Basketball K God

Chapter 82 You Can Only Rely On Yourself

Chris Paul dribbled the ball across half court and organized the offense at the top of the key.

Paul is an excellent point guard. Although his height is only 183cm, he can become the top point guard in the league by virtue of his excellent organizational ability and scoring ability on the offensive end.In the last season, he entered the first team in the league, ranked second in the regular season MVP, and is a veritable super giant.

Even on the defensive end, Paul used his excellent confrontation and downside strength, as well as his ability to read the game beyond ordinary people, to achieve a level of anticipation and position selection that ordinary small point guards cannot do.Of course, his small moves made him not very well-known in the league, but if a small man with less than 185cm wants to enter the best defensive team, it seems that it is difficult to do it without some means.Regarding this, Bruce Bowen is a living example!

The Hornets basically have the ball in Paul's hands. Except for him, the other four mainly rely on offense without the ball.Near the free throw line here, David West made a mid-range shot-yes!
The Hornets have a clear division of labor between the two insiders. "Boxer" Tyson Chandler is mainly responsible for frame protection and defense, while David West is mainly responsible for offense.

The ball just now was due to Jason Thompson's inexperience on the defensive end, which made David West too big, allowing him enough space and time to shoot mid-range.

Udri dribbles the ball across the half.

Xie Kai moved without the ball in the frontcourt, he was a little nervous, and ran into his teammate Brad Miller who was about to come out to cover in a panic.

Fortunately, Miller didn't use any force, otherwise, with his small body, he would definitely be knocked down.

"Look at Mike, how can Kane's mentality play an important role in the team?" Charles Barkley said.

Mike Fratello smiled and said: "Charles, this is Kane's first start in his NBA career. It's normal to be nervous. Didn't you feel nervous when you first started?"

"Never mind being nervous, I won't be as frizzy as him!" Barkley insisted.

Mike Fratello knew that Barkley didn't really have any deep prejudices against Kane, a yellow-skinned kid. He was like this, and he liked to hype and find topics.This person has entered the top 50 superstars in NBA history, but the mixed media may become the one with the most vicious tongue.

For the Kings, Salmons held the ball and ate Rasu Butler, but missed a jumper!
Tyson Chandler holds the rebound!

Paul dribbles across half court and organizes the offense at the top of the arc.

This side is still playing David West. He pulled up to the high position and took advantage of the situation to make a foul on Jason Thompson!
David West made two free throws and scored 4 points in a row. The Hornets led 4:0 in the opening game!

"Jason was inexperienced and was eaten to death by David!" Barkley explained.

"Charles, if you were going to guard David, what would you do?" Mike Fratello asked.

"If it were me, the defensive end would be close to the body, not open shots, and let him play with the ball. If he was on his back, he would fight with his upper body, lock the bottom plate, and make him uncomfortable!" Barkley said.

Mike Fratello smiled, saying it is easy, but it is not so easy for a rookie like Jason Thompson to guard against a 4th position who is good at scoring and has physical strength. thing.

For the Kings, Xie Kai received the ball from the bottom corner, faced Peja's defense, broke through with the ball, and was blown by the referee to step on the line!
Xie Kai felt it was a pity, because the rhythm was very good, Peja obviously lost his focus, and it was easy to get a chance by cutting in by himself.

"Sacramento asked Peja to defend Kane because they thought John was a bigger threat?" Mike Fratello said.

Barkley paused, and said: "That's for sure. John should be the best offensive player among the five starters in their team. It's more appropriate for Coach Byron Scott to let Lasu, who has a better defense, to match him!"

Mike Fratello nodded, agreeing with Barkley.No matter what stage of his career Peja is, he is not an elite defender. His best thing has always been his shooting.

For the Hornets, Rasu Butler faced Xie Kai's defense, leaned in and forced a shot-but no!
Jason Thompson grabs a backcourt rebound.

The game started for more than 3 minutes, and the Kings scored 2 points only by free throws, and the iron production was amazing.

"Let me tell you, it's not appropriate for Sacramento to let Kane start. It's not as effective as 3 inside starts! That way, at least the inside defense is good, and David won't be hit consecutively!" Barkley said.

Mike Fratello was noncommittal, thinking that hindsight doesn't mean much.If Xie Kai made an outside shot, what would you say?

The sidelines entered a timeout, and Kings coach Reggie Tois was still somewhat dissatisfied with the team's situation.

"I'm sorry, coach, I didn't do a good job!" Xie Kai felt a little guilty, and the team coach Reggie Tois said during the timeout.

"You don't need to say sorry to me, all you have to do is to go all out on the field and don't have any worries!" Reggietois said incredulously.

Xie Kai nodded solemnly, he was indeed a little confused just now because of nervousness.Of course, the lack of tacit understanding with the teammates in the starting lineup is also a large part of the reason.But he knows that these are not reasons, no one will defend himself, playing badly is bad, this is the NBA!

Pause back, the game continues.

On the Kings' side, the coordination didn't work out, and the ball went to Salmons again.

Salmons used his footsteps to make Rasu Butler a foul, but he didn't expect that the other party would not be fooled at all, so he finally made a shot—strike the iron!
Who knew that at this time, Xie Kai sneaked into the penalty area like a loach, and when Tyson Chandler received the rebound and was about to pass it to Paul, he was accidentally taken out by him!
Xie Kai grabbed the ball, did not force an attack, dribbled it out, and distributed it to Udri at the top of the arc.

The Kings continued to organize the offense. Jason Thompson went down the pick-and-roll and then caught the ball and opened the corner.

Xie Kai received the ball, did not stop, held the ball strong, used his speed to pass Peja, hit the basket and gave it to Salmons near the baseline, who made an open jumper and easily hit it!

The Kings finally had their first field goal!

"Charles, Kane did something after the timeout!" Mike Fratello said with a smile.

"It's only one goal, the game is a 48-minute contest!" Of course, Barkley will not deny his opinion because of Xie Kai's short-term outstanding performance.

For the Hornets, Paul and David West played duo, the latter feinted and then cut in, hit a layup!
The Hornets lead 10:4!

(End of this chapter)