After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 219 Kite Tactics
Howard seemed to be a little distracted when jumping the ball, and Heywood on the opposite side got the ball first, and the Wizards took the first wave of offense.

The Wizards' starters are Antawn Jamison, Deshaun Stevenson, Darius Sangueira, Antonio Daniels and Brandon Haywood, all lesser-known characters except for Jamison .

But if you really want to talk about the strength of this lineup, you can't really say it is weak, just because most of them are functional players, and the combat effectiveness is still very impressive when combined.

On the first attack, Stevenson tried to hit from outside the three-point line, 0:3.

The Magic attacked, Li Chengming held the ball on the flank, and made a three-threat posture facing Sangueira. Sangueira looked at the supernova who had recently gained fame, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The last time the two teams fought was a long time ago. It was the third game of the magic team. At that time, Li Chengming was still a nobody, and he didn't even have much playing time, so Sangueira really didn't have an intuitive impression of Li Chengming.

However, Li Chengming's reputation is too famous now, so it's impossible that the other side didn't do some research.

But watching the video and facing it in person are still two different things, especially Li Chengming's body shape is pressed in front of him like this. The 112kg Sangaila faces an opponent who weighs [-] kilograms, and the psychological pressure is not insignificant.

The only thing that can make him relax is that Li Chengming is used to working in the low post and rarely plays singles with the ball from outside. Given his size, it can be imagined that his control is limited, and it is impossible to directly attack from outside the three-point line.

But when he was thinking this way, he saw Li Chengming suddenly lowered his center of gravity, two consecutive crotches, and the shaking of his shoulders instantly dazzled Sangaila. Before he could react for a while, Li Chengming moved to the left The dribble was wiped in.

When he reacted, Li Chengming had already faced Heywood, who was defending the supplementary defense, and made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot, winning the lead for the Magic, 2:3.

The on-site commentator immediately clapped his hands and said: "Good shot! Li's dribble broke through and made an emergency stop jump shot. During this period of time, he showed us a more comprehensive young man. Although there are still some mistakes and regrets, we have to allow young people to make mistakes. Only by making mistakes can we enjoy such a wonderful and exciting basketball performance!"

He was right, this is really a "performance".

This was just the beginning. In the next 3 minutes, Li Chengming made continuous dribble breakthroughs, or made emergency stops, retreated jump shots, or rushed to the basket to cause damage. It's one man against the whole Wizards team.

More importantly, they still won. At 13:10, relying on the offensive method that was rarely used before, they caught the opponent by surprise. Li Chengming scored 11 points alone.

Only Nelson scored two points for an empty layup in the fast break, and although the point difference was not big, the Wizards still called a timeout.

Because it took more than three minutes for the opponent to score 10+ points, it seems that there is a tendency to explode, and Li Chengming is not the kind of little-known little guy. He has played a lot of classic battles in the first half of the season after he landed in the NBA. As a supernova, his scoring explosiveness is not as unpretentious as his style of play, so it must be guarded against.

As for the Magic, when everyone returned to the bench to rest, Howard and the others looked at Li Chengming in amazement. Nelson couldn't help asking: "You really didn't..."

He made a movement, and Li Chengming immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Do you need it? Isn't this a routine operation?"

"..."

Everyone looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. Even Van Gundy laughed and said, "If I didn't know what kind of kid you are, I would have doubted you."

Li Chengming hugged his head, looking depressed.

Van Gundy then pulled back and said, "Okay, since Li is in such an excited state today, it seems that we can all relax a lot..."

"Hahaha..." There was a burst of cheerful laughter on the bench, everyone knew that the coach was right.

One advantage of Li Chengming's explosion is that he can directly force the opponent to change the defense, and because his style of play today is biased towards the outside, the opponent is likely to start targeting him from the outside.

Coupled with Howard, who naturally attracts the opponent's defensive tilt, doesn't the opportunity for other teammates appear?

Sure enough, after returning to the field after a timeout, the Wizards immediately adjusted their defensive strategy. Originally, they wanted to make a fuss about Li Chengming in the low post, but today he directly held the ball from the outside. Don't care if this is a flash in the pan, it has already played an effect. It must be adjusted, at least hold him down for a while, and not let him continue to do whatever he wants.

So when Li Chengming came back to play singles with the ball again on the perimeter, the Wizards immediately used double-teaming, and Li Chengming had already expected that his technical movements in controlling movement were not top-notch, but he was still first-class in protecting the ball. Yi is good, the most important thing is that he has a clear head, and it is also because he is used to double-teaming, so he will not be in a hurry when the double-team comes up, let alone stop the ball immediately, which is the most dangerous.

First of all, you need to judge the situation. If you have the opportunity to get rid of the defense by yourself, you don't have to rush to find your teammates. After all, this kind of double-teaming is also risky. If one is not good, it will be intercepted.

Except for the momentary double-teaming of players, the coach's arrangement will definitely have subsequent rotations, and with the Wizards' lineup on the court, their rotation speed will naturally not be slow. At this time, the ball may just hit the opponent. trap.

The solution is also very simple, either rely on your own ability to get rid of the double-team before it is formed, and disrupt their defense line by dribbling, so that the ball will be safe and it is often easier to get a good open opportunity; or there is A responding teammate, after receiving the ball, took advantage of the opportunity to play more and less during this period of time to succeed.

Van Gundy also considered that Li Chengming was not Turkoglu after all, and it was unrealistic to expect him to dribble away, so he arranged for Nelson to come over to catch the ball, and then he could choose to attract the defense before dividing the ball, or he could directly break through.

But he didn't expect Li Chengming to be so persistent today, or in other words, so confident and dare to make moves.

He managed to get him out twice, but he was fouled by the opponent once, and a no look pass was given to Howard behind Heywood after he broke through the defense line. Howard dunked hard on the spot, and the basket shook three times.

However, Li Chengming himself is also aware of his own weight, and he will not play too much if he sees a good one. He just uses the opponent's psychology to increase his threat and let the opponent double-team faster, but it also gives him a chance to adjust. Two assists to a teammate on the perimeter.

Van Gundy, as an academic coach, although the adjustment of targeted tactics is not particularly good, but the overall offensive tactics are in place. Nelson is not the only choice to come over to support him, because his running position will also take away defenders. At the same time, Evans and Lewis will continue to run, which may form a short vacancy.

If Li Chengming can catch it, it will be like these two times, throwing it directly is a three-point assist. It cannot be caught but after the defense is pulled to the outside line, although there are defenders around Howard inside, Li Chengming wants to pass the ball. It is easy to give him, or he wants to receive the ball.

In the Magic team, this is an extension of what is called "kite tactics" internally. In fact, it is to use the threat of large outside shooters such as Lewis and Turkoglu to maximize the space on the court. As the two fulcrums within the three-point line, they can determine the connection with the "kite" and intersect with each other.

When Turkoglu was still there, he started to use it frequently, but at that time there were too many choices, so it didn't need to be so complicated.

Now because of Turkoglu's absence, this kind of internal dual-core can play together is more suitable for the Magic team without a playmaker. After all, although Nelson's organizational skills are not as good as the league's top point guards, he is competent as a starter for a strong team. The master position is still sufficient.

Howard or Li Chengming passed the ball, if they can't shoot directly from the outside, Nelson can also make a transition by himself, and he is completely qualified as the second dominant point.

However, the Wizards' defensive reaction to Li Chengming was a bit too much. On the contrary, the ball he distributed did not need to be too complicated.

After playing like this for more than two minutes, the score not only did not close, but even further widened.

(End of this chapter)