overlooking the pitch

Chapter 56 The Slam Dunk Contest at the Staples Center

9:15, this is the score after 5 minutes of the game. The bright red numbers show that the Clippers were suppressed by the Kings at home. The Clippers fans are very depressed. They are looking forward to seeing the team's outstanding performance, especially These are two expected rookie debuts.

But they were completely suppressed. In these 5 minutes of performance, the Clippers' Anson and Blake Griffin were a bit suppressed by the opponent's dual-core.

"Ann, you need to strengthen your offensive role. Dante Green is the weakness of the Kings team, there is no doubt."

Playing again, the Clippers attacked. Anson was at a 45-degree angle on the left.

An Sheng used the camera system to observe the opponent's defensive positions. The bird's-eye view allowed him to see the gaps available between the opponent's positions more clearly.

The king's defensive system is not complicated at all. The twin towers have been guarding both sides of the penalty area, always ready to supplement the defense on the inside, and the strongest outside defender Francisco Garcia is closely watching Eric Go ascend.

In the eyes of Paul Westphal, Anson is not the top offensive option for the Kings. Eric Gordon averaged 16.9 points per game last season and is still a third-year student who continues to improve. Blake Griffin was recognized as the No. [-] pick last year. If it weren't for the injury, it is still unknown whether the best rookie will be taken away by Tyreke Evans.

Anson, who was ambushing on the weak side, opened up the space and did not move. Eric Gordon needs enough space to break through.However, when Eric Gordon broke into the inside and attracted the attention of DeMarcus Cousins, Anson, who was paddling with his knees on the outside, suddenly rushed out like a cheetah, very fast, Dante Green is as tall as 211cm. His turning speed can't keep up with An Sheng. He wants to reach out and use a foul to stop An Sheng, but the swift An Sheng doesn't even have a chance to make him foul.He was only left with a number 19 back.

Eric Gordon distributed the ball to Anson, who cut the bottom line. Samuel Dalembert's supplementary defense left the king's right penalty area like a vacuum, completely exposed to Bray who received a pass from Anson. In front of Griffin.

This beastly power forward has always adhered to the principle of dunking and never laying up. After receiving the basketball, he took off directly before entering the penalty area, and staged an interval on DeMarcus Cousins ​​who had just turned around. People dunk.

"Nice job, blow up these Sacramento boys." The passion of the Clippers fans was ignited by Blake Griffin's dunk.

This slam dunk is the cooperation of three of the most promising young people in the Clippers, Eric Gordon's breakthrough point, Anson's air cut setter, Blake Griffin's finishing ability, the three On the offensive end, they all played their own characteristics.

Immediately afterwards, Tyreke Evans passed Randy Foye again on the offensive end. Randy Foye is good at using physical confrontation to interfere with the breakthrough rhythm of the breakthrough point guard. It's not bad against Eric Bledsoe in the middle, but this mini LeBron on the opposite side is not affected at all.

For the ten-foot jumper, Tyreke Evans did not choose to continue to break through, because Anson's defense came very quickly, making it difficult for him to easily complete the layup.

It may be the decline in the touch, or it may be Anson's timely supplementary defense. Tyreke Evans missed his first ball of the game.

The basketball bounced to the outside, Blake Griffin received the rebound and then dribbled the ball quickly to switch. Well, the last power forward who played this way was Dirk Nowitzki, who is known as a power forward, and he was also in 2007 The regular season MVP of the year.

But even Dirk Nowitzki is hard to perform like him, Blake Griffin dribbled the ball with his back to avoid Francisco Garcia's steal.

"Nice dribble." Charles Barkley's eyes lit up when he saw this dribble. As the originator of the brutalist power forward, he was a top player who used to push back.

When a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds rushes to the layup at the speed of a train, I think you will get out of this position without the slightest hesitation when you are standing in the penalty area, because you don’t want you to lie in bed on non-competition days Get through the day.

This is the evaluation of Charles Barkley at the beginning, but now this evaluation is applied to Blake Griffin. Dalembert faced the impacting Blake Griffin without any desire to stop him, and directly gave up the restricted area protected behind him.

"boom"!With two consecutive dunks, Blake Griffin's depression that was suppressed at the beginning was released at once.

The head coach of the Kings, Paul Westphal, frowned. A dunk like this obviously boosted the morale of the team. Although the Kings are still ahead in the score, but in terms of momentum, it seems that they have completely run to the fast track. This side of the ship, not to mention that it is now the home court of the Clippers.He is hesitating whether to call a timeout now to ease the situation. After all, it has only been 1 minute since the Clippers' timeout.

Right off the bat, though, he couldn't help it, and the Kings' next play was poorly played, with the ball just off DeMarcus Cousins ​​in the paint and Randy Foye's double-teaming help. Just rushed over, long before the last timeout, Chris Kaman proved that if he was allowed to defend alone, then he would become a cash machine for this rookie center.

The basketball was passed from his hands, and the target was Tyreke Evans at the top of the arc, but when the ball was passed halfway, Anson suddenly appeared in the passing route, and he should have defended Danny on the bottom line Green's An Sheng had already moved over secretly.

It can be seen from a bird's-eye view that if DeMarcus Cousins ​​hits the ball, then his goal must be because of the vacancy leaked just after Randy Foye's defense.DeMarcus Cousins, who was leaning against Chris Kaman, had no vision of the other side at all, and naturally did not notice Anson's movement.

"Shit!" After Tyreke Evans cursed angrily, he immediately chased after An Sheng, but he didn't expect that this two-meter-tall guy could run so fast with a ball.In terms of speed, he is better at moving horizontally. As a point guard, he couldn't keep up with An Sheng's rhythm in this kind of vertical counterattack. The basket, which also allowed the Kings, who were behind at the beginning, to tie the score.

Three consecutive rounds, three dunks, 6:0!In just 100 seconds, the King's coach Paul Westphal called a timeout directly. If it continues, it may become a slam dunk contest at the Staples Center!
(End of this chapter)