king of defenders

Chapter 389 Competitors
For the Spurs, players gather around Becky Harmon.

Although Becky Harmon is no longer young, as the first female coach in NBA history to lead a team to participate in the summer league, she is like a beautiful landscape, as long as she stands there, it is enough to attract countless human gaze.

Today Becky Harmon wore a professional suit and her hair was simply pulled back. She looked capable and free and easy. With a serious expression, she held a tactical board and said: "The Heat are very strong. There is no need for that." Let me emphasize again. But I still want to tell you again, we must be careful about Meng, we must guard him well, as long as we guard him well, we will win half of the game. Conversely, if we cannot guard Meng well, we will lose half first gone."

The Spurs players frowned, feeling that the coach was exaggerating.

They admit that Meng Yun is very strong. Meng Yun played very well throughout the summer league, and even had two 30+ performances. But is it too much for the coach to describe Meng Yun like this?

Seeing that the players didn't take it seriously, Becky Harmon couldn't help frowning. She wasn't exaggerating, and she couldn't be too cautious about someone who coach Popovich valued so much.

But obviously the players don’t think so, and it would be counterproductive to say more, Becky Harmon shook his head, stopped talking, and said instead: “Davis Bertans, Livio Jean -Charle, Kyle Anderson, Jarrell Eddy, Will Cherry, you guys will be the starters later."

"On the offensive end, just play as we did in the previous few games." Becky Harmon spread out the tactical board, "Use Kyle Anderson as the starting point of the offense, and pass the ball more."

"On the defensive end." Becky Harmon didn't emphasize Meng Yun again this time, but changed his approach, "Keep an eye on your respective people, and if necessary, help defend and switch defenses in time. In addition, the defensive line is slightly shrunk. One point, beware of the opponent's breakthrough. Inside, Davis Bertans, Livio Jean-Charles, you two pay attention to protecting the rebound."

After some arrangement, Becky Harmon stopped and clapped his hands: "Okay, that's it, get ready to play. Remember, you are a team and the strongest."

"Yes."

"Ah."

"Understood." The players responded and dispersed.

Players from both sides came to the field and the game was about to begin.

Becky Harmon sat down next to Popovich, his eyes fell on Meng Yun, and he said to himself: "I really want to know if you are really worthy of Coach Popovich's attention."

"beep"

Game start.

The jump ball, Smith failed again, and the Spurs got the ball.

The Spurs have Davis Bertans at center, Livio Jean-Charles at power forward, Kyle Anderson at small forward, Jarrell Eddy at shooting guard, and Will Cherry at point guard. , After he got the ball, he quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Kyle Anderson. Kyle Anderson took the ball and it was a singles.

I saw him take a tentative step, and then broke through to the right. Johnson quickly retreated, and at the same time moved a step to the left to get stuck.At this moment, Kyle Anderson dribbled the ball behind his back, handed the basketball to his left hand, changed direction, caught Johnson by surprise, and quickly rushed past Johnson.

Behind him is Smith, with his hands up, staring at Kyle Anderson.

"Humph." Kyle Anderson sneered, jumped up to face Smith, but held the basketball with one hand, and used a flip shot. The arc of the shot was very high, crossed Smith's fingertips, and finally pierced through the net with a swish. .

"nice shot."

"pretty."

In the audience, Spurs fans cheered.

Kyle Anderson turned around and looked at Meng Yun.

This time the Las Vegas Summer League mvp was the most popular three people, Meng Yun, Kyle Anderson, TJ-Warren, because the Suns lost to the Spurs, TJ-Warren missed the finals, so naturally he also missed the mvp .Then only Meng Yun and Kyle Anderson are left. Both of them averaged more than 20 points per game and are the team's top scorers. No matter which team wins, this Las Vegas Summer League The mvp will definitely be one of the two.

So in Kyle Anderson's view, Meng Yun is his competitor. This game is a duel between the Spurs and the Heat, and it is also a duel between him and Meng Yun.

Sensing Kyle Anderson's eyes, Meng Yun shook his head helplessly: "Sure enough, not being envied by others is a mediocrity. I must be too good, so people always envy me."

Heat attack.

Meng Yun advanced to the front court, glanced at the situation on the court, and gestured to his teammates: "Pull away."

Opposing Meng Yun is Will Cherry. Will Cherry is only 183 centimeters tall, which is a full dozen centimeters behind Meng Yun. This is a disadvantage.For Meng Yun, this is an opportunity for misplacement.

Everyone pulled away, Meng Yun singled Will Cherry, dribbled the ball under the crotch, sank his left shoulder, and without fake moves, he directly accelerated and broke through from the left hand.

"left."

Will Cherry reacted quickly, moved quickly to the right, and took a step back at the same time. Now everyone knows that Meng Yun is fast, so Will Cherry's first reaction when defending him is to retreat.

Only by getting stuck in position first can it be possible to guard against Meng Yun.

But this time Will Cherry miscalculated, Meng Yun didn't intend to break through at all. Under the situation of this height dislocation, the best way to score is not to break through, but to shoot.

"Shh!"

With a soft sound, Meng Yunqian made a jumper.

Will Cherry had actually reacted and rushed forward quickly, but he was too short, a full ten centimeters shorter than Meng Yun, and with the armband, he could touch the ball there, and he couldn't even interfere.

The goal was scored and the score was tied 2:2!
"Sure enough, Will Cherry and Meng are at a disadvantage. His speed can barely keep up with Meng, but his height disadvantage is fully exposed on the defensive end." Becky Harmon frowned, shook her head and sighed softly. Being mentally prepared, he gestured to the field, meaning: "Help Will Cherry help defend."

Becky Harmon didn't expect Will Cherry to defend Meng Yun one-on-one, but Will Cherry's organizational skills are very good, he has a strong view of the overall situation, plays calmly and selflessly, and can shoot three-pointers. That's why he was sent up, hoping that Will Cherry could make some contributions on the offensive end.

Spurs attack.

Will Cherry came to the front court, and the person in front of him changed, which surprised him. It was no longer Meng Yun defending him, but Ennis, and Meng Yun was defending Kyle Anderson.

Seeing this, Will Cherry felt relieved, but then he was a little worried about Kyle Anderson. He looked at Becky Harmon on the sidelines, Becky Harmon nodded, and Will Cherry put Pass to Kyle Anderson.

Kyle Anderson took the ball, lowered his center of gravity, tried to break through, changed directions continuously, and then accelerated suddenly, but his speed was a bit worse than Meng Yun, only to feel a flash of a figure in front of him, and Meng Yun blocked the front again .

(End of this chapter)