I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 272 Dunk at the free throw line without looking!

After long-awaited calls, the opening game of the NBA03-04 regular season is finally about to begin with the debut of the Cavaliers and the Bucks.

Kwame Brown, who had just received the championship ring, was more excited at this time.

Although the jump ball has not yet started, Kwame Brown is already staring at the basketball in the referee's hand, his eyes are constantly shining, like a wild dog in heat, eager to try.

Even if his opponent is a little giant with a height of more than 2 meters 2 - Zajunas Ilgauskas.

Kwame Brown is almost 10 centimeters behind Big Z in height, and usually jumping balls are judged by bounce speed, height and wingspan, and jump ball experience.

Big Z is a member of the 96 golden generation, so he has more jump ball experience than Kwame Brown.

Right now Kwame Brown is jumping the ball with Big Z, it's really hard to say who will win and who will win. Judging from the matchup last season, Kwame Brown is still a bit inferior.

"Kwame Brown successfully helped the Bucks win the ball on the first attack!"

People are in good spirits on happy occasions. Kwame Brown is really in good condition today. From the very beginning, he has made a contribution and helped the Bucks control the ball on the first offense.

I saw that next, Reid passed the ball to Payton, and Payton controlled the ball across the half court to initiate a tactic.

Because as early as the previous preseason, the Bucks changed their style of play last season, at least the starting lineup did not run and bomb.

Therefore, the Cavaliers who are good at defense have a big and bulky big Z in the starting lineup, and they can also adjust their positions in time and set up a defensive formation.

In front of the Bucks, the Cavaliers' first line of defense is James, who is more than 2 meters tall and plays point guard.

Influenced by He Li, James' draft template has changed slightly.

However, in addition to the power in the upper limit of James' template, there is still the name of the magician.

Of course, whether it is the point forward He Li or the big point guard Magician, James can follow the template and become the Cavaliers' first ball-handler.

When defending, James, who has not yet gained muscle and weight, has a good speed advantage and agility, can also be used to defend the opponent's point guard.

Soon, James took the initiative to confront Payton, and Payton tried to turn around and pass James with a breakthrough.

But James' lateral speed is excellent!Payton's nearly 20 years of breakthrough skills have no advantage at all in front of James' talent.

At this time, perhaps out of face, or perhaps out of concern for the younger generation, Payton spat trash talk at James while back-hitting James from outside the three-point line.

Payton's back hit is also a must, even better than Kassel and Kidd.

It's just a little worse than Magician and Mark Jackson, but the former relies on physical toughness, and the latter directly forces the league to rewrite the back-up rules.

Now Payton is like Mark Jackson, using his back to bully weak guards.

Although James' size has a lot of advantages over Payton, after all, James is a rookie in high school.

For an old football ruffian like Payton, James has no strength and confrontation due to his height, so he is easy to bully.

That's right, he was obviously a tall and mighty man, but under Peyton's back attack, James was like a delicate and soft loli who could easily be pushed down.

The defensive end was stretched and looked quite embarrassed.

However, after Payton hit James back to near the free throw line, he still failed to get enough room to shoot.

Although the Cavaliers are a big team these years, the overall defense is not bad.

Because of the good zone defense and defense system, the Cavaliers' current boss Ricky Davis also rushed over immediately to help James defend Payton.

Payton just turned around and saw Ricky Davis. Seeing this formation, he immediately passed the ball to He Li at a 45-degree angle on the right.

Naturally, it is impossible for He Li to be surrounded by no one. Darius Miles and Jumaine Jones, two strikers, immediately double-teamed He Li.

He Li didn't rush to shoot after receiving the ball, but continued to pass the ball to the basket.

At this time, Karl Malone was on the right baseline to be determined. After receiving the pass from He Li, he met the slow-moving Big Z. He took the next step to the basket, smashed Huashan, and dunked.

Karl Malone has reached the end of his career, otherwise he would not necessarily give up one person, one city, continue to cooperate with Stockton, and run the Bucks to win the championship.

But even Karl Malone, whose physical fitness has declined a lot, even Karl Malone, who has been reduced to a mid-range shot, will not be merciful when he encounters a good dunk opportunity!

Not to mention people like He Li who sometimes maintain their health purely for the sake of keeping in good health.

"Postman, postman, postman!"

Karl Malone's dunk instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the Bradley Center fans.

What's interesting is that some fans directly called Karl Malone's name-Karl.

This caused the Bucks coach George Karl, who was originally sitting on the bench, to jump up from his seat joyfully, and then danced a hand-waving dance for celebration.

In other words, the Bucks' first attack was over, and as soon as they returned to defense, the Cavaliers' first attack also came.

Because James is the No. [-] pick, he is more or less angry.

He was crushed by Payton in the last round, and this round was not handed over to Ricky Davis to handle it. Instead, he wanted to attack independently and fight back.

James dribbled the ball well across the half court, and communicated with Ricky Davis with eyes and tactical gestures at the top arc. The latter agreed that James would attack on his own, so James would not be polite.

James observed the Bucks' position, and then took the initiative to break through to Payton's position.

The rookie James is really fast and explosive. Maybe his ball-handling skills are still flawed, and the combination of man and ball is not good, but the start of the dribble is so fast that it is hard to guard against.

The seasoned Payton had just stepped up to defend James, but he was completely wiped out by James in one step.

But in the next second, Payton half-turned and started to accelerate, catching up with James.

And James broke through halfway, and met He Li who had already helped defend to the three-second zone.

James was double-flanked by Payton and He Li, and he seemed in disarray for a while.

James, who obviously lacks experience in major competitions, had no choice but to stop and make a jump shot in desperation.

But the person is too tall, the center of gravity of the dribble is high, and the combination of the human and the ball is not good enough. As soon as he grabbed the ball and lifted it to his waist, it was broken by the quick-eyed Payton.

Payton dribbled the ball after completing the steal, then immediately turned and ran back.

James realized that the ball was lost, and this also immediately fought to catch up.

Seeing that James only took three big steps, he had already caught up with Payton who had just passed halftime. Before James could get back the ball in Payton's hands, Payton ignored the pass and sent the ball to He Li.

After He Li received the ball, he no longer maintained his health, and directly passed James who was looking back at the ball, and took two big strides towards the basket with the ball in his arms.

Then stepped on the free throw line and reached the sky in one step, smashing and dunking the basket with one hand.

"He Li, He Li, He Li!"

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

"Champion, champ, champ!"

Facts have proved that even after gaining weight, He Li still has the athletic ability to dunk from the free throw line.

Seeing this, the vast majority of Bucks fans stood up excitedly from their seats, and couldn't help shouting He Li's name, or shouting the slogans of MVP and championship.

In fact, there is still an element of trickery in this ball.

The tacit understanding between Payton and He Li has not yet reached the point where he can ignore the pass.

However, when He Li helped defend James, Payton saw He Li defending him.

When Payton broke the ball in James' hands, Payton knew clearly that He Li would follow closely behind and rush forward together.

At this time, Payton also tried to sell a trick to He Li, the head of the Bucks.

He passed the ball that he could have scored a layup to He Li without looking at the pass, and let He Li score by performing a violent dunk.

In order to gain the trust of He Li and the recognition of Bucks fans.

Unexpectedly, James played too seriously and his talent was too amazing.

If Payton played more selfishly, he might be beaten by James, making him doubt his life.

But it is Payton, who is old in the world, who knows the correct way to win the championship.

On the contrary, it showed that the top point guard seems to have a sense of play behind the scenes, successfully predicting James' pursuit and defense, and He Li's improvement.

It is also because Payton came to the Bucks, and in the first regular season game, he played such a wonderful cooperation with He Li that was destined to land in the top ten goals.

This made many Bucks fans immediately selectively forget Kassel, the hero of the second consecutive championship.

To be fair, Kassel and He Li played for two seasons, but they couldn't find a wonderful scene like this.

Of course, Kassel cannot be blamed either.

Most of the Bucks' defensive counterattacks end with shooting. The Bucks have excellent shooters, and three-pointers are one more point than two-pointers.

With such a wide open shot, why not try to shoot a three-pointer to kill the opponent's morale, but instead adopt an offensive method that may cause physical injury?
In order to compete for the championship in the previous two seasons, it is natural to play more reasonably and healthier.

Although this season is also aimed at competing for the championship, after all, this game is the opening game of the national focus, and it is necessary for He Li to cooperate with his teammates to perform a wave.

"I really like this feeling!"

James felt the excitement of the audience. Although the fans were not excited by him, but by someone else, James also expressed that he could empathize.

It's just that James used to feel the enthusiasm of three or four thousand fans, but now it's close to 2.

(End of this chapter)