basketball court controller

Chapter 37
"Zhang, in the fourth quarter, you will play the No. 1 position."

Tim Hardaway can't be on the bench all the time. After all, he is the core of the team's perimeter, and a famous figure like him can make the Knicks' defense tangled just by standing on the court.

As for Zhang Chen, Pat Riley was very satisfied with his performance in the third quarter and made him make a bold decision to directly let Zhang Chen play point guard.

Since Zhang Chen's possession of the ball has already made the Knicks' defense uncomfortable, let him play point guard and let Hardaway play shooting guard.

In this case, Zhang Chen can give full play to it, and Hardaway can only focus on scoring, maybe the touch can be restored.

Of course, this is just a specific arrangement for this game. Zhang Chen is not a pure point guard, even less pure than Hardaway. Hardaway is a guard who needs the ball in his hands. It is unrealistic to ask him to play without the ball all the time.

In the final stage of the third quarter, Ewing fought hard, the two sides had offense and defense, and the final score was 64:71. According to the fixed rhythm of the two sides, judging from the momentum of the Heat chasing points, the outcome of the two teams is still very close. unclear.

The two teams are very defensive, the rhythm is not fast, and it is impossible to catch up with 7 points in an instant, and if the Knicks cannot stop the momentum of the Heat, one quarter is enough for the Heat to turn defeat into victory.

Playing again, when Zhang Chen dribbled the ball forward, he found that the defender in front of him had changed. The Knicks also made a change. In order to limit Zhang Chen, they sent Sprewell, who had the strongest outside single defense ability.

Sprewell's height and weight are not dominant, but this guy is very good at stalking, has a strong defensive stickiness, quick enough to respond desperately, and has particularly good endurance. The key is that this guy is very good at defending guys who are taller and heavier than him. have experience.

Thinking about the offensive killer like Mashburn, it's hard to be guarded by him, and you know that this guy is not afraid of players who are taller and stronger than himself.

For Zhang Chen, the most troublesome thing for Sprewell is that his feet are fast enough, so his advantage is much less, at least he can't make a breakthrough like facing Houston.

In fact, he can also choose to pass the ball more when attacking. When Sprewell pinches him, he also pinches the opponent. If the Knicks lose the vitality of Sprewell, the vitality of the offense will be at least half.

But the first ball must be tough, he is not a real point guard, he must let the defenders feel his determination, no matter who the defender in front of him is, he will not care about the kind of determination.

When he got near the three-point line, he turned his body so that he could sit inside with his back facing the opponent.

Although Sprewell is thin, his strength is still very good, and his sudden start speed is very fast. Many opponents who are taller and heavier than him have used this trick against him, and the ball was accidentally intercepted by him.

Of course Zhang Chen would not be so careless. In addition to using his body, he also entangled with the opponent with the movement of protecting the ball with the other hand, constantly sweeping the opponent away. In this era, a little bit of body with movement Basically don't care.

After sitting inside for a few steps, Zhang Chen turned over and scored the ball with a jumper.

Sprewell is indeed a master of close defense, but Zhang Chen himself is not too afraid of this type of defense, so it is no problem to concentrate and force him a few times.

Especially when the Knicks can't make up their minds to pinch him at all, this is the advantage of not being the boss. If Zhang Chen is the boss of the Heat, the opponent probably has already made up his mind to pinch him. In that case, he can only pass the ball. Scoring depends on the shooting accuracy of teammates.

Of course, this is also because the Knicks are still ahead, they dare not make such a crazy decision, and their head coach is not such a crazy person.

After hitting the ball, Zhang Chen immediately followed Sprewell. He will restrict whoever restricts him. This is a contest between offense and defense. When a player can suppress the opponent from both ends of the offense and defense, he will This opponent can be completely defeated.

Of course, it's also because Sprewell and Houston also swapped positions on offense.

Obviously, the Knicks felt that Houston was at a disadvantage when facing Zhang Chen on both offense and defense, but it didn't mean that he was not good enough. They believed that Zhang Chen's technical characteristics had a certain suppressive effect on him.

Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy believes that if he doesn't face Zhang Chen, Houston should still be able to play the role of one of his "two guns".

Suddenly without that kind of hand-to-hand defense, Houston got the ball without much effort, using his best method, the mid-range shot.

He thought the ball was a sure thing, but what he didn't expect was that when he got the space to shoot, he hit the basket, which almost made the "king of mid-range shots" Sparta.

In fact, this is due to Van Gundy's incomprehensive consideration. Replacing the "Two Guns" can indeed give Houston more opportunities, but this guy has been entangled with Zhang Chen for most of the time, and his muscles are tense because he is already a little lacking in energy. , Coupled with the different rhythm of the defensive players in front of him, it is not surprising that he missed the shot.

In other words, the Knicks expecting Houston to score is simply thinking left.

In the next attack, Zhang Chen still looked like he wanted to force Sprewell, but this time he just pretended to force him. The ball hit the ground and hit Mashburn who was on the baseline. On the defensive end, Houston temporarily He didn't get used to it either, and was beaten again by Mashburn.

Now at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the 7-point gap turned into 3 points in two clicks. This is probably something the Knicks never thought of. Their head coach Van Gundy stood on the sidelines and opened his mouth a little bit. He hadn't figured it out yet, he wasn't an on-the-spot commanding coach, so he was a little at a loss in the face of such a situation.

However, Sprewell immediately made a small throw after a breakthrough to change the point difference back to 5 points, and Van Gundy closed his mouth.

Zhang Chen also realized that he was in the same trouble as Houston. The defender suddenly became Sprewell. He was a little uncomfortable. The speed of the opponent was much faster than Houston.

You have to concentrate more, Zhang Chen reminded himself.

As the defenses of both sides are strengthening, the offense of both sides has become less smooth, becoming stagnant and fragmented, and it is difficult to attack continuously at every point on the field.

"Mourning's singles, turnaround jumper, very difficult..."

"Hardaway is very aggressive, he seems to have no enough confidence in shooting..."

"Ewing was trying so hard, he fell over, oh my god, it's ok."

"Sprewell made a good breakthrough. Mourning came to help defend. Sprewell chose to pass the ball... The ball was interfered by Zhang Chen. He lost his position and immediately appeared in another defensive position. The Heat's Defensive rotation is still very good."

In this case, the point difference between the two sides was shaking between 1 and 5 points. When the time was still 3 minutes, the point difference became 3 points again, and Pat Riley called a timeout.

Time has entered the decisive moment of this game. Pat Riley made another investigation. In the last 3 minutes, Mourning directly defended Ewing. Hardaway can let Ward go, and he is ready to defend from the outside at any time.

He determined that the Knicks' shot at the last moment must be Ewing or "Two Guns".

Zhang Chen also secretly made up his mind that he must not give Sprewell any more chances. After nearly 10 minutes of adaptation, he has almost adapted to the starting speed of "Madman".

The Heat serve, positional battle, the most commonly used tactic, the ball is shifted to the left, and handed over to Mourning who ran over. Mourning resisted twice, and threw the ball to the basket before being pinched. .

Due to the strong confrontation, the accuracy is slightly worse.

P-J-Brown was squeezed behind, and just when the Knicks were about to receive the rebound, Zhang Chen slammed in from behind. He had been training with Mourning for so long, and he almost threw the ball at Mourning The moment I went out, I expected that the ball might be a little bit off, and I guessed the direction in which the ball would pop out.

This is not luck, it is based on familiarity with teammates. A better rebounder can even predict the trajectory of the opponent's shots. Zhang Chen is not that good, but he still knows the shooting habits of most teammates very well.

"With Zhang Chen's supplementary dunk from the Heat, the score difference between the two sides is only 1 point again."

Sprewell received the ball at the three-point line in front of the basket, and then accelerated to erase it in an instant.

"I'm not a holy fighter, and I won't always use the same trick." After being broken through a few times, Zhang Chen's body almost had a memory, and he turned sideways almost the moment the opponent started.

Finally caught up with the pace, Zhang Chen didn't step forward to force him, but just kept in front of the opponent and covered him.

Because the height is not dominant, Sprewell can only choose to pass the ball without getting rid of it. Ewing catches the ball and takes a step forward and prepares to hit the basket. Mourning's long arm has already pressed it.

As the team's inside defensive gate, Mourning will not feel uncomfortable just because he changed his defender. Ewing, who had bounced back, wanted to fight him at the basket, and immediately suffered a disadvantage, and the ball was blocked.

P-J-Brown behind him picked up the basketball and handed it to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen dribbled the ball forward quickly. Facing Sprewell who was chasing him, he pushed the ball to the side. Quick layup.

Go-ahead, Hardaway shot without a crosshair, and the layup was still very stable.

The Knicks immediately called a timeout. After returning, Houston scored 2 points, and he finally adjusted.

Then Zhang Chen also made a mid-range shot, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately.

With less than ten seconds left in the game, the Heat lead by one point and the Knicks have the ball.

After the timeout, the frontcourt served, so the players, including the audience at the scene, were tense.

Zhang Chen is close to Sprewell, but part of his attention is on Alan Houston. He has a feeling that another time and space may be staged in advance, and he will never allow such a thing occur.

(End of this chapter)