The world of basketball

Chapter 98 Double Team
Anthony had already scored 14 points in the second quarter, and the fans seemed to see the omnipotent Carmelo Anthony again, the Anthony who scored like cutting melons and vegetables.

But he is not that Anthony after all, and two of his [-] points were cut layups, and the remaining [-] points were all obtained through catch and shoot.

When Gordon and Harden didn't feel good, Paul opened the first quarter and he opened the second quarter.

But fortunately, the Spurs are on the top. They just uphold the style of play this season and continued the style of play in the last game. Facts have proved that their style of play is not wrong.

The recovery of Jeremy Lin and Kuzma's touch is very important for the Spurs. Coupled with Belinelli and Bullock, the Spurs can open up a lot of space, and if the opportunity to open three points can be grasped, the Spurs' offensive end The rotation will be smoother, and both Mu Xiaobei and Ade will be much easier on the offensive end.

With 4 minutes left in the first half, the score between the Rockets and the Spurs was still not wide open. At this time, Mu Xiaobei returned to the court, and Zhou Qi also returned to the court.

D'Antoni tried his best to match Zhou Qi and Mu Xiaobei, not to satisfy Chinese fans watching the Chinese Derby - this is the playoffs, the first consideration is naturally how to win - but two people Can match up.

Capela is used to play against Adelaide. It is not easy for Adelaide to play Capela on the offensive end. After Zhou Qi opened up the space on the offensive end, Adelaide's ability to help defend and guard the basket is indeed worse than Mu Xiaobei. a little bit.

This actually poses a relatively large restriction on the Spurs' twin towers. Many teams in the league do not have real twin towers, so one of the Spurs' twin towers is always playing in a misplaced position.

Anthony has returned to the third position he is familiar with, but Bullock's defensive ability is not good, but for Anthony now, this is of little significance. He has rarely dominated singles by himself.

Mu Xiaobei made a pick-and-roll for Jeremy Lin from a high position, Zhou Qi followed up to defend, and Mu Xiaobei cut to the top of the arc, but Paul, the chicken thief, got stuck in the passing route between Mu Xiaobei and Jeremy Lin.

After accelerating, Jeremy Lin frowned. It seemed that the Rockets paid close attention to Mu Xiaobei and Jeremy Lin's pick-and-roll, and had already worked out a good defensive strategy.

Then, Mu Xiaobei made an off-ball pick-and-roll for Lonnie Walker. Walker received a pass back from Jeremy Lin at a 45-degree angle on the left side. At this time, Mu Xiaobei had already reached the waist position on the right side, blocking the defender who was originally defending Walker. Harden wants the ball.

Walker passed the ball, and Mu Xiaobei is very grateful that in this era, it seems that the league rarely attacks inside players. Even centers like Embiid, Davis, Jokic, and Cousins ​​are rarely affected. double team.

This was hard to imagine in the past. In the era of Yao Ming O'Neal Garnett, this kind of top center in the league was often double-teamed.

We can always see that many people have doubts about Yao Ming's basketball level. In the early stage, they questioned his soft style of play and always likes to shoot jumpers from the outside. In the later stage, they said that he was slow and that he was dealt with after being double-teamed. The ability of the ball is a little worse.

When Yao Ming just gained weight, he was immature in handling the ball when he was double-teamed, but in the last few seasons of his career, basically Yao Ming's ability to handle double-teams was already very strong, otherwise he would not have become the Rockets' center. shaft.

This also illustrates a problem. In that era, it was very common for centers to be physically confronted and double-teamed, but it is very uncommon now.

Let us now think about who are the people who are double-teamed?
It's Curry, especially when Curry plays pick-and-roll with the ball, often the defense chooses to let go of the other and chooses to double-team Curry.

It's Harden, and it usually happens that the defense will choose to double-team Harden when the ball is in the pick-and-roll, just like the current Spurs, but few teams do this now. Harden's ability to handle double-teams is better than He was much, much stronger when he played the second position.

And Owen?Durant?

See, they all seem to be small guys with excellent shooting ability. Well, Durant is also playing in the second and third positions.

Going forward, who can we think of?

Anthony?Pierce?Joe Johnson?Kobe?
These are some super scorers with slightly inferior assist ability, but they all like to post up. Often they will be double-teamed when they are backed up, or they will be double-teamed when they take the ball when they get a key ball.

How about going further?

It's Yao Ming O'Neal and the others.

There seems to be a rule, the objects being double-teamed are getting smaller and smaller, from big to middle to small, which seems to echo the changes in the trend of the league.

What is certain is that Mu Xiaobei has never been double-teamed until now, even if he hit the wrong position, he was not double-teamed.

The reason for this should be that those teams are more afraid of the Spurs' outside line than Mu Xiaobei or Adelaide's status and skills. Once double-teamed, it is likely that the outside line will have a chance.

That's why Popovich said that Jeremy Lin, Belinelli, Kuzma, Bullock, and even Kuzma and Lonnie Walker's three-point ability have greatly improved the Spurs' offense.

Just like when we play the 2k dynasty mode and meet unfamiliar players, we always like to see if the player's three-point ability is strong.

In previous years, there was always a bug in 2K. Players like Redick Korver, as long as they were open, even if the defensive distance was longer, they could always easily score the ball. in this way.

I mean, when the three-pointer becomes more and more important, the defensive pressure on the outside seems to be increasing, while the defensive pressure on the inside seems to be much less than before.

Many times when Mu Xiaobei chatted with Zhou Qi, they would think, if they were in the NBA ten years ago, would they be able to survive in this league?Let alone reach the current state.

Mu Xiaobei singled Harden with his back, suddenly turned forward, put his right hand against Harden, and took three steps with his left hand holding the ball. Then he swung his long arms in front of him, and the ball was lifted lightly.

Snapped--

With a crisp sound, the ball was fanned out of bounds. Mu Xiaobei saw that it was Zhou Qi who let go of the defender and rushed over, changing Mu Xiaobei's layup.

The two knew each other very early. Zhou Qi came to learn from Yao Ming when he was still in XJ. Yao Ming asked the two children to train together. They met at that time.

Later, Zhou Qi was very talented and entered the CBA many years earlier than Mu Xiaobei. Later, he landed in the NBA and played in soy sauce and the development league for a while. He was recalled to play in the rotation this season, and Zhou Qi proved himself in five games. After that, step by step, he took a place in the league's top team.

But this is not an occasion suitable for memories. Ade sent the baseline ball, Mu Xiaobei stuck Anthony tightly, and Kuzma slipped to the 45-degree three-point line to catch the ball and shoot.

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