pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 306 Duncan's Special Skill
Neither Felix nor Mu Chenfeng performed as expected. Obviously, as rookies who have never played an official NCAA game, they cannot adapt to the intensity of the NCAA game in a short period of time.

This is a very normal thing. Even many stars who will become all-powerful in the NBA in the future did not perform satisfactorily in their first NCAA game, but this does not affect their greatness and achievements.

To put it bluntly, this kind of competition is something that practice makes perfect. If you play a lot, you will naturally integrate into it. Moreover, with the talents of Mu Chenfeng and Felix, there is no need to worry about whether they can adapt to the NCAA.

The answer given by Barton was to let the two adjust themselves through the game. Although UCLA fell behind more and more points after Mu Chenfeng came on stage, he knew very well that the team's "nuclear weapons" had not yet been used. Oscar must have a way to recover the points.

After all, it was the FMVP. It took only 3 minutes for Oscar to score 11 points in a row from inside and outside shots.

Duncan is worthy of being Popovich's disciple, and the timing of the timeout is just right. If Oscar catches up the point difference one more time and can tie or even overtake with only one goal left, the situation will be much worse than it is now.

Don't underestimate the gap in this round, its influence is as precious as gold.

The top priority is to curb Oscar's performance, so Duncan removed two starting players and replaced them with two players with stronger defensive capabilities to target Oscar. The effect was obvious, and Oscar's offense was restrained.

This was Duncan's "killer weapon" that he planned to use in the next game, but he was forced to use it on UCLA in advance. The two men's defense awareness and physical strength are excellent. As long as Oscar and Wake Forest players form a one-on-one match, one of them will definitely appear in the best defense position. Oscar's offense is restricted, forcing Oscar to make several unreasonable forced shots, and Wake Forest temporarily stabilizes the situation.

But the price of replacing the two defensive champions is to reduce the team's offensiveness. On the offensive end, "Duncan Jr." can only rely on one person to support him, but he can also bear the burden of the team and continuously use rebounding shots to score points.

There are many almost "unsolvable" offensive methods in the NBA. Most of these are the signature moves of stars, with strong technical content. Most people can only imitate their shapes but not their gods. Duncan's "rebound" shooting is one of them.

The mystery of the seemingly not difficult "rebound shooting" is self-evident. Many stars have followed Duncan to participate in the mini-training camp held by him. The purpose is to be able to learn a little about the skills of rebound and shooting in the process of communicating with him. However, more than 90% of the stars have failed and lost to this seemingly simple shooting trick.

Since NBA stars are accustomed to shooting in the air, few people specialize in rebounding and shooting, unless they use the rebounding method when they have to.

The difference between a rebound shot and an ordinary hollow shot is that the ordinary shot only needs to adjust the ballistic and strength, while the rebound shot calculates the reflection angle of the basketball one step more on the basis of these two factors. Therefore, the target of the ordinary shot is the basket, while the target of the rebound shot is the backboard. This technique can only be realized if the line of the rebound and the rebound angle are well controlled.

This is why Duncan's rebounding and shooting has become a stunt in the NBA, and it is really difficult to master.

Such difficult-to-master skills have been vividly demonstrated here by Duncan Jr. He seems to be born with rebounding and shooting. The first ball he hit in his life was to hit the rebound. The old Duncan passed on his basketball genes to the younger Duncan. Coupled with the acquired training, the younger Duncan's rebounding is even more rogue than the old Duncan.

Although it is difficult to get started with the rebound shot, if you master it well, it is easier to score than ordinary shots.

clang!
Another goal, this is Duncan Jr.'s fifth consecutive rebound shot. Except for the three-point line, his rebound has almost no dead ends. From the bottom line to 5° to the front, he can complete the rebound from any angle on the court.

"It's too difficult to defend." Marek, who was in charge of facing Duncan, was about to collapse. Duncan's height was a bit taller among power forwards, and his rebound shot was a straight-armed shot. The probability of blocking is almost zero, so far no one has blocked Duncan Jr.'s rebound shot.

The UCLA teammates can also understand Marek's difficulties. After all, it is normal for his confidence to be affected after being beaten so many times. All his teammates can do is to appease him as much as possible and find suitable opportunities to double-team him.

There are two people in UCLA who are calmly observing Duncan's actions, Oscar and Mu Chenfeng. When Duncan is attacking, these two people are not bystanders, but are analyzing Duncan's skills and habits, and summing up corresponding strategies from them.

"Did you see his weakness?" Oscar had already seen Mu Chenfeng's thoughts, because Mu Chenfeng's performance was exactly the same as his own.

"Well, his weakness lies in his leaning back." Mu Chenfeng said slowly.

This idea coincided with Oscar's, "Tell me about it." Oscar couldn't wait to know what Mu Chenfeng thought.

"His straight-arm hitting the board has reached the point where there is no weakness, and there is no need to add backs. On the surface, adding backs makes his shots more difficult to defend. In fact, this is just superfluous. On the contrary, when he is back, the height of the ball will be lower than when he is straight. He is avoiding the defense from the front, but if he arranges defensive players on the side or behind, he can easily interfere with the ball." Mu Chenfeng shared his thoughts with Oscar, which aroused strong resonance from the other side.

Oscar was shocked by Mu Chenfeng's feeling on the court. He would analyze the current situation as the game progressed. This is something only an excellent basketball player would do, and his analysis of the situation is very thorough and in place. Oscar just thought of this, but Mu Chenfeng made the expression on his face at this time two rounds ago, which shows that he had thought of this long ago.

"If it is really possible to meet in the professional arena in the future, Mu Chenfeng will be a terrible opponent." Oscar silently warned himself in his heart.

(End of this chapter)