king of defenders

Chapter 1038 It's a Mess

The nba has developed for decades and has experienced a lot.

Get up early in the NBA, and there is a saying in the NBA called "The one who gets the inside wins the world."

At that time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon and other super insiders ruled the league.

Later, as the times changed and the game style changed, the role of inside players on the field gradually weakened, and the NBA entered the "guard era."

During this period, many outstanding defenders appeared, starting with Jordan, Kobe, Wade, Iverson, McGrady, and then Nash, Paul and so on.

From the 86-87 season when Jordan won the league's scoring title until the 06-07 season, in the 20 years, only three players who won the NBA's scoring title were not guards. In a few years, it is not an exaggeration to say that the NBA is the "guard era".

Of course, Michael Jordan contributed the most to this. He really spread the influence of the NBA to the whole world, and he won the NBA scoring champion ten times, which is unprecedented.

After that, entering the 21st century, with the rise of LeBron James, Kevin Durant and others, the nba has gradually entered the "forward era".

This period gave birth to many great forwards, who influenced the entire league, and even still do so today, led by LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce, Kawhi - Leonardo, Paul George, Jimmy Butler, etc.
"Inside Era", "Guard Era", "Forward Era", this is an evolution process throughout the history of nba, and it is also a manifestation of basketball advancing with the times.

Why was the insider king a few decades ago?

Why then will the defender dominate the game?
Why are forwards ruling the league today?

If you go deeper, it is the evolution history of nba.

In recent years, the NBA has almost been a duel between LeBron James and Kevin Durant. From the period of the Heat and Thunder to the period of the Cavaliers and Warriors, it is not difficult to see that the role of the forward is also dominant.

In the past, the task of small forwards was to score and defend, but now the requirements for small forwards have become higher. They need to score, defend, and they need to connect and control the rhythm.

For today's small forwards, the requirement is omnipotence!
In fact, this is not only true for small forwards, but also for defenders and even inside players. For example, almost all inside players can shoot three-pointers, which was unimaginable in the past; To get 10 rebounds in a game was also unimaginable in the past; another example is that the current striker can send out 10 assists in a game while attacking and defending.
Not to mention Antetokounmpo's inside body and guard's style of play is different.

All in all, today's NBA has higher requirements for players, needs players to do more things on the court, and needs them to be able to do everything.

Meng Yun is actually taking such a path. Although he is a point guard, he has outstanding scoring ability, rebounding and defense are no problem.

Also, he is a shooter.

In the All-Star Game, Meng Yun was not interested in showing his rebounding ability, and his organizational ability was not of much significance. After all, he didn’t play any tactics, so he is now focusing on scoring. After scoring two three-pointers before, Meng Yun Yun simply turned into a pitcher and waited outside the three-point line.

He is not worried about not receiving the ball, because James is in control of the ball at this time.

James has no interest in MVP, and has a good relationship with Meng Yun, and his usual style of play is to get assists when his teammates are strong, rebound when he is free, and score when the team needs it. Now Meng Yun feels hot, James So happy and relaxed, if you don't attack, you will get assists.

"Whoosh."

A long-distance pass, James pushed the ball with both hands, and the basketball went from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Meng Yun's speed was like the wind, and he was already in place. When he saw the ball coming, he stretched out his hand and stopped outside the three-point line. When he came back, he didn't expect Meng Yun to miss the chance of a fast-break dunk, but he wanted to shoot a three-pointer. If he couldn't stop the car for a while, he couldn't stop Meng Yun, so he could only watch him shoot from outside the three-point line.

Swish!
Enter again!

Meng Yun smiled confidently, turned around and ran back, passing by James, the two looked at each other, smiled and high-fived each other.

"Another three points."

"How many times is this? Meng Yun is crazy about voting today."

In the auditorium, the fans clicked their tongues.

Meng Yun didn't make a breakthrough today. Except for two dunks, all the others were three-pointers. The key is that the shooting percentage is too high.

8 shots, 6 hits.

Durant couldn't help frowning. Meng Yun's three-pointer was too sharp. It not only helped the James team overtake the score, but also opened up the point difference. This will not work.

Then Durant stood up, made a big change of direction and went inside, followed by a one-handed dunk to get back two points for the Curry team.

Lowry also began to defend seriously. He has already let Meng Yun make three three-pointers. If Meng Yun is allowed to shoot like this again, he will have no place to put his face.

He doesn't want to be like Green and become the background board for Meng Yun to achieve himself.

Although Lowry is a lot shorter than Meng Yun, his defensive ability is not bad. Meng Yun also felt the pressure by clinging to Meng Yun, and failed to make a three-pointer under Lowry's interference.

James came over and said to Meng Yun, "I'll help you pick and roll later."

Meng Yun frowned, and smiled happily: "Old Zhan is interesting enough."

In the next attack, James walked outside the three-point line with the ball and gave Meng Yun a look. Meng Yun understood and ran towards this side. The two passed each other. James turned sideways and passed the ball to Meng Yun. , took advantage of the opportunity to set a pick-and-roll for Meng Yun, blocking Lowry.

Meng Yun didn't delay after receiving the ball, and immediately made a three-pointer.

Swish!
This time there is.

It was another three-pointer, and the fans were a little numb.

This is how many three-pointers Meng Yun made today, 6 or 7?
Just when the fans were smacking their tongues, Meng Yun made another steal, and then made a fast break, stopped outside the three-point line, flicked his wrist, and the basketball flew in the wind, and finally "swish" under the stunned gaze of the fans Pierced through the Nets in one go, making many fans open their mouths.

Another one, eight!
Even Coach Spoelstra didn't expect Meng Yun to be so fierce, and the three-point accuracy was a mess. How many three-pointers were made in this quarter alone, 4 or 5?
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