no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 108: Take Your Knees (Leader James’s Extra Update 2)

Noah's long arm turned the ball back to the half court, and the Bulls got the chance to attack first.

Rose is playing tactics for Xu Yong with the ball in the frontcourt.

In December, Xu Yong's data declined, and some fans were dissatisfied. They thought why Xu Yong's ball rights had to decline when Rose's condition improved.

Aside from being targeted by opponents, it is more about team-level factors. Xu Yong is a latecomer. The later rookie made a fuss about grabbing the ball and even drove away the original team boss during the season. Looking at the entire NBA History is also rare.

What's more, Rose has that ability, and basketball has never been a solo game.

Therefore, Xu Yongyong will not behave passively because of the decline in ball rights, but will instead improve himself;
Similarly, when Xu Yong needs it, like in the derby, or in games like tonight, the Bulls, including Rose, will help him.

This is actually the same as when they played against the Grizzlies in the summer league. The team was established by Jordan for the Bulls, and it is now part of the team's culture.

Xu Yong came out under the cover of Noah, and Zhang Shou made a dry jumper.

The consistency of the shot is very good, and the feel is also very good.

However, after the basketball went in, it bounced out, which also caused a burst of regret from the fans who supported Xu Yong.

Xu Yong was obviously stunned for a moment.

Because he felt that there was nothing wrong with his feel.

At this time, Kenny Smith in the commentary booth couldn't help laughing.

Although he couldn't see it, he could feel that the Kings' basket was constantly leaking milk.

Fortunately, Noah jumped inside and took off the offensive rebound.

Hawes, who plays against Noah, is a white inside man. Like the Bulls' previous starter Sangela, he is soft and has average rebound protection.

After Noah took off the rebound, he did not rush to attack. Instead, he returned the ball to Xu Yong, then turned around and blocked Hawes.

If you want to say who the Bulls are most convinced by Xu Yong, it has to be Noah who was conquered by Xu Yong.

When he said "we will not lose" and led the team to the first place in the league, there was no confusion about who should be replaced.

Xu Yong didn't hesitate when he caught the ball. Before the rest of the Kings could react, he rushed directly to the basket at full speed and then jumped into the air.

"Oh!"

A Tomahawk dunk cleanly smashed the ball into the basket.

He didn't know what was wrong with the basket, but there was definitely no problem in smashing it in!

This dunk instantly made those fans who came to support Xu Yong shout excitedly.

Although this approach quickly attracted strange targets from the surrounding fans, this is the home court of the Kings after all.

But they don't give a damn.

As long as I don't care, you can do nothing about me!
After the offensive and defensive transition, those fans became even more excited.

And this time, other fans also showed incredulous looks.

Because it was Xu Yong who was guarding Evans!
What a retro style in the 90s!

But when I think about the number 23 Xu Yong wore in the NCAA and publicly said that his idol is Jordan, all this seems to be completely explained.

Don’t you think it’s better to choose Evans than me?
Don't you think Evans is a historical super giant?

Then I will personally check to see if you think it is right!
Evans was also caught off guard.

He played against Xu Yong twice in college, and he was deeply impressed by Xu Yong.

Although his defensive skills are average, his victory lies in his good awareness and accurate judgment. Especially when defending one-on-one, he is good at using his size advantage.

So when he played Arizona State University, he tried to find DeRozan or Harden to play.

But he definitely can't choose that right now, tonight the spotlight of the whole audience is on the two of them, if he sees Xu Yong, he won't fight, that scene has already lost the wind.

He dribbled the ball and stretched out his hand to signal to pull away.

The fans at the scene started booing.

American heads-up, fans love to watch the part.

And this is a head-on confrontation right from the beginning, which I love.

"A battle between two men." Even Barkley in the commentary seat began to get excited.

When Xu Yong saw it, he let Evans back with a big step.

Evans knew him, and he only knew Evans better.

One of the important reasons why this guard who was at the peak of his career was assigned to play small forward by the Kings in history is that his shooting was too poor.

Rose's shooting is unreliable enough, but he is also slowly improving, the mid-range is gradually stable, and he can reach more than [-]% of the three-pointers.

But as long as this mid-range player is 16 feet away, it's basically nothing. At his peak, his three-point shooting rate was below 30% all year round.

So the strategy to prevent him is very simple, that is, to prevent sudden shots.

Some people may ask, since it is so easy to be targeted, why is Evans still averaging 22 points per game?
This question is easy to answer. Why did James shoot 40% of his rookie season and score 20 points?
Evans, but the nicknamed guard version of James!
In addition to the possession of the ball, the more important reason is that they have good physical fitness, and they can basically run over their opponents and hit them in.

This is also the reason why Evans played worse and worse when he was changed from point guard to small forward by the Kings in history, because not only is he still inaccurate in shooting, but his physical advantage is gone.

But Xu Yong can even handle James. Even Evans is a cricket. He could handle it in college. After entering the NBA, will he be afraid that you can't rush forward now?
Evans glanced at the basket, gave up shooting, and chose a change of direction breakthrough after consecutive crotches.

During the whole process, Xu Yong didn't pay attention to Evans' movements, but kept himself on the route of Evans' breakthrough.

Soon, Evans and Xu Yong confronted each other.

Then, Evans was visibly deflated.

Xu Yong is much stronger than he was in the NCAA!
Well, when someone practices one more time than you every day, over time, the gap will be infinitely magnified.

Evans finally broke out near the three-second zone and couldn't get in. He could only choose to retreat and shoot a fadeaway jumper.

He has a certain degree of confidence in his jump shot in this position.

But obviously, it is very difficult to succeed with such a show on Xu Yong's face.

Xu Yong's well-timed take-off put tremendous pressure on Evans. Evans' shot after adjusting the arc was a straight out of bounds!
In the first round of the head-to-head contest between the two, Xu Yong took the initiative and won.

There was a commotion at the scene.

This seems to be a bit of a bad start!

The possession of the ball was changed, and Xu Yong continued to run tactics in the frontcourt.

It's just that this time when Rose's pass arrived, he went straight to the basket and killed.

Dante Green sees the help coming.

Green is 2 meters tall, and he played a small forward in the Kings, which is an oversized forward.

Xu Yong held the ball in his right hand and moved his left foot to break through. After forcing Green to shift his center of gravity to the right, he directly retracted his right foot without slowing down, then kicked to the left and suddenly changed direction to the left.

As the training continued, Xu Yong became more and more skilled in mastering the trick of changing directions without slowing down.

Green people are tall and have a high center of gravity. Zhang Weiping doesn't need to use an analogy here. He really becomes a big wooden stake stuck in place.

Xu Yong rushed inside, and Martin, who was originally guarding him, had already made up the defense.

However, in Xu Yong's eyes, the thin Martin is not much different from a piece of paper.

He leapt forward, and didn't give Martin the chance to dodge directly.

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a painful groan from the basket, Xu Yong knocked away Martin and poured the ball in hard.

The Sacramento basket is going to suffer tonight!
Xu Yong swung around the basket and landed, but it was also dull for a while.

Having experienced O'Neal's entanglement in the old tree of the Cavaliers, experiencing the tight contraction of the Lakers, and then hitting the restricted area of ​​the Kings, it feels like one word: loose.

The penalty area guarded by a center like Hawes is really like Du Fu's poem: The flower path has never been swept by the visitors, but the gate is now open for you!

The scene was restless.

Fans never expected that Xu Yong would have such a big advantage against Evans.

In fact, I can’t blame them for this. As fans, they usually have their own busy lives, so how can they have so much time to really watch the game.

Most people just watch a video collection, what's more, they only watch statistics. How much do you expect them to know about football?

But those who came to the scene tonight can probably understand a truth: excel is not the truth, the data will deceive people!
And the crueler thing is that even if they understand this point, they find that the game is just beginning.

Evans is still very energetic, at least at this time he is, otherwise it is impossible for a person to enter the league and cut 20+5+5 data.

After advancing to the front court with the ball, his choice is to continue to single out Xu Yong.

This also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans again, and there were cheers one after another at the scene.

Evans still chooses to break through, but this time he chooses to get closer to Xu Yong first, and then uses the front of his body to break through.

This trick is similar to changing direction without slowing down, but Evans can't do it without slowing down, and once his speed drops to the point where Xu Yongneng can keep up, the two return to the previous stage of physical confrontation.

And after Evans took the wing this time, the choice is even smaller than before.

After he rushed to the basket, he could only choose to force a layup after a hard confrontation.

This move, which he has tried many times against ordinary defenders, still can't work on Xu Yong at all.

To be honest, Xu Yong's figure will definitely make him a small forward in the future. Evans is a recharge member and has experienced the joy of switching to small forward in advance.

"boom!"

This time Xu Yong was not polite, and directly pressed Evans' shot on the backboard.

The scene was restless.

Evans gave people the impression that Pan Feng in front of the Hulao Pass went up aggressively, but in the end, he was given a second in one round!

Fortunately, the rest of the Kings seemed to have a premonition, and they had retreated and shrunk ahead of time, without giving the Bulls a chance to play a fast break.

And Evans is really hearty. After being given a pegboard hat by Xu Yong, not only did he not back down, but he directly switched to Xu Yong.

This is a real man.

Xu Yongdu has some respect for Evans. This guard version of the King is much tougher than the original version of the pick-and-roll.

His choice is to fulfill it.

After signaling everyone to pull away, he singled out Evans one-on-one. After pulling away from the distance, he directly accelerated the impact, and then repeated the change of direction in the previous round without slowing down.

Evans has a lower center of gravity and has faster reactions than Green, but he still can't keep up with Xu Yong's speed.

So in the end, he looked like a fallen leaf blown by the wind and circled in place, then lost his center of gravity, put his hands on the ground and leaned his knees forward, and knelt down towards Xu Yong directly. gif!

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