super small forward

Chapter 391 391. Accident?

Leonard has continued to improve this season, and now ranks first in the Spurs with an average of 17 points per game, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Getting such data in a team basketball like the Spurs marks that he is doing well. Entered the ranks of first-line small forwards.

On the defensive end, Leonard already has the voice of the best defensive player. From the perspective of expert media and fans who know the ball, the Spurs can still rank among the top players in the Western Conference this season when most of their players are in poor condition. Eight, a large part is supported by Leonard.

Leonard showed an extremely strong defense in the finals of last season, stronger than the one Liu Ren remembered!It seems that after being stimulated by Liu Ren, he worked hard and became stronger!

Liu Ren breaks through with the ball.

Leonard is ready, unlike defending James, defending Liu Ren is more difficult for Leonard than defending James!
After all, as the core of the team, the most important thing for James is not to score himself, but to drive the team's offense. If he wants to play as the core of the organization, there are many things to consider and many things to do.

It’s the same truth that too much talk is bound to fail. There are too many things that need attention and need to be done, and there will be many loopholes. Leonard is not saying that one-on-one can really prevent James, but that he can take advantage of James’ weaknesses Conduct targeted defense.

But now that Leonard met Liu Ren, he found that no tricks, no careful thinking was useless!
Liu Ren is going to the basket!He made it clear that he wanted to score.

For such a player, when defending, you can only defend with real swords and guns. It doesn’t mean that you step back and defend him in a position where he usually takes few shots. Leonard believes that no matter what position you are in, as long as you give Liu Ren a gap, Liu Ren definitely voted directly.

After so many fights, Leonard already has some experience in defending Liu Ren... absolutely no hesitation!
When Liu Ren made a breakthrough move, Leonard immediately intercepted Liu Ren's breakthrough route.

but!

Liu Ren's action of hitting the ball on the ground suddenly stopped, and he used McGrady's signature action, fake dribbling and pulling!
Leonard rushed over, Liu Ren's three-pointer has become one of the league's four major nightmares this season!

Curry, Thompson, Lillard and Liu Ren are the four players with the strongest three-point shooting ability this season!
Just when Leonard jumped up high to interfere with Liu Ren's shooting, he saw the banter on Liu Ren's expression!

It's still a feint!
Liu Ren's feet didn't leave the ground!He slapped the ball under Leonard's crotch, bypassed Leonard and went inside!
Crotch piercing!

Liu Ren took advantage of the fact that Leonard attached great importance to him, and played tricks on him for a while!
Leonard felt the [-]-point crit again, but he didn't give up, and hurried to the inside after landing.

Sure enough, his teammates did not disappoint Leonard, and Danny Green, who was defending Kobe, decisively defended him at the first time.

"Danny did a good job! Liu will not pass it to Kobe..." Leonard just had this thought in his mind, and then he was stunned.

Liu Ren passed the ball the moment Danny Green double-teamed him, and the target of the pass was Kobe!

When Danny Green went to double-team Liu Ren, Kobe immediately came to the 45-degree angle on the left, which is his most comfortable shooting position, and shot the ball into the basket without any hesitation.

"This coach said something different!" Danny Green said in his heart!

Popovich's arrangement before the game was that when Liu Ren and Kobe were holding the ball, he could decisively give up defending the person who did not hold the ball, because the two would not pass the ball!

With the rumors from the outside world and the coach's arrangement, the Spurs players are convinced of this!
But what's the situation now?
Is it an accident?

The players on the Spurs are not sure if it was an accident.

Maybe it was just a show at the beginning?The Spurs players thought this way, after all, things were so big before.

And Leonard didn't look surprised. In his opinion, whether Kobe and Liu Ren had any conflicts has nothing to do with him. His opponent in this game is only Liu Ren!

Spurs attack.

Parker advanced the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Leonard.

The biggest difference between Leonard this season and previous seasons is that he gradually takes the ball into his own hands.

At the beginning of the season, Popovich was still a little hesitant, always giving Diaw control of the ball.

But later I found out that Dior really failed. Maybe he lost his temper after winning the championship, maybe he was really old, or maybe he was too arrogant. He started to focus on his own personal offense, and the team's offense became more Not as good as before.

At this time Leonard took the initiative to organize the team's offense. Popovich unexpectedly discovered that Leonard's organizational ability has improved greatly after he played against James in the finals twice!It is completely possible to complete the task of organizing the team's offense if the teammates have certain talents!

Although Parker and Duncan are old, they are former superstars after all, and they can easily catch Leonard's offensive organization. Danny Green and Diaw have also partnered with Leonard for a long time, and the cooperation is also quite tacit.

The second team has Mills and Ginobili organizing the offense, and the second team's offense is equally impressive. Only then has the Spurs stabilized their position recently and are still standing in the top eight in the Western Conference.

Leonard attacks, Kobe defends him!
No way, Kobe's physical strength is the biggest problem restricting his defense now. It is too difficult to defend against opponents like Danny Green who run all over the court. It is better to defend against Leonard.

Kobe’s one-on-one defense against the ball holder is generally okay. He has been criticized for defending the traffic commander in recent years because the current shooting guards are starting to be role players. Among the young shooting guards, except for Harden and Jimmy Butler Most of the few, such as DeRozan and DeRozan, have become 3D players, and the offense can only run three-pointers. It is indeed difficult for Kobe to chase them and defend them with his old arms and legs.

And he has always done a good job defending against the ball holder. From the professional data website after the regular season last season, the league's shooting guards one-on-one defense with the ball to suppress the opponent's shooting rate can be seen. The shooting percentage of ball players is extremely low. In this case, Kobe's defensive efficiency last season ranked second among shooting guards, second only to Jimmy Butler!
It wasn't Liu Renfang himself, Leonard was a little disappointed and angry at the same time.

It's not that Leonard doesn't respect Kobe, but a veteran who is almost 37 years old. Leonard respects nothing but respect, but he really doesn't take Kobe's defense seriously.

Leonard is going to tell Kobe with practical actions, let Kobe play his offense, defense is no longer what he should do when he is young.

(End of this chapter)