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Yang Yiming's tactical arrangement to defend Durant in the first game of the Western Conference Finals has not been disclosed to any media and professional reporters, and is an internal secret of the Houston Rockets. But in the world of basketball, there are no completely impermeable walls.

Karonsky II heard the news first, and he called Yu Xiaochun to verify it. At first, Yu Xiaochun was still stumbling, and he talked about it left and right, but after Karonsky II detailed the Rockets' battle plan against Durant, Yu Xiaochun had no room for denial. He had to admit that according to Coach Mike D'Antoni's arrangement, Yang Yiming would indeed serve as the main defensive arrow for Durant in the first game of the Western Conference finals.

In addition to admitting it, he also simply expressed his concern to Karonsky II, a concern that anyone who knows a little bit about basketball would have: "What if you can't prevent it?" Do you think Yang Yiming can really defend against Durant alone? Wouldn't it be too risky?"

Karonsky II's answer was honestly somewhat ambiguous, like his chat-chat style most of the time, as if complicating a question was his interest.

On the one hand, he also agreed with Yu Xiaochun's judgment that Coach D'Antoni took the initiative to change the formation in the first game, which was a risky choice. Generally speaking, as the first team in the regular season and at home, most coaches will take on the challenge of not changing things. But first of all, Coach D'Antoni is certainly not an ordinary person, and his tactical strategy has always had a crazy temperament that succeeds if it doesn't work; And Durant in the Golden State Warriors is by no means an ordinary challenger, and he may fall behind if he doesn't improvise.

On the other hand, Kalonsky II dissected that Coach D'Antoni was able to make such an arrangement, and there was also his basis. In terms of size and athleticism, Yang Yiming undoubtedly has an advantage over several teammates in the same position. From the perspective of the ability value of the second's specialty, Yang Yiming's defensive skills are indeed inferior to the more experienced Ariza, PJ Tucker and others, but his basketball awareness (including defensive awareness and prediction) has surpassed his teammates with his talent advantage. Taken together, it can be even.

"So fundamentally, there is no absolute right or wrong to choose Yang Yiming or someone else to deal with Durant from a numerical point of view, it just depends on the coach's focus." Kalonsky II's summary is still ambiguous, and not a single conclusive statement is heard.

"In addition to the two dimensions of technique and basketball awareness, don't you say that there is also mental strength, which is also an important indicator for you to evaluate the ability value of players? Yang Yiming's score is higher than those old players? Seeing Kalonsky II talking about the player's ability score, Yu Xiaochun, who has always wanted to get a glimpse of the mystery, couldn't help but use the topic to make a sound.

"I can only tell you that Yang Yiming's spiritual strength score is not low..."Karonsky II is really an old fox, all the core secrets related to the operation of his "data strategist", he has never been willing to go into the details, and today he has generously said a few more words: "Mental strength and talent are a bit similar, and many times there is an element of innate determination. For example, if a player is good at practicing and working hard, even if his basketball talent is limited, his skills and awareness will improve over time. But mental strength is not the case: some players may have just entered the league, but their desire to win, calmness, and aggressiveness have surpassed those of veterans who have worked hard in the league for many years; Some veterans have these qualities that wear out as they spend more time playing. It's a bit like a person's temperament, and a lot of it is difficult to change it after tomorrow. ”

"So you mean that Yang Yiming's spiritual power is not bad?!"

"Of course, there's still room for improvement! But at least there are a few key qualities to watch that will ensure that he can stand on that stage and face an opponent like Kevin Durant, and he can have a fight! ”

"That's great!" This was probably the night before the start of the Western Conference Finals, Yu Xiaochun heard the most reassuring words to him, "Old man, thank you!" ”

"Thanks for what." Karonsky II on the other end of the line sounded disdainful: "My statistic analysis is, of course, part of tactical intelligence. But take mental power as an example, if you get along with Yiming every day, can he be up to the task of defending Durant, at least psychologically, don't you have a fixed number? Or in other words, tomorrow is going to be against Durant, you go and see Yiming, is he nervous now? ”

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In the middle of this phone call between Koharu and Kalonsky II, Yang Yiming was lying on his Simmons bed, closing his eyes in the room to recuperate. He turned off the ceiling lamp in his bedroom, leaving only a floor-to-ceiling lamp in the corner. He closed his eyes, and the dim light of the lamp was gradually isolated from his eyes, leaving only darkness. The dark world slowly expanded, excluding all kinds of mixed images and thoughts, and he left only two villains in the darkness. The two villains have evolved a variety of offensive and defensive moves, like martial arts masters who have made moves in the martial arts cheats. There's offense, there's teardown—that's all the training preparation he's looking back at in the past few days, and those two imaginary villains are undoubtedly himself, and his next opponent, Kevin Durant.

When Coach Mike D'Antoni informed him of the tactical plan, Yang Yiming's reaction was calm. Although under the daily Rockets personnel system, the task of defending the opponent's offensive knife usually falls on the predecessor Trevor Ariza, but as if there is a sense in the dark, he is more excited than nervous when he hears that he is going to defend Durant one-on-one.

It's like a young posterior can finally compete with his predecessors in the front court, and it feels like a dream come true.

But he quickly made his own adjustments: if you just hold the mentality of making your dreams come true and seeing the style of your idol, I am afraid that you may not be able to complete the strategic task on the field. His goal should not be just to learn, but to challenge. Only when he causes enough trouble for Durant's offense can he really make a move and wrestle with his opponent.

Ariza also encouraged Yang Yiming: "Don't think about the gap between your status and Durant's status experience. Since the coach has arranged for you to defend him, he has recognized that you are a player of the same level as him. You put yourself in the same position as him, and your chances with him are five-five. After listening to Ariza's words, Yang Yiming's psychological construction was truly completed.

From "give it a try", to "looking for trouble", to "indiscriminately tricking".

Yang Yiming used the two villains to review the details of offense and defense in his mind, but in fact, it was the same psychological hint: there was no difference in the size, figure, and details of the two villains, but only the difference in offensive and defensive positions.

I don't know how long I closed my eyes and thought about it, Yang Yiming finally opened his glasses slowly. The shadows of the two villains dissipated in the light, and he felt a little more faithful.

Looking around, he saw that on the desk at the other end of the room, the information light of the VR glasses with the CAMS system written "prototype" was flashing, he put the glasses on, used gestures to enter the operation interface, and only heard the voice of Iris ringing in his ears:

"Hello Yang Yiming, you have a new message, do you need to check it?"

"View, and play." He commanded directly with his voice.

"Okay—" Aris called up the new message and read, "For the next game, the system will automatically update for you, download a new player skill, and it is recommended that you assemble it." ”

"New player skills?! Take it out and take a look! "Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future