Chapter 35: The Awakened Defender (Two Watches)

James made a crossover, then took advantage of the situation to run over the leaf wind, rushed into the paint area, and gently threw the ball into the basket.

"It's going to be scored again."

There was no fluctuation in his heart, and he was even a little lax, so that he had no interest in performing dunks.

But at this moment, a dark shadow rose up behind him.

"Not good!"

James chuckled in his heart, as if he expected a bad ending.

"But who is it?"

James couldn't figure out who was going to reward him for the hot pot.

Ye Feng was left behind by himself, and he didn't have such a big body. Capono couldn't jump that high, and he didn't have that velocity. Chris Mim was in his sights and had no intention of defending at all.

So, who exactly?

It's too late to think about it, because, smack! The guy slapped the basketball hard and directly rewarded James with a pegboard hat.

"Roar!"

As soon as he landed, James heard the sound of the guy beating his chest and roaring, and he was very excited!

Looking back, James was stunned, it was him!

Darius, who was stunned by Boozer in the first quarter, ran a whole switchback run, and actually became active at the last moment, and rewarded himself with a very wonderful hot pot.

At the same time, not only James, but the rest of the players and coaching staff on the court also opened their mouths wide.

They were all familiar with Darius, a guy who fantasized all day long with talent, who had always been keen to attack and disdain to defend.

No one expected him to be able to defend so aggressively.

However, the things that surprised them had just begun, and after the cap, Dalius walked up to Ye Feng, patted his chest and said, "Hey, rookie, just leave the matter of defending the opponent's core to this core." You rookie, go keep an eye on your opponents. ”

“OK!”

Ye Feng has no opinion, anyway, he can't guard against James.

"And Capono, you should have no opinion, right?"

Darius looked at Capono again and asked.

"Nope."

Naturally, Capono didn't dare to go head-to-head with the team's sixth man, not to mention that coach Paul had signaled his agreement and asked him to misplace Boozer to defend Boozer.

Who is not to prevent it? I can't prevent it anyway.

"James, you're strong, but I'm not going to let you score any more!"

Dalius declared war directly, and the blacks were quite direct, not as subtle as the Chinese.

"Really? I'm waiting! ”

James's eyes lit up, Ye Feng's physical condition was too different from his own, and it was not challenging.

And Darius is different, this guy is also a high school player with perverted physical fitness. In James' view, Darius is the only talent that the Cavaliers can match himself, although he is still a cut short of himself.

"That's what makes it interesting."

The main team sent the sideline ball, and Big Z passed the ball directly to James very interestingly.

As soon as James received the ball, Darius pressed up, and two arms of astonishing length stretched out, overwhelming the sky and blocking James' shooting lane.

James frowned, he couldn't underestimate this guy, Darius had a longer arm span than himself, exaggerated like a gibbon, and had a lot of pressure on the ball holder.

If you're not careful, he can break your ball.

Thinking of this, James played twelve points seriously, and tried to break through once, observing Darius's other abilities.

The conclusion is that the reaction is fast, the footwork is amazing, and he is definitely a run-and-jump striker. It's impossible to get past him with speed.

However, James also has an advantage, that is, the strength crushes Darius, and if he takes a back hit, Darius can't defend at all.

But the problem is that James is not good at back-to-back play right now.

So, James came up with a stupid way to be a scoundrel. Pouting his ass, he arched Darius and punched it inside.

For this, Darius really has no problem. In the Cavaliers, there are only two meat shields that can withstand James's play, I'm afraid there are Boozer and Mime.

Pushing inside, James turned his back and made a jumper.

Unfortunately, due to the interference of Darius's long arm, the ball did not go in, and the rebound was grabbed by Boozer.

Boozer didn't pass the ball and fired the ball into the basket with a mid-range shot.

The goal was scored, but everyone could see that Darius's defense was very strong.

Davis, Capono and Ye Feng have no way to deal with James, and Darius can be limited to a certain extent.

"I didn't expect this guy to have a talent for defense!"

Head coach Paul was pleasantly surprised, after all, 2003 was still an era of defensive wins, and most coaches coached their teams with defensive ability, such as Larry Brown and Jeff Van Gundy......

There was only half a quarter left in the game, and there weren't too many direct conversations between James and Darius.

James still showed an efficient offense and a high shooting percentage, but compared to before, everyone could see that James was in trouble, and Darius did a very good job.

Honk~

As the game ended, Paul summed up the game.

criticized the defensive attitude of the crowd, and then left Darius alone to talk.

It can be seen that Paul likes Darius very much, and even wants to train Darius to be the defensive arrow of the Cavaliers.

Look at this guy's reach, height, running and jumping ability, it's simply a unique defensive talent. In this era when the Swingman dominates the Alliance, Darius has a lot to do!

In addition, Paul gave everyone a day off, after all, the preseason is about to start, and there is almost no time to rest.

After the coaching staff left, James immediately suggested that everyone go to see Dajuan Wagner, who is living in the hospital, tomorrow morning, and go to James's mansion in the afternoon to get a good break.

I have to say that James's emotional intelligence is very high and he is also very good at being a person.

On the other hand, Ricky Davis is a negative textbook, this guy has been holding the posture of the core of the team and shouting at the rookies of the team.

Let the rookies go buy a snack, take off the shoes, park the car, and command the shelves are very large.

Ye Feng watched all this silently and didn't say anything.

Obviously, it won't be long before the players' hearts are leaning towards James, not Davis.

At the same time, Davis's lazy training attitude has also provoked the coaching staff, and several coaches have the goal of sprinting to the playoffs this season.

However, Davis doesn't like defense, and second, he likes to shoot data in singles, so it's no wonder that the coaching staff likes this kind of tumor.

There is no harm if you don't compare, and when you don't have James, everyone can still accept Davis. But now, the way the coaching staff looked at Davis began to change.

Subtly, the coaching staff's heart is also shifting towards James.

And the contradiction between Ye Feng and McGinnis is also on the bright side.

If McGinnis uses his identity as the main force to put pressure on Ye Feng, Ye Feng will be very uncomfortable.

It's a pity that this guy actually chose to block Ye Feng at the bathroom door, expecting to speak with his fists.

The result was obvious, fortunately, Ye Feng did not let McGinnis have the idea of picking up soap, but since that day, McGinnis has never dared to find fault with Ye Feng.

"What happened to McGinnis?"

Capono looked at McGinnis, who was covering his buttocks, and asked puzzled.

"Maybe it's diarrhea."

Ye Feng said nonsense.

He wouldn't tell Capono that McGinnis had accidentally sat on a bar of soap when he was put down. And the soap happened to enter a cave somewhere.

What a misfortune!