basketball court controller

Chapter 97

Back hitting is a job that combines strength and technology. What is more important depends on the person.

Kobe's strength is not bad among guards, but now he feels completely overwhelmed.

Zhang Chen squeezed two steps and then turned around and leaned back. The range of the back was not large, but the height was not a problem at all. The opponent who was hit just now couldn't interfere with him at all.

"The majority of fans in this game will be blessed. O'Neal and Mourning, Kobe and Zhang Chen, the four All-Star starters, all chose a direct confrontation."

"Yes, such a situation is rare, especially on Zhang Chen and Kobe's side. Both of them chose to turn around and lean back to fight with this big killer."

Star duels are really exciting, and except for the All-Stars, this kind of situation rarely occurs, because the team's tactical choices basically do not choose mutual defense.

All-star players like Zhang Chen who specialize in marking the opponent's core are rare among famous stars.

Like Mourning and Ewing at that time, Kobe and Harper often switched positions to mark people.

It is the choice of many teams to save players' physical strength and allow star players to focus more on offense, and some star players themselves think that the dirty work of defense is tiring, and it is better to let the younger brothers do it.

But there are also some players who are very unwilling to admit defeat. He will limit the opponent whoever is stronger.

Of course, they won't work so hard when they encounter players they don't think are qualified to shoot. A star like Zhang Chen who values ​​defense as much as offense can be said to be an outlier, but others won't think it's wrong either. Because although he is an All-Star player, he is also a rookie in the NBA.

Many players also worked hard on defense when they first entered the league, but it is not necessarily the case after a long time. This has something to do with the players' basketball philosophy. Anyway, Zhang Chen is the kind of player who believes in dominating the opponent on both ends of the offense and defense, but he does not Make sure that it will be like this in every game in the future. Now it is because the team configuration requires him to do this. If the team configuration requires him to do other things in the future to be more conducive to victory, he will also change appropriately.

Zhang Chen strengthened his personal offense, one is to open up the situation for the Heat, and the other is to stimulate Kobe.

The existence of O'Neal is really troublesome. In addition to his lethality, he can pass the ball after attracting the Heat's defensive attention. There are a lot of shooters outside the Lakers, and they need to find a direction to break the opponent's smooth offense.

If Kobe plays heads-up against him, then this can be an opportunity.

But the plot didn't come as he imagined, and Kobe asked for the ball exactly like him, which made him happy, but after the successful defense, the opponent didn't act impulsively.

This is unscientific. I clearly felt the other party's anger, but I didn't expect it to be restrained.

Sure enough, it's not that simple. The teams that reached the finals have their own offensive and defensive routines. It is impossible to cause problems with a little provocation. The trouble is that after Mourning's attack is restricted, the Heat's role players have insufficient attack power. Weaknesses are exposed.

With Mourning in the paint before, shooting opportunities often appeared, but now there is less room for shots from the outside, and the Heat have only a few players who can create their own offensive opportunities, and Hardaway is still in poor health. , then only Zhang Chen and Mashburn are left, which is really a bit thin.

Especially when they are going to rest, the Heat's offense is like a headless chicken.

Kobe played almost the entire game in the tiebreaker against the Trail Blazers, so this time he was replaced and rested very normally, while the Heat still let Zhang Chen rest with the rhythm of the opponent.

Without Zhang Chen, Mourning can only bite the bullet and beat the fat man, otherwise the Heat's offense will not be able to fight at all, and it's not that he can't beat O'Neal, but he can't carry it to the basket. Far inferior to the other party.

Pat Riley has nothing to do. The finals are the first game. He can't let Zhang Chen and Mourning stay on the court for a long time, which consumes too much energy. It is a normal choice to take turns leading the team during the rotation , but now it doesn't work well.

Fortunately, the Lakers didn't intend to go all out at the beginning. They were also carrying out a normal rotation. O'Neal also started to rest, and Mourning was also replaced. Now it's Zhang Chen's turn to play with the rotation.

"Why, why were you passing the ball just now, did you get discouraged?"

"Are you kidding? It's not necessary. You've been lagging behind."

Zhang Chen was depressed. He remembered that he had said similar things to his opponent more than once, but he didn't expect Kobe to say that today. As expected, pretending to be coercive would have retribution.

But he will not admit the fact that he is behind, "If you are afraid, just say it, I can play more easily."

After that, he accelerated violently, with excellent speed and strength. Zhang Chen was not simply rampaging, that would be a foul. He changed direction and exerted force violently.

After the change of direction, it happened to be in contact with the side of the defensive player's body, and with another exertion, he could basically squeeze the person past. This is Zhang Chen's often used breakthrough method.

For his breakthrough, either his body is stronger than him, making him unable to squeeze through, or his reaction speed is extremely fast, and he is in front of him when he changes direction. Little, basically nothing that can do everything.

Kobe is not bad in these two aspects, but it is still not enough to completely limit Zhang Chen's breakthrough.

So after the physical contact between the two, Zhang Chen found room to make a shot and made a two-pointer.

Although he said he didn't care, Kobe actually cared about Zhang Chen scoring under his defense. Before, because O'Neal was still on the court and leading the score, he kept suppressing his emotions. Now O'Neal is in the Let's rest next time, he will definitely find his way back.

According to his competitive personality, he naturally wants to win on both ends of the defense. Now that he has suffered a loss on the defensive end, he must double his offense to get it back.

At this time, his most powerful move is to hit back, turn and lean back, but the breakthrough is also very powerful.

This time he chose to break through, because Zhang Chen beat him like this.

The start of the breakthrough after dribbling halfway is not as seamless as Iverson's, but it is also very fast, and the range of direction change is very large, almost twice that of Zhang Chen's, and then With a short stature, he almost passed the defender with rhythm and speed.

With his method, if he encounters a player who is not good at defense, he can pass by in one go, because as long as his rhythm changes, he will not be able to keep up with the speed of his next explosion.

It's just that Zhang Chen is not that kind of defensive rookie. He has played against a lot of strong players in the second and third positions. He didn't care about Kobe's sharp change of direction at all, and directly blocked his way forward.

Now that he was seen through, Kobe's eyes turned cold, and he pulled it up directly. This is the power of his move. If the opponent is not attracted by his rhythm, his change of direction this time can also be regarded as opening the distance between the two sides. Let him have space to shoot long shots.

Of course, Zhang Chen also expected this trick. Before the game, he watched a lot of the opponent's game videos, and he also played against each other twice in the regular season. Although it was not as intense as the playoffs, he still had a preliminary impression, so he stopped When he made the breakthrough, he spared some strength. After all, this kind of defensive judgment was mostly based on judgment. Seeing that the opponent chose to shoot, he opened his palm and bounced it instantly.

Under Zhang Chen's precise judgment, Kobe hit the ball with iron.

The Heat received the rebound and immediately handed it over to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen held the ball and pushed forward quickly. It would be best if the fast break can be played.

It's a good way again, facing Kobe who is catching up, change to a shot after a hard push.

However, what he didn't expect was that although he squeezed past this time, Kobe was not knocked away. When he shot, a palm also appeared in front of him.

He made a slight adjustment and avoided the opponent's block, but the shot rolled around the rim and bounced out.

The Lakers also advanced quickly. Kobe caught the ball and accelerated to change direction. Seeing that he did not get rid of Zhang Chen, he immediately turned around and sat down. As soon as the two bodies touched, he immediately turned around and threw the ball.

Hit, Zhang Chen has nothing to do with such an attack.

Can't play fast, can't play fast, Zhang Chen secretly reminded himself that he was too careless just now, he has strong physical strength, so he should slow down the rhythm and chisel slowly with the opponent, which is also in line with the Heat's usual tactics.

It's not that you can't be fast, the defenders should slow down the rhythm when they catch up, unless they are sure that the people in front can't stop him, and it's not bad to be able to rush in and dunk.

One-on-one with Kobe, it’s not about doing whatever you want. It’s okay to shoot from the outside. If you want to sit in a deep position with your body, someone will definitely help defend, which reduces some of his advantages.

But if he is given enough time, he can definitely beat the Lakers led by Kobe.

It's a pity that this is impossible. Regardless of O'Neal's size, his physical strength is also very good. In the playoffs, he was played by Kobe for a long time, so he returned to the court quickly. The match between Zhang Chen and Kobe The heads-up is also over, because as long as O'Neal plays, the Lakers' tactics must revolve around him.

"Damn..." Seeing O'Neill hit a hook when he came up, Zhang Chen secretly cursed in his heart, it doesn't matter if the opponent scores, but it is extremely depressing if he can't stop the opponent from scoring.

For a center like O’Neal, it’s useless even if he pinches Malone. He can pinch Malone because Malone often shoots from the outside. O’Neal doesn’t know how to shoot from the outside. Zhang Chen’s small body has to be kicked two meters away. Far.

How can we stop this fat man? Zhang Chen has a feeling that this guy has finished his warm-up and is ready to show off his skills. If he scores like this, the Heat will collapse before the fourth quarter. possible.

It's time to think of something.

(End of this chapter)