I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 214 Undefendable Moves

Let's turn the clock back to five seconds ago.

That is, before Li Ran made the three-pointer.

This attack goes like this.

Kobe was clinging to Li Ran like a dog's skin plaster, and Li Ran directly fought with his body.

His ballhandler dribbles, feigns a drive in front of where Bryant is, while leaning against Bryant.

At the same time, his body and his off-ball player used their strength to support Kobe. After pulling out the space, leaning on Kobe's side of the foot, he kicked back hard at the same time, and then took off to shoot.

This process seems to be normal.

The only abnormal thing was that Li Ran took two steps back in a row.

Two steps is two steps, who hasn't had time to walk yet, right James.

But the referee didn't judge that Li Ran's ball walking was a violation.

Kobe immediately walked up to the referee and asked.

"He took two steps after closing the ball, doesn't this ball take a step?"

He took off his braces and asked with a frown.

The referee woke up like a dream and blew the whistle, but instead of making Li Ran's walking gesture, he ran to the technical platform quickly.

Li Ran just supported his knees, with a vague smile on his face.

He was very sure that his technical moves just now were extremely perfect, even if the referee went to watch the return defense, he would definitely not punish him for walking violations.

After repeatedly watching the replay of Li Ran's shot action dozens of times, the referee walked back to the field and gave a very clear response.

It's a strike, no foul!
There were deafening boos from the audience, and slogans such as match-fixing and black whistle emerged endlessly.

Kobe looked up thoughtfully at Li Ran's actions just now being played back on the big screen, then without saying anything, he silently came to the baseline to catch the ball.

He saw something, but others couldn't understand it.

Artest, with the most violent temper, immediately came to the referee, stretched out his hands and pointed to his eyes, and then said something to the referee.

Literally, "Are you blind?"

Of course the referee couldn't get used to him, he also pointed to his eyes.

It means "I see clearly".

In fact, he is also very shocked now, because Li Ran's action that is so unconventional actually does not walk!

To put it bluntly, this is Harden's signature move of later generations, the double step back!

The core point of this offensive technique is that Li Ran will steal a step before closing the ball.

Or take the ball he broke through Kobe just now as an example.

Li Ran broke through with his left hand and made an emergency stop just now. When receiving the ball, his left foot took a step first.

This step is the essence of the double step back, because Li Ran hadn't joined the ball when he stole this step, so it didn't count as his step back jump shot.

At this time, his right foot is the pivot foot, the right foot is withdrawn as the first step, and the left foot is withdrawn as the second step. Taking off and shooting is not considered walking. The whole process is smooth and coherent, impeccable.

Although it seemed that Li Ran took two consecutive steps back in violation of the rules, every step was indeed in compliance with the rules.

Curry once imitated Harden's move, but was directly blown away by the referee. At that time, he was very dissatisfied and made a gesture of 13 on his number in front of him. This is Harden's number.

But his ball had joined the ball before the first retreat, so the pivot foot moved twice in a row during the retreat.

This, of course, is an unquestionable travel violation.

While most of the players were still studying their skills, Li Ran had already started to deal with the rules through the foresight of the traveler.

The double retreat that appears now can be called a BUG-like skill in the NBA.

It's not that Li Ran doesn't have three-point shooting ability, on the contrary, his three-point shooting ability is still very good.

After this move was made, Li Ran quickly led the team to tie the score.

Four minutes after the opening of the second quarter, Li Ran made three of four three-pointers.

After Phil Jackson had to call a timeout, when the Grizzlies left the field, Curry looked at Li Ran with little stars in his eyes.

He really didn't expect to throw a three-pointer like this.

"Li, go back to Memphis and teach me this move."

After the end, Curry couldn't wait to say to Li Ran.

The purpose of the Lakers' timeout this time is very simple. Phil Jackson didn't arrange any tactics, but asked the players to discuss how to limit Li Ran's weird double retreat shot.

Soon, the Lakers players discussed a solution that seemed to work.

That is supplementary defense.

Make supplementary defense on Li Ran's side or even behind.

However, is this method of treating headaches and feet really useful?

Li Ran quickly gave the answer with actions.

After withdrawing the first step, he did not choose to join the ball and continue to retreat, but kicked hard on the ground with the non-axis foot that fell behind, and rushed in like a cannonball close to Kobe.

When he came near the free throw line, Li Ran stopped easily and made a jump shot.

Of course, this practice-like shooting will not miss the possibility.

Li Ran scored two more points.

Kobe tidied up his wristbands subconsciously, and looked up at the scoreboard above his head.

After Li Ran suddenly changed his style of play, the Lakers are now 5 points behind.

Now Li Ran seems to be forcing the Lakers to do a multiple-choice question. When he takes the first step back, the Lakers players need to bet on whether he will step back and shoot, or whether he will break through to the inside.

At the end of halftime, relying on Li Ran's controversial secret weapon, the Grizzlies unexpectedly took the lead.

Li Ran played the full half, scoring 27 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

Under the perfect performance in the second quarter, he pulled his shooting percentage back to more than 50%.

Intermission.

Home team locker room.

"Why doesn't he walk?"

The rough buddy Artest muttered dissatisfied after entering the locker room.

Kobe also saw the trick in Li Ran's action after being stunned for most of the quarter.

"Come here, come here, let me tell you something."

The great teacher Kobe immediately pulled his teammates to watch Li Ran's double step-back in the second quarter.

Under his repeated dragging, the Lakers players, including Phil Jackson, also saw it clearly.

"This kid is really a genius. Without an extremely deep study of the rules and footwork, it is absolutely impossible to hit this kind of ball."

Even Phil Jackson had to admit that Li Ran was indeed a ghost after reading it.

But no one knew that this move was actually invented by Thunder's rookie this year.

Harden is still working hard for the sixth man position in the Thunder like a little transparent, and his future moves have been plagiarized by Li Ran in advance.

Of course, after seeing Li Ran's double retreat today, Harden studied it all night, let alone mentioning it.

During the intermission, the Lakers locker room began to brainstorm, but there was still no good way.

This kind of offensive method is truly undefensible without double-teaming, because you can't catch up with double-back steps anyway.

"It doesn't matter, Kobe, if you really can't defend, then fight back on the offensive end. They can't solve your offense either."

Phil Jackson, who is good at filling his players with thick hot chicken soup, said to Kobe with his classic KFC old man smile on his face before going on the court.

(End of this chapter)