The NBA defense is a futile effort. Maximized through space, enhanced through research and reinforced through rule changes, the offensive skill in the current league is almost too difficult to stop. Even with a better game plan and perfect execution, you can give up 125 points.
As the violations were homogenized, players became more professional with their predetermined readings. Take a step back when the defense is passing under the screens; Attack when it happens. Shoot the fall canopy or play 4 in front of 3 to beat a trap. These readings are recorded in the brains of each and every smart initiator. There’s little improvisation, it’s muscle memory.
Extreme measures are to force the offensive to think. An additional split moment can stop or even disturb the entire orchestra. The challenge for side combinations is to figure out how to get there.
During the more than two seasons, zone defense has the highest fashion. Dominance is far from the main defensive tactic, but it temporarily has an unusual tool. What was once stigmatized is considered “an herbal rhythm changer,” according to Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.
There were 437 zone possessions in the bubble alone, more than part of the 718 possessions played in 2017-18, according to Data from Synergy Sports. Zone defense exploded in 2018-19 when that number rose to 3824, and until the end of the normal 2020 season (including the bubble), the total number of 5361.
Pistons head coach Dwane Casey calls the domain a “glorified change,” which, if done well, can become a defensive lineup. That means keeping it in your back pocket, not necessarily to use at the end of the games, but deliberately sprayed a 48-minute era to disrupt the extra speed of the offense.
“You see so much more. I think he’s smart in some situations: short watch, time out or interrupt the pace,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau told B/R.
Coaches prepare games for those short watch conditions and after downtime, so a domain can help exploit what would normally be a possibility for a high-quality appearance. A chess setting between coaches in the chess setting.
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While the maximum groups use the domain strategically, the Miami Heat marked the curve. They’re doing everything they can. They’ll pick you up all over the field, throw a 6’9″ ahead of your guard and do some of the highest rotations in the league. Using the dominance at most twice as much as the next competitor, coach Erik Spoelstra uses it as a “change” to help his defense. Just throw your stuff out of speed a little more than the maximum.
“We’ve advanced our duration, which many groups don’t do, so it’s probably an adjustment that the maximum groups used to make,” Heat leader Duncan Robinson told B/R. “We can have two pretty disturbing boys in front, just to wreak havoc on the ball handler and pass lines.”
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Each computer has another concept of how and when the domain goes. The Heat is competitive, seeks to have the ball carrier surrender, and depends on its duration to return to its place. The Toronto Raptors, a moment in the NBA for zonal possessions, are in their own approach.
“It’s complicated with other bodies,” Stanley Johnson told B/R. “Larger bodies and larger arms make a domain more efficient.”
The Raptors showed their courage in the 2019 final. They’ll check anything. They have continued to thrive this season as ready-to-use thinkers, however, whether they are in the control of the press throughout the court, in zone 1-2-2 or 2-3, the basic principles on which those defenses are based. Stay. Constant.
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“We regularly force those guys to put things a little more on deck and get into the traffic lanes,” head coach Nick Nurse said. “We have to call other people and help, and infrequently that leads to many rotations, but we know it, and we’re in rotation. To do a lot of rotations, but we also do it pretty well.”
The Raptors didn’t start the trend of the area, they just made it famous. Now groups are experimenting with a variety of styles, however, non-unusual threads remain consistent: smart players and smart training. Teaching discipline, emboldening your players with confidence, and galvanizing the effort needed to succeed in a domain is no easy task.
“In fact, you have to play harder than the man, ” said Carlisle. “It requires more concentration because you crash into other bodies, and then you have to deal with a stopwatch of fire and bounces.”
In the other aspect of the ball, there are other concept schools on how to attack an area. The general concept is to move the ball back and forth until the defense collapses. Then attack the open space.
“You probably need to distort the dominance with some tactics at first to at least check if there’s any variation in the way you attack so it’s not the same every time,” Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. a domain. “Often, this can be something as undeniable as pick-and-roll and spacing.”
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Snyder, one of the league’s shrewd maxims, even stated that it can be as undeniable as shooting.
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“In the NBA, players are so smart that the most productive thing is to get a shot and succeed,” Snyder said.
The fun of the area is just the latest example of the NBA recovery game. One team wins gold with an idea and the rest of the league, like moths in light, mimics the trend.
“The league is constantly changing,” Thibodeau said. “We went through an era of time where there are many more switches. This is largely due to the relief of the force position before, so you see replacement 2, 3, 4, now you see it from 1 to 4. And the other aspect of the coin, because the groups have noticed so many replacements, are very adept at attacking the switches.”
The key is to locate the balance so that you can get the desired result without allowing you a simple more reading of the crime. It’s not confusing to recognize. “Immediately, you can see through the guy’s defensive position,” said the Lakers’ escort, Rajon Rondo. Failure will leave you with the rest of the package, waiting for the next innovation to be copied.
Winning in the NBA means making ambitious decisions without fearing that they’ll blow up in your face. Inside the Petri plate of the playoffs, more time to prepare, adjust and counter. This means more time for coaches to prepare and show the most.
Timely and well-executed areas can be the key to overthrowing an opponent.
All statistics come from Synergy Sports, unless otherwise noted.
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