Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 337 Defensive Gates
In the second game, the Cavaliers defeated the Hornets.

It is really painful for Lian Feng to defend James and at the same time take on the offensive responsibility of the whole team as the offensive engine.

James is indeed very powerful, and his strength is beyond the times.This kind of physical talent is not even inferior to myself with the system... What a monster.And James has begun to understand how to use his physical talents to create advantages to play.

Therefore, even if he has the top movement speed, there is still no way to limit James.

Unless you gain more than ten kilograms immediately.

Fortunately, James can't guard against himself.

Now that the three-pointer has become a conventional weapon, the entire league has seen the offensive threat brought by its own three-pointer ability, and there are so many top ball commentators in the league, after a long time, they can realize the terrifying efficiency of a 40% three-pointer with an average of more than 8 shots per game.

"The efficiency brought by Lian Feng's three-point shooting rate is undoubtedly equivalent to a 60% shooting rate at the basket. His true shooting rate is even as high as a terrifying 68%!"

Regarding Lian Feng's true shooting percentage, many fans were stunned.Because Lian Feng's sudden birth naturally attracted a group of new fans, so what is "true shooting percentage" is confusing.

In order to answer the doubts of these fans, Yu Jia started science popularization while explaining during the broadcast of the second game.

"We often talk about true shooting percentage, but I think many non-senior fans must be very unfamiliar with this term. Let me give an example here, so that everyone will understand what true shooting percentage is."

"We all know that the hit rate is generally used to measure efficiency. The higher the hit rate, the higher the efficiency... right? But is this really the case?"

"For example... Let's take Kobe as an example. He made 5 shots inside the basket, but they were all fouled out. He made all 10 free throws, so his shooting percentage is 0%, but you think, is this 0% strange? Because although his shooting percentage is 0, he scored 10 points through free throws, that is to say, he made 5 of 0 shots, but scored 10 points. Isn't it unfair to him to measure his efficiency by shooting percentage?"

"To give another example, it's better to use Kobe. For example, he shot 3 of 3 from 1-pointers, and his shooting percentage was 33%, while LeBron next door made 3 of 33 shots, and his shooting percentage was also 33%. But here comes the problem again. Kobe scored 3 points on 33% shooting, and LeBron scored 2 points on [-]% shooting. Can you say that the same shooting percentage of the two of them represents the same efficiency? Obviously not."

"So, after listening to my explanation, the audience will know what true shooting percentage is. It has a set of calculation formulas that can more accurately judge a player's ability to convert shots into points."

"Currently, Lian Feng's 68% true shooting percentage in this playoffs has set a historical record. And I think it will be difficult for most players to come close to this number in their lifetime."

However, despite having such a high true shooting percentage, all Lian Feng can do is just explode with James...

Because, at this time, James, who is in his first peak period, has no solution at all to break through.

In 07, James faced the defensive giant Pistons. At that time, he didn't have any long-range shooting ability. He relied entirely on personal breakthroughs to open the defense and completed a 25-0 feat.

And... James' strongest point is not his breakthrough ability. Looking at this alone, it is at most the first line of history, and it has not yet reached the top of history.But he's one of the all-time top finishers at the rim.

So James doesn’t really have much skill in breaking through in the game. He mainly relies on high-quality screens to use explosive power to forcibly crush his position, and then break through to the basket... But unlike many breakthrough players, James’ touch and physical talent in the penalty area are added. As long as his shooting space is not completely blocked, he can often score through forced layups and dunks, and often 2+1.

Therefore, Lian Feng doesn't have a good way to limit it.

In the second game, the wind may have turned smoothly. Peja and Mo Williams began to exert force frequently, and their three-point shooting percentage increased significantly, while Korver and David West on the Hornets' side fell into a refrigerator, constantly hitting iron.

This game became Lian Feng struggling to support, the Cavaliers blossomed more, and then James won the game in one fell swoop.

very angry.

After Game [-], Ibaka found Adelman alone during practice.

"Coach... I have something to discuss with you."

Adelman is irritated, and he has nothing to say to Ibaka: "What's the matter? I hope you can say the best things that are good for us to win. I don't want to hear any complaints."

Ibaka hesitated, but worked up his courage and said, "Coach...maybe I can guard LeBron!"

Ibaka's proposal made Adelman slightly startled, but then he nodded: "Okay, I understand, I will consider it!"

Adelman thought carefully about Ibaka's proposal.

First of all, we must understand one thing, that is, it is impossible to completely prevent a super giant from dying. This is true for any super giant, including Lian Feng and Jordan. The definition of "defense" should not be to prevent the super giant from scoring, but to prevent him from winning, so it is enough to reduce his efficiency.

From the current point of view, according to this line of thinking, to prevent James, you first need a defensive expert, and his speed and strength cannot be much worse than James.His main task is to entangle James head-on, reduce James' scoring efficiency while reducing the opponent's offensive and defensive conversions, and at the same time limit James' assists, and double-team when necessary.

In fact, there is a very interesting data provided by the team analyst... So far, which star has James the least efficient against?From the data point of view, it turned out to be Yao Ming.So far, Yao Ming and James have played a total of 11 games, with 8 wins and 3 losses. James' data has declined in the face of Yao Ming, and his shooting percentage has even dropped to about 35%.

Therefore, the core is still to defend James' finishing and assists...

Well, Ibaka has a very good defensive awareness, top-notch blocking ability, a height of 206 and a terrifying wingspan of 223. His strength is not inferior to James, and his movement speed is not bad. It seems to be a feasible way to entangle James while using his long arms to restrict James from passing the ball so that he cannot revitalize the whole team.

So in the next game, Adelman decisively let Ibaka defend James.

And Ibaka did not let Adelman down.

In both G3 and G4, Ibaka bit James like a big mad dog, and even some scenes used not-so-beautiful poses...commonly known as small moves.

In Ibaka's view, James is the bastard who hurt his brother Jeff Green.Such a fellow must be treated in the harshest manner.

Ibaka has always been a violent person. In Africa, where the weak are preyed upon by the strong, he understood a truth very early on, one must be vicious, and only vicious can survive!

And James gave him an even more sinister reason.

So, in the third and fourth games, Ibaka almost clashed with the Cavaliers several times.

But the result made Adelman very satisfied. James' efficiency dropped a lot under Ibaka's even violent defense.

It's just that Ibaka quickly angered the referee by doing so, and repeatedly warned to no avail. After pulling James out of the air once, Ibaka received another malicious foul and was expelled.

Fortunately, the Hornets won two games and reached the match point first.

(...Chapter 2 was reviewed, I threw up...)
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