Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

The pause ends.

Several Warriors players looked at Zhuang Yu with a hint of gnashing of teeth, as they had been criticized by Coach Kerr.

After Curry came to the frontcourt, he called for a pick-and-roll. He originally wanted to shoot one himself, but he saw Durant running back and asking him for the ball with his arms open.

After hesitating for a moment, Curry passed the ball.

Durant was also aroused by Zhuang Yu's performance and started a one-on-one game after getting the ball. At this moment, the Lakers replaced their main lineup with Anderson as the player facing Durant.

Coach Scott didn't let Korver guard Durant because it was too difficult for Korver.

Anderson raised one hand high to cover Durant, and stared at Durant, observing his next move.

Durant put the ball at his waist and took a look at it. He first made a tentative step towards the basket. Seeing that Anderson was unmoved, he retracted his outstretched foot, then accelerated to the left, took a step, and suddenly dribbled between his legs and quickly changed direction.

Anderson reacted quickly, adjusting his steps quickly, taking a step back and blocking Durant's breakthrough route again, but Durant just jumped up directly.

Fallback jump shot!

Anderson raised his right hand high, but he could only interfere as much as possible. With Durant's height, whether he suddenly pulled up or leaned back, no one could block him.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

"This ball... is truly unstoppable."

"For this kind of shot, the defender can only pray that Durant himself can't make it."

There is really no way to deal with a jump shot like Durant's. It will be the same no matter who goes there. You can only interfere as much as possible. But at Durant's level, making the ball in the face of interference is a skill that must be mastered.

Of course, there are times when it feels good and times when it feels bad.

After scoring the goal, Durant turned around and retreated, but his eyes were looking at Zhuang Yu, and there seemed to be invisible sparks flying in his eyes.

Ordinary fans can't see it, but the live director is very interesting. He actually gave Durant a close-up of his face as if he had predicted it in advance.

Now everyone saw it.

"Hey, KD is also stimulated."

"Looking at his eyes, he was obviously provoked by Zhuang Yu, so he played the ball very resolutely. Haha, now it's going to be interesting."

"Zhuang Yu's touch was really great today. The second quarter hasn't even ended yet and he's already close to 2 points. But now he's facing Curry and Durant, who are so excited that their eyes are red. I'm afraid he can't handle it..."

Some people were sighing, some were shouting, and some were gloating, thinking that Zhuang Yu was going to be in trouble.

......

On the court, the Lakers attack.

When Zhuang Yu came to the frontcourt, everyone's eyes were focused on him, including the Warriors players. What surprised Zhuang Yu was that this time it was no longer Klay who came to defend him, but Draymond Green.

This guy is a well-known thug on the court. He is indeed very good at defense, but he can also cause trouble.

Other players may only have eight or ten technical fouls in their entire careers. For example, Kyle Korver is a humble player who can win the "Sportsmanship Award".

But Draymond Green can accumulate eight or ten technical fouls in a season. It is said that there is no one on the court that he dare not do to.

Well...except LeBron James.

And the reason why he doesn't dare to provoke LeBron James is probably not because he is afraid of losing, but because he is afraid that if he really annoys James, he will not play with him off the court.

The two have the same agent, Rich Paul.

It is said that Drummond Green follows James off the court. Drummond Green is involved in many of James' business investments. He has made a lot of money following James off the court over the years.

Draymond Green looks reckless, but he is actually very smart.

How can a player who can play as a point forward be a reckless man?

He was counting on James to help him make money off the court, so naturally he didn't dare to fight with James. If he fought with others, at most he would get a technical foul, or be expelled and fined, but if he fought with James, the loss would not just be tens of thousands of dollars, it could be hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Draymond Green was seen standing in front of Zhuang Yu, his face was tense, darker, and his eyes exuded murderous intent.

If the director cut a close-up of his face at this time, people who didn't know would think he was in the octagon cage.

Zhuang Yu just narrowed his eyes slightly.

Others are afraid of Draymond Green, but he is not.

"Pull away."

Zhuang Yu made a gesture, signaling his teammates to move away, and then singled out Draymond Green.

As soon as Zhuang Yu dribbled the ball, Draymond Green immediately rushed over and started to defend him closely.

When a player just receives the ball but has not dribbled yet, he can shoot, pass, or dribble, so he has many options. So when defending him, you must keep a certain distance. However, when a player has already passed the ball (that is, dribbled), his options become fewer.

Because whether he is passing the ball or shooting, he needs a preparatory action.

At this time, if you use pressure defense, you can stick to him directly, so that he can only protect the ball carefully, without any space to shoot, and he even dares not pass the ball hastily, because passing the ball also requires space.

Give a very simple example.

Many people on the basketball court know how to play pick-and-roll, and they can only play pick-and-roll because they can't play more complex tactics. But many people don't even understand how to play pick-and-roll. They only know that their teammates come over to block for them, and then they walk to the side, wait for their teammates to turn around and cut, and then pass the ball to their teammates.

But how should we block, how should we move after blocking, how should the player with the ball pass the ball, and when should he pass it?

Many people don’t understand these.

Like the timing of the pass.

Some people just stare at their teammates after calling a pick-and-roll, and don't make any threatening moves such as breakthroughs or shots. They just wait for their teammates to turn around and cut to the basket before passing the ball to them.

But the intention was too obvious.

Everyone knows that you are going to pass the ball, so the defensive players will naturally be wary of the player cutting after the pick-and-roll, rather than you, the ball handler.

This is putting the cart before the horse.

The primary purpose of the pick-and-roll is to create shooting opportunities for the ball handler, not to create opportunities for the person doing the pick-and-roll.

Therefore, at this time, the player with the ball, in addition to using the pick-and-roll to get rid of the opponent, must also make a breakthrough or a confusing shooting move to further attract the defensive players who are switching defenses and create better space for the teammates who are doing the pick-and-roll to make an open cut.

At the same time, you must also grasp the timing and distance of the pass.

The distance between the player with the ball and the pick-and-roll player cannot be too close, otherwise the ball will be easily intercepted, and it will not be conducive to the teammates taking the next step after the pick-and-roll cut.

Seeing Zhuang Yu dribbling the ball, Draymond Green couldn't help but smile and directly put pressure on Zhuang Yu to confront him.

Now Zhuang Yu's confrontation ability has improved a lot compared with last season, but he is still at a disadvantage against Draymond Green, the power forward.

Draymond Green is very smart. He knows that this is his advantage and wants to force Zhuang Yu to be careful to protect the ball and not be able to make moves calmly.

However, he still underestimated Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back and quickly took a step back.

This made Draymond Green (to explain, the reason why the full name was used when writing Green was because there is a Gerald Green on the Lakers to avoid confusion) a little puzzled, because at this time Zhuang Yu was already on the three-point line, and if he took another step back, he would be further away from the three-point line, already more than one meter and almost two meters away.

Is he going to take a step-back jump shot from this distance? That's ridiculous, right?

impossible!

Draymond Green pounced on him subconsciously. Zhuang Yu did not try the step-back three-pointer because that was too risky.

Although he is confident in his three-point shooting, and his touch is very good today, he has already made 7 of 7 shots, but he can't just throw it casually. This step back is not to shoot, but to open up space with Draymond Green, and then suddenly change direction and accelerate.

"Oh no." Draymond Green cried out in his heart, and subconsciously reached out to pull, but missed.

Although Zhuang Yu's confrontation ability is not as good as Draymond Green's, Zhuang Yu's speed is much faster than Draymond Green.

Draymond Green is tall and strong, and his defense is oppressive, so it is indeed difficult for Zhuang Yu to shoot against him, but there is no rule that he can only shoot and not break through.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu broke past Draymond Green and quickly made his way into the inside.

At this time, the Warriors were still using a small lineup, and the player at position 5 in their small lineup was actually Draymond Green, but at this time Draymond Green had been passed by Zhuang Yu, so the Warriors' inside line was almost a vacuum.

"Bang!"

Zhuang Yu jumped up and did a one-handed dunk.

Several Warriors players smiled bitterly.

How to say it, although Zhuang Yu still managed to score, fortunately this ball was not a three-pointer, so it can be considered a successful defense.

In the next few rounds, under the pressure of Draymond Green's defense, Zhuang Yu did not shoot three-pointers again, but chose to break through continuously.

Either score points yourself after a breakthrough, or pass the ball to teammates after a breakthrough to create opportunities for them.

Especially at this time the Warriors are using a small lineup, while the Lakers are sending out Lopez.

With this lineup of both teams, the Lakers originally had a huge advantage in the interior, and at this time it was Draymond Green who was defending Zhuang Yu. He was moved away from the interior, and the others could not stop Lopez.

After several rounds, Zhuang Yu scored 4 points through breakthroughs and also made two assists, both to Lopez, allowing Lopez to comfortably dunk two times.

In other words, even though Zhuang Yu did not make another three-pointer, the Lakers had already scored 8 points in just a short while, and these 8 points were all related to Zhuang Yu.

This left Coach Kerr with only a bitter smile.

Didn’t this still fail to defend against Zhuang Yu?

Wait, how many points did Zhuang Yu get today? It seems like it’s almost 30 points?

"29 points." The assistant coach next to him saw what Coach Kerr was thinking and said, "29 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists."

Is that much?

Coach Kerr was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned dark.