super small forward

Chapter 430 430. New Skills

Kobe is really inferior to Harden in terms of overall strength, even if Kobe's efficiency this season ranks first in the league among shooting guards.

Comprehensiveness, rebounds, assists, Kobe's overall strength is really not as good as Harden now.

However, Kobe doesn't need to be comprehensive at all, he only needs to score. In this alone, Kobe is much better than Harden, playing Harden is like playing.

Harden watched Kobe hit the free throw with melancholy, thinking how many years have passed, why hasn't Kobe aged yet?

Rocket attack.

Beverly holds the ball, Harden is habitually distracted and thinking about life.

Beverly's defense based on his physical instincts is really good, but his offensive ability is very poor. Jeremy Lin's constant interference almost made a mistake. Howard and him passed the ball after the pick-and-roll and almost made a mistake.

Howard finally got the ball, knocked Gasol up and was about to dunk, and Gasol pulled him off this time.

Two free throws.

Gasol blushed. He was not afraid of Howard based on static strength. As he got older, Gasol's stature became stronger and stronger, but he was far behind in terms of explosive power.

"Good job, just don't let him dunk like that." Kobe stepped forward to comfort him.

Gasol smiled at Kobe to show that he didn't care, and then signaled with D'Antoni to replace him, it was really impossible to prevent.

D'Antoni is also a little anxious. Now that Whiteside is replaced, how will the second team play?If you are used to the style of play for a season, it will have a great impact if you change it.

So, D'Antoni set his sights on Thackeray, who was studying the new towel dance...

Thackeray felt a gust of cold wind blowing, turned his head just in time to see D'Antoni looking at him, and a bad premonition suddenly came to his heart...

Sure enough, D'Antoni signaled that the referee table should be replaced, and No. 50 replaced No. 16...

Thackeray felt a critical blow, and it was his turn to guard Howard!

Go to the execution ground, this is it!

"Come on, Robert, don't be afraid, kill him!" Kobe patted Thackeray on the back and said.

Hearing Kobe's encouragement, Thackeray actually didn't know why Kobe took care of him so much. He scratched his head and was ready to grab the rebound.

"No, no," Thackeray prayed silently in his heart.

As if Thackeray's prayer had worked, Howard missed two free throws. The Rockets, who were used to not making free throws, were already ready to grab the rebound.

Thackeray opened his arms and blocked the Rockets' short power forward Terrence Jones. Green also blocked Ariza. Liu Ren took off the rebound and passed it to Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin advanced to the frontcourt, and Sacrera moved to the middle distance to stay away from Howard.

Although I don't know the relationship between weight and shooting, after Thackeray lost his body fat in the summer, his mid-range shooting has become better and better, and he has a certain degree of accuracy when no one is defending.

Howard closed inside to defend, he did not come out to defend Thackeray.

Howard once stayed with the Lakers for a year and was teammates with Thackeray. Thackeray was a rookie who knew nothing but strength, tonnage and a positive attitude at that time. He had no offensive skills and poor rebounding. See It seems that there is no ability to stay in the NBA at all.

When Thackeray received a pass from Jeremy Lin in the middle distance, Howard took a look and ignored Thackeray, but kept his eyes on the running positions of Liu Ren and Kobe. He thought Thackeray was an axis. , Pass the ball using height vision.

But Thackeray just made the shot and scored.

Seeing his two former teammates Jeremy Lin and Thackeray celebrating this mid-range shot, Howard was a little dazed for a moment, good luck?
Beverly's possession of the ball to organize the offense was too frightening for the Rockets. This time, it was Harden who organized the ball.

Knowing that his mid-range is a flaw, Harden started his offense at the three-point line this time. Liu Ren dared not use the previous defensive strategy of stepping back, but followed Harden closely.

Before the game, Liu Ren knew Harden, a popular Rocket player in China, very well. Harden's three-point ability is quite good. He has a 30.00% three-point shooting rate in his career, and he is the main scorer. obtained under the circumstances.

In the opening game, Harden was very uncomfortable with Liu Ren's defense. That was because the season had just started. As the season progressed, Harden's state gradually improved, and he was not so afraid of Liu Ren's suffocating defense.

Knowing that it is impossible to force Liu Ren in his position, Harden directed Howard to pick and roll.

Liu Ren immediately made a choice, switched defenses with Thackeray, and followed Howard.

Sure enough, Harden passed the ball to Howard. Unlike Beverly's lame pass, Harden's pass was fast and accurate. Seeing Howard took the ball, Thackeray rushed in to double-team Howard.

At this time, Howard, who had just stepped into the three-second zone, suddenly became enlightened. Instead of dribbling the ball in for a dunk, he passed back to Harden who had withdrawn from the three-point line.

Liu Ren groaned secretly, and immediately followed the ball like a cheetah and rushed towards Harden, narrowly returning to the defense.

However, Harden smiled and threw the ball to the left side of the basket. Howard, who returned to the basket first, easily completed an alley dunk and scored two points.

This is Harden's tactic!

Harden didn't plan to shoot himself at the beginning, but helped Howard clear the inside line, pulled out the big guy Thackeray, and tricked Liu Ren, who was assisting in defense, to create an easy dunk opportunity for Howard.

Liu Ren intends to pay the opponent one back. In this game, he hasn't scored yet, and he has no free catch, yet he was preempted by the opponent!
The Rockets once again overtook the score, and the game was quite fierce from the beginning.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers attack.

It seemed that he was a little afraid of Thackeray's mid-range shot. Howard followed. Beverly couldn't guard Liu Ren at all. Liu Ren cut to the basket, and Jeremy Lin's pass arrived. Jump high, get the ball and press the ball into the basket with one hand.

Rocket attack.

Harden and Howard pick and roll, Thackeray pulls Howard and makes a defensive foul.

The Rockets continued to attack. Thackeray didn't dare to make such a big move this time. He could only choose to switch defenses, but he couldn't keep up with Harden's footsteps and was cut inside by Harden.

After cutting inside, Harden didn't pass the ball, but saw Liu Ren sticking to the defense and immediately took that weird European step. Left-handers playing the European step are really hard to defend against. Thackeray saw Harden jumping lightly, so he Jumping forward to block the shot, Harden immediately made Thackeray a shooting foul.

In just 3 minutes, Thackeray was fouled for the second time and was fouled by Harden.

D'Antoni expected that the Rockets would take advantage of their weak inside line from the very beginning to attack the inside line and cause damage, but what he didn't expect was that Thackeray made a second foul so soon, and it took him a little longer to play.

D'Antoni called a timeout. Fortunately, he had already discussed the coping strategies with several team brains before the game.

"Drummond, you play center, and the defensive end moves forward to prevent Howard from easily receiving the ball inside. Jeremy, Jordan, you partner in the backcourt, Kobe, you go to the small forward position, we play more off-ball pick-and-roll..." D'Antoni took out the tactical board as he spoke, and began to draw running diagrams for Kobe, Jeremy Lin, Green, and Clarkson's pick-and-roll or open pick-and-roll.

Seeing 203's Green playing center forward and guarding Howard, Liu Ren silently prayed for him, but found that the coach seemed to have forgotten one thing: "Coach, what about me? You haven't said what I should do!"

When D'Antoni heard Liu Ren's question, he groaned, as if he just remembered Liu Ren: "When you go to the low post, no matter who is behind, they will all be bumped in and dunked by me. If someone double-teams, just pass."

Randomly assigned a task to Liu Ren, D'Antoni continued to explain tactics to the other four.

He was taken aback by D'Antoni's arrangement for Liu Ren. It's so simple?
Bah, no, it's D'Antoni's moustache who thinks this is too simple!What does it mean to bump into the opponent and just dunk, the opposite is inside and we are just a handsome and handsome small forward!
Liu Ren suddenly remembered that the role assigned to him by the coach has become more and more casual. From the very beginning, how should you play, how should you cooperate to "boss, you just go to break through and score. They let you shoot and you will hit." Throw them to death."

Then to "you pass the ball, let the inside score more, and then the pressure on the outside will be less, and the COSCO will have an easy shot."

And then to the current "just go in and smash them and dunk", Liu Ren thinks this is too casual for our team's core future No. 1 in the world!
"However...it's very emotional to bump the opponent into the inside for a dunk..." Liu Ren remembered that in some games, when he was placed in the low position and forced to eat some small guys, the feeling made people excited... …

But now he is really going to face the opponent's power forward, and he is still a little nervous.

The small lineup of the Lakers was rare before D'Antoni came. The previous coaches, whether it was Zen Master or Mike Brown, liked to use a big lineup. The average height of just 2 or [-] meters like the current situation has never appeared. .

Harden made two free throws. He deserves to be a hero who can score 9 points on 2 of 30 shots.

The Lakers attacked and followed the coach's arrangement. The first ball after the timeout came back was Liu Ren's position to create pressure on the opponent's inside defense.

Liu Ren was leaning against Terrence Jones in the low post to ask for the ball. At this time, Kobe was in the corner on Liu Ren's side. Ariza was defending him. Jeremy Lin was holding the ball at a 45-degree angle on the same side of Liu Ren. Harden was defending him. , Beverley followed Clarkson near the free throw line.

Jeremy Lin uploaded it immediately, and then the Lakers began to move. Green first gave Jeremy Lin an off-ball screen. Clarkson slid the baseline to bypass Jones and Ren Liu, and came to the corner of Ren Liu to set a screen for Kobe. Kobe immediately mentioned the middle distance, Jeremy Lin came to the corner behind Liu Ren, and Green was outside the three-second zone on Jeremy Lin's side.

The one who defended Jeremy Lin became Beverly, the one who defended Kobe Bryant became Harden, and the one who followed Clarkson in the corner became Ariza.

Liu Ren saw the tricks of this movement, generally speaking, it caused dislocation and the opponent's defensive top soldiers were useless.

Kobe playing Harden is basically a misplacement. Harden's defense is notoriously poor. If Liu Ren feels that he has no chance to score, it is much easier for Kobe to single-handedly beat Harden than to beat Ariza.

Clarkson has been in the limelight recently. He is known as the biggest legacy of the 14 draft. He restrained Ariza, and Jeremy Lin attracted Beverly away.

The movement of the rest of the Lakers created a perfect singles opportunity for Liu Ren.

Liu Ren felt a little excited when he hit the back and beat the power forward!

The fans looked at Liu Ren's posture of catching the ball and were also a little curious. What is this for?How to act like a real Nian Ai'an, do you want to play singles inside?They were very puzzled that Liu Ren had this skill?Haven't seen it before!
Then, Liu Ren really leaned on Jones like an insider, ready to force him!

"Is this action intended to hit you?" Everyone who saw Liu Ren's action showed puzzled expressions.

Jones thought to himself that his height of [-] meters was a bit taller than the kid opposite him, and he was much bigger than him, so let the kid bump him.

That's right, Liu Ren's figure looks slimmer than Kobe's, but his bones are full of muscles!That explosive power is even scary to Jordan of the Clippers!

Ever since, Jones' hell has arrived!

Hit and fly!When Liu Ren's impact like a huge wave hit Jones, he was directly hit and flew back.

Liu Ren's impact was brutal and swift. Every time Jones was knocked off the ground, he was knocked back as soon as he fell off the ground!Three or four hits knocked Jones into a reasonable collision zone!

Liu Ren turned around, ignored the terrified Jones, jumped up, rode Jones, and filled Liu Ren's frame with both hands!
Overlord step!
"Oh, my, God..." Although the fans at the scene knew Liu Ren's toughness, they were stunned this time. This scene was almost the same as the monster of the Lakers more than ten years ago!

When Liu Ren made the movements, his brain was actually delusional, and he completed those movements completely subconsciously, because he was so excited!

When he reacted, there were overwhelming cheers from the audience!

Liu Ren is so coquettish, he immediately made a gesture of kissing his biceps...

Rocket attack.

It seemed that he was stunned by Liu Ren. Jones was stunned during the attack. Howard passed to him who was open. He was stunned in front of this excellent layup opportunity and missed the first shot.

When Jones regained his composure after a brief absence, Liu Ren, who had been assisting Howard in defending him, had already returned to his defensive position. He saw the timing and slapped the ball down, hitting Jones and bouncing out of bounds.

Howard didn't say anything about it, he often fumbled the ball.

Lakers attack!

Howard took the initiative to defend Liu Ren and asked Jones to defend Green.

Don't look at Howard's usual joking, he is actually a delicate person, his emotions are particularly easily affected, and he thinks more than others.

Being sold by the Magic, that was the first time he felt confused after entering the league. He has made so many contributions to the Magic, 4 best defensive players, a trip to the finals, and the final result was being traded.

When it came to the Lakers, they couldn't play the dominance they used to because of back injuries, and there was a paranoid who was 34 years old and could still hit No. 1 in the league.

The fans of the Lakers didn't value him so much, which made him very injured. More importantly, the Lakers management would rather choose a 35-year-old guy with a ruptured tendon as the core of the team than choose him. For the first time, he felt that he was not taken seriously. , chose to leave and came to the rocket.

Seeing the Chinese defender he was defending, who was waiting for his teammates to run, Howard couldn't help thinking, how good it would be if he didn't leave the Lakers, but waited for this young man to rise?At that time, he had already seen Liu Ren's talent, but he didn't expect Liu Ren to improve to this level.

Howard had to admit that in the summer of 13, he thought Harden, who was already the number one shooting guard in the league, was no longer as good as this young Chinese small forward.

And Kobe has also changed, obviously different from before, willing to play a supporting role.

Howard couldn't help sighing that during that negotiation, if Kobe was willing to be a spiritual leader as he is now, and willing to play more of a supporting role on the court as he is now, he might have stayed.

He thinks there is another possibility, maybe Kobe was ready to hand over the scepter slowly at that time, but that kind of old-school thinking made Kobe so tough in expression.

The matter has come to this point, and it is impossible to do it again. Even if Howard regrets, he has nothing to do. He can only focus on the game and focus on the game that is going on in front of him.

Liu Renqiang gained confidence after eating Jones once, and he had more confidence in himself. Even if Howard was behind him, he did not hesitate. He continued the tactics arranged by D'Antoni. When his teammates ran out of position, Liu Ren leaned against Howard and observed The opponent's other defensive players had no one to defend, so Liu Ren was going to try to torture the beast.

When Liu Ren and Howard grabbed a rebound before, they found that Howard's physical fitness is not as good as DeAndre Jordan's to a certain extent. In terms of jumping and explosive power, Jordan is better.

Now Howard is better than Jordan in defensive skills and ball quotient.

Howard lowered his center of gravity and waited for the opponent's impact. Howard was different from others. He attached great importance to his opponent. When he saw Jones being crushed like that, he immediately saw that it was an absolute force suppression.

Although Howard worked very hard, his weak lower body strength made his static strength not outstanding. Sure enough, Liu Ren knocked Howard back half a step in the first tentative collision. After finding out the opponent's strength, Liu Ren used With all his strength, Howard was knocked into the basket step by step by Liu Ren!
Knocking Howard into a reasonable collision zone, Liu Ren picked up the ball with his right hand, turned around and smashed the ball to the basket.

"Don't think about it!" Howard jumped up vigorously and went to the fan.

Liu Ren evaded Howard's block with a lever, and he, already riding on Howard, took advantage of Howard's force to take off, and dunked it into the basket!Flat frame buckle!
The referee whistles!The goal is effectively a penalty!
Howard finally felt why Jones lost his mind. As being crushed by a small forward in terms of strength, this is not a shame that can be described, it is simply a blow from the spiritual level!
The fans at the scene cheered again, louder than before when Jones was buckled, because it was Howard who was riding!

Enjoying the cheers of the fans, this feeling makes Liu Ren enjoy it very much.

Liu Ren made a free throw and the Lakers led by 3 points!
The Rockets attacked. Seeing Howard recovered from his absence so quickly, Liu Ren couldn't help but lament that he is a guy who can become a superstar, and he can still play such a good performance after receiving so many doubts and criticisms.

Howard was so humiliated this time and was able to re-enter the game so quickly. Liu Ren's evaluation of Howard was one point higher.

Liu Ren forgot one thing. Howard had already suffered this kind of thing in 04. At that time, he had just been selected as the No. .

At that time, Howard had just set foot on the starting point of becoming the No. 1 center. In a game against the Lakers, he was dunked by the No.09 in the league head-on on his neck. Think about it from time to time.

Howard has already had this experience, so he recovered so quickly this time.

Howard's singles, Green alone can't defend at all, Howard's current singles is still [-]-[-]% of the peak level, Green is still a little tender, the defense is already the best in the league, and the single-defense center is still a little bit worse, Liu Ren sees Then let go of Jones and double-team Howard with Green.

In fact, Howard's playing style has always been very selfless. During the Magic period, he didn't occupy any possession of the ball. If he hadn't wanted to prove that he could play singles in the past few years, he would not have fallen so much. He just wanted to prove himself.

This time he saw that Jones was empty, and immediately uploaded it.

To Howard's relief, Jones didn't get distracted this time, and reacted quickly after getting the ball, jumping up and hitting the ball to the basket.

But it seems that once the tragedy starts, it's like eating some kind of chewing gum, and it can't stop at all!

Liu Ren turned around on the spot and jumped up, swung the ball that Jones was about to dunk into the basket directly!

That's right, just swing!Jones didn't jump high, and his elbows didn't exceed the basket, but Liu Ren's line of sight was almost parallel to the bottom edge of the backboard when he jumped from the spot!Liu Ren grabbed the ball in Jones's hand and swung it to the right, grabbing it directly!Jones lost his balance and fell to the ground!
Flat Frame Grab Hat!

Seeing Jones' expression of disbelief, Liu Ren was very happy. Holding the ball in one hand, he took a long breath and threw the ball to Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin received the pass from Liu Ren, glanced at him, and saw that Clarkson was about to go down, and stretched out his hand for the ball while running.

Jeremy Lin saw Clarkson's running route and made a beautiful long pass. Clarkson received the ball comfortably and made an easy layup.

12:7.

McHale's old face was more like a bitter melon, as if he had never smiled.

Harden couldn't take it anymore. McHale's tactics rarely glued the entire team together, and they all relied on the personal ability of the stars to win.

As soon as the ball was sent, Harden reached out for the ball, and he was going to come by himself!
Facing Clarkson, Harden played much simpler. He dribbled the ball directly from Clarkson's left side.

Clarkson followed up in time, blocking Harden's path.

At this time, Harden took a step back and retreated outside the three-point line. Clarkson was too old to exert force, so he could only watch Harden make a shot.

"Shua" three-pointer fell into the net.

Harden stopped the decline by relying on his personal ability.

For the Lakers, Kobe received a pass from Liu Ren after being double-teamed by Harden and Howard, and made a long-range mid-range shot, but unfortunately missed, Howard protected the rebound.

Howard was moved to tears, the first defensive rebound of the game.

The Rockets attacked, and Harden continued to single Clarkson. He did the same to shake off Clarkson's defense, shot a three-pointer, and missed.

Green stuck Howard like a hug, and the referee didn't give a foul. Liu Ren easily picked up the rebound and counterattacked!

Jeremy Lin saw Liu Ren grabbed the rebound and ran towards the opponent's basket immediately. Seeing this, Jeremy Lin threw the ball forward. Jeremy Lin rarely used a dunk to complete the fast break.

14 to 10, the Lakers continue to maintain the lead!
McHale finally couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout.

(End of this chapter)