I just play ball

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At eight o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, Toyota Sports Center, the training base of the Lakers.

Boom boom boom!creak!

The basketball hit the floor, and the sound of sneakers stomping on the floor sounded one after another.

Bryant is trying to break through under Artest's defense, both chests and backs have been soaked in sweat.

Li Yue stood by and watched with Thackeray and Darius. The other players had not yet arrived.

Kobe first made a change of direction in front of his body, then immediately pulled the ball and turned around, and then changed hands under the crotch. All kinds of movements were dazzling, but Artest's two toes always kept parallel, and most of the time he only used quick hip twists and slides. Step interception, and occasionally step on a few broken steps, Z-shaped movement is used with great proficiency.

boom!The two collided suddenly, and Kobe staggered back a small half step.

Snapped!Artai slapped the basketball away, straightened his back, and proudly raised his head at Li Yue and the others.

"I predict that he will turn to the right through his footsteps, otherwise the speed will not keep up. Can you understand?"

Thackeray and Darius looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion, but they nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

"What about you?" Artest asked.

"I'm still digesting..." Li Yue scratched his head. He felt that Artest had suffered from being uneducated. He only knew how to demonstrate his defensive skills, but he didn't know how to summarize and describe accurately. If he wanted to learn it thoroughly, he had to dismantle it slowly by himself. action and thought.

"Let's do it again, no matter whether my defense is successful or not, you all talk about why?"

Artest bent down, picked up the basketball and threw it to Kobe, beckoning him to continue.

Kobe took the ball and started in a three-threat position, with his left foot as the pivot and his right foot quickly testing.

Artest's knees were slightly bent, and his eyes flicked up and down, left and right frequently, as if he wanted to see all of Kobe's movements clearly.

The two confronted each other for a while, and Kobe suddenly stepped down the ball, leaning his upper body forward and right.

Artest instantly raised his right hand to cover the front, and at the same time stepped back slightly.

In just half a second, Kobe stopped leaning forward abruptly, pulled the ball to the left, turned into a cross step by step, and sprinted at full speed.

Artest hurriedly intercepted sideways, but the timing was later, Kobe forced a breakthrough layup.

Seeing the basketball hit the net, Artest turned his head with his hips on his hips and pointed at Darius, "Tell me why?"

Darius hesitated for a while, his eyes moved back and forth between Kobe and Artest, "His fake moves are very realistic, and his speed of changing direction is very fast, but it is normal for you to be heavier and slower than him."

"I asked you to analyze the problem, but you flattered me. It's not good for you." Artest shook his head and pointed at Thackeray, "You tell me."

Thackeray shrugged and said cautiously: "You turn around too slowly?"

Artest shook his head again, looked at Li Yue, "What about you?"

Li Yue said without hesitation: "The speed of changing direction is average, but you should not raise your hand when you back up. That action causes the body's center of gravity to move up, slowing down the turning speed, but his shooting is too threatening, and it is easy to miss if he doesn't reach out."

"That's it." Artest smiled, patted his chest and shouted loudly: "Come again, this time I must guard against you."

Kobe didn't say a word, and directly pulled out.

boom!The basketball bounces off the backboard and into the net.

"Haha..." Thackeray laughed, and when he saw Artest staring, he immediately shut up.

"Did you see? I am demonstrating for you. You must concentrate on defense at all times. Don't make unnecessary moves, or you will only be used by the opponent." Artest forced himself to explain with a cheeky face.

...

With Howard's arrival, all the Lakers players were present, and the coaching staff called the players together.

Assistant coach Dande Anthony announced the joint training plan, which is divided into three parts: first spend half an hour to warm up shooting, then conduct one hour of 5V5 confrontation training, and finally watch the video of the next opponent - the Thunder team, with a 10-minute break each time.

Subsequently, assistant coach Phil Weber announced the grouping, the starting team and the second team were each in a group, and the others made up a group.

After figuring out the arrangement, the players dispersed one after another.

Li Yue deliberately walked to the farthest half of the court, picked up the basketball and began to practice. His resistance has completely disappeared, replaced by the impulse to shoot, like a young man who has tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, all kinds of dashes.

Swish Swish Swish!bang bang bang!Boom boom boom!
He hit shots in the corner, top of the arc, wings and other positions, using hollow, hitting the board, hitting the circle and other methods.

In more than three minutes, he made 36 of 30 shots in total, and he was so tired that he took a deep breath.

He stopped for a breath, just as Kobe came over, and said with a smile, "Why did you come here? You seem to be in good shape. The next game will be against Durant, who is currently the strongest offensive small forward. Are you confident?"

"I think LeBron is stronger offensively."

"As far as heads-up is concerned, Durant is more difficult to guard than LeBron. He has been the leading scorer in the past three years, and this year may continue."

"Maybe." Li Yue picked up the basketball and continued to shoot.

"I know what you're thinking, I'll help you." Kobe turned around and left after speaking.

...

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, the shooting warm-up was over, and the 5V5 confrontation training began.

As the other group, Li Yue automatically stood on the sidelines and watched, waiting for his name to be called.

With a whistle, the confrontation officially began, but the starting lineup and the second lineup did not seem to be active enough. Except for Kobe and Nash, the other players put on a casual expression, especially Gasol, who stood at the top of the arc. not moving.

Li Yue shook his head slightly. This obviously shouldn't be the case. After all, the main purpose of the team's 5V5 confrontation is to practice tactics.

That is very important to the Lakers, because they claimed to use the Princeton system at the beginning of the season to completely replace the triangle offense left over from the Phil Jackson era, but they lost 9 consecutive games in the preseason and the regular season, and finally Mike Brown was fired. Bistakov temporarily replaced, Mike D'Antoni joined halfway, gave up Princeton and switched to V-shaped offense and running and bombing.

Li Yue can see that D'Antoni's tactical system does not match the characteristics of the Lakers players. Although the Lakers rank 8th in the league in scoring efficiency, they rank 21st in the league in assists per game. It all depends on Kobe and others playing superstars With the ball, it is easy to lose to a weak team when it feels bad. In addition, the defense is too poor, and it will be blinded when it encounters a strong team, so it is still working hard for the playoffs.

However, Gasol's perfunctory attitude is also understandable, after all, he can only do those things in official games.

No one can bear to be reduced from an offensive axis to an anti-aircraft turret, not to mention his poor three-point shooting percentage.

Thinking of this, Li Yue subconsciously looked in the direction of the coaching staff and found D'Antoni with a sad face.

Beep!Another whistle sounded, and assistant coach Darwin Hamm signaled Howard to defend for three seconds.

Howard immediately shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, his eyes stared like a cow, and he just yelled: What the hell, why?
In-team training at this level of competition, except for accidents, is rarely interrupted artificially.

Hamm's whistle this time made many players look puzzled.

Li Yue could see clearly that as long as Howard didn't get the ball, he would just walk in the three-second zone. He didn't play pick-and-rolls with Nash, and he didn't take the initiative to grab rebounds. He didn't put his mind on training at all. Hamm should be Intentionally reminded.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, D'Antoni said a few words in assistant coach Clifford's ear.

Clifford immediately signaled Howard to take a break, and then waved to the side of the court to signal Li Yue to come on.

Suddenly being called, Li Yue was stunned for a moment, and immediately took off his coat and went on stage.

The opportunity has come again, and we must hurry up and show it.

(End of this chapter)