Start without the ball

Chapter 9
As a man who has reached the pinnacle of human players in running without the ball, Li Haoyu is well aware of the mistakes Abramovich made.

1. When it is activated, it is too far away from the defender Ferguson, and Ferguson can easily take a shortcut to bypass the screen.

2. When he used Noelle's cover on the bottom line, he didn't stick to the screener. After taking a shortcut to catch up with Abramovich, Ferguson squeezed Noelle through the gap left by Abramovich.

In the next few rounds, the white team can only rely on Schroeder's singles offensively, and the defensive end can't restrain the main lineup.

Donovan couldn't stand it anymore, and called out to Li Haoyu.

"Li, come on, let me see how much your running position can contribute!"

When the opportunity came, Li Haoyu replaced Abu.

The white team attacked, and Li Haoyu fell to the right 45 degrees after reaching the frontcourt.

Schroeder saw the rookie Li come on the court, and passed the ball directly to Li after halftime.

Schroeder's intentions are very good. Most teams will do this. During training, rookies will pass the ball to him without thinking to see what level he is.

But Li Haoyu refused!
Brother, I really can't do this kind of job holding the ball, I don't deserve it!
I've taken your wish, and I'll give you the ball back.

Schroeder was a little puzzled when he saw Li Haoyu pass the ball back immediately after receiving the ball. Is it because he was nervous and dared not attack?
In desperation, Schroeder, who got the live ball, had no choice but to continue to go it alone, calling Patterson from the free throw line to come up to cover.

At the same time, Li Haoyu moved.

First, he stepped forward to cling to Ferguson who was one step inside the three-point line.

Ferguson is a little strange, how can this happen?You still dare to take the initiative to post me, are you going to ask for a back-up?
Ferguson confronted Li Haoyu and pushed Li Haoyu to the outside of the three-point line.

good chance!
The moment Ferguson pushed forward hard, Li Haoyu turned around with his back, passed Ferguson sideways, and cut to the inside.

Schroeder saw Li Haoyu who made an air cut and quickly passed the ball.

After Li Haoyu got the ball, Adams from the bottom line defended him.

Li Haoyu hit the ground pass to Noelle who was emptied.

Facing the empty basket, Noelle made a powerful dunk with both hands!

Noelle vented his anger at being brutalized by the main blue team before.

Off the court, Donovan couldn't help shouting a strike!
Exquisite, really too exquisite!

Actively stepped forward to cling to Ferguson, and when Ferguson was pushing forward, he seized the best opportunity and turned his back to pass!

Back on the defensive end, Westbrook and Adams successfully hit the basket and made a layup after playing a pick-and-roll.

It's still going to the street, the defense of the substitute white team is really free.

In the white team's round, Li Haoyu first sank to the right corner and was close to Ferguson.

The two faced the bottom line side by side.

When Schroder dribbled the ball after halftime.

Li Haoyu first turned his body slightly, stepped out with his left foot, and pretended to catch the ball.

Ferguson didn't dare to neglect, and moved up quickly.

At the moment when Ferguson's center of gravity shifted, Li Haoyu picked up his left foot again, stuck directly between Ferguson and the baseline, changed direction, and ran towards the basket along the baseline.

Schroeder saw Li Haoyu get rid of Ferguson and hoist the ball to the basket.

The ball was hung just right, Li Haoyu bent his knees and kicked the ground, soared into the air, caught the basketball in the air, and smashed it into the basket.

"Bang~"

Li Haoyu completed the alley-oop!

Ferguson was extremely annoyed, why did he always seize the fleeting chance to get rid of me?

Ferguson didn't know that Li Haoyu had successfully completed this kind of movement 10000 times!
And they all did it against the master of post defense Beverly.

As for the control of the center of gravity of the defensive players, Li Haoyu is not targeting anyone.

Your center of gravity has been cheated to the upper line, and the bottom line is naturally empty. As long as you seize that fleeting opportunity, it is a perfect escape!

After Li Haoyu landed, he did not forget to mock Ferguson, who was inflated before.

"You can't guard me when I don't have the ball in my hand!"

Ferguson was still dissatisfied. Defense was something he was good at, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit: "I will definitely defend you in the next round!"

Back on the defensive end, Westbrook saw that his little brother was thrown off twice by Li Haoyu, couldn't stand it anymore, and passed the ball to Ferguson.

Pointing to the basket to indicate singles.

The other players of the blue team quickly pulled away.

The space from 45 degrees on the left to 60 degrees on the right was all given to Ferguson and Li Haoyu.

Ferguson's 70-point shot was dry and he didn't dare to shoot directly. Li Haoyu let Ferguson take a step and prepared to defend Ferguson's breakthrough.

Ferguson has a B number for his own shooting, and he can only break through if he is put one step away, and rush to the basket at high speed.

Li Haoyu, who took a step back, was already prepared and followed Ferguson.

After keeping up with Ferguson, Li Haoyu resisted a little, forcing him to stay away from the basket.

In the end, Ferguson had to force a shot two steps away from the right side of the basket.

Noelle gets the rebound.

One attack and one defense in the whole court is easy to start and I can't defend, but I can't arrange you in this half court position?

When I let you go, you attack with the ball and you are not much better than me, but you still want to score a goal?

Ferguson was very helpless. He only hated himself for having too few offensive methods.

However, the white team is about to switch to attack, and Ferguson is quite confident in his defense, so he must defend Li Haoyu this round.

Compared with Ferguson's pale face, Li Haoyu was quite relaxed, whistled and sank to the left corner after halftime.

Schroeder was in no hurry to pass the ball to Schindler on the flank.

Dribbling the ball in his hand, waiting for the hot man to move.

Westbrook also gave enough face and didn't try to step forward to steal. The performance of this Huaguo rookie made him full of expectations!
And Noelle and Patterson, the two insiders, both stood on Li Haoyu's side.

This is an insider's self-cultivation.

When your wing player shows excellent scoring ability, he will actively lean towards him, approach him, and care for him...

Ah, no, it was to cover him.

Noelle is on the baseline and Patterson is on the high post.

Come, come, Noelle is coming!
Blocking Ferguson from going online, Li Haoyu walked tightly against his arm.

Although Ferguson knew that Noelle would come to cover, the space in the bottom corner was too small to bypass.

And Li Haoyu didn't leave a gap for Ferguson to squeeze through.

Ferguson was half a step behind, and was half a step late again in the high post because of Patterson's screen.

Li Haoyu received the ball easily.

But Li Haoyu had no chance to shoot.

Grant, who was defending Patterson, saw that his teammates couldn't keep up, so he made up the defense.

Ferguson thought to himself, although Li Haoyu couldn't prevent Li Haoyu from off the ball, Grant's supplementary defense made Li Haoyu unable to make a shot.

As long as the past and Grant will defend back now, Li Haoyu will take the lead and hit me with a basketball in his hand?

Well, Ferguson thought beautifully.

Ferguson stepped forward, Grant began to retreat, and the two were ready to switch back to their original defense.

If Li Haoyu is going to fall into singles with the ball like this, then he is not worthy of being called a running master!

Q: How do you run without the ball with the ball in your hand?

Answer: Pass the ball!
Li Haoyu slammed the ground through the gap between Ferguson and Grant to Noelle in the low post.

Then he accelerated to the bottom corner and took the basketball back from Noelle again!
Li Haoyu aimed at the basket, took off and shot.

"Shua~" hit a three-pointer.

The basketball hit the ground, bounced a few times, and finally lay quietly on the ground.

None of the Blue Team players stepped forward to pick up the basketball.

The audience was silent.

shocked.

All Thunder players were stunned.

What is this operation?
Brother Gui, who was very nervous, swallowed his saliva, and was the first to recover and said:
"Holy shit, he's a fish!"

And Ferguson didn't say a word, he lost, completely lost.

I thought that Li Haoyu would fall into singles with the ball, but when he was able to successfully restrain Li Haoyu, the sudden pass made him unexpected.

After the Thunder players recovered, the game went on for a while, Li Haoyu did not attack again, and did some work on receiving and passing the ball.

He has proven himself.

(End of this chapter)