king of defenders

Chapter 1264 Head-to-head confrontation with Antetokounmpo
"The reaction is very fast." Meng Yun had noticed Antetokounmpo behind him a long time ago, and when he looked up, Lopez had retreated and was guarding the basket. "Are you attacking back and forth?"

Meng Yun chuckled, and suddenly stepped on the brakes. Antetokounmpo was taken aback and stopped quickly. Lopez didn't expect Meng Yun to stop suddenly, and he didn't know whether to step forward for a while.

At this moment, Meng Yun jumped up suddenly, and Antetokounmpo had just stopped, so he didn't have time to jump up and block the shot. He could only watch Meng Yun jump up, but Lopez jumped up and flew forward, wanting to block the shot. The ball is blocked.

However, Meng Yun had already prepared for it. It was not a regular jumper, but a drop shot. The shot was fast, without pause, and the arc was high, which made Lopez helpless.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the ball goes in.

Lopez smiled helplessly, but he was not disappointed. For a player like Meng Yun, it would be difficult to defend after he broke through the first defender.

What's more, even if he pounces in time, Meng Yun can still pass the ball. He has many choices.

Antetokounmpo didn't speak, and ran to the front court silently, took the basketball from his teammates, and suddenly raised the ball, Xiang Long raised his eyebrows, hesitating whether to jump up to block the shot.

In the end, Xiang Long didn't jump, worrying that Antetokounmpo was bluffing. After all, Antetokounmpo mainly relied on breakthroughs to score quickly inside.

Unexpectedly, this time, Antetokounmpo actually shot a three-pointer, Xiang Long was astonished, and turned his head quickly, only to see the basketball piercing through the net, raising a white wave.

"Three points?" Meng Yun was also surprised.

In a blink of an eye, two or three more rounds passed, and Meng Yun faced Antetokounmpo again, and Antetokounmpo stared at Meng Yun more carefully.

Meng Yun suddenly started, Antetokounmpo quickly turned sideways, and did not retreat in a hurry, because once he retreated and Meng Yun made another change of direction, he would have no time to adjust his center of gravity.

Of course, it's hard to block Meng Yun just by turning sideways, but at least it won't be completely passed by directly.

With Meng Yun's speed, instead of getting stuck first, he might as well turn sideways, at least he can chase Meng Yun without completely losing his defensive position.

"This guy is quite smart." Meng Yun moved forward, but saw Antetokounmpo sticking to his side, just sticking to him, waiting for the opportunity to move.

At this moment, Antetokounmpo is fully committed to defense and is very focused. Both his choices and actions are impeccable. He is extremely talented and has such potential.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Antetokounmpo completely, Meng Yun's pupils shrank, and he suddenly stepped on the brakes.

"Again?"

Lopez at the basket snorted coldly and rushed forward quickly.

Unexpectedly, Meng Yun didn't want to repeat the same trick at all, but a ground pass. The basketball bounced from Lopez's feet and fell behind him. With a sound, I knew I had been fooled.

"Beautiful pass." Whiteside and Meng Yun clapped hands.

Lopez was a little impulsive with this ball, thinking that Meng Yun was going to repeat the old trick, so he rushed forward, but for a moment he forgot that passing the ball was also Meng Yun's great trick, and he threw away Whiteside behind him, but Meng Yun hit the ground and passed The ball was given to Whiteside, who made a dunk.

Meng Yun looked at Antetokounmpo and said with a smile: "Do you think I can't pass the ball?"

Antetokounmpo is speechless. This is a game, not a one-on-one street fight, let alone a battle of spirits. Winning the game is the key. As for scoring by yourself or assisting teammates to score, does it matter?
Of course it doesn't matter.

"Huh" Antetokounmpo took a deep breath and told himself not to be impulsive, and then he looked at Meng Yun again, with complicated emotions. It seemed that Meng Yun was younger than himself. How could this guy be so old? After a long and short fight with him, this guy is still so calm, he passes the ball when he should, without hesitation.

No, it's not just that he didn't hesitate, he had planned it long ago, so he repeated the old tricks, and he was simply setting up doubts, which was digging a hole.

Antetokounmpo is not good at this kind of digging, and he can only get it back with a violent dunk on the offensive end when he is depressed. However, he just completed the dunk, and the Heat immediately scored again when he came back, which made his heart just rise. There is no joy left, and the difference in points is still so much, it has not narrowed.

"beep"

The Bucks requested a timeout.

Antetokounmpo looked at the head coach and was about to explain, but the head coach waved his hand and said, "No need to explain, I didn't blame you, you can continue to defend Meng Yun later." After speaking, he looked at the others, "But we have to defend More targeted, Giannis mainly restricts his outside shooting, once he breaks through, others must quickly defend."

Since Antetokounmpo is defending against Meng Yun, naturally he can't be the same as Middleton. That is meaningless and just a waste of Antetokounmpo's physical energy.

So it needs to be targeted. After all, Antetokounmpo has some advantages over Middleton, and these advantages must be brought into play.

Soon the pause will end.

The match between the two sides continued, Meng Yun didn't play hard against the opponent's defense. Now the teammates feel good and are in good condition. It's a pity not to let the teammates play more.

Meng Yun has always followed a principle, that is, "the pursuit of efficiency".

It's like he is very good at dunking, but he doesn't dunk easily. When to dunk depends on the price-performance ratio and whether it is worth it; He didn't do that, because it was just a brush. In fact, there is not much difference between taking it by himself and his teammates. It may even be better and more efficient for teammates to take it.

For example, just now, when Lopez and Antetokounmpo attacked back and forth, it was not impossible for Meng Yun to score, but he chose to pass to Whiteside because Whiteside has a better position, easier scoring and higher efficiency.

Sometimes the role players don't score much, but the shooting percentage may be higher.

Of course, this has something to do with role positioning. Core players often need to stand up and score at critical moments. The defensive strength they face is inherently more difficult to score, and the shooting rate may be lower. Such a big ball is not a key ball, the psychological pressure is not so great, and the hit rate may be higher instead.

But putting these aside, in terms of shooting percentage alone, in a game, some role players may have a higher shooting percentage than core players.

And Meng Yun wants to take advantage of this, he can score, and his teammates can also score. Facing the opponent's strict defense, he may have a [-]% hit rate, but his teammates face less defensive pressure, and the hit rate may be [-]%. Seventy percent, why not pass the ball?

In fact, many people know this, but it is not so easy to control the rhythm of the game, pass the ball when it is time to pass, pass the ball well, and score when it is time to score.

(End of this chapter)