Chapter 14: The Gap
So far in the summer league, Al Horford's statistics are not very outstanding, averaging 15.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, which seems to be inferior to Yi Jianlian.
But the most powerful thing about Al Horford is that many of his contributions on the court are statistically incomparable, Lu Xun once said that Al Horford is the most team-friendly interior player I have ever seen.
His interior skills, his footwork, and his awareness on the defensive end are rare in this league.
What's more worth mentioning is that when Al Horford later got a 100 million yuan contract with the Celtics, his stats were still only an inconspicuous 15.2 plus 7.3 rebounds.
There are players whose abilities don't need to be told by stats, and it's clear that Al Horford is just that.
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Yi Jianlian knew today's game at the first glance when he saw Horford, and it was a big deal!
Power 77!
is 7 points higher than him - during this time, Yi Jianlian's strength value in team training has increased a little more, reaching 70, but compared with Horford, it is still not enough.
This is the first time since the start of the summer league, and Yi Jianlian has encountered an interior line with better strength than him. Needless to say, his small truck-like attack on the basket shouldn't be able to play today!
But before that, he relied on this trick and scored an average of 18 points per game, which was more than half of his entire score. If you really can't make it...... Yi Jianlian looked around at his teammates on the court, and he didn't know who could fill the 18 points.
"Toot!" A whistle sounded, the game began, and the sound of the two sides jumping up for the ball brought Yi Jianlian's mind back to the field, roughly jumped the ball and gave the ball to the defender Liu Wei, Liu Wei dribbled to the front court, and gave the ball to Yi Jianlian in the high position according to the tactics.
Yi Jianlian still received the ball in the move as usual, but this time, the moment he received the ball, he felt a wave of resistance in his shoulder, forcing him to stop.
Horford crossed his arms and stopped in front of Yi Jianlian.
How much strength is the ability value of 77, Yi Jianlian has a personal experience, he didn't dribble in a hurry, and hit his shoulder twice, but Horford was like an iron plate, not moving at all.
The dribble shook left and right twice, and Horford controlled his body very well, completely keeping up with Yi Jianlian's swing, and did not lose his position at all.
In this case, Yi Jian's association layup is no longer possible, because he can't squeeze Horford, and if he forcibly rolls over and jumps, he can't be sure to get rid of Horford, there is no full possibility in either case, he can only helplessly pass back to Liu Wei who returned to the outside.
But the passing route was seen through by Asik, who had been ambushed early, and he quickly reached out and intercepted the ball, and then dribbled through Liu Wei and scored a layup.
"It's not going to be a good fight!"
The key core of the first few wins made a mistake as soon as it came up, which made Li Chunjiang on the side frown, and something worse happened in the next minute.
Horford received a pass from his teammates, and the continuous pace change near the free throw line shook Yi Jianlian away, easily hit the board, and the ball went in!
The moment the ball went into the basket, Horford found the guard who passed the ball to him, high-fived him and retreated to the defense, looking relaxed.
Just at the beginning, Horford used one offense and one defense to make Yi Jianlian realize the gap between the two of them, which is the same as the order of the two of them!
One first-round third, one first-round fourth! It looks like there is only one order difference, but the third is the third, and the thunder can't move, and after the third, anything can happen. No, the fourth pick, who was originally in high demand before the draft, Mike Conley, finally fell to the sixth place in the first round!
"There's still a gap!" In the audience, Hammond watched Yi Jianlian being unilaterally educated, and his eyes on Xiao K next to him were also full of helplessness.
"Let's take a look!" Xiao K didn't come to a conclusion as quickly as Hammond, although the basketball game is also a turn-based game, but a game is full of countless turn-based systems, and losing the first round is not a big deal, as long as you can get the court back in the next round!
You think so beautifully! It's a pity that reality woke up Xiao K with a big stick, a game is a game, and the gap in strength can't be found in a moment.
Throughout the first quarter, Yi Jianlian was tired of entanglement with Horford, and the disadvantage in strength made him no threat on the offensive end, on the other hand, Horford, the data did not explode, after the first quarter, the Hawks led by 10 points, and he only got 5 points and 4 rebounds, but as long as you watch the game, you can feel his impact on the game. Because Yi Jianlian, who played well in the first four summer league games, only got 3 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, shooting 1 of 6, and the shooting rate was less than 20%.
"Yi's weakness is completely exposed!"
After watching the first quarter of the game, Coach K had no hope that Yi Jianlian could get back on the court, but he was not without gains: "In the case of suppressed strength, the problem of not many easy scoring means has emerged, and his speed advantage is not reflected at all, simply put, he has not been able to make full use of his physical talents, if he can't practice his interior skills in the short term, I'm afraid he can only develop into a defensive interior!" ”
The purpose of Xiao K and Hammond today, in addition to seeing who is the best inside line after Horford and Yi Jianlian, is more important is to determine the training direction of Yi Jianlian.
Judging from Yi Jianlian's performance in the first quarter alone, the development direction of the technical interior line is obviously not related to him. This guy can only cut and shoot in the air, and he can't see any inside footsteps.
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"Huhuhu~"
On the bench, Yi Jianlian gasped for breath, completely unaware that he had been set, he took the Gatorade handed by the staff, tried to calm his rising and falling chest, and then drank the little big cup of Gatorade in his hand.
It's hard, it's so hard! It's just a quarter of time, Yi Jianlian has a complete understanding of what the NCAA's top-level interior strength is, and now that he is going to the CBA, I'm afraid he will become an MVP in two years!
Whether it's power, or moving footwork, whether it's shooting or tackling, Horford has no obvious flaws.
If he Yi Jianlian is an unpolished piece of jade, restrained and inconspicuous, then he Horford is a jade that has been carved with a dragon on the surface, and he doesn't need to be carefully identified to know that this is a good jade.
No, you can't just be compared!
Yi Jianlian wiped the sweat from his forehead, he hasn't admitted defeat yet, no matter what, the attention of the outside world in this game is still quite large, if his performance is so sluggish, I am afraid that he will be ridiculed to death by the so-called experts in the United States after the game!
"The new star of China is nothing more than that, Horford crushes in all aspects!"
"The most painful battle in the summer league, Huaxia is easy to be taught to be a man!"
"The strength gap, the Chinese MVP was completely blown up by the NCAA rookie king!"
He could already think of what the dogs would write in the newspaper after the game!
No, it's absolutely not going to work! Although he used to be Yi Hei, but now he is Yi Jianlian, he can't be ruined like this.
Besides, my man is the only one I can hehe, phew, no! It's only me who can be black, and others can't say half a word bad!