Countercurrent and become a superstar

Chapter 50 Traveling during off-peak hours, the team loses, but you don’t!

To be fair, the Cavaliers' defensive lineup is also top-notch.

Diop guards the penalty area. In the future, he will be a great player who can expand against O'Neal. Boozer's sweeping and assisting defense is very good. Yao Ming will understand it best in the future. The two of them sit in the penalty area. The Cavaliers have a suitable interior defensive combination and can defend well. It is very good. Hard to get past the basket.

While James takes care of his own defense on the outside, he also uses his physical mobility talents to assist defense and expand the defensive area.

If Wagner doesn't follow Iverson's example of taking risks out of position to steal, improve his defensive awareness, and use his physical talent to bite the defense, the defense will not be bad in the summer league.

With four people as guarantees, it's no problem even if Kapono's defense is very adequate. He just needs to open his hands and use his height to expand the defensive area.

There are James and Wagner on the outside to help defend. If you can't defend, then fight and retreat and let the offensive players break in. The protection of the basket by the twin towers on the inside, and James' pursuit of danger when he sinks into the penalty area, can teach offensive players how to behave.

It's just a pity that configuration is just configuration, and it's useless if you can't make good use of it.

What is unreasonable is that the Cavaliers at this time are not in the era of "defense relies on bread and offense relies on James". The Cavaliers under the coaching of Paul Silas focused on offensive basketball and copied the Lakers' shoetime tactics of the 80s. Operation.

Moreover, the Cavaliers are a bad team with no defensive potential.

The offensive data is beautiful, the team can attract fans, sell tickets, and the player value can increase.

If a player has good data and can survive in the league, he may still be alive and well. The amount of the next contract can be increased. This is a win-win situation for both the team and the player.

Whenever you choose to be defensive, people are swimming in the ocean of money, and they are about to reach the shore, and some are swimming back.

While such people are fools, the damn thing is that most of them will drown.

The comment is: He can't even understand the statistics of a bad team, so how do you expect him to stand up in a strong team and help the team score, win and compete for the championship?

So, it doesn’t matter whether the players are suitable or not, whether you are AM or FM, it’s the same channel.

Diop's player positioning is to be a killer in the penalty area, and he will not be placed in the penalty area to protect the basket.

Boozer has no position, but he has long known to focus on offense.

After all, how much does a second-round pick earn in a year, so why should he put in so much effort on defense? Speaking of offensive data, wouldn't it be good for him to get a big contract?
Wagner wants to be a star, but Iverson won't defend. Why should the big Iverson defend?

Kapono also wants to be a star. Since he entered the league, he has been dissatisfied with his draft position, does not want to do dirty work, and cannot find his own position.

Among the top five players in the Cavaliers' starting lineup who are willing to defend, there is only one James left. He is the chosen one, and the future team belongs to him. He has the ability to become a historical superstar, and he is willing to lead by example and lead by example...

"Qin Yang controlled the ball to the top of the arc, directed traffic, and made a tactic.

Josh Howard moved from the left to the right, used Qin Yang's cover to get rid of Boozer, and received Qin Yang's pass, immediately dribbling the ball and breaking through from the right. Wagner couldn't stop it: Stop, James can only switch defense.

Josh Howard went in, jumped out again, and the basketball returned to Tan Yang's hands. He caught the ball, raised it, and raised his hand to shoot a three-point jumper..."

James desperately rushed back to block the shot, but he was too tired to run for his life and could only listen to the gunshot.

Swish-!
The knife fell into the goal, and Qin Yang hit the net with a three-pointer.

James could only spread his hands, helpless.

Basketball is not a one-person sport.

Moreover, Tan Yang was so ungrateful that he would not attack his defensive zone at all. It was all two-on-one. He used Josh Howard's knife to tear through the Cavaliers' defense, and then, when he got an open shot, he shot. .

No matter how good his defensive attitude is and how strong his physical talent is, it is of no use!

Outside the court, on the commentary table, Barkley shook his head.

“The offense can indeed rely on the personal abilities of one or two stars to solve this problem and make the team’s offense better.

But not on the defensive end. This involves the culture and tradition of the team.

James has made the Cavaliers better, but there's still a long way to go.

Moreover, the Mavericks' offense is very efficient and excellent, and it is impossible to withstand it with a makeshift defense..."

Now that defense is unavailable, the Cavaliers can only attack.

Use a more powerful offense to break the mentality of the Mavericks players, and then seize the opportunity to make a flow and take the game away.

With two goals and two points, it was obviously impossible to stun the Mavericks with offensive firepower.

No choice but to try to shoot three-pointers.

Bang-dang——!
James took advantage of Tan Yang's block and tried a three-point shot, but he hit a fine shot.

Later, Wagner took advantage of James's screen, one step away from the three-point line, and also hit a three-point shot...

Bang-dang——!
still none.

Whether it's James or Iverson, whether you're big or small, three-point shooting is damn unreliable.

The Cavaliers forced three-point shots to test the Mavericks' defense. As a result, they found themselves in a situation where they couldn't attack or defend.

At the end of the first three quarters, the Mavericks had already led 87 to 66, widening the point difference from 10 points in the first quarter to 21 points.

Tan Yang and Josh Howard performed very well and clocked out in the third quarter.

On the Cavaliers side, while Tan Yang was offline, although the outcome of the game was determined, James still returned to the court to continue the game, and came out with a wrong forward to mention the statistics of his first game.

Don't tell me, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Cavaliers' offense really flourished, and they played the crushing game they expected before the game.

Om-!
As the buzzer sounds, the red light lights up, and the game time is over.

With a score of 115 to 102, the Mavericks defeated their first opponent, the Cavaliers, with a 13-point advantage and got off to a good start in the summer league.

覃洋14投8中，三分球9中5，罚球2中2，23分14助攻4篮板，表现高效且靓仔。

Josh Howard made 16 of 8 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 3 free throws, and scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He was also very good. Marquis Daniels didn't clock out for three quarters and scored 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists. Like Josh Howard, he looks ugly, but his playing ability is eye-catching, and his ability in immediate combat is very good.

詹姆斯21投9中，三分10投3中，罚球7中5，狂砍26分11助攻9篮板3封盖的准三双表现。

Among the teammates around him, only Boozer could score 21 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists. The others performed quite well, and there was still too little support for James.

"Hi, meet me, I'm LeBron."

"Tin Yang!
Basketball players, there’s no one who doesn’t know you this summer..."

"Then I'm honored!

I hope to have the opportunity to play together as a team. You were great in this game. "

"Thanks!
In fact, I can see it more clearly when you and I are facing each other.

You did a better job than me. You first passed the ball to let your teammates play first. After you figured out the situation of your teammates, you immediately raised the team's offense to a better level.

I couldn't do any better than you in your position.

It can be said that the Cavaliers lost, but you did not lose..."

James smiled, shook hands with Tan Yang and chatted, looking very sympathetic to each other. The more the two sides chatted, the more they became more and more congenial.

Well, the main thing is that what both sides said sounded nice.

Legend has it that in high school, after James lost to Anthony, the two talked about basketball all night.

……

Two days later, Shoreline Center Arena.

The Dallas Mavericks' second summer league opponent is the Phoenix Suns.

As the best rookie in 02, Stoudemire naturally has no chance of being in the rookie zone. However, the Suns' assistant coach is D'Antoni, and Tan Yang still pays more attention to it.

After all, the Suns' 7-second run-and-gun tactics will still be too shining in the future.

During the warm-up, when he saw the Suns' starting five, Tan Yang felt that the game was stable, and a sentence flashed in his mind: People, come out and clean the floor!
Robote Archibald, Zako Kabakapa, Casey Jacobson, Barbosa and Smush Parker.

There is no one in the Suns' starting lineup who can play.

The game started.

With a height of 2 meters, Kabakapa helped the Suns get the ball in the first attack, showing the talent of the 11th overall pick in 03.

Smushpark quickly controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. According to the tactical requirements of coach D'Antoni, he played a pick-and-roll tactic.

The so-called 7-second run-and-gun is to increase the speed and fight faster, so as to form a situation where more people fight less.

This situation is the offensive space.

If the speed is not enough and the situation cannot be formed with more and less, then a pick-and-roll tactic can be used to create a height dislocation, which is also a way to find space.

"Kabakapa's template is Nowitzki. He did not drop to the low post, but played a pick-and-roll tactic with Parker in the high post.

Tan Yang and Josh Howard ignored Kaba Kappa's pick-and-roll and directly flanked Parker with the ball, and then nothing happened.

Parker faced a double attack, raised his hand and hit a pull-up two-point fadeaway jumper..."

Smushparker, nicknamed the original Grim Reaper, would not even pass the ball when Kobe Bryant asked for it in the future. Naturally, he would not choose to pass the ball. Instead, he would go on his own and use mid-range shots to test the defense of Tan Yang and Josh Howard.

Bang-dang——!
Tan Yang and Josh Howard, the handsome and ugly combination of Wake Forest, withstood the test.

As long as Parker's shooting is reliable, he won't be wandering around.

If you have an unstable mid-range shot and still challenge the difficulty of shooting, you are courting death.

The God of Death wants to be tested on the verge of death.

The rebound was picked off by Ndiaye and immediately passed the ball to Calderon, who took a step with the ball and immediately sent the basketball forward.

A two-on-one situation formed in the frontcourt, with Tan Yang and Josh Howard facing off against Barbosa, who was as fast as lightning and retreated to the penalty area.

Dribbling the ball to the penalty area, seeing Barbosa rushing towards him, Qin Yang immediately distributed the ball to the right side.

Under the basket, Josh Howard took the ball, jumped high, and made a one-handed dunk.

Bang-dang——!
2 to 0! !
In the first round of the showdown, the Mavericks' handsome and ugly combination dominated both offense and defense, helping the Mavericks beat the Suns and take the lead.

Snapped--!
After the goal, Tan Yang and Josh Howard high-fived in celebration.

Off the court, D'Antoni's face was very ugly.

Smushparker listened to him, but only half of what he said. He listened to what was good for him, but not what was not good for him.

The point guard's execution ability and willingness are not enough, and his 7-second run-and-gun tactics cannot be used at all.

"Run, Parker, run forward quickly."

After the Suns lost the ball, they immediately started from the baseline and then picked up the offensive rhythm.

Both sides are run-and-gun teams, and they are quite open-minded. The Mavericks have long predicted the Suns' tactics and retreat very quickly. It is difficult to achieve the space to use more to attack less.

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(End of this chapter)