Chapter 293: Offense and Defense
Martin has made a huge difference to the Rockets on the offensive end, especially now that Martin is at the peak of his career, and although his shooting percentage is not as high as in previous seasons, it was when he was alone abroad. Now in the Rockets, even if he is a fixed-point shooter, his deterrent power is amazing-just because there is such a super interior line that can turn the river and the sea on the inside.
Although Zheng Ke is a little unhappy with this guy who "pushes the milk to shoot", he also has to admit that the Rockets finally made a good deal, as Yao Ming's partner in the offense, he does not seek the ball, his running position is erratic, and he comes up with the Rockets when he shoots accurately, and he has a good chemistry.
But
The corners of Zheng Ke's mouth were slightly upturned, his ink-black eyes flashed with a cunning light, and when he returned to defense, he secretly pulled Afraro over and muttered something.
Afflaro also looked treacherous, glanced at Martin's bamboo-like figure nearby, and silently prayed for him in his heart.
Billups pushed forward with the ball, and just as he was about to reach out for tactical runs, he saw Zheng Ke and Afflaro commotion there, Zheng Ke came out of his pocket and reached out to him for the ball.
Out of trust in Zheng Ke, he subconsciously divided the ball.
After Zheng Ke got the ball, he made a command to pull away the singles, and Lefu began to run to the line, running directly outside the 45-degree three-point line in one go. Scola is also a wonderful man among the big forwards, and he ran so far with Lefou, stepping on the three-point line and looking at Lefou, which means not giving Lefu a chance to shoot three-pointers.
Afralo and Zheng Ke made eye contact, and when everyone had run away. ran over, hemmed his hands, and actually made a high-level block for Zheng Ke.
"This is"
Whitman on the sidelines was a little surprised. He doesn't seem to have arranged for Zheng Ke to block Afralo's high position, what's going on?
"Pick-and-roll?" Battier looked in all directions, and when he glanced at Aflaro running over, he also felt a little strange, how could he let the shooting guard come out to block and dismantle, and for safety reasons, he grabbed a step on his left leg. The body moved closer to Zheng Ke, obviously about to make kraft candy.
Wearing a black armband, his left hand pressed against Battier's chest, and Zheng Ke's right hand was away from his body to control the ball. I think this is a bit difficult, as if Battier is not a "thin man" like Afflaro who can block it, and it seems that he wants to misplace and force Martin to eat, it seems that it is too simple.
Time waits for no one. Zheng Ke has been sticking to the ball for a long time. He tried to find a pick-and-roll, but found it too difficult, and flicked his hand back to Billups at the top of the arc.
Zheng Ke made a mistake in his footsteps, and after throwing the ball, his speed soared, and his body twisted, and he wiped past Aflalo, and suddenly. The four people were in physical contact, and the referee could not see it. Afralo was overjoyed, knowing that he could not miss the opportunity, stretched out his sinful little hand and grabbed Battier's clothes, and the two immediately huddled together.
"Defense!"
Battier yelled, but it was still slow, Zheng Ke flew out of it like an arrow from a string, although Martin was not slow, but it was not a grade of Zheng Ke.
is the so-called mistake, Zheng Ke wanted to find Martin to play a misplaced attack, but he didn't expect to make himself out of an absolute vacancy, at this time Yao Ming was behind the big meat shield of Pekovic, and the inside line of the rocket was empty. Billups on the outside with a twist on his wrist and a seemingly random throw of the ball to the basket!
Zheng Ke estimated the distance, took a deep breath, took a sliding step, rose from the ground, and his body flew in the air like two wings, and then firmly grasped the basketball with both hands, and smashed it into the basket with a thunderous momentum!
"Bang!"
Zheng Ke hung arrogantly on the basket and made a pull-up to the basket. As a result, he turned his head and saw the referee's unswerving look and quickly jumped off the basket.
"Oh, that's Zheng Ke's tactic." Whitman suddenly realized, his right hand was a fist, and he hit the palm of his left hand hard: "Pretend to pull away the singles, call for Afflaro to come to block and dismantle halfway, and then pass back to Billups at the top of the arc, and take the opportunity to complete the inside cut of the run without the ball!" Pretty, pretty."
Zheng Ke and Afraro looked at each other, and the two smiled back and high-fived in celebration.
Although this tactic was not successful, Martin's defensive black hole quality is still clear at a glance, Afflalo usually rarely attacks with the ball, and today is unusual, four or five bursts in the first quarter, and the success rate of breakthroughs is so high that he can be called the first breakthrough player in the universe. He scored 8 points in a single quarter today, and the face of the "Cobra" was full of happy smiles.
At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Rockets by three points at 27-24. Yao Ming and Martin each scored seven points, becoming the two top scorers on the Rockets.
Zheng Ke tugged at the arm guard on his left arm, then put on the team's training jacket and sat back on the bench. The second quarter began with show time for the benches, with Iverson returning from injury on the Timberwolves side and Anderson returning from suspension, all of whom were players who urgently needed to adjust their game condition.
"Allen's small throw after this breakthrough is simply amazing, if I know this move, I don't need to make a stop-and-go jump shot after every breakthrough, or rush in to dunk or make a layup or something." Zheng Ke watched Iverson hit a throw and said to Billups on the side.
"It's not difficult, it's just that the defender's size is limited to use this posture, and your pull-up jump shot is already difficult to prevent, so why bother to learn so many skills." Billups was a little puzzled and asked Zheng Ke rhetorically.
Zheng Ke was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "You don't understand, I want to be the strongest basketball player." In my mind, that should be synonymous with omnipotence, and I want me to learn all the basketball skills, even though I don't necessarily use them in the game. Hehe, isn't that a strange idea? ”
Billups rolled his eyes and said, "Maybe."
Between the two talking, the Timberwolves and the Rockets' bench group were all over the place, and soon after Iverson returned from injury, Whitman didn't dare to let him do more exercise, and turned his head to pull Afraro to him.
"Go ahead, replace Aaron, you're in good shape today, play a little longer."
The coaches of both sides deployed troops to show their basketball wisdom on this small court. Overall, the Timberwolves' lineup is more dynamic, and the number of rotational lineups is usually about nine, and the Rockets are worse, generally the main rotation of eight people.
At halftime, the Timberwolves' lead extended to 7 points, and Zheng Ke just got 10 points and 5 boards in the half, which can only be said to be very average for him.
The second half of the game between the two sides was much more intense, and it was rare since the start. Brooks hit two three-pointers from the outside and a two-pointer from the line, instantly closing the score to just one point. Whitman had no choice but to pause, and he didn't get angry, after all, Billups had defended well enough, the key was that the little black bean had a tradition of convulsions, and no one knew when he would smoke for a while, and even their teammates didn't know about it.
After the timeout, Zheng Ke held the ball in one hand.
He wears a white jersey with black arm pads on his left hand and fiery red sneakers on his feet. Zheng Ke doesn't have the creamy face of Rukawa Kaede, and he loves to shave his head more like Sakuragi Hanamichi - Sakuragi with black hair and black pupils. He was slender, but he also had well-defined muscles, and when he arched his body, he looked like a leopard full of strength.
Battier felt the murderous aura on Zheng Ke's body, and he swallowed his saliva and his eyes widened.
Sweat trickled down his forehead and onto his eyelashes, and Battier's eyes blurred as he subconsciously blinked
The wind came from his ears, and he wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't see anything.
"Damn it."
Turning his head back, Zheng Ke's jersey was flying, like a peerless swordsman, resolute and resolute. The basketball was gently pulled out by his fingers, and with the spin, it arced through the air and fell into the basket accurately.
"Huh." Zheng Ke chuckled, he moved in small steps, as if he had done a trivial thing, and retreated lightly.
Scoring is like picking up something
The third quarter is a quarter where stars like to explode, especially when there is such a group of unscrupulous guard swingmen in the NBA, they like to turn on scoring mode in this quarter. It's like telling you, then, I'm going to start scoring, what can you do with me?
Yao Ming looked at Zheng Ke's eyes, chuckled in his heart, and had an ominous premonition.
Pull-up jumper, pull-out jumper, back-to-back jumper, turn-back jumper Zheng Ke seems to have taken the art of jumper to the extreme, he does not have the elegance of Kobe Bryant's jumper, nor the agility of Maddie's pull-out, but he has his own style. This point was formed when he became a superstar, after all, after becoming a star, the star effect on his body is serious, and his every move has a star halo effect, even if he can only be regarded as a delicate face, he is now called a model of a handsome man in the NBA.
Zheng Ke gave the Rockets players a shooting lesson in this quarter, especially Martin. After this kid threw himself into the basketball, he raised his chin at Martin defiantly, and his expression was clearly saying: Don't practice your milk pusher, my shooting like this is the king (to be continued......)
PS: Today I saw the Rockets pursuing Love and Rondo again - you have not been liked by the Rockets as a star these days, and you are embarrassed to come out and say that you are a star......