Guoshu basketball

Chapter 15

There was no suspense about jumping the ball. No matter how fast Li Du took off, he was still more than ten centimeters shorter than Stoudemire. Stoudemire jumped to the ball first.With quick eyes and quick hands, Diaw hugged the basketball and passed it back to Lagabel.

Seeing that the Lakers have adjusted their defensive formation, Lagabel knew not to be impatient, and passed the ball to Nash again.

Seeing Li Du defending again this time, Nash dribbled the basketball more cautiously. He gestured for Stoudemire to come over and play the pick-and-roll.When Stoudemire came up to block Li Du, Nash moved.He accelerated to the right and broke in. Li Du was blocked by Stoudemire's tall and burly body, and he couldn't turn around for a while.

"Switch!" Kobe called out to Kwame Brown, who was originally defending Stoudemire.

The moment Kwame Brown faced Nash, Nash made an emergency stop jumper, and Kwame Brown had to stretch out his hand symbolically. "Brush" the ball and the score became a 2-2 tie.

Seeing Nash returning to defense, Li Du frowned and muttered, "Pick and roll? It's a bit tricky."

After Kobe drove the ball to Fisher, he greeted Li Du: "Lee, attack. Don't think so much!"

Li Du responded well and ran towards the sun's half.Nash did not defend Li Du, his defense has always been bad, D'Antoni let him defend Fisher today.

Following up against Li Du is Barbosa, who is extremely fast and is known as the "Brazilian Phantom".D'Antoni is also considered to be well-intentioned. The best defender in the team is Lagabel. He must defend Kobe. Nash is limited by his physical condition. His defense has always been a black hole. Fisher, who is not very active in defense, is just right. Under Stoudemire and Dior guarding the inside line, he insisted on using the fastest Barbosa to defend the equally fast Li Du.

Just like everyone knows that the core of the Suns is Nash, the core of the Lakers is only Kobe. Coupled with Kobe's scoring ability against the sky, almost everyone focuses on Kobe.

Fisher and Kobe made a pick-and-roll, and after passing the ball back to Kobe, he ran to the right three-point corner to open up space for Kobe to attack.Li Du did the same, leading Barbosa to the left three-point corner.In this way, only Lagabel is left to face Kobe alone in the top arc.

Kobe is an offensive kaleidoscope, whether it is a frontal attack or a rearward attack, he comes at his fingertips without warning.Kobe didn't even think about passing the ball. During the three months of surgery, Li Du's master, Mr. Shang Yun, massaged him with dark strength and soft kung fu every day. interrupted.It was not until a few days before the start of the game that Shang Yun told Kobe that now he can exert all his strength, and there is no hidden danger in his knees.

During this period of time, Kobe tried to exert all his strength every time he attacked, but he was surprised to find that his knees were as full of strength and explosiveness as when he first entered the league!Last year, under the defense of Lagabel, Kobe’s offensive efficiency was actually not high. Some media even included Lagabel in the ranks of "Kobe Terminator". People can defend him, and no one can end him!
Kobe swayed left and right twice, the speed and range were much greater than last season, Lagabel had to move ahead of time, seeing that Lagabel had just moved a step sideways, before his foot landed, Kobe had already pulled back, from Lagabell's other side broke through.

Taking two steps into the penalty area, Kobe made another sudden stop and hurriedly got rid of Dior who was pounced on him again. Kobe flew up to meet Stoudemire.

Stoudemire guards the inside, so naturally he can't let Kobe score easily on his head.Seeing Kobe take off, he also jumped high, with two big hands blocking Kobe's shooting path.

Unexpectedly, Kobe straightened his waist and tucked in his stomach in the air, slid past Xiao Si calmly, and hit the ball with a backhand.

"A tyrannical body, a terrifying stagnation in the air! The black mamba we are familiar with is back!" Barkley commented loudly. Kobe's physical fitness is indeed terrifying, and he is the closest person he has ever seen to Jordan!

Smith also said: "During the offense and defense just now, both teams were fully fired. It seems that this summer's knee surgery brought Kobe back to the top, and tonight is destined to be a battle between dragons and tigers!"

When Kobe returned to defense, Li Du gave Kobe a thumbs up, meaning: Boss, this goal is really beautiful!
Kobe also gave Li Du a thumbs up, and said softly: "Thank you, Master." After these days of strength and knee perception, Kobe knew that his knee was really helped by Li Du's master. Down, back to the top!For a basketball superstar like him, returning to the peak with his knee means returning to the peak!Even, his career can play a few more years because of this!

Nash received the ball from Stoudemire and dribbled the ball quickly towards the Lakers' half court. He was expressionless, but he was thinking desperately about the current situation in his heart.The Lakers suddenly had an extra player with a very good defensive perimeter. With the addition of Kobe, the Lakers' perimeter is no longer so easy to break through.The sun wants to win, there is only one way, speed up, speed up the offensive and defensive rhythm!

Thinking of this, before Li Du posted it, Nash made a long pass and gave the ball to Dior who had just run two steps beyond the three-point line.Dior is known as the "French magician". It is hard to imagine that he, who is 2 meters tall and weighs 03 pounds, can be both inside and outside, and his movements are ridiculously flexible.

Odom, who is playing against Diaw, is also a comprehensive player who can play inside and outside, but he is more focused on the outside, and in defense, he does not have Dior's 250-plus-pound tonnage!
When Diaw saw Nash's gesture, he knew that the ball was going to be attacked quickly, so he didn't wait for others to get in position, and directly pushed Odom with his own weight from the three-point line, and directly pushed Odom in three steps. To the vicinity of the restricted area.

Odom saw Dior's posture, and he didn't know that he couldn't guard him like this, but looking around, Li Du followed Nash wholeheartedly, and Kobe defended Lagabel, still outside the three-point line.Kwame Brown's smuggler has just passed the halfway line, and the old fish Fisher is back, but asking him to defend Dior... is simply impossible.

Diaw didn't care about this, seeing that Odom had retreated to the penalty area, he turned around and hit back.After all, Dior has an advantage in strength and weight, and he just got away from Odom in one shot!Dior took advantage of the trend and turned around to make a mid-range shot, and the basketball hit the net.

The sound of the goal made Li Du look back, and found that Odom shook his head innocently.Sighing secretly, Li Du thought to himself: "Basketball is really not enough to defend the next person. It seems that I have to put a little more pressure on Nash!"

The Lakers attacked, and Fisher repeated his old tricks. After making a pick-and-roll with Kobe, he handed the ball to Kobe.Li Du looked at Kobe and found that he still wanted to continue playing, so he took away Barbosa who was defending him just like the previous ball.

Lagabel worked harder this time. He faced Kobe tightly, bent down, and kept dangling his right hand in front of Kobe's eyes to disturb Kobe's sight.

Kobe didn't care about this. Seeing that Lagabel's body was very low, he just pulled it up and scored a three-pointer! With a "bang", the basketball hit the basket directly!Kobe didn't even look at Lagabel and went back to defense.The score became 7-4.

Nash insisted on the concept of quick offense and defense. After getting the ball, he didn't hesitate at all, and directly dribbled it to the frontcourt, calling Stoudemire to pick and roll.

Li Du also felt a little helpless, defending one-on-one, he was confident that he could block Nash directly, but defending the pick-and-roll, he didn't know how to deal with it best.

The pick-and-roll tactic is the most common and frequently used tactic in basketball. It uses the cover between two teammates to create more opportunities to play less, or defensive loopholes, or small to big, or big to small.

There are also four tactics for defending against pick-and-rolls. Either two defensive players switch defenses and become a misplaced defense, or double-team the ball holder, or double-team the screener.

But no matter how you defend, it will cause a certain degree of defensive loopholes.The reason why the pick-and-roll tactic is the most frequently used tactic is because no matter what method of defense is used, there are always defensive loopholes to find.Especially for a passing master like Nash, a little space is enough!
After Nash and Stoudemire picked and rolled, Li Du had no confidence in Kwame Brown's defense, so he chose to squeeze past Stoudemire and chase Nash.Seeing Li Du chasing after Nash, Stoudemire had already run back and passed the ball directly to Stoudemire.

Once again attacking in the penalty area, Stoudemire saw Odom who was defending in front of him. Before Kwame Brown had time to chase the defense, he took off with all his strength, and Odom was suppressed like a bully covering the top. "Boom" Stoudemire directly dunks Odom with his amazing bounce!The score became 7-6.

Kobe was annoyed when he saw that Li Du did not defend Nash because of the pick-and-roll, and Li Du walked over and said in a low voice: "It's okay, Nash's pass is the best in the league. Effect!"

"Got it, boss. I'll try."

Faced with the boss's face-to-face instruction, Li Du was very knowledgeable.But in his heart, he always felt that this seemed to be unable to break the pick-and-roll between Nash and Stoudemire.

The Lakers' offense was still completed by Kobe, but this time the Suns began to double-team him.Kobe didn't notice the double-teaming at all, and forced a breakthrough directly, causing a foul.Others didn't dare to say anything. Li Du just didn't understand whether Kobe's actions were good or bad, but Zen Master couldn't stand it anymore, and told Fisher on the sidelines: "For the next ball, try to find Li's position, don't Let him go to waste on offense."

Kobe made two free throws. When he returned to the defense, he saw Phil pointing at Li Du at him, and he knew that Zen Master wanted him to pass more.But how stubborn Kobe was, he ignored it directly, pretending he didn't see it.

This time when Li Du was defending the pick-and-roll, he did follow what Kobe said, rushing forward to squeeze through.However, Nash had sharp eyes and quick hands. While taking a half step back, he saw Stoudemire being double-teamed by Kobe and Odom. With a move of his right hand, he distributed the ball to Lagabel who was ambushing in the corner.Because Kobe went to help defend Stoudemire, Lagabel got an open shot, raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

The two teams were tied at 9-9.

(End of this chapter)