Seventy-seven, trouble
"The guy I'm most afraid of when I'm on the pitch is someone who has a good sense of defense and is happy to run around." Kenny is Smith said.
"This kind of guy can play about 30 minutes at most if he doesn't have the stamina, and after 25 minutes his defensive quality drops dramatically, and obviously Lee doesn't have that problem, he's played the whole game on several occasions. If I were a coach, I would never set up those tactics to consume Li again, at least until now, I haven't found out where his physical strength limit is, and sending someone to consume him is equivalent to consuming myself. Barkley said.
As he spoke, Maodore picked up the leak again and came with a one-handed slam dunk, and the Colombian Lions got off to a good start, leading 4-0 in less than a minute.
The Wildcats in the next offensive round, not to give the ball to Stanley, but initiated by McConnell, after he got the ball, center Tazouski and small forward Ronday Hollis-Jefferson came to the top of the arc at the same time, and made a left and right diagonal cover, McConnell cut into the three-point line from behind Tazouski, shook off center Osette Kowski, Lions' small forward Cohen immediately chased after the defense, and at this time, McConnell suddenly stopped the ball.
Wildcats small forward Hollis-Jefferson went down into the paint, only to see McConnell throw a ball to help Hollis-Jefferson get an open dunk, and the Wildcats scored two points.
"McConnell is not a very athletic player, not tall, not a consistent scoring point, but for Arizona, he is a rare backcourt commander, Stanley has a bit of an unbalanced mentality after two defeats on Lee, and it takes McConnell to stabilize the rhythm at this time." The Zen master said.
"I agree with you, sir. McConnell averaged 10.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists in about 30 minutes per game, and is a very qualified commander, and he cannot be without him in Arizona's offensive system, and although he is not athletic, he is good at taking advantage of the change of pace when dribbling, which shows that he has a superior basketball IQ. Kenny Smith said.
McConnell lived up to the expectations of the commentators in the next 10 minutes, scoring points on all of his offenses as the initiator, while the Lions' offense was hampered by Stanley's first scorer, Li Wu.
Stanley's starting speed and running speed are slower than Li Wu's, but with his stride and defensive aggressiveness can still help him stick to Li Wu, whether it is Li Wu's attack with the ball or running without the ball, Stanley has effectively defended Li Wu, and Stanley used his athleticism to interfere with Li Wu's shooting when Li Wu's first emergency stop jump shot, and then Stanley was not thrown away by Li Wu when Li Wu ran without the ball twice, and Li Wu could only pass the ball immediately after receiving the ball.
As a result, Li Wu's offense was not as invincible as in previous games, and he scored six points on three first-to-two shots in 10 minutes, both of which were chances he managed to shake off Stanley's entanglement. And the success rate of his scoring for other players is not high, because Stanley is a single defense against Li Wu, so the other Lions players are facing the defense of opposing players, so only Maodore used his individual ability to single McConnell to score 3 goals.
The game lasted ten minutes, and the Lions had no one to score except for Li Wu and Maodore. The Wildcats blossomed everywhere, and even Stanley, who was defended twice by Li Wu, took advantage of Li Wu's defense to shoot two mid-range shots, so the Wildcats led by 11 points at 27-16 in the first half ten minutes.
Six of the Lions' 16 points were scored by Li Wu, and the other 10 points were scored by Maiodore. At this point, the Lions asked for a timeout.
"It seems that Stanley's defense still caused some trouble for Lee, although Lee's three-shot shooting percentage seems to be very high, but in fact, Stanley's defense made him lose a lot of shooting opportunities, according to the previous game, in this time period, Lee should have shot about 8 shots, but now he only shoots 3." Barkley said.
"I have to say that Stanley is really a talented player, not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, and his ability is much better than Wisconsin's Kenig, and if Wisconsin has Stanley on the team, the Lions can't win at all." Kenny Smith also said.
The Zen master didn't speak at this time, he was thinking about a question, Stanley's defensive ability is certainly good, but compared to some NBA defense experts, it is still a lot worse, for example, the Rocket's Beverley is more aggressive than Stanley's defense, if Li can't even cope with Stanley's single defense, then his value is an excellent pitcher, maybe under the pull of a breakthrough strong player, Li can use stable shooting and excellent running to get a high score, But when he comes up with defenders who can keep up with him, he's going to get in trouble, just like today.
In this way, his order is still more suitable in the second half of the lotto.
On the bench of the Lions, Coach Smith was at a loss, and he also saw Stanley's strength, if it wasn't for Li Wu, Stanley would have already shown his dominance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but now he has to spend energy defending Li Wu, and his offensive firepower is limited by Li Wu, and he can't play his due power, which makes the data mediocre.
However, the Lions' other positions could not withstand the impact of Arizona, especially in the No. 3 position, Hollis Jefferson, a small forward with a height of 201cm and a weight of 100 kilograms, often swapped places with Brandon, who was 206cm tall and weighed 104 kilograms, and when he appeared in the No. 3 position, he could always use his physical advantage to succeed in singles against Cohen, who was only 193cm tall and weighed 99 kilograms.
And when he faced Luke, a power forward who is 208cm tall and weighs 97 kilograms, Hollis Jefferson can use his speed and low center of gravity to dribble through the opponent for singles, and as for the center Osette Kowski who guards under the basket, under the interference of Tazuski, the defense of Hollis Jefferson is almost useless, so Hollis Jefferson is almost in the half of the Colombian Lions, and now he has scored 13 points, 7 of which are from McConnell's passes.
"Listen, boys, I'm going to get around Ronday Hollis-Jefferson, he's going to do almost anything from our three-point line! Cohen, your height can't guard against him, so I'm going to put on Jeff Cobe. Luke, when he switches to play you, you go back to the edge of the paint and let him shoot, but you can't let him break through the offensive basket. As for the offensive end, we stayed the same. Coach Smith said here, paused, looked at Li Wu and said:
"Lee, I hope you can try to shoot more at this time, don't always wait for absolute opportunities to appear before choosing to shoot, in fact, when you enter the NBA, you will find that most scoring opportunities are not absolute opportunities!"