Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 85: Battle at the Peak ([-])

Rush was a little annoyed, the kid in front of him was obviously a complete rookie, but he always made himself feel uncomfortable.No matter how he makes fake moves, he will stand like a wooden man stupidly one step away, just not letting you break through.And sometimes he will use some unconventional actions, of course, not up to the standard of the referee blowing the whistle, but as the party involved, he will definitely feel uncomfortable.Now the Jays' offense is running quite sluggishly. Except for Cowen, who is not good at attacking the inside big man, Chalmers, Arthur and Jackson have all encountered tough defenses, so the teammates hope that he can stand up. Come out and fix the problem.

The problem can be solved, but it takes a lot of effort!While Rush sighed, he kept trying to find a breakthrough space by changing the direction of his body.Different from his depressed mood, Enrique felt very happy. Before the game started, he knew that Rush was the second scorer of the Jays. At that time, he knew that he was going to face this veteran who had played in the NCAA for two seasons.

In terms of experience, Enrique is convinced, but this does not mean that he will directly confess.Although a rookie means that it is easy to eat the opponent's fake moves, it also means that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. When defending, passion can fully make up for some technical defects.The strategy adopted by Enrique is to let go of shots and not to let go, and to try to compress your shooting space. If you want to be able to throw the ball in this way, you are awesome. If you can’t throw it in, our ability to grab rebounds It wasn't blown out.If you are allowed to break through to the three-point line, I don't know what accidents will happen!

It's a pity that Enrique forgot to look at Rush's statistics. It's true that he is more confident at the basket than outside, but Rush himself is a guy who likes to shoot outside the three-point line when he has nothing to do!This season, he averaged 5 of 2.1 three-pointers per game, ranking first in the Jays team, and his shooting percentage of 41.9% can also be ranked in the top five. Giving this guy a step is indeed asking for trouble.Rush obviously realized this too. As the Jays' No. [-] scorer, he chose to believe in his touch, so when he failed to make a breakthrough, he directly shot from outside the three-point line!
Enrique let out a low growl, and he jumped on it. At this time, he had no extra thoughts to think about the consequences.If it was Ye Feng, he would definitely not adopt such a defense that did not leave him a little retreat, but Enrique still did this. Although his courage was commendable, it gave Rush a chance to use him.That's right, Rush didn't intend to make this three-pointer at all, and saw that he took the initiative to meet Enrique's raised arm in mid-air, and after hitting the opponent's hand hard with his shooting right hand, He threw the ball crookedly.

"Beep——" Just as Enrique was excited that he had defended the opponent, the referee made a three-point foul gesture from the side.There is nothing wrong with this whistleblowing, although Rush relied on experience to cheat Enrique, but this is allowed by the rules.But Enrique quit. His eyes were bigger than a bell, his fists were clenched, and he wanted to rush over to argue with the referee.But a big hand grabbed him, Enrique looked back, Ye Feng was standing behind him with a serious face, and said slowly: "Bob, don't try to challenge the authority of the referee, you really did take that ball just now." It was a foul."

Enrique froze, and said dissatisfiedly: "But it was Rush's intentional foul!" Ye Feng shook his head and said: "On the basketball court, as long as the rules allow, you can do whatever you want, just make a foul. Even you have done a lot by yourself, right?" Enrique rubbed his head embarrassingly, but did not speak.Ye Feng continued: "The gap between you and him is just experience. This is a good opportunity to improve your defense. He will eventually become a sharpening stone for you to continue to grow."

Enrique was about to nod, when he suddenly remembered that Ye Feng was a freshman just like himself, he teased: "Aren't you a rookie too? You still pretend to be a veteran and teach me a lesson!" Ye Feng smiled faintly, turned and left, A sentence also reached Enrique's ears: "I'm just a rookie in academics. When it comes to basketball, my experience is crushing. Because... I have the world's top training partner!" Enrique Looking at his back, thoughtfully.

Rush didn't waste the opportunity and hit all three free throws in a row.Of course, he also saw that Enrique wanted to trouble the referee but was persuaded by Ye Feng. Due to the distance, he didn't hear the two sides biting their ears, but this did not prevent him from making a judgment on Enrique in his heart: irritable irritability.This is the favorite opponent of old players. Except for some "talented" guys, the ability to stir up the opponent's anger is directly proportional to the time he has played. Rush is naturally ready to make some foreign moves. If he can It would be great to let this little guy be sent off by the referee directly.

In the next round of the Bruins, Ye Feng once again gave the ball to Enrique.Rush was chattering next to him, "Rookie, take a shot, I'm afraid you won't even be able to break through my grandma with your soft-headed look? But if you dare to shoot, I will definitely slap the ball to the second place." Go to the top of the auditorium!" Enrique was unmoved, he always kept firmly in mind the words Ye Feng said just now: "He will become a sharpening stone for you to continue to grow." Then just casually chatter beside him Come on, Enrique has no expression on his face, and automatically turned on the signal shielding mode.

In fact, Enrique's shooting is still very good, and he is also the second best scorer on the bench after Collison.After solving the emotional problem, he immediately regained his touch. In addition, Rush himself is not an above-level defender. Enrique found the space with a step back after a feint, and made a three-pointer outrageously. .This is not to prevent the opponent from interfering, it's just his personal habitual action, just like McGrady's dry pull, if he is not allowed to add a little back, he will even feel a little awkward, this is every player's own Little obsession.

It doesn't matter if you have hobbies, as long as you can score goals.Enrique's three-pointer drew a wonderful arc and fell directly into the basket, which can be regarded as making up for the three-point foul on Rush in the previous round.Facing his teammates' eyes with question marks, Rush shrugged his shoulders indifferently. Although the other party's non-trash talk was a bit unexpected, it was understandable.However, the field still has to be found. This time Rush simply did not let Chalmers control the ball, but dribbled the ball to the frontcourt by himself.

When he just passed the midfield, Enrique greeted him and followed him step by step to the three-point line.Seeing Enrique's serious face, Rush suddenly wanted to play tricks on him.Crotch dribbles, shoulder swings, false throws... It's a pity that his series of fake moves are completely winking to blind people. Enrique just firmly guards his position and waits for the battle, and doesn't care about Rush's tricks at all. live.At this moment, Lash couldn't hold back his face anymore. He felt that he was being teased, so he made a sharp change in front of his body, and immediately turned around to prepare to eat Enrique directly.

But when he turned around, the ball in his hand disappeared, and Enrique, who was beside him, looked at him with a playful face. The look in his eyes made Rush almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and even returned to the defense. Forgot all.This mistake can only be blamed on Rush who likes to show off too much, and also focuses all his attention on Enrique, only thinking about how to give this kid a little color.Unexpectedly, Ye Feng on the other side decisively summoned Mbah a Moute to make an off-ball screen, rushed to his side like lightning, and took advantage of his turning around with the ball to break the ball away, directly completing a violent counterattack buckle.

Enrique looked at Ye Feng who was calmly walking back to his side, and asked stupidly: "Ye, what are you doing? Are you trying to grab a deal?" Ye Feng shook his head and said, "This is called trusting teammates and making reasonable judgments." Okay? I know that American basketball often pays attention to individual heroism, but this is a team sport after all. Is there anything wrong with me coming up to flank when you are entangled with your opponent? A great man in China once said that it doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white. A cat, if it catches a mouse, it’s a good cat. You don’t care what I think, it adds two points to the team anyway, right? Now we’re overtaking again!”

After activating the point of Enrique, the contest between the two sides became more intense.What's interesting is that both the Bruins and the Jays have a defensive engineer who can only rely on the second offense and the pick-and-roll to score points. One is Mbah a Moute and the other is Cowan.In this way, Love and Jackson, who are facing each other, have been greatly hindered. It is already very good to be able to play the original seven or eight achievements when attacking.It seems that the Bruins seem to have suffered a loss. Judging from the regular season data, Love's contribution to the team is much greater than that of Jackson, but some things cannot be reflected by the data.

Jackson is a pure power forward in the Jays, his ability is limited except for scoring and rebounding, but Love is different. Experience made it more difficult for him to score, and Love immediately switched to a support mode, completely emptying the basket and acting as a transfer station in the high position.This kind of position makes Cowen feel like a thorn in his throat. If you bring it up, there will be no one under the basket. Not kidding either.

Even an experienced player like Cowen still has a big head, so he had to pull up to defend at a high position when he was sure that the opponent couldn't break through. At other times, he could only ask his teammates to help defend.This "other time" is going to be fatal. Assisting defense is fine, but assisting defense means that there is always one person missing from the outside line. Mbah a Moute is standing in the elbow area very cunningly, ready to break through and make a layup at any time.And once any one of Westbrook, Enrique, and Ye Feng is missed from the outside line, be prepared to be shot through by a three-pointer!

(End of this chapter)