NBA villain

Chapter 425 Super Strong Footsteps
Oakland Arena, courtside.

On the Warriors' bench, coach Montgomery and assistant coach Ron Adams talk about the situation on the court.

"Elton Brand is in good shape, and he made the second mid-range shot." Ron Adams looked very serious. Brad averaged 24+ points per game and has been proven to be the best player in the NBA. The most scoring No. [-] position, there are many games in the season, directly relying on his performance to win.

"Di Yang is very good defensively, but his straight-arm jumper has always ignored the defense." Montgomery nodded.

"Is it possible to strengthen the double-teaming?"

"If Elton Brand is just a jumper, there is no need for double-teaming. I believe in Yang Di's defense, and I also believe that Brand can't be so accurate all the time. The shooting percentage will always come down."

Adams said: "The Clippers have replaced Corey Maggette, and will definitely replace Radmanovich in a while. Should we rotate the perimeter to ensure sufficient physical strength."

"Change to Monta? At this time, he is about the same height as Mobley, and he still has an advantage in speed."

"I'm more worried about his experience. I'm afraid that he will be deceived by these playoff veterans and make some mistakes on the court, just like Danny's omission."

Montgomery expressed his inner worries, and then he didn't want to rotate in advance, so he was going to wait and give Granger a little more time to adapt. After all, Granger is now the most important part of the Warriors' perimeter.

On the TNT TV broadcast, two commentators chatted about the game that had ended.

"The Warriors and the Clippers are the third game. In the two games that have ended, the Cavaliers beat the Wizards 97 to 86, and the Heat beat the Bulls 111 to 106."

"The three best stars in the 03 class, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, have taken the lead in winning the playoffs this year. Yang Di will also be one of them. Will he win the Clippers?"

"I feel that the overall strength of the Clippers is still slightly inferior to the Warriors, including that the Warriors are still ahead by a few points at this time. If they still can't find a way to restrain Yang Di, it will be difficult for the Clippers to win."

On the field, Yang Di caught the ball again.

At this time, the first quarter has been played for more than 7 minutes, and it is about to enter the rotation time.

Yang Di hit Brand with his back and hit him twice. The Clippers suddenly used a double-team. Maggette, who came in from the outside, double-teamed Yang Di, so Yang Di had very little frontal space.

Yang Di immediately turned around with his left foot as the axis, and turned towards the baseline. After stepping on the ground with his right foot, he turned around and shot a jumper.

Yang Di's shots are leaning back, and his feet are bounced to maintain balance. During the training with Olajuwon, he also mastered this skill, but most of them are close-range shots. If he is far away, he will hit. The rate is difficult to grasp.

This time, the shot happened to be near the paint area. Yang Di relied on his strong strength to get stuck in the main position, and turned around to shoot Brand almost too late to block the shot.

Then a hollow ball was thrown near the zero angle.

The Warriors lead 20-14 by 6 points.

The gap was bigger than 2 minutes ago, and the head coach of the Clippers, Dun Levy, couldn't help but sweat in his heart, "We must hold on!"

Kassel holds the ball outside.

Brand rarely comes out of the pick-and-roll, Cassel dribbles to the right, and Brand goes down from the left.

The two picked and rolled for a moment, and Yang Di and Baron Davis tacitly double-teamed at the same time, putting pressure on Cassel.

Cassel's eyes flashed, and he held the ball straight through with both hands. This time, he handled the ball very quickly.

Brand was directly at the point guard, and Yang Di immediately turned and walked to the basket. In order to rotate the defense, Danny Granger on the outside turned around to defend Brand.

Yang Di adjusted in small steps and rushed out of the three-point line again.

Brand transferred the ball to Mobley's hands, and Mobley directly faced Yang Di's defense and forced a shot. Because of his position advantage and fast shot speed, Yang Di didn't block it.

Turning around to look, it was hollow into the net.

17 to 20, the Clippers trailed by 2 points.

Yang Di raised his hand, indicating that he was responsible for the ball. When Mobley received the ball from the outside, his first judgment was that Mobley might have made a time-lag breakthrough. Unexpectedly, Mobley pulled up and shot directly.

Clippers offense, Danny Granger picks and rolls for Baron Davis.

Baron Davis pressed forward and changed direction, the Clippers' defense had a loophole, and Davis broke through in a straight line.

Near the free throw line, Chris Kaman went up to defend, Brand opened his hands to guard the basket, and the entire Clippers shrank their defense, cutting off Davis' passing route.

Davis spun the ball safely and handed the ball to Yang Di.

Yang Di caught the ball near the baseline. After taking the ball, Brand immediately moved over quickly, raised his arm and swayed to shoot.

Because it was a supplementary defense, Brand couldn't judge clearly, and almost jumped up directly on his feet. Even if he reacted in time, his movements were a beat slower, and his center of gravity rose.

Yang Di broke through with the ball in his left hand and moved towards the center line. At this time, Baron Davis withdrew from the inside again, and Brand followed Yang Di.

Yang Di came to a sudden stop, with his right foot as the axis, his left foot back, and he pulled the ball horizontally with his back and left hand, making a turning movement.

"I want to turn around!"

Brad yelled, and with his outstanding physical fitness, he also stopped abruptly.

At this moment, Yang Dilang twisted his waist, and relying on his strong core control, he took a big step with his left foot to the left, and turned around, his center of gravity suddenly shifted from his right foot to his left foot, and he jumped in a drifting manner. go out.

Brand watched Yang Di drift away from him in embarrassment, unable to defend anymore.

The basketball spun, and hit the inner edge of the hoop in a flickering way, making a hit.

22:17.

"What a beautiful move, what a beautiful footstep!" The audience exclaimed in unison, and then gave the audience full applause.

Brand's face was red, Yang Di had already scored 8 points, and he couldn't guard him at all.

After a few more rounds, the two sides started a normal lineup rotation. The Clippers replaced Radmanovich and Sean Livingston, while the Warriors replaced Derek Fisher and Ford. Yale, John Salmons and others.

It wasn't until the second quarter that Montgomery hesitantly replaced Monta Ellis.

But Ellis' height and weight are at a disadvantage in the 2nd position. Fortunately, the Clippers are rotating Mobley and Cassel to play the [-]nd position, and Livingston is the [-]st position.

Livingston faced Fisher. Fisher was shorter in height, but he was strong and stable.

Hit two points on Fisher's head.

"Livingston is too high in the No. 1 position, and he shoots very steadily." On the bench, Yang Di was a little worried.

"Radmanovich is also tall." Davis also found it very difficult. The Clippers' bench lineup is very strange, and the offensive end has its own characteristics. If the height disadvantage cannot be resolved, it will be difficult to defend the opponent.

"It depends on how the coach solves it." Yang Di said slowly after taking a sip of water.

(End of this chapter)