Chapter 135: Finding the Weakness (4000 words)
Li Ming didn't expect the opponent to take such a way to defend his back hit.
Everyone knows that back-to-back play is the most afraid of being trapped, but the trap also carries a great risk, because it means that there must be a player on our side who will be in the open position.
For NBA players, shooting in the open position is actually giving away points, and not shooting in the open position will be scolded in some teams, such as Popovich's Spurs.
But now Mark's approach is very clever, and he uses a forced method to force Li Ming to end the back play and hold the ball with both hands to prevent the ball from being taken out.
And he stopped when he clicked, and when he scared Li Ming, he immediately went back to defend Holiday , so that he was not out of position, but also played a trapping effect.
"It seems that the Magic team has studied Li Ming's back beating?" Just now Li Ming singled out with his back, Vogel made a gesture, and the players of the Magic team immediately understood how to defend, and such a quick defensive reaction was naturally targeted training.
That's the value of a player like Mark, who will honestly complete the tasks assigned by the coach and not play at all.
Holiday couldn't hit a shot, but the Magic team over there scored again, overtaking the score by two points, with Gordon as the axis, or passing or hanging inside, or playing himself, Portis and Mirotic didn't have much to do with him.
"Pull as far away as possible!"
It was the Bulls' turn to attack again, and Hojberg's quick reaction allowed Holiday and Portis to stand a little further from the three-point line, allowing Fournier and Mark to stay as far away from Lee's low post as possible.
In this way, if Mark wants to persecute Li Ming like he did just now, it will not be so easy, this distance is not too late to rush back, and he will definitely lose his position.
Li Ming won the ball in the low post again, and this time Mark really didn't dare to come to his side, and Vogel's arrangement was easily cracked. One-on-one, Li Ming was not false at all, the speed of dribbling accelerated, the rhythm began to change, and he shook out the vacant position and made an easy jump shot.
"Toot!" As soon as Li Ming scored this goal, the Magic team immediately called a timeout, in fact, the Magic team is still two points ahead, and it is said that there is no hurry to call a timeout, but Vogel still called a timeout, which shows how strict he is with his own defense.
Perhaps because of such high standards, the Magic team currently ranks eighth in the league in points conceded per game, surpassing the ranking of Spurs teams like the Jazz.
"Next, Vogel should send Afraro up!"
"Well, it's very likely, Vogel's attitude is very clear that he wants to prevent Li Ming from dying, and if he doesn't get it, he will replace Simmons in advance, after all, now, their guard line can't play a role in restricting Li Ming at all!"
The two live broadcasters of a certain news sports were analyzing the purpose of the suspension of Magic coach Vogel, but the TNT commentary team turned their attention to the audience.
There is no shortage of big-name stars in the NBA's audience, and these stars are often the object of their ridicule, in short, they just don't explain the game.
"Huh! That seems to be Deng Tian, who has been on the national high school student rankings, right? How did he come to see the Bulls play? The sharp-eyed one was Barkley, who spotted Deng Tian's figure.
"Do you still look at the national high school rankings?" O'Neill on the side was a little surprised.
"Of course! They're the future of American basketball! Barkley was serious.
Smith scoffed and said, "Come on! Don't I know you yet? You're definitely looking for a template to be your little kid and then waiting for him to get into the NCAA and degrade him to nothing... ”
"Hahaha, am I so bored?!" Barkley laughed dryly.
"I think there's 。。。。。"
"Hahahaha!"
A few people worked nonsense, the timeout ended, the Magic and Bulls players returned to the court, and as Wang Meng and Ma Jian expected, Vogel really brought Simmons and Afflaro up.
These two men have one thing in common, they both had bad drafts that year, and they both relied on acquired efforts to gain a foothold in the league, especially Simmons, who was undrafted in 2012.
But they are not the same, such as Simmons, who is a player who has the help of nobles in his life.
He is an orthodox Spurs player, and now he is basically taught by Popovich's words and deeds, and he can sign a 3-year 20 million contract this summer, and he should really thank Popovich for his teaching.
It feels like if he hadn't been with the Spurs, I'm afraid he wouldn't have survived in the NBA.
Compared to Simmons with a famous teacher like Popovich, Afralo is not so lucky, although he has also cooperated with many big names such as Anthony and Lillard, but his current strength is all trained by himself in the stadium, and he has not had any mentor help at all, but even so, he was the scoring champion of the Magic team in the 2012~2013 season, and he can be regarded as a brilliant player.
Of course, he is certainly not as brave as he was back then, as a veteran who has played for 11 years, he is now playing more of a role in stabilizing the situation, relying on his experience of playing for so many years to help the team.
Put these two defensive players on the court, which is naturally used to deal with Li Ming, and these two people are very complementary, Afflaro can defend head-on, and Simmons' defensive ability is very outstanding.
Coupled with Aaron Gordon on the inside, these three can form a large net that covers half of the area they are in.
"No wonder the current Magic team is at the top of the list, it's really not for nothing!" If you think about it carefully, the lineup of the Magic team has unconsciously met the requirements of both offense and defense, and the powerful players such as Biyombo and Augustin on the bench have not played yet!
Li Ming shouted a block, but Simmons is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, his sense of assistance defense is particularly good, and when he saw that Avlaro was thrown away, he immediately posted it.
Li Ming didn't continue to squeeze in, Simmons' physical condition was not bad, if he squeezed like this, he would be pressed into a dead corner, causing a mistake, and with a raised hand, he directly hoisted it to Lopez, who began to go down after blocking and dismantling, and Lopez received the ball and dribbled it, and went to the basket in a big stride and went directly to the basket.
Aaron Gordon suddenly came out from the side and took his layup down, Rose picked up the rebound and quickly broke fast, and the explosive Gordon strode after him.
Li Ming's defense speed is also very fast, but 1V2 is really difficult to defend.
The two of the Magic team worked together to complete an empty back dunk, which made the fans in the Bulls audience unable to shout cheers!
The impact of this dunk on the Bulls was also huge, and with the entire region blocked, Li Ming's single core was already a little weak.
The Magic scored three goals in a row, and the score was slowly pulled away.
"Dad, the Bulls are restricted, something is wrong!" In the audience, Deng Tian's face showed a trace of anxiety, and at the same time he secretly said in his heart: Sure enough! If everyone is not optimistic, it is bad! Even Li Ming can't violate this iron law. That's all my fate is over!
Deng Zhigao was also very anxious when he looked at his son's suddenly depressed appearance, he knew some of the content of Li Ming and Deng Tian's chat, and he also knew that winning or losing today's game was extremely important to Deng Tian, and it was likely to be related to his future life path.
There was a mess in his heart, but he couldn't do anything, looking at Li Ming, who was a little tired on the field, he sighed in his heart, the other party really worked hard for him!
"But what can I do?!" Deng Zhigao has always felt that he is very successful, but after his son fell ill, he realized that he was not very successful, at least he was not the one who could help his son get out of the predicament.
And the only thing he can do is to shout cheers!
"Come on? Kindness? That's right! I can still shout come on! Muttering softly, Deng Zhigao's face was happy, and he suddenly thought of what he could do! He stood up suddenly, startling the fans in his upper and lower seats, and they all turned their heads to look at him, wanting to see what he was going to do?!
Deng Tian also looked up at his father, what he saw was the tangled on his father's face, which slowly turned into hesitation, and then became more and more determined.
"Come on! Li ming! Come on! Bulls! He took a deep breath, and then shouted out what he wanted to say, Deng Zhigao is a businessman, what businessmen need is calm, forever calm, and it is also calm and calm that makes him ashamed to shout loudly, in his opinion, this is a sign of immaturity, and after adjusting for a long time, he finally shouted out.
After he really shouted it, he didn't feel any shame!
"Son! Let's cheer for Li Ming together! ”
Life is like a ball game, falling behind, being suppressed, don't be afraid, on the way to flowers and applause, you are not alone, because there are partners who cheer for you and cheer for you!
"Come on! Come on! The son is about to be together, and Dad can't shout anymore! Come on! Deng Zhigao shouted several times.
Deng Tian looked at his father's blushing face, and didn't react for a while, in his impression, his father would always be a businessman in a suit and leather shoes, with a steady attitude, but now he is cheering for others so disregarding his image, or in a sense, he is cheering for his son.
"Come on!!" Deng Tian unconsciously shouted along, this was the first time since he was injured that he had made such a loud noise, and this heartfelt roar could often be heard before.
At that time, he was the ace of the school, and he would cheer for his teammates when he was substituted.
At that time, he was really confident, so confident that he believed that his inspiration could inspire others.
But now, his self-confidence has disappeared completely.
He suddenly panicked, he was afraid that he would never be able to change back to his original self, he wanted to save himself, so he shouted extra hard.
It's as if Li Ming's victory or defeat is related to his future.
Deng Tian suddenly understood that sentence, the only one who can save himself is always himself, as long as he still wants to live, he will never die.
"Come on! Come on! The cheers of the father and son carried their own thoughts, but they inadvertently infected other fans.
That's right! The team shouted so happily when it was ahead, and now the team is behind and doesn't shout? What kind of home fan is this? I blush for myself.
"Come on!!"
"Li Ming, just do it! We're going to set the top of the list! ”
"First place in the East is ours, come on Bulls!!"
One, two, three, more and more cheering voices rang out, gradually connecting into a large piece, forming a shock, and the TNT commentary group was also frightened by this sudden cheering sound.
Barkley smiled bitterly and said softly: "From today onwards, the United Center will also be one of the league's devil's home fields!" ”
The Bulls listened to the cheering sound in the sky, and their spirits were shocked, everyone was a lot excited, and the enthusiasm of the defense came up all of a sudden.
The Magic team was a little uncomfortable with this sudden increase in defensive intensity, and made several mistakes in a row, and the Bulls seized the opportunity to play counterattack after counterattack.
Finally, the first quarter of the game ended, and the difference was chased to two points remaining.
"I've found a weakness in the Magic!" Hojberg, who had been dull for a long time, seemed to see some flaws in the last moment, and took advantage of the break to start arranging the tactics of the second quarter.
Because there was not much time, Hoiberg spoke so fast that it made people feel like the guy was saying tongue twisters.
Finally finished before the start of the second quarter, Hojberg immediately applied for a replacement, he moved Portis to the fourth position, and then Holiday to the third position, and the second position to Dunn, and Li Ming was still the first position.
"Remember what I said!"
When the referee's whistle blew, Hojberg muttered one last word, and the players on both sides came on the field, and when he saw Gordon still on the field, Hojborg's expression unconsciously relaxed.
It's as if something has become something in a bag.
In the second quarter, the Magic team attacked first, guard Mark dribbled the ball to the front court and handed it to Gordon, who just dribbled the ball twice, Holiday reached out and took it over, Gordon quickly took the ball, Portis also surrounded at this time, using his long arms to block Gordon's field of vision, so that he could not move the ball quickly.
There is a disadvantage to the tall man moving the ball for the axis, their passing line is too high, if they don't pass it out at the first time, then it is easy to be cut off if they want to pass it later.
Gordon didn't dare to pass, Holler didn't hesitate to hug the ball, the two fought together, the referee's whistle blew, scramble for the ball!
"Sure enough! Same as Griffin's question! ”
Seeing that the Magic team's several mistakes in the final moments of the first quarter were caused by Gordon's dribbling errors, Hojberg suddenly came back to his senses, and the Magic's offensive initiation point on the court now is Gordon, isn't this guy easy to target as a point guard forward?
Just do it the way you defend Griffin. What is Griffin's style of play? It's dribbling! The center of gravity of the big dribble is naturally higher than that of the small one, and at the same time, the distance of the shot is also long, so it is easy to get tackled.
In response to this, if you defend Gordon, this offensive core can easily be strangled, and if you strangle Gordon, who should be given the task of distributing the ball to the remaining four people on the field now?
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Actually, I said that I have been writing these two chapters since four o'clock in the afternoon, do you believe me? However, my pen power is limited and I can't write the feeling I want, so I cry a lot。。。。。。