I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 155

Ariza's full name is Trevor Ariza. He was born in Miami, Florida on June 1985, 6. He was selected by the Knicks to enter the NBA in 30. He played for the Magic, Lakers, Rockets and Wizards successively as a small forward.He has good physical fitness, excellent jumping ability and explosiveness. He is a tall and long-armed athletic striker. He won the 2004 NBA championship with the Lakers in his career.

Logically speaking, as a small forward, he should face Artest, but every time he faces the Lakers, the coach of his team will give him a rather big problem-defending Kobe.

As a complete offensive player, Bryant caused headaches for all players who defended him, and the Wizards coach hoped that Ariza's experience with the Lakers could help the team.

"In fact, what you can do is to make Kobe's shots more difficult, and at the same time use your own tough defense to counter his aggressiveness." Ariza said, he also emphasized, "Want to really defend Kobe? There is no! Unless He was hurt, or you pissed him off."

"It's wrong to say that you can stop Kobe," Wizards coach Randy Whitman agreed. "Ariza knows how to position himself. He knows the Lakers' offense. More freedom, allow yourself to gamble a bit. I would take a few different approaches, if you play the same strategy every time you face the same team, they will knock you down easily. We have to start from the game Start attacking from the start, and it has to start on the defensive end."

Ariza, who has played for the Lakers for two seasons, really understands Kobe's preferences when he holds the ball, and knows when to choose physical contact, which makes Kobe's shots difficult.And when Ariza played next to Kobe, he showed a strong personal defensive ability, and later practiced a three-pointer, which can be called a perfect 3D player.

The Lakers eliminated the Nuggets in the 2009 Western Conference Finals. Ariza played a vital role in Anthony's steals at the last moment, because his long arms, keen judgment, and good movement speed allowed him to move as far as possible. Interfere with defenders.

So when he was listening to Kobe's words, he held onto the latter's jersey tightly, waiting for an opportunity to cause interference and steals. Chu Xiao didn't pass the ball to Kobe immediately, but passed it to the ambush in the right corner. Artest.

After Artest received the ball, he used his strong body to squeeze away the rookie Bill's defense, and rushed into the inside line with a crabbed step. He found a gap in the crowd of people for his shot. But the ball swished around in the basket and bounced out again. Warcraft jumped up and caught the rebound with his butt. The ball was suitable for low-post singles, so he bent over, dribbled, and turned around in one go. Just as he was about to grab the ball and stand up for a dunk, the defender who knew what he liked quickly took the ball with his eyes and hands, succeeded in stealing it, and then handed the ball to Wall, who was in charge of organizing the offense.

After Wall took the ball, he went straight to the frontcourt, facing the unguarded basket, and took advantage of the momentum with a heavy two-handed dunk. This round took more than 3 seconds.

This ball is another perfect combination of speed and physical fitness!It's hard to defend.

Chu Xiao looked at the ball and sighed, feeling depressed for the first time.

And the ball that set off the climax of the game happened in the last 5 seconds of the first quarter. After receiving the pass from the backcourt, Wall immediately galloped forward, and it took only 2 seconds to reach the frontcourt. Xiao and the entire Lakers team were caught off guard, and they really learned what lightning-like speed is.

Chu Xiao went forward to take a good position on the three-point line, and then saw Wall rushing towards him without any sign of slowing down. Chu Xiao was ready to be knocked down by him and make an offensive foul However, Wall performed his signature move just before facing him - circling the ball behind his back.

In an instant, he changed direction and broke into the penalty area, almost attracting the other 4 defensive players to rush over, one hit five!

But this is not a real one-on-five, and it doesn't help. Everyone can only watch him forcefully take off and dunk, and it takes 4 seconds to score 2 points.

The applause from the audience was deafening.

首节结束，湖人27-32落后了奇才队5分。沃尔6投5中成为全场第一个得分突破两位数的球员。

Being 5 points behind is actually not much, but the Wizards team with the No. 1 record in the league is leading, which is a bit unacceptable.

So before the start of the second quarter, Zen master called everyone and said, "Wal is faster, as fast as I imagined before the game. It is very difficult to limit him one-on-one. In the second quarter, zone defense is used to force him to run. , had to play half-court offense and defense."

All the team members nodded in agreement.

Zen master continued to assign tasks to Chu Xiao, "Your shot against Wall in the opening singles was very beautiful, and then you will play more singles and pass less. If Wall defends with all his strength, it will just consume his energy. If he doesn't defend, then it's just right. Go all out. Go score!"

Nash, who had been following the team on away games while recuperating from his injuries, suddenly interjected, "Chu Xiao, do you still remember what we did after training alone? It's time to show off the results."

"Received!" Chu Xiao swept away the depression of Wall's speed in the first quarter, regained his confidence and set off again.

In the second quarter, both sides sent substitute players first, and the "General" Arenas, who returned to the home court of the Wizards, received sparse cheers and boos.

Instead, Wall took the initiative to run over and hug him. Wall said, "We used to be teammates and got along very well. Although we didn't win much, we were very happy."

"Me too, I love you brother!" Arenas responded with a smile.

In the 2010 NBA draft, Wall was the No. 29 pick and joined the Wizards. At that time, the boss of the team was Arenas. At his peak, Arenas was an All-Star player averaging 2010 points per game, but he was injured in [-]. Disease and negative news, especially the "Gun Gate" incident made him notorious.

Wall and Arenas are both point guards. The Wizards selected Wall with the No. [-] pick, intending to replace Arenas with him as the core position. "There's going to be a badass ball bully, and they're going to have infighting.

"I didn't know what was going to happen," Wall said. "Most of the time when you're in a situation like that, you're like, 'Oops, he's probably an asshole, he's going to tell you this is his team.' But Actually, he didn't do that."

Arenas not only did not bully Wall, but gave him a lot of help, not only on the court, but also off the court. He gave Wall sneakers worth thousands of dollars, "I know Wall has high hopes, And my own prime is over, but I accept that."

"I chose to delegate, 'Brother, this is your team.'" Arenas said to Wall proactively, "Don't worry about me, you are the future of the team, I will wait until they trade me away, Let's see what they do. We shouldn't even be sitting here talking about the young versus the veteran."

Although Arenas beat Wall in team training, he is very clear about the team's future development plan and knows that he is not in it.

"There's nothing I can do about it," Arenas said.

As he himself expected, on December 2010, 12, Arenas was traded to the Magic by the Wizards.Counting, Arenas and Wall spent only a few months as teammates, but they established a very good personal relationship.

Returning to the place where he was in his prime, Arenas played very calmly, assisted McGrady and Meeks to hit three-pointers, and completed an alley-oop dunk performance with Thackeray, directly helping the Lakers overtake the score.

But the Wizards at home were not the ones who were beaten. Sean Livingston, who came off the bench for Wall, scored 2 points in a row in 7 minutes. Martin also made a three-pointer for the Wizards. The Wizards directly led by 7 points. as much.

The Zen Master's whistle for a timeout sounded, and the Lakers all made their debut, and the Wizards also replaced the lineup.

Lakers 35-42 Wizards.

After returning from the timeout, Wall's defensive method is still to shoot and not let go, so he chooses his position within the three-point line. After Chu Xiao dribbled the ball for half the court, he saw that Wall was far away from himself. , and when he was one step away from the three-point line, raising his hand was a three-pointer.

Lakers 38-42 Wizards.

Wall didn't work hard enough on defense, perhaps in order to use all his strength on offense.After Chu Xiao hit a three-pointer, Wall quickly received a pass from his teammate and dribbled it directly to the frontcourt. The speed was so fast that the four behind the Lakers returned to the perimeter of the penalty area but did not land in a good position. There were many gaps. He resorted to a scissors step, tore through the defense with one step, and hit a jumper directly on the right side of the penalty area.

It wasn't until this time that the Lakers' defenders were able to set up the zone defense, and everyone had to sigh sincerely, "It's really the only thing that doesn't break through quickly!"

Compared with others who lamented Wall's speed, Chu Xiao paid attention to the opponent's scissors step. This is another big killer of Wall besides circling the ball behind his back. It is not used very frequently on the field, but Once used, it will explode the audience.

The so-called scissors step is actually an extraordinary feint. It is a bit similar to the effect of probing and changing directions. The original forward foot stepped on the air and did not land, but the rhythm change released at this moment made the defense Those who were caught off guard.

The moment you make this action, the defensive player will subconsciously think that you are going to retreat or stop the ball. At this time, the defender has two choices, that is, stop or press forward. It is precisely at this time that the opportunity comes. The specific position of the opponent chooses cross step or breakthrough step by step.

In today's NBA arena, Wall is almost the spokesperson of the scissors step. With his dreamy footsteps coupled with his only fast and unbreakable skill, he has been invincible once he has used it.

However, many people may not know that it was Tracy McGrady, who was sitting on the Lakers bench at the moment, who first made the scissors step shine in the NBA. However, the Internet was not as developed as it is now, and there was no concept of the scissors step, so there was no fire. stand up.

(End of this chapter)