NBA villain

Chapter 188

How good is Duncan's defense?

In the most recent finals series, Kenyon Martin faced Duncan's defense, averaging only 15 points per game and shooting less than 4%.

Regardless of the efficiency value, Duncan's height, wingspan, weight, strength, reaction, and coordination are all top-notch insiders.At the current stage of his career, Duncan's defense is an out-and-out power forward defense. He not only participates in the team's various rotation defenses, but also often wanders to the outside to sweep.

Because his footsteps are also fast and flexible at this time.

Facing Yang Di who came in with the dribble, Duncan opened his arms and squatted as if he could cover every corner of Yang Di's body.

Without any fear, Yang Di took a step to the right with his right hand, stepped out with his right foot and rushed in.

"boom!"

The two hit each other firmly, and Yang Di let go of the basketball with both hands for balance. He fell to the side, and Duncan also fell straight. The two of them landed together, and the floor seemed to shake.

"duo~"

The referee put his hands to his crotch, and then pointed to the backcourt, signaling Yang Di to make an offensive foul.

Duncan cast a slanted glance at Yang Di, as if to say, boy, you are still too tender.Yang Di got up angrily, and shouted at the referee: "No, he didn't even stand firmly on the ball, did you read it wrong!"

The fans at the scene laughed and applauded, as if mocking Yang Di's overreach, which was their pride, the best power forward in the league.

The referee ignored Yang Di, and the Spurs kicked the ball forward. Yang Di had no choice but to give up continuing the theory and run back to the inside to defend.

The Spurs are not in a hurry to use the strongest point inside -- Duncan's low post offense.

Popovich is a smart coach. From the newly changed rules before the start of this season, he felt the league's policy on outside breakthrough players, so he encouraged his disciples, Frenchman Parker and Argentine Manu Ginobili to make breakthroughs .

This player has a very different style, but it happens to be a master of breakthroughs.

Compared with Richardson, who is half-baked, both of them are very capable of holding the ball.

After Parker asked for Duncan's pick-and-roll on the outside, he easily got rid of Fisher by a large margin. He quickly dribbled the ball low and flat, and ran to a high position one step inside.

Murphy didn't keep up. As soon as he looked up, Parker had already shot.

Fortunately, the ball didn't go in, and the ball bounced very far with a low arc. Yang Di didn't have time to reach out to grab the rebound, and Dunleavy grabbed the rebound.

"This kind of rebounding, you don't have a few times in a game, right?" Yang Di complained in his heart. Dunleavy can hardly grab rebounds. All his rebounds come from picking up, or simply because of the insiders like Yang Di. Random points to him in the fight with other insiders.

Dunleavy's basic skills are very good, holding the ball and advancing steadily to the frontcourt.

The outside line was directed to Fisher, and Richardson took advantage of Murphy's off-ball screen to go in. Murphy finished the screen and went out to the outside line. The Spurs also made a defensive error at this time. Duncan and Ginobili followed Richardson Go, Murphy gets an open chance.

Parker defended, but it was misplaced. Murphy tried a three-pointer against the Spurs who were 20 cm shorter than him.

A group of Spurs gathered inside. Yang Di and Nesterovic occupied each other's positions in the paint area. The rebound bounced to the inside, and Yang Di couldn't grab it.

After halftime, Ginobili used Duncan as a cover, but actually made a tentative breakthrough.

One step past Richardson, balancing the basketball with his left and right hands, and twisting his body, he rushed in. Yang Di stepped forward to defend, and he was almost surrounded by three people alone.

Ginobili made a pass, which seemed to be passed to Duncan who went down the middle, but immediately took the ball back and hit the ground to Nesterovic on the other side.

Padding his feet, Nesterovic dunked with both hands on the frame.The Spurs started with a 5-0 lead.

Yang Di was very annoyed. The ball was shaken by Ginobili's weird movements, and he lost the best opportunity to defend. But in the final analysis, it was still a colander-like defense. Richardson had a top wing The player's body was manipulated by Ginobili, the second-round pick, between the applause.

Richardson has a bad complexion. He knows that he is not good at lateral movement, and his defense is easy to suffer, but he is really working hard to improve and learn. It can only be said that the talent and sense of smell required on the defensive end are no more than those on the offensive end. few.

Warriors attack.

Yang Di walked out, because he had a mid-range shooting performance in the previous games, and Nesterovic, who had done his homework seriously, followed him step by step, not daring to be careless.

But when Yang Di was about to lean his back on him, he walked back again——Yang Di's turn was also very fierce, and Yang Di could easily pass by Yang Di when leaning on his back.

"This cunning European." Yang Di gritted his teeth, Nesterovic was difficult to deal with.

Yang Di provided cover for Deng Levi to run off the ball, but Bowen was like a slippery loach, and the moment he was blocked, he wiped past Yang Di and caught up with Deng Lewei.

Dunleavy got a little space and tried again, but still missed.

The rebound was grabbed by Duncan.

At this time, the time has entered within 10 minutes. The Spurs' tactics were slightly different after they entered the frontcourt. Duncan received the ball at a high position and made a screen for Ginobili hand-in-hand.

The Argentine cuts inside along the route.

"Be careful of the bottom corner!" Montgomery shouted loudly from the sidelines. The Spurs changed their formation, but in the final analysis, their tactics remained the same.

Dunleavy in the bottom corner was not very far from Montgomery. He wanted to rush in to make up for him. Hearing what the coach said, he woke up suddenly and stood still.

Ginobili took a step to the right, another step to the left, a left hand toss the ball for a layup, and directly attacked the basket.

"Be careful!" Popovich also shouted.

However, Ginobili was under the basket and could not be reminded by the coach at all, unless the two of them had a walkie-talkie.

I just feel that the light in the sky seems to be dimmed, and there is a chill on my head, and a shadow drifts past~
"Snapped!"

A loud sound came from above the basketball, and Ginobili felt that the basketball was pressed down so hard that his arm seemed to be broken.

The basketball also landed on Ginobili's calf and bounced off the baseline.

boom!
The SBC center arena fell into silence, and the cheers of the fans stopped abruptly. They opened and closed their mouths blankly, like a fish on shore, but they couldn't make a sound.

"Beautiful cap!"

"He can always deliver wonderful hot pot, and I like his vicious look."

The host of TNT, Steve Kerr continued with a smile: "Yang Di was completely liberated after he came to the Warriors. His defensive awareness and shot-blocking ability are first-class, and he has a strong sense of position on the court."

Duncan looked at Yang Di a little more in surprise. Yang Di's lateral movement and block timing are very good. As an inside line protecting the frame, this is more important than bouncing.

Ginobili got up disheveled, with long hair fluttering, and no special expression on his face.

As an excellent breakthrough player, he has long been prepared to be blocked, and his mental quality is more important than his natural skills.

(End of this chapter)