NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 182 Tian Ji's Horse Racing
Following Okafor's goal, Frank on the bench of the Nets also frowned.

For the strategy of double-teaming Okafor and allowing Wallace to shoot three-pointers, there is naturally no problem.

And Wallace failed to make the three-pointer as he wished, but Okafor grabbed the offensive rebound and converted it into a score, which made Frank feel very dissatisfied.

He frowned off the court, but he didn't know what to say, after all, the player's personal ability lay there.

In terms of the offense of the Blue Nets, because the Bobcats' five players on the field except Martin, the other four have very strong defensive capabilities.

So the main attack point of the Nets naturally shifted to Carter.

However, Liu Rui learned the lesson from the previous game. In this game, Liu Rui asked Du Hong to mark Carter, but let Martin defend Kidd.

After all, Kidd is a team player with a very good overall view, and even has the nickname of Kidd not shooting.

Not a guard known for his scoring ability in the league.

So using Martin to defend Kidd can make up for Martin's deficiencies on the defensive end to the greatest extent.

Du Hong, who is facing Carter, is a little short in height, but with his excellent defensive skills and excellent core strength, he can block Carter's post-up singles to the greatest extent.

After all, today's Carter, with many injuries, no longer enters the penalty area as many times as he was young and staged shocking dunks.

Instead, they basically end the offense with a back-to-back jumper.

Strength has always been the main reason why Duhon can be a good defender at the back line.

Seeing that the person defending him had become Duhon, Carter hesitated a little.

But he still chose to play singles with the ball. After all, Du Hong's height is only less than 1.9 meters, which is about 10 centimeters shorter than Carter, which still has a great advantage.

With two pushes on his back, Carter felt a shock in his heart.

Du Hong's core strength is so strong that Carter can't squeeze out too much space with his back.

Seeing Liu Rui gesturing non-stop on the sidelines, Martin also directly gave up Kidd, who was facing him, and chose to double-team Carter.

In a hurry, Carter quickly distributed the ball to Kidd outside the three-point line.

Facing the unguarded situation, Kidd hesitated for a while, and after Martin returned to the defense, he continued to hang the ball to Carter inside.

Carter directly chose a turnaround jumper to the left, but Duhon's defense did not lose his position, but due to his height and wingspan, Duhon's interference to Carter was also limited.

But Du Hong's body was tightly attached to Carter, making it impossible for Carter to complete the shot comfortably.

Boom~
Due to Duhon's physical contact, Carter's ball still missed the basket, and the rebound was protected by Okafor.

In the basket with Okafor, Jabari Smith can be said to be completely at a disadvantage.

Although Smith also has a height of [-] meters, he is much lighter than Okafor in terms of weight, and his rebounding awareness and personal ability cannot be compared with Okafor at all.

Although Okafor is still a rookie today, he has already won the title of double-double machine in the league.

So far this season, Okafor ranks fourth in the league in double-doubles this season.

The top three in Okafor are undoubtedly the top centers in the league.

Protecting the backcourt rebound, Okafor saw Wallace running to the frontcourt, and sent a long pass directly to the frontcourt.

And Scalabrine, who was in charge of facing Wallace, couldn't keep up with Wallace's rhythm even if he flattered his horse.

And for Wallace's fast break, the Nets didn't have much chance to react.

I could only watch helplessly as Wallace made a heavy dunk with no one's hands.

4:0
After the start, the Bobcats directly beat the Nets 4:0.

This severance also made Frank on the sidelines stand up, frowning and wondering what he was thinking.

As the two sides played against each other, with more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter.

The score on the field came to:
16:13
The Bobcats temporarily lead the Nets by three points.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Liu Rui took the lead in making personnel adjustments.

And as soon as he made a move, he played up and down again.

This made the home fans exclaim in an instant.

After all, the Nets have not carried out personnel rotation so far, and Liu Rui actually directly wants to use the substitute lineup to compete with the Nets.

Folding his arms around his chest, ignoring other people's opinions, Liu Rui stood on the sidelines and bit the dead skin on his lower lip.

I don't know when this habit was developed, but Liu Rui wanted to bite as soon as his mouth was dry, and every time he ended up bleeding.

Liu Rui's move can be regarded as Tian Ji's horse racing.

Although relying on many excellent defensive players, He Liu Rui calculated that Kidd's offense is not good.

In the first quarter, the Bobcats did not lose the wind.

But this kind of fast break in offense and non-stop defense in defense consumes a lot of physical strength of the players.

And in the offense, it is Okafor who plays the most, which is to grasp the shortcomings of the Nets' weak inside and fight endlessly.

So Liu Rui directly replaced it in advance:

House, Kareem, Smith, Sampson, Al Jefferson.

five substitutes.

In addition to fighting for more playing time for the main players, try to make a time difference.

Liu Rui obviously has more trust in Jefferson for the strong play in the low post.

After all, in terms of offense alone, Jefferson is much stronger than Okafor.

Okafor is more like an inside double-double machine with both offense and defense, while Jefferson is a complete inside offensive maniac in comparison.

When facing a center with excellent offensive ability inside, Jefferson can only rely on his touch to explode each other, and it is difficult to do too much on the defensive end.

But in the face of these rotten tomatoes and rotten birds inside the Nets today, it is more than enough.

Liu Rui's only concern is Jefferson's ankle injury.

So in this game, the time set for him in my heart is to play within 10 minutes.

For every use of him, Liu Rui calculated very carefully, after all, every minute he played would reduce the time by one minute.

And with the appearance of Al Jefferson, the fans at home immediately cheered. In this atmosphere, those who didn't know thought it was a superstar in the league who made an appearance.

Although since entering the league, Al Jefferson believed that sooner or later he would make a name for himself, but he never got a chance.

After learning that he was traded to the Bobcats, the whole person was very happy. After all, everyone knew that the rookies who went to the Bobcats got a lot of playing time.

At this time, seeing the fierce reaction of the fans as soon as he played, and the conversation Liu Rui had with him before the game.

It also made Jefferson feel a little flustered at this time.

The last bit of tension seems to be gradually disappearing...

(End of this chapter)