Chapter 22: Passing the Ball!
In the face of such a strong defense, Yi Feng still scored such a goal vigorously, which hurt the morale of the red team too much.
Yi Feng's behavior was obviously forcing them to doubt their lives.
The timeout that the red team had just called didn't last long before it was broken up in one of Yi Feng's attacks.
At the beginning of the second half, Yi Feng alone played a 13:0 super attack wave, and the difference of more than 20 points was directly narrowed to single digits!
At 3:04 of the second half, the red team was 57:48, only leading by 9 points!
Psychologically speaking, a 10-point difference will bring at least twice as much security to the leader as a 9-point difference. In the NBA, a 10-point margin is also a watershed. If you play well and play well, you can catch up in two or three rounds; However, if the score difference is more than 10 points, it normally takes at least four rounds or more to catch up.
But which team can guarantee a clean sheet within four rounds and score in every one?
As strong as the 72-10 NBA all-time best regular season record, the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan's 1995-96 season are not guaranteed.
The originally safe score difference of more than 20 points, in just a few minutes, one person was lost, and only 9 points remained!
All of a sudden, the rookies on the red team panicked.
Not to mention that they are still rookies who don't have much experience in major tournaments, even if they are veterans who have been in the NBA for many years, they will not be able to stabilize their emotions in the face of such a situation, right?
The morale of the red team is hit, while the morale of the white team is high.
Previously, Yi Feng scored 11 points in a row, forcing the red team to call a timeout. And at the time of the timeout, Russell, the interim leader, must have explained something, and when the defense was easy, it must have been targeted.
However, this is not of much use.
Yi Feng can still score, and in a more domineering way!
Not only is he great at fighting, but he is also explosive on the court!
And with such a leader leading him, what reason is there to lose this ball? Still lagging behind? Haha, what is this, two minutes ago, we were more than twenty points behind! Now these 9 points are nothing, they are not enough to stuff the teeth of the Great Demon King of Yifeng!
For the rookies of the red team competing on the same stage, Yi Feng is a big demon king, and the methods of torturing people are the same, and they are not the same!
And for the many team executives in the stadium who inspect the rookie players, it is simply a surprise one after another!
Just like the box of chocolates in "Forrest Gump", you will never know what it tastes like until you taste it. For them, Yi Feng is the same, before Yi Feng's full skills are used, they will not know how much Yi Feng still has the ability to press the bottom of the box.
Before, they defined Yi Feng as a physical fitness man, and he only knew how to jump;
Later, they defined Yi Feng as a cash cow that can only attract the attention of fans by virtue of appearance and identity, especially attracting the attention of Asian fans and Chinese fans;
Next, they defined Yi Feng as a court thug, hot-tempered, a powder keg that explodes at the slightest moment, ready to refuse it out of the NBA's gates;
Then they defined Yi Feng as a rookie player with a certain amount of immediate combat power, and began to wander between a cash cow and a powder keg.
Now, Yi Feng has used the European step that is not inferior to Wade's lost step, and has become another player after Wade who can face the defender and dunk after the European step.
As Yi Feng showed one ability after another, they found that the definition they gave him was overturned again and again. They couldn't help but reflect that perhaps, they shouldn't have defined Yi Feng so early. At the very least, to see what else he can do in this matchup?
Perhaps, he will be able to surprise us?
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Russell slapped the ball hard, Yi Feng's strength was beyond his imagination. This kind of tackling ability may not be something he will have in his entire career.
"Hey! Guys! Cheer up! It's just a dunk, just two points! No big deal! Did we have fewer dunks before? ”
Seeing his teammates' apparently low mood, Russell encouraged again.
After receiving the ball from the baseline, Russell dribbled across the half court under the pressure of Booker. Seeing Yi Feng staring at the ball in his hand with burning eyes, Russell couldn't help but feel a chill.
I said a few times before that I wanted to score goals, but I didn't score a single one. Russell wasn't too confident in his singles ability either, and this time he handed the ball to Vaughn and started running himself.
Maybe you can get a chance through your agile movement.
Russell thought.
What he didn't know, however, was that Vaughn was even more bottomless than he had in his heart.
Yi Feng scored consecutive points in the second half, most of which were due to Vaughn's poor defense. So facing Yi Feng at this moment, Vaughn was a little worried in his heart.
There is no intention of holding the ball alone, and when he sees the opportunity, he hoists the ball to the inside. His basic skills are still good, and under the fake cast, Yi Feng has no chance to make a steal.
Lyles on the inside was about to get into position, take Vaughn's lob and play Larry Nance II with his back.
Born in 1993, Larry Nance II played for the University of Wyoming for four years and is a complete rookie. His father, Larry Nance, was the NBA's inaugural dunk champion.
Nance Jr. inherited his father's talent and was very athletic. But against Lyles, he is not only slightly inferior in height, but also slightly inferior in technique.
When Lyles graduated from high school, he was ranked No. 4 in the ESPN2014 National High School Rankings. Compared to Lyles, who is well-rounded in terms of skills, Nance Jr. was unknown when he graduated from high school, and few people even knew that his dad was the NBA's first slam dunk king.
After all, no matter how famous Old Nance is, it is already outdated. Unless a figure like Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell can transcend the torrent of history, avoid the washing of time, and pass on to posterity.
Nance Jr. has been in college for four years, and is still not as well-known as Lyles, who has only played in the college league for one year, which is telling. The skills of two people are not on the same level.
So, Lyles backs to Nance Jr., quite sure. With two back-to-backs, Lyles grasped Nance's defensive center of gravity, his shoulders shook continuously, and then he quickly turned left and hit a small hook.
The red team finally scored in the second half, 59-48, and once again stretched the gap to more than 10 points.
Yi Feng promptly instructed his teammates to actively assist in defense, and if necessary, he could let go of his defensive object. From just one single, he can see that Lyles's strength is stronger than Nance, and he is very sure of one-on-one.
And what the white team has to do is not to let Lyles have a chance to play one against Nance.
The two interior lines of the white team, Nance and Porzingis, are not good at interior defense, but they can still do it by actively assisting in defense and interfering with the opponent.
If the interior defense is not strong, the pressure on the outside is even greater. Booker's defensive ability cannot be said to be strong, but his defensive ability on the horizontal line. Anthony Brown, as a small forward, is not very good offensively, and what he can do is defense, and his future in the NBA is to develop in the direction of 3D players.
A 3-and-D player is a player who can shoot three-pointers and defend them. 3 in 3D refers to three-point shot, and D stands for deffence.
Today's NBA favors 3-and-D players because they can shoot three-pointers and lay the groundwork for the execution of the team's plays. And the three-point shot has a high scoring efficiency, and the scoring effect is better than the average two-point shot. Players with strong defensive ability can improve the team's defense and can become an indispensable member of the team's defense.
Brown's three-point shooting is becoming more and more consistent, and he shot 44.1 percent from three-point range during his senior season. And he's already pretty good defensively.
Yifeng technology is comprehensive, offensive and defensive all-round. And in the first half, I basically didn't consume much energy, and now I don't need to worry about physical exertion, and I can put energy into both offensive and defensive ends.
Interior defense is a weakness, so outside players can also actively assist in defense.
On the outside of the red team, small forward Winslow is a defensive player with great physical fitness, but his scoring ability is not strong, especially his shooting ability is relatively lacking. Although Vaughn has a strong scoring ability, he is also good at projection, and his scoring mostly relies on breakthroughs.
Therefore, Yi Feng and Brown can safely and boldly give up on them and switch to helping defend the interior. The only point of threat on the red team's outside is Russell on point guard, who is guarded by Booker.
Although they are now more than ten points behind, the white team is not the slightest bit frustrated. Under the leadership of Yi Feng, they have a backbone.
The white team attacked again, and the red team took a double bag against Yi Feng. In addition to facing Vaughn, Yi Feng also has to face Winslow, who can be called the strongest outside defense guy in this rookie.
This is the strongest defense that Yi Feng faced in this game. However, even so, he did not panic in the slightest. At CUBA, he faced such situations a lot, sometimes even having to deal with a four-person bag.
Of course, CUBA's double bag is definitely not as strong as Vaughn and Winslow's double bag.
In the face of the bag, the first thing is that you can't panic first, otherwise what awaits you is a mistake.
The first reaction of ordinary people to the bag is to pass the ball. But the timing of the pass is the criterion that distinguishes a person's ability. If you play the ball too fast or too slowly, you can't do it.
There are also people who can make a big face to the bag, force a break, or force a shot. There are not many people who can score the ball in this way. The most typical is Kobe Bryant, who often has forced shots in the face of two or even three people, but he can still shoot!
But when you force your shot, the hit rate is often extremely low. So there are only a handful of great players like Kobe.
Yi Feng faced the double bag, and after observing Brown in the open position, he immediately made a pass.
Yi Feng's pass is highly concealed and very sudden. In Vaughn and Winslow's opinion, Yi Feng dribbled the ball backwards to avoid their double bag. It's just that all of a sudden, the basketball that was controlled in his hands disappeared.
It turned out that Yi Feng was in the dribble and passed a hidden back pass to Brown, who was let go by Winslow!
The inside line of the red team failed to save in time to make up for the defense, and Brown, who received a pass from Yi Feng, was in an absolute vacancy!
Yi Feng's pass, Brown felt that the force was very comfortable, no need to adjust, according to the rhythm of training, jump out of the shot. The basketball draws a wonderful arc -
"Huh!"
Thread the needle!