Chapter 99: Cold to the Touch
In fact, the situation on the field, Chen Shu and others have actually found a way to deal with it, but they are fighting back-to-back away from home, and everyone feels cold, so they failed to open the situation, and the timeout did not have much effect, so Gentry chose to believe in the players.
Looking back, Chen Shu tried another 3-point attempt on the outside, but unfortunately it still popped out of the frame, but fortunately the Mavericks didn't make it this time, and it ended with Carter's long 2-point score.
Chen Shu understood, everyone felt cold, and it was a little difficult to open up the situation on the outside, so he could only play inside, Chen Shu asked Morris and Gortat to the far end of the penalty area to attract the defense.
Chen Shu chose to break through, and then split the free throw line Dudley, Dudley faked a real pass, internal and external transmission, and the basketball went to Chen Shu's hands again, Chen Shu and Morris made a cover cooperation, at this time, the inside line played more and less, Chen Shu went straight into the penalty area, and the defensive players on the inside line were involved by offensive players on both sides.
Seeing that Chen Shu was about to make a layup, Haywood had no choice but to give up Gortat and stepped forward to block, Chen Shu saw the opportunity to hand the ball to Gortat from Heywood's side with his right hand, who pulled onions on dry land, pressed Heywood's huge body, and staged a slam dunk on his head.
After the tactics were completed, Gortat taught Heywood another lesson, and after Gortat was satisfied with Chen Shu to celebrate, he turned back to defend.
Off the court, Gentry also frowned slightly, he was still very satisfied with Chen Shu's on-the-spot performance, as a rookie point guard, he was already very good, because under the joint defense system, it is easy to cause rookie guards to make mistakes.
But Chen Shu did not think so, although he barely scored a goal, but if he couldn't open his own attack, even after breaking through, it would be difficult to attract more than 2 defenders, so it would not make much sense to break through the ball.
On the other hand, the Mavericks can't attack quickly, after all, they are also old, and after the Suns have defense, it is difficult for the Mavericks to show effective impact. The two sides fell into positional warfare.
Chen Shu did not have the slightest distraction with Kidd, and the old demon point guard in front of him was a well-known point guard in the league, and he has always been the top point guard candidate in the league.
Kidd didn't attack Chen Shu at this point, maybe he had some advantage in strength, but the speed really couldn't get rid of Chen Shu, so Kidd and Nowitzki looked at each other, Jason Terry held the ball on the outside, Nowitzki immediately pulled to the high post to block and dismantle, Kidd immediately split the ball Carter, and the Suns looked quite passive when defending. After Dirk's first screen, Morris took a big step forward to block Carter's three-pointer and try to delay time so that Brown (Carter's defender) could bypass the screen and resettle into the defense.
However, when Morris pressed forward to Carter, Nowitzki had space to cut directly inside, so the German took the opportunity to cut to the bottom of the basket, and after receiving Carter's pass, his vision widened.
Nowitzki catches the ball, takes a small step, jumps the iconic golden rooster independent, and hits a 2-point shot, no suspense!
This classic pick-and-roll strategy, coupled with Dirk Nowitzki's unmatched finishing ability, also played a big role in last year's Finals, and for a long time the Heat were helpless. It's just that Carter's position is now the original Terry.
Carter did a good job of passing the ball to Nowitzki in this pick-and-roll combination, so he took the ball and scored easily. That's where the power of a projection interior player like Nowitzki comes in, and that's simply the offensive routine for this type of player.
After another 2 minutes, Nowitzki scored points one after another according to this routine, while on the other side, Chen Shu was unable to find an offensive touch, and he did not score 1 point at present, but he only relied on his speed to break through and then connect the inside and outside lines to find offensive opportunities, but under the joint defense of the Mavericks, there was no good effect, and only got 1 assist.
The first quarter of the game lasted 6 minutes, and the score was 6:14. Gentry called a timeout, and if it continued, it was not just a matter of losing the game, but the result of being crushed by the opponent, and the team's confidence would be greatly damaged.
Gentry is explaining how to deal with Nowitzki's high blocking, and it can be summed up as a trade-off, Morris is going all out to follow up with Dirk, and he doesn't have to deliberately help defend Carter, and Brown tries to bypass the cover interference, and if it's too late, prevent him from shooting, because Carter has never been good at 3 points, and if he scores, it's unlucky.
Chen Shu took a towel and put it on his head, looking a little depressed. I didn't pay much attention to the coach's explanation, but I was thinking about how to improve my next attack. It's too late at this time Chen Shu shot 0 out of 4 and didn't contribute on the offensive end, let alone do the task, and now he can't find his rhythm.
The camera quickly caught the scene, at which point Mike Brin said, "Man, China Chen seems to be in trouble, and he hasn't scored in the opening game until now." ”
"Hehe, man, I said a long time ago, the NBA is not that simple, to be honest, China's Chen talent is mediocre, and a few outstanding performances do not mean that he can stand in the NBA!" Nick Fredale's book-black nature is back on display.
"Ahem, man, you praised China Chen fiercely before, and now... What the hell is true of what you say," Mike Brin slapped his forehead and made a rupture motion.
“。。。”
In fact, the problem is very simple, that is, the continuous games have greatly tested Chen Shu's spirit, which has never been experienced before, such as this time other players of the Suns team also encountered the same problem, especially Morris, who is also a rookie like Chen Shu. This state is prominent among the rookies, which can be understood as a kind of rookie wall, and the only one who can help Chen Shu at this time is himself.
The game started soon, the Suns attacked, Chen Shu dribbled the ball through the half, but he was not in a hurry to attack, because at present, the problem is not solved, and being in a hurry will only cause a mistake or a hit.
Chen Shu passed half the court and slowly dribbled the ball. Feel everything on the field, at this time the players on both sides are already in position, the referees are on their lips, ready to blow at any time, and the audience is sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet. Everyone is now paying attention to Chen Shu with the ball.
Chen Shu suddenly emptied his head, as if at this moment, Chen Shu was sometimes on the crowded street, sometimes in the quiet night, and sometimes in the rough sea. But the only thing that hasn't changed is Chen Shu's spiritual world, empty, calm, unobstructed, dust-free.
At this time, although many pictures flashed, it was only a moment, and at this moment, Chen Shu seemed to have experienced a spiritual baptism.
To describe it in a poem, it is "to let go of the empty circle and show reason, and the mystery is flawless." Pure and true, transparent to the heavens and earth, magnificent and unobstructed. ”
Everyone at the scene saw Chen Shuxian pause for about 2 seconds, and suddenly rushed to the 3-point line with an arrow step, without any extra movements, and pulled out the jump shot. And Kidd obviously didn't expect that this rookie would dare to shoot at him after shooting 0 of 4 from the outside, it seemed that the rookie was frizzy, but the next moment he changed his mind.
Chen Shu walked through Yang in 3 minutes, and the score was 9:14.