Chapter 9 The league's top singles king?? Just him??
"Hey, Shaq, did you see that? Lee actually talked trash talk to Jamal, it seems that he learns quickly, but trash talk can't stop Jamal from scoring, and there is a price to pay for angering a lion. ”
O'Neal nodded meaningfully, he was the most experienced, he had been teammates with Crawford in Phoenix before retiring, and he knew that he had the ruthlessness in his bones that did not lose to Kobe, and the next game was good.
Crawford was unfazed by trash talk and made three free throws to make it 73-54, a widening margin, and Paul would have more rest and not necessarily need to play in the third or even fourth quarter.
"It's not going to work, I've got to find a way to stop the Clippers from scoring, but how do I defend this big shooter in front of me who can shoot." When Li Ming was in a dilemma, {ding.} } pulled him into his subconscious.
{You just got a diamond, do you need to use it?} }
{Yes.} }
{Please click on the system mall to select the matching product.} }
{I want to know how to defend a player who is taller than me on the perimeter}
{Sorry, your question is too vague for the system to match, please concretize and try again.} }
{How to defend Jamal Crawford}
{Wait, target player has been found: Jamal Crawford, 6ft 5", good at butterfly step layups, top league shooting percentage from the outside, but consumes the ball and has a high possession rate, which is not conducive to team unity.} }
{Is there anything else I need to consult?} }
"Nope."
{This consultation consumes 600 points, you have 1300 points left.}
"Damn...... Why do you need 600 points? Didn't say almost anything? I know that, too. It seems that the system is not omnipotent, and it is more of a soy sauce character in the absence of card drops. Li Ming bent over and waited for the Clippers to attack.
Sure enough, the ball went to Crawford's hand again, and Li Ming was in opposition to him again, this time Li Ming did not choose to defend, but gave the opponent enough space.
Crawford glanced down at his position, a little far from the three-point line, and now that his team was leading by nearly 20 points, he chose to put the ball down, didn't rush to shoot, and began to control the tempo.
Rivers showed a look of approval on the sidelines, and the coach probably panicked just now, afraid that he would throw the ball.
"What's wrong? Don't you shoot with such a lot of space? Is it because you don't have confidence in yourself? Li Ming began to tease next to him, and Crawford didn't answer, just passed the ball to Bobby Simmons on the right.
Simmons gave the ball to Jordan Jr., who passed the ball to Crawford's hands again with a confused face, and Crawford began to dribble under his crotch non-stop, and suddenly accelerated to get into the basket.
Li Ming turned sideways to let him pass, Crawford didn't expect this to be easy to come in, and the hand that had just jumped up to pass the ball suddenly changed his mind temporarily, and changed to a posture of riding and archery to prepare for his own layup.
"Think beautiful, welcome to the NBA." Li Ming, who was behind him, suddenly burst out, and the latter came first and slapped the ball on the rebound.
"Is this deliberate? Is it a trap? It is a t
ap?? Barkley couldn't believe his eyes. Also unbelievable is Crawford, he has obviously shaken him off, impossible.
"Grass, Lao Tzu is a person with a glove function, do you think Peyton is so easy for you to break through." Randolph picked up the ball and threw it to the front, Tony Allen and Li Ming started at the same time, and Crawford was stunned for a long time before chasing back.
Li Ming received the ball in the air without stopping a high throw, and Allen ended the fast attack with a one-armed windmill. The speed of the transition between offense and defense is dizzying.
"Don't worry, he just happened to be in that position, and it was just an instinctive reaction, a layman's instinct jumping." Randy Foye pouted at Crawford.
Crawford slowed down his dribble and bent over to move forward little by little, thinking about a way to break through Li Ming.
"This kid's second start is very fast, and he's about to catch up with the league's first-line stars, doesn't it mean that yellow-skinned Asians have poor physical fitness?" Obviously, he didn't understand it very well.
"Hey, hey, Jamal, come on, let's go head-to-head." Li Ming teased while glancing at Guy on the side, and Guy immediately understood and ran away, giving Crawford the illusion of space for a single.
"Jamal is now measuring his body and walking inside. No.7 Lee began to use his lower body against Jamal after a failed attempt to make a tackle on the ground, slowing him down. Barkley was focused on the game.
"When Jamal gets to the free throw line, what will he do? Is it a turn-over jumper? Or take a step and use his body as an axis to make a small hook under the basket? ”
"If I were Jamal, I would take the ball in that position, and I wouldn't drag it out at all, and I would just make a turnaround jumper to solve the fight." Shaq kept shaking his head.
The home fans began to boo, they were also creating interference for Crawford, of course, more to cheer up Li Ming, after all, the fans know the ball best, no matter how emotionally deviated, they also did not believe that Li Ming could continue to defend Crawford's offense, just expected him to slow down, and then Guy and Randolph behind him to make up for the defense.
"No, I'm going to beat this arrogant guy here." Li Ming's heart was down, no longer passive defense, he began to attack constantly, reaching out to interfere with his dribbling, and after a few trials, there was a chance, just when Crawford was about to combine the ball, Li Ming picked the ball away from below.
Crawford hurriedly jumped up, and Li Ming was not to be outdone, kicking the ground to exert force, because it was close to the sideline, there was not much room for scramble.
After all, Li Ming suffered a loss in experience, and Crawford saw that there was no hope of saving the ball, so he took advantage of the situation to put the ball on Li Ming's legs, went out of bounds, and still had the ball in possession of the Clippers.
"Just kill him, you can, Jamal, you can, don't make extra moves, shoot directly." Paul took advantage of the boundary's kick to shout loudly in Crawford's ear to cheer him on.
After Crawford gave the ball to Griffin, he quickly cut down, ran to the three-second zone, bent down and stretched out his right arm, Li Ming was firmly stuck behind him, Griffin was not greedy, a high hanging, and the ball went to Crawford's hands.
"Let's end up there." Griffin looked at him with confidence and pulled away silently. Standing at a 45-degree angle on the right, Guy followed him indefatigably, extending his right arm to block his chest in case he suddenly cut in.
Crawford leaned against Li Ming, paused for two seconds, and was not in a hurry to make a move, and flicked one eye to the right.
"He's right-handed, he's going to go to the right side." Li Ming adjusted his footsteps, freeing up the right side to allow Crawford to get in.
"Don't you know he's a right-handed player, this idiot?" Hollins was the first to notice that something was wrong, and although Guy and the others on the field didn't understand, they slowly believed that this little man in China should find a reasonable way to limit it.
"Let me go to the right and do it again? Boy, you're still a little stunned. Crawford suddenly got out of the way, turned beautifully, jumped high and made his trademark shot.
Li Ming snorted coldly and jumped up......
"He can't help this ball, there is a difference in the arm span and height of the two, and it is impossible for him to touch the ball." Paul on the sidelines secretly clenched his fists, he knew that the agitation just now had an effect.
"Grass, who said he had to block his balls?" Li Ming looked into Crawford's eyes with disdain, and a large hand flew towards his face, with a smell that was about to tear his face.
"Wow grass, what the hell is this, this Nima doesn't play cards according to the routine." Crawford was shocked by the sudden move, and the basketball went off track and smashed into the basket.
"Master, this is an eye-covering trick that I learned from Sean Battier, which was used to break Kobe's inexplicable jump shot back then. The Suns' Lagabel also uses this trick often against a top player like Kobe. Li Ming's heart was happy, and he landed almost at the same time as Crawford.
"Damn, so despicable." Obviously, Crawford hasn't reacted yet, Li Ming has already opened his legs, he has heard Randolph's reminder behind him, and the pass that runs through the whole field has begun, and now it is faster than the time.
Crawford chased closely, he was also not slow, Li Ming walked the curve in order to bypass his entanglement, although he received the ball, but lost the opportunity to break fast, Crawford had already faced him and fell into position, Griffin and others also rushed to the horse.
"It's kind of interesting." Li Ming smiled slightly, and made an Anthony-style action of stepping on insects, and Crawford followed with his center of gravity.
"This guy seems to be a lot easier to deal with than Paul." Li Ming laughed cheaply, and turned his head to catch a glimpse of Randy Fuye who was ready to attack at any time, "It's also easier to deal with than this guy." He had the same look on his face again.
"Come on, I'm not going to let you take points easily, you go back to the dining room and wipe the dishes." In his eyes, yellow-skinned Asians wipe dishes or wash cars. Although he himself is a black man who came out of the slums.
Li Ming thought about it, he was not going to pass the ball, he wanted to completely crush Crawford's self-confidence, he suddenly stretched out his right foot, and pulled his body to the right, but the ball was put on the left side, and it burst from the left.
"So fast." Crawford was taken aback.
Li Ming suddenly leaned over to Crawford near the three-second zone, and spun a spinning top on the spot.
"You thought about me, you were naïve." Crawford was unmoved, just kept in shape, ready to block Li Ming's shot.
Who knew that Li Ming didn't make a move, but just paused a little and accelerated again.
This time, Crawford completely lost his position and watched as he burst into the box. I didn't have time to make any movements, I stood still and shouted "Andrei." ”
However, how can this Andre make up for the defense, he was stuck behind by the big black bear Randolph, and Li Ming completed an easy pick-up basket in a leisurely stroll. 73-60, the score is close again.
"It's a Steve-like ball, it's a master of rhythm." Shaq gave a timely compliment.
Hollins clenched his fists and walked around the touchline, he needed a goal like this so much, the team was in a deep quagmire right now, he needed it so much to boost morale, and he even gave a rare thumbs up in the direction of Li Ming during the game.
Paul stood up, glanced at Firth, slowly walked to the sidelines, and made a leg press, it seems that he will soon be on the court, Rivers does not want to waste his timeout when the big score is ahead, and should change his trump card in the next dead ball.
Crawford took the ball forward, his feet were fast, his breath was short, and it seemed that he was really on top.
“Bi
go.” Li Ming smiled cheaply and continued to bend over, his hands constantly waving in front of him, disturbing his rhythm.
"Fuck, I can't get past you, who are you?" Crawford sped up sharply and entered in a straight line. Li Ming took advantage of the situation.
"What is this idiot going to do? It's irrational, and now it's a big lead. It's easy to be targeted by the referee. Sure enough, before Barkley could finish speaking, the whistle blew, the offensive foul was fouled, and there was a noticeable heavy shoulder movement.
"How is this possible?" Crawford kept jumping with his hands outstretched, he ran almost the whole distance, but the referee still insisted that the foul was valid and the opponent had the ball.
Li Ming served quickly, Guy took the ball and advanced, stood at the top of the arc, and observed the situation on the court.
Arthur ran away around the baseline, Randolph reached out for the ball, Guy hung the inside high, Randolph's powerful dribble was just a simple one-handed pass, to Li Ming, who cut the air, Li Ming was about to dunk, and Crawford directly hugged it.
The whistle blows, the red number 11 is fouled, and two free throws are taken.
"I think it's his mentality that's wrong. Apparently, he fell for the way of the boy. He was deliberately provoking him, and if it were Chris, he wouldn't, he would have 10,000 other ways to deal with the situation. Barkley kept shaking his head, and he himself admired a player like Crawford who was so talented in attack.
However, there is a difference between stars and superstars, and many talented players have not been able to play in the league for many years, mostly because of their personalities, because those who can enter the Chinese league are the kings of their respective regions, and whoever can control their emotions is the king.
Taking advantage of the free throws, Rivers replaced Crawford, along with Jordan Jr., who further reduced the height of the court and seemed ready to play fast.
Two free throws and two hits, 73-62.
The Clippers had the ball, Paul wandered through the half, Li Ming was inseparable in front of him, always maintaining a half-step distance, and everyone stood in position and continued to defend together. After replacing Paul on the court, there was an extra three-point point, and everyone didn't dare to slack off.
Paul made a fake pass to Griffin at the top of the arc, Griffin took a slight aim at the basket, and Arthur rose to the ground.
Griffin jumped to the side without hurrying, a clean mid-range.
"Hey, a rookie is a rookie, he jumps at any move, this defensive habit is too bad." Li Ming shook his head helplessly, and Randolph didn't dare to lose his position, so he could only watch Griffin calmly shoot and score the ball, and the score came to 13 points again.
"Today's 13 points is a threshold, the two sides have repeatedly fought for this position, I don't know if the Grizzlies have a chance." Barkley looked at Paul, who had just been substituted, and shook his head helplessly.