Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Desire for the Insider
Owen shook Addison twice in a row, but the boy remained unmoved, squinting his eyes and keeping a half-step position with his opponent, leaving a buffer for his own defensive breakthrough.
Irving had seen Addison's defensive strategy against him when he was in the Dream Team training camp, and he didn't dare to shoot directly from beyond the three-point line because of the opponent's reach and bounce. Owen made a feint to the left side of his body, then immediately pulled back his center of gravity, and the front of his body changed direction slightly, and slammed to the right.
Addison, who has an extremely developed sense of defense, almost never makes mistakes in prediction, and this time he also clearly predicted the direction of the opponent's breakthrough, and his right leg retreated half a step back in time to move laterally to stop Owen's footsteps. A strong force was immediately transmitted to Irving, squeezing him away from the basket.
Although he had experienced it before, Owen was surprised again by Addison's upper body strength, which was obviously not proportional to the muscle strength of the skinny guy, which he had only seen in those dark-skinned perverted muscular people, and he didn't believe that a yellow person could do the same before.
Owen, who couldn't break through on one side, wanted to change direction, but his body was stuck to the death of Eddie, and Owen almost lost the ball under the twisting, so he had to temporarily turn his back to prevent the opponent from stealing.
It can only be said that Addison is the most restrained Carey. Irving's type of defender, who does not use physical confrontation on the offensive end but is accustomed to using technical breakthroughs, is very effective in defense, because his anticipation is always about half a second ahead of the offensive player, and half a second is enough time for him to react.
At this time, Vallejo ran out of the box to give Owen a timely cover, allowing him to quickly half-turn and temporarily shake off Addison. However, Irving, who got rid of the Chinese boy, faced Bosh who switched defenses, this thin and tall interior is a first-class pick-and-roll player in the league, and a large part of the reason why the Heat were willing to bring in Bosh was because of his excellent ability to defend and pick-and-roll.
Don't look at Bosh's height of 6 feet 11 inches, but he can control his center of gravity very well, and his foot movement is also one of the best in the inside. Paul can often be seen. After a swingman like George or Durant uses a pick-and-roll to get away from an opponent, the Heat will allow Bosh to switch defenses quickly, and the 'Dragons' are also a player who claims to be able to defend five positions, and in this respect he is very similar to Garnett, his former development template.
Bosh's defense made Irving even tighter, and he didn't dare to jump at will in the face of the opponent's height, seeing that he had wasted more than ten seconds of offensive time, Irving had to pass the ball towards James on the other side.
Addison, who had just been blocked and moved towards the free throw line, saw an opportunity, took a step forward and reached out his arm to intercept the pass in the middle, and then did not hesitate to launch a fast break.
The clamor rang out in the middle of the pitch, and for Brazilian fans, the quick counter-attack after the tackle was the best part of the pitch, and it was no different on the football pitch.
The Heat's Addison and Wade both sprinted towards the opposing half, while the Cavaliers only had Dieng. Vitesse reacted in time, seeing this, Addison handed the basketball to Wade just after halftime.
The Flash had a hundred ways to teach the third-grader a lesson against Vitesse, who was hurrying back to the defense, and cut to Wade under the basket with his mastery 'Lost Step'. Two large reverse steps, a pair of nearly 7-foot long arms dunked the basketball in front of Waiters, and the opponent was shaken out of position, allowing Wade to easily put the ball into the basket sideways.
"Well done, man, you're going to be a superstar sooner or later!!" After the goal, Wade slapped Addison on the ass and ran back to half court ignoring the boy's grinning expression.
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For a while, the expressions on the faces of several players of the Cavaliers were not good, LBJ was very unhappy with Irving's move to pass the ball to him just near the end of offensive time, and Love thought that he was completely ignored by his teammates, he had just stuck McRoberts to get to a good position, and Irving didn't even look at him.
David. Blatter rubbed his eyebrows off the court, he knew that the position of the head coach of the Cavaliers was not easy to sit, and now the team has no tacit understanding at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and trust has not yet been established between the main forces, and his voice in the team is not high, which makes him feel a little puppet-like helplessness.
The Cavaliers relaunched their offense in this eccentric atmosphere, and Irving didn't choose to play alone after passing half court, after all, he didn't want to get into a stalemate with his teammates on the court, so he passed the ball to James and headed for the bottom corner.
James immediately turned on tank mode after receiving the ball, and faced Luhr, who was lighter than himself. Deng charged inside, Deng had tried as hard as he could, but he was still squeezed back into the three-second zone. However, the Englishman also has his own tricks, and his legs have been wrestling with LBJ while he is fighting with all his might, and his hands are hovering near the opponent's ball carrier, ready to break the ball.
The two men were entangled in a step to the free throw line, and James's breakthrough step slammed into the shot. Deng suddenly unloaded and couldn't get on in time, and James took advantage of the short space to quickly stuff the ball inside Kevin. In the hands of Lefou.
Love once again stuck the mediocre McRoberts behind him, and after receiving the ball, he made a smooth half-turn, deceived the opponent out of a certain position, quickly turned in the opposite direction, and scored the first goal of the game with a fluttering hook hand.
On the offensive end, Kevin. Love is one of the few well-rounded players in the league today, with a steady jump shot in the high post, and a mastery of effective interior singles in the low post, Spoelstra knew that McRoberts couldn't guard the 'big white bear' 100% when he received the basketball.
David. Brazz nodded, the clouds on his face finally dispersed a little, at least there is a 'league first' in the team who can hold the court, James's overall view is much stronger than Irving, who is known as the 'point guard', he can observe that Love is the biggest strong point in the game, and can also send the ball into the interior safely.
At this time, Spoelstra was helpless again, he looked up at the ceiling of the court and prayed: God, please give me a thick and good defensive inside!!
McRoberts is characterized by his range and ability to play, but his ability to play on the defensive end is below average. And Chris. Bosh is even more unsuitable for defending Lefou, the tonnage of the 'Dragon King' is too light, he is good at helping to defend blocks, and the super interior line with weight and skill will definitely fall to the disadvantage.
Miami has been suffering from not having a good interior defender in recent years, and basically once they encounter a team with an All-Star level interior line, the Heat's restricted area becomes the enemy's back garden, allowing the opponent to wander around......