Chapter Eighty-Seven: Finding a Way
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The Spurs returned to the defense like a tide, and on the Thunder side, Russell Westbrook brought the ball to the frontcourt. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This season, Wei Shao has completely controlled the overall situation of the Thunder, and Adu has started to be without the ball more often, so Anxi has been following Adu closely, for fear that when Adu will run without the ball and throw off Anxi.
This time Anxi's opponent is Kevin Durant, an old opponent, the first two times Anxi didn't defend it, this time after having a top single defense, Anxi only has a little confidence, Adu is too difficult to defend, tall, Anxi has no advantage, long arm span, Anxi still has no advantage, plus super accurate jump shots and increasingly sophisticated off-ball running, Anxi feels that Adu is more difficult to defend than Carmelo Anthony.
In fact, Anxi knows that his defense is that kind of sticky defense, which is generally more effective in defending against the ball, and not so against the ball, so Anxi doesn't think the effect of defending Adu will be too good.
The Thunder was Wei Shao who took the ball, Adu retreated to the bottom corner first, and the Thunder pulled away, as if they wanted to let Wei Shao play alone.
Willis faced Tony Parker's defense, tried to break through a few times, and there were no good chances.
At this time, Adu suddenly moved, took a step, and quickly went around to the forbidden area.
An Xi also hurriedly followed, and at this time, he was defending Adu's no ball.
Running to the penalty area, Kendrick Perkins hung his hands down, and blocked Anxi solidly, in order to bypass the obstacle of Kendrick Perkins, Anxi spent a little time, but it didn't take too much, Jeff Hornacek asked Anxi to do special training around the pile, and now there is no improvement in Anxi's off-ball, but it makes Anxi's speed of breaking through the blocking and dismantling cover a lot.
quickly caught up with Adu, and An Xi thought that this wave of no ball was over.
However, at that moment, Adu suddenly ran back again, directly killing Anxi with a return gun, Anxi couldn't react, and Kendrick Perkins appeared on the way for Anxi to chase Adu, just in such a moment, Anxi lost it.
Adu received a pass from Wei Shao at a position of 45 degrees on the left side, and directly shot an arrow through the sky, hitting the basket and scoring 2 points.
The first goal, didn't prevent it? Popovich on the sidelines subconsciously took two steps, he didn't know if Anxi really couldn't defend or was looking for a feeling, in fact, as soon as he got on the first defense, Anxi often couldn't defend, 6 games, Anxi had 4 games to let the opponent shoot the first goal, and then the opponent on the defense missed in a row, Popovich Anxi.
The game continued, the Spurs settled in their own frontcourt, and Anxi's position was the same as Adu's position in the Thunder half just now, which was also the bottom corner, and it didn't move at the beginning.
The difference is that the Spurs' top of the arc is covered with a cover, Boris Dio made a blocking cover for Tony Parker, and after attracting the Thunder's bag, Dior began to run back, but Parker's ball did not pass, and the offense had to be reorganized.
Anxi knew that he had to play at this time, he moved, and he went around the free throw line quickly, with the help of Boris Dior's cover, Anxi went around to the top of the arc, and Adu followed Anxi all the way. At this time, Tony Parker cut into the inside, and Tim Duncan, who ran to the other side, got a chance, Tim Duncan received the ball in the middle distance and hit it!
From this offense and defense, the gap between Anxi and Adu came out, Adu easily ran out of a vacant position, but Anxi was followed by Adu, you know, in terms of defense, Anxi is stronger than Adu, which means that Adu's ballless is more than one grade better than Anxi.
The game continued, and the Spurs' offense had nothing to do with Anxi, and his role was to attract the defensive attention of one of the Thunder's players. On the defensive end, after the first ball failed to prevent Adu, the next single of Adu was defended by An Xi, and then a ball without the ball was not blocked.
Anxi was a little depressed, and sure enough, his defense was very effective with the ball, and without the ball, the effect was not good.
Of course, this is also related to Anxi's own bad off-ball, if Anxi's off-ball also reaches the level of Adu, Adu's running Anxi may be able to guess it, and now the most important thing is that Adu's running Anxi can't guess it, and Kendrick Perkins's covering effect is not good.
In the middle of the first quarter, Anxi's defense against Adu finally had some effect.
Thunder's offense, Adu is still in a state of no ball, the previous few attacks, Adu found that he was very uncomfortable when he met Anxi's defense with the ball alone, and after running without the ball, he would catch the ball and shoot, even if Anxi caught up, it would be very comfortable, so he is also smart now, every ball is without the ball, anyway, Wei Shao's passing is good, plus at this time Harden also came up, the passing of this guard duo is enough for Adu.
Standing at 45 degrees on the right side for a while, Sergii Baccara came out, but it was not for Wei Shao to block and dismantle, but to cover for Adu, the meaning of this run was too obvious, Anxi hurriedly followed, and the ground was very tight, after all, the quality of the 28 card was average, and it was not as good as Perkins.
However, Adu rushed all the way to the restricted area, circled under the basket, and passed through Perkins' cover, and this time Anxi had to spend a lot of time.
Adu thought the same way, he didn't look behind him, ran to the position of the three-point line in the bottom left corner, turned around and received Harden's transfer ball, this position was originally Harden's, but Harden's direct withdrawal made a large open space for Adu.
Seeing that Adu was about to make a move......
Anxi suddenly appeared! This time, he was not delayed by Perkins for too long, rushed to Adu, and directly blocked Adu's shooting angle.
Syllable...... Didn't go in!
Gregg Popovich on the sidelines actually shook his hand excitedly, and Anxi actually blocked the ball, broke through the double cover, kept up with Adu's run, and then defended the ball.
This is the first ball that Adu threw when he received the ball under Anxi's defense, and Popovich was ready to call a timeout to adjust the defense, ready to play rotation defense, focusing on Adu's off-ball, but now at a glance, there seems to be hope?
There is indeed hope, Anxi found the feeling at once, is it the feeling that Jeff Hornacek gave him, or the feeling around the pile, Anxi found that around the pile is not the same as winding around people, people can block themselves and slow down their speed, but the wooden stake cannot, and why can't Anxi catch up with Adu, because Perkins slowed down Anxi's speed, so now, Anxi simply bypassed Perkins's cover completely, Perkins can't move to block himself, right?
Isn't that a mobile block?
Therefore, Anxi would rather be slower when chasing Adu at the beginning, but also leave enough space for himself to bypass the next obstacle cover, and in this way, Anxi's defense was successful......
Then, Anxi used the same way to defend Adu and threw another mid-range shot, and Popovich was relieved.