NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 224
Bryant looked at the court with satisfaction. This was his shortest teaching guidance, but it may also be his most successful first guidance.

Stoudemire still surprised him by calling Kobe's number in the early morning. You must know that the Suns and the Lakers also had a grievance. The Suns reversed the Lakers led by Kobe in the playoffs. Kobe was puzzled.

"Teach me to control the zone."

Kobe's mind is full of doubts. Zone is the state he and Jordan shared together. He trains hard, wins by chance, and it will come naturally. Kobe and Li Zheng also exchanged their understanding and mastery of zone. Li Zheng knew these things here, and even called himself.

"Lee is quite selfless." Kobe shook his head and said, Stoudemire nodded silently on the other end of the phone, and then continued to ask for special advice from Kobe, from Los Angeles to Portland, and then only used one day of teaching, and even the effective time was only one night. Teaching, a bold, crazy and somewhat unreliable training plan.

Kobe instantly agreed to Stoudemire's request. Without hesitation, he asked his assistant to book a flight ticket to Portland, arrived in Portland overnight, and then had a long talk with Stoudemire until the early hours of the morning.

If it is said that Stoudemire was groping ignorantly before, then now he has the ability to gain a firm foothold. The communication with Kobe has opened up a whole new world for Stoudemire. He finally knows that basketball is different in the eyes of these people. They even Not in the same dimension as myself.

"Remember the feeling of exhaustion, and then try to forget the feeling of exhaustion, forget your limit value, when you find that state, you must not care about tactics, cherish that state, those scores are as precious as gold."

Stoudemire stood in front of Li Zheng without hesitation, and issued a declaration of battle to the world before the game started. The Suns and the Trail Blazers had almost the same team configuration. Stoudemire knew that what Li Zheng won him was the Trail Blazers. The last straw that crushed the sun, G1 has already explained everything.

If you want to win against the Blazers, avoiding Li Zheng is definitely not the right choice. Only by facing or even defeating Li Zheng can you truly overwhelm the Blazers and win a real victory.

Fans had a hunch this game was going to be a dogfight before the game started, and from the tip-off, the fight was already underway.

Stoudemire didn't fully fire at the beginning. The Suns accidentally arranged O'Neal as an assist in the first quarter. Nash's goblin-like pass allowed O'Neal to receive the ball comfortably in the penalty area. Although O'Neal is old at this distance It is definitely not something that can be blocked casually. Przybilla worked hard enough, but it was O'Neill.

After O'Neal scored three goals in a row, Randolph had to rely on the inside, ready to defend the big fat man at any time. He didn't need to guard Stoudemire, and he couldn't watch Pulzbila being bullied by O'Neal all the time, but O'Neal was a thief. , Seeing Randolph's figure, he threw the ball outside.

Brazilian Lightning Barbosa felt hot today, maybe God made up for his loss in G1. When O'Neal shifted the shot to the outside, he hit those shots accurately, and one of them made Roy the background board.

The fans lamented that today's Blazers' perimeter defense is not even as good as Li Zheng's first defense and second defense. Of course, this is not fair. In G1, Barbosa was a misfired gun. Today's Barbosa is fierce, but Barbosa Li Zheng's downturn was due to Li Zheng's death block. Li Zheng, who defended Stoudemire today, did not play such an exaggerated scene.

The confrontation between Stoudemire and Li Zheng runs through every action in every link on the field. Let alone comfortable shooting, it takes a lot of effort for Stoudemire and Li Zheng to connect the ball. Today, the sun has implemented the principle of never letting Li Zheng go , using all means to make Li Zheng uncomfortable, Stoudemire's single defense, Hill's assist defense, O'Neal's supplementary defense, Barbosa's sneak attack
In one of the famous scenes in the first quarter, Li Zheng's fadeaway jumper attracted the three Suns to attack like dogs. It was only with eyes that D'Antoni targeted Li Zheng. The Suns seemed to have made up their minds and would rather Being shot to death by the Blazers' outside line will never let Li Zheng regain the feeling of the previous game.

Roy and Aldridge had to take on a lot of shooting tasks, and they also got a lot of open space. Stoudemire defended Li Zheng wholeheartedly. Without Stoudemire's supplementary defense, the Blazers' offense became much smoother. Li Zheng attracted The space created by double-teaming is also huge enough. It stands to reason that they should play well, but no one can say for sure about the feel. After all, reality is not a basketball game, and there is no reason to enter the open space.

In particular, Aldridge missed big open shots in a row. Hill almost completely gave up pressing on Aldridge. This kind of humiliating defensive method rarely appears on Aldridge, a big man who is good at shooting. This way of defending Howard It made Ade feel ashamed and indignant, but the more space the sun allowed, the greater the psychological pressure on Ade.

In the end, Adelaide stepped on the three-point line for a long time and still passed the basketball to Roy, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Portland fans. They could accept the headwind of the team, but the Blazers players infinitely waste the various opportunities created by Li Zheng. They regret that Aldridge and Roy's sluggish performance seems to confirm that they are just quasi-stars.

This is the conclusion reached by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons through data analysis. Li Zheng is of course the only superstar of the Blazers, but his helpers are not as good as the Blazers.

Roy was the first to be attacked by Bill Simmons. He observed all the offensive rounds of the Blazers this season and cut Roy's scoring shots one by one. Roy's singles accounted for less than 18.00%, and his singles success rate was only 40.00%, although Roy has always been compared with Kobe Lee Zheng in terms of mature playing style and immediate combat power, but the statistics show that he is not as efficient as Kobe Lee Jung.

The conclusion is just the opposite. Roy needs a lot of vacancies created by Li Zheng, which has also aroused the fantasies of fans. If Seattle really got the No. , won 60 wins, and the team that hit the Western Conference Finals may be the Seattle SuperSonics.

Bill Simmons affirmed Roy's defense and his role in the locker room, but he still insisted on his point of view. The Trail Blazers' team configuration is the weakest among the Western Conference teams. Rookies, problem players re-employment, and substitutes With the development of potential, Li Zheng made up for a lot of problems in the team.

The pressure is on Roy's side. The Blazers are not completely without a chance to compete for the championship, but Roy must show his yellow mamba fangs. Playing simple balls under Lee Jung's wings will not improve the Blazers' competitiveness. .

Roy naturally understood this. After receiving Adelaide's rejection, he calmly read the form of the game and knew that he had to do it alone.

(End of this chapter)