Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 364

In the first ten days of January, the Suns have never lost. They have won the Pistons, Grizzlies, Bucks, and Trail Blazers one after another. On January 1, the Suns will start another back-to-back road trip.

Every back-to-back is a test for the Suns.

Because they can't lose, they can lose two games if they lose one game, that's what a winning streak is all about, all they need is a spirit.

And their road trip, the first game is against the Warriors.

The two teams had a teaching match before. In that game, Arenas played superbly and took the game away. At that time, D'Antoni hadn't played according to Lu Yu's tactics.

Yao Ming has been playing better and better recently, and he has developed very well in Golden State. He not only has a large number of fans, but also has become the second center in the West.

Well, the first one is Lu Yu.

When O'Neal was in the West, all the outstanding big men in the West went to play power forward. Once O'Neal left, if Lu Yu hadn't come over, there would be only Yao Ming left in the West.

Now it seems that it is a good thing that Yao Ming was selected by the Warriors. The Warriors lacked an inside barrier. Before Yao Ming came, there were a few good outside young people, but the inside was a mess. Changed the Warriors' losing culture.

Thanks to the team that didn't go to the East, the center of the East is now Zawo, and O'Neal has gone to the East. Don't look at O'Neal's old age, but after he went to the Heat, he directly brought the Heat to the number one spot in the East.

O'Neill is still alive now.

In terms of geographical location, Golden State is the area with the largest number of Chinese, which also allowed Yao Ming to quickly accumulate a large number of fans and have a high enough exposure. If Lu Yu hadn't entered the league a few years earlier, the most popular Chinese player now would be Not necessarily who.

The game was broadcast live across the United States, and CCTV also broadcast it live. The matchup between Lu Yu and Yao Ming attracted a lot of attention. The two were in the Chinese derby and the competition for the first center in the Western Conference. It was very fierce.

Most of the Chinese fans are entangled. They hope that both Lu Yu and Yao Ming will win. However, judging from the current situation, there is still a certain gap between the Warriors and the Suns. The Suns have now risen to the fourth place in the Western Conference. , and the Warriors are still ranked sixth in the West.

Just the running and bombing of the Suns, the Warriors can't keep up.

Although the Warriors are also playing at a fast pace, but in order to take care of Yao Ming, their rhythm has slowed down a lot. More and more positional battles actually slow down the Warriors' rhythm.

But this is also necessary, after all, no one will let a big insider like Yao Ming not use it.

How many monsters like Lu Yu are there in the alliance?

When the players played, both Lu Yu and Yao Ming received huge applause, because Lu Yu is also a Chinese player, and many Chinese fans came to the scene. They supported both sides. Of course, what they supported was not two teams, but two Chinese players. .

Zhang Weiping explained: "The Chinese in the Bay Area are the place with the most Chinese in the United States, so while the fans here support Yao Ming, they also like Lu Yu very much. It is not surprising that Lu Yu can get applause here."

Sun Yiping said with a smile: "Lu Yu can get such applause in away games in the United States. He really deserves his name to be the most popular player in the United States. I am very curious, who will win this year's All-Star Game?" He's the starting center in the West."

Zhang Weiping said: "It must be Lu Yu. Without Lu Yu, Yao Ming would be the starting center. But when Lu Yu came to the West, everything would be different."

During the warm-up, Lu Yu and Yao Ming greeted each other. Since the national team separated in the summer, they only saw each other during the game.

"You've been playing well recently." Lu Yu said with a smile.

"good."

Yao Ming was very modest: "Can I give you an opinion?"

"What's your opinion?" Lu Yu froze for a moment.

Yao Ming laughed and said, "Can you let Luji Restaurant serve some Shanghai dishes? I'm from Shanghai, and I'm not used to Sichuan dishes. It would be great if I had some Hangzhou dishes."

Lu Yu nodded: "No problem."

Adding a cuisine is just a small matter, "By the way, how is Gilbert doing recently, has he bullied you?"

Lu Yu was actually more worried about Arenas. When Yao Ming first entered the league, Lu Yu greeted Arenas and asked him not to bully Yao Ming by bullying rookies.

Arenas is quite well-behaved, at least Yao Ming has respected Yao Ming in the past two years since he entered the league.

But Lu Yu knew that Arenas was a thorn in his side. In his previous life, he dared to point a dick at his teammates, and he might fall ill someday.

Yao Ming shook his head: "He's pretty good, he's okay with me, but not so good with others."

Lu Yu smiled: "You don't have to get used to him. In this team, you are the cornerstone of the team. If he has any provocations, you can go straight to him. You must know that our Chinese players are The NBA has such a big market behind it, and no one will offend us for him."

Yao Ming smiled wryly, "Isn't that bad?"

Lu Yu knew that Yao Ming was worried that this would affect the unity of the team. What he didn't know was that in the NBA, sometimes it's like playing tricks. If you are softer, others will ride on your head and do whatever they want.

In Lu Yu's previous life, there was a very famous photo.

When Yao Ming first joined the Rockets, he tied the shoelaces of the team's starting center, Cato, and tricked rookies. It has long been an NBA tradition, and many people think it's nothing.

But in Lu Yu's view, with Yao Ming's status, even if he is a rookie, why should he tie the shoelaces of garbage like Cato?

"It's nothing bad. If he doesn't bully you, you'll be fine. If he dares to bully you, you can just slap him back. Don't worry, that's what I did back then. He's not the same Be submissive."

Lu Yu remembered the time when he held a banana and forced Arenas to take out a hundred dollars.

Yao Ming glanced at Arenas not far away, and nodded heavily.

If Lu Yu hadn't said hello, Yao Ming would have been tricked by the team in his rookie season. James also helped Ricky Davis lift his shoes. Lillard carried a pink hello kitty schoolbag on his back, just like Lillard. Griffin also received a gift of a pink schoolbag from his teammates, and Griffin had to put on an expression that I was very happy, which was really hard for him.

In Lu Yu's previous life, there was Tre Yang. He was already the favorite of heaven when he entered the league, but he was still being teased miserably. He was wearing a towel on his head, carrying a pink schoolbag, wearing yellow slippers, and was stuffed in the car. Full of popcorn.

It is said that Jeremy Lin came up with the idea of ​​tricking this time, which shows that tricking has become a tradition of the league.

When Van Jordan was about to drive home in his rookie period in [-], he found that his car was covered with post-it notes!

Van Jordan may have barely recognized his car as he entered the parking lot.

If the previous behaviors of teasing rookies are to enhance feelings, then the following incident is somewhat insulting and bullying.

Pippen, who just came to the Bulls, was severely punished by the team's big brother Oakley, and was even slapped by the latter angrily. For the big brother in the team, Pippen naturally dared to be angry dare not speak.

But when it comes to slapping, it's a bit too much.

That is, when Lu Yu came to the Bulls, Oakley was old, and Lu Yu had a bad reputation, so he took the initiative to show his favor to Lu Yu.

He regarded Lu Yu as a fierce kind.

Ordinary bears only dare to play tricks on little sheep, and they would never dare to bluff when they meet a lion.

The reason why Lu Yu was worried about Yao Ming was because Arenas had done a lot of bullying rookies too much.

As we all know, the general's brain circuit has always been different from that of normal people. Anyone who dares to point a gun at his teammates, think about how ruthless he is as a rookie!

In Lu Yu's previous life, Nick Young, a rookie who had just arrived at the Wizards, bought a pair of sunglasses worth $1000. For a rookie, these sunglasses were already very expensive.

But Arenas didn't say anything, and broke Nick Young's sunglasses in the locker room. At that time, Nick Young also felt distressed for a long time, but he still didn't dare to say a word to the boss.

This is why Lu Yu is worried for Yao Ming.

After a short warm-up, the two sides started to play.

The starting five of the Suns have not changed for thousands of years, and they are still Nash, Richardson, Marion and Lu Yu.

Warriors starters: Arenas, Jason Richardson, Antawn Jamison, Troy Murphy and Yao Ming.

Jamison was sent back to the Warriors after the Mavericks failed last season, as if he went on a trip, but the trip was not smooth and his ticket was refunded.

D'Antoni is not worried about the inside line at all, because with Lu Yu, even if the opponent is Yao Ming, D'Antoni also believes that Lu Yu can win against Yao Ming.

The only thing that worries him is the perimeter, who can defend against Arenas' offensive firepower.

Yao Ming and Lu Yu jumped the ball, the derby between two Chinese players officially kicked off.

Obviously, Yao Ming was never in the same level as Lu Yu when it came to bouncing. With a flick of Lu Yu's flick, the ball was in Nash's hands.

Nash didn't hesitate, and directly launched a fast break. Marion caught the ball and made a two-pointer from a long distance.

It came up a bit cold to the touch.

The shot is crooked. In fact, his shooting posture is not correct. This kind of problem is most likely to occur. When the feel is not hot, the wrong shooting posture will hardly guarantee the hit rate.

This is why many coaches emphasize the correct shooting posture when teaching players to play.

Because when your physical strength declines, or the hand wind is not smooth, the correct shooting hand shape, shooting posture, and shooting force method can allow you to improve your shooting percentage as much as possible under such adversity.

For example, when the physical strength declines, the shooting percentage of players with the correct shooting posture will drop by 5%, but the shooting posture of players like Marion may directly drop by more than 10%.

Lu Yu once considered asking Marion to correct his shooting posture.

But obviously, this consideration is a bit unreliable. After changing for two days, Marion's shooting percentage plummeted, and he was so scared that he dared not change again.

And after changing the shooting posture, it doesn't look much better, and it feels even weirder.

How should I put it, for a player like Marion who looks like he is from an alien even when he walks, his ugly shooting posture is not necessarily the reason why he didn't learn well, and his physical deformity also has a certain degree of influence.

The rebound was picked off by Yao Ming, and the ball was passed to Arenas to lead past the midfield. After reaching the midfield, Arenas and Yao Ming played a pick-and-roll, which they actually learned from the Suns.

No, not all the sun, but also the bull.

Anyway, I learned from Lu Yu, the pick-and-roll of the ball handler and the inside player, and empty the opponent's inside line. The disadvantage is that Yao Ming does not have the shooting ability from outside the three-point line like Lu Yu. Yao Ming can only return to the high position or even within the high position every time. The threat of attack.

After the pick-and-roll, Arenas faced Lu Yu's defense, and he felt even more uncomfortable.

I could only call Yao Ming to continue the pick-and-roll, and after changing the defender back to Nash, I felt a lot less pressure.

It seems that in this game, the conventional pick-and-roll tactics are not easy to use. He can only rely on his own singles, and it is too easy to play Nash.

Nash's thin body couldn't resist a collision from Arenas, and after being knocked away by Arenas, a body changed direction and swayed past.

Arenas, who broke in, did not continue to walk in, but chose to shoot at the free throw line.

Just kidding, there is Lu Yu in it, Arenas can't guarantee that he will be able to make a successful layup under Lu Yu's defense.

This is Lu Yu's current defensive deterrence.

It is also the basis for the Suns to win. At this time, Lu Yu is just like O'Neal's dominance in the interior, but O'Neal dominates more on the offensive end, while Lu Yu dominates the interior on the defensive end.

As for the offensive end... Isn't Lu Yu a center who plays outside?

When has his offense dominated the paint?
Arenas made a mid-range shot.

The score is 2 to 0
The Suns' offense is different from the Warriors' need to change their style of play. The Suns' style of play is the same as their starting lineup, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years. It is still a pick-and-roll.

Yao Ming only needs to be responsible for the low post defense, and Murphy is responsible for defending the pick-and-roll.

That's right, they're playing zone defense.

After watching the video of the game, the Warriors decided to use zone defense to limit the efficiency of the Suns' pick-and-roll. It has to be said that although they were not the first in the league to do this, they were the first to deploy such a defense from the beginning. defensive tactics.

The reason for choosing such a defense is entirely because Yao Ming's height is too high.

Lu Yu launched an attack from the outside. Even without the pick-and-roll, Yao Ming couldn't keep up with Lu Yu's speed.

After the pick-and-roll, Arenas' height is simply not enough.

No matter who is defending Lu Yu, it is a difficult problem for the two of them. If Yao Ming defends, it is easy to be passed, and then cause a foul. Arenas defends... Maybe only Lu Yu's knee can be seen.

Of course, it was when Lu Yu jumped up.

Not switching defenses at all is not enough, just let Lu Yu go crazy on the outside, Lu Yu's three-point shooting rate is ridiculously high, they can only use the zone defense, let Murphy push out, Yao Ming guards the low post, one inside and one outside give Lu Yu pressure.

But after Murphy pushed out, he gave Haslem a chance. Haslem caught the ball in the high post and shot directly, and Yao Ming in the low post couldn't make up for it.

If he fills it up, the inside line will be empty again, and Lu Yu will be like entering the back garden of his own home when he comes in.

Haslem made a shot.

2 is better than 2
The two sides tied.

Lu Yu easily earned his first assist.

(End of this chapter)