As Luke thought, small broken steps are pretty good on the basketball court.

When Reed activated, Luke began to use his own small steps.

Reid took the first step, and Luke followed. Directly blocked Reed's way. Forcing Reed to change direction.

In the same way, Luke's small steps did not let go, and followed Reed closely, and at the moment when Reed changed direction, Luke followed the defense again.

This made Reid very depressed. But he decided to try again. One more change of direction. But Luke ran out of patience.

The moment Reed changed hands and dribbled, Luke saw the moment and directly stole the ball away.

And Reed, who had the ball stolen, was completely reactive. One step further. When the other heel was on it, I realized that the ball was gone.

"Damn it!" Reid wanted to chase it back, but now it was too late.

All the white players knew they couldn't catch up. Most of them stayed in the front court, with only Reid and Nazr Mohammed running back as they had to serve.

Luke found that there was no one behind him, and he didn't dunk, after all, this is a practice game within the team, there is no need for this, a simple layup, the ball goes in, and two points are added.

The white team attacks. "Michael, don't play singles, give the ball to McGee! Don't go it alone! ”

"Good!" Reed also found that his attack was still useless in front of Luke, and gave up his own attack, handing the ball to McGee.

Aaron McGee singles. Although Ragabel has some defensive foundation now, he still can't compare with the "Kobe Bryant Throat Locker" in the Suns later, after all, he has not experienced the training of the Utah Jazz's super defensive player (but to be honest. The Utah Jazz train a lot of outside guards, such as Ragabel and Kyle Korver). Now he can't defend against a player of McGee's level. McGee simply blew up Ragabel. A lot of the time it's a simple cross-step that shakes off Raga and scores.

"That's not going to work." Luke thought to himself. Luke looked at Larry and wanted him to offer a solution, but Larry was still drawing his own tactics board and helping the white team with ideas, without the slightest intention of caring about the white team.

"Well, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor!" Luke said. "Brian? Cardinal, you go defend McGee! Raja. You're going to defend Jumani? Jones! "Yes!"

Luke has a basis for this. Although Luke himself wants to defend McGee. But Reed also had to watch, otherwise Reed would be powerful, which is also a very terrifying thing. And Luke suddenly realized something. Jumani? Jones is a swingman at the guard, but he doesn't score very well. After all. Larry asked him to be Allen's replacement. That is, when Snow went down to rest. When Allen is attacking, he helps Allen defend. So his defense is not bad, but the offense is other than a beautiful mid-range shot. Everything else is average. And Raga, who has a similar style to him, is the best player to defend him.

And with Brian? Cardinal defended him a little bit overkill. Although Brian? Cardinal rarely plays, but he's different from a lot of players. People like Allen went straight into the NBA after college, and talent is unquestionable, but most coaches and teams are betting on their future. A lot of times it's very normal to have parallel imports, after all, some people are suitable for professional football, they find the right coach for themselves in the NBA league, the right players for themselves, the right team for themselves, and then play a very beautiful record. And some people they don't fit, they can be bullied by the coach and other players in the first place, lose confidence, and those high school players are even more so, they can't get along here, so those coaches and managers are not very willing to trade draft picks for high school students, unless they are really talented.

But Brian? Cardinal is clearly not either of the above. In college, Brian? Cardinal is a completely different state from what it is now. He is a star at Purdue. To date, Brian Cardinal holds the record of 125 starts in school history. In his collegiate career, Cardinal made a total of 259 steals, second behind Chris Kramer's 260 (2006-2010). In the 1996-97 season, Cardinal, a freshman, contributed a record of 51 steals, which was surpassed by Kramer's 64 a decade later. Due to his hard-working style on the field and courageous saving of the ball, Cardinal earned him the nickname "The Administrator". By the time he left Purdue, Cardinal was the only member of the varsity team to have won the 'Mr. Hustle' Award and the 'Courage' Award four years in a row. It's quite remarkable. But in the NBA, it's a different story.

In the NBA, it's about physical talent and team development. But Brian? Cardinal himself knows that his talent is definitely not strong. It can only be considered medium or below here. So he's more of a role player position, which he's positioned himself in the league since he's been in the league. Defense, rebounding, three-pointers, open shots, steals, and passing are all required for him. All he's got to do is help the rest of the squad fill in the gaps and stop them out of position. Then take advantage of the enemy's inattention in the offensive and grab a point or two. These are all things he did in college, and now he is going to repeat his old job.

When Brian? Cardinal and Raga switched positions and McGee was clearly feeling the pressure. After all, Aaron McGee is better at shooting, and although his breakthrough is also very good, he prefers to play like Ray Allen, and they have a similar style of play. So, Brian? Cardinal stepped on McGee's goal every time he stood up, and although he could still score, it was often expensive, so the singles became unrealistic. He needs teamwork. Luke's "prescription" miraculously worked.

There was no way, and Reed had no choice but to hand over the ball to Rashid. That's exactly what Larry wants, and in the absence of Allen, whether Rashid has the quality to lead the benches to victory.

But the result was negative. Although Rashid has a very strong individual quality and a very good passing, he is unable to cope with the white team's man-to-man defense and Tyrone Hill's individual defense.

In this way, the white team, which originally relied on the cooperation of the team just now to raise the score, began to retreat because of such tactics. , the score was gradually caught up by the red team.

"Hmm." Larry muttered to himself.

Now the game is 10 minutes on, and Larry has seen almost what he should have seen on the field. There is no need to continue the game with this lineup.

"Beep-" Larry called off the game. "Take a break, let's do it in 5 minutes!" Larry said.

"Yes, Coach." Everyone said.

"Hey, Michael!" Luke shouted.

"Huh? What's the matter? Reed asked, looking over to Luke.

"I wasn't right just now, I shouldn't have taken it so seriously." Luke handed the water to Reed.

"Don't talk about this, give me what trick you just had!" Reid said.

"Small broken steps? Are you sure you want to learn? Luke said.

"Hmm." Reid nodded.

"Actually, this trick is very simple, but it will not be easy to practice." Luke said. "You have to combine your experience and leg strength to train to have a certain effect. Forget it, I can't tell you anything now, I'll teach you later. Luke said as he patted Reed on the shoulder.

"Hmm." Reid said.

"Hey, Michael," Luke said again, "what's wrong with you?" I've been a little bored since I came back from All-Star, what's going on, it's not like you? ”

"I don't think much has changed." Reid said.

"It's changed a lot! For example, just now, if it had been before, you would have taken my trash talk, but you didn't speak at all today. This is not normal. Luke said.

"Is there one? It seems to be the same. Reed thought for himself and said.

"What's the matter, it's a little different since you came back from the All-Star, aren't you happy?" Luke asked.

"I watched the All-Star Game, and the gap between us is still a little too big, I need to work hard, otherwise I will be pulled further and further away by you!" Reed said seriously.

"You don't have to worry about that!" Luke said, "You know, your talent is very good, hard work is one thing, but you also need to be happy, don't be sad all the time, it's not good for your health!" ”

"Who told you he was always sad!" Someone spoke on one side. "He was still talking trash to me with a hippie smile just now!" Luke looked back and saw that it was Snow.

"Oh, is that true? Eric. Luke asked Snow.

"Of course!" Snow said. "I see, this kid went to an All-Star not because he felt too much pressure, but because he learned badly! You don't know, just now he has learned to distract me with trash talk, make me let my guard down, and steal my passes! My pass! I haven't been robbed for a hundred days in a row, and now I'm actually robbed by this kid! Yes! Yes! Snow grew louder and louder.

"Alright, Erik, don't worry too much, it's a practice match that doesn't need it, it's your record. Your record can go on. Luke patted Snow on the shoulder.

"Forget it, if the record is gone, it's gone, it's nothing! But your steal just now is really good, if it's the regular season, it's very likely to be the best every Friday. Snow complimented.

"Thank you!" Reed said shyly.

"Wow, Michael is shy, it's not easy! Like a little girl! Aaron also came over and said exaggeratedly.

"Go!" Reed didn't care about Allen's team status this time, and sprayed directly at Allen.

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed.

"Alright, the coach called the assembly!" Snow said. "Let's go over."

"Yes!" (To be continued......)