045. Opponents who retreat and teammates who help them
Facing Wang Cheng, Lu Wei also seemed to have the heart to try the depth of this Chinese boy.
I saw him lower his center of gravity, dribble with his left hand, and wave at his teammates with his right hand, stopping his teammates who came to block and disarm, and signaling to pull away the singles.
Reed is only 183 tall, his body is very thin, and he doesn't even have amazing speed, but his physical fitness does not restrict his sharp attack.
There is no other reason: the word "rhythm".
Unhurried dribbling, unsinked center of gravity...
Wang Cheng knew that this was a reed paralyzing his nerves, as long as he was not concentrating, the other party would immediately change speed and catch him off guard.
But waiting is not Wang Cheng's style, and on the basis of ensuring that he does not foul, Wang Cheng's left hand constantly attacks tentatively, trying to disrupt the rhythm of the reed.
Lu Wei didn't expect Wang Cheng to be so calm, and he was a little helpless by his step-by-step defensive strategy.
With only 24 seconds to play, he can't wait for his chance all the time, so he has to take the initiative.
The next moment, the reeds moved!
He suddenly increased the intensity of his left-handed dribble, giving him more room to play when the ball bounced back to his right.
I saw him holding the ball on the side of his right hand, his center of gravity sank rapidly, and then he took a big step forward with his right foot.
At the same time, the eyes of the reeds, the turning of the shoulders, the ball protection of the left hand... Everything he did was the same as when he accelerated to the right.
But the next moment, he pulled the ball back and shifted his center of gravity from right to left.
“c
ossove
! Host Wang Zixing exclaimed.
The whole set of actions is smooth, and the feints of the reed are so realistic that the camera lens is tricked by him to move to the right!
"This change of direction has the style of Iverson back then." Wang Shipeng commented.
"Woo~"
This beautiful change of direction was not only affirmed by the commentators, but also received the amazement of the fans.
However, the fans' amazement has not yet fallen, and something that surprised them even more happened!
When Reed completed the change of direction, he found that the center of gravity of the royal city had been shaken off, so he immediately accelerated to break through from the left.
But he only accelerated two steps, and suddenly felt a strong wind behind him, and suddenly felt a bad feeling.
If he had long eyes behind his back at this time, he could see that Wang Cheng had opened his arms and attacked him like a spider.
"Smack!"
Reed only to see a large hand reach out from behind him, slapping his ball off with one palm.
“wow!” Wangcheng's retrospective once again caused cheers from the fans.
The ball was stabbed by Wang Cheng in the direction of the Lakers' restricted area, and the Lakers' power forward Randle quickly caught the ball and immediately sent a long pass over the top.
It turned out that Wang Cheng was already down after completing the steal, and at this time he had rushed to the three-point line of the Clippers half.
I saw that he caught the incoming ball steadily, and there was no one in front of him, Showtime!
“ba
g! ”
Wang Cheng scored two points for the Lakers with a one-handed tomahawk slam.
"Beautiful! I didn't expect our brother Cheng to have this hand! Wang Zixing was obviously a little surprised that the yellow race could complete such a wonderful dunk in such a highest-level game in the NBA.
The last time he did it was back to Yi Jianlian during the Bucks period, when he was still known as "Space Yi".
In fact, such surprise is not necessary.
Although Wang Cheng's dunk ability value is not high, his height of 198 and the Mad Dog buff bonus, he can still complete a good dunk in a non-confrontational environment.
And this beautiful dunk also plunged the Lakers fans on the scene into a brief frenzy, and there were even sporadic "MVP" sounds.
"Complete the steal mission: +1 steal, congratulations to the host for getting $2,000."
"Complete the dunk task: Dunk +1, congratulations to the host for getting $4,000."
Wang Cheng smiled slightly, he deducted the ball very well, and the score gap was narrowed to 6 points.
The Clippers served, and Reed dribbled through half court again.
This time, he did not refuse his teammates' blocking, and even took the initiative to wave for center Harrell to come forward to cover.
Retreating in the face of difficulties is never a sign of weakness.
Rather, it is a kind of wisdom of "retreating for advancing".
"Sure enough, it's not a fuel-efficient lamp that can gain a foothold in the NBA."
The previous Beverley and the current reeds all made Wang Cheng sigh, the NBA is worthy of being the strongest league of 400 players in the world, and those who can gain a foothold here have their own advantages.
Wangcheng struggled to get through Harrell's cover, and at this time, Reed made full use of the space created by the demolition to keep Wangcheng in his back.
Randall, who came out with Harrell, did not jam the reed's travel route, but because of the slow traverse, he blocked the chasing Wangcheng, almost helping the Clippers form a second block.
Wang Cheng was blocked by his "pig teammates", and after desperately bypassing it, he could only make a slight interference with the reed who was shooting.
"Huh~"
Reed hit a mid-range shot, and the score gap returned to 8 points.
Wang Cheng looked helplessly at Randle, who seemed to be working hard throughout the defensive process, but the slow lateral movement and poor defensive awareness allowed the opponent to score easily with a simple pick-and-roll.
This is also the biggest problem of this young Lakers team: strong offense and weak defense.
This is still the case with a player with excellent physical qualities like Randle, and the defense of Kuzma, Clarkson and others can be imagined.
"It looks like [the defensive pillar] needs to be upgraded a little more." Wang Cheng thought in his heart.