NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 390 Human Cap Essence (Modified)

(This chapter has been revised, you can continue to read, it will be fine soon, and I will add a few more to express my apologies in the next few days after the revision is completed.)
In the new season, the starting lineup of the Lakers has not changed compared with last season. It is still the starting five tiger lineup of Wang Feng, Butler, Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez.

The Pelicans have undergone a big change in the offseason, and the starting lineup has changed a lot. The starting point guard has become Chris Paul, shooting guard JJ. Redick, small forward Jordan Clarkson, and power forward Zion Williams Davis, the center thick-browed brother Davis.

鹈鹕队的这套阵容是小个子阵容，从1米83的控球后卫保罗到1米98的大前锋锡安，除了2米08的中锋浓眉哥外，没有一个身高超过2米的。

On the other hand, on the Lakers side, none of the starting five is less than 2 meters tall. Wang Feng and Butler, who serve as point guards and shooting guards, are both 2 meters tall, not to mention Ingram and Kuzma.

When the two starting players stand on the field, the height gap is particularly obvious.

Although height does not necessarily equal strength, for the sport of basketball, the advantages brought by height do exist.

The thick-browed brother Davis won the jump ball. Paul dribbled the ball halfway, and immediately directed his teammates to open up the space, and then lobbed the ball to Davis who was standing inside.

Brother Nongmei catches the ball and singles Lopez with his back. This is the only advantageous position in the Pelicans lineup. Lopez, who is not good at defending, is half a beat slower when facing the flexible Davis. The opponent turns and closes to the basket. Layup.

Offensive and defensive transition, it is the Lakers' turn to attack.

Wang Feng looked at Paul, who was only 1 meters in front of him, and didn't even bother to do fake moves, so he just pulled up on the spot and jumped up.

At this time, his position is outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left, which is the effective area of ​​the golden badge hot zone hunter.

The hot zone hunter badge is activated, and the two golden badges of the long-range turret and the fast hunter are also activated.

The jump of 91 made Wang Feng take off at a very high height. Paul, who was already much different in height from Wang Feng, jumped up to try to block the shot, but the highest height of his arm was only at the position of Wang Feng's chin.

With such defensive interference, even Wang Feng's sharpshooter badge, which Wang Feng used to resist interference, could not activate the trigger.

The basketball hits the basket accurately and should go into the net.

"No...you can't let Chris defend Wang Feng, he's too short to interfere effectively with Wang Feng!"

In just one round, the head coach of the Pelicans realized this serious problem.

He can only shout loudly on the sidelines, directing the players to switch defenses.

In the offensive round of the Pelicans, the basketball was once again handed over to Brother Nongmei.

Still playing Lopez with his back, Big Eyebrow hits a jumper with his back and back. The Lakers' inside defense is indeed a weakness. This is also the same style of play and similar data. Horford can get close to 3000 million in annual salary. Lopez But the reason is only worth 1000 million.

In terms of the ability to protect the frame, Horford is better than Lopez at 01:30. Even against opponents like Davis and Antetokounmpo, Horford can limit their defense very well. play.

The Lakers want to limit Brother Big Eyebrow's performance. There are only two ways. One is to replace Lopez with Howard, who is more defensive.

But Howard's role on the court is only to protect the frame. He doesn't have the ability to shoot in the middle and long distances, and he can't help the team stretch the space. Because of his age, his pace is much slower, and he can't do it like a blue-collar player like Capela. Players catch and eat the ball efficiently in the pick-and-roll.

Therefore, Lakers coach Walton can only choose the second option.

……

The Lakers are attacking. At this time, the player defending Wang Feng has changed from Paul to Clarkson.

Paul is responsible for guarding Butler, while Redick is deferred to guard Ingram.

As Wang Feng's teammate for three seasons, Clarkson has a fairly good understanding of Wang Feng, but understanding is understanding, and whether he can defend well is another matter.

Clarkson, who is 1 meters tall, is not particularly taller than Wang Feng, at least compared to Paul, he is much better in defensive pull-up jumpers.

"Don't let Zion guard me?" Wang Feng stood still outside the three-point line, looked at Zion who had been marking Kuzma, and shook his head slightly.

The matchup last season seemed to scare Zion a little.

With an advantage in terms of strength, Zion can forcibly score the basketball against Wang Feng's defense under the basket, but in order to achieve this goal, he must expend a lot of physical strength and squeeze his back to the basket. , my physical fitness will be severely overdrawn, and I will not be able to play the following games at all.

Zion didn't understand why Wang Feng's physical fitness was so exaggerated. After a fierce physical confrontation with him, he could still play the whole court energetically.

But since then, Zion has understood that he can't go head-to-head with Wang Feng, and his physical strength is too much. Whether it is offensive or defensive, avoiding one-on-one duels with Wang Feng is the most efficient way to play.

Wang Feng held the ball in the top arc, activated the master badge in the first step, and instantly passed his old teammate Clarkson in one step, and rushed towards the basket at the first step.

While Wang Feng broke through with the ball, Brother Nongmei and Zion both gave up their defensive players and rushed towards Wang Feng.

Double team?Facing Wang Feng, who averaged double figures in assists per game last season, the Pelicans still use double-team tactics?
Wang Feng didn't panic, looked at the right time, and the basketball in his hand was sent out in an instant, hitting the ground and passing through Brother Nongmei's crotch, and then sent it to Lopez.

In the open state, Lopez immediately took off and shot, about six feet from the basket, and the shot was made.

Wang Feng probably understood the Pelicans' defensive strategy against him.

It's single defense and double-teaming. I would rather let Wang Feng pass the ball than let Wang Feng score by himself.

Such a defensive strategy has been proven to be useless last season, but what can the Pelicans do?They couldn't think of a better tactic to curb Wang Feng's performance, so they could only use this method to pray that Wang Feng's teammates were not in good condition and could not perform well.

The Pelicans attacked, and after Paul dribbled the ball for halftime, he paused slightly.

He looked inside, and the person standing beside Brother Nongmei was no longer Lopez, but Wang Feng.

"Switch?"

After thinking about it, Paul still lobbed the ball to Brother Nongmei.

Wang Feng's defense is very strong, which is recognized by the league. From being a top perimeter defender at the beginning to practicing both inside and outside, Wang Feng's inside defense ability is now quite good.

It's just that no matter how good his defense is, Wang Feng is only 2 meters tall after all, while Brother Nongmei is 01 meters. As a top inside scorer, he still has an absolute advantage in height. Instead of fighting.

Brother Nongmei thought the same way, so as soon as he caught the ball, he immediately started playing with his back.

Leaning back against Wang Feng, Brother Nongmei tentatively squeezed twice inside, but found that he was still motionless.

Wang Feng's 88 strength is at a disadvantage when facing Zion Williams, but when facing Brother Nongmei, he will not be too weak to the opponent, because Brother Nongmei himself is not a player who relies on his body to play.

When Wang Feng was not crowded, Brother Nongmei directly turned his back and jumped up and shot. Wang Feng followed the opponent and took off together. Although there was an obvious gap in height and wingspan, relying on his excellent bounce and early judgment, he successfully formed a team. effective interference.

The defensive shock badge was activated, and Brother Nongmei's shot was disturbed and went out of the frame.

……

In the next few rounds, when Brother Nongmei faced Wang Feng, he began to consciously reduce the number of shots, and instead let Paul and Zion be the main attackers, but it is obvious that the scoring efficiency of the Pelicans is much worse than that of the Lakers. few.

In the first quarter, the scores of the two teams were 36:28. The Lakers led away by 8 points. After entering the second quarter, Wang Feng and Butler teamed up to play a wave of 10:0, taking advantage of the trend before halftime. The difference widened to 18 points.

The Pelicans are in trouble.

Brother Nongmei was marked by Wang Feng, and his efficiency began to decline obviously. Although the shooting percentage can still be maintained at about 50%, every attack requires a lot of effort, time-consuming and labor-intensive.

As for Paul and Zion, the disadvantages of their heights are clearly exposed, especially Zion Williams. Unlike Paul, who has been in the league for many years and has long been used to playing big, Zion, who is 1 meters tall, However, Fa is mainly an inside player. His style is not so much like James, but more like Barkley or O'Neal who is one size smaller.

However, once such a style of play encounters a taller player, it is easy to be capped.

Before this game, Wang Feng specifically told the insiders of the Lakers that if they are responsible for defending Zion during the game, don't be obsessed with competing with him at the basket for strength. You can give in and wait until Zion takes off. , and then block and other defenses.

Now Zion is still a stunned young man. He feels that all problems can be solved with strength. Whether it is a layup or a dunk, there is no fake move. He goes straight and can easily be judged.

In another time and space, in the first ten games of Zion's second season, he was blocked a full 27 hot pots, becoming the player with the most blocked games in the first ten games of the new season in the past 20 years.

Although the time of the new season is different and the opponents are different, Wang Feng feels that Zion's mentality and technical style of play will not change because of these off-court factors.

It turned out to be exactly that.

Seeing that the player defending him was Kuzma, Zion didn't take it seriously at all. Kuzma, who averaged only about 12+5 per game last season, was a nobody in his eyes.

But Zion, who easily squeezed away Kuzma and raised his hand for a layup, waited for him to take the lead.

Bearing in mind Wang Feng's reminder, Kuzma gave full play to his height advantage and completed the block.

In the first half, such a scene happened many times. Not only Kuzma, Ingram, and Wang Feng also gave Zion the hat.

It was obvious that the opponent was a little impatient to be blocked, and frequently hit the basket with the ball, which led to the sudden increase of the score to such an extent.

"Zion, you are too anxious to fight. The opponent has obviously figured out your technical characteristics. In this case, you should come up with other ways to deal with it, instead of just rushing straight ahead!"

During the intermission, Chris Paul said to Zion without hesitation.

He was very dissatisfied with Zion's performance in the first half, not because Zion was blocked frequently, but because Paul wanted to control the ball to stabilize the situation when he saw the situation was not good, but Zion didn't listen to him command.

Obviously, this proud man who has been promoted to the sky by the league and Nike does not give Paul, the veteran who has a pivotal position in the Pelicans, face.

"Okay, the problem in the first half, we will analyze it slowly after the game is over. What needs to be solved now is how to recover the point difference in the second half of the game!"

Seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was not right, the head coach of the Pelicans quickly clapped his hands to change the subject.

At the same time, he sighed secretly.

The combination of the Big Three is quite good, but if it is not decided who is the first core, the situation is not as smooth as imagined.

The Big Three of the Pelicans look wonderful. There is point guard Paul who can control the rhythm of the audience, there is a strong and impactful small forward Zion, and there is a thick eyebrow brother with comprehensive technical characteristics and inside and outside.

But which of these three is the team's first core, at least the Pelicans have not yet decided.

Brother Nongmei has been fighting in the Pelicans for many years, and he has always been the core big brother. Naturally, it is impossible to give in to Zion, a young boy who has just entered the league.

Zion believes that when he came to the league, he was destined to be shrouded in countless spotlights like James. The thick eyebrow brother has been in the Pelicans for so many years, and his statistics are good enough, but the team has not played a few playoffs , what qualifications do you have to be the boss?

As for Paul, he considers himself the veteran of the Pelicans. At the same time, as the top point guard in the league, the team he has led for more than ten years has never missed the playoffs. Returning to the Pelicans should be respected as a veteran , At the same time, it also shoulders the task of teaching the two young people, Brother Nongmei and Zion, how to help the team win. You two young people should study hard and look good, how can you be disobedient?

The three of them now feel a bit dissatisfied with each other. Although the tactical execution on the field seems to be quite tacit, in fact, they are at odds with each other.

They all know that if this continues, the Pelicans will definitely not have the potential to win the championship. Fortunately, the regular season has just begun. The object of human cooperation and assistance.

……

In the locker room of the Lakers, the atmosphere is much more relaxed than that of the Pelicans.

The players were talking and laughing, and the head coach Walton also had a calm tone and said happily: "As long as we can stabilize the score in the second half, we can securely win this game. The Big Three of the Pelicans are more lethal than me. It was much smaller than I imagined, and before the game started, I thought our inside line was going to be completely captured."

"It's thanks to Wang Feng. You defended the thick eyebrow brother really well. Not only did you effectively contain the opponent's scoring on the offensive end, but you even protected the rebounds. You didn't give the opponent too many offenses in the first half. rebound."

(End of this chapter)