Excellent tactical system bonus, Denver Nuggets become the essence of human air cut

The Denver Nuggets' offensive system is a transmission and cutting system.

Because Jokic, a historical center, has a sharp and skillful ball operation and a simple and efficient system.

And Joggy Hall is good at simplifying the complexity, so his offensive system is not as complex and changeable as the Warriors system. Players with insufficient basketball IQs such as Westbrook can also quickly get in (the Warriors system is a bit rejected by low-ball players, such as Wiseman, etc.).

In the Nuggets' pass-cut system, empty cutting is a very important tactical composition.

Denver Nuggets averaged 9.8 empty cuts per game (second in the league, second in the Rockets), accounting for 8.7% of the shooting ratio (second in the league, second in the league, second in the Rockets), and scored 11.6 points by empty cuts (first in the league). The core idea of ​​the

The core idea of ​​the pass and cut system is inseparable from five parts: passing, cover, empty cut, three-pointer and fast attack.

Nuggets have Jokic, the top passer, with exquisite and concise ball handling ability, and is the first center forward in history; in addition, teammates such as Murray, Patton, Gordon, Brown and Westbrook also have the opportunity to handle the ball (during different periods).

Nuggets pass and cut do not reject pick-and-roll. In addition to handing over the thug, there are also many pick-and-roll cooperation, but they do not rely on pick-and-roll.

Nuggets' offense is influenced by the idea of ​​flex offense. The schematic diagram of the flex offense is as follows:

In the flex offense, if the cross-cut is not successful, then turn to vertical cut. If it fails, repeat the initial cross-cut.

This set of ideas looks simple and not as complicated as the Warriors system, but he can drive everyone, and it is difficult for the "two-to-three-to-three-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-four-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-to-one-

Even Westbrook, who is a core player in the ball, must do the empty cutting task obediently, otherwise the team's offensive system will stagnate.

In the Nuggets system, it is very important to make a two-man turn. These two are both players with no ball function.

Sometimes they play pick-and-roll, Murray holds the ball, Jokic pick-and-roll, and does a smooth roll. Generally, Jokic does a short (short roll), runs to the throwing area within the free throw area, and makes a throwing or supporting.

Of course, the thugs pass more. Murray dribbles the ball to Jokic in half. Murray can pass the ball back (flip), and can run the thru position and run to the weak side; he can also cut to the basket and do loop (loop). Murray scored not many points by himself in the empty basket, but he teared the defense line through running positions, leading the team to skew the offense.

Jokic looks around and passes to the most suitable person; he can also receive his teammates' passes back to score.

The following figure is a typical example. After Murray crossed the ball, he swept and crossed the cover with his teammates. His teammate scored in an empty cut, while he cut to the outside line.

This is a common routine for the Nuggets.

Gordon is the third important person. He has historically level empty cutting ability. He can only make many explosive empty cuttings. He is also known as the second-ranked Nuggets, who can work part-time and provide high-level support and feed Jokic.

Like Jokic's teammates, such as Westbrook and Braun, they cut their meals under the Nuggets system.

According to the Nuggets split cut's idea, the Nuggets system also needs excellent offensive space. Potter and Pope rely on the cover to cut to the outside line and catch the ball and score. So it is not difficult for us to see that Pope's deterioration/departure has harmed the Nuggets.

Backdoor cut, typo, backdoor cut is a very common and simple and efficient empty cut mode for the Nuggets, that is, pretending to catch the ball outside, attracting the defender to the outside, and suddenly cutting into the basket to score.

Weak side cut is also the basic routine of the Nuggets.

The two balls below are cut in the bottom line with a horizontal cover, and the other is cut in from a 45-degree angle. There are many ghost positions in the gap. The ghost positions are probably near the bottom line near the basket. Here you can pull up the slam dunk and be unpredictable.

Jokic's top reading ability, many players, especially Gordon, often score easily in the ghost position.

Below is the representative of shuffle cut, and the weak side players cut directly under the basket with the cover.

The empty cut is not just about cutting into the inner line, but cutting into the outer line is also a kind of empty cut (but the cut on the official website refers to cutting into the inner line).

Common empty cuts for Nuggets are as follows:

flare cut: Cut far, run to the flank or bottom corner by cover.

zipper cut: Borrow a large high-level cover from the bottom line.

The ball below is a loop (loop), and it is also a zipper cut.

Based on the above, the Nuggets' empty cuts also have advanced play styles.

For example,

stagger screen: In the picture below, Murray took advantage of the cover of two teammates and took over the ball and shot.

split cut: One person stands in the elbow position (usually Jokic), and the other two players do cross cover (lower cover, back cover, horizontal cover, and upper cover). Generally, one person cuts into the inside line and one person goes out.

Twirl: A stagger screen is set up on the side without the ball, and a player passes around the first of the two staggers into the basket, and then the first coverr turns around and bypasses the second coverr, like a revolving door.

Jokic can directly make the first screen and become the receiver for the second wave of screening.