new lord of the rings

Chapter 102 is really wonderful!
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The Spurs' lineup is much more mobile. The Warriors are indeed not easy to rush, but it is not impossible.

Zhang Xin tried to break through Matt Bonner, and Matt Bonner's pace was slow, but he didn't reach the point where he could just pass by.

With Zhang Xin's confrontation ability and height, of course he will not be robbed, but it is not easy to pass out assists and score, and the efficiency is not high.

Zhang Xin immediately changed his strategy: low position and back.

Zhang Xin turned his back to Kawhi Leonard in a low position on the right side, received the ball, and while observing his teammates' running positions, he arched inward.

Leonard's defense has always been very good, and this year's has evolved a lot.

Feeling Leonard's strength, Zhang Xin couldn't help secretly praising: "It's so powerful."

But defending against backs cannot be done by strength alone. Zhang Xin kept changing his center of gravity, switching back and forth from left to right. After a few times, he was close to the basket, and Dior had to come to help defend.

As soon as Dior moved, Zhang Xin noticed it, but he didn't play the ball immediately. Instead, he waited for Dior to reach his position before he hit David Lee with a slam dunk.

This kind of pass is early and Dior can return to the defense in place, or even be intercepted. If the pass is late, he may be intercepted or even unable to pass. Timing is very important.

Popovich was happy when he saw Matt Bonner's defense restricting Zhang Xin. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xin changed his style of play immediately and took the initiative to seek Leonard's defense.

If you are hitting other people with your back, it will be better to let Leonard double-team, because Leonard's wingspan and speed can steal the ball when double-teaming to a large extent.

You can play Leonard directly... Most people would not choose to play Leonard. Leonard's defense is too strong, and not many people are confident that they can succeed in singles under Leonard's defense.

And Zhang Xin's height, wingspan, weight, and strength are not inferior to Leonard's, or even slightly better. With the old hooligan's back-up singles, it is more difficult to beat Leonard, but Efficiency still hurts Popovich's heart.

Zhang Xin hit a few backs in a row, two strong hits were successful, two passes to David Lee, one hit, four hits, three successes, Leonard was blown away by Zhang Xin!

Popovich had no choice but to call a timeout.

This kind of trick is very stupid, it is to hit you in a low position, you do not double-team, one person kills you, you double-team, and another person kills you together.

The tempo of both sides is very slow, and they are very careful to reduce mistakes. Both the Spurs and the Warriors are teams that are very good at attacking counterattacks, so they would rather slow down and not give the other side a chance to counterattack.

The Warriors used to be afraid of being slow. Once they slowed down and landed, the Warriors' efficiency would decrease. This has something to do with the Warriors not having low-post players. However, this is also the trend of the league, and few teams play like this anymore.

The Raptors' DeRozan counts as one, the Grizzlies count as one, and the Thunder's Durant counts as one.

In fact, it's not that the back-up technique is backward, but that the current pace is getting faster and faster, and there are few opportunities to play slowly in the low post. Once it comes to the playoffs, teams with low-post singles ability will play at critical moments. awesome.

Especially in the face of those teams with strong perimeter defense capabilities, there is a low-post singles master who can really kill people.

With Zhang Xin, it's different. Warriors can play more routines, they can play defensive counterattacks, they can play transitions, they can also drop positions, and slowly grind with you.

Teams with too monotonous tactics will not go far in the playoffs, because in the playoffs, you will meet different teams, and they will all fight you. As long as you have a little loophole, they will kill you .

The Spurs played almost as if they were in the playoffs today, and all kinds of targeting methods came out. It can be seen that the Spurs have done a lot of preparation work.

Compared with the haste last time, this time's response is the strength that the Spurs should have.

Although Zhang Xin has been driving the whole team, the score did not widen, but was caught up by the Spurs by two points. The reason is very simple, the Spurs have been scoring.

In addition to Duncan going down, Ginobili, Parker, Leonard, Danny Green and Diaw are all back on the court. This lineup may be almost impossible except for defense, but the offense is definitely very strong.

Ginobili can shoot suddenly, and the snake-shaped breakthrough is difficult to defend.

Tony Parker's pick-and-roll breakthrough, the league's best;
Leonard's breakthrough mid-range, Danny Green's three-pointer without the ball, Diaw's low post and support the ball.

Fortunately, Zhang Xin held the score tightly and did not allow the score to be overtaken.

This is the role of Zhang Xin. When the starters are resting, he can lead the bench to grab points.Switching to some teams with a weaker rotation lineup, I am afraid that they will be defeated by the Spurs' bench gangsters.

Even with such a strong rotation lineup as the Warriors, the Spurs did not lose the wind, mainly because Tony Parker was added, and they usually rest below during this period.

Today's Zhang Xin is different from the previous few games. In the previous few games, he either made three-pointers without the ball or broke through the pick-and-roll, and they all scored in sports games. Today's Zhang Xin is like a player from the old era. He doesn't play with you, just back up singles.

The fans were mesmerized:

Zhang Xin grabbed the ball with one hand, facing the double-team, signaled the ball to pass out, frightened the double-team Parker back to defend his opponent, dribbled the ball twice, and then turned to the middle for a jump shot. The movement was full of rhythm. The moves are explained very clearly, as if watching slow motion, jumping in the air, slowly floating backwards, the movements are stretched, elegant and natural!
"It's wonderful! The skill is close to the Tao! After Michael Jordan, I don't think anyone can do the backside so gracefully and calmly, even Kobe can't do it. Kobe's backside is certainly picturesque, but this elegance and calmness It belongs to Jordan alone. I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to do such a wonderful job, and with his beauty, I believe there is no girl who can not be attracted." Yang Yi was also dazzled.

Zhang Xin: ...Does it have something to do with beauty?

Li Wanrong is a college student, and her roommate is a Warriors fan, and also a fan of Zhang Xin. This day, she hid in the dormitory to watch the game. Li Wanrong saw that her roommate was fascinated by watching it, so she watched it together, and happened to see the replay of Zhang Xin. For the jump shot, the replay usually slows down, which vividly reflects Zhang Xin's elegance and calmness in the air.

Li Wanrong was immediately attracted: "Oh my god, it's so wonderful! And this man is so handsome? This must be Zhang Xin, right? I've decided, he will be my idol from now on!"

At the same time, everyone who was lucky enough to see him became interested in Zhang Xin, and then became a basketball fan.

Zhang Xin has become a popular idol, not only limited to basketball, there are many people who are good at playing basketball, and there are also many good-looking ones, but there are only a few who are so good-looking, so good-looking at playing, and so good.

As an opponent, Popovich naturally has to rack his brains to deal with Zhang Xin, but as a fan, Popovich can't help but feel obsessed with Zhang Xin's retreat.

"It's wonderful!" Popovich murmured.

(End of this chapter)