Chapter Eighty-Six: What is Core Potential?
The Bulls' opening could be described as perfect, but when the timeout returned, the Jazz began to show their strength.
Delong, in particular, has adjusted his form.
Delon's biggest impression on fans is two, one is "eating and sleeping to beat Paul", and the other is his drag step breakthrough.
The former relies on the body, and the latter relies on rhythm.
Compared with Xu Yong's encounter with Walker, who also relied on rhythm in the championship, Delong's rhythm belongs to another dimension.
Because the amplitude of the trailing step is very large, whether it is the trailing step breakthrough or the trailing step changing direction to break through, or the sudden stop and dry pull of the trailing step, it is difficult for the defender's center of gravity to be maintained.
This kind of stride is much more lethal than a falling step, but it is also extremely damaging to his ankle.
Ordinary people will feel very sore ankles even if they usually train for this.
However, Xu Yong was a little itchy to see it.
Basketball skills are not like women, they can't eat from the bowl and look at the pot, they can even hold the pot again.
Although his current falling step is very useful, and he is also on good terms with Rose, and is ready to find an opportunity to talk about changing direction without slowing down, this does not prevent him from wanting to learn to drag step.
You must know that in addition to Delon, Durant before breaking that Achilles tendon for the Warriors is also a representative of the drag step.
Another technique that Durant is good at is the pull-up jumper.
So the steps are never in conflict with each other, and even like it would be easier for him to learn the falling steps and then learn the dream dance steps, they are related to each other.
Of course, these are just momentary thoughts.
After DeLong scored 6 points in a row to overtake the score in one fell swoop, he was also ready to respond immediately.
In addition to Delon playing well on the offensive end, the Jazz also pulled out the intensity on the defensive end.
Deng's play was clearly limited, with three rounds of offense, two irons and one turnover.
This is also his weakness, because he lacks speed and explosiveness, he can't be a ball-handling core.
Xu Yong's response was crisp, using Noah to cover and catch the ball with a dry pull hit to help the Bulls stabilize their position.
Should I say it or not, although Noah's body is still thin, his shoulders are wide and the quality of his blocking and dismantling is very high.
But right away, Miles received a pass from Delon and added a goal.
And after the switch between offense and defense, the Jazz also began to focus on the off-ball tactics designed by De Nagro for Xu Yong.
Noah's ball-handling at the free-throw line was denied and his mid-range shot couldn't be scored.
It was Delon again, who drew the defense on the fast break and assisted Brewer's follow-up layup to score two more points.
Delivering two assists in a row, that's where an All-Star comes in.
After Deron tore apart the Bulls' defense, especially the lack of system, the rest of the Jazz players were able to get easy shots.
And the change in the situation on the court after returning from two timeouts, De Nagro was blown up by Sloan in terms of coaching level.
14 to 11.
With a 10-2 offensive wave, the Jazz have taken the initiative on the court.
The camera was on De Nagro at this point, and the Bulls' head coach couldn't do anything more.
Of course, apart from the fans at the scene, not many people felt that there was anything wrong with this, after all, the Jazz were stronger than the Bulls in all aspects, and Rose, who could tear the defense like Delon, was still absent.
The game on the court continued, and the Bulls continued to run the same tactics.
Xu Yong didn't have a chance after receiving the ball, he waited for Deng and Sangela to play a no-ball tactic on the weak side, and after seeing that there was no chance, he directly stretched out his hand and signaled to pull it away.
Since the manager's tactics can't work, he can only play his own subjective ability.
The man who defended him at this time was Ronnie Brewer.
Brewer is a rookie developed by the Jazz themselves, who has been a starter on the team since his sophomore year, averaging 5.2 of 10.2 shots per game last season and being very efficient on the offensive end.
Of course, he is more relied on by the Jazz for his defense, and he is assigned to use it against the opposing arrowhead every night.
He led the defense, Kirilenko assisted, and the two built a defensive system that made Maddie struggle and gave domestic fans a headache.
Of course, this is also the reason why Xu Yong chose to play singles at this time, Kirilenko will not play tonight!
Without Kirilenko's defense, no matter how good your Brewer defense is, can you be better than Deng?
He first made a gesture of wanting to fall and break through, but Brewer did have a lot of experience defending, and his center of gravity did not move at all.
Good defensive players, especially at the NBA level, are likely to study the defender's footage before the game.
Although Xu Yong has not yet appeared in the NBA, he has also played in the summer league.
Brewer has clearly done his homework on this.
Seeing this, Xu Yong's pivotal foot did not change, and he began to fight with his back body.
Brewer also sank his weight, Xu Yong is bigger than him, and his confrontation ability is also excellent.
But after he really sank his weight, he found that Xu Yong's back punch was very different from what he expected.
To be more precise, it should be very different from what he saw in the video.
In the video, Xu Yong's back play pays more attention to creating opportunities after the confrontation, but now, he is just feeling his defensive center of gravity, followed by a turn feint to the baseline, plus a step-back pull-out jumper that turns back.
That feint was too realistic to shake him over, and by the time he straightened his body, Xu Yong had already completed the shot easily.
"Bang!"
The basketball hit the rebound, but it bounced off and fell into the net.
Xu Yong shook his head after landing on the ground.
Although the ball completely shook off the space, because of the built-in back, his throw was not very stable.
It's not enough to just train in the summer, he still has to practice hard during the season.
Brewer's annoyed face: ...... What do you mean when you throw yourself in and shake your head and look dissatisfied? Are you saying I'm bad at defense?!
Deron and Boozer split Oku after the block, but Noah moved well and made a splash to interfere, and Oku's three-pointer didn't go in.
However, Boozer picked up the rebound in the front court and forced Sangueira to score the ball.
The difference in points on the field is still 3 points.
This feeling of being overtaken and not being able to turn it back is too familiar to domestic fans.
Delon and Boozer are All-Star caliber players, but the other role players are also very capable, which allows you to defend one over the other.
Noah's free throw line continued to be empty, and he tried again from mid-range but couldn't score, and his shot was a bit unreliable.
Fortunately, Sangeira made up for it this time, picked up the rebound, and gave the ball to Xu Yong.
Xu Yong had a small jump before receiving the ball, and after receiving it, he turned directly to the bottom line.
Brewer made a mistake in prediction again, because Xu Yong's turn in the last round was false, but this time it was suddenly real!
However, just as he was struggling to make up for the bottom line, Xu Yong suddenly pulled back a turn-over jumper with a sudden stop.
So, he didn't have time to pounce like in the previous round.
Looking at Xu Yong completing the shot in front of him, he couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: Why does my defense look so bad?
This time, Xu Yongkong added scissor legs to balance his body.
"Huh!"
Basketball hollow pocket.
Xu Yong didn't shake his head again after landing this time.
It seems that the advanced scissor leg trick still needs to be practiced, and the probability of using it after combining the steps has obviously increased.
At this time, the scene was already restless.
Originally, they were mainly running to support Lore Deng today, but Xu Yong's play is too handsome!
It's like domestic fans watch the NBA a lot to support Yao Ming, but it doesn't prevent them from liking Maddy, Kobe, Carter and Iverson.
Because for fans, except for Yao Ming, who cares how many points you score or not, whether you get a triple-double or not, what they care about is whether the game is good or not, and whether the game is exciting.
It's not good to play, even if you win the all-time scoring champion, how many people love to watch it?
Xu Yong is not only good-looking, but also relied on his personal ability to score 4 points in a row to help the Bulls bite the score.
The key is that he is still a rookie, and he is still facing Brewer, who is known for his defense, which is incredible.
Lore Deng smiled knowingly at this time, I already knew it before you knew it.
Brewer's three-point shot from the outside was missed, and the Jazz's score was finally broken.
Now the Bulls have a chance to overtake.
The fans sat up straight.
"Come on! Bulls! ”
Then, I don't know who started first, and the North Greenwich Coliseum rang out cheering for the Bulls.
Moreover, it is extraordinarily neat.
It's really a home game now.
Xu Yong continued to receive the ball, and in the roar of Sloan, the Jazz began to pinch Xu Yong.
Kirilenko doesn't play tonight, there is no better individual defender than Brewer, and the flanking is the only option.
However, as soon as this pinch came up, Xu Yong sent the ball to Deng, who cut in the middle.
Deng's offensive ability with the ball is average, but his basketball IQ and off-ball ability are top-notch.
As for Xu Yong, even if Brewer watched every round of the video of the game where Xu Yong scored 48 points, he probably couldn't see that Xu Yong was actually a team player like Jordan.
Although he is scoring all the time, he is watching the movement of his teammates before and during every attack.
"Bang!"
Deng jumped up after receiving the ball, and smashed the ball into the basket with a heavy two-handed slam.
16 to 17.
The Bulls didn't make the second Rockets and flipped the score back!