Chapter 33: What I Want to See
Asik, who was supposed to be guarding the basket, had already run to the bottom corner of the three-point line by Sean. Williams took away, a guy who has a perennial three-point shooting percentage of more than 35% must not let go. And it's impossible to make Terrick. Evans went to switch positions because Asik was even less likely to defend against Ruhr. Deng, the British are much better offensively than Williams.
The unguarded penalty area overjoyed Bosh, who took two big strides with the ball and jumped straight into the air. 'Dragon King' is very good at running and jumping, although it is not the same as LeBron in the 03 generation. There is a gap in comparison to muscular people like James or Wade, but they are also first-class. After coming to the Heat, Bosh hadn't experienced the taste of bombing the basket in a leap for a long time, and he couldn't help but roar when he 'took off' for a long time, raising his arms and smashing the basketball into the basket.
There was silence in the New Orleans arena, followed by shrill boos from Pelicans fans. The people of the French territory were very dissatisfied with the gesture of this jumper man hanging from the basket to show off his might, which was something they did not allow.
Bosh listened to the boos, and when he fell, he thumped his chest vigorously, pointed at Addison and yelled, "Good spread, first grade!! A few more times!! ”
- Didn't slap my ass at all...... Addison breathed a sigh of relief and high-fived Bosh before running back to half court.
But at this time Anthony. Davis was extremely entangled, he was treated as a fool by the opponent's pass twice in a row, but he couldn't see the doorway. Davis has always wondered how Addison saw a situation that was not in his field of vision, if it was because of tacit understanding, how long did this rookie practice with the main team of the Heat team? ? No matter how much he adapts to the NBA, he can't get along with his teammates to this extent!!
Such a pass was incredible, and even the players on the Heat bench were stunned for a second before reacting, jumping up and cheering.
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Pelicans head coach Monty. Williams touched his chin and had a headache for a moment. He had studied Addison as a rookie and knew that this was a point guard who was very good at organizing and taking advantage of the hollows on the court, but he didn't expect the opponent's court sense of smell and passing skills to be so sharp.
It seems difficult to block the rookie's pass after the rookie breaks through with the rotation defense method, not to mention that the Pelicans' defensive rotation is not good...... The head coach thought for a moment, then said a brief word to Davis, who ran past him.
The Pelicans attacked, Holiday held the ball on the outside, this guy has a height of 6 feet 4 inches and a weight of nearly 95 kilograms, if he has the ability to back his body, he can sit on Addison and play inside, and the Chinese boy is the most unable to prevent the back attack of tonnage players. It's a pity that Holiday is not good at back-to-back attacks, and he usually looks okay, but in the face of Addison's 'scissorhands' with slender arms, he can easily be stealed before he can complete his back-to-back movements.
Holiday glanced at the situation in the box and gestured to his teammate. Asik at the basket gave Davis an empty-handed screen to help him block Bosh, and Davis briskly ran towards the free throw line.
This was Holiday passing, and he glanced at Addison's height of 185 centimeters, and then raised his hand to hoist the ball in.
However, as soon as the basketball came out of his grasp, he regretted it, because he saw Addison suddenly retreat half a step back less than a second before him, and he knew that this first-year had prejudged his pass......
Sure enough, the boy jumped up and stretched out his arm to intercept the basketball, which was still on the rise.
The Pelicans reacted quickly, and Holiday was not frustrated but stopped in front of Addison as soon as possible to prevent the rookie from launching a fast break. Gordon and Evans also pestered their counterparts.
- Sure enough, it's the NBA, and this kind of defensive alertness is more than a notch more mature than the NCAA. Addison, who took off the basketball, secretly admired in his heart, and seeing that a quick counterattack could not be established, he simply slowed down and slowly dribbled the ball through the half court.
Spoelstra nodded, the corners of his mouth curled. He was very satisfied with Addison's point, and the Chinese boy didn't have the reckless eagerness of most rookies, and he wanted to add a few more numbers to his data column earlier.
This time, Wade still didn't ask for the ball, and continued to settle down to find a running route. Anyway, this is just a preseason game, and it doesn't matter in his eyes, how familiar and familiar with the NBA is the biggest gain. He has relinquished his position as the protagonist of this game.
Bosh took the initiative to run out of the penalty area to make a cover for Addison, the 'Dragon King' basketball IQ is not low, he can see that this rookie is very good at blocking and dismantling, and he is the best player in the team to cover the ball. If you play with him more, you will have a lot of offensive opportunities.
Addison was also not polite, using the blocker to break through to the inside again. It's just that this time Davis didn't change his guard again, but Holiday bypassed the cover man from behind, and there was a brief gap in front of the boy for a while.
Mixed defensive ...... The word popped into the boy's head as the Marching Boys came along, and the Pelicans changed their defensive strategy to combine man-marking with rotational defense. Holiday kept an eye on Addison, while the rest of the team took a joint defense. This kind of tactic is probably set up by the Pelicans head coach based on Addison's scouting report that "the shooting is extremely unstable", and he would rather leave the boys with a shooting space and prevent shooting than shooting.
The space was near the right corner and the boy was tempted to make a direct shot, and his summer training gave him the confidence to shoot the basketball into the basket at this point.
However, Addison still remembered what he promised the head coach before the game, and he suppressed his desire to shoot and continued to rush to the basket.
Holiday blocked two steps in the three-second zone, and Addison dribbled the ball with a blank face, grabbed the ball with his right hand as he approached Holiday and leaned behind him.
The rookie wants to pass the ball from behind again!! Holiday subconsciously moved in the direction of the boy's right hand, and even Davis, who was behind the boy, was nervous and blocked in front of Bosh to cut off the pass.
But it was nothing more than a feint, as Addison's wide palm grabbed the basketball directly from behind his back, and his feet accelerated again to get past the out-of-position Holiday and throw a shot before Asik could make up the defense.
"Whew!!" The sound of the basketball brushing the net was crisp and pleasant, which made the Pelicans head coach on the sidelines rub his eyebrows helplessly.
Wade was not at all annoyed that he didn't touch the ball in these two rounds, but stepped forward and rubbed Addison's hair vigorously: "That's it, boy!" This ball will definitely be the best ball of the day!! ”
The No. 8 rookie played just about 2 minutes and contributed 2 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. The data didn't matter, at least Wade saw what he wanted to see.