Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 33 Cheeks' Evaluation (ask for a monthly pass!)
The training in the afternoon was done with real swords and guns.

During the offseason, the main players are either on vacation or undergoing special promotions. Even the stars who can be named are not there, but the remaining players are also strong and experienced professional players!

6 trial players, as well as the 76ers professional team, played the whole game.

But Lian Feng and the others only have 6 people, which means that each person does not have much rest time.Under full-court rules, they're going 5-on-5 against a true NBA-caliber team.

This is the real test.The vicious coach will give the trial players a final evaluation result based on their performance on the court.

If the trial player has participated in joint trial training, or has had many game experiences before, the coach will also comprehensively analyze the player's historical ability and finally give an evaluation.

But for players like Lian Feng who have basically never appeared in the coach's vision before, the performance of this match is particularly important.

Lian Feng wasn't nervous at all, he was even very excited, eager to try.

At the beginning of the game, this temporary team that had not had any cooperation before faced the well-trained 76ers substitute team.Logically speaking, the trial training team is young and inexperienced, and they haven't had a tacit understanding with each other, so they should have lost miserably.

It was indeed like this at the beginning, 0 to 8, and the trial player team started with an unfavorable situation of 8 points behind.

But soon, they stopped the decline. With Lianfeng assisting Miles to score a three-pointer, they narrowed the point difference little by little and caught up.

Cheeks did not give any pointers to the two sides, and the referee's whistle was relatively loose, and the scale of the foul was quite large. As long as it was not maliciously hurting others, basically he would not eat the whistle.

Cheeks wants to see how strong these rookies are under such unfavorable conditions and how strong they are in coping with adverse situations.

The results were unexpected.

At the beginning of the second half, the trial training team actually played more and more smoothly, without being opened up by the point difference, and clinging to the score.

In the end, they lost the game by only a small difference of 76 to 83.You know, the last batch of trial players were slaughtered by the professional team for 41 points!
Cheeks watched everything in silence, an assistant next to him recorded all the details with a video camera, and several assistants recorded the data of the rookies on the court.

But Cheeks understands that some things just don't show up in numbers.

The key to the success of the trial training team lies entirely in... Lian Feng!
Check it out again.

First of all, their possession of the ball is not concentrated, and the whole game was played: Lian Feng had 10 assists, Stoudemire had 8 assists, and everyone else also had assists.

The possession of the ball can be said to be very scattered. What does this mean?It shows that their offense is very smooth!
In the first quarter, Mars made the main attack, and Lian Feng waited for the ball in the bottom corner. It was a very authentic 3D player's style of play. He received the ball and passed it directly to the open Stoudemire.

After the first quarter, Lian Feng made 4 shots and Stoudemire made 7 shots.

But it didn't have much effect. Lian Feng's 3-pointers were not ideal, making 4 of 1 shots.Fortunately, the ball that assisted Stoudemire hit 4, which allowed them to successfully bite the score.

Next, Lian Feng began to exert force.Pick-and-roll mid-range shots, inside cuts and follow-ups, mid-range shots.Stoudemire, who has the ability to pass the ball, is responsible for transferring the ball and has 5 assists in the half.

Lian Feng did a lot of things. He quietly helped the team create offensive space... But this was not reflected in the statistics. After the space was released, it was Stoudemire who completed the final assist!

What does this mean?It shows that Lian Feng is selfless enough. I don’t know if he cares about statistics, but he definitely cares about winning or losing!
At the beginning of the third quarter, Stoudemire was replaced and rested, and Lianfeng completely became the only ball-holding point and began to take over.

He began to use the explosive speed that cannot be limited, and the time to hold the ball increased. He wandered outside and directed the players to position... After the foreshadowing of the previous two quarters, other players trusted him and settled according to the command.

At this time, Lian Feng's eyes began to look for opportunities on the court. Whenever the opponent fell into position or failed to follow up in time, he would suddenly exert his strength. It should not be too easy for him to pass the defense in front of him.

Then, send an assist, or pull up a jumper.

He has terrible explosive power, but he doesn't try to use his thin body to rush in and fight the inside players.This shows that he is rational and aware of his strengths and weaknesses.

In this way, Lian Feng became a point that could not be restricted.

The score was once pulled to 3 points.

However, in the last quarter, Lian Feng took a rest.

Compared with Lian Feng, Stoudemire, who played again, is too short in stature, has the common fault of a defender and organizer, and his vision is too narrow... Obviously there are a few balls, and it would be better if he was handled by Lian Feng.

Just like that, they lost the game.

Of course, this game still exposed many problems.

Mainly on the defensive end.

In this era, the defensive level and style basically revolve around the center.Lian Feng can get stuck on the defensive end and hit some flying rebounds, but he can't defend the air, can't suppress the penalty area, and can't scare the opponent.Waiting for the opposite side to rush in, it is easy to be beaten.

He didn't grasp the essence of defense.

For example, there was an impressive goal. The opponent found a high pick-and-roll and broke through to the basket. Lian Feng successfully interfered, but was grabbed an offensive rebound and was dunked once.

Hehe, that ball should have left a deep impression on him.

The conclusion can be drawn.

He is a qualified No. 3 player. He doesn't stick to the ball. He shoots when there is a basket, pushes when there is a counterattack, and passes when he sees an opportunity.But defense is weak, can't defend the 4th and 5th positions, and even the strong confrontational 3rd position can't deal with it, but when dealing with the 1st and 2nd positions, with its excellent height, wingspan and moving speed, it may be good play.

strength!strength!weight!weight!He misses these things.

Perhaps, he can play the No. 1 position.It's not that there isn't such a high No. [-] position.

In fact, in the case of running and speed without dropping, the higher the better in any position.

Cheeks already had a liking for Lian Feng in his heart. He saw the dawn in this young Asian. The talent he possessed was exactly what he dreamed of when he was a player.

His strengths are his own strengths, and his weaknesses are also his own strengths.

Help him develop his strengths and make up for his weaknesses... Cheeks was silent, slowly calculating in his heart.

It's just that, if it does get him into the 76ers, there are still some things to consider.For example... the boss here, the guy who makes the team's management jump in anger at every turn, can he have a chemical reaction with him?

It's hard...

Cheeks has worked as an assistant coach in 76 for several years, and he knows Iverson too well.

However, Lian Feng is also proving with his actions that he prefers to win than to lose beautifully.

On this point, he is at least consistent with Iverson.

After the game, Cheeks called them together for a brief presentation.Everyone listened very carefully.

Lian Feng was a little surprised. Cheeks, the head coach, didn't achieve much when he was leading the 76ers, but today I listened to his summary, and every sentence said that the point...is definitely not an idiot coach!
After the review was over, Cheeks let everyone go back and told them to rest well, because there was still an important interview scheduled for tomorrow.

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When Lian Feng returned to the hotel, Zhuo Mei couldn't wait to ask him how the result was.

Lian Feng just felt very tired, and the three quarters were played through.But seeing Zhuo Mei's expectant expression, he took a bad look and pretended to be sad and said, "Something happened unexpectedly."

Zhuo Mei's expression darkened immediately: "A mistake? But don't be sad... This is just the first team, there are more..."

Lian Feng laughed: "Haha. I'm just kidding! It's going well, invite me to dinner, I want to eat seafood!"

Zhuo Mei snorted, "Eat you big-headed ghost!"

(End of this chapter)