The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 357 [The defense is very tight, singled out James]

Why is it said that offense wins the audience and defense wins the championship?Because when it comes to the finals, any team will attach great importance to defense, and the Clippers and the All-Star Heat, who have the strongest offensive power in the regular season, are no exception.

The Clippers use a mixed defense to protect the basket. This is to play against the weakness of the Heat. As long as Wade and James cannot break into the interior, their strengths cannot be fully utilized. Even if the Heat score a few more goals by shooting , the Clippers recognize it, and it is impossible for any defense to be flawless.

The two teams also have a lot of pitchers. The Clippers' Curry and Love are the starters, but the Heat's pitchers are all substitutes.If these people play, the Heat's defense will become weaker.Even if Mayo is allowed to start the game, Chalmers will have to come off the bench, and there is still only one stable three-point shooting point on the field.

Compression defense is the most appropriate tactic against teams without shooters.The Heat beat the Clippers but they couldn't compress the defense. Not only Love and Curry, Ye Feng also made 39.3% of his three-pointers this season, which is close to 60%. The ball, other positions are not good, but it is enough.

The Clippers attacked, and the two insiders went to the low post again. Ye Feng didn't catch the ball and ran to the top of the arc to cover Curry. Wire.In college, Curry has been playing as a team leader, he has a big heart!

James had to change defense again, Ye Feng ran to the other side, at the same time, Love pulled out the outside line, Haslem followed the defense, but instead of defending Love, followed Ye Feng, Chalmers Went to defend Love.

The Heat paid more attention to the defense of Ye Feng, and would rather let Chalmers defend Love than let Ye Feng single-handedly play guard.Curry first gave the ball to Smith, who responded, and then handed it to Love. This is an obvious misplacement. Ye Feng faced Haslem on the left side, and he would definitely not beat Love to Chalmer. Si is easier, so Love chose a pull-up jumper.Chalmers could only interfere as much as he could. I don't know if the interference played a role, or Love felt bad and missed the ball.James returned to the inside in time and grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Heat also have a mixed defense. They will never relax Ye Feng. They can let others shoot. Ye Feng, Curry, and Smith, who are the most threatening on the field, must keep up.

The Heat attacked, but Ye Feng still defended against James.This season, James also often played as a point guard. Sometimes he would be directly responsible for bringing the ball across the half court. No matter what he did today, Ye Feng would defend him and not give him the opportunity to easily break through with the ball and organize the offense.

Barkley said: "This game is worth seeing. Ye Feng and James have faced off. This is the first time since entering the league. Someone once said that Ye Feng dare not match up with James and always let Smith defend. Now Those people can shut up."

Kenny Smith said: "Ye Feng won the Best Defensive Player Award this season. It was judged by reporters and the media. Many people said that Ye Feng was awarded by the media. The Best Defensive Player should go to Howard. Today If he can guard James, it will prove everything, James also won the regular season MVP, this can be said to be a contest between the two strongest players in the league."

After James got the ball, Ye Feng pressed close to him, leaving no room for James to turn around. James dribbled the ball laterally, and he followed closely, and James couldn't speed up.

Ye Feng consulted Kidd in order to prepare for the finals, and asked what Kidd would do if he defended a player like James.

Kidd didn't understand why he asked that question at the time, and said with a smile: "It's what you usually do, close-fitting and non-stop physical confrontation, disrupting the rhythm of the opponent. After the opponent picks up the ball, raise your hand to interfere. Take off, if you don’t jump, you won’t be easily fouled, and when the opponent jumps, you will block your eyes to interfere. What? You are the best defensive player, do you still need to learn from me?”

Ye Feng smiled slightly and said, "I just want to confirm."

He knows Kidd's method, which is the defensive method that made James uncomfortable in the Mavericks Finals.The Mavericks were all eliminated by the Clippers. With that kind of defense, he believes that the Clippers will definitely beat the Heat.

Don't say that James is not good at back attacking now, even if he can back up, Ye Feng's strength can resist it.James had no chance outside and passed the ball again. Wade broke through through Haslem's screen.

McGee still defended in the center, regardless of Wade, let Smith on the bottom line switch defenses, Smith quickly defended, did not give Wade an open shot, he did not follow too far, defended against penetration and shot, Wade dribbled the ball and forced a breakthrough , Smith immediately retreated, Wade dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed direction to the middle, stopped and shot a jumper and made a handball. Smith interfered and missed the ball. 3 to 2.

Although Wade scored a goal, it was not easy to shoot at all.

The Heat are also in zone defense, and the outside line is very tight with people. The pick-and-roll does not work every time. Curry failed to use the screen to break through this time, and was directly blocked by James on the outside line. After Ye Feng withdrew, James followed him. Holmes also caught up with Curry.

James is very good at defending against pick-and-rolls. His explosive power is very strong. Except for Joel Anthony, no one in the Heat's lineup is slow, so the rotation speed is very fast. It is very difficult for them to pass the chance of easy shots. Otherwise, the Heat would not rank among the best in the league in defensive statistics.

Ye Feng couldn't get rid of James without a cover, just like James couldn't get rid of him.The physical qualities of the two are really similar, except that James is heavier and as strong as an orangutan, and the others are similar.They all have a feeling that maybe playing against themselves is this kind of defensive strength.

Curry passes to Smith, Love pulls to the perimeter, McGee screens high, Smith breaks through for a pull-up jumper, Joel Anthony interferes with the shot, and the ball misses again.James was the first to get to the basket than Ye Feng, and then got the backcourt rebound.

James defends the perimeter most of the time, averaging 7.6 rebounds per game. If he has been defending at the basket, he can definitely average 10 rebounds per game. His rebounding ability is not inferior to Ye Feng. Once he grabs a rebound, James Immediately throw it to the frontcourt, Ye Feng is in the low post, Smith just took a shot, Wade seized the opportunity to counterattack, and only Curry returned to the defense.

Wade lowered his body, accelerated to the basket, took a step away from Curry, and hit the board with a one-handed throw. 3 to 4.

"The Flash" and James have a tacit understanding of the fast break. During the regular season, the two also played an alley-oop cooperation throughout the game.

The Clippers attacked, and James defended Ye Feng again. This time Ye Feng received the ball through an off-ball screen on the outside. When he turned around, James had already bypassed the screen and chased him up.James' defensive enthusiasm was also much higher than in the regular season, and he couldn't get rid of him even with a single screen. Today, he got involved with Ye Feng.He was also named to the All-Defensive Team and finished third in the Defensive Player of the Year selection.

"Come on!" Ye Feng shouted.Facing James, he chose to break through with the ball.

He wants to challenge the league for the All-Star Weekend, and now is a good opportunity for a one-on-one challenge.The Heat's defense is also very strict, and it is also difficult to find space in the zone defense. At this time, he needs to stand up and play singles.

The other players are also pulled away, only McGee is on standby in the high post, ready to step forward to cover at any time.Ye Feng held the ball in his right hand, his right shoulder swayed slightly and turned to the left, James slid to keep up, Ye Feng paused, dribbled the ball quickly and then handed over his right hand, taking a step, James shifted his center of gravity to the left, Ye Feng went behind his back again The dribble went to the left hand.

In the last series, Ye Feng used this trick to stun DeAndre Jordan, but James followed him, stepped forward, and bumped into Ye Feng before he changed direction and left. He made a mistake and the rhythm was suddenly disrupted.

Ye Feng didn't speed up, he hurriedly protected the ball and passed it to McGee in the middle, the attack time wasted a lot, after McGee received the ball, he turned around and hit Joel Anthony, took a jump shot with an emergency stop, the ball went wide again, Haslem gets the rebound.

In the ESPN commentary booth, Van Gundy said: "The Heat's defense is great. Today James refused to give an inch and followed Ye Feng. The three fake moves just now were very coherent. If it was against someone else, it might have passed. In the last series, Wall used a screen to beat James, and almost never made a breakthrough. It was also very difficult for Ye Feng to beat James. But it is also difficult for James to single-handedly beat Ye Feng..."

As soon as he spoke, James singled Ye Feng and broke through from the left. Ye Feng also bypassed the screen to chase and defend without changing positions. James chose a jumper with an emergency stop. Ye Feng jumped up and pressed his hand on his face. It is only an inch away from James' eyeball, and the nails can be inserted in if they are longer, so whoever can remain unmoved will be a god.James didn't make a shot, and Love got a backcourt rebound.The Heat quickly returned to defense, and the fast break couldn't play fast break.

After Curry dribbled the ball halfway through, Ye Feng decided to change his style of play, beckoned to Love and McGee, let them pull out, and he went into the low post.The Heat didn't switch defenses, and James also entered the low post, resisting Ye Feng.

Curry passed to Love, who dropped the ball to the low post on the right, and Ye Feng singled James again.The fans on the sidelines all fell silent, not daring to blink for fear of missing a wonderful moment.

Ye Feng dribbled the ball with his back and hit James twice.James has resisted Howard and Garnett in the low post. He is at a disadvantage in height, but he can resist. This is very similar to Ye Feng.Ye Feng didn't expect to break him into the restricted area, so he took two steps and turned around in the middle.With his left foot as the axis, he took a step towards the center with his right foot. As soon as James moved towards the center, Ye Feng immediately turned around to the baseline again, took a big step with his right foot, and distanced himself from James. ! 5 to 4.

If the breakthrough failed, Ye Feng used his footsteps.He studied the Heat's previous game video. In the regular season loss to the Mavericks, James was scored several times by Marion with a back turn throw. This move is very difficult to defend, and Ye Feng will also.

The Heat attacked, and James also went to the low post to ask for the ball, ready to return one.Wade sent the ball in, James retreated one after another, dribbled the ball horizontally and suddenly jumped to the middle, and after jumping up, he shot the basketball with both hands and went in! 5 to 6.

As soon as the game started, the cores of the two sides began to face each other.

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