Chapter 047: Talent Crushing
Coach Brooks directly replaced Sapo Sofloza with Li Ze, while Ibaka also replaced Jeff Green to maintain the height of the lineup.
On the Utah Jazz side, Sloan also replaced Delon and Oku, replaced Ronnie Price and Costa Cofos, and made a substitution in the opposite position, allowing Oku to breathe a sigh of relief first, and these few minutes were enough to choke.
CCTV side Yu Jia saw this substitution, and couldn't help but say, "Director Zhang expected it right, it was really a counterpoint substitution." ”
However, Zhang Weiping saw that Li Ze received the ball directly in the backcourt and dribbled through the halfcourt, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"No, Kayce is playing point guard, directing his teammates to settle there."
Li Ze was using Spain to let Ibaka give Durant a back cover at this time, Durant successfully bounced the ball outside under the cover, and broke through directly after receiving the ball.
Serge Ibaka came up to block the pick-and-roll, Li Ze feigned a right-handed walk, and then made a fancy quick turn, and accelerated with the ball in his left hand to break through Ronnie Brewer's defense
This turn was too fast, Boozer was about to shrink the defense, Li Ze made a hidden ground pass with his left hand, and the turtle who cut the ball directly rose into the air after receiving the ball, knocked away the newly entered Kufus, and smashed the ball in.
"Bang..." caused the basketball hoop to shake straight, and the turtle roared angrily in the sky.
"Wow!"
The audience cheered, the ball was too brutal, the defender dunked the center, this scene was too exciting.
"Kufus was directly dunked, Russell was too violent, I like this kind of attack, Kayce's pass is just right!" The on-site narrator, Twin, was already screaming excitedly.
In fact, this tactic was in the UCLA period, Li Ze often fought with the turtle turtle, and under normal circumstances, the turtle should pass the ball to Li Ze, but this coach found that the turtle pass was a bit rough, but Li Ze passed the ball very well, and the two changed roles.
Coach Brooks also found out about this, and this tactic is designed to pull Kirilenko out, and Durant can open up space for the team, which can free up the turtle's off-ball air cutting ability.
"Westbrook's physical quality is really good, but Kayce's passing is even more exciting, and you can see the kung fu when you get rid of it on the line, and this tanhua show is really good."
Zhang Weiping has turned on the blowing mode, and the more he looks at Li Ze, the more he appreciates...
The turtle who returned to the defense signaled that the ball was passed beautifully, but Li Ze looked calm, at present, his physical attributes and basketball skills have no pressure in the face of ordinary role players, and he doesn't exist to restrict him one-on-one.
Ronnie Price is also a good point guard, he still doesn't make mistakes in the face of the Turtles' oppressive defense, and after blocking and passing to Boozer, he is still a mid-range shot with a cannon, and he is interfered with by Ibaka, which works well.
"Bang...", center Kostic protected the rebound and passed it directly to Li Ze.
After dribbling quickly through the half, Li Ze called Ibaka's block again, and after dribbling behind a back, he directly took his right hand to accelerate and break through.
Boozer's pace was a little slower, and Kufus wanted to come up to help the defense, but in this moment of hesitation, Li Ze made a high pass.
Kostic leaps high and relays in the air to smash the ball into the basket.
Although the deduction was not fierce, the audience still gave a huge cheer.
This is the advantage of height and arm length, Boozer is a little shorter, Coopers has a problem with his defensive positioning, and Li Ze instantly seized the opportunity and sent an aerial relay.
Coach Brooks secretly rejoiced that this was the point guard he wanted, with talent, strong execution, and the team's current offensive space is very good, and when necessary, he can replace the center, put the forward line, and shoot all.
The Utah Jazz called a timeout, and it looked like Sloan had to talk to the team about defense and rotate by the way.
"Yes, Kayce, keep the rhythm, Ibaka pay attention to the defense, they don't move fast inside, everyone plays the last three minutes." Coach Brooks waved his hand, and the benches all came on.
Li Ze and Eric Mayno partner in the backcourt, Nick Collison and Ibaka form the forward, and rookie Byron plays center, which is a good height and a bit slow to move.
The Utah Jazz also made a substitution lineup, with Ronnie Price and Wesley Matthews forming the guard line, Kyle Korver and CJ Myers topping forwards, and Kouvers playing center to strengthen the movement speed.
Sure enough, the Utah Jazz sped up the rotation of the ball when attacking, and after continuous passing, Korver made a 3-point shot from the outside.
"Bang..."The iron is struck, and you still need to find your feel when you first play.
The long rebound was picked up by Li Ze, and he directly and quickly pushed the transition offense, Matthews clung to this Li Ze, trying to make a mistake, but this confrontation had no effect at all.
Li Ze suddenly stopped outside the three-point line, dribbled with his left hand to increase his center of gravity, dribbled under his crotch and then quickly changed direction in front of his body, such a large change of direction directly shook Matthews, and the inside Koufus had no way to make up for it.
Li Ze faced a fake pass on the defense, and the follow-up Ibaka won the dunk.
"Wow, nice pass, Kayce!" Ibaka shouted excitedly after the dunk, and Matthews felt that he was abused by the rookie, and his face was a little unbearable.
"Beautiful passes, Kayce's passing in front of this ball is too exciting, Matthews has been guarding his right hand, but it doesn't seem to have any effect at the moment, the physical test report is right, balanced two-handed ball control technique."
CCTV's host Yu Jia has been stunned, this technology, this body, this rookie?
"This ball is really beautiful, it's a good pass, don't say it, Kayce is really interesting to play point guard, and the Thunder coach has a lot of ideas!" Zhang Weiping looked at it with a smile.
The Jazz Plath organized an offense, and the current lineup can shoot from the outside, and the pace is also fast, and after continuous breakthrough points, Matthews faced Li Ze's save and shot at the three-point line.
"Huh..."Hollow into the net, the rotation of the Thunder team was slow, and it was too late for Li Ze to pounce.
Matthews looked at Li Ze and shouted as he stepped back: "Welcome to the NBA, rookie!" "The last round was easily passed, and I couldn't hang on to my face, so I had to find a place at this time.
“???”
Li Ze has a question mark on his face, this can also pretend to be X, what are you angry about as a substitute role player?
Li Ze gave the ball to Meno, then dribbled across the half, gestured to his teammates, and asked for the ball directly in the low position, Meno hoisted the ball to Li Ze, and immediately after receiving the ball, there was a triple threat, Matthews was afraid of being pulled out, and stepped forward to defend closely.
But Li Ze quickly released the ball, dribbled with a cross step, quickly pulled back with his right hand, and dribbled with his left hand to reach his shooting hot zone by hitting Matthews twice, and quickly closed the ball.
A feint that shook his shoulders and shook his shoulders directly shook Matthews away, turned over and threw a jump shot.
"Huh..."The hollow entered the net, the whole set of movements was fast and coherent, Li Ze just spread his hands towards Matthews, indicating that the ball was very easy.
"Wow, what did we see, this kind of footwork, such a step-back jumper, as if it was Kobe Bryant!" Narrator Twin let out a voice of admiration.
Zhang Weiping on CCTV's side was also happy, "The action in front is really beautiful, don't say, this backward jumper is indeed quite similar to Kobe's, it is very stretched!" ”
Matthews looked at Li Ze's handsome face and was furious, he was a non-draft player, he was already jealous of the rookie with a high pick, plus he lost face a little in front, so he sprayed a rookie casually, but he was taught a lesson by Li Ze again...
Teammates also saw that Matthews was not happy, so they looked for him more when attacking, but Matthews was a little up, and he killed Li Ze with the ball in the face, but as a result, Ibaka helped defend and returned the ball out if he didn't move.
Li Ze saw the route and copied it away, strode the meteor directly to the opponent's half, and Korver, who was defending against it, directly scored the ball.
With 36 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder led 25-20.
Price motioned to his teammates to slow down and play the last offense, and the Jazz still found an opportunity with a pick-and-roll offense, and finally passed to Korver in the bottom corner and shot a three-pointer.
"Boom..."Steady hit, Korver's shooting skills are really good.
After Maynot quickly passed the half, he broke through Byron's blocking and dismantling directly to the inside, faced the help defense, and passed the ball to Li Ze in the bottom corner, with 6 seconds left, the familiar pot ball.
Li Ze almost flew Matthews directly with a false throw, pretending to break through with the ball in his right hand, and then took a quick step back, and jumped directly outside the 3-point line.
"Huh..." was easily scored, and the goal was right in front of the Thunder bench, and after the goal was scored, the turtle was screaming on the side.
"Can you play in the NBA at your level? Rookie. Li Ze said to Matthews with a smile on his face.
This completely broke the big defense for Matthews, he lost the draft, he almost couldn't play in the NBA, and he was going to push Li Ze when he went up, but the bench on the Thunder side saw his action and directly surrounded him.
"Just wait, rookie, I'll teach you a good lesson!" Matthews is still a dead duck with a hard mouth.
Li Ze was completely speechless, some people can't see that you are stronger than him, a king with a strong mouth... He didn't reply, pouted, and made a helpless expression.
"It looks like our rookie of the year is a bit of a skirmish with the opposing player, haha, I love Kayce's performance!" Commentator Twin was already in high spirits and directly loaned the best rookie to Li Ze.
At the end of the first quarter, 28-23, the Thunder took the lead, Li Ze played well, 3 of 3, 7 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Coach Brooks was very satisfied.