NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 149 Carter Takes Off
Halfway through the first quarter, the official paused.

The Nets are 15 points behind 19 to 4.

15 points in the half quarter exceeded their usual offensive level, but it still didn't allow them to take the lead. This is a very dangerous signal.

After all, it is impossible to maintain a super-level touch for an entire game.

"Our inside line needs to be sped up a bit."

Kidd has some advice for Frank.

Now their inside line is Krstic and Collins, two stupid big men. The double-high combination is useless. Kaman is only the fifth offensive point of the Clippers, and Cassel has more roles than him.

The two of them were under the basket, preventing loneliness.

Compared to defending Kaman, they need to switch faster.

"Enter Scott, Kostic rests."

Frank said Kidd was right and replaced Scott Paquette, a mediocre small rotation.

"We're better off playing a mixed defense."

After Frank finished the substitution, he fell into a pause again, and Kidd could only continue to suggest.

In this regard, Frank followed suit and arranged: "Next, Carter, you will be responsible for marking He, and the others will guard the zone defense."

This is a branch of zone defense, also known as 1-to-4.

Send a defensive vanguard to lock the opponent's core players, and the other four defend the 2-2 zone defense.

This kind of mixed defense is suitable for teams with an outside superstar, and the Clippers' outside line, that is, He Xinghui's three-point threat is relatively large, and others can choose to shoot and defend against breakthroughs.

1 staring at the quad has advantages, but it also has disadvantages, but the Nets have no choice, their lineup is not enough to support them to lock all the Clippers players.

1-to-4 is easier than pure man-to-man, but the premise is that there is a defensive leader in the team.

This task was handed over to Carter by Frank, and Carter called out his mother in his heart.

He is the team's scoring leader, should he do the dirty work of defending the opponent's core?

In the Raptors, he doesn't need to take on such a task. With Christie helping him, he can save his energy and have fun on the offensive end.

And now, he wants to be both a father and a mother.

But he can't say that he can't do it. After all, he is a transfer from the Raptors and needs to take on more to prove himself.

Unlike He Xinghui, who was trained by the Clippers themselves, Clippers fans are infinitely tolerant of him.Poor defense doesn't matter, take your time.

The ad ends and the game continues.

After only two rounds, He Xinghui noticed the change in the opponent's defensive tactics.

After all, basketball tactics are a lot to say, but they are actually various subdivisions of those major categories.

He has been playing in the NBA for a while, and he is basically familiar with those tactics.

However, seeing through the opponent's tactics may not necessarily be able to break through.

He Xinghui knows that the easiest way to break the 1-to-4 link is to blow up the opponent's defensive top soldiers.

However, it is difficult.

Without the use of props, He Xinghui's strength may not be as strong as Carter's, let alone blow up.

He Xinghui played Carter for three rounds, 3 of 1 shots, and his efficiency was average.

Subsequently, Cassel passed the ball to Brand, hoping that Brand could put some pressure on the opponent inside.

This trick is very effective. After Krstic is off the field, the new Scott is not even Brand's opponent.

Brand drove the opponent to score two, and Frank scratched his head off the court again.

After the first quarter, the Nets were 28 to 33, still 5 points behind.

In the second quarter, the two sides came to the bench, and the Nets couldn't stand it even more.

They don't have a decent player on the bench. On the Clippers side, there is Mobley, who is competing for the best sixth man, and Livingston, a potential star.

The guard combination of the two partners made the Nets' substitute kill the crying father and mother.

Helpless, Frank had no choice but to replace Kidd early.

It didn't take long for the main force of the Clippers to play one after another.

When Livingston, Mobley, and He Xinghui are on the court at the same time, and Kaman is resting, they are considered a small lineup of three guards, and they are quite sharp in fast break.

The Nets players could only run along, exhausted to death.

Of course, there are also problems with a lineup like the Clippers.

The inside line is so empty that He Xinghui is needed to help defend.

Carter became excited when he saw He Xinghui retreat to the inside line.

Kidd understood this situation instantly. He passed the ball to Carter and helped block Quinton Ross himself.

Afterwards, Carter rushed to He Xinghui with the ball, and took off directly from the basket.

This made He Xinghui very entangled at the basket, and it was embarrassing to run away and lose character.

And standing still and trying to defend is very likely to become a background board.

For a moment, He Xinghui didn't have time to think too much, so he could only stand and defend.

Then, Carter bumped into him and dunked the ball through him to the rim for a narrow dunk.

It's also fortunate that he took off a little earlier, if he rushed a little closer, he might have been able to fly over He Xinghui's head.

Carter roared after completing the dunk.

In the previous games, he had been miserable and aggrieved, and now he finally had the chance to vent his emotions.

The players of the Nets also rushed in front of Carter, bumping their chests to celebrate.

The team is behind, and they are holding their breath.

And this kind of dunk that humiliates the opponent's core seems to boost morale.

"Shet, isn't it just a slam dunk."

He Xinghui complained.

"Yeah, isn't it just a dunk, but why don't you dunk it?"

Kidd mocked.

"Originally. Forget it. Since you want to see it, I'll deduct one. It's a big deal."

He Xinghui said.

Originally, he just wanted to win the game normally, but now that he encountered a provocation, he didn't mind Xiaohua's [-] points of anger and a kickback.

"Ha ha."

Kidd sneered disdainfully.

How can it be so easy to do the buckle, not to mention that they are still on guard now.

As the game continued, He Xinghui greeted his opponent and said, "If I buckle it back later, you all come over to celebrate."

"Don't you like to celebrate alone, why did you change your taste?"

Cassel asked.

"You'll know then."

He Xinghui didn't explain in detail, but ran to the frontcourt.

Just like Kidd's hehe, it's not so easy to deliberately dunk opponents.

At least in the last 2 minutes of the first half, He Xinghui did not find a chance.

At the end of the first half, the Nets were 54 to 62, and the Clippers had already led by 8 points.

However, He Xinghui couldn't be happy.

His game needs a kickback to be considered complete. Just winning is not enough. After the game, those star blacks will also mock him for being kicked off.

Not to mention after the game, on TNT, Barkley was already mocking him, and he couldn't wait until after the game.

"Now he knows he's wrong, and he dares to defend Carter's dunk head-on. Let others be the background board every day, and finally he will be the background board once."

Buckley whispered.

(End of this chapter)