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Chapter 258 The person who controls the game enters

The big men in the league, except for a few, don't have a high free throw percentage.And Tyson Chandler's strength lies on the defensive end. He is not a soft-touch offensive center, so free throws are not good.

In the end, Chandler made one of two free throws, and the second free throw bounced out of the frame. The defensive rebound was firmly picked off by Blair, who was stuck in the position, and then passed to Yang Ke.

boom!
Looking at the Knicks players who retreated quickly, Yang Ke controlled the ball very smoothly, deliberately slowing down and walking towards the frontcourt.They have just been replaced, and what they need most at this time is to warm up, and slowing down the pace is a good choice.

Walking through the midfield, Yang Ke stopped at two strides beyond the three-point line, bent over and stared at Felton, who stood in front of him, and flicked the basketball back and forth with both hands, without rushing to attack.

Green and others are running without the ball without a track, so that they can better enter the state.After more than ten seconds, Yang Ke felt that it was almost done, and called Dior, and gestured to him to cover him.

At the same time, Yang Kemai approached the three-point line at the top of the arc, and when he was only half a step away from Felton, Dior finally stood on his right side and raised his strong body horizontally.

Bang!Bang!
Watching Felton's defensive movements out of the corner of his eyes, Yang Ke suddenly quickened his pace, slapped the basketball hard, and poked his feet towards the front left.

Changed defensive strategy?
Yang Ke ran to the left along the three-point line, but found that Stoudemire did not follow him to delay him, but Anthony directly mentioned the three-point line to keep up with his movement.

"Facial paralysis!"

Frowning slightly, Yang Ke didn't hesitate, looked up to Leonard's position, and threw the ball over with a flick of his hand.

At the moment when the basketball just flew out, Felton had already circled forward and caught up behind Yang Ke. It is not difficult to imagine that if Yang Ke passed the ball a little slower, he would face a double-team situation.

Reaching out to block the ball into his arms, Leonard glanced at the three-point line under his feet, hesitated, and finally chose to rush inside.

Beside the Spurs bench, Popovich, who was already frowning because of the change in the Knicks' defensive style, saw Leonard's offensive choice, his face sank: This is not a good choice!

Since Stoudemire did not follow up further, he was able to make up for the defense in time.In this way, Leonard, who chose to play inside, could only force his shot against the defense, and the basketball did not unexpectedly bounce out of the frame.

Seeing this scene, Popovich opened his throat and yelled at Leonard: "You idiot! You just voted directly! What a sudden..."

"Tsk tsk, the old man has started again."

Listening to Popovich's scolding, Barkley shook his head with a smile, and he was the only one in the league to do this.

"It's normal to be scolded. There is indeed a problem with Leonard's choice. Anthony went to attack Yang. He will have at least 1.5 seconds of open time just now, enough for a three-point shot."

Looking into the field, Smith analyzed rationally, "Even if you don't shoot a three-pointer, you can pass the ball, but Leonard made the most inappropriate choice."

Barkley nodded in agreement. Chandler and Stoudemire are still gathered within the three-point line, and Leonard is not a player who is good at attacking. It is a bit unreasonable to play hard.

As the protagonist under discussion, Leonard still didn't react much, just scratched his hair.He is very clear that he was a little anxious just now, and secondly, he is really a little unsure about his shooting.

"Teaming... No, it seems to be zone defense..."

Yang Ke quickly retreated to the defensive half. He didn't pay much attention to the attack just now, but the sudden change of the Knicks' defensive strategy caught his attention.

In the offensive and defensive transition, Felton took the ball to the frontcourt. Unlike before, Anthony suddenly moved up and moved to the left three-point line, facing Yang Ke's side.

"Yang!"

Anthony's position made Leonard, who was defending him, realize something was wrong, and immediately let out a low cry.

Although Yang Ke heard the reminder, he didn't have time to think about it, because Felton had already launched an offensive, holding the ball and rushing to the right along the three-point line.

Yang Ke immediately moved his feet to the left, closely following Felton, without giving up any space.But just as he was moving sideways, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Anthony standing on his path.

This is, screen pick and roll?!

His pupils shrank slightly, and Yang Ke was completely caught off guard. Of course he knew what this meant. After all, pick-and-roll tactics are the basic offensive system of the Spurs.

After the blink of an eye, Yang Ke, who was unprepared, bumped into Anthony without any accident. The huge rebound made his figure stop suddenly, and he even staggered a little.

Felton bypassed Anthony very easily and continued to dribble forward. Fortunately, Leonard followed up very decisively, otherwise the Spurs' defensive formation would have exposed a huge vacancy.

"Huh, luckily!"

Standing quickly, Yang Ke stopped and stayed in front of Anthony. Seeing Leonard successfully guarding Felton, he subconsciously let out a breath.

Looking at Yang Ke, Anthony raised the corners of his mouth slightly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, tilted his head and said, "Do you really think it's that simple?"

"This is?!"

As soon as his body tightened, Yang Ke clearly saw that the orange basketball suddenly appeared in his field of vision again, and was pinched by Anthony with one hand.

Misplaced singles!

Seeing Felton pass the ball back to Anthony, Popovich jumped up from his position with a "swoosh", and he suddenly realized: The Knicks wanted to use the pick-and-roll to make their offense stronger. Yang Ke came to play singles.

call!call!
On the field, staring at Anthony, who immediately adjusted his body and turned his back to him after receiving the ball, Yang Ke was a little nervous. He fixed his feet on the floor, pressed his body against Anthony, and waited for his attack.

After two rounds of luck, after all his teammates pulled away, Anthony directly hugged his strong body, relying on his absolute superiority in strength and tonnage to force Yang Ke.

"hiss!"

The moment the two collided, a burning pain rushed out of his chest, causing Yang Ke to take a breath, and even took a small step back incessantly.

Anthony pursued the victory and continued to push Yang Ke three times, advancing unimpeded like a bulldozer. After a while, he came to the free throw line so easily.

Sensing that the position was appropriate, Anthony did not continue to arch his back.After feigning twice in a row, Anthony quickly turned around and wiped Yang Ke...

"beep!"

But at this moment, the referee suddenly blew his whistle, which stunned Anthony, who was about to go straight, and then stopped with a frown.

Panting heavily, Yang Ke rubbed his chest, and at the same time turned his head to look at the referee suspiciously.I saw that the on-duty referee made a gesture of a thug foul towards the technical platform.

I made a defensive foul?!

Eyes widened, Yang Ke blinked, his face full of innocence and surprise.How is this possible, all his energy was just now resisting the collision, so there is no energy left to interfere with Anthony's dribbling.

"We want a timeout!"

Popovich called a timeout with a sullen face. He vaguely sensed the Knicks' intentions, and nine out of ten they wanted Yang Ke to face various misplaced attacks.

In this way, even if Yang Ke's defense can sometimes have a certain effect, such frequent impacts will consume his physical strength to a great extent.

(I think in 16, the Cavaliers won the championship by relying on infinite misplaced singles against Curry.)
(End of this chapter)