Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Strongest on the Surface 175

"Cousins, come down and get some rest." Seeing that Cousins began to play again, McMulone hurriedly called a timeout, replaced Cousins, and replaced small forward Luke Richard Bamott, letting Jason Thompson play center and Patrick Patterson play power forward.

Greves Vasquez serves and Thomas Jr. catches it. Thomas Jr. was like playing chicken blood, holding the ball and starting to rush, it was Li Mojie who defended Thomas Jr., only to see Thomas Jr. change direction continuously, and Li Mojie also ran left and right, sticking to Thomas Jr.

"Is this guy so fast when he moves more than 2 meters laterally?" Although little Thomas's face remained unchanged, his heart had already set off a change in his heart.

Thomas Jr. saw that he couldn't break through, so he looked for help, and Patrick Patterson came out to block the dismantle. Thomas Jr. bypassed Lee and then passed the ball to Jason Thompson, who rushed to the paint, but Thompson was blocked by Fry. But Thomas Jr. circled and ran into the paint, Thompson quickly passed the ball, and Thomas Jr. made a layup.

"This guy!" Li Mojie exhaled with his hands on his hips.

Although before the substitution, everyone was not optimistic that this 175CM little man would be able to please Li Mojie, and even Gobert sneered: "Can you play basketball so short?" ”

But Li Mojie didn't dare to be careless at all, because Li Mojie, who had crossed over, had already learned the name of the strongest 175 on the surface. Although many people in their previous lives only learned about Thomas Jr. in the 16-17 season after he won the first record in the East as the core point guard of the Celtics, Li Mojie found out that Thomas Jr., who was selected with the 60th pick in 2011, has not averaged less than double digits in his career season, and the lowest is only 11.5 points + 4.1 assists + 2.6 rebounds per game in the rookie year, but this data is also the level of the five picks before the draft!

Switching offense and defense, Li Mojie dribbled over the halfcourt, "Oh? Changing guards? "It's really a helpless move to change the defense, originally Thomas Jr. is difficult to defend against a point guard with an average height of about 185, not to mention that Li Mojie is still playing point guard.

Li Mojie lowered his waist at the top of the arc and looked like he was ready to break through. Suddenly a right shift, Vasquez immediately moved to the left to block Li Mojie's route, but a figure suddenly flashed on the left, Vasquez crashed into Marcus and lost his defensive position, and Li Mojie got rid of the defense, relied on the cover to hit the basket, and pulled his hand to shoot. The ball goes into the basket with precision.

Thomas Jr. held the ball, didn't wait for his teammates to push forward, and rushed to the court like crazy, PJ Tucker blocked Thomas Jr.'s travel lane, and Gerald Green on the side also fell to the basket early. Seeing that there was no chance, Thomas Jr. dribbled the ball and waited for his teammates to settle down.

Thomas Jr. pointed to Li Mojie's left hand side and motioned for his teammates to come up and block the demolition, and Li Mojie's eyes randomly glanced left and right to observe the situation of the Kings players. Sure enough, Patterson came out again to block the pick-and-roll, and Marcus followed behind Patterson.

This time, Li Mojie was very well prepared, and after Patterson blocked the dismantling, he passed directly behind Patterson, and once again blocked in front of Thomas Jr. who was moving sideways. Who knew that Thomas Jr. did not retreat but leaned on Li Mojie is a shot, although the basket did not score, but the whistle sounded, Thomas Jr. smiled at Li Mojie provocatively.

"Thomas Jr. shoots 87.7 percent from the free-throw line, one of the most accurate free-throw shooters in the NBA, and it's not a smart choice to foul him on the head!" Phoenix's Eddie Johnson said worriedly.

"Yes, a player of this height can score double in the NBA, then he must have his own unique skills, and he can't be careless!" Albert also said with a frown.

Sure enough, Thomas Jr. hit both free throws, and the momentum of the Kings began to rise.

"This guy actually makes fouls, and his size is too advantageous, as long as he leans up, the referee will definitely give me a foul." Li Mojie gritted his teeth and said.

Frye served out and gave it to Li Mojie, who dribbled to the front court. There was no good chance, the ball was poured to PJ Tucker, PJ Tucker quickly transferred the ball to the baseline Gerald Green, Gerald Green received the ball to meet the defender, and shot directly.

Missed, the ball was taken by Vasquez. Stuffed to little Thomas in front. Thomas Jr. dribbled to the front court, although Li Mojie followed in time, Thomas Jr. glanced at Li Mojie who followed on the right, dribbling under his crotch, stopping urgently, dribbling, this rhythm of emergency stopping and starting completely threw Li Mojie away. "Huh!" The basketball is easy to put in the pocket.

"Oh, look at that, our last show has blinded this year's champion show!" The Kings' home commentator shouted excitedly.

"Boy, you can't do it, go back to Phoenix!" Off the court, Kings fans also shouted loudly.

"Come on, kill those desert guys!"

Seeing this, Hornacek immediately called a timeout.

Li Mojie has never seen Iverson's peak season, and he doesn't know how Amy touted Iverson, but he feels that this little Thomas is the one who lacks nothing but height. How should he defend now?

"Mo Jie, you don't have to bother, you can't stop him, he can't stop you, can he? God is fair, he's also an NBA player with double figures per game, you can't be more than 20 centimeters taller than him and at the same time move laterally faster and change direction faster than him. Hornacek patted Li Mojie on the shoulder and comforted him, as a team player, he had long known that he could not have an advantage against everyone, so even if he suppressed it, he did not have any psychological baggage at the beginning. But what about Li Mojie? He is currently Adidas' number one training object, a rising star that the league focuses on cultivating, and he has been a champion since he was a student, but he was suppressed by a short man with a height of 175, Hornacek is indeed a little worried that Li Mojie can't bear it.

"Well, I understand the coach." Li Mojie nodded calmly, the old rascal Jordan was still shaken by Iverson at the beginning, and this little setback is nothing.

"This little Thomas is really strong, but it wasn't for nothing that he was drafted with the 60th pick, was it? Don't be fooled by his current breakthrough ability, wait for Ramon Sessions to play point guard, if Thomas Jr. still breaks through like this, Tucker you boldly wrap Thomas, Li Mojie, you pay attention to the defense. Hornacek then arranged.

At the end of the timeout, the Suns attacked, Ramon Sessions dribbled over the half court under the pressure of Thomas Jr., Sessions passed the ball to Li Mojie, only to see Li Mojie accelerate, and directly got rid of Bamot in two steps, burst into the restricted area, and made a small throw against Thompson. Unfortunately, the ball circled around the basket and went out of the basket.

The rebound was confiscated by Thompson, Thomas Jr. wanted to play a fast break, but Sessions, who had been on guard, followed very closely, but Thomas Jr. could only turn into a positional offense, Thomas Jr. saw that the defender had become Ramon Sessions, so he was ready to go to the basket after a direct change of direction.

But I didn't think about it, and PJ Tucker next to him immediately caught up.

"Fake, don't you want to do this, I'm just a substitute for the Kings!" Thomas Jr. scolded and said that this was his death hole, and even in the future peak season, he still couldn't get out of the predicament.

How can a short player get a pass out with as little error as possible? It's something every short player wants to know, but there's still nothing too good going on until the future, and even Paul, who has a fairly low assist-to-turnover ratio, will make mistakes in the final moments of the game, which is a common problem for short people, and can only play the ball as soon as possible before forming a bag.

That's why modern basketball is willing to leave the task of organizing passes to the forward position!

In the 2016-2017 Finals of Li Mojie's previous life, why would the Cavaliers rather lose than contain Curry instead of Durant? One simple reason is height. Durant is 2.11 tall, has an arm span of 2.25 and a standing height of 2.79. The Cavaliers Love and Thompson are both 2.08 "short", if you wrap Durant and Durant lifts the ball, the Cavaliers players can't touch it at all! In other words, if Durant is clamped, Durant's line of sight and passing route are difficult to obstruct, and it is easy to pass the ball, and the package will not have any effect at all. To put it to the extreme, wrap Durant, Durant will say that I can't see anyone guarding me in my sight, it has no effect at all!

Therefore, instead of letting two people who are not as tall as Durant in height and arm span wrap Durant, it is better to let them use their height to bully Curry, who is shorter, this truth is clear in Lu's heart.

"No way, the coach arranged it." Tucker's dark face grinned at Thomas's leaking white teeth.