Chapter 21: The center is gone
"Balls?"
Almost everyone turned their heads to Ye Feng, and several people even exclaimed. www.biquge.infoHolland frowned and looked at Ye Feng with inquiring eyes, Blake quickly asked, "Ye, why do you suddenly want to play small ball?" Tell us what you think. ”
Ye Feng ignored the surprised gaze of his teammates and said calmly: "Now it's obvious that our inside line can't block the opposite ......" He stopped and said apologetically to Loew: "Kevin, I'm sorry I didn't target you on purpose." Loew didn't take the towel off, just shook his head gently.
Ye Feng coughed and continued: "But Hill on the opposite side is not tall enough, the reason why he plays the No. 5 position is not because of his height but because of his technical characteristics, I believe that our flank can cause him some trouble." Of course, it doesn't matter if we can't stop him, we have to use our speed against the height, and I think we can create scoring opportunities with constant running and even use running to bring them down, so we should have a much better chance of winning. ”
Holland's sharp eyes were fixed on him, and he said seriously: "What about the rebounds?" Is the inside line all lost? It's not impossible to think about it, but rebounding is the lifeblood of the team, and you have to at least make sure that you don't fall too far behind the other side. Ye Feng smiled lightly: "My suggestion is to go up to another striker, the flank is responsible for the card position, and then ......" His eyes suddenly flashed, "I'll play the center!" ”
At this time, the eyes of his teammates were no longer shocked, it was like they were looking at a madman, but Ye Feng's expression was still calm as usual, and he didn't seem to think that he was so ridiculous to play center. At this moment, his brain was spinning, trying to remember some of the inside skills he had practiced. Holland's brows furrowed even tighter, but he quickly stretched out again: "Forget it, it's just a warm-up game now, it's okay to try, if you dare to make this suggestion in the finals, I will definitely press you directly to the bench." ”
Ye Feng touched his head and did not speak. The timeout was very short, Holland thought for a moment, asked the players to gather, picked up the tactical board and explained: "Enrique, you will come on the court to replace Kevin later." Then when defending, the three wings stand inside, Ye and Russell continue to maintain pressure outside the three-point line, and when attacking, Enriquez goes outside, letting Ye Feng go to the low post, and Shipp and Bamot should pay attention to resist Hill and don't let him get stuck in the defensive position when Ye is single. Still have questions? ”
"Nope!" All the players shouted loudly with all their strength.
The referee quickly blew the whistle to continue the game, looking at the five players on the court at UCLA, the laughter of the University of Arizona fans could literally tear down the roof, in their opinion, the Wildcats have Hill, the inside killer, and the opposite side actually dares to play a small lineup, it is simply a brain problem!
Whether on or off the court, UCLA players felt a little uncomfortable hearing such laughter. Ye Feng's ears were also filled with overwhelming noise, but he was unmoved, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: Let you laugh now, you won't be able to laugh after the meeting starts!
This time, Ye Feng did not stay on the outside with Westbrook, and Enrique took his place, standing outside the 45-degree three-point line ready to receive the ball. He strode into the three-second zone and signaled Westbrook for a pass in the right elbow. When Hill saw his movements, he smiled disdainfully and shouted loudly for Johnson to push Ye Feng out of the three-second zone.
Arizona switched defenses, Johnson came behind Ye Feng to interfere with his catch, while the team's shooting guard McClellan went to defend Bamot, and as for Badinger, he kept staring at Enrique step by step inside the three-point line. Johnson is worthy of being a veteran, he is holding Ye Feng while making small moves at an angle that the referee can't see, trying to keep Ye Feng away from the three-second zone. However, Ye Feng's maturity far exceeded his estimates, and he was still nailed to the spot, showing an unexpected line pass.
Westbrook didn't think much about it, although he always felt that Ye Feng was just whimsical, but the friendship between the two made him pass the ball to Ye Feng without hesitation. When Johnson saw the opponent receiving the ball, he directly lowered his center of gravity and held Ye Feng's waist with both hands, which is a standard defensive back-to-back singles. Ye Feng leaned directly after receiving the ball, and the body collision made him a little unbearable, after all, he was a scoring guard and a single power forward.
Johnson obviously also felt Ye Feng's strength, and he snorted: With this little strength, you still want to play back singles? Hurry up and dribble the ball out and reorganize! But just when he was complacent, Ye Feng moved, and he suddenly turned around with the ball and wiped past Johnson. Hill was shocked, he didn't expect Ye Feng to break down Johnson's defense so quickly, and now the other teammates didn't have time to return to the defense, seeing that Ye Feng was about to jump, he could only rush over.
Looking at Hill with braided hair flying all over the sky, Ye Feng smiled, he passed the ball directly from Hill's crotch to Shipp after jumping, who jumped without hesitation to catch the ball, smashed the ball into the basket hard, and did not forget to look at Hill demonstratively. Hill looked at Ye Feng, who was smiling lightly, his fists clenched fiercely, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire. Although these two points are nothing, he thinks that this is Ye Feng's humiliation of the entire Arizona inside, playing two people without a center!
But Ye Feng ignored him, but slowly ran back to his own half, and didn't forget to bite Westbrook's ear: "Hey Russell, we can't play like this in the next round, the efficiency is too low." We're going to get up the speed, and when we attack, I'm still going to use me as a shooting guard, and I'm going to go in and rush when I'm grabbing rebounds. ”
Westbrook thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, but we'll have to take this round down first." Ye Feng responded, and the two hurriedly commanded the three forwards to stand in positions on the inside, while they lined up on both sides of the top of the arc, their whole bodies tense, waiting for the arrival of their opponents.
Arizona was well aware of the defensive strength of the UCLA backcourt combination, so they once again opted to hit the ball inside and let Hill solve it. Despite being a rough man, Hill showed a beastly physicality against several players who were clearly inferior to him. Shipp's defense didn't look any threat, and Hill stubbornly dunked the ball through him, which was a revenge for the last round.
Shipp smiled helplessly, this is often the case on the court, and he will not have a brain congestion because the opposing player provokes him, and then directly apply for a technical foul for himself. He just walked to the baseline to take the ball thrown by the referee and passed it directly to Westbrook.
This time, Ye Feng didn't rush to the opponent's inside line in advance, he let Enrique settle down first, and he discussed with Westbrook in the back: "Wait a minute, everyone intersperses and runs together, you can pass directly when you see a vacancy, and we will use the pass to mobilize their defense." Unconvinced, Westbrook asked, "Why can't I just break through?" ”
Ye Feng was stunned for a moment and replied: "With Hill's technical characteristics and the team's tactical requirements, he will never leave the basket, which compresses the space for you to break through, and if you want to win, we have to pursue three points, if it is only two points, the difficulty of scoring on the opposite side is much lower than ours." Westbrook didn't say anything, just nodded silently.
Outside the three-point line, Arizona was already in full swing, and Westbrook was in control of the ball while shouting at the others, "Run, run, run!" All run! Enrique, Bamot and Shipp heard the captain's shouts and did not hesitate to start running to pull the opposition's defence. However, there is a difference in the running range of the three, Bamot because he has no shooting ability, so he frequently runs to the basket and slides the bottom line, which makes Arizona's interior line very nervous; Shipp hovers around the elbow area, making a stance to catch and shoot; Enrique is always leading defenders to constantly weave between inside and outside, trying to confuse the opposition's line of sight.
However, they all know very well that Ye Feng's accurate three-point turret is the real killer weapon of small-ball tactics. At this time, Ye Feng seemed to be in a daze outside the three-point line, but in fact, he was carefully observing the running habits of his teammates and the response of the opponent's entire defensive system. Suddenly, he stared at him and led his defender to the inside line, and at this time Bamot was cutting inside from the other side, and the two completed a cross run. But unfortunately, McClellan, who was defending Ye Feng, still flexibly squeezed through the crowded interior line and continued to follow Ye Feng in the shadows.
Ye Feng frowned, and glanced at Ship, who was constantly hovering in the elbow area, and Shipp mentioned the high position with understanding, giving Ye Feng a cover. But when he pulled it out, Johnson followed, and Hill remained under the basket. Ye Feng narrowed his eyes, it was a little more difficult for him to beat a big man than a small man, after all, the former could directly cover his vision, but again, a big man did not have the flexibility of a small man, and it was easy to be shaken away.
"Smack!" Facing Johnson, who was blocking the way, Ye Feng continued to change direction in front of him, and the ball bounced left and right in front of him like an elf. Then Ye Feng suddenly stepped out of his left foot, Johnson subconsciously stepped back, and then shouted badly, because before he could recover his center of gravity, Ye Feng had already retracted his left foot, and relied on this tentative step to find a little space, and jumped up without interference to shoot a three-point shot. Johnson stretched out his hand in vain, but he couldn't get the slightest bit of the ball. As for McClellan, he was still blocked by Shipp, with an unconvinced look on his face.
After Ye Feng landed, he didn't even look at the basketball he thrown, and let the players under the basket shout loudly to grab the rebound. He just turned his head lightly, his back to the basket and his arms outstretched.
Behind you, the whistle blows, the ball goes in!