NBA: Crazy Little Giant

Phoenix Suns coach Earl Watson looked at the tactical board in his hand, then glanced at Marquese Chriss, who was wearing the No. 0 jersey, on the bench.

"Maquis."The coach said

""I'm not going to say it." Marquese Chriss stood up quickly and answered nervously.

Marquese Chriss is a rookie this year, the 8th pick in the first round. He is 206cm tall and weighs 108kg. The scout report shows that he has a good shot and his athletic ability is also above average.

"You will replace Tyson later."The coach Watson said

"Ah!"Chris was a little surprised and panicked.

Although Chris's draft pick was higher than Chen Cheng, who was the 11th pick in the first round, and he could play the 4th and 5th positions.

But seeing the little giant who could press Chandler to the floor, Chris was a little scared.

You know, his rebounding ability is not as good as Chandler's.

"Humph, you useless guy, what are you afraid of?"

"He is a rookie like you, and you are drafted higher than him."

"If you don't dare to play against him, you will be on the bench forever."

Coach Watson saw through Chris's fear, snorted, and said

"No, boss, I'm not afraid of him." Marquese Chriss quickly defended

"Yeah."

Watson then let Chris go.

"German"

""When you come on the court, you and Chris will play pick-and-roll."

Coach Watson said to Booker.

Watson wanted to use Booker and Chris's pick-and-roll to force Chen Cheng to switch defense.

First, Chen Cheng would have a hard time defending against a 196cm guard.

Second, after being lured out of the restricted area by Booker, it would be difficult for Chen Cheng to grab a defensive rebound. Currently, many of the Thunder's offense and defense transitions are carried out by long passes after Chen Cheng grabs a defensive rebound.

As long as Chen Cheng is not allowed to get the defensive rebound in the first place, the Thunder's offense and defense transition will be weakened.

Once the Thunder is caught in a positional battle, there is really nothing to be afraid of. After all, their outside shooting is not good!

""Okay, boss." Booker and Chris said in unison.......

Soon, the timeout ended.

Players from both teams came on the court again.

The Suns replaced Chandler with the young rookie Chris.

The Thunder replaced Adams with Ilyasova to free up space on the court.

The Suns attacked.

After Bledsoe dribbled across half court, he passed the ball to Booker on the strong side, and Bledsoe went to the bottom corner to smoke.

Facing Oladipo's defense, Devin Booker followed Watson's arrangement and asked Chris to come forward for a screen.

Chen Cheng was called up as Watson expected.

Booker also used his personal ability and Chris's screen to"call out" Chen Cheng.

This was also what Watson expected.

"Chen, I'm here."

"No need to switch."

Oladipo and Chen Cheng saw through each other's thinking at a glance, but at this time Oladipo planned to 'squeeze the pick-and-roll' in order to prevent Chen Cheng from being misplaced by Booker.

Squeezing the pick-and-roll is one of the effective ways to defend against the pick-and-roll.

But this has very high requirements for the person who squeezes the pick-and-roll.

First of all, the person who squeezes the pick-and-roll cannot be too big. For example, heavy forwards like LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard will find it very difficult to squeeze the pick-and-roll. As for power forwards and centers, there is no need to even think about it.

Secondly, the person who squeezes the pick-and-roll must move laterally quickly and have strong upper limb strength, otherwise, it is easy to be caught by the person who squeezes the pick-and-roll during the process of squeezing the pick-and-roll.

As the first student of Chen Cheng's [Old Six Training Class], Oladipo, who has the strongest qualifications of Old Six, meets the requirements of [Squeeze the Pick-and-Roll]

""Swish!"

Booker, who was walking from the right wing in the pick-and-roll, saw a dark face with a bitter look appear in front of him the next second.

"this..."

"No way!"

Suns coach Watson looked at the scene on the court in astonishment.

He guessed the beginning and the middle, but not the ending.

Oladipo squeezed through the pick-and-roll smoothly, and Booker didn't call on"Chen Cheng".

All this was attributed not only to Oladipo's ability to squeeze the pick-and-roll, but also to Chris's pick-and-roll quality.

Chris's shoulders were not wide enough, not strong enough, and there were problems with the pick-and-roll position.

After all, he was just a first-year rookie........

Facing Oladipo, Devin Booker couldn't play one-on-one.

For this reason, he could only let Chris screen for him again.

But this time, Booker could never have imagined that

Chen Cheng and Oladipo looked at each other.

Then, both of them had a 'thief' in their eyes.

Chen Cheng's body size naturally couldn't be the sixth man. Not to mention on the court, even off the court, he was the most noticeable.

But he was the 'chief instructor' of the sixth man on the court.

The two of them double-teamed Booker.

Chen Cheng used his strong body to stick directly to Booker.

Chen Cheng, who was 226cm tall, blocked Booker's sight in an instant. Moreover, at this moment, the three referees on the court were blocked by Chen Cheng's broad body and couldn't see Booker.

Oladipo once again played the role of the sixth man. Taking advantage of Booker's panic, he slapped the basketball in Booker's hand with his big hand.

Oladipo's hands were very fast.

He slapped five or six times in an instant.

Some of them hit Booker's arm directly.

But in just a few seconds, the little giant Chen Cheng used his large body to block the referee's sight.

""ouch!" Booker let out a dull sound of pain, and the basketball was knocked down.

The referee also rushed over.

But at this time, Oladipo had already taken the ball and rushed towards the opponent's basket.

""Bang!"

Oladipo completed a thunderous dunk that shocked everyone.

At this time, Booker was complaining to the referee that Oladipo had just committed a foul.

The referee, whose vision was blocked, did not see Oladipo's foul at all, so he naturally ignored Booker.

This made Booker's face red with anger.