Chapter 98: Joint Defense
The Mavericks' joint defense is very good, and it is easier to defend against some enemy players who are larger or have an advantage in speed. But the Mavericks' use of a joint defense strategy is largely a reluctant move, because the Mavericks are older, have slower lateral movements, and are not so good at defending like the team boss, and the joint defense can help reduce the pressure on players with weaker defenses and lower physical attrition. The combined defence is also particularly effective against some inexperienced defenders, who can force the opposition to make mistakes in passing.
The Mavericks are experienced, Nowitzki got the rebound and immediately found the old demon Kidd, who was already fast, a long pass, Kidd caught it steadily, this is Chen Shu to chase it, it is too late.
Kidd strolled around and made a layup.
With the ball, Chen Shu keenly found that in the defensive formation of the Mavericks, the joint defense of the opposing players was used to the extreme. If you want to break through this formation, there are two ways that can work, the first is to look for areas where the defense is weak and form a situation of playing more and playing less locally. The second is that due to the large range of the outside line, the outside defense of the joint defense is relatively weak, and the strong point of the outside line can be used to break it.
Chen Shu is precisely a player who is good at projection, so Chen Shu decided to use outside offense to break down the opponent's defense.
Dribbling the ball, did not stop the ball, used Kidd's aging lateral speed, shook out the space for the shot, and made a decisive 3-point shot, but as soon as the basketball left his hands, Chen Shu knew that the ball was not.
"Rebound!" Chen Shu shouted at his teammates, but seeing that Gortat and Morris were not in a very good position under the basket, Chen Shu himself rushed towards the restricted area, Chen Shu's current 80 bounce is already at the middle level of point guards, and he can occasionally pick up a few rebounds with his own prediction in the restricted area of the elder Rulin.
It's a pity that it backfired, the long-handed monster Marion overtook everyone to win the defensive rebound, and the Mavericks repeated their old tricks, with the formation of joint defense and expansion, Carter and Kidd were very fast, and Marion was also very accurate in the half. The cooperation of the championship team is indeed very tacit, at this time Chen Shu is still in the front court to the backcourt, although Brown found that the situation is not right, and the retreat is timely, but the Mavericks have a 2-on-1 situation in the front court.
Helplessly, Brown could only focus on Kidd with the ball, as expected, Kidd threw the basketball high above the basket, just when Brown gave up Kidd and turned to Carter, I saw that Carter had jumped high, his body bent backwards, like an upside-down strong bow, his back to the basket, his hands firmly caught the basket, and smashed the basketball into the frame!
In Chen Shu's view, Carter perfectly interprets what it means to be "like a frightening dragon", although as an opponent, I have to admit that this dunk is perfect. As fans admire, there are only two kinds of dunks in the world, Carter's dunk and other dunks.
The audience stood up and cheered for the veteran dunker for his performance in Dallas.
"Wow, man, I read that right, 34-year-old Carter can still make such explosive dunk movements, and the Mavericks have consecutive fast attacks in the opening game! It seems that the young Suns seem to be at a loss in the face of the defending champions! Mike Brin sighed to his partner.
"Yes, the Mavericks' joint defense has accelerated its offense, but even the powerful Heat team has suffered, let alone the current Suns with young players as the core," Nick Fredale said in an expected tone.
Chen Shu was a little annoyed, he had suffered a loss from the opponent's fast attack before, and he shouldn't rush to grab the basket in a hurry. There's no time to frustrate, and now you have to think about how to break through the opponent's defense.
In the previous three-point shot, Chen Shu felt that his hand was not online today, probably because of the back-to-back away games, and his mental state and physical condition were affected, while the Mavericks were in good shape. Chen Shu was also thinking about whether to use the skills of the trash talk king, and when he turned his head and thought about it, he still couldn't do this, Chen Shu found that every time he couldn't open the situation, he thought about using the skills of the trash talk king, and he had formed a dependence, which was not good for his growth.
Looking at the formation of the Mavericks, Chen Shu's mind turned sharply, the opponent is a 2-3 joint defense, then the outside defense is weak, and he has a bad hand, then Morris can be called to the outside, if Nowitzki does not pull out, then the outside line will become 3 to 2, and by passing the ball, you can find an opportunity to attack on the outside. If Nowitzki comes out, but Nowitzki doesn't move as fast as Morris, and can switch inside and out, either forming an outside line with more and less play, or forming an inside line with more and less play.
Just do it, Chen Shu called Morris to 3 points to the right side of 45 degrees, and Brown arc top down, he stood on the left side of 45, ready Chen Shu immediately made a shooting feint, after Kidd pounced on Chen Shu Chen Shu decisively passed the ball to the top of the arc, which was on the right Carter had to come over to make up for the defense, and Brown also faked a real pass, gave the ball to Morris, Morris calmly shot.
Everything was perfect, but tonight's Suns seemed to collectively lose their shooting bags, and with a "bang", the basketball smashed on the basket and bounced off.
Gortat stood on tiptoe under the squeeze of Heywood, barely stretched out his right hand and touched the basketball, and directly made up the basket! Didn't go in! Jump again! Make up again!
And Haywood was brushed by Gortat 2 offensive rebounds in a row, his face couldn't hang up, his right hand was hidden to hold Gortat's left hand, pulled down, and with the help of force, he jumped high and picked up the rebound. And the referee did not blow the whistle, and it was clear that this scene escaped his eyes.
Gortat was in pain, his body was short, he almost sat on the ground, barely stabilized his body, and just wanted to complain to the referee, but when he saw that the Mavericks were going to attack quickly, he hurried to follow.
Fortunately, the Suns, who had suffered two losses, saw that the rebounds had been decided, and they all quickly returned to defense.
Kidd dribbled quickly and on the way, passed the ball to Marion, who didn't have the ability to attack with the ball, but he was good at playmaking, averaging 2.5 assists per game. Take the ball 45 degrees on the right side of the free throw line, stand with your back to Dudley, and then make eye contact with Nowitzki, a "no look pass", the basketball is thrown behind him, Nowitzki cuts to the baseline, and makes a layup.
At this time, Gortat's eyes glared at Heywood, he was still angry at Heywood's small actions before, seeing Heywood pretending to be innocent, Gortat had the heart to do it. Chen Shu noticed Gortat's condition, patted the latter's back, and said: "Don't worry about him for now, we don't feel good, and then focus on the inside, there is a chance to teach him a lesson, don't worry, feed you the ball first!" Gortat gave up.
0:6, as soon as it came up, the Mavericks showed the good tactical literacy of the defending champions, which can be said to crush the Suns.
"Perfect! Wow, wow, that's the classic of team basketball. ”
"Haha, I think the young people of the Suns don't quite understand the meaning of team basketball, especially this Chinese Chen, well, it's still a little far away," Nick Fredale said sarcastically.
"Hey, that's not what you said in your previous article, haha!"
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