super small forward

Chapter 170 170. Unexpected tacit understanding

After dunking, Liu Ren showed his big white teeth provocatively at Owen.

Irving clenched his fists, took James' serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

Irving played an All-Star once. In his impression, the All-Star should play casually on the offensive end, just like the Western Conference just now, only need the simplest tactics or even no tactics to play well.

But Irving only wanted to prove himself. He didn't expect his behavior to make this game very important to both sides, especially the western side regarded this game as a battle of honor, and everyone didn't want to be attracted by him. Stepping stones to free agency!
The western side has played a standard positional defense!

Thackeray blocked James fiercely in the low post to prevent James from easily falling into a comfortable position. In terms of static strength, Thackeray is a big guy, except for a few big Pyrenees, it is difficult to compete with him in the league.

No matter how good James is, he is still a forward. It is completely impossible to compete with Thackeray for inside space by blocking positions, not to mention that Thackeray has also learned a lot of blocking skills from Whiteside.

Griffin followed Anthony closely, and he did not lose to the latter after gaining weight in terms of speed.

Griffin is very jealous of Anthony's mid-range shot, and sticks close to the opponent to prevent the opponent from easily receiving the ball.

The two old men Kobe and Wade were fighting, and Curry followed Paul George, an outside shooter, without giving them any space at all.

The defense in the west made Owen, who was marked by Liu Ren, at a loss!

"This is still an All-Star? It's even tougher than the regular season defense!" Irving was a little confused, what is the West doing?
The head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star is Vogel. He really doesn't have any offensive tactics in this lineup. They are all a group of uncles, which are completely different from the obedient players on his own team. And with James, he is not going to be on the offensive end at all. He is very self-aware of what to arrange, and his offensive tactical guidance ability may not be as good as James.

As for the defensive end, the current lineup of Vogel on the court is completely unmanageable. He is a well-behaved coach, and coaching the Pacers is also a law-abiding offense and defense. Just look at the traditional lineup and style of play of the Pacers. Not a particularly flexible guy.

Irving and James are really in charge of mobilizing the offense in the East, but neither Irving nor James expected the current situation. Their idea before the start of the game was to play according to the situation like the previous All-Stars.

But now Owen feels that he can't play according to the situation!

Liu Ren has more and more experience in single-handedly defending the opponent's outside ball holder. Owen's defense against Liu Ren feels like facing an impenetrable wall.
James found out about Irving's predicament, and he himself couldn't get a position in the interior, so he pulled it out and gave Irving a pick-and-roll.

Owen finally used James to block Liu Ren from killing to the inside.

After Irving broke into the inside, he faced the defender Thackeray!
Thackeray did not rush out to defend, but stayed in the reasonable collision zone. After Irving entered the inside line, he determined Owen's offensive line and then blocked in front of Owen. Instead of jumping, he raised his hands high and tried his best to Block the opponent's shot.

Irving was forced to stop the ball. He was stunned. He is not a player known for his explosive power. He couldn’t make a lightning layup, so he would be blocked by Thackeray. Of course, he couldn’t be as direct as Liu Ren and James. Riding the opponent to dunk, and if he hits it, it is 100% an offensive foul.

He looked back at James, who was fighting with Liu Ren and couldn't care less about catching the ball.

In addition, Wade, Anthony, and Paul George have no running positions or gaps. After all, they are just All-Stars. The three of them don't pay much attention to it. They think it's good to play casually. It used to be like this every year.

There is no way, the three seconds of offense are coming, Owen can only take off and force a shot.

Thackeray jumped up after making sure that the opponent was not a fake move. He didn't think about blocking the shot. He was very self-aware and knew that his bounce was for fun. He tried to block Owen's shot line as much as possible.

Irving couldn't see the basket blocked by Thackeray's big man, so he could only throw the ball as much as possible according to his familiarity with the basket.

The ball is wide!Hit the hoop and bounce!
Griffin jumped high and received the rebound!
The coach of the team is not Rivers, and Griffin has returned to the rebounder who averaged 12 rebounds per game in his rookie season. His rebounding ability, which is second to none among all players on the court, was immediately revealed.

West strikes back!

The West is playing completely according to the Lakers' style of play, and will never miss a counterattack if there is a chance!
Liu Ren, Curry, and Kobe Bryant counterattacked in three lines!No one in the East kept up, and Griffin passed the ball easily to the fast-moving Liu Ren.

Liu Ren went to the opponent's basket and wanted to play a fancy dunk, but he spotted Curry who was about to run to the three-point line. Thinking of Curry's future title of chasing three-pointer king, he subconsciously passed it on.

As soon as Curry ran beyond the three-point line, the ball was passed, his body moved naturally, and the three-pointer was shot smoothly!
hit!

Curry's chasing three-pointer!
"Good shot! The cooperation between Liu Ren and Curry is so tacit. He passed the ball just when Curry was most comfortable. The ball is even more comfortable!" Director Zhang said excitedly when he saw the ball.

The guest commentator of the domestic court TV this time is Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang. Unlike other competitions, the annual All-Star Court TV is an on-site commentary. Director Zhang, who watched the game on the spot, has a better understanding of the cooperation in front of him.

"Director Zhang is right. We saw Curry's three-pointers last season, but the Warriors have not improved much this year. I think it is because there is no one who can pass the ball to Curry well." Court The narrator of the station was Yu Jia, who followed Zhang's instructions and took over the conversation.

"Yes, Curry is the Warriors' scoring leader, but his position is point guard, so it is decided that the Warriors can't help Curry by introducing a point guard playmaker. They also have an equally powerful shooting guard Thompson, so we only There are not many forwards who can think of ways from the frontcourt players, most of them are fake playmakers, and there are even fewer forwards who want to pass the ball as tacitly as Liu Ren and Curry." Director Zhang continued eloquently talk.

In this way, the commentator and guests of the imperial court talked about the cooperation between Liu Ren and Curry.

The two protagonists who were talking about also looked at each other in surprise. Liu Ren was okay, but they were just amazed that the other party was still so accurate.

And Curry was very shocked in his heart. He felt a very comfortable feeling when he received the pass from Liu Ren, and he really wanted to continue to experience that feeling!

(End of this chapter)