super small forward

Chapter 217 217. The method is very simple

He said that in order to give confidence to his teammates, and the hope he brought to the team this year must not fall down!But Liu Ren knew the current situation, the second half must be very difficult to play!
Anthony has opened up the first half, with 21 points in the first quarter, 9 points in the second quarter, and 30 points in the half.

"How to defend against the opponent? How to defend?" Liu Ren kept thinking about this question during the short journey from the locker room to the stadium.

Different from the small ball tactics that D'Antoni thinks, Liu Ren also agrees that small ball is the big trend in the future. The physical fitness of the current players is better than the other. There will be more and more big centers who can play fast breaks. Even if there is another one O'Neal, at most, is the only team that O'Neal belongs to that has absolute destructive power inside. It has bombed the league for several years, but it still cannot change the trend of faster and faster centers in the future.

The difference between Liu Ren and D'Antoni's understanding of small balls is that Liu Ren believes that no matter what kind of basketball they play, defense is still fundamental, just like the Warriors, a super team that should appear next season, is not based on three-pointers, but defense. So strong all rely on defending the opponent first, and then continue to score three-pointers in the counterattack. It is still defense at all.

The second half will begin immediately, and the starting players for the third quarter of the two sides have been confirmed. The Lakers are Bazemore, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside.

The Knicks are Felton, Shumpert, Anthony, Stoudemire, Chandler.

Mike Woodson's idea is very clear, continue to use the previous style of play against the Lakers, and then use this lineup that is stronger than the initial starting offense to further open the score. In the first half, Anthony and Stoudemire took turns to show off. That is to say, in fact, both of these two main scorers are resting for a quarter, and it would be a waste not to take advantage of Stoudemire's rare good state and make good use of it!

As for Shumpert, young and strong, Mike Woodson continued to use him to defend Kobe.

According to the prediction of the Zen master, Kobe will definitely not be able to hold back his temper, and must come up to fight them to the death, and D'Antoni will definitely not be able to stop him.

But Mike Woodson shuddered when he saw the Lakers' lineup, what about the Kobes?

Shumpert, who was ready to continue being abused, was also stunned. The opponent didn't send Kobe up to fight the whole game like Zen Master said!He was already prepared to be abused by Kobe for a whole game and even took the initiative to go on the court to get in touch with Kobe. What about Kobe?
At this time, Liu Ren saw the Knicks lineup, and his eyes lit up, there is a way!

Liu Ren hurriedly called his teammates who were going to play together, and gave some instructions in a low voice.

"Liu, are you going to kill me? Let me guard Melo?" Nick Young's eyes widened.

"Then why don't I guard Melo, and you guard that bully?" Liu Ren glared at Nick Young with threats in his eyes.

Nick Yang counseled: "You have to be serious! You won't give Melo too many offensive opportunities! Giannis, you must come over more to help me double-team and let them pass the ball to Stoudemire!"

"Don't worry, Giannis will definitely do a good job in defense, right?"

Antetokounmpo is a good boy. He nodded repeatedly when he heard the conversation between the two. He was so happy that Liu Ren wanted to help him defend against Stoudemire. Although Stoudemire is not as explosive as before, he is quick and flexible. However, his agility didn't decrease much. The bully, who had a good touch and went crazy, bullied the good boy badly in the second quarter.

The referee urged to play, and Liu Ren finally said: "Okay! According to what I just said, we will pay them back whatever they do to us!"

The five Tigers of the Lakers came on the court aggressively, and their momentum was completely different from the lazy look in the first half!
The Lakers go first.

Anthony continued to defend Liu Ren closely. He only needed to prevent Liu Ren from getting open shots from outside.

Shumpert, who was originally going to defend Kobe, had no choice but to defend Nick Young, the poor version of Kobe...Kobe too!

After Bazemore dribbled the ball for halftime, Liu Ren went to the top arc to catch the ball, kept scanning his teammates' running positions, and beckoned for Antetokounmpo to come out to catch the ball.

Seeing that Liu Ren's expression of indifference was completely different from that of the first half, Anthony said excitedly: "Liu, are you finally serious? Come on, let me see how you can recover such a big difference!"

Liu Ren, who had just passed the ball to Antetokounmpo, was stunned for a moment. This seemed to be something he often said in games. It was specially used to step on the opponent when the score was leading and make the opponent play worse. Now It was him who fell behind, and it was really hard for him to adapt all of a sudden.

And Anthony seems to have changed his whole person, giving Liu Ren a dangerous feeling, which he only had in Kobe, Duncan, James, and serious Aldridge!
It was too late for Liu Ren to think too much, he saw his teammate's running position, rushed directly to the right, blocked Shumpert for Nick Young, and then cut to the baseline.

Shumpert was originally used to prevent the Lakers from attacking the ball, that is, Kobe, but Nick Young is known as the bankrupt version of Kobe, but Nick Young didn't catch the ball at all and kept running.

Antetokounmpo is holding the ball for the Lakers, and Felton is defending Antetokounmpo!Stoudemire can't defend, and he will definitely pass it in one step, and he will double-team Liu Ren who may enter the interior with Chandler in the interior.

Antetokounmpo was as tall as he was, pouted his buttocks and hit Felton twice, knocking the small point guard who was 20 cm shorter than him aside, and then turned around nimbly and went inside.

After Antetokounmpo entered the inside line, Liu Ren just helped Nick Young create a three-point gap in the top arc, forcing the fast-footed Stoudemire to make up, and Chandler made up for Antetokounmpo. In front of him, the Knicks are empty inside!Antetokounmpo threw the ball to the basket casually, and it was best to score, but it didn't...

It doesn't matter!Liu Ren ignored Shumpert who caught up after switching defenses and pushed the ball back to the basket with a one-handed dunk.

Just like what Kobe said, as long as he is off the court, the Knicks' defensive strategy is just for fun!
The Knicks' current defense has an obvious shortcoming. As long as Liu Ren is not the one holding the ball and entering the interior, and someone can break into the interior, their defense will be smashed at once.

Kobe couldn't break this defense because his breakthrough ability was really bad, and he was sure of the mid-range, so he didn't need to fight his muscles inside.

Kobe let Antetokounmpo make a strong breakthrough and then split the ball, and immediately completed the task of smashing the opponent's defense. It was simple and rude, and the method was much simpler than what D'Antoni thought. Can use!
(End of this chapter)