Chapter 9: Have You Taken It?
On the first ball of the simulated training match, Zhang Feng showed his strong defensive ability, although the steal was an amateur player, but as a person who has only been formally learning to play basketball for three days, it is a very remarkable achievement.
Everyone was shocked, the main team served again, what I didn't expect was that Harry signaled to pull away again, he wanted to continue to single out Zhang Feng, he thought that he must get back after losing face, although everyone didn't care, but he himself cared very much.
This time, Harry did not choose to dribble quickly under his crotch, but stopped near the midline to dribble slowly, Zhang Feng was unmoved, and looked at Harry calmly.
With 8 seconds left in the offensive time, Harry moved, Harry broke through to the right side where he was better, Harry pressed very low in the center, and the dribbler protected it very well, this time he didn't dare to expose his ball too much. As soon as Harry moved, Zhang Feng bent down directly, spread his legs, spread his hands, and tilted his center of gravity to the left, ready to intercept Harry's way.
Harry couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Zhang Feng's center of gravity tilted, he felt that Zhang Feng had been tricked, Harry directly made a quick stop and stepped back, and raised his hands to shoot.
Kazak saw that Zhang Feng had lost his defensive position, and he and the other two coaches lamented that no matter how good the talent of the newcomer was, he lacked experience, Zhang Feng was anxious when dealing with this defense, and the center of gravity of his body was tilted prematurely, and Harry was unable to defend after making a quick stop.
At this time, Zhang Feng saw Harry stop and retreat, and the next second was already 2 meters away, and it was impossible to continue to defend in a conventional way.
"I hope I don't say I'm too ruthless... Zhang Feng thought silently in his heart, because he had already used his internal force to use Wudang Tiyun to jump over.
The smile on Harry's face couldn't be hidden, and he said that the shooting percentage automatically increased by 50% after shaking people, and he thought to himself that this forced me to pretend.
However, this round is like a movie plot, the slap in the face always comes so quickly, and as soon as Harry's ball is thrown, it flies in the opposite direction.
Harry was given a super hot pot by Zhang Feng head-on, and the people present didn't see clearly how Zhang Feng covered Harry's shot, this is not like an official game with a video replay, everyone, including Harry himself, felt that a light flew over and was covered.
The quality of the perennial basketball game made the main team quickly return to defense, Zhang Feng and one of the main players fell to the ground to grab the ball, and finally Kazak decided to jump the ball.
Zhang Feng easily won the jump ball, his teammates quickly fell into position, Zhang Feng signaled to play the block and dismantle, and the substitute center came forward to help Zhang Feng block and dismantle, and Zhang Feng jumped directly to shoot.
Compared with the previous steal shooting, this is the first time Zhang Feng has used regular tactics, although it is just a simple blocking, but it also reflects Zhang Feng's rapid adaptability.
It's a pity that the ball didn't go in, Zhang Feng didn't use the Taoist technique to move objects directly in the air this time, firstly, the Taoist technique consumes energy very much, and secondly, it is not interesting to cheat all the time in a simulated training competition.
The offense and defense switched, the main team attacked again, and Harry also directly chose the blocking and dismantling tactics. The main team was indeed a little more powerful, easily pulling out the shooting space through the pick-and-roll, and Steve hit the shot directly.
At the end of the half, the main team fully reflected why they were the main team, because the score of the main team and the substitute team was 45:28, Zhang Feng made 3 of 5 three-pointers, scored 9 points, and had 5 assists.
"Hey, friends, we played too much on the outside in the first half, I need to go inside", Zhang Feng drank water while communicating with his teammates during the break.
"But I can't beat Steve at all, I can't beat my back, and my shot is easy to be changed by him" Toms said depressedly, Thomas is the backup center of the Blu-ray team, Steve is the starting center, and the difference in strength is more obvious.
"It doesn't matter, we can learn the tactics of the Warriors, you receive the ball in the high post, and the rest of us block each other's positions, so that the basket is free, and find the opportunity to cut the inside" Zhang Feng said his tactical plan, which is the tactic he learned in the past three days watching the 2016-2017 NBA Finals. In the Finals, the Warriors' Green received the ball in the high post, Curry, Durant, Iguodala, and Thompson made various tactical runs, and the Cavaliers faced the off-ball running of the four pitchers very old-fashioned, and they would accidentally leak or vacate the inside.
"Is this really possible?" Thomas is still skeptical, and Zhang Feng knows that this is because Thomas has always played as a substitute and has never acted as a tactical initiator, so he lacks confidence.
"Trust me, you just need to hold the ball high and pass it out when we run out of space," Zhang Feng said encouragingly
"Well, I'll do my best," Thomas replied.
At halftime, Kazak blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Because it is a simulated training game, it does not follow a strict four-quarter game system, but only two halves, the first half of the main team successfully jumps the ball to attack first, and in the second half it is the turn of the substitute team to kick off.
Zhang Feng dribbled to the front court, handed it directly to Thomas, and then started to run, in the process of running, another substitute made a no-ball block, Zhang Feng directly threw off Harry, Thomas saw Zhang Feng run out of the open space and passed the ball to Zhang Feng.
Steve was responsible for defending Thommes, but Thomas had already passed the ball out, Zhang Feng was vacant again, Steve didn't want to go directly to the defense, but Steve defended Zhang Feng, Thomas was vacant, and Zhang Feng motioned to Thommes to go to the basket.
Fake a real pass, Zhang Feng passed the ball directly to Toms, who was unguarded under the basket, and at this time, the only one who could defend Toms was Harry, who had lost his defense before, but under the inside basket, the small one defended the big one, which was basically impossible, and Thomas jumped directly on the spot and dunked with both hands.
The tactics were successful, and Thomas gave Zhang Feng a thumbs up, both thankful and admiring.
In the next few rounds, the bench team's tactics were successful, and the main team also scored, and Zhang Feng's statistics came to 20 points, 12 assists, and a steal and block. The score of the main team and the bench team changed to 55:53, and during this time, Zhang Feng assisted his teammates to score or received a pass from Thomas and hit a jumper to score.
There was not much time left, the main team called a pause to arrange tactics, and Zhang Feng also gathered the people of the substitute team together and arranged tactics.
'We've been running off the ball for a couple of rounds and they're going to have to deal with it and we're going to have to deal with it, what do you guys think?' Zhang Feng said
"I think Steve is going to press all over the court, and in the past, when the team didn't have a lot of points, Steve would always do it," Thomas boldly said.
"Well, then we will leave a few more people in the backcourt when we serve, Thoms, you stand in the middle line to answer" Zhang Feng arranged the tactics.
At the end of the timeout, the main team really adopted the full-court pressing tactics, and the substitute team did not succeed in breaking the tight press every time, and the substitute team fell behind by 1 point after a few rounds, but it never scored, and the main team could not score.
With 2 seconds left, the bench team missed the offensive shot, the two sides grabbed the ball and died, and the substitute team got the ball, but there were only 0.5 seconds left and it was too late to shoot.
The substitute team members are sighing, they fell short, they almost won, why the hell they just can't shoot.
"Feng, accept it or not, I'm still better than you, right?" Harry said with a grin
Zhang Feng ignored him, because he thought of a tactic, a tactic that Howard had used in the same situation, and thinking of this tactic, Zhang Feng summoned the team members and told them the detailed arrangements.
After the pause, Zhang Feng went to the inside line, and the rest of the substitute team members went to the periphery.
Seeing this scene, Harry smiled and said: "Feng, I won't fall for you, this time I won't run with you, we will just interfere with your catching the ball, you are too late"
Zhang Feng ignored Harry, Kazak whistled, Thomas was on the sidelines ready to serve, and the rest of the bench team was running on the perimeter.
But this is an illusion, Zhang Feng's real tactic is that Toms throws the ball in the direction of the basket, he wants to dunk in the air, only in this way can he ensure that he can score before the end of the game, and the rest of the bench team runs on the perimeter to confuse the main team players and open up space for Zhang Feng.
As soon as Thomas threw the ball in the direction of the basket, Steve understood the defensive intentions of the bench team. But what Steve doesn't understand is that it is Zhang Feng standing next to him, does Zhang Feng want to dunk in the air?
Zhang Feng saw the ball coming, and jumped directly from Wudang Tiyun, this time Zhang Feng used more internal force, after all, he was facing the center Steve, and he needed to jump higher.
jumped higher than Steve, so naturally he was not interfered with by Steve and successfully received the ball.
"Bang", a heavy dunk, the bench team scored a low score, the time was over, and the bench team won the game.
"Am I not mistaken? Peak shut-up Steve? Harry said with a little shock and a little skepticism
"Yes, you read that right, I'll ask you if you accept it"