How to beat the top-most "Clippers"? Ask Carlisle

Vague prospect of losing the first player base "New Orleans" and frequent errors of extras - including the trend of the week in the NBA.


"New Orleans": REGULAR SEASON down the drain?

Sprightly start "Pelikans" in the current regular season, coupled with the stunning form of forward Anthony Davis, with each match to do more and more serious bid for the title of most valuable basketball season - especially given the early failures in LeBron James 'Cleveland' injury and Kevin Durant - gave fans a team from Louisiana hope that their pets for the first time since Chris Paul will be able to seriously compete, and perhaps even to cling to the cup eight. But, as in the previous year, intervened in the case of injury: Eric Gordon, having an unconditional place in the starting five teams Monty Williams landed in hospital with a shoulder injury, and if he will have to postpone surgery, no longer able to go to the site in the current season. But the court only the end of November! Even though the statistics Gordon leave much to be desired, once again forced to admit that his incredible contract he never and that will not work, it is too important performer for the current "New Orleans." Own ineffectiveness in the opponent's half of the pitch he compensates for his diligence, and with his direct participation basis "Pelikans" firmly staked their place in the top ten in the Association, both in terms of performance and, more importantly, the ratio dialed and missed points. At the same time replace Eric in fact no one - neither Jimmer Fredette, neither Austin Rivers, much less Darius Miller, for 14 minutes in a duel with "Sacramento" accumulated at a rating of "-19" and no single effective action is necessary to note, that level of trite not pull.

The blame for the fact that "Pelikans" risk not justify given to them advances to the second season in a row, rests primarily with Dell Demps. Given that for nearly a year trying to shake off Dell Demps agreement Gordon, but could not, as a huge deal Omer Ashiq reduces the chances of organizing efforts in the course of the regular season to almost absolute zero (the club now on the verge of a luxury tax, with the seventh Paying statement of the association), the blame for the fact that "Pelikans" risk not justify given to them advances to the second season in a row, primarily the responsibility of it. On the one hand, predict that once were fed high hopes defender "break" is already on the starting line the league race, he certainly could not. At the same time the size of the medical record Eric has long overcome all reasonable limits for players, who do not choose the first number draft pick in 2007 - therefore assume that these and end, he had every reason to. Therefore, unless there is something out of the ordinary, "New Orleans" -2014, as well as his last year's incarnation, will take its place in the list of strong teams on paper, so anything in real life is not achieved.

Fashion on the zone. INJURY AS LEADERS forcing Brooks change the image of the game "Oklahoma"

Meanwhile bloodless loss of two major stars, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, "Oklahoma" puts a unique record, which in no way reflected in the standings. The fact that Scott Brooks suddenly fell in love with the "zone" - so much so that it uses more than any other team since the legalization of familiar realities in Europe, but alien to the American Basketball forms of protection, legalized Association just before the start of the season-2001/02 . According to estimates of Synergy, the individual trusteeship basketball "Thunder" refuse to almost 20% held an opponent. The figure seems to be no space, but if you remember that the previous record belonged to the "Dallas" sample Championship-2010/11, and was 10.5%, not help but wonder what is happening. The effectiveness of the zone defense wards Brooks is not inferior to the individual: in the first case, Reggie Jackson and the company allow their opponents to gain an average of 0.88 points per attack, while the second - 0.87. And if you remember that including periodic departure from the canons helped 'Dallas' Rick Carlisle win "Miami" in the final playoff series in 2011, we can see that there is nothing wrong with this in fact is not. "Use" zone "- it's a matter of commitment to it, and nothing more. I remember when we became champions with "Mavericks" Rick Carlisle applied to this form of protection with great care, but at the same time, patiently experimented. There were stretches where it did not work, but in the playoffs everything fell into place, "- says now the head coach of" Portland "Terry Stotts, who worked previously as an assistant coaching staff in the Carlisle team from Texas. There are in the original association tactics for groups "Thunder" and certain costs. In order to "zone" to be effective, Brooks had to use the top five with three "big" - Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison and someone of a pair of pivot Kendrick Perkins - Serge Ibaka. This somewhat affects the productivity of the attack team, but because both forward some time decent attack from long range, the result could be worse.

Danko - our all. AS "Dallas" eclipsed "Clippers"

In the first place traditional collections, the best moments of the day's play still flaunt DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, but the palm of part of dunks and alle UPOV have selected the team from California "Dallas". Carlisle attack, despite some recent setbacks, remains the most productive in the league, in the percentage of realization of shots from the game team is second only to "Golden State" (and then only because of mediocre accuracy snipers, somewhat reduced the final percentage), and basketball front line headed Dirk Nowitzki operate as efficiently as it could be imagined.

Everything goes to the fact that sooner or later the statistical blunder directly affect the outcome of a match.This is primarily a consequence of the signing of the contract with the organization forward Chandler Parsons, accustomed for years of performances for "Houston" to the need to constantly upload the dominant post, and return to Texas Tyson Chandler. By itself, the ex-player "Knicks" by bombarding feats far enough, but it is a bunch of Nowitzki, able to lead for a basketball player, whose responsibilities include safety net post, on the perimeter, can work wonders. Get the ball in the "paint" after high "pick-and-roll" system-league player, "Mavericks" of 2011, is averaging 10.3 points per game at 70 percent (!) Implement their own attempts, finishing fifth of the attacks, in which partners trust him to throw on top. By the number of dunks (41) Chandler is second only to Anthony Davis. Now compare the age and athleticism of both performers and understand how perfect and productive game system "Dallas" in the opponent's half of the pitch. "Mavericks" gaining 11.9 points in recalculation on a hundred more possessions than the average NBA team, surpassing any team since the season -1996 / 97, when overseas extras noticed this figure, now a bread Daryl Morey and a number of other general managers of the new wave. And Chandler Parsons and reserve Brandon Wright, whose owner Mark Cuban organization called the most effective players in the world, built in 15 matches 34-alle UPA, which is 11 more than the unofficial record have established a year ago, "Clippers". Trophies for one attack, of course, is not enough, but, you see, over time, tighten and protection at the moment is quite mediocre.

DIGITAL disaster. Why the NBA should carefully READ STATS

Not so long ago the focus of basketball fans turned a triple-double LeBron James, the failure of which was discovered by ordinary bloggers and subsequently confirmed by the Association itself. It would seem, nothing wrong with a single error extras not, but it is not one - in the last days the people responsible for those or other figures are wrong so often that the NBA sometimes even have to change the final score of the match of the regular season. Put the same question squarely before functionaries recent bout between "Atlanta" and "Washington" in which the capital's team drew as many as five (!) non-existent loss - resulting in Bradley Beal supposedly update their anti-record for a single meeting admitted errors - and Paul Pierce and Kyle Korver deprived clouds misses a field goal. While it is not critical, but it goes to the fact that sooner or later the statistical blunder directly affect the outcome of a match. As usual, it will happen at the most inopportune moment - for example, in the game, the outcome of which will determine the result of the season for the whole organization. And in order to prevent this, the association will have to do something about it. To begin with, perhaps, "reward" those responsible commonplace fines, and later to figure something to the human factor still was not as great as it is now.

As you can? "CHICAGO" While not count on Rose

Appearing in the press almost daily information about the next Derrick Rose injury, missed them, for whatever reason, the match of the regular season and the subsequent performance of one of the partners in the press with the words "Yes, he's suffered multiple serious injuries and surgeries, leave it alone" together gradually begin to cause irritation. It's already the most loyal fans of the "Bulls" clear that the guard will never be the same, and hope for the sudden return of Derrick sample season 2010/11 in vain. And to accuse him that his contract, he pulls on the bottom of the organization, no one, in general, and not going. It is clear that a healthy Rose (namely, so he was at the time the current agreement) - a player worthy of the maximum salary. But, at the same time, there are no less important question, the answer to which many prefer to leave.

Try to ask them: whether Tom Thibodeau count on Rose, who is constantly concerned about pain in the legs, as one of the key performers teams competing for the title here and now? The answer is not so simple. On the one hand, with Derrick on the site starting five and generally any other combination of basketball, "Chicago" trashes their counterparts by a margin of 15-30 points, depending on the variations in the composition, and all that the new champion of the world as part of the US team lost in the attack in the literal and figurative meanings of these words, it compensates for the selfless play in defense, where he finds a good use his athleticism. At the same time, there is no guarantee that it will help the team tomorrow or the day after, and be confident in optimal condition playmaker at the start of the playoffs the coaching staff, "Bulls" can not. Slip in an interview Thibodeau, never criticized his players, discontent, it is worth it to hear the next question Rouse - perhaps the best proof that he has been active internal struggle with himself. That is the situation in the team develops unique in many ways. Mentor at the same time have to fight for the top places in the Eastern Conference and actually re-adapt to a hell of a talented basketball, but a few years of treatment and recovery was confused a number of important game as a performer, which theoretically could be the leader of this team. Given the track record of a specialist to doubt his ability to grasp the immensity, as it were, and not worth it. As surprised if closer to the February general manager of "Chicago" will try to fish in the free-agent market next DJ Augustine, ready to gnaw their teeth parquet for the minimum wage, as other clubs were disappointed in him, and Rose, if he does not fundamentally go on the mend, Thibodeau made ​​to sit on the bench, made ​​of high-end Derrick "six" for all occasions - at least for a while. And why not?