Chapter 236: Swing Down
Soon the Trail Blazers called a timeout, and McMillan decided that Ginobili couldn't be allowed to go on like this, or the team would be in crisis. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info And he's ready to make a substitution, it's time to limit Ginobili, his idea is simple, but if you think about it, it's likely to work: he plans to replace Miller with Batum, let Roy play point guard, and Ye Feng swings down to the No. 2 position to play against Ginobili.
This is the result of McMillan's deliberations. Although Roy has just recovered from injury, firstly, his performance on the court proves that the injury has little impact on him, and secondly, Hill himself is not a particularly explosive point guard, and Roy does not need to fight for speed or anything if he is in a position with him. Batum's appearance did not change the function of the Trail Blazers' small forward position, because in fact, he and Ye Feng have similar roles, but he is a weakened version. As for Ye Feng, McMillan trusts his defensive ability very much, and to tell the truth, Ye Feng is basically the number one outside gate for the Trail Blazers now, and now he has to stand up and defend Ginobili.
Ye Feng happily accepted this task, he was also a little anxious, now the team is the lagging side, but there is no way to prevent the other party from scoring, even if it is against the soaring, it can only maintain the status quo, Spurs don't mind continuing to maintain such a lead. For defending Ginobili, Ye Feng feels that this is a challenge, he has not played a scoring guard, but since entering the league, his time to play the second position has dropped significantly, and even if he occasionally makes a cameo as a scoring guard, he has never played against such a "coquettish" guard as Ginobili, and it is indeed difficult to prevent this Argentine.
After returning from the timeout, Ye Feng went around for half a day to find a gap outside the three-point line, hitting a three-pointer to narrow the gap a little, which made him more desperate to prevent Ginobili from scoring. So in the round of the Spurs' offense, when Hill passed the ball directly to Ginobili, his whole body tensed, his concentration was highly concentrated, his eyes were fixed on the basketball in the opponent's hand, and he lowered his center of gravity to make a defensive posture. But right under his nose, Ginobili's dribbling speed suddenly accelerated, and between the change of center of gravity, he found a way straight to the basket.
Ye Feng was startled, and then he remembered Ginobili's nickname, this seemingly harmless guy was called the existence of the "Demon Knife", which showed how sharp his attack was. However, Ye Feng was still surprised that he was able to penetrate the defense so easily, and seeing that Ginobili had already made a gesture of raising his hand, he quickly turned around and prepared to block this shot. But Ginobili is a feint, and fortunately Ye Feng didn't jump, he originally just wanted to use his height to affect the opponent's shot, but he accidentally cracked Ginobili's feint.
But Ginobili's expression was still very calm, and he seemed to have completely seen through Ye Feng's actions, and when Ye Feng stopped to prepare to defend, he accelerated again and continued to kill inside, and his posture was very weird, completely avoiding the defense, which was his famous serpentine breakthrough. It is precisely because of Ginobili's varied rhythm and the unique sense of space of the left-handed player that he occupies a place among the league's breakthrough masters, and it is also very spectacle. Arguably, he is one of the biggest highlights, or at least one of the brightest spots, in the Spurs' dull style of play.
Ye Feng doesn't care whether Ginobili's breakthrough is good or not, he only knows that his defense has failed, and if he keeps up, he is likely to be beaten to 2+1, which is a lesson that his teammates have learned with blood. Watching Ginobili score two points under the basket, Ye Feng gritted his teeth fiercely, and his heart was also aroused, but he knew that what he needed most now was to calm down, and only by calming down could he see through the opponent's movements.
Soon the Spurs' offense came again, and this time the ball was still in Ginobili's hands, which is what Popovich told the Spurs generals that until Ginobili's hand was gone, every ball would be given to him to attack as long as he could. Still in the same position, Ye Feng shook his head and calmed down to stare at Ginobili's movements. Shaking...... Heavy shoulders...... Crotch Changing Hands...... Stride ...... Caught it! Ye Feng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly took a step forward, directly sealing Ginobili's breakthrough route, and also stretched out his hand like lightning to prepare for a direct steal.
Ginobili was greatly surprised, and he hurriedly retreated, hoping to avoid Ye Feng's defense and relaunch the attack. But Ye Feng also blocked in front of him step by step, pressing step by step, directly forcing him to a position only one step away from the middle line, and he couldn't retreat anymore! Ginobili sighed and flicked the ball to Hill, who stepped forward to pick it up, and ran to the bottom corner of the weak side. But Ye Feng didn't plan to let him go, he still followed behind Ginobili, obviously competing with him, in Ye Feng's opinion, this is an extremely dangerous character, even if he gives up scoring, he has to guard against him.
Sure enough, the Spurs' offense lost its original threat immediately after Ginobili was killed, and Hill directly pulled three points against Roy's defense, but the ball bounced out of the frame directly, and the rebound was grabbed by Camby. When it was the Trailblazers' turn to attack, Ginobili couldn't stop Ye Feng, because he had a huge gap with Ye Feng in terms of height and strength, and Ye Feng also used his most effective move at the moment: low-post back-to-back singles. This is the advantage of the small forward swinging to the second position, as long as the speed does not fall behind, it is basically crushing, especially the back single, which is really a bullying skill.
After a summer of training, Ye Feng's back-body singles have a pretty good popularity, not to mention that now he is going to play Ginobili alone, which is simply easy and enjoyable. Ginobili felt miserable, his strength lies in flexibility, being singled by the opponent's back has rarely happened in his career, but every time he appears, he will inevitably suffer a big loss, and this time is no exception, Ye Feng scored consecutive points under his defense, helping the Trail Blazers gradually catch up with the score.
Ginobili didn't understand this, he didn't know how Ye Feng managed to play explosive performances on both offensive and defensive ends in such an intense playoffs, which is incredible. Generally speaking, it is just that a player performs well in one of the offensive and defensive ends, Ye Feng is just a second-year player, how can he do something that even many stars can't do?
If Ye Feng knew what Ginobili was thinking, he would definitely say, "Hehe! ā