Chapter 204: Defense Bankruptcy
The fans at the MCI Center waited for the second half of the game to finally begin!
At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides were still in the starting lineup, the Wizards served, Li Kaiming was strictly guarded, and Hinrich controlled the ball for more than half the court.
With the experience of defending Li Kaiming in the second quarter, Elton Brand in the third quarter seemed more confident, isn't it just running? I won't attack and run with you, I just won't let you get the ball!
But this time, after Li Kaiming got the mandatory task of the system, he would not just do some dirty work of grabbing rebounds and defending like in the second quarter.
If he just did this, then Brand didn't even have to reach out when he defended him, he just had to cling to the school
So this time Li Kaiming began to spiral inside the three-point line, which made Brand a little uncomfortable.
If Li Kaiming goes to give the Wizards other lack of cover to spare, he only needs to bypass Li Kaiming, and don't care about the people who break through through through Li Kaiming, but now Li Kaiming began to use the cover of his teammates as a no-ball player, which made him a little uncomfortable!
As a heavy tank with a height of 206 and a weight of more than 115kg, Brand's size is difficult to support him as a close defender to squeeze and cover in various ways, especially Li Kaiming's speed is still so fast!
So when Li Kaiming messed up in the 76 Rao formation, because of the huge threat brought by his three points, the 76ers had to change their defenses as soon as they met the cover, and soon there was a misalignment.
Blatch received a pass from Hinrich on the inside, misplaced Ju Holiday for 191, arched his back twice and scored with an easy hook.
48 to 42!
The 76ers attacked, and after the air-cut tactics ran out, they didn't find the right opportunity, and reluctantly gave Iguodala, who singled Elsolton, and successfully scored in the face of Bradge's help defense.
48 to 44!
Hinrich dribbled past half the court, Li Kaiming was still active in running without the ball, and the rest of the Wizards team was also very cooperative, helping Li Kaiming block the chasing Brand from time to time, making the latter gasp for breath and cry bitterly!
This 76 Rao defense was finally caught by Li Kaiming loophole, Brand and Iguodala's defensive communication went wrong, Brand thought to change the defense, but Iguodala thought that Brand was going to squeeze cover, Li Kaiming seized this golden opportunity, a big stride directly from the gap between the two people into the penalty area.
Originally, Hinrich was playing with Blatch in the blockade, and when he saw Li Kaiming successfully break through the blockade, he immediately gave the ball to Li Kaiming.
Li Kaiming's speed was raised, and the moment he caught the ball, he directly grabbed the ball with one hand, just dodging Holiday who was trying to cut the ball on the side, and then faced the empty basket, stepped directly on the floor with one foot, and the strength of his legs exploded, and the whole person was like a full bow in the air!
Then round your right arm and grab the ball with one hand, a powerful one-armed tomahawk split!
Bang!
The basket at the MCI Center squeaks overwhelmingly!
The fans were silent for a second, and then the cheers almost lifted the roof of the arena!
"Buy Karma! It's so explosive! ”
"Who is Li Kaiming going to be killed by 76 people? Come out and get beaten! ”
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Because of Li Kaiming's ball, a similar voice appeared on the Internet, and even in the studio of Huaguo Sports Channel, Zhang Weiping stared at the screen, but his mouth said in a weird manner: "These people have not finished speaking for two minutes, and their faces have been beaten, go back and quickly apply cold water, otherwise it will be easy to swell......"
Yang Yi smiled awkwardly, "Don't worry, old man, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a problem with the 76ers' defensive communication, otherwise he wouldn't have this chance to go to the basket!" ”
Seeing that Yang Yi's mouth was still so hard, Zhang Weiping simply didn't say anything, after the ball just now, he was already full of confidence in Li Kaiming, and the latter would not be restricted by the 76ers in this game.
That's the confidence that comes from a professional footballer!
After Li Kaiming landed, he looked at the fans who were cheering at him like the sea, stood behind the rebound and slapped his chest with his right fist a few times!
And the fans close to Li Kaiming's side saw his passionate scene, and the cheers immediately rose to another level!
Even Li Kaiming has to admit that the home atmosphere is really useful.
After the MCI Center was detonated by one of his dunks, when the 76ers attacked, the 20,000 spectators shouted in unison, "Defend!" ”
The strong pressure not only made the 76 players feel nervous, but also made the Wizards players more engaged when defending!
And 76 Rao's attack was also successfully defended by the Wizards, after Li Kaiming got the rebound, Brand hadn't posted it yet, he threw the ball to Hinrich, and then stepped on the accelerator to the end and started charging directly!
Originally, Li Kaiming's speed was the fastest on the entire court, and when he threw away the burden of basketball, his speed was absolutely unmatched!
Watching the people around him being successfully overtaken by him, Li Kaiming suddenly remembered the long-lost off-ball fast attack link!
A month ago, when he couldn't dribble and play on his own, he had to play two or three fast dunks almost every game!
And after he can play with the ball on his own, there are a lot fewer of them.
And now Li Kaiming, with more perverted attributes, picked up the skills he was best at the beginning, and rushed to the front court with three steps and two steps, and Xinrich's long pass also arrived!
The position of receiving the ball is the three-point line, Li Kaiming stepped on the three-point line, directly raised the fire with one hand, and reached the basket in two steps, and then once again dedicated a big windmill dunk to the audience!
52 to 44!
The atmosphere of the scene was directly driven by Li Kaiming's two wonderful dunks!
76ers head coach Doug Collins saw that the situation was not good, and immediately asked the referee for a timeout!
The Wizards have already played out their momentum, and if they don't call a timeout to interrupt, I'm afraid the 76ers will soon be stunned!
Facts have proved that Doug Collins' choice is very correct, after the pause back, Li Kaiming's dunk to the audience shock has been gradually digested, and few of the audience are willing to cooperate and shout "defense", after all, Rao's energy is limited.
And the 76ers also took advantage of this great opportunity to run the empty cut tactic again, but this time it was an inside pass and outside shot after the air cut, John Wall got an empty three-point opportunity, hesitated for a moment and then shot and hit!
52 to 47!
The momentum of the Wizards team was interrupted, but Li Kaiming's momentum had just risen!
This time he was still running around without the ball, and after cutting a step into the three-point line, Brand remembered the communication mistake in the previous round, and immediately took a step back, but he didn't expect Li Kaiming to kill in the follow-up, but suddenly braked sharply and retreated outside the three-point line, and got a short vacant opportunity!
Hinrich ran the ball, Li Kaiming received the ball for three points and hit it against Brand and Iguodala who made up!
55 to 47!
Li Kaiming scored 7 points in a row alone!
76ers head coach Doug Collins's face changed a little, the last timeout was to break the morale of the Wizards, and he didn't notice Li Kaiming's sudden outburst!
This sucks!
But he was still lucky, he didn't call two timeouts in a row, he believed in 76 Rao's defense too much!
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The third quarter passed quickly, and Doug Collins paid the price for his indecision, and when Li Kaiming let go of his intention to play with the ball and completely switched to playing without the ball, the 76 Rao defense had no way to limit him!
Li Kaiming holds the ball, they can use the strategy of rapid rotation and pinching of the front group to force Li Kaiming to play the ball, but Li Kaiming runs without the ball like Reggie Miller, and the pinch attack of the front group has no effect.
Li Kaiming played 10 minutes in the third quarter, 5-of-7 in the single quarter, including 2-of-2 3-pointers, and got 12 points and 5 rebounds.
The ultimate defensive strategy that the 76ers experimented with in the second quarter went bankrupt!
The most annoying thing is that when Li Kaiming does not hold the ball and attacks from the outside, his rebounds also began to rise!