new lord of the rings

Chapter 471 What is Defense

While talking, Zhang Xin’s warm-up has been completed. After several laps of running and stretching, Zhang Xin broke out in a little sweat. He jumped to soothe his muscles. Eighth body adjusted to the best condition, and then smiled and talked with Kuzma. Said: "Kyle, are you ready?"

"Okay, boss, I'm always available," Kuzma said.

"Well, come on, I'll hit ten balls first, and if you can defend three, then you can practice holding the ball in addition to defense and three-pointers." Zhang Xin said.

Kuzma didn't care a little: "Boss, you look down on me too much, 30% defensive success rate, that's too bad!"

Hilde and Bro Gordon laughed maliciously: "Kyle, I hope you won't be ashamed for a while."

Kuzma really hesitated when he heard this, Zhang Xin is No.1 in the league after all!

Zhang Xin threw the ball to Kuzma and said, "Let's get started!"

Kuzma nodded, threw the ball to Zhang Xin, lowered his weight, and prepared to defend Zhang Xin's breakthrough. Zhang Xin saw that Kuzma was one step away from him, but only defended his own breakthrough. He shot with his hand, and Kuzma didn't even have time to react, he only had time to look back and see the basketball go into the net.

Zhang Xin looked at the demented Kuzma and said with a smile: "Defensive positioning is very important, not just to prevent breakthroughs."

Kuzma quickly picked up the ball and gave it to Zhang Xin. Now Kuzma quickly posted it up to interfere with Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin gently pushed Kuzma's hand and left shoulder to press Kuzma on the ground. Behind him, his left foot caught Kuzma's movement, and then he left Kuzma behind with a force, and Zhang Xin easily made a layup.

Kuzma's tender face turned red, and Zhang Xin comforted him: "It's not enough to just defend and shoot. Position selection is very important. Some players can't learn to position for a lifetime, which leads to their defense until the day they retire. Players can't become masters, so don't learn from them."

Kuzma nodded, threw the ball to Zhang Xin, and then chose half a step away from Zhang Xin, raised his left hand, preparing to interfere with Zhang Xin's shooting, and sank his center of gravity to prepare for a defensive breakthrough. Zhang Xin nodded. The bits are all right, but the subsequent reaction is the key.

Zhang Xin observes Kuzma's footsteps, his right foot is forward, Zhang Xin's left foot is the pivot foot, and his right foot steps forward, Kuzma quickly steps back with his left foot, Zhang Xin quickly retracts his right foot and steps to the left, Left-handed ball, this is a classic cross-step breakthrough, just to attack Kuzma’s forward footsteps, Kuzma stepped back with his left foot, the center of gravity has not yet stabilized, Zhang Xin has already rushed to the right, Kuzma retracted Heel on his right foot, was lightly touched by Zhang Xin, immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground, watching Zhang Xin whizzing away to make a layup.

Zhang Xin picked up the ball and returned to the top of the arc. Kuzma had already stood up. While his tender face was flushed, Zhang Xin could still see vague anger. Even when facing his seniors, Kuzma had his own pride.

Zhang Xin asked: "Are you still here?"

Kuzma said loudly: "Of course! I must guard you today!"

Zhang Xin laughed: "I hope you can do it."

Zhang Xin threw the ball to Kuzma, and Kuzma returned the ball to Zhang Xin. Now he didn't dare to expose his footsteps at will, and tried to stand parallel. Zhang Xin smiled: It's useless to hide, As long as I attack you, you still have to show your feet.

Zhang Xin dribbled the ball slowly, handed the ball to his left hand with his right hand, and dribbled the ball straight with his left hand, and then stepped forward with his whole body to the left, as if he was about to pierce past Kuzma’s right hand , Kuzma hurriedly moved sideways to block Zhang Xin's breakthrough direction, but Zhang Xin changed direction in front of his body and dribbled the ball back to his right hand. Kuzma completely judged the wrong direction, and Zhang Xin rushed in with a big step. The basket is successful!
"Crossover!" Kuzma exclaimed. As an extremely effective breakthrough technique, Crossover has long been popular in the league. Players who are good at Crossover include Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, Jamal Crawford, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Ty Lawson, Allen Iverson, etc., it can be said that as long as they are masters of breakthroughs, they will definitely use this skill. trick.

Zhang Xin's Crossover seems ordinary, but Kuzma, who is in it, has seen the rhythm and smoothness contained in it. Zhang Xin's Crossover is as smooth as silk, and Kuzma passed Kuzma at once. Lose.

Four balls were hit by Zhang Xin in a row, and each ball was played differently, but Kuzma had no resistance at all, and Kuzma was a little frustrated.

Zhang Xin said encouragingly: "Kyle, don't need to be depressed. I just let you realize your shortcomings. As long as you lay a good foundation, you will get better and better in the future, not to mention the one-on-one defense. It’s hard to defend in the first place, when you have teammates to help you defend in a game, but you can only rely on yourself when you’re singled out, it’s hard to defend in the first place.”

Kuzma nodded.

Hilde next to him smiled and said, "Kyle, the person you defend is No.1 in the league. You don't need to be depressed when you are defeated by the boss. Do you know how many bosses Malcolm and I can defend now? ... No No, we can defend two out of every ten balls!"

Kuzma's eyeballs almost fell out: "The two of you who were in the rookie first team last season were able to guard against the two bosses?"

"Haha, what do you think? It's true that we are the rookie first team, but standing in front of you is No.1 in the league, a holder of 80+ records twice in the regular season, and a 70+ triple-double in the playoffs." The holder of the record, the holder of an average of 50+ triple-doubles in the playoffs, is it too much for him to hit you ten and ten?" Brogdon laughed.

Kuzma was terrified, and felt a shudder rolling in his scalp: Yes, facing such an explosive scoring scorer who is as simple as eating and sleeping, who is the best scorer in NBA history, what kind of onion is he? Want to guard against Zhang Xin? !
Kuzma confessed: "I was overwhelmed."

Zhang Xin shook his head and said: "That's not the case. You must build up such confidence: I will be able to defend the man in front of you! This is the mentality that a top defender will have.

If you don't have this kind of mentality, it will be difficult for you to defend your opponent. Even if you are attacked by the opponent again and again, as long as you continue to maintain the intensity, his efficiency will definitely decrease and his physical strength will definitely decrease.

It is impossible for the defender to really lock the opponent, but the purpose of defense is to reduce the efficiency of the opponent. For example, defending James, can I completely lock James?
Impossible, I can only try to make him feel uncomfortable, make him feel that it is difficult to organize the team, let him consume energy in the entanglement with me, and then force him to reduce efficiency, this is a successful defense! "

Kuzma, Hield and Bro Gordon all suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)