beast basketball

Chapter 63 The Strong Enemy is Confident and Sufficient



Now Stephen was the main defense against James, and Stephen suddenly felt the pressure increase in vain. James didn't pay attention to Stephen's defense at all, and took the ball in his hands leisurely, watching his teammates' positioning back and forth. , Stephen tried a few times, trying to threaten the ball in his hand, but to no avail.

Seeing that none of his teammates had any good opportunities, James smiled at Stephen, leaned down, took small steps with his feet and began to accumulate energy. According to what Stephen saw from the video, this was a sign that he was about to break through. Stephen immediately Preparedness has been strengthened.

The first step of James' breakthrough is very fast. For ordinary defenders, as long as his first step is activated, he can generally break through most people in the league. Even if your speed can barely catch up, you can't fight against him. With superhuman strength, there is nothing to do except fouls. James' breakthrough is not only fast, but also has big steps. It often only takes two or three steps to reach the range of his shot or the penalty area.

At the same time, although his breakthrough and change of direction are not weird, they are very breakthrough. At the same speed, some people can only move forward, but he can still change direction. This is due to his super strong body control ability , which is also his greatest talent.

Also avoiding blocks in the air, he can make one more movement than others, or the movement range is larger. Although Stephen is careful enough, James breaks through and surpasses Stephen by half a body with every step. Stephen tries his best to catch up Following his footsteps, the bodies of the two kept colliding, Stephen wanted to push each other aside as much as possible, and James also wanted to maintain his own direction of travel.

Both of them felt the strength of the other side, but James exerted his strength first after all. While walking, James suddenly twisted his body forcibly and jumped at the same time. His body deflected in the air. Stephen just threw himself in front of James. Before he even had time to jump, he saw the ball go in, saw James land on the ground, and had to take a few steps back to relieve the pressure. Knowing that his goal was extremely hard, it took a lot of effort to complete it.

That's enough, and this has fulfilled the duty of defense. Stephen ran to the backcourt while squinting at James. No matter how strong you are, I don't believe you can score goals like this throughout the game. James kept following Behind Stephen, after the game against the Nuggets, everyone knew that Stephen was no longer a single-functional player who could only defend but not attack. Even if his offensive skills were simple, he couldn't let him go.

Without waiting for others to settle down, Stephen began to run back and forth on the field. This is not running without the ball in the team's offensive system, but Stephen wanted to draw James away according to his own ideas, so that he could not help his teammates. Defending other people, the team usually plays a few offensive tactics, Stephen also knows that he will not run into other people's offensive line, it seems that Stephen is the most active person on the field, James can see him at a glance He was running indiscriminately, but he was determined not to run around with him, and the position where Stephen ran was a bit threatening.

Stephen's running is not irregular. He runs from one side to the other side. If his teammate on the opposite side is in the bottom corner, he will run to a [-]-degree angle. As soon as he crosses the three-point line, he will Turn back abruptly, then re-slip the baseline to the other side, run to the bottom corner and turn back.

In this way, it will basically not affect the team's offensive tactics. Whether it is the main force or the substitute side on the field, there is no place for Stephen in the tactical system, because letting him play in the last game is just a reward for him, and this time It is also Popovich who is half helpless and half wants to see how Stephen will perform against James, so Stephen's running is just a spontaneous choice.

But this running, Stephen also came up with it in consideration of his own characteristics. When he slipped the baseline to the basket, as long as the ball can be passed to his hands, he can take off and dunk directly. Can do a three-step dunk.

When Stephen was running, he also kept an eye on his teammates at all times. As long as there were teammates in need, he could go over to support them, or go over to help block them. Anyway, the offensive tactics were basically those types, and Stephen was also very willing to cooperate with his teammates.

This time the opportunity came, Robert Horry saw that there was no chance at the basket, he hurriedly mentioned the high position and received a pass from Van Exel, turned his head and looked back and forth, and saw Stephen was about to run from one side, hurriedly After giving Stephen a wink, Stephen hurried over to help him cover, who knew that Robert Horry suddenly put the ball directly into his hands, and at the same time turned around and turned behind Stephen, blocking James who was running over.

Just as Stephen was about to make a shot, Ilgauskas' extremely tall body had already arrived in front of Stephen. Stephen was about to pass the ball to the outside line when he suddenly saw Oberto appear behind Ilgauskas, with Ready to catch the ball, Stephen leaned to the left and passed the ball to Oberto with his hand to the right.

It's a pity that Oberto's foolproof layup would miss. Stephen pushed Ilgauskas away with his body very powerfully, jumped high, and grabbed the rebound in his hand. As soon as it fell, James' hand slammed When the time came, Stephen hugged the ball tightly with both hands, flung it hard, and broke away from James' snatch. The moment he turned around, he seemed to see Robert Horry behind him, so he threw the ball back, and his body followed James Lean behind.

Robert Horry caught the ball and immediately slid it down. Ilgauskas turned around slowly. James was closely behind Stephen, and the basket seemed to be empty, allowing Robert Horry to hit the basket, lightly A layup settled the fight.

Since he was going to waste James' strength, Stephen didn't wait for James to get entangled with him after halftime. Facing Stephen, James actually felt uncomfortable. Although it was easier for him to attack Stephen, it cost him more energy. Seeing that Stephen came to pester him from a distance, he handed the ball directly to Snow.

But even so, Stephen still posted it reluctantly. After the revision of the league's perimeter defense rules, perimeter defense has become much more difficult. You can't have too much physical contact, and you can't use any part of the forearm to touch. When you meet the opponent, you can't stand in front of the opponent to stop the opponent, and you can't even bend your body down, because this will violate the opponent's cylindrical space.

Because Stephen's footsteps are very powerful, Stephen doesn't need to lie down, which reduces the risk of fouls, and when following sideways, Stephen's strength can also bring great oppression to offensive players, James It was very difficult for Larry Hughes to run very hard. At this time, Larry Hughes' offensive line was blocked by Brent Barry, so he passed the ball to James.

James reached out to receive a pass from his teammate, and Ilgauskas immediately ran out from the inside to block for him. Stephen was blocked by Ilgauskas, but Oberto also came out from the inside and came to James In front of him, although it was the first time for Oberto to meet James in the NBA, the two had met several times in the international arena, and they had already made defensive preparations. Jump shot.

The ball rolled twice on the basket and missed, the rebound was caught by Horry, and Horry threw the ball to Brent Barry, but Barry didn't notice that Larry Hughes, who was next to him, had been eyeing him for a long time, and turned around , The ball was patted by Hughes and landed in Snow's hands.

James got the ball again, and after making a deceptive move, before Stephen posted it, he made a step-back jumper. Stephen also jumped into the air very quickly. In order to avoid Stephen's block, James The shot was a bit high, and the rebound rebounded and was caught by Stephen. James wanted to wait for an opportunity to grab the ball, but was driven away by Stephen's flying elbow.

Stephen learned this trick from Robert Horry. After grabbing the rebound, regardless of whether there is anyone around him, he first stretched his arms and turned around twice. On the one hand, he observed the position of his teammates, and on the other hand, he drove the opponent away , as long as you are not particularly exaggerated, there is generally no problem.

After grabbing the rebound, Stephen saw that his teammates ran over, so he had to dribble alone for half the court. Seeing that none of his teammates had any good chances, James stood far away and did not approach him. , Stephen stopped, dribbled the ball twice, James approached, Stephen suddenly raised his hand and it was a three-handed shot, which shocked many people.

Although the ball didn't go in, it finally hit the basket. Fortunately, Stephen rejoiced in his heart, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, the coach wouldn't say anything. I don't know what happened. Seeing that no one was defending himself, Stephen was very upset. Want to try it out, although the result is not perfect, Stephen's confidence has not been lost.

So after receiving a pass from his teammate again, Stephen made another shooting posture. James hurriedly jumped up to block the block, but Stephen suddenly shrank down and broke through from one side, facing the [-] meter Yi Ergoskas, Stephen shot again without the slightest fear.

This time the shot did not fail. After seeing Stephen’s performance on the offensive end, Popovich was very strange. He knew that he couldn’t shoot, but Stephen’s shot was very confident and steady. Ilgauskas, Stephen didn't play in a hurry at all, not in a hurry like ordinary young players.

After all, he is a player who has been influenced by the atmosphere of the competition. Popovich is mainly interested in Stephen. The experience of the NCAA Finals is a valuable asset for every player. Normally, there are very few The main players who won the championship fell to the second round. This year is a small year in the draft. If Stephen has no offensive shortcomings, at least he will be in the lottery. The championship, the four main players are all lottery.

As for the offensive problem, when the Spurs selected Tony Parker, the offense was also a mess. As long as the player is obedient and self-motivated, any technical shortcomings can be made up for through training. Odd has always been the standard for selecting players.

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