Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 17 Routine Upgrade
"What? Are you crazy? I'll play a pick-and-roll with you?" Just as Ye Feng started, Westbrook yelled loudly with an unbelievable expression on his face.

Seeing other people's surprised eyes, Ye Feng quickly covered his mouth: "Keep your voice down, Russell, it's a public place, do you want people to treat the two of us as lunatics?" Westbrook said unceremoniously. He pulled away Ye Feng's hand, but he still lowered his voice a bit: "Is this the way you came up with? The pick-and-roll between guards and guards...you're not out of your mind, are you?"

"Burn you bastard! Let me ask you first, what is a pick-and-roll tactic?"

"You have to ask me this too? Well, well, the pick-and-roll is to have a player cover the ball holder during the offense. Once the defensive player has physical contact with the player on the wall, the ball holder can go around the wall. Players go inside and attack the basket."

"Then is there anyone who stipulates that inside players must cover outside players?"

"Well, not really, but..."

"Isn't that enough? And even if someone stipulates that inside and outside players must cooperate in the pick-and-roll, we can choose to take a new path. Tactics, as long as it is easy to use, isn't it?"

"Okay, I admit that you convinced me, but I still have to talk to the coach about this idea."

"Of course, otherwise, if we try out new tactics on the field for no reason, we will definitely be beaten badly by our opponents."

During the team training that afternoon, Ye Feng took Westbrook and talked to Holland about his thoughts during the break.And Holland was obviously also very surprised, he never thought that Ye Feng would propose such a tactic.He said with a straight face: "Ye, this is not a joke. I admit that it is indeed a good solution for you and Russell to play a pick-and-roll, but there is one point, if the opponent's shooting guard is fast enough to take over after your screen What do you guys do when the point guard goes to guard Russell?"

Ye Feng didn't think about this issue, because he felt that the cover he made when facing the opponent's backcourt was enough, but now that the coach brought it up, he had to think about this possibility.After thinking deeply, Ye Feng's back was already wet with cold sweat. After all, he couldn't guarantee that every opponent he faced would be able to make high-quality screens.

He repeatedly asked: "Coach, do you have any ideas for solving this problem?" Before Holland could answer, Love, who was drinking water next to him, said, "Does this tactic have anything to do with me?"

Holland's eyes lit up: "Kevin, this really has something to do with you! You can play double screens with Russell and Ye!" All six pairs of eyes of the three looked at Holland who was almost dancing in surprise. De, Westbrook asked weakly: "Double cover? How to play this tactic?"

Holland blushed with excitement, and said loudly: "That's right, it's double screens! Generally speaking, Ye Feng's screens are good enough. If there is a strong point guard on the opposite side, the quality of his screens will be reduced." If so, Kevin can pull to the three-point line to cover for Ye. If Russell's breakthrough is blocked, he can pass directly to Ye who enters the inside through Kevin's screen, and then let Ye attack the basket!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't care about the reaction of the three, and immediately signaled Black to call the whole team over, announcing that the practice of double pick-and-roll tactics would be added to the training session.The players felt very strange, and Mbah a Moute dared to ask: "Coach, the day after tomorrow is our second warm-up match. Is it effective to practice this now? And why do we practice this?"

Holland coughed and said seriously: "Our backcourt had a big problem in the last game. This may be a way to solve the problem. And double screen is not a very complicated tactical system. I think this In two days, you should be able to initially grasp the key points of this tactic, and you should be able to see if it works in the next game."

Hearing that it was for the team's backcourt combination to be able to exert its power, everyone readily accepted the coach's arrangement.The last loss to Michigan State University has already made them suffocate, not to mention being ridiculed by their opponents after losing the game.The whole team is focused on finding their place in the next game. In their hearts, UCLA's prestige cannot be underestimated.

Looking at the players who were working hard on tactical training on the field, Blake asked while recording the data: "Ben, do you think this kind of training is effective?" Holland was silent for a while, and said: "I don't know, but at least This is currently the best way to give full play to the abilities of two people."

But when he thought of the University of Kansas, his opponent in the next warm-up match, Holland began to have a headache again, but he also had some expectations.Coincidentally, this team is likely to have the situation mentioned above-Ye Feng's screen failure, because their backcourt combination Chalmers and Rush are also very good, and most importantly, Rush He is also a strong defender with a height of 1.98 meters and a weight of 95 kilograms, and his speed is also very fast. It is not a problem to defend Westbrook.

Also looking forward to the game is Holland's opponent, Kansas City Jayhawks head coach Bill Self.Before coming to Los Angeles, he had an in-depth understanding of the first game of the UCLA Bruins. In his opinion, Westbrook and Ye Feng are good at attacking and shooting. They are fighting on their own, and the coexistence of the two is just a combination of form and incompatibility, just a show.

At the pre-match preparation meeting, he said to the players: "Although playing UCLA this time is a warm-up match, you have to go all out. The offense is just as we usually train. As for the defense, they have the ability to break the zone defense." Two powerful weapons, so I decided to let you one-on-one follow-up defense. Mario, Brandon, the two of them will be handed over to you." Chalmers and Rush, whose names were called, quickly agreed.

Soon came the day of the official match, which was also held in UCLA's gymnasium, and the next and last warm-up match, Ye Feng and the others would take the team bus to another school for an away game.Although they suffered a disastrous defeat in their first show, many local reporters still came to the scene to interview this time, but looking at their faces, it seemed that the Bruins would lose again.

During the warm-up before the game, Ye Feng poked Westbrook and whispered, "Why do the reporters on the sidelines look like someone in the family has suffered misfortune?" ?These media one by one said it seems that we are at the end of the road, but as local reporters, they have to come, so they have a constipated expression! But today they must be mistaken, hahahaha!"

From the warm-up to the start of the game, there were no waves. Relying on Love's fighting, the offensive ball came to the Bruins.Westbrook looked at Ye Feng, and the two smiled at each other. Now it's time to unleash the power of the double pick-and-roll.

The difference from the previous game was that Ye Feng did not stand on the outside line with Westbrook, but ran along the three-point line to the bottom corner, and suddenly cut inside and entered the three-second zone.Rush, who was following him, was taken aback, thinking that Westbrook was going to pass an alley-oop, and quickly signaled center Cowen to be careful.But it was obvious that he was making a fuss. Ye Feng didn't make any extra moves. After circling around the basket, he crossed the free throw line to the top of the arc, and blocked Chalmers firmly.

Rush froze for a moment, what kind of pick and roll is this?Are you kidding me?Thinking this way, his feet were not slow. Although Ye Feng's body was not wide enough, he still blocked Chalmers behind him. Westbrook used this opportunity to bypass his screen and directly dribbled through.Rush yelled, told Chalmers to guard Westbrook himself, turned around and followed the other side in hot pursuit.

Chalmers' golf quotient is not low either, he subconsciously thought that Ye Feng would go straight down, so he secretly pushed Ye Feng with his hands, hoping to slow down his speed.But Ye Feng didn't directly enter the three-second zone as he thought, instead he ran along the three-point line to the 45-degree position on the flank.Chalmers felt very strange, but he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly chased after him.

Suddenly a tall player in front of him pulled out from the inside and directly blocked Chalmers' path. He couldn't brake enough and hit him head-on.When he came back to his senses, Chalmers was horrified to find that the person blocking him was the Bruins center Loew. The big white guy still took time to grin at him, but Ye Feng had already walked around the cover and walked away.Loew restrained his smile, turned around and rushed to the inside line.

Westbrook, who was blocked in the middle, saw Ye Feng and Love rushing into the three-second zone at a glance. He smiled slightly, and the ball suddenly disappeared from his hands.Cowen and Rush were taken aback for a moment, only to see that the ball had already reached Ye Feng's hands, they secretly shouted that it was not good, Cowen quickly moved to the other side to block Ye Feng.

Seeing the tall and burly Cowen in front of him, Ye Feng was not afraid at all. He kept changing his focus, hoping to disrupt Cowen's rhythm.But I didn't expect Cowen to have a lot of experience. He always maintained a posture facing Ye Feng, with his hands raised high, covering Ye Feng's whole body, not giving him any chance to break through the defense.

A gleam flashed in Ye Feng's eyes: Since I can't fool you, then I'll do an assist!He adjusted the angle slightly, and continued to rush towards the basket diagonally.There was a sneer at the corner of Cowen's mouth: You're not that strong, you're so close to the bottom line, you'll go out of bounds if you're not careful later, my defense is not a vegetarian!

Is it true?Just when Cowen thought the overall situation was settled, Ye Feng suddenly passed the ball from his crotch.Watching the ball disappear from Ye Feng's hands, Cowen's heart was full of alarms, but the situation at this time did not allow him to continue to defend the next person, and his underwear was not on the outside.

The one who received the ball behind Ye Feng was Love who was covering him, and Love's defender was replaced by Chalmers with a bitter face.The point guard faced the center, and the latter still went down the pick-and-roll and received a pass from his teammate after the speed rushed up. Chalmers had no choice but to watch Love rise from the ground and fly to the basket like a heavy bomber. basket.

"Boom!" A not cool but absolutely domineering slam dunk, the Bruins gave the opponent a bad start from the very beginning.After Love landed, Ye Feng and Westbrook stepped forward to give him high fives, and the three laughed loudly:

"Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)