Chapter 2 The heart of guarding against others is indispensable
After Thomas's guidance, Lin Fei's strength reached 75 within a week, and then Lin Fei needed to be trained to fight against xìng. And the emphasis is on defense, although Thomas was very good offensively, but the ability to watch the house is still defense, that Pistons team is definitely the most fierce team in the history of the league, even if it is not the best defensive team in the history of the league.
"It's weird that when you see him standing under the basket with a cold expression, you don't think of rushing in and making a layup. No one wants to scrap their career just because of a layup. That's what "Magic" Johnson had to say about the "Bad Boys," who averaged 92.9 points per game by punishing their defenses in their first championship season, the fewest times in NBA history since the 24-second rule was implemented in 1954-55. And in the second season, the defense even went beyond that, and it was logical to win the championship.
Some people wonder if "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas will bring Lin Fei to ruin. Thomas plays hard, fierce defensively, has a lot of small movements, and some even fouls maliciously, making opponents uncomfortable, but Lin Fei is a guard who doesn't like physical contact and likes to use speed to get rid of opponents. But Thomas clearly understands this, too, "To learn to play with me, you have to learn to defend first. Come on! I'll defend you one-on-one. ”
Thomas motioned for a one-on-one bullfight with Lin Fei. The two of them stand together, the difference is that Thomas is very dark and strong, while Lin Fei is white but a little thin, in addition, perhaps the biggest feature is that Thomas is very old, and Lin Fei is very young, Thomas is old enough to be Lin Fei's father, but now he still needs two people to be one-on-one. Are you kidding? But it's true.
Thomas gave the ball to Lin Fei, beckoned to Lin Fei, and motioned for Lin Fei to start.
Lin Fei smiled slightly.
"Oh! With my feelings. Thomas meant Lin Fei's laughter. His nickname is "The Smiling Assassin", a reference to the coach of an opposing team: "I call him the Assassin with a baby face." Because he'll smile at you first and then give you the fatal blow. And now Lin Fei's smile has a bit of that assassin feeling.
Lin Fei began to face Thomas head-on. Thomas looked at Lin Fei's eyes, Lin Fei dribbled, a big stride planned to pass Thomas directly, after Lin Fei took half a step, Lin Fei found that he had misestimated, although Thomas was old, but the speed and flexibility were obviously much faster than he expected, I really didn't expect that an old man who was almost 50 years old would have such a fast speed and such agile skills, this step has been taken, Lin Fei braked urgently, retracted his steps, but when his feet retracted, Suddenly found a wooden stick blocking his foot, suddenly felt like he was losing his balance, fell backwards, at this time one hand grabbed his clothes, and saw Thomas smiling at him.
"I fouled! But few people know. When I defend you, I know that my speed can't keep up with you, I will definitely be half a step slower than you, my body is stronger than you, so after you take half a step, as long as someone can help defend, your breakthrough will be in vain. But if you change direction, there's obviously nothing I can do, but if I can make a small foul, you're obviously not going to be able to do it, and that's the most effective way. Maybe many people don't bother to do this, but sometimes it's the things that people don't bother to do, and that's the most effective way. ”
Lin Fei smiled faintly, thinking that it was really the truth. If you want to say that you have taken this step, many young players in the league have no choice, but today in the face of a player who is more than 20 years older than himself, he was cracked.
Then Thomas asked Lin Fei to demonstrate again, and now Lin Fei became well-behaved, keeping a good distance from Thomas, and paying attention to the latter strike, because as long as the player defending himself has a slight move, leaning forward, it is enough to pass the opponent. Thomas took a step forward, intending to take a step closer to Lin Fei, Lin Fei saw that the time had come, changed direction, and passed directly, but when he passed, there was a very speechless thing, his lower body was rubbed by Thomas, Thomas laughed, Lin Fei really couldn't cry or laugh. This old man actually has this trick, he is really speechless.
"Obviously it works! Ha ha! "Thomas, Lin Fei also understands it." Also, in fact, your steps are faster than anyone else, and if you use my kung fu to step on people, it will be even more powerful. Your defense will definitely be able to climb a few steps. ”
"Come on! Now it's up to you to defend me. Thomas motioned for Lin Fei to change positions.
Thomas singled Lin Fei with his back, and Lin Fei resisted it to the death, but after Lin Fei pushed it a little, Thomas actually fell. Lin Fei was directly dumbfounded. But then it became clear. This is a "foul making".
"Again".
Then Thomas showed Lin Fei how to rely on small movements to get rid of the opponent's defense again. It is nothing more than a series of small actions such as scratching the opponent's body. And when is it most appropriate for Thomas High-Speed Lin Fei to use these movements.
Then Thomas gave Lin Fei how to read the game, how to signal his teammates to run, how to let the opponent run to be the most effective for his breakthrough and score, and how to cut into the most effective for the team's operation. At the same time, Thomas taught Lin Fei the inside pace, and some of them were even low-post singles techniques.
In fact, many of these techniques are not on the table, and they are all secretly taught by Thomas, maybe Lin Fei originally had no intention of these techniques, but Lin Fei had a hunch that he would have to face such a level of defense sooner or later. Therefore, the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of defending people is indispensable, Lin Fei followed Thomas to learn how to avoid the opponent's bad defense, so from this point of view, Thomas must be the best teacher for Lin Fei in this league.
Thomas also found that at the beginning, some of his young actions were quite effective, but then, he found that he had nothing to do with Lin Fei, maybe when he was at his peak, he was still qualified to argue with Lin Fei, but now that he is old, almost every time he tries to shoot and break through with Lin Fei, he will be beaten by Lin Fei. Originally, Thomas was also an absolute technical defender, but after Thomas taught Lin Fei, he had a little understanding of Nelson's tactics and Lin Fei's style of play, and he also had a deeper understanding of what many people said about "speed is the king of offense".
Lin Fei can be said to have gained a lot, and now what he has to do is nothing more than to maintain his competitive state and maintain his vitality.
When Lin Fei walked out of Thomas's training hall, it was the same girl waiting there again.