The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 430 [Turn stress into motivation! 】

Tony Allen has rich experience, and he blocked Griffin's breakthrough route and forced him to choose a jumper. The ball missed and the rebound was taken by Love.

Love protected the ball and did not launch a fast break. The Grizzlies quickly returned to defense.

The Clippers are confident that they can crush the Grizzlies in a positional offense.Tony Allen took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Josh Smith. Ye Feng used Love's off-ball screen to get rid of Gay on the outside. When he reached the low post on the right, Griffin switched defenses.

It would definitely not work for Gay to defend Ye Feng in the low post.Smith passed the ball to Love outside, who quickly lobbed the ball into the low post.Ye Feng caught the ball and leaned against Griffin and dribbled a step into the middle. He took the ball and turned back to face the frame. The crotch of his left hand passed luck to his right, and distanced himself from Griffin.

These actions brought back Griffin's nightmares. Ye Feng singled him in the playoffs last year, opening up space and making pull-up shots again and again. Those seemingly unskilled pull-up shots would drive people crazy.

Ye Feng didn't make a pull this time. He paused for a while, and waited for Griffin to move his weight forward slightly. He dribbled the ball from his crotch to his left hand, turned to the center and entered the penalty area. The position was one step before the free throw line, still far from the basket. , He patted the ball with his left hand on the spot, took three steps in a row with small steps, and moved in place with small steps, but this fake move made Griffin take a big step back, and the two separated.

Ye Feng made moves in this position, trying to attract double-teamers, but no one came up, he immediately picked up the ball with both hands, Griffin hurriedly took a big step forward and made a move to jump up to block the shot, but Ye Feng didn't shoot, Instead, he threw the ball high to the backboard with one hand, and at the same time started to rush into the basket at full speed. Griffin's center of gravity was completely forward, and if he wanted to turn around and catch up with Ye Feng, even if he broke his ankle, he couldn't do it.

Another Grizzlies insider, Gortat, followed Gasol out of the penalty area, and it was too late to make up the defense. Ye Feng jumped up with all his strength, caught the basketball with his right hand, shrunk back, bent his left knee, stretched his right leg, and his body was almost horizontal. Come here, one-handed tomahawk to dunk the ball in! 6 to 2.

"OH! MY, GOG! MY, GOG!" Barkley and Kenny Smith shouted together.The audience was also fascinated by the shocking upside-down of the ball, shouting loudly, and there was a wave of people in the stands.

The goal just now was replayed on the big screen, and Barkley shouted: "This will definitely be the top five goals, and it can even be selected as the best goal of the year. Griffin was dizzy. This ball should be in the dunk contest." Full marks."

Kenny Smith said: "It's very similar to Francis' perfect dunk in the slam dunk contest. It's so beautiful! Ye Feng doesn't seem to care about Griffin at all, and he still performs in key games."

Barkley said with a smile: "This is very normal. He dared to make moves in the finals and has a big heart. He said in an interview that he knows how to turn pressure into motivation."

Griffin was going crazy and was going to return one.He covered for Westbrook from the side. Ye Feng is now defending Westbrook and asked Tony Allen to follow Guy. Guy mostly runs off the ball and attacks, and Allen is more suitable for defense With the pick-and-roll, Ye Feng single-handedly defends against Griffin, and his height is not a disadvantage. Griffin can't even shoot easily.

After the pick-and-roll, Smith followed Westbrook, Westbrook returned the ball to Griffin, and Ye Feng stepped forward to defend.Griffin dribbled the ball in singles. First he dribbled the ball from his crotch to the middle, and then he dribbled the ball from his crotch to his right hand to go to the baseline. Ye Feng did not take a fake move and followed up from the side. , and he prevents breakthroughs from interfering with shots, keeps a distance from opponents, and can react in time.

Griffin jumped up from the low position on the right side, and Ye Feng also jumped up. His excellent wingspan made up for the difference in height, and his height was still higher than Griffin's.

Griffin takes off with all his strength, holds the ball in the air with his right hand, and pulls the bar. Usually, he can avoid the block when he makes this action, and then hits the board when he is about to fall. This is one of the singles tricks.But Ye Feng's ability to stay in the air is not a vegetarian, and he won't fall ahead of Griffin, who is superior in weight.And Ye Feng's hand not only blocked the shooting angle, but also pressed it accurately on the ball.

Ye Feng used all his strength, Griffin was in the state of pulling the bar, and his center of gravity suddenly became unstable after a struggle, and he fell and sat on the ground.After landing, Ye Feng picked up the basketball first, dribbled the ball behind Westbrook who came up to grab the ball, picked it up with one hand and threw it to Tony Allen while running, and continued to run forward by himself, a superfluous movement If not, launch a fast attack.

Guy quickly returned to the defense and caught up with Tony Allen. Allen passed to the frontcourt and passed to Smith in the middle.Arthur chased Ye Feng again, and Smith was unguarded.He was not polite, turned around 360 degrees and slammed the ball into the basket with his left hand! 8 to 2.

This was another slam dunk contest performance.On the sidelines, some fans scored 50 points, and they got the scoring card for the dunk contest during the All-Star Weekend!The big cap speeded up the attack and dunked, and the Clippers showed their momentum.

Seeing Griffin's depression, Barkley gloated and said, "It's unwise for Griffin to attack Ye Feng. You can't really treat him as a guard. He has a quadruple-double and has 1.3 blocked shots this season."

The Grizzlies attacked, and Westbrook played a pick-and-roll with Arthur this time, but whoever covered it, it was Smith who defended the pick-and-roll.Westbrook passed the ball to Griffin, and Griffin passed it to Gay.

Gay couldn't turn around as soon as he stopped after receiving the ball. Tony Allen was too close to the body. His defense this season has left a deep impression on people, which is very good.Gay took two steps behind his back and handed it to Gortat in the low position on the left side.

Gortat's back attack is also an offensive method for the Grizzlies, but today Gortat is facing Gasol. When he was in the Clippers, he and Gasol did not take advantage of the matchup.Gasol defended, carried Gortat on his shoulders, and watched him raise his super long arm to interfere when he turned around.

The Clippers attacked, Ye Feng ran out of the outside line to get the ball under the cover of Love and threw Gay away, Griffin changed defense a little slower, Ye Feng didn't stop, the most accurate shot in the middle received the ball and then turned around and made a jump shot, A three-pointer hit at the top of the arc! 11 to 2.Gay just bypassed Love, and there was no time to block it.

Grizzlies coach Hollins yelled "pick and roll and switch defense" on the court.The defense against Ye Feng cannot be relaxed for a moment.Unlike people's predictions, the Grizzlies didn't have an inextricable fight with the Clippers at the beginning, and were completely overwhelmed.

The Grizzlies finally hit a jumper by Gay, 11 to 4.Ye Feng's touch also cooled down, and he missed two shots in a row. Smith and Love began to take over the heavy responsibility of offense. First, Smith broke through and scored, and then Love moved outside to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll.Love also hit Gay in a low post after a dislocation, turned around and made a shot.

The score quickly widened to more than 10 points.Grizzlies coach Hollins was forced to request a timeout, but there was no significant improvement after the timeout ended. The Clippers' offense was too sharp.Gasol also has an advantage in playing Gortat, but in order to ensure offensive efficiency, Gasol is only responsible for pick-and-rolls and does not attack.

The Clippers led by 35 points 22 to 13 in the first quarter.Ye Feng scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, Love scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Smith scored 8 points.Just the three of them scored more points than the entire Grizzlies team.Griffin was defended to death in the first quarter, but he was forced to get a free throw opportunity. He made one of two free throws, scored a poor point, and grabbed 2 rebounds.Ye Feng needs to stay away from the basket when switching defenses, he can't even grab rebounds.

During the timeout, Barkley and Smith commented on Griffin and Love, two young power forwards.

The two are often compared by experts. They are atypical insiders of the younger generation. They are less than 2010cm tall, but they can play beautiful statistics and be selected for the All-Star Game.As the representative of the new generation of power forwards in the NBA today, who is better?Who is more likely to become the top power forward in the NBA?The two can be compared in several ways.

The first is shooting. Among all power forwards in active service, Love's three-point shooting rate ranks third. This season, his three-point shooting rate reached 3%, while Nowitzki has only 41 in his 14-year career. The second three-point shooting rate exceeds 1%.

Griffin's shooting ability needs to be improved urgently. His mid-range shot is slightly stronger than last season, but the three-pointer has not yet been developed.In addition, he is more accustomed to playing in the low post, and 71% of his offense comes from around the basket, which is very similar to Ye Feng who just entered the league.In terms of shooting, Love is far better than Griffin. Most of his points are shots.

Let's talk about bouncing, although Love is not a shot-blocking expert, and his athletic ability looks terrible.But in the rookie training camp in 2008, his vertical take-off height reached 86CM, not much less than Griffin.He just has average bullet speed, especially his weak continuous jumping ability.It can be said that Love is a pseudo-floor dancer. It's not that he can't jump, but he doesn't jump.The Clippers players saw him dunk with a big windmill in training, but they never saw him in the game because he didn't participate in the fast break.

Among all the four players in active service, Griffin's bounce is obviously outstanding. Last season, he ranked first in the league in dunks, and this season so far is second in the league. However, his blocked shots can only be ranked 106th. bit.Compared with bouncing, Griffin can only be regarded as slightly better than Love.

Rebounding is an important item. Relying on his shoulder width, weight advantages, and excellent positioning and judgment ability, Love is a super "rebound machine", especially his extremely accurate judgment on rebound placement. Day in and day out of studying footage and innate talent.Although Griffin has super athletic ability, he relies more on bouncing when fighting for rebounds, and Love is slightly better at rebounding.

And speed.Many people think that Love's speed is very slow, which is the impression left by him before.After slimming down, his movement speed in a small area is already very fast, no less than any big player in the league.Of course, Love can't compare with Griffin. Griffin's explosive power is abnormal, and no power forward in the league can catch up with him.Due to the gap in running ability, Love is used to two offensive methods, one is low-post singles, and the other is outside fixed-point shooting.Griffin is a fast break master, able to attack with the ball, making opponents hard to defend.Griffin wins in this regard.

Lastly is defense.Love knows how to defend under the training of Mahon and Mutombo. He rarely loses position in single defense, but he is relatively poor in lateral movement and slow defense in pick-and-rolls, and it is difficult to keep up with fast guards.And headaches for inside players with advantages in athletic ability, such as Aldridge of the Trail Blazers, when the two match up, Love will generally be exploded.

Griffin's defense is also lacking, and sometimes his defensive center of gravity is so low that he often misses the baseline.In the rotation defense, Griffin did not do a good job, and he can only make up for it with his athletic ability.The two defenses are very similar, and they are very ordinary.

In the end, I came to the conclusion that although Griffin's style of play is very ornamental, for now, Love is better and more comprehensive than him.Moreover, the gap between the two may gradually widen in the future.Players who rely on talent to play, such as Sean Kemp back then and Stoudemire now, decline very quickly. Once the speed slows down and they can't jump, they will become ordinary players.If injured, Griffin's state will decline faster.And Love, who is proficient in floor play, doesn't have to worry about these problems. Even if he is 35 years old, he will shoot the ball according to his height, just like Karl Malone.With his style of play, the possibility of serious injury is also very low, almost negligible.

No power forward is more suitable for the Clippers than Love. He can complete the pick-and-roll work well without stealing the ball and can shoot. Even if Nowitzki arrives in the Clippers, he can only play like Love. The one attacking with the ball was Ye Feng.

In the second quarter, the Grizzlies replaced Speights, Martin, Gay, Billups and Mo Williams inside.

The Clippers replaced Marc Gasol, Yi Jianlian, Barnes, Vujacic, and Thomas.

Barnes can guard against Guy.Vujacic's defensive ability is not bad, his physical fitness is not good but he can keep up with people, and he is good at making some small moves. He is responsible for dealing with Billups.The strange thing is that Thibodeau did not replace Curry, but replaced Thomas, which made people feel a little surprised.

People soon knew Thibodeau's intentions. Curry shot three-pointers well, but his offensive ability with the ball was not as good as Thomas. Martin was good at defending pick-and-rolls and had speed. Curry might not be able to pass him.Thomas is different, as soon as he starts to run, he will take advantage of the misplaced inside players.

Yi Jianlian also benefited from this. After facing Mo Williams after being misplaced, Yi Jianlian also changed in the Clippers, and his shooting was much more determined than before.The coaching staff has told him countless times that he has to shoot boldly when he has the ball. He doesn't need to do much, as long as he can play like the "Browless Man" Villanueva.Whether that guy is in the Bucks or the Pistons, he always plays the same way. After the pick-and-roll is misplaced, the opponent throws it if he can't cover him. The offense is extraordinary and resolute!Now Yi Jianlian is also starting to do this.

Of course Mo Williams couldn't cover Yi Jianlian, the two had been teammates in the Bucks.At that time, Yi Jianlian was picking and rolling for Williams. Williams didn't like to pass the ball to him, so he got the nickname "No Pass". CIC, this is really cruel.

(End of this chapter)