds with others, he always had a confusion.

It is well known that Jordan is a poor teacher.

But Bird, who is known as the best player in technical history, has never been heard of having any successors. During the years when he was the general manager, he selected many forward talents, but few people mentioned who learned any skills from him.

Now I understand that in terms of teaching ability, Bird and the God of Basketball are definitely the same dragon and phoenix.

Also very impatient and very stream-of-consciousness.

Zhang Yang estimated that when Bird was teaching McHale, what he often said was: "He's running from there, you pass it like this," "You turn like this and you'll pass him," "You do this and that..."

Just now, Big Bird was able to say the words "three-second zone sideline", "weak side baseline", and "wing circling the pole". It was because Zhang San tried hard to understand and actively asked, that Big Bird changed "here, there, this and that" into these words.

In other words, he is so bold to ask. When Bird becomes the general manager and head coach in the future, how many players will dare to ask about his tyrannical leadership style?

Compared with Jordan, Bird's advantage is that his playing style is more "down to earth". If you can tolerate his sharp tongue, be patient, be thick-skinned, and learn slowly, even if you can't learn the techniques, you can still learn some practical playing skills.

It's really impossible to learn what Jordan taught. Zhang Yang has a deep understanding of this. Even Grove hinted to him not to imitate Jordan's playing style and try not to learn from his experience, as it would lead to bad playing habits.

It is said that the success rate of 'Jordan's successor' is high. That's nonsense. Those who can be called 'Jordan's successor', if not the best in the league in terms of physical fitness, are definitely among the best. They can get a good salary in the NBA even if they play casually.

However, there are only a few "Big Bird's successors" who can run and jump.

Fortunately, although Zhang San was not interested in organizing offense, he had a good talent for organizing offense and a strong ability to understand tactics. He actually understood the "bird language" and learned how to organize offense with his back to the basket in the high position smoothly.

On the first rest day, head coach KC Jones did not arrange any training. At this point in the game, no one came to practice and everyone just rested well.

There is one "advantage" for non-white players playing in Boston, which is that they can really concentrate on playing, rest well when they are resting, and train well when they are training.

Because it's hard for them to have fun when they go out.

Not to mention the 80s, in 2010, Rondo went to a nightclub in Boston and met a drunk white man who called him Nigel and asked him to take a photo with a girl. Rondo had a bad temper and sprayed the other person in the face on the spot, and then a fight started... In the end, Rondo was fined 24 hours of community service, and the white man paid the bail and was fine.

On the 2nd and 3rd, the Celtics conducted team training. The amount of training was not large, just running through offensive and defensive tactics against the Lakers.

Zhang Yang tried his skills, and it was the same technique he had learned when he had just finished special training, except that his body could better complete the movements his mind wanted and his shots were more accurate. The details of the movements that Grove helped to adjust had also been adjusted here, so he could cut in seamlessly.

During the team training phase, Zhang Yang finally understood what the training message "paid a lot to get the No. 6 pick" meant. Including him, the team only had players who could play, and the few high-quality players who left were all young players in their twenties. In other words, if the Cardinals failed to successfully trade for the No. pick, those players might be the future main players who would take over from Dennis Johnson, Parish, Ainge, and Walton.

If Bias hadn't gotten into trouble and had successfully become a star, even if it was just an All-Star, it would not be a loss. But without Bias, the current main players will eventually grow old. Without Zhang San, it will be difficult to attract talented players to join after those main players grow old.

The team has less training volume, which is good for Zhang Yang. After the team training, he goes to quarrel with Big Bird while learning how to organize the offense with his back to the basket.

Three days passed in a flash, and Big Bird's teaching was over.

At the beginning, Zhang Yang kept complaining about Big Bird's teaching methods, which made the stingy Big Bird so angry that he threatened to raise the price of drinks.

But as he learned more, Zhang Yang felt that Big Bird's teaching method was actually good for him.

Bird taught in a stream-of-consciousness way, and what he learned was the awareness of organizing the offense with his back to the basket in the high post, rather than the rigid way of memorizing the tactics and passing the ball.

Just like the back-to-back attack he learned, if you only look at the movements and postures, it is very different from Big Bird, but everyone who watched it felt that he had learned the essence, and the bird was so cool...

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On June 1987, 6, at 5:7 p.m., at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, Zhang Yang and his teammates entered the court amid boos.

When arriving at Los Angeles Airport yesterday, Zhang Yang felt the "enthusiasm" of the Lakers fans.

The Lakers fans, who are usually so arrogant that they don't even bother to boo other teams, become as wild as the Salt Lake City fans when they meet the Celtics.

When the Lakers players entered the stadium, the fans cheered loudly, more enthusiastically than in any other game in this year's playoffs.

Lakers fans want to cheer their players with the most enthusiastic cheers.

Although the media are saying that they have a higher chance of winning this year, the opponent is the Celtics... This is the 10th time the two teams have met in the finals. In the first 9 times, the Celtics won 8 times and the Lakers only won a pitiful 1 time. After the players of both teams entered the court, Zhang Yang went on the court to try his hand at shooting.

The basket rim is of standard height and is not crooked. The guy is just a little kid who is still in Milan wondering whether to be a goalkeeper or play basketball.

Zhang Yang looked towards the technical desk. Bird was arguing with Magic Johnson, and Hollywood stars were gathered on the sidelines.

Many retired stars also came, mainly from their two teams, including the logo man, Chamberlain, Baylor, Russell, Havlicek, Bob Cousy...

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the 10th yellow-green battle officially kicked off.

In the first quarter, Zhang Yang felt what performance time was.

They worked hard and scored 28 points in a single quarter, while the opponent made a crazy charge and scored 34 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, the opponent's performance was even more brutal. They were defended to only 26 points, while the opponent still scored 35 points.

At the end of the first half, the score difference had reached 15 points.

Every player on the Lakers is a scorer!

When Zhang Yang was on the court, somehow Magic Johnson had already passed the ball to a suitable teammate. As long as the Lakers player received the ball, he could either shoot or pass the ball to someone with a better chance.

I thought it was okay when I watched the video, but when I actually played against him, I realized how terrible Magic's passing was!
Bird's worries a few days ago came true, as the Lakers used their tall size at positions 1-4 to cut off Dennis Johnson's breakthrough passes.

Although there is a rule prohibiting zone double-teaming, for the Lakers, who have extremely good cooperation, being able to stay away from the defender for 3 seconds is enough for them to cut off the passing route at the best time for Dennis Johnson to pass the ball.

During the halftime break, Auerbach personally came to the locker room to discuss the response with KC Jones, but even a good cook cannot cook without rice. They all had a response strategy in their minds, but they had no one! With only 6 people playing, there were only so many changes that could be made, and the opponent had them in their hands.

As Auerbach and KC Jones expected, their situation did not improve in the third quarter. The score in a single quarter was 28 to 32. After three quarters, the score was 82 to 101, which was 19 points behind.

To score on their side, either McHale or Bird would back down and attract double team attacks and pass the ball to their teammates who would receive the ball and shoot directly, or they would score on singles and were unable to coordinate effectively.

At the end of the quarter, Zhang Yang didn't care anymore, he just took the ball and went for it!
Facing the tall Magic Johnson, he would break through and make a quick stop jump shot. Even if he was defended, he would still shoot. Facing the short Byron Scott, he would sit on both sides of the free throw line and back up. If Byron Scott was close to him, he would turn around and break through. If he was not so close, he would turn around and shoot. If he was double-teamed from the wing, he would force a shot...

As long as he is given the ball, he will shoot!
Originally, KC Jones had no more tricks and thought the game was over, and the Lakers also felt that they had a sure win in the first battle... But Zhang Yang scored 11 points in half a quarter, and Bird made a step-back three-pointer and a 2+1 off an offensive rebound. The two of them combined for 17 points, with a score of 17 to 10, narrowing the gap to 12 points and chasing the score to 99 to 111!

The Lakers quickly played more compactly, and fortunately they did not lose their form. They scored 15 points in the second half of the quarter and withstood the 20-point counterattack launched by Zhang Yang, Bird, McHale and Ainge in the second half of the quarter.

张杨末节16分，全场拿到30分7板2助攻，大鸟末节10分，全场拿到32分10板6助攻。

Although the two led the team to a score of 37 to 25 in the final quarter, the gap in the previous period was too big, and they eventually lost to the Lakers 119 to 126 away from home.

凯尔特人队9人上场，只有7人有得分，5人得分上双，麦克海尔18分、帕里什16分、安吉14分、丹尼斯-约翰逊5分、沃顿4分。

而湖人队那边，11人上场全都有得分，魔术师19分8板13助攻、詹姆斯-沃西23分9板10助攻、库珀10分4助攻……全队合计35次助攻，飙上天了！

However, although the Lakers won, the Celtics' fierce performance in the final quarter still made them sweat.

When Big Bird and Zhang Yang play one-on-one, they are simply unstoppable!
The Lakers players all know how strong Bird is, but Zhang Yang... is not just good at scoring and shooting. What makes them feel dangerous about Zhang Yang is that this player is completely uncontrollable!

They thought Zhang Yang should shoot, but he did. They thought he would not shoot, but he still did! McHale scored 8 points in the second half of the final quarter, 6 of which were from offensive rebounds...

On the other side, Zhang Yang and Big Bird stood with their hands on their hips on the sidelines after losing the game.

Zhang Yang said, "Big Bird, stop your damn offensive playmaking and shoot with me!"

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Sorry, sorry for keeping you waiting. Xiaofeng seemed to have fallen asleep at around one or two o'clock, and I had almost finished writing it by then... This chapter is a little shorter, so the next one will have more.

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