Chapter 70: Infinite Targeting
Under the leadership of Kerr, the "Death Five" composed of Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, Green and Barnes created a whirlwind of fast play three years ago, breaking the basketball tradition of not winning championships without a strong center, and at the same time bringing the league into the era of small ball.
The hard requirements of the Death Five are fast, able to shoot three-pointers, be able to pass the ball, and then run out of space or misposition through infinite passes and shifts to make effective hits.
While it is undeniable that the reason why this set of tactics can catch on and even become trendy is because of the decline of the traditional center, at some point, this set of tactics can really make a big difference.
For example, now, Kidd wants Brother Alphabet to defend Li Ming alone, but after the five people of the Bulls team began to block and change defenses indefinitely, he also had times when he couldn't keep up, although Li Ming had fewer opportunities to attack, but often in the end, when he attacked, he faced players other than Brother Alphabet more times.
Without having to face Brother Alphabet's defense, Li Ming's scoring efficiency has become higher again.
At the end of the first half, he scored 16 points and his team scored three points ahead of the Bucks.
"Hojberg is really good!" Li Ming sighed, he can score today, the team can lead, a large part of the credit is due to Hojberg, if it weren't for his tactical battle of wits with Kidd, then Li Ming is likely to be played to death by Kidd today.
Rematch, the Bucks are still the starting five tigers, the East is not like the West, there is no need to conserve physical strength, wait for the regular season to start fighting, the ranking of the East has actually been decided at the beginning of the season, and it is the last word to run in the lineup as soon as possible, so Kidd did not let Brother Alphabet rest.
"Shh The corners of Li Ming's mouth tugged, since the Bucks are still in the starting lineup, it means that Kidd still hasn't given up the game, and he was so tactically aimed at him in the first half, so maybe something is waiting for him in the second half!
In the third quarter, the Bulls attacked first, and Hojberg replaced Grant on the court, and then pulled Li Ming to the second position, so that he didn't have to hold the ball and save his energy to focus on running open positions to score.
The second position of the Bucks is Sterling Brown, this year's rookie, the original Bucks' starter was not him, but the 2014 list show, known as the combination of LeBron and Durant, Jamal Parker, who played the highest average of 20.1 points per game in his career last year, torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and has been recovering from an injury until now, and there is also a scoring guard in the team is Terry, the "jet" has been flying for 18 years, and the fuel tank has long been empty, and Kidd can only let Sterling Brown replace the starter in the preseason.
For Li Ming, who swept this year's lottery defender in the summer season, such a matchup is undoubtedly easy, a few simple runs are a chance to shoot, under the block of his teammates, Li Ming ran out of six shots in half a quarter, hit four of them, and scored another 20 points.
As if waiting for this moment, the audience stood up and shouted and cheered.
"Mingming Cheering in unison, Lee was replaced by Hojberg in this atmosphere, and he needed a few minutes of rest to better cope with the fourth quarter.
Kidd didn't move for the entire third quarter, so what kind of big move is he brewing!? When he can't figure out his head, there is nothing wrong with not changing everything and letting Li Ming recover some physical strength.
That's what he thinks, but Li Ming thinks differently, he doesn't want to play the last full quarter or whatever, Kidd is so targeting him that he has exposed more deficiencies in this game than the previous two games combined, so he just wants to quickly brush up to 30 points, and then go down, in case he breaks the record in three consecutive 30 games and does not achieve any honors, he can be regarded as less exposed.
However, it was useless for him to think so, Hojberg had his plans, and all he had to do now was to recover his strength as soon as possible.
"Kidd, Kidd, don't target me like that!"
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Li Ming's face fell, and two Bucks players were already waiting in front of him, which was obviously about to be pinched again.
"Just stopped for a while, and this starts again? I can't help but think! Li Ming calculated his score in his heart, and he needed about 5 points to get 30 points.
In 12 minutes of the quarter, it seems quite easy to score five points, but the problem is that it is difficult for him to connect the ball with this kind of defense, let alone make a move.
"Holy!" A few runs in a row, but the two people in front of him are like two ghosts, throwing off one and the other immediately sticking to it, and when the other one is thrown off, an attack is over, and the ball can't reach him at all.
Turning to look at Hojborg, Li Ming now has no choice but to hope that the head coach, who was on a par with Kidd before, can make some more moves.
Hojberg also frowned, muttering in his heart for a long time, not knowing what to do, Kidd specially let rookie Brown play in the third quarter, giving the two guys on the guard line plenty of rest, and now in the fourth quarter, running up to pinch Li Ming, there is no problem in terms of physical strength, and on his side, although he gave Li Ming a rest at the end of the third quarter, but several other people did not get enough rest, if the speed is pulled up again, they will not be able to run a few rounds at all.
This is no longer the first and second quarters, this is the fourth quarter, and physical strength is already a problem, and it is unrealistic to play like that.
"Forget it! Twenty-five points is not bad! Hojberg thought about it, there must be a move, but it is easy to increase the risk of injury, which is not a good thing to hurt players in the preseason, and in his opinion, Li Ming has scored 25 points, it doesn't matter how many points he can score in the next period, the performance is already very good.
If Li Ming on the court knew what he thought, what he couldn't say was an MMP, and twenty-five points was too much?! Yes! I knew that I would brush up on the third quarter for a while, so I had to be replaced.
But Hojberg didn't call a timeout for a long time, and he could only accept his fate.
"In that case, you can only go on it yourself!" Li Ming gritted his braces and increased his strength by a few points, whether he can score 30 points in this game is very important, because this is the last chance for him to enhance his strength, there are only five games in the preseason, and two games have been played, this time if you don't get 30 points, even if you play in the next two games, it will be useless.
"No, I'll really get these five points!"