Chapter 12: Tough Defense
Leonard is not bad at being good at defense, and after a season of Spurs training players, the active adjustment of defense is not comparable to ordinary players, when Li Yang's group launched an attack again, Leonard no longer chose to follow Li Yang very tightly, and even when Li Yang got the ball, he directly chose to let Li Yang take a step. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Did you guess my weakness so quickly?"
Getting the ball close to the three-point line, Li Yang found out how far Leonard was empty, and he muttered to himself in his heart.
This kind of defense that does not let go of the shot is indeed the best to deal with Li Yang, because Li Yang now almost does not shoot at medium and long distances.
In the previous game, Li Yang encountered such a defensive style not a lot, so although he muttered in his heart, Li Yang was not afraid, and with a slight flick of the dribble, Li Yang directly started to rush forward to the left and began to break through.
Because of the backward position, Leonard had sufficient buffer time for Li Yang's start, and directly blocked Li Yang's breakthrough forward route.
found that Leonard stopped in front of him, Li Yang's speed did not decrease, and he pushed the ball to the right with his left hand, Li Yang's body ****, and he wanted to use the change of direction to directly break through Leonard's defense.
This trick has been used often by Li Yang in the past month or two games, his movements are agile and fast, and he can often find some space with a change of direction, and then use his speed to directly tear through other people's defenses.
This time, however, Li Yang was frustrated. The body moved to the right, however, Li Yang's right hand did not wait for the basketball that was pushed over.
Leonard accurately judged Li Yang's movements, and when Li Yang made this change of direction, he reached out with his long hand and pointed his fingers on the ball.
"Oops!"
Li Yang, who realized what was happening, quickly turned around, quickly locked his eyes on the orange ball not far away, and reached out to grab it.
At this time, Li Yang saw that a palm that looked as big as his palm but had darker skin had already snatched the ball away.
"Huh?"
After crossing over to this body, Li Yang saw a big hand comparable to his own palm for the first time, which made him a little surprised. However, all this did not affect his movements, and he quickly straightened his waist, and Li Yang chased after Leonard in front of him.
Although Leonard's physical fitness is also extremely good, he is not Li Yang's opponent in terms of speed alone.
Leonard started first, a big step ahead of Li Yang, but after halftime, Li Yang began to catch up with Leonard.
After finding out that Li Yang was about to catch up with him, Leonard did not try to speed up to get rid of Li Yang, he continued to maintain the previous impact speed, and his body flashed in front of Li Yang, so that Li Yang, who originally wanted to overtake directly, had to slow down and avoid hitting directly.
Li Yang flashed to the side and encountered the same problem again.
Leonard didn't think about how to get rid of Li Yang completely, but just thought about pressing Li Yang behind him.
sighed that Leonard was really experienced and not comparable to ordinary development league players, and Li Yang did not go beyond the front to block, and followed Leonard half a step behind, waiting for the opportunity to move.
Entering the three-second zone, Leonard has slowed down significantly and seems to be ready to make a move at any time.
Li Yang did not rashly choose to stick it because Leonard looked like he was going to attack, adjusted his pace to suppress the rhythm, and Li Yang continued to follow Leonard.
Turning his head sideways and seeing that Li Yang was not attached, Leonard, who had already come to the best attack position, did not hesitate, and grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand and jumped up.
Li Yang was waiting for this moment, and he was extremely focused, and he quickly flashed to the side almost at the same time as Leonard was about to make a jump, and at the same time, the soles of his feet slammed on the floor and rose into the air.
Although the position is behind Leonard, but the excellent bounce and speed make up for it, after the jump he quickly closes towards the opponent, and the big palm at the front of the long arms is directly swept to the basketball in Leonard's hand.
Li Yang's movements were very fast, whether it was flashing to the side or jumping up, it was so fast that it was completely beyond Leonard's expectations. After spotting Li Yang approaching quickly, Leonard tried to speed up the speed of pressing down to complete the dunk, but at this time, Li Yang's palm was also close to the basketball.
"This hand!" swept the palm towards the basketball, Li Yang sighed again, this palm is definitely compared with his own palm.
Leonard's palm has almost covered half of the basketball, if it is shot according to the current action, of course Li Yang can hit the ball, but it will inevitably hit the opponent's palm.
Ending the opponent's offense with a foul was not what Li Yang wanted, his waist suddenly exerted force, his upward speed actually accelerated a little, and his palm avoided Leonard's big hand and swept directly to the front of the basketball.
"Smack!"
When the basketball was about to be dunked into the basket, Li Yang's palm hit the basketball accurately!
Leonard's big hands gripped the basketball tightly, trying to continue to press the ball into the basketball, but the power coming from the yellow-skinned palm ruined all this.
"Bang!!"
Under the action of two forces, the basketball smashed into the front of the basket.
The rebound force from the ball made Li Yang and Leonard release their palms at the same time, and this force also caused the two to start falling to the floor.
Landing on both feet, closer to the landing point, Li Yang picked up the ball in his hand after landing, looked up at the distance, and Jermichael Green fell at the end, Li Yang was about to throw the ball directly into the distance.
But at this moment, Li Yang suddenly felt a figure on the side approaching quickly, and after realizing that Leonard was forcing defense, Li Yang decisively pulled the ball back to his waist, and at the same time his body rushed out to the side.
Sure enough, it was Leonard, he suddenly forced to grab the ball, if it wasn't for Li Yang's vigilance, the ball might have fallen into Leonard's hands again.
But now, Li Yang can calmly push the ball forward and send it to Jermichael Green's hands to assist the opponent to complete a dunk.
was blocked by Li Yang, Leonard's face still didn't have much expression, but it was obvious that he began to have some competitive thoughts, so after coming to the offensive end, he stuck Li Yang on the bottom line and took the initiative to pass the ball.
Li Yangding was behind Leonard, feeling the excellent strength of the other party, and at the same time keeping an eye on Leonard's next move.
Li Yang doesn't have much experience defending back-to-back play, because in the Development League, there are very few back-to-back players among his opposing players, unless it's a misplaced defensive interior.
What makes Li Yang feel that there is not too much pressure is that he has watched the Spurs game, although Leonard can also play back, but the use of footsteps under the basket is not too good, which allows Li Yang to concentrate on blocking the position to defend the opponent's turning and jumper.
"Porphyry!"
Leonard leaned his back against each other, and the bodies of the two collided violently, and the collision of muscles seemed to be able to make a dull crashing sound.
After a season of training in the NBA, Leonard's strength is very strong, if it weren't for Li Yang's original strength, he would have almost been squeezed out of Leonard's strength, and now, Li Yang can remain stuck behind Leonard.
"Porphyry!"
With his back again, with the help of the reaction force on Li Yang's body, Leonard turned and jumped up, and the ball he was originally carrying was already held in his hand and raised to the top of his head.
Turning around for a jumper, after finding that his squeeze could not push Li Yang away, Leonard chose to shoot.
Having long been wary of Leonard's hand, Li Yang jumped forward without hesitation, and his long arms probed to the top of Leonard's head, Li Yang's excellent reaction speed coupled with the bounce and the pair of long arms made his hands infinitely close to the basketball.
Although Leonard's arm span is also quite good, at this time, he has to lean his body back to avoid Li Yang's block.
"Bang!"
In the face of strong defensive pressure brought by Li Yang, Leonard's shot smashed into the basket.
Seeing that the rebound was grabbed by Jermichael Green, Li Yang ran out as soon as possible to catch the ball and attack, but at this time, Leonard had already posted it again, and Li Yang did not risk asking for the ball, and retreated directly to the halfcourt.
I don't know if Joseph saw Li Yang's good performance in these rounds, and after dribbling to the half, he actually passed the ball directly into Li Yang's hands.
Receiving the ball in his hand, Li Yang felt the defensive pressure from Leonard, in front of him, Leonard had a pair of big hands, it seemed that as long as Li Yang moved, he would not hesitate to start.
Holding the ball with both hands and shaking it carefully, Li Yang did not find obvious defensive flaws from Leonard, smashing the ball to the floor, Li Yang tried to find a breakthrough opportunity by dribbling.
However, at the same time as Li Yang smashed the ball on the floor, Leonard suddenly pressed, reached out with his long hand, and directly copied the basketball in Li Yang's hand.
Opportunity!
After seeing Leonard's action, Li Yang was secretly happy, and he was about to rush to the right side with a dribble behind his back to change direction.
"Huh?"
And at this moment, Li Yang suddenly found that a long arm on the right side was also waiting there.
Although he made a steal, Leonard did not lose his position at all, relying on his excellent arm span, Leonard brought pressure to Li Yang who dribbled, and at the same time his body continued to block in front of Li Yang, and when he found that Li Yang dribbled backwards, his other huge palm had already attacked again.
Seeing that the ball was about to fall into the opponent's hands, Li Yang, who had just completed the back dribble, was busy dribbling behind again to pull the ball back, and at the same time his body was running to the left, hoping to get rid of Leonard's defense.
However, under Leonard's pressure, Li Yang's dribble this time was not so smooth, and this gave Leonard a chance.
Directly pressed forward, Leonard squeezed on Li Yang and stabbed his big hand on the basketball at the same time.
Finding that the ball was intercepted by Leonard, Li Yang, whose body had already flown to the left, couldn't help but stabilize his body and threw himself sideways at the basketball on the floor.
Li Yang's reaction was not unpleasant, but obviously Leonard's position was better, the ball fell into Leonard's hands, and Li Yang, who got up again, could only watch Leonard complete a fast-break dunk.
"What a strong defense!"
was stealed twice by Leonard in a short period of time, and Li Yang had to admit that compared to the defense that Leonard brought to him, the single defense he encountered before was too weak.
At this time, RC Buford and Greg Popovich, who were sitting on the sidelines, were also attracted by Li Yang's wonderful defense in these few rounds.