king of defenders

Chapter 822
After thinking about it again and again, the Hornets coach decided to make a substitution, replacing Zeller with teenager Christian Wood.

After laying out some tactics, the Hornets coach stopped Christian Wood and told him: "Christian, you have only one task, and that is to defend and keep an eye on the opponent's Whiteside. As long as you can restrain Whiteside, Then you have made a great contribution." In the end, he felt that it was not enough, so he had to give the young man a little thought, and added, "Fight hard, you are still young, and you will definitely have a chance in the future."

Wood's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly: "Coach, don't worry, I promise to complete the task well." He is not stupid, he knows that no matter whether he can do it or not, he must first have a correct attitude, even if he cannot restrain Whiteside, at least he must Let the coach see your hard work so that you will have a chance later.

The coach of the Hornets smiled and said: "Okay, let's go, play hard."

Pause ends.

The two sides returned to the field and the Hornets attacked.

Walker came to the frontcourt and couldn't help but frown when he saw Meng Yun coming forward. In fact, these guards in the NBA are somewhat depressed when they see Meng Yun. Meng Yun's height of 205 cm is too prominent for the position of No. 1 , surpassed most people, and at this height, he also has the speed that tops the league, terrifying jumping, and excellent strength. Not to mention that he is like a sharp knife on the offensive end, he also makes everyone The person facing him is a headache.

In a one-on-one situation, it is not easy to break through Meng Yun's defense, and his speed is too fast, even if he breaks through, it does not mean that his defensive threat to you will disappear.

This season, Meng Yun has often staged a good show of reflexive chasing caps.

"Pick-and-roll." Walker shook his head helplessly and gestured. Since it's hard to beat Meng Yun one-on-one, he can only rely on his teammates' pick-and-roll.

Taking advantage of the pick-and-roll, Walker quickly threw off Meng Yun and accelerated the breakthrough, but the Heat had already prepared for it, and Walker was not reluctant.

Afterwards, the Heat counterattacked, and Meng Yun threw the ball into the inside immediately after reaching the frontcourt.

"Sure enough." Walker thought to himself, reminding his teammates on the inside to pay attention.

Wood stepped forward, Whiteside took a look at him, and decisively played back singles. The guy who pushed was losing ground, and was about to be pushed to the basket. De suddenly made an inside pass, and Monroe behind him completely missed it, and the easy catch was a dunk.

"There is still an inside pass." The Hornets coach's expression became more serious, "As I expected, the weakness of the inside line was targeted by the opponent."

After that, the Heat frequently attacked the inside of the Hornets. The teenager Wood was very active, but his strength was limited. He was indeed not Whiteside's opponent. Even if he focused on defense, he still couldn't stop Whiteside.

On the other end, Williams couldn't guard Monroe either.

Monroe is stronger than Williams, he has more scoring methods than Whiteside, and his scoring ability is stronger. In addition, he can occasionally cooperate with Whiteside to make an internal pass. The insider only felt that it was hard to breathe.

"beep"

The referee blew his whistle, pointed at Wood, gave him a foul, and put up two fingers, indicating that Monroe's goal is valid and an additional penalty will be executed.

Wood crossed his hips, his face full of helplessness.

This time it was Monroe's singles and he passed Williams directly. Wood could only step forward to defend, but he seemed a little hesitant, knowing that he should go up, and was afraid that he would miss Whiteside.It was this hesitation that made him miss the best opportunity to defend. Monroe had already killed, Wood had no time to hesitate, and jumped up to face Monroe. Instead of defending the ball, he was beaten by Monroe. It became 2+1.

"here you go."

"This ball is beautiful."

Meng Yun and Wade stepped forward one after another and gave Monroe a high five.

Monroe walked to the free throw line with a smile and made the extra free throw steadily.

"Oh!" The Hornets coach sighed and called a timeout.

At this moment, the Heat have led by 14 points and only played 8 minutes in the first quarter. The situation is very unfavorable for the Hornets.

When the players came down, the Hornets coach reluctantly made adjustments, replacing Wood and Zeller again. In addition, the No. 4 and No. 2 positions also made adjustments. Only Walker and Batum did not change. He spread out his tactics Ban: "Our inside line is at a disadvantage, and the opponent is attacking our inside line. There is no good way now, but to shrink the defense line and rely on the defense to limit the opponent's inside attack."

Walker and Batumzi frowned and shrunk their defenses. What about the outside line?
You must know that both Meng Yun and Wade have the ability to shoot three-pointers, especially Meng Yun, whose three-pointers are very sharp. Wouldn't shrinking the defense give the Heat a chance to shoot from the outside?
Taking the reactions of Walker and Batum into his eyes, the Hornets coach shook his head bitterly. Walker and Batum looked at each other and could only sigh.

There is no way around this, if the defense line is not shrunk, the opponent will continue to attack the inside line. This result has been seen just now, and I can't stop it.

There must be trade-offs!

"I hope the opponent's outside touch is not good." Walker smiled wryly. Shrinking the defense line does not mean that there is no defense on the outside. It just may be too late to stop the three-point shooting and give the opponent some opportunities.

But it also depends on whether the opponent can make a shot.

On the Heat's side, Spoelstra didn't make any more arrangements, because the situation is very clear, if the opponent does not make defensive adjustments, then continue to play like this.If you make adjustments and choose to shrink the defense line, then it depends on the outside line.

He just made a personnel rotation, replacing Monroe, Wade, and Luol Deng, replacing Sullinger, Lu Wei, and Green, and Sullinger replaced Monroe. The team's inside deterrence, Lu Wei and Green both have excellent three-point shooting ability, plus Meng Yun, the outside line also has enough firepower.

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the field.

After a few rounds, Spoelstra smiled, and Craig said with a chuckle: "The opponent still chose to shrink the line of defense, but all of this is in our calculations."

Spoelstra nodded: "The opponent is betting that our perimeter players don't feel good. Unfortunately, they let them down. Our perimeter players feel good."

As soon as Meng Yun came up, he knew that the opponent had changed his defensive strategy. He gave Lu Wei and Green a look. The three quickly formed a tacit understanding. Meng Yun and Lu Wei took turns to break through. One broke through and the other two stayed outside the three-point line. , When the ball is passed, take advantage of the opponent's shrinking defense, and immediately shoot before it is too late.

In a few rounds, Meng Yun hit one, Green hit one, and Lu Wei missed one, but it didn't matter, two three-pointers were enough.

(End of this chapter)