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Chapter 77 Provocation
"Excellent bounce and reaction speed!"

When Greg Oden overwhelmed Yan Hua to jump the ball successfully, Richmond in the commentary could not help but praise Oden. In this game, Richmond is also on the side of the Kings, but Greg Oden's physical talent shown in this jump ball, the top jumping, bounce speed, wingspan, reaction speed, no one Don't surprise Richmond, what is a talent visible to the naked eye, Oden in front of him is.

When Richmond praised Oden, he defeated Yan Hua in the jump ball. After landing, he did not quickly advance to the frontcourt, but stared at Yan Hua twice before Under the urging of his teammates, he ran towards the king's half court. It was obvious that Greg Oden was competing with Yan Hua, and the contest between the two had already begun since the jump ball.

Although he missed the entire rookie season due to injuries, the legend of Greg Oden is still circulating in the NBA arena. Everyone is looking forward to the moment when he returns from injury and is crowned king. It also includes Auden himself, but now suddenly a boy from Hua who doesn't know where he came from has been crowned by the outside media as his own hat. In this case, Auden is hostile to Yan Hua That's a normal thing.

Faced with Greg Oden's provocative eyes, Yan Hua did not react, but retreated very calmly. After all, it was just a look, and it was not some unsightly trash talk.

Although he has been plagued by injuries, Oden is still a quasi-first-class player with a strength rating of 83, and his physical talent is even more abnormal at 98, so Yan Hua is very concerned about this matchup with Oden. , and was extremely cautious. After landing at the basket first, Yan Hua quickly occupied a favorable position and stuck Greg Oden.

And Greg Oden is the same now. Although he also wants to defeat Yan Hua in today's game and prove his strength and talent to everyone, but for the opponent in front of him who has been in a mess recently, Greg Ge Auden also paid enough attention to Yan Hua. After Yan Hua stuck him, Auden began to gradually exert his strength and try each other with Yan Hua.

The Trail Blazers point guard Steve Blake, after dribbling the ball through the half court, found that he was facing Kevin Martin. As for the king's point guard today, Tony Allen ran Brandon Roy, the offensive core of the defensive Blazers, went.

"This guy's defense is awesome. Brandon was so defended that he couldn't even catch the ball!"

After sending Ron Artest away, and John Salmons also put too much energy on the offensive end, resulting in a decline in defensive efficiency, the King's perimeter defense can only be described as a mess, so As the general manager, Geoff Petrie, after negotiating with Reggie Troyes, traded from the Celtics for the outside defender Tony Allen. Because of the king's tactics, Tony Allen didn't play much time, but when Tony Allen played, the king's perimeter defense had a very obvious improvement, and because of this, Reggie Toy Only in this game against the Trail Blazers will Tony Allen start the game and take on the task of defending Brandon Roy.

Like most teams with super perimeters, Trail Blazers point guard Steve Blake is now an out-and-out dribbling guard. In the Blazers' existing tactics, his main responsibility is to get the ball Take it to the frontcourt, and then give it to Brandon Roy or Aldridge, but this time when Steve Blake arrived at the frontcourt with the ball, he found that he couldn't pass the basketball in his hand to Blake smoothly. Landon Roy, because Brandon Roy never got an open chance to catch the ball under Tony Allen's tight defense.

After slapping the basketball and waiting on the spot for almost two seconds, Steve Blake had no choice but to move towards the left side of the court with the basketball, and then handed the basketball directly to the player who was one meter away from the three-point line on the left. Many Aldridge hands.

After receiving the ball, Aldridge leaned sideways on Drew Gooden after trying to break through the frame but failed, and after facing Drew Gooden towards the basket several times in a row, he turned over and made a jump shot With a dominant height and a high shooting point, it is difficult for Drew Gooden to effectively interfere with Aldridge's shooting. Therefore, Aldridge scored the first goal after the opening very smoothly. ball.

Yan Hua, who had already caught Oden and was ready to grab the rebound in advance, had no choice but to serve the baseline ball with a little helplessness after Aldridge made a shot. From this round, it can be seen that Drew -The gap between Gooden and the Blazers' power forward is indeed a bit big.

Offensive and defensive transition, when Yan Hua arrived in the frontcourt, Greg Oden was directly stuck behind Yan Hua. In the defensive end just now, Yan Hua used the collision and mutual testing in the blocking position to attack Oden. With a certain understanding of the power of Oden, Oden's power should not be inferior to that of Yan Hua, but for some reason, Yan Hua did not feel that Aoden had the talent to suppress him during the confrontation with Oden. As a result, this is something that makes Yan Hua very puzzled. A player with a physical talent of 98 and a strength that can be called a beast does not have a strength-type talent to suppress skills.

Therefore, after reaching the offensive end, Yan Hua is trying to squeeze Oden's defensive space with strength. With the height and wingspan being almost the same, and the speed of movement and reaction speed are not dominant, Yan Hua can only The simplest and most primitive method can be used.

After a few squeezes against Oden, the pass from his teammates arrived. In the current Kings team, neither Benno Udry nor Tony Allen has the ability to attack independently and control the audience. And the top scorer, Kevin Martin, does not need to attack with the ball. As for John Salmons, the playmaker on the bright side, because of his personal ability, when he meets a strong defensive opponent , it is impossible to effectively complete the responsibility of organizing the offense, and Nicolas Batum, who is facing John Salmons today, is a striker with excellent physical fitness and a very strong defense, so in this King's offense In the game, John Salmons passed the basketball to Drew Gooden after he failed in singles with the ball, and Drew Gooden passed the basketball to Yan Hua under the basket.

Since both John Salmons and Benno Udry have irreparable shortcomings, gradually, the king's tactical system and offensive starting points have changed, from the original outside attack, singles with the ball, gradually shifted When it came to the inside, especially before and after the Christmas game, Reggie Toyce even started to try to let Yan Hua attract the defense at the basket and create opportunities for outside players. Poor, plus his passing is so-so, maybe Reggie Troyes' attempt will evolve into a fixed tactic for the Kings.

After receiving the pass from Drew Gooden, Yan Hua first adjusted his breathing, and then without any temptation, he directly exerted all his strength and slammed into Greg Oden behind him. In the past, he completed his turn at the moment of physical contact with Oden. After completing his turn, Yan Hua stepped forward in one step, and squeezed into the basket with a sudden bump. About two meters away from the basket place, jumped up directly, and smashed the basketball in his hand into the basket.

(End of this chapter)