No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 862 - 371. Student King’s only hope for scoring king

After a few rounds, Zhang Yang understood Rondo’s in-game adjustment intentions.

The way the Kings played was quite different from what was seen in the videos. Although isolation plays accounted for a large part of the Kings’ offense, it was only slightly more than teams with more complete lineups. Most of their offense was initiated by Rondo’s drives and kick-outs or pick-and-rolls. Tonight, the Kings played like the Mavericks.

This made it easy for Zhang Yang to guess what Rondo was thinking; his experience in leading the team was still too limited, always assuming things.

Coach Long is good at analyzing games with a coach’s mindset, which is a strength, but it can also sometimes be a flaw. For example, now, due to lack of experience, he made a wrong in-game adjustment.

The Bobcats’ April schedule was grueling. In the past five days, they played the Magic, Spurs, and Hornets every other day. Now, it’s their second back-to-back game in five days. They just don’t have the capacity to continue team-oriented offense; some players with average stamina can’t keep up anymore. In the fourth quarter against the Hornets last night, their offense collapsed, solely relying on Zhang Yang’s 13 points in one quarter to hold on.

So Carlisle’s strategy for today’s game was mainly isolation plays. Rondo’s assumed adjustment actually helped Bobcats’ players who were strong in isolation to get into form.

Being taunted face to face by Zhang Yang, Rondo was furious, but more at himself.

In the second quarter, Rondo switched back to the normal play style and led the team to launch team offense.

Kings head coach Reggie Sewusi did not correct Rondo’s decision, allowing Rondo to operate freely. Winning or losing didn’t matter, as their first-round pick this year was lottery-protected, losing a bit more was even better.

Sewusi’s coaching ability... not great, but he knows what a player needs to grow.

During his playing days, he was also a formidable character, selected once as an All-Star starter and once as an All-Star substitute. He was the Bulls’ star before Jordan, playing as a shooting guard. After being traded to the Kings by the Bulls, because the Kings had two top swingmen, Mike Woodson and Eddie Johnson, he had to switch to point guard. In his first year, he struggled, but by the second year, he showcased elite point guard performance with an average of 18 points and 9.6 assists. freewebnσvel.cøm

Based on Rondo’s talent and personality, Sewusi’s approach to nurturing Rondo was to let him loose, allowing him to try things out and make mistakes. Anyway, the team didn’t have any performance demands, and management preferred losing more games to increase the odds of getting the top draft pick.

Indeed, Rondo quickly realized his decision mistake; he dared to face his errors and actively adjusted. His coach for this tanking campaign didn’t even know how to adjust at this point, but Rondo did... just that habit of grabbing the coach’s tactics board, where did he learn that from?

An ancient saying goes, it’s never too late to mend the fold after the sheep are lost; another ancient saying warns one wrong move can lose the entire game.

Although Rondo promptly corrected his mistake, the Bobcats had already found their rhythm.

Felton, Zhang Yang, and Okafor’s isolation plays were unstoppable for the Kings.

Kevin Martin, a defensive liability, had his formative years as a Dunk King with strong defense, but during his years with the Warriors, he seemed to have lost his defensive prowess. Although his defensive attitude improved after switching teams, defending Zhang Yang was still futile.

Okafor’s strong inside scoring was also highly effective, requiring double-teaming.

Rondo was the best defender on the team, but like Paul, he couldn’t defend big guys, too thin, Felton rolled over him.

These three were actually still manageable. With Rondo leading teamwork, aided by Kevin Martin’s isolation and the Dunk King’s three-point responses, along with occasional fast breaks, they were at a disadvantage but could barely hang on.

The main issue was the Kings’ weak inside presence; they didn’t even have a proper blue-collar worker. Hill and Millsap, having found their groove, could dominate once they drove in.

The Kings’ offensive momentum always had lulls, while the Bobcats played like the Mavericks from the past two years, with limitless isolations and relentless firepower extension...

At 10:21:33 PM, Rondo forcefully threw the ball towards the opponents’ hoop from the backcourt, possibly wanting to score another one to make the score look better, perhaps to vent his frustration over losing, or maybe he didn’t think anything at all and just tossed the ball...

With the long whistle, the ball flew out of bounds, and the game ended.

Rondo went 6-for-15, including 2-for-7 from three-point range, plus 3-of-4 free throws, recording 17 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals, exploding against his old team once more.

Kevin Martin scored 24 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, Jason Richardson scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, both still performed well.

With the three leading, the Kings’ perimeter offense was quite impressive. John Samuels and Francisco Garcia, two good-shooting teammates, scored 8 and 7 points respectively. Backup point guard Udrih scored 4 points and 4 assists, which was acceptable. The six-man perimeter unit scored 81 points.

But the inside was bleak, with a five-man rotation only scoring 22 points. Apart from Hawes’ 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists, Shelden Williams, Mikki Moore, Lorenzen Wright... and others combined only scored 12 points.

For the Bobcats, they scored 35 points in the first quarter, 32 in the second, 25 in the third, and 23 in the final quarter, their scoring declined each quarter, indicating a significant stamina impact, but after scoring 67 points in the first half to establish the victory, they maintained a double-digit advantage till the end.

Felton went 7-for-13, including 3-for-5 from three-point range, plus 2-of-3 free throws, scoring 19 points, 2 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Okafor went 6-for-10, plus 4-of-6 free throws, scoring 16 points and 14 rebounds.

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