new lord of the rings

Chapter 47

In the second quarter, Coach Casey sent Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Vallance, Jonas, Terrence Ross and Tyler Hansbrough directly. Offensive point, organized core, a mixed lineup with both defense and rebounding, Coach Casey is eager to get back points in the second quarter.

Coach Mark Jackson trusts Zhang Xin enough. In his opinion, as long as Zhang Xin fully releases his offensive ability, he will never be defeated by any lineup of the Raptors in a short period of time, but this time cannot be too long, because Zhang Xin Xin's physical strength is limited, and his teammates can't help much.This is the same as Curry's three-pointer. It is a nuclear weapon. It is not that the team will not take it out easily when the team is in trouble. The Raptors are a difficult opponent. Should they use Zhang Xin's full attack power? Mark Jackson believes With Zhang Xin's ability to read the game, he will make the right choice.

Coach Mark Jackson is very fortunate that he has players like Zhang Xin, Curry, Green and Iguodala under him. Most of the time, it is enough for them to make decisions on the court.Mark Jackson is a little sad, what a good player, maybe after this season he will never have the opportunity to coach them again.Blame those stupid management, Mark Jackson cursed bitterly.

The Warriors have a regular rotation lineup. Zhang Xin and Iguodala lead David Lee, Blake and Speights. Although this lineup is not good at defense, its offensive ability is still good. With Zhang Xin as the core of the outside attack, Iguodala La is the core of the organization, with David Lee in the inside offense, and Blake and Speights who open up the space.

In the second quarter, the Raptors owned the ball. Lowry controlled the ball and Blake interfered. The ability to organize and eat with the ground dribble is too easy for Lowry to play.

Lowry dribbled the ball with his right hand, and as soon as his center of gravity was low, he broke through to Blake's left side. Blake wanted to keep up, but as soon as he made contact with Lowry's body, he was suppressed. Lowry pressed his left shoulder and passed by. Speights quickly let go of Hansbrough and came to defend, Lowry hit the ground, and Hansbrough dunked directly!

Zhang's confidence froze: Blake can't limit Lowry!
In this situation, unless Curry comes up early, he can deal with Lowry's suppression of the No. [-] position.But isn't Zhang Xin leading the rotation just to deal with this situation?As long as they keep grabbing points, the Raptors lineup will not be able to close the score. When the main force of the Warriors returns, the main force of the Raptors will be exhausted, and they will beat the Raptors in one go.

Zhang Xin made a gesture towards Blake, turned around and made a gesture with Iguodala, several people nodded, Blake dribbled the ball steadily across the frontcourt, Zhang Xin was already waiting at the top of the arc, Blake dribbled the ball When I get Zhang Xin, I wait at the bottom corner.

Iguodala took Terrence Ross away, and DeRozan was defending in front of Zhang Xin. DeRozan did not dare to relax at all. He had seen Zhang Xin's video, and this rookie had too many means. You can't prevent it with your body, you have to use your brain.

Zhang Xin called Speights, and Speights quickly came up to the high pick-and-roll. Speights was wide and blocked DeRozan at once. Zhang Xin made a lateral move. Hansbrough was hesitant to come up to chase and defend. Zhang Xin pulled up and shot a three-pointer. The orange basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell straight into the net.

DeRozan and Hansbrough said: "Go straight up and switch defenses. Zhang's three-pointer is too threatening. He breaks in and someone helps you defend."

Hansbrough nodded quickly, of course he would listen to what the team boss said.

The Raptors' offense took advantage of Blake's defensive weakness. Lowry just burst out, Blake couldn't resist at all, and was beaten again. Zhang Xin signaled Blake and Iguodala to switch defenses, and Iguodala went to limit Lowry. , Blake went to follow Hansbrough, who didn't have any independent offensive ability. Although this was also a misplacement, at least it wouldn't be too easy to break through.

Generally speaking, it is inappropriate to use forwards to defend point guards, because the height gap is large, and it is basically a dislocation between big and small. But with Iguodala's physical fitness and defensive skills, defending Lowry should It's not a big problem, at least Lowry can be restricted.

The Warriors attack, Zhang Xin still holds the ball at the top of the arc, calls Speights to pick and roll, and others wait for the ball to attack. This is a very simple tactic, but if the person who picks and rolls has the threat of breaking through or shooting from the free throw line, this simple tactic is powerful. will be very large. The Rockets in 18 used this simple tactic to fight the Warriors with Durant in seven games in the Western Conference Finals.

Hansbrough kept in mind DeRozan's instructions. Once Speights picks and rolls, he will go up and change Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin looked at Hansbrough who was coming up, he kept his hands and feet, and broke through directly to Hansbrough's left. Hansbrough was left behind, DeRozan hurriedly chased and defended, Zhang Xin returned the ball to Hansbrough Bates, Speights made a precise shot from the free throw line with no defense!Sure enough, Speights was let go.

Coach Casey's face is serious. Zhang Xin is amazing. His ability to read the game is extraordinary. The Raptors lineup has a strong ability to protect the frame, but it is not easy to defend against the outside line. At least Valanciunas can't keep up. of.Zhang Xin's simple pick-and-roll tactics, other people can only watch, then this half of the game may become a game between Zhang Xin, DeRozan, Speights and Hansbrough. With other players to offset the Raptors' overall defensive ability, Zhang Xin can use his explosive scoring ability to compete with the Raptors' main lineup. In this way, Casey's tactics will be a complete failure.

Coach Casey quickly called a timeout. Hansbrough was about the same height as Zhang Xin, but was crushed by Zhang Xin in terms of speed. How should he deal with Zhang Xin?
Coach Casey frowned and looked at the bench, his eyes lit up, and it was you.Coach Casey replaced Hansbrough and let Greivis Vasquez play. Anyway, Speights has no independent offensive ability. It is more than enough to use Vasquez with a height of 198. Vasquez mainly goes up to limit Zhang Xin's defense. after the breakthrough.

The Raptors attacked, and Lowry saw Iguodala coming up to defend, so he didn't dare to be careless. Iguodala is not a rookie. Lowry is no stranger to this former boss player and knows his defensive strength.

Kyle Lowry signaled to move, and then gave it to DeRozan, who was on the right elbow. Zhang Xin didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried forward to interfere.

Zhang Xin's height and speed are slightly stronger than DeRozan's. When he opened his hand, the 219cm long arm covered DeRozan and interfered up and down. DeRozan felt Zhang Xin's defensive pressure. DeRozan just wanted to turn around and face the frame. In singles, Zhang Xin pushed forward, grabbing the ball in DeRozan's hands with both hands, and DeRozan quickly protected the ball with both hands, resisting Zhang Xin with his hips.

"It's an aggressive defense." With his back to Zhang Xin, DeRozan constantly felt Zhang Xin's squeeze, pressure, and push, and his hands kept pulling out balls. DeRozan could only rely on the axis Xinjiao changed the position, and at the same time changed the position of the basketball in his hand, so as not to be taken away by Zhang Xin.

DeRozan hurriedly stepped towards Zhang Xin's crotch with his right foot to give himself a little space, and then he slammed the ball with his right hand. With a smooth step, he could temporarily get rid of Zhang Xin's harassment. DeRozan broke through to Zhang Xin's left side, and Zhang Xin Heng Moving to keep up, I didn't expect that DeRozan's breakthrough was just a cover, using his right foot as the axis, he turned around and shot a jumper!
Zhang Xin quickly turned his hips, took off and straightened his long arms, covering DeRozan. Seeing the long arms covering the sky, DeRozan could only increase the arc, and the basketball hit the iron with a bang!
David Lee received the rebound and gave it to Blake. Blake walked steadily to the frontcourt and gave it to Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin looked at Vasquez who had just come up, smiled lightly, and greeted David Lee for the pick-and-roll.

"Huh?" Devin Casey was stunned: Why did you change the pick and roll? You are a young man. Facing the opponent's target, you should attack it directly with anger!How can you be so cowardly?

Devon Casey hates iron but not steel.

Zhang Xin: ...are you joking?The pick-and-roll is naturally for misalignment. If you let me play shooting guard, then I might as well play DeRozan. If I become a player, others will praise me for winning the matchup with the star. What am I going to do when I play Vasquez.

David Lee hurried up to help Zhang Xin pick and roll, and now it was Valanciunas who was in trouble. Valanciunas is a heavy center forward with a height of 213cm and a weight of 110KG. If he goes up directly, he will definitely be passed. Three points are too accurate, embarrassing!Valanciunas looked sad.

Zhang Xin saw that Valanciunas didn't dare to come up, he pulled up one step away from the three-point line and shot, and hit a three-pointer!

Coach Casey is in trouble now, should he change?If you change it again, it will be a small lineup. David Lee’s inside threat is not small. If you don’t have the height to defend, David Lee may transform into O’Neill. If you face Zhang Xin with a tall man, you still can’t defend it. It’s useless. .

Change!Coach Casey gritted his teeth and replaced Patrick Patterson. Patterson is 206cm, and his wingspan is enough. David Lee is only 206cm. At least his height can be matched. I hope to limit Zhang Xin a little bit, if it still doesn’t work , Still have to go to Hansbrook, at least Hansbrook's rebounding is good, Patterson's rebounding is too bad.

(End of this chapter)