[外電] The Carmelo-Jeremy Lin fit test, Pt. 1
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本文分析了甜瓜和林在球場上的契機，大致上都是戰術不夠純熟，
但藉由2位high-level的球員加入，看出未來的進攻十分強大。
(甜瓜的吸引包夾以及Amare製造出許多空檔)
The Carmelo-Jeremy Lin fit test, Pt. 1
The Knicks cut into the Nets’ lead during the middle of the fourth quarter
Monday night using a lineup that did not include Jeremy Lin or any
traditional point guard. Then Lin came back into the game, and the Knicks,
needing to play almost perfect offense in order to have any chance to win,
did this with 5:20 left in the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yWLLvuD4-uQ
The skill level of the five New York players on the floor here is so high
that this set is dangerous even though the three players surrounding the
initial Lin/Tyson Chandler pick-and-roll — Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e
Stoudemire on the left side, J.R. Smith in the right corner — do not move at
all as that play unfolds. Despite that lack of motion, there is a brief
moment when Stoudemire is open on the left baseline as Kris Humphries slides
into the paint to help on Chandler. And any possession that ends with Melo
isolating on Anthony Morrow counts as a well-used possession. Still, you can’
t help but ask for more, just as we asked for more off-ball motion from Miami
’s stars all of last season.
The challenge of re-integrating Anthony into the Lin Knicks centers on two
things:
1. Making Anthony and Stoudemire useful alongside the Lin/Chandler
pick-and-roll. This play has become New York’s go-to action and figures to
remain so when the core players are on the court. The typical way to
accomplish this first goal would be to use Anthony as a secondary option — a
deadly scorer Lin can kick the ball to if the defense stops the first play,
as New Jersey does in the clip above. Even better would be for Anthony and
Stoudemire to work some off-ball movement while that Lin/Chandler
pick-and-roll unfolds, so that Anthony is on the move, with the defense
compromised, when Lin kicks the ball his way. That doesn’t happen here, but
it did at other times, and on those plays you could see the rudiments of what
yet another “new” Knicks offense might look like — even in a game in which
they put up their worst points per possession mark since Lin began getting
real minutes.
2. Folding in possessions in which Anthony and/or Stoudemire can work as the
first option with Lin on the floor. This should be less difficult, though it
will force Lin to work as both an off-ball screener and a spot-up shooter —
skills that aren’t nearly as reliable as his pick-and-roll work at this
point.
In any case, here are some notable things from Monday night:
‧ Keeping Anthony and Stoudemire useful during Lin/Chandler pick-and-rolls
The Knicks get a “C” here, and that’s fine for Game 1. Plays like the one
above — stuff that is too stagnant given the talent involved — dotted the
game, and Anthony and Stoudemire occasionally looked uncertain working away
from the main action. That’s expected. The Knicks are evolving, again, and
they won’t have much practice time to aid that evolution. But they’ll work
at it, and the talent is so good that New York should look like a scoring
machine on some nights, even with awkardness like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AeT7s_cwLLg
Stoudemire and Anthony again sort of stand around while Lin and Chandler do
their thing, and Stoudemire eventually serves as the safety valve at the
elbow. He’s a couple of feet out of his range when he gets the ball, but he
has historically been a dangerous mid-range shooter. If he’s going to work
as a second option on the weak side — and Stoudemire’s demotion from first
option to second or third is the biggest non-Lin story of the Knicks season —
Lin will have to use him in this way even more than he has so far.
You can see the uncertainty when Stoudemire gets the ball. Should Anthony
post up? Should Stoudemire shoot? Should he drive? Eventually he and Anthony
improvise a nifty pick-and-roll that leads to a switch and then a
foot-on-the-line jumper that would be a great shot were it a three-pointer.
Again, the Knicks get a good look despite the awkwardness, and that is a
tribute to the talent of the players involved.
The Knicks toyed with lots of other stuff involving these two off the ball
during Lin/Chandler pick-and-rolls. On one possession midway through the
first quarter, they stationed Anthony and Stoudemire in opposite corners.
Anthony cut backdoor along the right baseline when his defender took a peek
at Chandler rolling in the lane, while Stoudemire looped up behind the play
to make himself a wide-open target near the left elbow for a possible jumper.
New York also did more of this:
‧ Clearing one side of the floor completely for Lin and Chandler
Here’s an example of this kind of set, which the Knicks used more on Monday
night than in prior Lin games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A_j3rs8G1PA
This is really smart. Anthony and Landry Fields for their careers are average
three-point shooters, and some lineups the Knicks will play heavy minutes
going forward just won’t have the kind of threatening outside shooting of
groups that feature Steve Novak and Smith. The Knicks adjust here by clearing
the entire left side of the floor for Chandler and Lin. Normally, there would
be a shooter in the left corner, where Fields starts this possession. But not
here, since New York understands the guy defending that shooter would crash
into the lane and muck up the pick-and-roll.
You see the results: Kris Humphries has to come all the way across the court
to prevent a Chandler dunk, and that opens up too many holes in the defense.
Ideally, you’d like Chandler — not a good passer for his position — to hit
Stoudemire directly instead of going through Melo as the middle man, but
again, the talent is good enough that the play works regardless. The Knicks
repeated this clear-out action several times throughout the game.
‧ Carmelo as the screener for Lin
Anthony can play this role, even in games in which Chandler isn’t limited by
foul trouble (as he was Monday), and the Knicks experimented with a
half-dozen Lin/Anthony pick-and-rolls to uneven results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pynNIFhLWE8
Anthony slips the screen here, as he loves to do, and anytime he cuts down
the lane hard, he’s going to draw attention. Notice how open Stoudemire gets
on the left wing — this is one of those instances in which Lin missed him.
Also notice Jared Jeffries cutting down the left side of the lane at the
start of the play. He cuts right into Stoudemire’s space, and if he’s going
to do that, he might as well hammer Humphries (Stoudemire’s man) with a
screen to give Amar’e even more room.
Here’s another Lin/Melo pick-and-roll, again with the left side totally
clear — and with Stoudemire as a wide-open jump-shooting outlet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aBbJknk1emQ
‧ Staggered screens for Lin
This has enormous potential to free up Lin and unleash Anthony as a scorer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IMINBNZu2LE
Throw two dangerous screeners at Lin, and you’re bound to create an
opportunity for someone — Lin, one of the screeners, or Stoudemire, lurking
again on the weak side above the foul line. Here it’s Anthony, who does a
beautiful job recognizing a chance to wrong-foot DeShawn Stevenson as he
tries to slide back onto Anthony after darting over to contain Lin. Anthony
can destroy you when given an advantage like this.
‧ Melo as the first option
New York fans can take heart in this: Each team gets 90 or so possession in a
basketball game, and it was clear Monday night that should provide enough
chances for everyone to get their fair share of time as the go-to guy–or at
least for Melo to get his fair share. Stoudemire is a different story,
working almost exclusively now as the second option.
But here’s Melo, doing his thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5qid-bf9oG0
Lin happily hands pick-and-roll duties to Anthony, who runs a quick one with
Jeffries before finding Stoudemire for an easy jumper. Melo got plenty of
opportunities as option No. 1. He isolated against Stevenson and Morrow on
the block, darted into the post after a quick back-screen for Novak got
nothing and ran several pick-and-rolls of his own — including one with
Stoudemire that resulted in an And-1 layup for Anthony.
He only took 11 shots, but Anthony also dished six assists (with six
turnovers) and got to the line six times. Lin probably shouldn’t be
attempting seven more field-goal attempts than Melo (and the same number of
free throws), and Novak might never attempt 10 shots in a game again this
season. The shot distribution on Monday probably wasn’t ideal, but this is
an ongoing project.
New York fans are probably sick of ongoing projects, but this is the most
interesting one yet, and the one with the most potential. The challenge will
be just as tough on defense, where Anthony and Baron Davis represent two more
subpar defenders New York must incorporate alongside Chandler (perhaps the
Defensive Player of the Year at this point) and Stoudemire (perhaps the
Anti-Defensive Player of the Year). The Knicks’ perimeter defense was off
against New Jersey, but that’s a theme for another day. This will be an
interesting ride.
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