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Chapter 23 Flash
Al Jefferson is a center with obvious advantages and disadvantages. He has solid basic skills, excellent strength and wingspan. He is good at low-post offense. , as a center, Al Jefferson's offensive range can extend below the three-point line, and his shooting percentage can exceed 40% within one meter of the three-point line, which makes Al Jefferson very Restrain those big centers who move slowly. When facing the league's first-line center Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal, who is at the end of his career, Al Jefferson has never lost the wind, and even has a slight upper hand. Therefore, many brainless blacks Yao Ming guys call Al Jefferson Yao Ming's nemesis.

However, Al Jefferson's shortcomings are also obvious. The first thing to bear the brunt is his height. Slow, and the defense center is too short, especially when facing those physically strong and tall insiders, Al Jefferson is almost blown out every game, and Al Jefferson's offensive range is too wide The reason is that this makes Al Jefferson almost ineffective at the basket, and this is where Al Jefferson has always been criticized.

Although Yan Hua's physical fitness is not top-notch, but Yan Hua's height and wingspan surpass Al Jefferson's, and Yan Hua's movement speed is not slow, and relying on the effect of talent suppression, Yan Hua Hua did not suffer in terms of strength, so in the first few minutes after the opening, Yan Hua's defense against Al Jefferson was barely successful.

Yan Hua, who is already familiar with the characteristics of Al Jefferson's post-up singles, no matter which way Al Jefferson turns, he will always stare at his right hand to defend. It happened once or twice, and this time, Yan Hua was wrong again in defense. After Al Jefferson completed his back turn and just threw the basketball with his right hand, Yan Hua slapped him away. I have to say that having long arms is sometimes an advantage.

"This rookie's defense is so good?" When Al Jefferson's hook after turning his back was blocked by Yan Hua again, the reporters at the scene immediately exclaimed. Hua blocked Al Jefferson's hook for the second time in the first quarter.

"Judging from their several matchups, Yan Mingming is very familiar with Al Jefferson's technical characteristics. Basically, he can judge the direction of Al Jefferson's turn and the range of shots every time he defends. , if his jumping and blocking speed can be better, Al-Jefferson will be severely guarded today. "

"It's true, excellent defensive prediction, and super long armbands, this rookie's defensive ability is really strong." After Yan Hua successfully blocked Al Jefferson's shot, the Sacramento players on the press stand The local reporters started bragging for a while. If Yan Hua heard the content of their conversation, he would definitely be very embarrassed.

"Boy, I really have you." Back on the court, Al Jefferson, who was blocked by Yan Hua again, stared at Yan Hua standing next to him with a livid face. Al Jefferson had to admit , I still underestimated this little rookie.

Although in terms of the data comparison between the two sides, Al Jefferson is the best. As the boss and the first offensive point of the Timberwolves, Al Jefferson got a lot of offensive opportunities in the first quarter. 9 of 4 shots, scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, and Yan Hua's data was only 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, but Yan Hua grabbed the offensive rebound after the opening dunk , blocked Al Jefferson face-to-face twice, giving him too many points, and it is precisely because of the existence of these factors that everyone at the scene thought that Yan Hua was fighting with Al Jefferson In the confrontation with Ferson, he did not lose the wind at all.

Since there is not much time left for this offensive round, after receiving the sideline ball from his teammates, Al Jefferson stepped back and shot a jumper slightly to the left of the free throw line. After the shot was made, Looking at the helpless Yan Hua in front of him, Al Jefferson couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed: "Boy, the distance between you and me is as far as Sacramento to Minnesota!"

Listening to Al Jefferson's provocation with half understanding, Yan Hua chose to endure it for the time being, because Yao Ming once told Yan Hua that as a rookie entering the league, especially when his strength is not as good as his opponent's, he should try his best to Don't compete with your opponent in terms of words, it doesn't make any sense to do that, and it will cause unnecessary trouble for yourself.

After a summer of hard training and being abused by Kwame Brown in the system countless times, Yan Hua's current ability value has risen to 71, although the information obtained from the system and from Kwame Brown The back-up defensive technique learned made Yan Hua even more powerful when defending Al Jefferson, but the strength gap between the two sides is still very large after all, so Yan Hua didn't think about being able to defend in every defense. To prevent him, to be able to prevent him a few times occasionally, is already a success for Yan Hua.

"Yan, your performance is great, hurry up and take a rest." For Yan Hua's performance in the first quarter, the head coach Reggie Troyce was very satisfied, so in the first quarter At the end of the game, Reggie Toyce, who was waiting on the sidelines, patted Yan Hua on the back when he saw Yan Hua who was going off the field, and encouraged Yan Hua.It is very rare to be able to play such a performance in the matchup with Al Jefferson, not to mention that Yan Hua is still a rookie, and this is the first game of his NBA career. Reggie Toyce is also looking forward to Hua's future.

As for Spencer Hawes, who competed with Yan Hua for the starting position, when he saw Yan Hua walking off the court, he buried his head lower than anyone else. After the head coach announced Yan Hua's starting position, Spencer Hawes Is is waiting to see Yan Hua's jokes. In the king's away game against the Timberwolves last season, Spencer Hawes, who replaced Brad Miller in the starting lineup, was replaced by Al Jeffer. Sen was abused badly, so Spencer Hawes never imagined that Al Jefferson, who was able to abuse himself violently, was taken twice by Yan Hua in the first quarter.

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