Chapter 312: O'Neill teaches you to defend the center
O'Neal's exclamation comes from the bottom of his heart, the league has not had a potential traditional center for many years, and although the previous Kings' Cousins had a good one, he was very unhappy with his soft, floating outside style.
The inheritance of the center is declining, and Kobe Bryant himself said not long ago that "there is no longer a traditional center like O'Neal". If Zhang Feng is a center, O'Neal, as the king's small boss, will definitely devote himself to training.
On the court, the two teams had already played the second quarter, and Popovich replaced Ginobili and Dejounte Mori, but there was no one available on the Kings' side, and David only let Costa take Papa's place.
Before going on the court, Popovich told Murray that his task was to work with Ginobili or Kawaii to contain Zhang Feng, and the organization did not have to worry about him.
In the first attack of the second quarter, Zhang Feng took the ball and quickly dribbled to the left wing, and Mori and Kawaii were not pretentious, both surrounded and pressed. Zhang Feng wanted to pass the ball, but Bogdan was not in a good position and could only step back to the sideline.
In such a dangerous position as the sideline, if he is trapped, it is basically equivalent to losing the ball, Kawaii saw that he was happy and pounced on him, but Zhang Feng was faster, and he got rid of the entanglement with a big stride and went straight to the top of the arc.
Waiting for him at the top of the arc was the long-prepared Ginobili, although the opponent was too old to keep up with the speed, but the defensive awareness was still there, and he almost lost the ball under the interference.
Fortunately, Ginobili made a shot, Bogdan was free, Zhang Feng immediately gave the ball over, and Bogdan shot three points without thinking about it.
Unfortunately, they couldn't hit, and Willy and Costa were also stuck in the main position by Gasol and Ade, and the rebound unexpectedly fell into the hands of Ginobili, who followed up the defense.
Ginobili took the ball and threw it to Kawaii, and in an instant the Spurs launched a fast attack, Zhang Feng was still on the right side of the court, and it was naturally impossible to chase the defense closely.
can only bet that kawaii will not shoot three points under Justin's pursuit, and at the same time he can overtake in the corner, Zhang Feng immediately diagonally killed the top of the arc in the front court after making a decision.
Interestingly, kawaii did not shoot at the three-point line very 'cooperatively', but continued to dribble the ball to the basket, so that Zhang Feng happened to catch up and got the possibility of stopping the fast break.
It's not impossible for a small man to chase a big one, but it will be more difficult to get a block, kawaii jumped calmly, raised his right hand to make a layup, from all angles, Zhang Feng would be a foul if he blocked.
The referee habitually raised the whistle and put it in his mouth, and they waited for Zhang Feng to make a move, but Zhang Feng jumped up, but he didn't make a move.
Is there such a fabled operation as a flowing cap? The whole audience stared wide-eyed and waited for Zhang Feng's move.
Zhang Feng didn't make a shot after all, but Kawaii couldn't make a basket either, and the ball rolled a few times on the hoop and fell from the left side. Kawaii landed first than Zhang Feng, grabbed the offensive rebound, and immediately continued to make a backhand layup.
"Pang", the basketball was fanned off the court, and the Kings fans at home cheered.
Kawaii was not a big problem, firstly, his choice of defensive layup was reasonable, and secondly, no one could have imagined that Zhang Feng had such a terrible continuous jump speed.
The Spurs reorganized the offense, Murray didn't dare to dribble more when he received the ball, and the basketball soon came to Kawaii's hands again, and in the face of Justin's defense, he directly chose to play with his back to the single.
If it was before, Justin must have been scared by the name of kawaii and the defensive rhythm was chaotic, but before facing LeBron, Zhang Feng had made him understand that there was nothing to be afraid of, even if it was Jordan, he should get started, and he would cut the ball when he should cut the ball.
But as soon as he cut the ball, kawaii turned around and rushed to the basket, Willy wanted to delay in advance but was stopped by Ade, and for a while, the king had a big empty basket.
Between the lightning and flint, Zhang Feng stepped into the paint area and sideways blocked Gasol, who was entangled with Costa. Without Gasol's interference, Costa jumped high under the basket and took a look at Kawaii, who was about to dunk.
It was still a step too late, and the ball was not completely covered, but the basketball path was destroyed, and the basketball smashed on the edge of the hoop and bounced out, and Willy hurriedly jumped up to grab the rebound.
"Can this be prevented? I'm not mistaken, am I? In the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley's eyes widened.
"It's all up to Zhang Feng to be smart, if he pounces on himself to make up for it, it will definitely be too late, and kawaii is likely to pass back to Mori, but he blocked Gasol and let Costa defend, but it's a little bit of a possibility, and it turns out that he made the right choice," Kenny explained, giving a thumbs up.
"He believes in his teammates, even if his teammates are weak, and that attitude deserves your praise" O'Neal was full of relief.
"Do you remember what Kobe Bryant did alone in '04?" Barkley asked with a smile.
"Don't try to stir up my relationship with him......".
Seeing the Kings make another transition between offense and defense, Popovich clasped his hands to his chest on the sidelines, and three seconds later, he glanced at Ginobili, who was dribbling.
Ginobili nodded, although his movements were secretive, all this was still under Zhang Feng's eyes.
Could it be that there are some new tactics?
In this attack, the whole Spurs team did not run, the ball was handed to Gasol in the right elbow area, he held the ball with his back to Costa, and the Kings thought that they would not attack, but he turned around and rushed to the basket, and Willy could only give up Ade to move sideways to make up the defense.
Tearing down the east wall and replacing the west wall obviously didn't solve the problem, and in the face of the defense, Gasol immediately handed the ball to Ade, who immediately turned a violent dunk.
The circus's offense for several consecutive rounds has been changed to the main inside line, and Zhang Feng finally saw that although the ball did not pass through Kawaii's hand, it was more lethal, which may be the true meaning of Popovich's color to Ginobili just now.
In terms of defense, the Spurs are even more crazy about Zhang Feng's bagging, although he also maximizes the ball to Bogdan, Justin and others, but the Spurs only rely on Gasol to guard the inside, and the other players all put pressure on the three-point line, and the King's offensive efficiency gradually declines.
The score was gradually pulled away, and by the end of the second quarter, the Kings had trailed by nine points at 45:54.
"See? Popovich is starting to push and a crushing defeat is inevitable," Barkley reiterated his opening prediction.
"It's just 9 points, the Kings are down in shooting percentage now, and when the feeling comes back, three 3-pointers can be chased back, a trivial matter" O'Neal pretended to be calm, but he knew that the form was no longer good.
"Shaq, I have a suggestion that might help the King's current situation," Kenny smiled mysteriously.
"Say it, say it," O'Neill was impatient.
"Zhang Feng has never had professional league experience before entering the NBA, but he has only been studying for a few months to far surpass many veterans, his understanding and execution skills are definitely extraordinary, I think you can point him out how to defend the center, the power forward, his core strength is not bad, the speed is first-class, maybe it will work wonders."
Kenny's words, said O'Neal's eyes lit up, he was worried that he didn't have a chance to guide Zhang Feng just now, and now the Spurs are cornering King Zhang by the inside, the opportunity is in front of him, and he can indeed give it a try.
However, most of his defensive centers rely on weight card positions, can Zhang Feng copy his routine?
Also, if you're a point guard and hear O'Neal teach you to defend the center, do you think there's something wrong?