Chapter Eighty-Seven: Will You Protect Me?
At the scene of the key arena, many reporters focused their cameras on the heads-up that was about to begin.
In his fourth season in the NBA, Francis relied on his physical fitness to become an All-Star point guard in the West.
HE CAN APPLY THE BEAUTIFUL STREET BASKETBALL CROSSOVER TO THE NBA, AND ONCE HE BREAKS THROUGH THE RESTRICTED AREA, IT IS EXTREMELY LETHAL AND INSULTS THE OPPONENT'S BIG PLAYERS. The style of play is very strong, and he is not afraid to talk directly with the inside meat shield.
As a defender, the most criticized is that the desire to attack is too strong, and the individual attack is the mainstay, supplemented by passing. Due to his physical fitness and ability to play back, few NBA guards can defend.
However, there was only one chance for a heads-up at this time, and it was Lu Fei who attacked.
Although Francis's defense is not very good, his excellent physical attributes and positive defensive attitude allow him to basically dominate one-on-one with all defenders.
You must know that although Francis is not as tall as his registered height of 191 cm, he is only a little shorter than Lu Fei.
Lu Fei held the ball with his back outside the three-point line, leaned against Francis behind him with his back, and felt the strength of Francis's strength, Francis's body did not have the slightest intention of giving in, which is different from most NCAA players, Lu Fei rarely encounters players with such strength even on the court.
After squeezing it to no avail, Lu Fei lifted the ball above his head, then turned to face the basket, stuck his right foot forward, and then drew a circle in front of his body to his chest, and forced Francis to move back a small step with his right foot and moving elbow.
Suddenly, Lu Fei clicked with a very fast tentative step, and then dropped the ball directly without the slightest stop, and when he dropped the ball, his body jerked to the right, but the basketball went to a crossover and changed to the left hand.
"Wow!"
Everyone stood up, this crossover was so fast that even the audience under the audience didn't see it clearly, they all thought that Lu Fei had accelerated his breakthrough after the tentative step, who wanted to break through was fake, and the crossover was real.
Francis was also deceived, but he himself was a master of crossover, and as soon as he lifted his footsteps, he knew that Lu Fei's breakthrough was a feint, and he directly took a step with his right foot and forcibly twisted his body back.
Lu Fei's shoulder and Francis's chest collided together, at the moment of the collision, he suddenly dribbled under his crotch, slapped the basketball in his left hand from the crotch to his right hand, and his body also turned to break through to the right, this step was not very large, but the speed was very fast, but unfortunately he still did not shake off Francis, Francis was like a dog skin plaster on Lu Fei's body.
Since the two people were already in close contact at this time, it was a direct collision of bodies, and there was no room for Lu Fei to change direction after his crotch.
At this moment, Lu Fei directly took his left foot as the axis, and a gyroscopic rotation directly pulled away half of his body, and when Francis wanted to make up for it again, Lu Fei had already begun to accelerate into the inner line.
Francis smiled bitterly, he didn't chase it in, because he had already been passed by Lu Fei at this time, and Lu Fei just wiped it lightly on the rebound, as if the tough physical confrontation just now was just joking.
In fact, Francis knew that he had just done his best to defend.
"Hey, Lu, you're amazing." Francis stepped forward and touched Lu Fei's shoulder, he didn't think he had lost, because he felt that Lu Fei couldn't prevent him either, but he still had to admit that Lu Fei's offensive ability definitely reached the NBA level.
"But if you're coming to the NBA, you're going to have to be stronger." Francis looked at Lu Fei's thin body and smiled: "A strong body can give you an advantage in the game." ”
Lu Fei smiled and nodded, Francis's words reminded him of the game with Marquette that would start in two days, Wade's strong tendon meat, it would be a real headache to defend at that time.
Lu Fei returned to the field and sat in his seat, still recalling the tactical play of Marquette University, Novak's projection, Wade's breakthrough, such a team is the most powerful opponent the Husky Dog team, in every previous game, relying on Lu Fei and Roy's strong offensive firepower, the Husky Dog team basically won by a large score, and the only loss to Gonzaga was because of Lu Fei's own problems.
The game on the field had already started, and Lu Fei pulled his thoughts back and began to watch the game on the field.
The offensive rhythm on both sides is not fast, the Rockets basically passed the half, Francis hoisted the ball to Yao Ming, Yao Ming dribbled twice and found that he couldn't squeeze in, and then if there was no chance to shoot, he would pass it out again, and basically there would be ten seconds left for Francis to play alone.
And the person in charge of defending Francis is the SuperSonics' starting playmaking guard Brent Barry, Barry debuted as an SG, but was first developed by the Clippers as a tall PG because of his excellent offensive awareness and passing ability. After moving to Seattle, he partnered Gary Payton in the backcourt and often made cameo appearances in PG, and he has been the team's starting PG since Ray Allen arrived.
Barry is very physical, he is the first white dunk champion in NBA history, and he also has a very good sense of the big picture in passing, and he is also good at using pick-and-roll and tactics to find gaps on the offensive end, and he is very fast.
However, he has a serious problem defending, which is that he is too slow to move laterally, and although he is barely a good team defender with his excellent reach and excellent judgment of the ball route, he is often blown up in 1v1.
This is also the problem that the SuperSonics are facing now, Barry and Ray Allen are both masters of shooting after covering, and the roles of the two overlapped, although Barry moved to the position of PG, but as a playmaking guard, Barry's ability to tear apart the opponent's defensive formation is too poor, and he is often stabbed into a sieve by the opponent.
This game is a prime example of this, and Francis's breakthrough through Barry is as easy as crossing the road in the early morning.
At halftime, the Rockets had a 15-point lead, and Francis had already scored 21 points, and SuperSonics head coach McMillan's face was not very good-looking - but it was not very noticeable because of the dark face.
The second half of the game was the same as the first half, Ray Allen failed to save the game with three consecutive three-pointers, and there was an episode near the end of the game, Yao Ming clashed with the supersonic players when he was scrambling for rebounds, and Francis rushed directly and pushed away the supersonic power forward Reggie Evans who was arguing with Yao Ming.
He's the boss of the team, so he's going to step up.
His teammates stepped forward to hold him down, and Reggie Evans returned to the bench after being dissuaded by his teammates, and the referee gave Francis a technical foul and the audience was booed.
"If I was bullied, would you rush up to protect me like he did?" Anthony Washington suddenly looked at Lu Fei seriously.
He was full of confidence that Lu Fei would answer—it will.
However, the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, Lu Fei just said indifferently: "If I go up, I won't be beaten like that person, I may pass." ”
Lu Fei pointed to the head coach of the Rockets, Tomjanovic.
When I was a player, I was punched and sent to the hospital because of a fight, and I asked the doctor why he felt so salty in his mouth after being punched.
The answer turned out to be: "What you tasted at that time was your own brain." ”
The moonlight outside the stadium was thick, Lu Fei sat on the bus back to school, looking out the window faintly, tomorrow they were going to leave for Louisiana, thinking of the upcoming game, it seemed that they had a headache again.