Chapter 40: Tactical Initiators

"It's that guy again!"

Li Yang made a steal on the defensive end as soon as he came on the court, and launched a fast break to assist his teammates to complete the goal, which immediately attracted the attention of the Nets fans on the sidelines, and then they recognized Li Yang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Those three dunks in the first half were enough for the Nets fans at the scene to remember Li Yang, even though he only played two minutes in the first half, although most people didn't know his name.

The Nets continued to attack, Humphries just tried to attack Li Yang, but he was directly stealed by Li Yang, which greatly damaged his confidence, which was not good at offense, so he did not take the initiative to attack after half court.

CJ Watson put the ball in the hands of Joe Johnson after seeing that Humphries was no longer offensive, and in this lineup, Joe Johnson was the deserved offensive first choice.

After getting the ball, Joe Johnson faced Danny Green's defense, and he had learned Danny Green's difficulties in the past, and after receiving the ball, he dribbled and Danny Green opened up some distance, and he reached out and motioned for Humphries to help block the pick-and-roll.

Li Yang took the initiative to follow Humphries when he stepped forward to block and dismantle, not only that, but after Joe Johnson and Humphries blocked and dismantled, he found that Danny Green's movement was slightly delayed, so he immediately took the initiative to switch defenses and block in front of Joe Johnson, not giving Joe Johnson a chance to rush directly into the interior.

Joe Johnson also noticed the presence of Li Yang, and he was also very impressed by Li Yang's performance in the first half, which was precisely because of the passivity during that time, and the team was still behind.

"Joe, kill him!" "Blow up that rookie!"

On the sidelines, there were intermittent shouts from fans, and listening to such shouts, the frequency of Joe Johnson's dribbling suddenly accelerated.

Li Yang stopped in front of Joe Johnson, his position was relatively forward, Joe Johnson was a very good offensive player, and comparatively speaking, his shooting was better than the breakaway.

Joe Johnson kept shaking with the ball, and Li Yang's arm also kept shaking in front of the opponent's eyes, but neither of them easily moved their center of gravity, and neither wanted to easily show their flaws to give each other a chance.

Suddenly, Joe Johnson's left-handed dribble went up and the frequency dropped abruptly.

Li Yang stared at this scene, forcibly suppressing the urge to directly grab or move his footsteps, waiting for Joe Johnson's next move, because Joe Johnson's move can do too many things next, he can directly dial up the shot, he can suddenly speed up the dribble frequency to break to the left, and at the same time, he can also change direction and rush to the right.

This time, Joe Johnson chose to change direction.

Joe Johnson's breakthrough does not particularly rely on speed, so his feint is very realistic, but the starting speed is not fast, and after finding that the opponent is going to break through and change direction, Li Yang immediately moves sideways to block it.

Of course, this view is only Li Yang's, so Joe Johnson was slightly surprised to find that Li Yang was moving his steps so quickly to stop behind him.

However, Joe Johnson is not an ordinary player after all, and he seems to be about to make a stop.

Seeing this, Li Yang immediately wanted to take a step forward, Joe Johnson's pull-up jump shot is very lethal, and the range can be expanded beyond the three-point line.

But then, Johnson was an acceleration, and again started to kill to the right.

Stopping suddenly, Li Yang, who reacted, sighed at the other party's control of the rhythm, and on the other hand, he quickly turned sideways, and after Johnson made several moves in a row, even Li Yang couldn't completely stop Johnson at the moment, so he had to turn sideways and stick to the other party's side.

That's what Johnson wants, he's physically strong, he's got a lot of strength, and once he gets the space to break through, he can lean on his opponent and go to the basket, just like he did to Li Yang at this time.

The body is close to Johnson, Li Yang uses sliding steps to move, and his left hand is constantly sweeping in front of Johnson, interfering with the opponent's forward rush, at this time he really can't stop Johnson, but the excellent movement speed and physical confrontation also allow him to stay close to Johnson's side, and it is not easy for the opponent to throw himself away.

Johnson also noticed this, and when he looked up again, he found that Spurs center Split was ready to help defend at any time, and immediately gave up the idea of continuing to break through.

"Squeak!"

Joe Johnson suddenly made a sudden stop, and at the same time, the ball in his right hand was already in his hand, just waiting to jump before he could shoot.

The pull-up jumper, which uses the pull-up to get rid of defenders and gain space to shoot, is one of Joe Johnson's specialties.

"Do you want to get rid of my defense, no way!"

In front of Joe Johnson, Li Yang was not completely shaken away as Joe Johnson thought at this time, almost at the same time as Johnson stopped suddenly, Li Yang, who reacted superhumanly, also stopped, but the movements in his hands did not stop.

The left arm that was originally poking out in front of Joe Johnson reached forward again, and when he saw the basketball that Johnson had just picked up in his hand, Li Yang quickly cut down!

Johnson was still too careless after all, he never expected Li Yang's reaction speed to be so fast, and he could quickly stabilize his body, let alone that Li Yang's long arm would move so fast and the time would be so accurate.

"Smack!" only felt a sudden force from the ball in his hand, and the next moment, Joe Johnson found that the basketball in his hand had disappeared.

"Wow!"

Looking at this scene on the court, the Nets fans on the scene once again made an uproar, a moment ago, they were still excitedly shouting for Johnson to kill Li Yang, but now, ...... The way Johnson jumped up empty-handed was a bit funny.

Johnson didn't know that he looked a little funny at this time, his toes left the ground and he felt that the basketball was no longer in his hand, he immediately understood what was going on, and controlled his body to fall to the floor as soon as possible, at this time he didn't want to pick up the ball, what he wanted was not to let Li Yang launch a fast attack.

The ball landed on Johnson's right side, and Li Yang bypassed Johnson to be able to pick up the ball, which wasted a little of his time, and when he picked up the ball and was ready to impact, he found that Johnson had already posted it.

Knowing that there was no chance of fast attack, Li Yang was no longer in a hurry, held the ball tightly to protect the ball, and only after Johnson retreated, he advanced to the half court with the ball.

Before coming to the Spurs, Tyler Jenkins deliberately told Li Yang to play more without the ball in the Spurs, but what Li Yang and Jenkins didn't expect was that when Li Yang really got the opportunity to play on the court, Popovich did not arrange Li Yang to play without the ball in terms of tactical arrangements, but let Li Yang hold the ball more.

For example, now, when Li Yang controlled the ball to the half, Mills had no intention of passing the ball at all, and the ball was directly controlled by Li Yang.

Dribbling to the face of Joe Johnson's defense, Li Yang was confident that he could break through the opponent's defense if he pulled away, but now he still called Split to block according to the tactical arrangement and chose a more relaxed mode.

Split stood on the right side to block the dismantling, Li Yang didn't do any tricks, bent over and dribbled forward, and he broke through directly to the right side.

With Split's interference, coupled with the speed gap between the two, Johnson couldn't stop in front of Li Yang at this time, so he could only choose to follow the side and back, but on the inside, Humphries quickly moved to the front to help defend at this time.

Rushing forward with the ball, Li Yang did not slow down because he might face Johnson and Humphries, on the contrary, his speed has been accelerating, so that Johnson can't even do it closely.

"Chris, stop him, stop that guy!"

On the sidelines, the Nets fans shouted to the court, Humphries was standing in the route of Li Yang's breakthrough at this time, and it happened to be between Li Yang and the basket, which was an excellent position to block Li Yang.

In the face of Humphries, who was constantly moving his feet, Li Yang did not slow down, he did not try to complete a change of direction or something to the left - this is what Joe Johnson wanted to see, because then Johnson played a defensive role - Li Yang just kept rushing forward!

In the blink of an eye, Li Yang had already rushed to Humphries's side, bending over, Li Yang's speed did not slow, and he wanted to drill directly past Humphries's side.

Humphries didn't try to stop Li Yang from rushing forward at this time, because the front was the bottom line, and turning sideways, he stuck tightly on the upper line and forced Li Yang out of the bottom line.

Li Yang finally stopped dribbling forward at this time, and after rushing past Humphries, Li Yang picked up the ball in his hand, turned around and took a step to the left along the baseline, and at the same time jumped up against Humphries and got under the basket.

Seeing this scene, Humphries immediately straightened up and raised his hand high, and at the same time, his waist was secretly pushing Li Yang towards the bottom line.

Johnson was not idle, he also saw at this time that Li Yang's seemingly very resolute breakthrough was to attract the attention of himself and Humphries, and his purpose was actually to pass the ball, so at this time, he immediately dodged and stepped in front of Split, who was following up, just waiting for Li Yang to pass the ball, he was able to directly complete the steal and get back the field that was just robbed by Li Yang.

Jumping up in the air, Li Yang's initial idea was naturally to pass the ball to Split, which was their established tactic, and after realizing that it was not safe to pass to Split, his eyes immediately looked to the bottom left corner.

"When you get to the basket, you have a chance to pass the ball to the bottom corner three-point line on either side, where your teammates will pick it up. ā€

At this time, Li Yang still remembered Popovich's words in his mind, but what made him feel a little helpless was that no teammates appeared in the bottom left corner at this time.

The view was blocked by Humphries, Johnson and others at this time, Li Yang couldn't see why Mills on that side didn't run towards the bottom corner at this time, but he knew very well that if he passed the ball out at this time, it would be a mistake.

Trying hard to control the body that flew to the bottom line not to fall to the floor so quickly, Li Yang exerted force in his waist and abdomen, so that his body forcibly moved forward so much, at this time, he was finally able to see Mills outside the three-point line on the left side.

Mills was followed closely by Watson, so he had a reverse run feint before running to the bottom corner, and he was trying to get away from his opponent and make his way to the left corner.

Of course, Li Yang didn't know what was going on, but he could see Mills running over, and no longer hesitated, he quickly threw the ball out and sent it to the bottom left corner.

The basketball landed in Mills' hands exactly when he was just in the left corner, catching the ball, jumping, shooting, and Mills' movements were all in one go.

"Huh!"

"Yay!" Stabilizing his body that rushed out of the bottom line, Li Yang heard the crisp voice the next moment, and knowing that his pass had been converted into an assist, he immediately shouted excitedly:

"Patrick, great shot!"