Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 673: Can the strongest talent become the strongest team?
As soon as the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs began, the tacit cooperation between Stockton and Malone allowed the Jazz to take the lead and score the first goal after the start of the game.

Seeing the Jazz retreating quickly after the attack was successful, Garnett, who had obvious holes in his defense, raised his hands and apologized to his teammates present:
"My, I took it lightly."

"This kind of thing will never happen again. I won't let the postman score easily again!"

Garnett is a very positive person, and this positivity is not only reflected in trash talk, but also in other places.

He is a natural "rope twister". In addition to not having the absolute ability to score, his talent, his professional attitude, his desire to win, and his spirit of sacrifice are all what a leader needs to have. Qualifications.

Garnett's apology will not reduce his status in the eyes of his teammates. On the contrary, his words will not only make his teammates trust him more, but also allow other Timberwolves players to quickly enter the game state.

The offense and defense alternated. Chris Kyle controlled the ball on the Timberwolves' side and pushed quickly to counterattack. The Timberwolves' rhythm was not slow. This was the offensive rhythm they were most familiar with. In just a few seconds, Chris had already dribbled the ball into the Jazz half.

The person who defends Chris Kyle is Stockton. His defense is very expressive. His defense against Chris Kyle focuses on preventing transmission, but against Chris Kyle's breakthrough, the defense is relatively light.

This can actually be seen by looking at Stockton's position. His position has an obvious bias, not only blocking Chris Kyle's right wing, but also blocking Chris Kyle's pass to the right. A certain amount of interference and threat has been created.

On the right side of Chris Kyle, it is Budo who is stepping on the three-point line at the right elbow area.

The rush to the right was blocked, the pass to the right was interfered with, and even Garnett's lob to the right and inside was quite risky.

Chris quickly scanned the players' positions on the court, and after a simple change of direction, he quickly passed the basketball in his hand to Marbury at the left elbow.

In fact, many players in the NBA are not the kind of "good kids" and will not conscientiously implement the tactics and strategies assigned by the coach before the game.

After all, the concept that players have been instilled by coaches since childhood is: you are the one playing on the court, and you should know best how to handle the ball under what circumstances.

But just because players don't like to play honestly, it doesn't mean that there is no rules when it comes to playing.

NBA players naturally have a set of "code words" for communicating with each other.

Team status.

In fact, few fans in domestic leagues pay attention to this thing. In other words, under the current domestic league system, it is difficult for you to tell the status of those players in the team.

why?
On the one hand, the players' personal abilities are not outstanding, but the more important reason is that in terms of the operation of the team system, the presence of coaches and leaders far exceeds that of the so-called "team boss".

But in the NBA, team status does exist for every team.

The players present may not know what the coach's arrangements are before the game, but they cannot not know who the boss of this team is.

You can't be unclear about what role you should play in this team.

Chris knows very well that Wu Dao is the Timberwolves' first offensive point. When there is no way to send the ball comfortably to Wu Dao's hands, he needs to look at the team's second scoring point, Garnett.

When neither of them has a better chance, it's up to Marbury.

As for whether you can break through with the ball yourself?

Of course it is possible, but before breaking through with the ball, you need to confirm whether there are better opportunities at the above-mentioned scoring points.

Even if Chris faces the same intensity of defense as those scorers, those scorers need to be given priority in catching the ball.

It is true that Coach Philip is a coach who advocates team basketball, but in fact, the current development of the Timberwolves not only emphasizes teamwork, but also emphasizes the display of players' individual abilities.

No way, who allowed them to have one of the top scorers in the Timberwolves today.

The basketball quickly came into Marbury's hands. From the corner of his eye, Marbury quickly glanced at Wu Dao, who had left the right elbow area and was cutting inside.

Marbury was not in a hurry to drop the ball. Instead, he held the ball with both hands and waited quietly.

And soon, the opportunity Marbury was waiting for appeared.

Wu Dao cut into the inside and quickly attracted the Jazz's attention, but Wu Dao did not stay in the inside at all, and instead quickly moved from the left side towards the left sideline.

Adam Kife, who was defending Wu Dao, was stuck by Garnett when passing through the paint, causing a delay. At this moment, Wu Dao was left behind by almost two positions.

As Wu Dao's position changed and moved, Chris Kyle at the top of the key moved to the right elbow area. Marbury swung the ball towards Wu Dao who was running outwards with both hands, but he did not stay at the left elbow area. , quickly ran towards the top of the arc.

Jeff Hornacek, who was guarding Marbury, glanced at Marbury and looked back. Wu Dao, who had stopped and caught the ball with his back in the mid-range, hesitated for a moment. stand up.

Should we double-team to interfere with martial arts? Or should we continue to chase Marbury and deny Marbury an open three-point opportunity?
The moment of hesitation also gave Martial Arts the opportunity to beat Adam Kife.

When personal abilities reach the level of martial arts, many times it is no longer something that a defensive player can solve.

What is the difference between one-on-one and open position in martial arts?
As Wu Dao took the ball, the Timberwolves' inside players consciously vacated the inside space in the left half, leaving a stage for Wu Dao to perform.

Wu Dao, who was holding the ball, noticed that Jeff Hornacek seemed to be close to the attack. After taking the ball, he raised his hands and swung in the direction of Marbury.

After a fake pass raised the center of gravity of Jeff Hornacek who was about to attack, Wu Dao quickly dropped the ball and turned around. He leaned hard on Kife's body and then used his terrifying explosive power to directly fight with Kife. Widened the position gap.

Wu Dao just got rid of Ji Fei by one pick, pulled up in an emergency stop, and shot a fadeaway jumper.

A pull-up fadeaway jumper from the left side of the free throw line.

Facing Budo's shot, Kife could only raise his arms high, unable to even jump, and watched helplessly as the basketball flew out of Budo's hands and flew towards the basket.

"Shh!"

As the sound of the basketball hitting the net sounded, there was a burst of cheers in the arena.

Wu Dao's backstroke was smooth and elegant. Just listening to the clean and crisp sound of the net, the atmosphere of watching the game was already pushed to a climax.

"nice shot!"

"pretty."

In the court, Wu Dao, who scored a shot, and Marbury, who smoothly passed the ball and provided an assist, celebrated with high-fives. Amid the encouragement of his teammates, the Timberwolves retreated quickly.

Wu Dao's score tightened the nerves of the Jazz players.

This is not the first time they have played against the Timberwolves, and they have watched a lot of Timberwolves games. Although they are all recorded and broadcast, as the Timberwolves currently have the strongest record in the league, their tactical system has already been studied by many teams. .

Everyone in the Jazz knows the characteristics of the players.

Nowadays, the Jazz are no longer surprised when faced with Wu Dao's technical characteristics of using one-on-one to score powerfully on other players.

Ever since the game between the Timberwolves and the Bulls, Wu Dao's position in the minds of other teams has been placed among the "top scorers." It's not surprising that such a person performs well.

The Jazz began to counterattack. The most iconic style of play of their team is the screen pass and cut cooperation between Stockton and Malone.

This is the biggest impression many fans have on today's Jazz team.

In other words, since the Jazz's Utah double evil took shape, this combination of offense has been the most beautiful scenery of the Jazz.

Some people think that the reason why Stockton was able to win the assists title is because the person he assisted was a historical power forward like Malone.

After all, Malone is the one who can steal the MVP from Jordan. Even if some fans are tired of watching Jordan, Malone's MVP is also one of the most valuable MVPs.

If some people think that Stockton's achievements were achieved by hugging Malone's thigh, it means that the fans' understanding of Stockton is far from deep enough.

As the historical assist leader, Stockton's passing is not as magical as Bird's, nor as gorgeous as Kidd's, but Stockton, the "pilot", has a historical level of dynamic vision and predicts the opponent's movement. bit.

His passing looks off-center but difficult to deal with.

It's hard to see Stockton making any unreasonable shots. Often the targets he chooses to play in sports battles are people with good opportunities.

A team like the Jazz with "little talent" can always maintain the potential to compete for the championship. Stockton's existence cannot be ignored.

He is someone who can name the term point guard.

Just like pis is to SF, burning is to anti-mage~
Stockton didn't need to make any extra gestures when he brought the ball into the frontcourt. Malone, who had been working with him for many years, immediately stepped up to block.

Garnett has outstanding athletic ability and was very tight when he defended Malone. Stockton used Malone's screen to break through and get inside, randomly picking up the basket and sending the ball directly into the net.

You may not believe it, but Stockton's scoring ability is very strong, but there is a "curse" lingering over Stockton's head.

That's when his scoring exploded, and the Jazz basically couldn't win~
This is normal. People like him will be divided. So how can the Jazz's "mediocre talent" players except Malone perform 120% of their abilities in the game?

Simply relying on talent and personal ability to play, the Jazz's talent is not outstanding in the entire league, and it is not consistent with their status as a strong team.

Stockton used the screen to pick up the basket and score. Garnett was unable to defend in time. Cherokee Parks in the paint was a little slower. By the time he stepped up the pressure to cover, Stockton had already shot.

Changing side to fight again, Chris Kyle received the ball in the backcourt and quickly pushed back to counterattack. As he dribbled the ball into the Jazz half, all the opponents' players also completed their positions.

The Jazz's defensive formation is a variant of zone defense. On a man-to-man basis, they will attack Garnett and Wu Dao accurately.

The timing of the double attack against Budao is when he holds the ball into the mid-range or drives to the basket, while the time for the double attack against Garnett is after Garnett takes the ball with his back.

Other than that, the Jazz's defense is pretty average.

At least that's what the Timberwolves think.

Chris approached the top of the arc with the ball, and Stockton, who was guarding him, was still full of provocation.

Chris felt that the Timberwolves' first attack had already been completed by martial arts. At this time, he could try to slow down his offensive ideas.

The "gap" here is so big, there's no reason not to give it a try.

Chris glanced at Martial Arts from the side and saw that Martial Arts didn't show such a strong gesture of asking for the ball, he made up his mind.

As for, what is a tough stance to get the ball?
Ben leans sideways to support the opponent and puts his hands on his chest to prompt for the ball.

This kind of court action is the clearest message to get the ball.

But in this round, Wu Dao didn't show anything.

After Chris continuously changed directions and dribbled in front of him, the rhythm of dribbling suddenly changed. He pulled the ball up with his right hand, performed a suspended dribble, and then quickly changed direction in front of his body and rushed towards his left side.

Although the opponent's defensive position has a clear bias, the fake move can still attract Stockton's attention.

Chris Kyle's breakthrough was quite sharp, and the basketball changed direction in an instant. Chris Kyle dribbled the ball with his left hand. His body had just passed Stoke's side when he suddenly felt a strange feeling coming from his lower body.

It’s not at the base of the legs or waist and abdomen, it’s the “real lower body”.

Stockton quickly followed up with a crab step when Chris broke through. During the pursuit, his left hand "inadvertently" touched Chris's penis.

The movement was not violent, but Chris felt clearly that his breakthrough movement with the ball was also affected, and his speed dropped sharply.

Men, after certain parts are attacked, the "body protection" action is subconscious.

Even if Chris Kyle is a professional player, there is no way to avoid some subconscious actions.

The propped up ball protector subconsciously responded, and at this moment, Stockton's figure suddenly jumped out from Chris's side, using his body to forcefully press the gap between the two of them, not to mention his right hand. It accurately cut on the basketball.

The basketball bounced back to the ground, and Stockton paused. He quickly squeezed past Chris Kyle and took the ball in his hands. The dropped ball reversed the fast break.

"Hey!!!"

"Hey!!!"

Chris Kyle, whose basketball was cut off, was also furious at this moment. He didn't care about chasing Stockton who was about to drop the ball. Instead, he raised his arms and greeted the linesman.

That kind of defensive move is really unsportsmanlike, isn't it?

Unfortunately, Chris Kyle is not a stall, he simply does not have the ability or qualifications to put pressure on the referee.

Faced with a furious Chris Kyle, the linesman ignored him.

In the Timberwolves' backcourt, Stockton, who was on a fast break, was already being overtaken by Wu Dao. Facing the chasing Wu Dao, Stockton's face was immersed, his steps suddenly stopped, and he grabbed the ball with his right hand and hit the ground.

The basketball almost hit the ground and hit Wu Dao's feet. Wu Dao, who was so tall and tall, had no time to bend down to block it.

The basketball rebounded, and Hornacek, who reached the basket, took the ball and made a light layup.

The Jazz succeeded in counterattacking, but Wu Dao took a deep look at Stockton in front of him, feeling extremely troubled.

A fair-skinned "pilot" with average physical talent can be named one of the four villains in this iron-blooded age.
He has experienced Malone's "toughness", but his understanding of Stockton is still slightly lacking.

But one thing is obvious, Chris Kyle may not be able to deal with Stockton.

(End of this chapter)