The world of basketball

Chapter 7 Counterpoint Zubac

Zubac is relatively strong, but his movement speed is slow, and his shooting range is basically in the three-second zone.

There are not many players of this type in the NBA now, because in the small ball era, as a blue-collar [-]th position, you must either have a three-pointer or a mid-range shot, or you must move fast and have a good defensive ability. .

It is relatively easy for players like Zubac to defend, but Mu Xiaobei did not expect that Zubac's screen ability is still good, especially when he plays pick-and-roll with Kuzma or Ingram very well.

The easiest way to play is that Zubac picks and rolls the ball handler Ingram, and Ingram follows the pick and roll and shoots directly.

The defender on his side was well blocked, and because Zubac had a thick body, it was difficult for Mu Xiaobei to go out and interfere with Ingram's shot.

In addition, Ingram's ability to directly pull up jump shots with one step has been practiced well, so they managed to hit several with such a very simple style of play.

In the NBA, we can think of Curry who takes the most direct shots through the screen of a big man, but in fact Curry rarely makes such shots.

But Ingram is tall, and has a good shooting touch, and he also played confidently, so he shot very accurately.

In fact, there is a relatively simple way to solve this problem, just change players when encountering cover, but Mu Xiaobei was hesitant before whether he could defend against Ingram, and even if he did, the little boy on his side Whether the forward can jam Zubac to grab the rebound is also a question.

But there is no way, Ingram is too accurate.

With this in mind, Mu Xiaobei walked over to Mikaeluk who was defending Ingram and discussed with him to switch defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls.

In the offensive round, Mu Xiaobei and Jonathan Williams made a double screen for Hart. Hart took advantage of Mu Xiaobei's pick-and-roll to go to the left, Williams went down, and Mu Xiaobei went to the top of the arc.

There was a communication error between Zubac and Kuzma. Zubac wanted to go to the basket to get a rebound. Kuzma thought that Williams was his defender and didn't need to switch defenses.

Sure enough, Mu Xiaobei at the top of the arc was empty.

Hart passed the ball, it was a little crooked, Mu Xiaobei adjusted it, and made a three-pointer, and there it is!
Back to defend, Ingram held the ball and wanted to cooperate with Zubac, but this time Mu Xiaobei posted it, and Ingram had no room to shoot.

Zubac went down, Ingram didn't pass the ball, but instead signaled his teammates to pull away.

Shaking his shoulders left and right, he suddenly used his long arms and legs to walk towards the middle, breaking through half of Mu Xiaobei's body.

Mu Xiaobei originally thought that Ingram would use his long arms for a layup, and power forward Williams came directly to defend, but he didn't expect Ingram to stop suddenly and shoot a jumper.

Well, with a bit of a backlash.

Mu Xiaobei stretched his arms. His height of 2.24m and wingspan of 2.30m are very powerful on the defensive end. Mu Xiaobei felt his fingertips brushing the ball.

Sure enough, the ball reached the front of the basket and Williams got the rebound.

On the offensive end, Mu Xiaobei, Hart and the others were still playing bull-horn tactics, but this time Mu Xiaobei went smoothly and set an off-ball screen for Mikaeluk. Mikaeluk made an air cut and Zubac tight Hurry up or rush to the basket, Mikaeluk throws the ball high and throws it?

Mu Xiaobei jumped high, well, in fact Mu Xiaobei didn’t jump very high, but with his weight of 102 kg, he bounced 56.11cm on the spot and 68.58cm when he ran up. Arms and height, it seems to jump very high.

The basketball was dunked heavily into the hoop, and Zubac was dunked with his back to Mu Xiaobei.

After landing, Mu Xiaobei didn't roar or celebrate, because this was a friendly match between teammates, not a match between teams.

Well, in fact, the reason is more because the head coach of Wharton is still watching, and Mu Xiaobei feels that if he makes this kind of celebration, he may leave an image of a cancer that destroys the harmony of the team in the coach's mind.

I don’t know if you guys still remember that when the Lakers first tried out, Mu Xiaobei wanted to pass the ball to the guard behind him. When he received the pass from the guard, he didn’t choose a better opportunity to penetrate inside, but forced a dunk by himself. To get an assist for that defender?
Well, of course this is Mu Xiaobei's self-confidence, but I want to say that this protagonist is actually a scheming boy.

The interesting game lasted a total of 24 minutes. Mu Xiaobei played 20 minutes, almost on the same level as Zubac, and was always in a state of confrontation.

Well, the opponent Zubac can't be said to be blown up, but it's almost the same, because in these 24 minutes, Mu Xiaobei scored 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks. He made 12 of 9 shots, including three points. 6 for 4 balls.

And Zubac scored 8 points and 10 rebounds, made 13 of 4 shots, and had two blocks from Mu Xiaobei.

Of course, Zubac did a good job in terms of pick-and-roll support, but a lot of this is also due to Zubac and Ingram. Kuzma has been teammates for a year or two and has formed a tacit understanding.

Mu Xiaobei believes that his technical characteristics are more in line with the current small ball era, and through this friendly match, Wharton should also see that he is more shining than Zubac.

Of course, Mu Xiaobei is not so arrogant that he thinks he can start, because the team still has Lopez, even if Lopez jumps out of the contract and does not renew the contract with the Lakers, the team will definitely have the same status as the previous one. The center forward, after all, he is still young.

Wharton clapped his hands, gathered everyone, commented on their performance, and made arrangements for the tasks that everyone needed to train.

For example, Mu Xiaobei made 6 of 4 three-pointers in this game, but the two goals he conceded were all open three-pointers. According to Wharton, because the game is about to be played, Mu Xiaobei's strength training will be reduced.

The so-called strength training is the training to increase your own strength, and the increase of strength depends on the muscles, so this training is the training of increasing muscle.

But for these professional players, it is necessary to be cautious about increasing muscle, because the change of arm muscles will inevitably affect the feel, so the strength training of general athletes will carefully assist shooting training so that the feel can adapt to their current muscles.

Wharton called the trainer and increased the training volume of Mu Xiaobei's shooting training and reduced the training volume of strength training.

In addition, there are core strength training, footwork training, defensive training, etc., which cannot be reduced.

In the end, Wharton asked Mu Xiaobei, because Mu Xiaobei is now very strong compared to Asians, but he is still a bit thin for the NBA, so Wharton will let Mu Xiaobei increase his muscles.

But muscle gain is not weight gain. Muscle gain is strong and does not affect speed, but weight gain affects speed.

Wharton's idea is to let Mu Xiaobei gain muscle and become a stronger Porzingis, who is fast, can shoot and defend, and sometimes can attack with the ball.

As for the back technique, Walton is not in a hurry. Although he has been practicing the back technique, Wall feels that if he can come to the Lakers, the ball will not be enough. Mu Xiaobei basically does not play low singles. Chance.

Mu Xiaobei practiced for a while and it was afternoon. Mu Xiaobei ended the training a few hours earlier than usual.

Because, he is going to buy a car!
Well, I have to call my agent along with me.

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　　good afternoon.

　　
　
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