Chapter 16 Don't Look at People Passing the Ball
When Chi Liang broke through, Longley hurriedly stepped forward to help defend, but when he stepped forward, Chi Liang dragged the ball with his right hand, passed through Longley's armpit, and handed it to Lafrentz.
Without hesitation, Lafrenz caught the ball with both hands and easily dunked it into the basket.
After completing the score, Lafrenz and Chi Liang slapped their palms again, and everything was silent.
During the shutdown, the two discussed how to cooperate and brush up on better data for each other.
The Nuggets chased five points in a row, and the momentum of the players obviously increased, and Suns head coach Danny Ainge arrived badly and immediately applied for a timeout.
At the end of the timeout, the Suns replaced Morris with Gugliotta.
Compared to Morris, Gugliotta is taller, at 208 centimeters, and his most powerful weapon is his accurate shooting.
In addition, Gugliotta was a substitute in the All-Star Game in 1996-97.
Soon after Gugliotta came on the pitch, Kidd got the ball past half of the court and began to observe the situation on the field.
Billups wanted to get up for the grab, but Kidd stuck his position with his strong body and didn't let Billups get his way.
At this point, Gugliotta took a position at the waist and beckoned to Kidd for the ball.
Chi Liang bent down and lowered his center of gravity, and through pre-match research, Chi Liang had an understanding of Gugliotta's technical characteristics.
Gugliotta is physically strong, both in height and weight, but Ji Liang thinks that he will not lose to him in terms of strength.
This year, Gugliotta was still in his prime, his defense was relatively average, but his offensive performance was excellent, and his offensive means were mainly mid-to-long-range jump shots, and he also had a certain ability to play in the low post.
Limited by speed and bounce, he likes to eat with a strong body, and if he encounters opponents who are not afraid of physical confrontation, he will get opportunities by running.
Kidd didn't refuse, Gugliotta was the Suns' leading scorer, and he also wanted to test Ji Liang's pounds, so he passed the ball to Gugliotta.
After catching the basketball, Gugliotta grabbed the ball with both hands and started to exert power on his back.
Chi Liang was not afraid, and pressed against Gugliotta, purely in terms of strength, Chi Liang was slightly better, and he was not forced to retreat half a step.
Gugliotta has a lot of experience, and after finding that he couldn't hit Chi Liang, he immediately changed his strategy, breaking through to the left with the ball in his right hand, and instantly changed from carrying the basket to the basket.
Chi Liang subconsciously took a step back, and at the moment when Chi Liang retreated, Gugliotta did not break through, but retracted his right foot and jumped to shoot.
His breakthrough was just a feint, mainly to open up the shooting space.
Ji Liang was taken aback and hurriedly jumped to block it, but the opportunity was lost, and by the time he jumped, Gugliotta had already thrown a basketball.
Brush~
Even if he didn't look back, Ji Liang knew that this goal had been scored.
"Rookie, welcome to the NBA!"
After hitting a goal, Gugliotta smiled sinister and turned back to defend.
Rushing~
After Gugliotta scored, the stadium began to be filled with cheers from the fans.
"Gugliotta is so unfriendly to the rookie, he's still a kid!"
"I think he's definitely taken a big hit, maybe he's going to collapse!"
……
The fans talked a lot, but Chi Liang on the field was not affected, but shook his head and opened up the dynamic vision.
Ji Liang, who had just come on the court, was full of energy, and the fact that he was less than twenty minutes away from the end of the game was enough to support the consumption of dynamic vision.
In the dynamic field of vision, the scene in the line of sight is much slower than usual, which allows Ji Liang to better grasp the flaws of his opponents, and also has more 'time' to observe the running positions of his teammates.
When Billups held the ball past half court, Ji Liang began to run, and with the help of Lafrentz's body, he temporarily avoided Gugliotta's entanglement.
It was also at this time that Billups passed the ball to Ji Liang.
After catching the basketball, Ji Liang made a shooting pose.
"Don't think!"
Seeing that Ji Liang wanted to shoot, Gugliotta, who arrived in a hurry, didn't think about it, and immediately jumped up.
"Damn, it's a feint!"
In mid-air, Gugliotta watched as Ji Liang retracted the basketball and began to hold the ball and attack the penalty area.
In the blink of an eye, Chi Liang rushed straight into the forbidden area and jumped up.
"Megalomaniacal guy!"
"Look for death!"
Without hesitation, Longley and Robinson jumped up one after another, their hands raised in the air, as if to cover the sky, blocking Ji Liang's shooting angle with all their might.
Unexpectedly, Ji Liang did not force the shot, but threw the ball towards the blind corner of his line of sight.
Outside the 45° three-point line, there happened to be a player who was let go at this time, and he was Billups.
Subconsciously catching the basketball, Billups was visibly stunned, but he reacted quickly and jumped up to shoot before Kidd came up.
Brush~
No incident, the basketball fell into the net, recovering three points for the Nuggets.
"Chaunse, good vote!"
"It's you who passed it well!"
Billups is shy and rarely communicates with his teammates, which may be why he is often traded by the team.
"How is it possible not to look at people passing the ball!"
Longley's eyes widened, and his gaze at Chi Liang was full of surprise. He and Jordan have been teammates, even Jordan, not necessarily able to pass such a ball.
"Awesome!"
On the other side, looking at the back of Chi Liang's defense, Jason Kidd looked solemn and secretly frightened by the pass just now.
He's a traditional point guard and is well aware of the technical content of this pass, and judging from where he just was, Billups is clearly in the blind corner of Ji Liang's vision, which is the main reason why he left Billups behind.
Kidd is confident that he can do it without looking at the pass, but there is no guarantee of success.
Only Chi Liang knows that in addition to his passing level is really good, the biggest reliance is dynamic vision.
When getting rid of Gugliotta, Ji Liang's afterglow caught Billups' figure and general route, and at the same time, Kidd was also attracted to the defense by him, so he made the move just now.
"There are four points left!"
After returning to half-time, Ji Liang looked up at the scoreboard and thought to himself.
Soon, Kidd made a comeback, and under Longley's solid block, Kidd took advantage of the situation to attack the penalty area.
Lafrenz hurriedly switched defenses and ran towards Kidd, and it was at this time that Kidd made a ground-hitting pass to Longley.
At this time, Longley was guarded by Billups, and with the height difference between the two sides, Billups could not pose a threat.
"Be careful!"
At the moment when Longley lifted the basketball, Chi Liang arrived from behind, and with a quick dig of his right hand, he completed the steal in an instant.
After controlling the basketball, Ji Liang did not dribble, but threw the ball out with force.
It turned out that when Ji Liang made a steal, Billups seized the opportunity and ran towards the front court with his legs.
It was a semi-high ball, and the angle and power were very good, at least Billups took three steps and scored a layup without any adjustment after receiving the ball.