205 Blockade

"Mr. Yang, are you sure you want to equip the vacant skill slot with a third player skill? This skill is a support skill that restricts the opponent's attack when changing defenses, increasing the success rate by 20%, and is applicable to both the skill holder and teammates who coordinate the defense. Reference player: Derek Favors. ”

Yang Yiming nodded.

"If you are sure to use it, you can stretch out your palm and place it in the box in front of you for 3 seconds to confirm." Yang Yiming did as Aris prompted. A shimmering silver-white box appears in the center of his VR glasses, and he places his palm in the middle, and after a few seconds, the frame stops flashing, and the entire screen flashes with a bright light.

You can also enable fingerprint confirmation for next time. The fingerprint reader is located in the center of the left ear, and any finger you can put on it for recognition. ”

Yang Yiming put the index finger of his left hand on the recognizer.

"Fingerprints confirmed. Skill Slot Configuration - Starting..."

And that's where it begins? Yang Yiming was still unprepared, the bright line that appeared in front of him just now had already diffused into a dazzling glare of the entire screen, and he tried to reach out to block it, only to realize that his hand was outside the VR glasses at all. He tilted his head and turned his face sideways, trying to avoid the bright light, but he also found that it was useless. The light engulfed his vision, and the memories behind him became blurry.

1/

G3。 Salt Lake City.

Yang Yiming followed the Rockets to kick the gym.

Yang Yiming brought his new support skills from the CAMS system to Salt Lake City to kick the gym.

Energy Solutions Arena.

A stadium name full of technology. But no one at the scene knew that in addition to their new love Donovan Mitchell is actually blessed by NASA's "black technology" of space biology, one of today's visitors, the yellow-skinned face of Team Rocket's 17, also has the latest scientific and technological assistance.

Ironically, Yang Yiming's improvised player skills selected through CAMS were actually based on the Jazz's own player, Derrick Favors. But to be honest, this skill with a 20% increase in the success rate of changing defenses can really play a role on the court? Yang Yiming himself is also at a loss.

After all, it sounds more like a game, a fairy tale for adults!

Could it be that just a dazzling white light and a few lifelike holograms, put into the current popular virtual reality VR glasses, can help you learn the skills of other players overnight? Even if it is not the active skill of a superstar like James Harden's "step-back jumper", even the skill of every ordinary player is their ability to make a living in the NBA world. Can I really, like card slots and cassettes – take them and plug and play?

Yang Yiming served as a substitute for the Rockets, and he could just watch the opponent No. 15 Favors start with the skill template. Favors is 2.08 meters tall and Yang Yiming, and his bounce may be slightly less than high, but his upper and lower limbs are extremely well-proportioned, and every way of defense can be comprehensive. He is indeed a top-notch pick-and-roll defender, with his feet nimble against short guards, a large area of coverage, and a movement and bounce that can keep up with the rhythm; When facing a big man, his height is not too bad, and he has a body of tendon meat, which is enough to make up for the difference in weight.

If the team were to play an infinite rotation strategy, Favors – or the skills he possessed that would allow him to defend from a number one to a number five – would be the best option for that tactic.

But it's just that it is not the Jazz who are implementing the infinite change tactics today, but the visiting Rockets! If the skill slots that the CAMS system gave Yang Yiming really worked, wouldn't it be a perfect match made in heaven? The time to try the authenticity actually came in the first section! The Rockets got off to a great start, with James Harden hitting a series of jumpers to build a 15-5 double-digit lead in four minutes; The Jazz were forced to take a timeout, but the Rockets' offense continued to expand, and Nene hit two free throws after a dunk opportunity was ruined, bringing the advantage to 20 points, and the Jazz had to call a second timeout of the first quarter. During this pause, Coach D'Antoni directly replaced Yang Yiming, and the strategic intention was very obvious: while opening up the situation on offense, he used infinite defensive tactics to consolidate the defense!

It's a good time to try your skills!

Yang Yiming still has doubts off the court, after all, it is one thing whether the system is useful or not, if it really works, how effective the increased 20% success rate can be on the basketball court where the bayonets are red is another matter. But as soon as he really moved on the field, he felt that this skill might really be effective. As soon as he started to defend Mitchell, Mitchell immediately played a block with center Rudy Gobert according to the Jazz's fixed tactics, so Yang Yiming's teammate Capela switched to Mitchell, and he defended Gobert himself.

If this pick-and-roll tactic had been executed well, at Donovan Mitchell's current rate, Gobert's seven-foot stature could have been wiped out in one step. Unexpectedly, Capela seemed to have become a defender today, squeezed past Gobert, and jumped in front of Mitchell. This obviously took the latter by surprise, as Mitchell was already up and running to shoot the basket, but he could only change his stance in the air and smash the ball to the floor in an attempt to create a path for Gobert to go to the basket. But the reluctant ball was already seen through by Yang Yiming, who was also out of shape, and he intercepted directly, a long pass that flew over the halfcourt, and assisted Ariza to score an easy layup.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets were 39-22, and the advantage seemed unshakable. But in the second quarter, in order to shake this seemingly unshakable advantage, coach Snyder was forced to make a change, and re-replaced backup guards Dante Exum and Favors himself who shone in the last game. Two hard-line warriors, one mile and one outside, once again tested the rocket's anti-blocking and dismantling ability.

Probably because of the face of Favors himself, Yang Yiming and Derrick Rose defended them for the first time, and Favors attacked. He took a step inside the three-point line and slowly circled the other three. Seeing that he showed no signs of breaking through at a high speed, and relying on his opponent and not making a mid-range shot, he slacked off a little, and he didn't expect Favors to play his cards according to common sense, and he jumped without cooperating, and the ball bounced into the net. The Jazz chased nearly two points.

fell into a trap once, and Yang Yiming was much more careful the second time. This time, he pretended to pounce on the left side while Favors controlled the tempo with the dribble, giving Favors access to the paint area under the basket from the right side. The latter was really fooled, speeding up and breaking through, but he didn't expect Yang Yiming to kill back again, and directly confronted Favors in the air!

The referee did not blow for a foul. Favors lost his center of gravity in the confrontation, his shot was short, and the offensive rebound was snatched away by the follow-up Exum, but he threw the basket and was slapped away by Yang Yiming, who jumped twice!

Rose, who had been waiting for a long time, picked up the hot pot sent by Yang Yiming at the free throw line, and made a layup all over the court.

Successfully defended again!

But the most important effect of the skill depends on the blockade of the Jazz core, Yang Yiming's direct competitor, Donovan Mitchell.

Mitchell missed all three shots in the first quarter, and one was a mistake caused by a timely change of defense by Yang Yiming. In the second quarter, of course, he couldn't be reconciled, and after re-entering the game, he tried to cooperate with Gobert's inside and outside again, but the high lob after blocking and dismantling was intercepted in the air by Yang Yiming, who took a step back.

Borrowing Gobert's physical cover, he shot directly and missed the two-point shot.

Trying to dribble through between the Rockets' two blockers, the ball dribbled to Yang Yiming's leg and missed, and Gordon stealed.

Changing to Ingles, who has stronger projection ability, blocks and dismantles, the two of them are all pulled on the outside, and they continue to cooperate with each other. But after just two rounds, he was stuck by Ariza in the line of passing back to Ingles, and Mitchell had to break through the singles Yang Yiming on his own. Drift throwing, smashing the board and deflecting.

Mitchell's only hit in the first half came from a breakthrough on the counter-attack, when he took advantage of the Rockets' instability to face the Rockets' slowest Eric Gordon.

But he also wanted to repeat his old tricks, this time using Ingles' stump cover near the middle line to get rid of the pursuing Gordon, and Yang Yiming in front of him had also chased to the basket and blocked it. Mitchell changed two rhythms in a row, but Yang Yiming bit tightly and approached step by step. Mitchell ended up with little to no angle and made a feint shot to try to find a foul, but he was also recognized. He finally passed the ball behind his back to his Jazz teammates who followed up outside the three-point line, but the rockets who returned to defend had already taken the lead!

Another mistake!

Mitchell, who was under strict lockdown, actually sank with the Jazz team in the first half. He made only 1 of 10 shots and had 3 turnovers, while the Jazz, who had no main firepower, lost by 30 points at home 40-70!