Legend of Tomorrow

Players are not allowed to shoot, and they can only improve through hard work. The defense is different, mainly depending on the player's experience and attitude.

Guo Xu has rich experience in playing wild ball in China in his previous life, and he is good at using small moves to make up for his lack of height when defending. His height of 180 cm is definitely bad for interference shooting, but he has the advantage of agility. As long as he is willing to entangle and not gamble for steals, it is difficult for the 187 cm Lehman to get rid of him and make easy shots.

Of course, Guo Xu's defensive skills are only good enough to deal with Lehmann. Cliffs is too strong. With a weight of 93 kilograms, he can easily knock him away. The breakthrough is a tank-like crush, leaving him helpless.

Lehman wanted to compete on the defensive end, but Guo Xu didn't give him a chance. After the teammate sent the baseline ball, Guo Xu passed it to Cliffs with one step, allowing the core to take the ball from the backcourt and bring it to the frontcourt to choose whether to score the ball himself or break through.

Guo Xu ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the right and pulled away. According to the coach's tactical arrangement, he waited for the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot.

As a senior Chinese basketball fan, he can understand most of the basketball tactics. Izzo arranged for him to play, and he does not need to break through with the ball. As long as he makes a stable three-point shooting point, he will not be scolded for taking a few steps.

Cliffs advanced to the frontcourt and faced defensive specialist Maurice Peterson in the middle.

One of the important reasons why the Spartans look down on this year is that no matter whether Cliffs plays point guard or shooting guard, the opponent must send top soldiers to defend, otherwise he will definitely be blown up. He has a solid NCAA resume, being a two-time Big Ten All-NBA player and a two-time All-American.

The best player in the Big Ten this season was Peterson, but the All-American Cliffs has already been booked, averaging 17.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

Cliffs did not attack, and passed to Richardson on the left with a step. Peterson was attracted away, and the task of defending Richardson fell on the backup swingman Jane Murphy, who is 195cm tall and weighs 88kg.

Richardson is not just a player who only dunks and jumpers. In the NCAA arena, people often see him poking his ass and hitting the opponent's swingman. He has obvious physical advantages, relying on Murphy to go to the bottom line and forcefully turn around and enter the penalty area, hitting the board with one hand and shooting a basketball.

A clean goal, 2-0.

The white team attacked, and Lehman brought the ball to the three-point line. Peterson reached out for the ball, and Lehman passed it. He dared not ignore the core of the ball.

As soon as the ball was passed out, it couldn't come back. Guo Xu followed Lehman closely and launched a brown sugar-style defense.

He was beaten twice by Lehman. One was because Guo Xugang was born again, so he didn't understand the situation in the team, so he chose to keep a low profile;

Now he knows. Lehman's shooting ability is average, and his scoring mainly depends on breakthroughs. It is right to prevent this kind of person from being entangled, and force him to shoot. As long as Guo Xu doesn't get passed in the first step, even if Lehman squeezes into the basket with his physical advantage in the end, his teammates can help him defend.

Nicknamed Mad Dog in the NBA in the future, the 185cm tall point guard Patrick Beverly is best at this kind of defense. He strictly guards against breakthroughs and tries his best to interfere with shots. This defensive method is actually not difficult. The key lies in attitude and in sparing no effort.

Guo Xu is working hard today, training with the attitude of playing in the NBA playoffs. Even if he can only support 15 minutes of physical strength, it is enough to impress the head coach. Anyway, he usually only plays 15 minutes. Why save so much physical strength?

Peterson is not good at attacking with the ball. After failing to make a breakthrough, he split the ball and passed it a few times. Center Randy missed the hook due to interference. Boyd grabbed the rebound and passed it to Cliffs to launch a counterattack. dislocation.

Richardson mainly defended Peterson, and Cliffs faced the backup swingman Murphy when he counterattacked. He lowered his center of gravity and accelerated his breakthrough. 4 to 0.

Guo Xu was not so active when attacking.

Run two steps casually, stand outside the three-point line and wait for the pass, so that he can recover some strength and stay on the defensive end to play.

The white team attacked, Guo Xu kept a distance of two steps, put Lehman outside the three-point line, did not speak, and made a please gesture to him.

In the past, Guo Xu couldn't provoke his teammates, let alone talk trash. A sudden provocation by an honest person would have an unexpected effect. Lehman's mind became hot, and taking the ball in the middle was a three-pointer.

Guo Xu didn't even raise his hand, knowing that he couldn't cover it when he jumped up. Three-pointers are Lehman's weakness, so he missed the shot obviously. He bounced out of the frame and Richardson grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The players of the white team returned to defense very quickly this time, and the red team did not start a fast break. In positional warfare, Guo Xu received the pass from the right corner, and Lehman also defended very tightly. Guo Xu made a false move and then did not shoot. He moved sideways and passed the ball from close range to the right 45-degree back. Richardson for the ball.

Richardson took the ball and squeezed Murphy twice, turned to the baseline and missed a one-handed shot. He immediately jumped up and grabbed the offensive rebound, and scored with a close-range cricket for the second attack. 6 to 0.

Coach Izzo applauded Richardson a few times on the sidelines. This is exactly the way he wants the players to play, and it must be based on the fact that the point guard does not mess around. Izzo has always disliked Lehmann. This person doesn't have enough strength, but he always wants to show off. His random fights will cause the team's stars to not be able to show their full strength. Guo Xu's attribute of not holding the ball is what the team needs.

No matter what level of competition, each team will assign different tasks to the players. Privileged players can shoot at will. The task of role players is always to ensure efficiency within a limited number of shots. Guo Xu understands this truth, but Lehmann does not. He entered the school team based on his personal ability. .

Lehman is not without a player's quotient. In the next round, he looked for an inside screen. Guo Xu was a little slower to bypass the screen, and Lehman rushed forward.

Center Hughes retreated near the penalty area to make up the defense, and Guo Xu chased him from behind. Even though it was no longer possible for him to block shots or interfere with shots, he still chased to the basket.

Lehman has skills and good physical fitness. After jumping up, he evaded Hughes' block with a beautiful aerial pull bar, and made a low-handed basketball in the middle of the road. 6 to 2.

Lehmann's attention was on the basket. After scoring the goal, he was applauding himself for this wonderful goal. He didn't want to be so happy that he stepped on Guo Xu's foot when he landed.

Ah. Leman screamed, and he fell to his knees.

When he pulled the bar, his body was already tilted, and he was destined to land on the ground with his feet separated. When he stepped on Guo Xu's feet, he couldn't adjust his center of gravity at all, and his right ankle was severely crapped.

I'm really sorry... I didn't mean it. Guo Xu stood aside, apologizing in panic.

You fucking did it on purpose, you bloody Chinaman! Bastard! Fuck you! Lehman snarled. The moment he landed, he knew his season was over.

The leader of the guest referee hurriedly called a stop, and his teammates helped Lehmann to a stool beside him to look at the injury. He saw that his ankle was slowly swollen, and it was still a little blue. The best result would have to rest for two weeks. Need surgery.

Guo Xu frowned and continued to explain: I really didn't do it on purpose, I just wanted to defend hard and protect the rebounds in the backcourt.

Is this really just an accident?

Coach Izuo didn't know what to say. He didn't see if Guo Xu stepped on his feet. Today, Guo Xu defended extraordinarily hard, but he could see it.