Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 21
"small ball?"

Almost everyone turned their heads to Ye Feng, and several people even exclaimed.Holland frowned, and looked at Ye Feng with questioning eyes. Seeing this, Black hurriedly asked: "Ye, why do you want to play small ball all of a sudden? Tell me what you think."

Ye Feng ignored the surprised gazes of his teammates and said calmly: "Now it's obvious that our inside line can't stop the opponent..." He stopped and said apologetically to Love: "Kevin, I'm sorry I didn't target you specifically." The husband didn't take off the towel, but shook his head slightly.

Ye Feng coughed and continued: "But Hill on the opposite side is not tall enough. The reason why he plays the fifth position is not because of his height but because of his technical characteristics. I believe our flanks can cause him some trouble. Of course , if there is no way to stop him, it doesn't matter, we have to use speed to fight height, I think we can create scoring opportunities with non-stop interspersed running positions, and even use running to drag them down, so our chances of winning should be higher Much bigger."

Holland stared at him with sharp eyes, and said seriously: "Then what about the rebounds? Are all the insides lost? Your idea is not unfeasible, but rebounds are the lifeline of the team. You must at least ensure that you don't fall too far behind the opponent. Many." Ye Feng smiled lightly: "My suggestion is to add another striker, and the flanks will be in charge of positioning, and then..." His eyes suddenly flashed, "I'll play the center forward!"

Now the eyes of his teammates were no longer stunned, they seemed to be looking at a lunatic, but Ye Feng's expression was still calm as usual, he didn't seem to think how ridiculous it was for him to play center forward.At this moment, his brain is spinning rapidly, trying to recall some inside skills he has practiced.Holland's frown became tighter, but soon relaxed again: "Forget it, it's just a warm-up match, it's good to try, if you dare to make this suggestion in the finals, I will definitely press you down On the bench."

Ye Feng touched his head, but didn't speak.The timeout was very tight, Holland thought for a while, got the players together, picked up the tactical board and explained: "Enrique, you will play to replace Kevin later. Then when defending, the three wings stand inside, Ye And Russell continue to keep the pressure outside the three-point line, Enrique pulls outside when attacking, let Ye Feng go to the low post, Shipp and Mbah a Moute must pay attention to withstand Hill, and don't let him get stuck when Ye is single Defensive position. Any questions?"

"No!" All the players shouted with all their might.

The referee quickly blew the whistle to continue the game. Looking at the five UCLA players on the field, the laughter of the University of Arizona fans could blow the roof off. In their view, the Wildcats are sitting on Hill, a big killer inside. , The opponent actually dared to play a small lineup, it was simply a brain problem!

Whether on or off the field, UCLA players felt a little uncomfortable hearing such laughter.Ye Feng's ears were also filled with overwhelming noise, but he was unmoved, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Let you laugh now, you won't be able to laugh after the fight starts!"
This time Ye Feng did not stay on the perimeter with Westbrook. Enrique took his place, standing outside the 45-degree three-point line and ready to receive the ball at any time.And he himself strode into the three-second zone and signaled Westbrook to pass the ball in the right elbow.Seeing his action, Hill smiled disdainfully, and shouted for Johnson to push Ye Feng out of the three-second zone.

Arizona switched defenses, and Johnson came behind Ye Feng to interfere with him receiving the ball, while the team's shooting guard McClellan went to guard Mbah a Moute. As for Budinger, he kept staring at Enrique within the three-point line. .As expected of a veteran, Johnson was pushing against Ye Feng while making small moves at an angle that the referee could not see, trying to keep Ye Feng away from the three-second zone.But Ye Feng's maturity far surpassed his estimation, he was still firmly nailed to the spot, indicating to pass the ball outside.

Westbrook didn't think much, although he always felt that Ye Feng was just whimsical, but the friendship between the two made him pass the ball to Ye Feng without hesitation.When Johnson saw the opponent catch the ball, he directly lowered his center of gravity, and put his hands on Ye Feng's waist concealedly. This is a standard defensive back-up singles action.After Ye Feng received the ball, he leaned directly on it. The body collision made him a little bit overwhelmed. After all, he was a shooting guard playing power forward alone.

Johnson obviously also felt Ye Feng's strength, he snorted: With this little strength, you still want to play back singles?Quickly dribble the ball out and reorganize!But when he was complacent, Ye Feng moved, he suddenly dribbled the ball around and wiped past Johnson.Hill was shocked. He didn't expect Ye Feng to disintegrate Johnson's defense so quickly, and now the other teammates had no time to return to the defense. Seeing that Ye Feng was about to jump, he could only bite the bullet and rush over.

Seeing Hill with braided hair flying all over the sky, Ye Feng smiled. After taking off, he passed the ball directly from Hill's crotch to Shipp. Going into the basket, he didn't forget to give Hill a demonstrative look.Hill looked at Ye Feng with a faint smile on his face, clenched his fists fiercely, his eyes seemed to burst into flames.Although these two points are nothing, he thinks that this is Ye Feng's humiliation to the entire Arizona interior, playing with two people without a center forward!
But Ye Feng ignored him, and ran back to his own half slowly, not forgetting to whisper to Westbrook: "Hey Russell, we can't play like this in the next round, the efficiency is too low. We have to Bring up the speed, and use me as a shooting guard when attacking, and when I grab rebounds, I go in and rush in."

Westbrook thought for a while and said, "That's fine, but we have to defend this round first." Ye Feng responded, and the two quickly directed the three forwards to stand on the inside, while themselves on both sides of the top of the arc. The words are lined up, the whole body is tense, waiting for the arrival of the opponent.

Arizona is well aware of the defensive strength of UCLA's backcourt combination, so they once again chose to hit the ball inside and let Hill solve it.Although Hill is a rough guy, he still showed beast-like physical fitness in the face of several players whose physique was obviously inferior to his own.Shipp's defense didn't seem to have any threat, and Hill dunked the ball abruptly through him, which was regarded as revenge for the previous round.

Shipp smiled helplessly. This kind of situation has been seen a lot on the court, and he will not directly apply a technical foul to himself because his brain is congested because of the opponent's provocation.He just went to the baseline, took the ball from the referee, and passed it directly to Westbrook.

This time, Ye Feng didn't rush to the opponent's inside lane ahead of time. He asked Enrique to take his seat first, and he discussed with Westbrook behind him: "Wait a minute, everyone will intersperse and run together. If you see an open space, pass it directly. We use the pass to mobilize their defense." Westbrook asked unconvinced: "Why can't I just break through?"

Ye Feng was taken aback, and replied: "With Hill's technical characteristics and the team's tactical requirements, he will never leave the basket, which will reduce your breakthrough space, and if we want to win, we have to pursue three points." , if it’s only two points, then the difficulty of the opponent’s scoring is much lower than ours.” Westbrook didn’t say anything, just nodded silently.

Outside the three-point line, Arizona was ready for battle. While controlling the ball, Westbrook shouted at the others: "Run, run, run! Run!" Enrique, Mbah a Moute and Shipp heard the captain Shouting, without hesitation, he began to run and drag the opponent's defense.However, the range of running positions of the three is different. Because of his lack of shooting ability, Mbah a Moute frequently runs back to the basket and slips to the bottom line, which makes Arizona's inside line very nervous; Shipp hovers in the elbow area and makes a request The posture of catching and shooting; Enrique always leads the defenders to constantly intersperse between the inside and outside lines, trying to confuse the opponent's sight.

But they all knew that Ye Feng's accurate three-point fort was the real trump card of small ball tactics.At this time, Ye Feng seemed to be in a daze outside the three-point line, but he was actually carefully observing the running habits of his teammates and the response of the opponent's entire defensive system.Suddenly, his eyes were fixed, and he led his defender to cut inside. At this time, Mbah a Moute was starting to cut inside from the other side, and the two completed a cross run.Unfortunately, McClellan, who was defending Ye Feng, nimbly squeezed through the crowded inside line and continued to follow Ye Feng lingeringly.

Ye Feng frowned, and winked at Xipu who was hovering around the elbow area, Xipu understood the high position and made a cover for Ye Feng.But when he pulled out, Johnson followed, and Hill stayed at the basket.Ye Feng narrowed his eyes. For him, beating a big man is a bit harder than beating a small man. After all, the former can directly cover his line of sight. But again, the big man does not have the flexibility of the small man, so he is easily shaken away. .

"Crack!" Facing Johnson who was blocking the way, Ye Feng made continuous changes in front of his body, and the ball bounced left and right in front of him like an elf.Then Ye Feng suddenly stepped out with his left foot, Johnson stepped back subconsciously, and then yelled "Oops, because before he regained his center of gravity, Ye Feng had already retracted his left foot, relying on this tentative step to find a little space, Jump up and shoot a [-]-pointer without distraction.Johnson reached out in vain, but couldn't touch the ball.As for McClellan, he was still blocked by Hipp, with an unconvinced expression on his face.

After Ye Feng landed, he didn't even look at the basketball he shot, and let the players under the basket yell loudly to grab the rebound.He just turned his head lightly and spread his arms with his back to the basket.

Behind him, the whistle blew, and the ball went in!

(End of this chapter)