Chapter 4: [He's Changed]
Under the guidance of the coach, the players warmed up.
Passing and shooting exercises are followed by group training. The defenders currently have only twelve people, plus Zhou Xuan is the thirteenth, and they really need to spar.
After the group confrontation began, the main team wearing yellow vests and the substitute team without wearing vests played in full swing.
Zhou Xuan watched the game from the sidelines and found that something was different.
The last time he watched the game on the sidelines, he was very nervous, and he always felt that these people were very strong, and he was afraid that he would not be able to keep up. But this time, he felt that the players on the field were playing badly, a lot of balls that shouldn't have been thrown, and many good opportunities for teammates to score easily but not passing, in short, there were many mistakes and omissions.
In retrospect, he played like this, and it would have been better if he had moved the ball to the most appropriate position, and that was team basketball, not relying on individual ability to solve problems. In the past, he always thought that team players were actually lacking in individual ability, and those who could hit difficult goals like Kobe and Iverson were a symbol of strength. Now he suddenly realized that he could do better and simpler if he wanted to win.
After half an hour, Zhou Xuan looked at the court and was ecstatic, looking through the autumn water, Leonard remembered that he had never sent this Chinese kid to play, and immediately called for a substitution, let Zhou Xuan play as a point guard, and specially instructed the players to pass to him and let him control the ball. Although I didn't report much hope, I tried it for the sake of Zhou Xuan's hard work.
Zhou Xuan is a substitute team without a vest, and the person opposite him is Jones. Jones's expression was very disdainful, and Zhou Xuan had a feeling that the road was narrow.
His teammates passed the ball over, and Zhou Xuan dribbled forward with the ball, his mind running quickly, as if he saw what might happen later, and he was startled.
As soon as you dribble the ball past half court, call your hand to your teammates, and the center will come over to block the pick-and-roll, which he has done before, it is the coach's arrangement. As long as you break to the left, it is very likely that you will rely on your speed to shake off the opponent's center who is changing defense, the white man is very strong, but the speed is very slow, the flanks may make up the defense, and the explosiveness is good. Just pretend to rush to the basket and then pass the ball, and there will be an open space on the left side, and if the wing doesn't make up for it, he can go straight to the basket.
In less than two seconds, Zhou Xuan finished thinking about it, and waved at the top of the arc, and his teammates really came to block and dismantle. He broke through from the left side and passed easily, and the striker on the opponent's flank let go of the opposing player to make up for the defense, wanting to block from the side, thinking that Zhou Xuan would not pass the ball again as long as he broke through.
It's good to come! Zhou Xuan turned around and passed the ball out of the outside line and gave it to his own players. This person's name is Tucole, he is a pitcher, he didn't expect Zhou Xuan to pass so fast, he didn't adjust well when he received the ball, and he hit the shot after taking one step into the three-point line. His lack of confidence in shooting three-pointers made the offense look less than perfect, but it was good.
Leonard gave Zhou Xuan a few applause on the sidelines, this is the way he wants to attack, although it is only one but it is worth encouraging.
Zhou Xuan swallowed and foamed, still feeling strange, how could he think of so many things in such a short period of time from dribbling to half court? And things are going in the direction he wants.
As he ran back, he began to think about Jones's weaknesses again. Jones is very strong and can use his muscles to resist his breakthrough, but the last time Jones didn't shoot and score, Jones also hit two shots after playing a while. Most of the NBDL players' skills are flawed, so they will be honed here, maybe Jones's shooting is not sure? Muscular players will not shoot too well, and strong force will affect the feel.
At this time, Jones dribbled the ball through the half, and Zhou Xuan was one-on-one at the top of the arc, and the players all consciously dispersed, as if they wanted to see Jones ravage the opponent again.
Zhou Xuan didn't stick to the defense, put a distance of one and a half steps, lowered the center of gravity, and prevented the breakthrough from shooting.
Strange, how did he know that Dow Jones was not good at shooting? Leonard originally just wanted Zhou Xuan to try his hand as a sparring partner, but he didn't expect that this time his performance was the same as last time, and he used the right way at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Fuck, this kid dares to look down on me. Seeing Zhou Xuan's "please shoot" posture, Jones was furious and immediately chose a stop-and-go jump shot. Zhou Xuan stepped forward to interfere, although he couldn't cover it, but the ball was missed.
If it succeeds, it's so defended. Zhou Xuan turned his head excitedly, but saw that the rebound was obtained by the center of the main side, and the second attack was successful. But the goal is none of his business.
The substitute team launched an attack, Zhou Xuan thought about the way to play in advance, and after arriving in the front court, he did not break through by blocking and dismantling, and suddenly threw the ball high outside the three-point line on the right side. The squeezed and crumbling black skinny forward on the low post bench shook off the defender and turned into the basket, and received this anti-hanging just right, scoring with one hand.
The moment his teammates started, Zhou Xuan threw the ball out of the box, he had observed this person, although he was not strong enough, he was fast, and he liked to turn around and cut into the basket, but his teammates didn't pass the ball to him. He guessed correctly, this black man is called Kruger, he is only 206CM tall, and his only weapons are speed and bounce.
I'm not dreaming, am I? How has it been easier to pass the ball? Why can I easily see the vacancy? Zhou Xuan became excited, this is a good change.
In the defense, he noticed that Jones's eyes were looking at the inside, but his body was moving horizontally, as if he was going to cross the middle, at this moment time seemed to be slowing down, he thought of two possibilities, passing to the forward player who cut the air to break through, his side is 23 joint defense, the forward is easy to make mistakes on the inside, and the jump shot is not very sure. The other is to hang to the inside line, so that the strong big forward teammates can eat their own dry chicken inside.
The probability of scoring in the second plan is very high, Zhou Xuan seems to see the picture of the opponent's big front easily turning around and scoring a goal, of course, provided that he can receive the ball.
Jones made a feint and retracted his feet, threw the ball high with both hands and hung the ball inside, and when he was on tiptoe, Zhou Xuan stepped back and jumped up. Jones leaned forward and couldn't stop, the ball passed to the inside, and was intercepted by Zhou Xuan with both hands, and the action was done in one go.
How is it possible, this guy is doping, right? Jones couldn't figure out why Zhou Xuan could judge so accurately. As soon as Zhou Xuan landed, he rushed out of the court, shook off Jones and rushed across the half.
Someone followed behind, Zhou Xuan twisted his head, saw the opponent's forward, and also saw a player of his own, he had a plan in his heart, jumped up with the ball in his right hand and pretended to make a layup, attracting the opponent to jump up and block and half-turn and pass the ball backwards with one hand, his teammates received the ball very comfortably, and dunked the basketball with one hand.
Three assists in a row, and all of them are beautiful, could it be that this kid didn't play well last time because he was too nervous? Today it was like a pure point guard. Leonard was a little surprised on the sidelines, Zhou Xuan's performance in these rounds can play NBDL.
Back on the defensive end, Zhou Xuan continued to put one and a half steps on defense, and Jones broke through to the inside under the cover of his teammates.
Kruger was thin but fast, blocking Jones' breakthrough route, Jones chose to pass back to his own center responsible for the pick-and-roll, and the team's starting white center Payne had a shot and was an absolute star on the defenders, averaging 21 per game. 3 points 10. Super stats of 6 rebounds.
At the moment when Jones passed the ball, Zhou Xuan once again accurately blocked the passing route and cut off the ball. He didn't have the confidence to defend against a strong man like Payne, so he could only try his best to steal, and luckily succeeded.
Zhou Xuan turned around and easily passed Payne, who had no desire to defend, Jones had already rushed into the three-second zone to return to defense, Zhou Xuan was the fastest after the ball was broken, this time he didn't pass the ball again, and scored in a basketball.
There is no scoring in the team's training match, but Zhou Xuan obviously controlled the situation after coming on the court, far better than the previous defender.
Jones felt embarrassed. In his eyes, Zhou Xuan is a rookie among rookies, and he doesn't enter the stream at all. Eager to save face, he stopped passing, and after dribbling through the half, he didn't rely on blocking and dismantling, and crashed directly towards Zhou Xuan.
This offense is a bit amateurish. Zhou Xuan gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and stood still.
Jones wanted to eat hard with his body, thinking that his opponent would retreat, but he didn't expect Zhou Xuan to meet him, and he hit Zhou Xuan solidly, knocking Zhou Xuan directly to the ground. The physical trainer who made a cameo appearance as a referee blew the whistle and hit people with the ball!
It really hurts, seeing Battier of the Rockets do this often, it turns out that he is defending with his life. Zhou Xuan rubbed his chest, in order to become a professional player, he had to fight, and he could stand this level of impact!
At this time, a hand reached out in front of Zhou Xuan and pulled him up. Small forward Tucor smiled: "The defense is beautiful. ”
"Thank you."
This offense is not only Leonard, but even the assistant coach Vain, who can't look at Zhou Xuan, is moved, but he defends in this way in the practice game, which is really hard. Now his hard work has paid off, and some of the players are starting to recognize him.
Zhou Xuan moved to the front court, saw that there was no good opportunity, and passed to the scoring guard, wanting him to play by blocking and dismantling on the periphery, but the guard dribbled a step and passed the ball back. It's just a very ordinary pass, and there will be no chance to score directly, but Zhou Xuan is very happy, the last time he came, no one was willing to pass the ball to him, and now his teammates are starting to trust him.
The center pulled out to cover, and Zhou Xuan bypassed Jones and broke through to the inside. Jones was furious to chase after Zhou Xuan, wanting to block from behind.
The moment Zhou Xuan broke through, he thought about what to do next, if Jones came up to chase the defense, he would pass the ball, and if he didn't chase, he would throw off the inside player to shoot. He relied on the opposing power forward to pull away some distance, and Jones caught up. He duffled a shot and immediately passed the ball to the middle. The substitute center didn't stand stupidly, catching the ball down the middle and scoring with a one-handed dunk. This is a violent dunk, people block and kill, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha.
I was able to see the openings and predict the opponent's movements, which was amazing! Zhou Xuan returned to the defense with a smile on his face, and the joint defense was in place. He guessed it was time for Jones to pass the ball, and his teammates couldn't let him play like that.
Leonard looked at Wayne, the assistant coach next to him, and said lightly: "He has changed, and he is much better than the last time." If he stays at that level for a week, I think I can sign him, what do you think? ”