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Chapter 248 Controlling the Rhythm

Faced with Yang Ke's sudden brake, he ran backwards and inserted into the penalty area in the opposite direction.Prince was a little dazed at the first moment, and then he was half a beat behind. When he came back to his senses and hurriedly continued to defend, it was too late.

Dior had already passed the ball and gave an advance, allowing Yang Ke, who was running at high speed, to receive it easily.Due to the running positions of Leonard and others, the Pistons' defensive center of gravity has shifted to the right side.

Therefore, Yang Ke, who entered from the left side, after getting rid of Prince, had no obstacles in the way forward, and he directly and easily turned back and made a layup.

Turning around, Stucky, who is not good at organizational skills, still wants to continue singles against Yang Ke, but he has just held the ball and is about to break through, when Leonard has already run over and double-teamed him.

Um?
Surprisingly, he glanced at Leonard, and from the corner of his eye, he saw that Green had moved to a high position. It was immediately clear that this had changed to a zone defense.

Stucky, who was double-teamed by the two, was unable to notice the changes on the court because most of his sight was blocked by the bodies of Yang Ke and Leonard.Seeing that the Spurs dispatched two people to double-team him, he immediately realized that a teammate had an open space.

Stuckey was not confident that he could break through under the double-teaming of Yang Ke and Leonard, so he had to take a few steps back with the ball to prevent mistakes under the double-teaming.

As a result, the range of sight has also expanded a bit, and when Gordon is unmarked, Stuckey directly passes the ball with his hands.

Green, who was originally pulled up to a high position to make a defense, saw the basketball flying by in his vision, and subconsciously reached out to intercept the ball.Immediately, he dribbled the ball to the front court quickly, and succeeded in fast break and dunks.

Taking advantage of this time, the expressionless Leonard walked up to Yang Ke and said in a low voice: "Yang, you go to mark Gordon later, and Stucky will leave it to me!"

"Um?"

Yang Ke was slightly taken aback. Man-to-man defense is the mainstream in today's NBA, while zone defense is mostly used to change the defensive rhythm and is suitable for players' spontaneous defensive adjustments. Basically, it only takes one or two rounds.

Of course, sometimes when facing a specific opponent, the coach will also deploy a zone defense, but that is rarely the case. After all, zone defense is a tactic that requires high tactical discipline from the team's players.

You must know that in today's increasingly commercialized league, a team's lineup changes too frequently, and few teams can reach such a level.

Glancing at Yang Ke, Leonard continued: "Stucky is very active, and we need you to allocate your physical strength more reasonably. Dude, your physical reserves have not been very good."

"Understood!"

Nodding his head, looking at Stucky who was slowly dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, Yang Ke then moved to Gordon who landed in the left corner.

Yang Ke is very clear that the team is now dominated by him as the team's offense, and his core position is self-evident. Therefore, in order to ensure that the performance of the remaining game time does not fluctuate much, he must allocate his physical energy rationally.

As a result, continuing to entangle with Stuckey one-on-one on the defensive end is not a good choice.For one thing, Stuckey is not a super giant.Secondly, the team is not without other defensive champions.

Replaced?
Stuckey brought the ball to the frontcourt, looking at Leonard standing in front of him, he was a little surprised.But before he could figure it out, Leonard had already stuck up, wrapping his long arms tightly around him.

Leonard, who is like brown sugar, put enough pressure on Stuckey. Fortunately, his own ball-handling skills are good, and he didn't make mistakes in the first time, allowing him to pass the ball reluctantly.After several passes and leads, the basketball was deliberately passed to Gordon.

Bang!Bang!
Slapping the basketball, Gordon slowly moved to 45 degrees, while Yang Ke followed closely within the three-point line.Unlike Stuckey, Gordon's positioning is just a mobile fort, coupled with his lack of personal breakthrough ability, so he will not play singles with the ball until he gets rid of the defense.

Going to a 45-degree angle to the left and stopping, Gordon and Stuckey made a cross screen.Return the ball to the latter, and want to use this to allow Leonard and Yang Ke to switch defenses, so as to achieve the goal of continuing to face the upper position.

It's a pity that Leonard would rather be blocked than switch defenses with Yang Ke.Therefore, Stuckey, who gained a short shot space, directly shot a jumper on the spot.However, since he is not good at three-pointers, this three-pointer did not come out of the box unexpectedly.

Seeing that the Spurs changed their defense in this way, Frank, who was thinking about his next strategy, shook his head helplessly, and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "What a high tactical quality! It is worthy of being the Spurs known as the strongest team!"

It can be said that in an NBA game, the lineup system, offensive and defensive tactics, and rules are actually a process of constant exchanges between the two teams.And a team with extremely high tactical literacy can not only better complete the various deployments of the coach, but also automatically adjust through the real-time situation on the field to respond to changes in the opponent as quickly as possible.

Such a team may not be able to win all the opponents all the time, but it is absolutely difficult to fall...

In the subsequent games, Yang Ke, who focused all his attention on the offensive end, continued to organize and pass to his teammates to complete the scoring.In the rare stalemates, he took the initiative to stand up, or made a sudden shot, or broke through with the ball and ended with a mid-range jumper.

The Spurs' changed defensive strategy also made the Pistons feel extremely tricky.Stuckey was suppressed miserably by Leonard. As for Prince and Gordon, due to their respective technical flaws, they failed to pose much threat.

Fortunately, the Pistons performed exceptionally inside, grabbed offensive rebounds many times, and completed the second offense. This barely allowed the score gap between the two teams to widen.

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Another offensive and defensive transition, Yang Ke held the ball and faced Prince on the flank of the three-point line.Slapping the basketball on the spot and keeping the rhythm, Yang Ke didn't organize the attack immediately, and looked up at the inside line.

Yang Ke could see clearly that the scores of the two teams were very close. On the surface, it seemed that they were evenly matched, but in fact the Pistons had already reached their limit.All that was missing was the last straw to completely overwhelm them.

At this time, Green started running without the ball and started at the top of the arc.Gordon defended himself with the air, and ran to the bottom corner on the right to open up the offensive space for the team.

At the same time, Blair also pulled out. Seeing this, Yang Ke no longer thought about it, and used Blair's high cover to get rid of Prince with a lateral dribble.

Seeing Wallace moving sideways and following him, Yang Ke's eyes lit up slightly. At this moment, he had three choices: 1. Rely on fake moves to shake Wallace, and make a jump shot with an emergency stop; 2. Pass the ball back Give it to Blair, and let the latter end the offense; 3. Turn and cut directly to the bottom of the basket, playing big with small.

(End of this chapter)