Chapter 12: Gerald's Role Now

"Gerrard, you come on for Richard, do I want you to defend Davis?" Wallace, who had just come to the team, was very surprised that Gong Feng actually named him to play, and looked at Gong Feng very blankly, he could play in the first game he participated in, which was a very good opportunity for him.

"What? Not confident? ”

"Absolutely." Gerard immediately patted his chest and said, very confident.

"After you get on the court, it's best not to shoot on the offensive end, when you get the ball or the ball, you only need to block or break through in the low post, take the ball and go directly to the basket for a layup, slam dunk, can you do it?"

"Understood."

"Kwame, if Davis still defends me for a while, you will come out to block for me, and then go directly to the basket, or as a conductor, according to our drills, this time after playing the court, I will not let you down."

Collins was noncommittal about the arrangement, but he didn't deny it.

The little guy is still measured, he doesn't directly command the veteran, and he doesn't have any arrangements for him, but he just makes moves at both ends of the defense and offense, which is simple and clear, and he just says his thoughts.

After playing again, in the face of Davis's oppressive defense from the kickoff, Gong Feng did not force a breakthrough, as a nineteen-year-old, it was impossible to go head-to-head with a muscular man, handed the ball to Jordan, and began to swim by himself.

After getting the ball in the front court, Kwame came to block Davis, Gong Feng slipped into the bottom line, faced the opponent blocked, handed the ball to Gerrard who charged to the basket with a high pass, and ended the battle with a slam dunk in the face of the basket without defense.

Davis was not surprised to take the ball in the face of this situation and directly began to attack, as a strong impact defender, Davis knew that once he fell into a positional battle, it was impossible to play his full strength. So after taking the ball, he started to dribble quickly, if it was in the first five minutes, Gong Feng would have to block, but in the face of Gong Feng's slightly thin body, it was completely impossible to pose a decent obstacle to Davis.

But this time Davis miscalculated, after Gerald slammed the dunk, he went directly to Davis, and the young man is now not afraid to rush his body to the core of the opponent.

Gerard Wallace, a fringe figure for the Kings, is a veritable pearl of the night in normal history. As the most flamboyant offensive team in the league, even the perimeter defensive gate has the ability to shoot three-pointers, and you know Gerrard's tragedy with the Kings.

As a very physical Gerrard, the weakness is also very obvious, that is, shooting, as long as it is close to the three-point line, it is about 30%, and it is extremely unstable, which is a forgotten guy in the Princeton system, Bibi is an attack-oriented point guard, no one feeds Gerrard, and the young Gerrard has no ability to create space to score by himself.

However, in the current Wizards team, it has become completely different, what the Wizards lack now is that kind of momentum, as well as that kind of strong defensive ability, the guys who used to be rotated were the marginal characters of the champion team's guardian water cooler, physical fitness, various abilities, worse than the current Gerrard.

As an opponent of the same era, Gong Feng did not meet Gerrard a lot when he was in college, and as an opponent, of course he knew the shortcomings and advantages of the opponent, so he was allowed to play in the first game, of course, Gong Feng was in the situation of understanding.

Davis finally met that kind of physical opponent.

Although Davis looked down on the finalist at first, he knew Gerald's difficulty after the game, Gerald, who almost didn't play in the Kings, can now be said to have an explosive desire to perform, and his only role on the court is defense, if he can't even do this, he will be abandoned sooner or later, but Gerrard knows what's at stake.

Davis, who has not found a way for the time being, finally began to let his teammates hold the ball, but unfortunately, the current players of the Hornets are no different from the Wizards in the past, although the Hornets are also a playoff team in the East, but unfortunately the team's main team has injuries and has no way to play today, and now the second position on the court is just a veteran who averages 6 points per game.

The Wizards, who flipped the situation all at once, began to overtake the score three minutes later, dominant, and did not give the Hornets the slightest chance to catch up from the moment they flipped over, although Davis later took back the ball and began to exert his power with tactics such as blocking and pick-and-roll, although he felt hot today, scoring 25 points before the fourth quarter, but Gerrard also exhausted Davis's physical strength with all his strength, at the cost of his tired poor prostration.

But that's enough, Davis and Gerrard are swapped for one, and everyone knows who took advantage of it.

With four minutes to go, the game went into garbage time.

"I said Kwame, what's wrong with you today? What's the situation? Is it physically uncomfortable? Are you not active at all today? What about that Davis scoring 8 points in front of you? Why don't you cover him? ”

"That PJ Brown is good, it gave me pressure to distract from him, otherwise I would have blocked a double long ago, and looking at Gerrard's desperate look, I also have to give people room to play, your hand change really works?"

"Go, if I didn't know that you were under the basket, do you think I would have arranged it like this? But there is indeed a surprise that if Gerrard is still working so hard in the future, he will definitely be a good partner for you and me, a good part of the team, and this first game will give him a little confidence and a lot of benefits. ”

"You should be happy to get a cheap and well-behaved guy, and you have one more chess piece in your hand, right?"

"Haha, the parents of the one who gave birth to me, and the one who knows me is Kuamei."

Kwamei was directly defeated in the face of such a bow peak.

After the home win over the Hornets, the Wizards didn't get a break and went straight to Indiana, the home of the Pacers.

Another victim of Jordan's championship-winning campaign, Reggie Miller is waiting at home for the arrival of the Wizards.

The current Pacers are in another rebuilding period of their own team, and they have changed from being dominated by outside players in the past to being dominated by interior players, and O'Neal Jr. is at his peak, averaging 20+10 per game, he has become the core of the Pacers' tactics.

"There's another element of instability that the Pacers have, though, and that's defense, especially from the perimeter." Collins, who assigned the task before the game, said very seriously.

"Although the point guard of the Pacers is from a street ball background, he is still a pass-based player, and his defense also has the flavor of street ball, but Reggie Miller's age, plus Jalen Rose, these two play the second and third positions, you know what their defense relies on."

"That's right, the Pacers can win any game, but they can't win the games they deserve to win, and that's because of that."

"Gong Feng, you have to pay attention to the passing of the opponent's point guard, don't be confused by his small actions, also as a rookie, you have to learn how the other party cooperates with Reggie Miller, the most important thing is not to let him lead the whole team, the offense must be Jordan's main play, I want to face the old opponent, I believe you will have a good performance today."

Jordan smiled at this, and he was very happy indeed.

The current Wizards' record is 7-3, ranking 4th in the East, it is entirely possible to enter the playoffs, none of the opponents in the first 10 games are good to match, although the Wizards win is also stumbling, but it also indirectly proves their strength, and now Jordan's spirit has been comprehensively improved, especially in the face of his old opponents in the past.

"Hamilton, Leitner, the two of you are going to lead the bench to steal points today, Gerrard, you play as the main force and defend the opponent's Jalen Rose with all your might. Haywood, you go on the court, protect our rebounds, and when O'Neal Jr. is attacking, give me a good fill-in, understand? ”

Heywood didn't react for the first time, and he actually played as the main force? There was no squeak for a long time.

Collins, who hadn't heard an answer for a long time, frowned and asked, "Heywood, what's going on?" ”

"Here, coach, I will resolutely complete the task." Heywood shouted loudly at this time.

"Give me some spirit on the field, and give it down if I don't perform well." As Jordan's friend and the team's head coach, Collins' current majesty is certainly very important to the team's fringe personnel.