From sparring to superstar

Chapter 135 133. The number one point guard!

Li Ao covered Kidd, it's just a defensive habit.

O'Neal has already gone to rebound with Marion, and he habitually interferes with other opponents who have good rebounds.

Li Ao came to the front court and continued to open up space.

The teammates completely regarded Li Ao as a pinch shooter this time, Greg Anthony asked Jermaine O'Neal for a pick-and-roll, and Odom pulled to the middle distance from the left baseline.

Chacaridis squatted in the three-second zone and did not go out. After being blocked by O'Neal, Kidd immediately retreated, cutting off Odom's receiving line or sticking to Odom for the first time to catch and shoot.

O'Neal disassembled and cut to the basket, and Odom also moved to the basket.

Clifford Robinson made a three-pointer after defending Greg Anthony's pick-and-roll. O'Neal got the sprint distance and could hit the basket at full speed. Kidd quickly blocked him, trusting Chacaridis, and believing that he could cover the cutting O'Neal Dom.

But Odom did not catch the ball and attack the frame, but went around the bottom line to the middle distance on the right side of the bottom line in the three-second zone, and Greg Anthony's pass was also here!
Mario Elli has an excellent defensive awareness and shrinks from the bottom corner in time to stick to Odom.

Odom's catcher kept passing the ball behind him. This time he was the left devil, not a fool who passed to the bench.

No look pass!

Big Q catches the ball and hits a three-pointer!

In the transition between offense and defense, Li Ao, Odom, and Big Q defended against the fast break. Kidd's two-winged attack and defense transition could not be played, so he had to fall into a positional battle.

Kidd broke through again in singles, this time he broke in and ran out in a circle.

Jermaine O'Neal trusted Spider-Man in punching old men and kicking rookies, and boldly expanded his defense at close range.

Kidd went around to the left side of the three-second zone to grab the ball, passed it to Chacaridis with a fake move, and Li Ao took it in. Kidd sent the ball to Marion, and Marion caught the ball from the bottom line on the right side and made a mid-range shot... ...This ball is iron!
Seeing that Li Ao blocked Chacaridis to help Jermaine O'Neal get a defensive rebound, he immediately went down, Kidd was annoyed and led his teammates to defend the fast break.

Li Ao just gave the 218 cm giant center a big cap. When the deterrence is at its fullest, it is normal for Marion not to rush in to meet Li Ao's attack frame.

Hasty decisions have consequences.

Jermaine O'Neal took the rebound and passed it to Big Q, Big Q advanced at full speed, was followed by Kidd and then passed to Odom, Odom advanced to the three-point line and shot...

Li Ao caught the ball and rushed inside, took off in three big steps, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!
The chasing Marion is numb!

Rookie Spider-Man's physical strength is also too good.

He retreated with a slap from Li Ao first, and reached the three-point line first, but was not overtaken by Li Ao.

When he reached the three-point line, his speed dropped from the fastest, but Li Ao's speed dropped earlier, before he reached the three-point line, he started to decline. He thought he had blocked Li Ao's fast break.

As a result, Li Ao accelerated again after receiving the ball at the three-point line!
Then Li Ao's sprint speed dropped after passing the middle circle, and he was accumulating energy for catching the ball and rushing forward!

Marion made a reasonable inference.

On Li Ao's side, after dunking, he rushed out and gave Odom a high-five to celebrate. "Marathon Level 2" is really useful for fast break!
It's a pity that the position of the fast break this time is too late. When receiving the ball, he has to dribble and take two steps to get to the distance of the three-step dunk. He didn't add an assist to his teammates.

At this time, he missed the joke era a little bit. At that time, as long as the continuity of the movement was guaranteed from receiving the ball to the shot, even if the ball was caught and rushed from the three-point line to the basket to score, it was considered an assist. Let alone dribble, continuous dribble The ball trots into the inside and lays up with a European step. It counts as an assist.

That data rose rattling fast.

But Odom didn't care about whether the ball was assisted at all, he was so excited.

Their Clippers scored 4 goals in a row at the beginning, and all 4 goals were directly related to him!
Playing against the Suns, they actually made a 9-2 start!

The rest of the Clippers are also very excited. They have no pressure, they play well, and it's over if they are happy!

Kidd ran back to receive the ball and pushed it forward. Seeing the Clippers players all smiling, he didn't get angry this time, but calmed down.

Pressing down for 8 seconds to advance past halftime, Kidd reorganized his thoughts.

Tonight, Odom's state is left-handed, with a comprehensive offense and defense, and his strength is stronger than that of Marion at the same level.

Jermaine O'Neal's short-range defensive ability is excellent, and his frame protection is not as good as that of Chacaridis, but with the help of Li Ao, he trusts each other and cooperates tacitly.

Although the rookie Spider-Man's comprehensive ability is not enough and he is a partial student, he has outstanding defensive ability, and his mid-range and short-range defense is better than Clifford Robinson, and maybe even better than Marion.

The outside big Q defense is also active enough and has a good sense. Greg Anthony is old but not slowing down...

On the offensive end, the Clippers also played very well with Odom and O'Neal. Li Ao kept Marion at a two-point distance, which had a huge impact on the defensive cooperation of the Suns...

The key is that the four young players aged 4 to 19 on the opposite side are showing their momentum now!
After calming down and clearing his mind, Kidd went to the frontcourt, approached Clifford Robinson, and began to attack with pick-and-rolls, no longer showing breakthroughs, saving energy, and fighting the opponent.

Clifford Robinson cuts to catch the ball at close range, gets caught by Greg Anthony, and uses his height to take a jumper that... misses.

Kidd is a bit painful, and Clifford Robinson, as long as he has a bit of back-up ability, will not be affected by a point guard to take off.

But this is a good way for the little man to defend against strikers who don't have the ability to back up at close range. He remembered it, and he might have a chance to use it in the future.

Li Ao grabbed the rebound, passed it to the big Q who responded, and wanted to start a fast break again.

But Kidd's pain is pain, he didn't stop, always paying attention to the big Q, blocking the big Q's advancing route.

Under his leadership, the Suns successfully prevented the Clippers from continuing to launch a fast break, creating time for Chacaridis to retreat.

The Clippers fell into a positional attack, the Suns players made defensive adjustments under Kidd's command, and Marion and Clifford Robinson switched defenses.

Li Ao took Clifford Robinson to pull away and let his teammates continue to attack.

The effective style of play must of course continue.

But this time it didn't work out!
Kidd and Marion guard the pick-and-roll very well, and they also do a good job of cutting off Odom's line of receiving the ball around the baseline.

Greg Anthony couldn't send the ball out, so he could only break into the free throw line and take off with one step... Iron!
Kidd protects the defensive rebound!
Marion is very focused off the ball and works well.

But he defends pick-and-rolls like a power forward and makes up defenses in the middle and short distances, which really shows his talent on the defensive end.

The most important thing is that he cooperates more tacitly with Kidd and Chacaridis!

Clifford Robinson has his advantages over Marion -- defensive core awareness, initiative, experience.

However, with Kidd as the commander, Clifford Robinson's awareness of "defensive core" is somewhat redundant, and his defensive thinking and Kidd's thinking are sometimes not on the same line.

Marion is different from Chacaridis, both of them were played by Kidd, and the three have the same way of thinking on the defensive end.

When it came time for the Suns to attack, under Kidd's command, Chacaridis squeezed more actively to the inside, sparing no effort to restrain O'Neal and Li Ao.

Under Kidd's command, Clifford Robinson first screened and rolled Kidd. After Kidd broke into the three-point line, Marion came up from the right to pick and roll Clifford Robinson. Both Li Ao and Li Ao are restrained in the top arc area.

Kidd passes to Mario Elie who singles Greg Anthony for a pull-up jumper from the right baseline...hit!
Kidd finally found a pretty good way to score!

Mario Elie, who won three championships with the Rockets and Spurs in the 90s, is good at flanking singles and assisting defense. He has a wide range of shots, from the basket to outside the three-point line. His shooting area, At the age of 3, he still firmly occupied the position of the Spurs' starting shooting guard.

Although Mario Eli is old now, he is no longer the winger of the past, and he is not stable enough, but it is enough for Kidd to be able to free up the wing and find a way to score.

What he wants is not to overtake the score immediately, but to stabilize the situation.

When the Clippers attacked, Kidd pursed his lips, really unexpected.

Li Ao began to run and participate in the offense, and the Clippers' teamwork also became the first goal around Li Ao receiving the ball.

Clifford Robinson has quick feet and can keep up with most small forwards, but he is still a bit short of keeping up with Li Ao.

Li Ao made a sudden stop at the bottom line, came to the left side of the three-second zone and received a pass from Greg Anthony, and made a mid-range shot against Marion who made up from the top arc...hit!
11 to 4, the Clippers still lead by 7 points!
Facing the strongest guards in active service, facing the top teams, the four young players of the Clippers showed their talents to the fullest!
...

In the situation, the Clippers had the upper hand for a long time, playing against the Suns.

But as the game progressed, the Clippers opened up the point difference more and more slowly. After leading by up to 13 points, the point difference began to narrow.

After entering the rotation stage, the advantages of the Suns began to appear!
After playing for more than a month, the core lineup is solid, the feeling of cooperation is getting better and better, and the veteran has passed the stage of looking for status. After the opening 4 wins and 4 losses, the Suns played 9 wins and 3 losses.

As an underdog for many years, the Clippers spent more than a month. Although the team's situation is getting better and better, it has only just activated the enthusiasm of the players and initially clarified how to play.

In the starting lineup stage, they showed momentum. The Clippers once overwhelmed the Suns, but when they entered the rotation stage, the performance of the substitutes was not so good.

Only in terms of defensive tacit understanding and strength, there is a big difference.

After all, the direction has just been clarified, and it is not even on the right track.

The starting four young talents are talented. Greg Anthony also has many years of experience in the New York team in the Pat Riley era and the Trail Blazers at the end of the last century. He has rich defensive experience and good commanding ability. good defense.

But when it comes to the rotation stage, facing a strong team like the Suns, there is only positivity and attitude left.

首节快船队30比19领先太阳队11分，但第二节就只有24比28了。

The Clippers performed poorly in the third quarter, leading only 3 points at the end of the game, with a score of 14 to 18.

At the end of the quarter, the Suns returned the Clippers with 30 points in a single quarter. The Clippers struggled hard, but only scored 23 points.

晚上10点26分，基德以12分14板13助攻2抢断的表现，带领太阳队以95比91逆转快船队，拿下胜利！

Kidd, who played for 47 minutes, was so tired!
He was amazed by the talent of the Clippers' striker core combination, and felt lucky for the difficult reversal.

If you give the Clippers a few more months of running-in time, and then make such a start, Kidd will feel uncomfortable.

Of course, this is only based on the fact that the Clippers started with 4 of 4 and came up with a wave of 9 to 2.

If the Clippers really complete their defensive run-in, with Li Ao, a popular rookie, the Clippers' defensive reputation will definitely be established.

At that time, when Kidd faced the Clippers, he would not be as casual as the beginning of the game. He would enter the state from the beginning, and the development of the situation would naturally be different.

Looking at the frontcourt trio of Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal, Kidd's scalp was a little tingly, but at the same time, he had a little more expectation.

The prospects of these three people, as long as Odom's brain is brighter, the future is bright!
奥多姆15分11板5助攻、李敖20分6板5助攻2抢断3盖帽、小奥尼尔虽然只拿到8分但有11板2助攻1抢断2盖帽。

Offense, defense, passing, shooting... whatever you want.

What impressed Kidd the most was the learning ability of Li Ao and O'Neal.

O'Neal's defense at the beginning was to rely on and trust Li Ao, and actively expanded outside.

But later, when there was his personal need to protect the frame, he began to make good use of the small forward's ability to move and switch defenses to stick to the basket like Chacaridis did.

This is something that Kidd hadn't seen when he was studying O'Neal before, that is, what he learned and what he learned!

However, O'Neal is a center forward, and Chacaridis's style is not difficult. After learning it, he can only be said to have a high ball quotient and confidence in his defense against his teammates.

Li Ao was different, Kidd saw that this rookie Spider-Man was imitating his way of organizing attacks!
Li Ao's way of organizing the offense at the beginning of the game was to respond to the transfer, and it was the same at the end, but there were several more passes to pass the ball to the second transfer point.

This is the way he organizes the offense without attacking. He does not pass the ball for the purpose of getting assists. His teammates have the conditions to pass the ball to teammates with better scoring opportunities. And the control of the passing vision of the receiving teammate and the habit of receiving the ball.

Kidd has a feeling of being stolen, so he still steals in person!
What a... genius!
Not weaker than Marion's physical talent, defensive awareness like Clifford Robinson who can serve as the core of defense, unprecedented mid-range shooting ability at the same age...and such organizational offensive talent!

However, although Kidd was amazed by Li Ao's talent, even though he won, he is upset now.

penny!Hacker!Come back to me!
That's the opponent, what are you going to do to comfort him when he loses?

It's a one-on-seven court thug!
(End of this chapter)