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Chapter 274 Targeted defense, Antetokounmpo's fatal shortcomings exposed? ?

Although the point difference is not big, there has been no way to overtake. Thinking about it makes people gnash their teeth, so Coach Budenholzer called a timeout. It is not an option to continue to waste like this. Some tactical adjustments must be made to fight for the overtake.

On the Clippers side, Coach Rivers is also intensively arranging tactics.

After some arrangement, the players from both sides returned to the court. Both teams have carried out personnel rotation, but the main core players of both sides are still on the court. At such a tense moment, no one dares to easily replace the core players.

Back from the timeout, the Bucks have the ball.

"Pull away." Brother Antetokounmpo gestured to his teammates, asking for the ball in the low post, but Li Yang double-teamed him as soon as he got the ball, so he could only split the ball quickly.

However, Antetokounmpo did not give up the offense. After passing the ball, he moved to the outside line, and suddenly ran back outside the three-point line. At the same time, he raised his left hand, pointed at the top of the basket, and rushed straight to the basket along the baseline.

Bledsoe understood and threw the ball hard to the basket. Antetokounmpo jumped up, grabbed the basketball and it was an alley-oop dunk.

"Bang!"

The basketball was dunked, and the point difference was only 2 points.

At the transition of offense and defense, Li Yang advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and the opponent also came up to double-team. Li Yang directly split the ball, then slipped around the baseline, used Gallinari's cover to shake off Bledsoe, and then circled back outside the three-point line.

Alexander passed the ball in time, and Li Yang made a three-point shot after receiving the ball. The basketball crossed an arc and made a steady hit.

"Let him score again." Bucks coach Budenholzer was also very helpless, the opponent's off-ball running has obviously reached the league's first-class level.

In fact, Li Yang’s biggest headache for the head coach of the Bucks is not his breakthroughs. The Bucks have Lopez and Antetokounmpo in the penalty area. They are very capable of protecting the basket inside and are not afraid of the Clippers.

But he has a headache for Li Yang's shooting, especially this kind of catch-and-shoot without the ball, so that the defender has no way to parry. Once Li Yang runs out of opportunities, he can only pray that Li Yang will fight the iron.

The Bucks continued to attack.

Antetokounmpo received the ball at a high position and made a standard offensive three-threat. Harris, who was defending on the opposite side, was indifferent and stuck to the line of Antetokounmpo's breakthrough.

At this time, Antetokounmpo did not hit a high percentage of three-pointers or mid-range shots. This is why Harris dared to let him shoot.

Brother Antetokounmpo doesn't think so much, since the breakthrough route is blocked, let's make a big fight.

Antetokounmpo kicked his feet, his body suddenly pulled up, and he shot a mid-range jumper. Harris jumped up in time, jumped up and used a trick to cover his eyes, trying his best to block Antetokounmpo's eyes.

"Bang"!
The basketball didn't hit the rim but hit the backboard, the basketball bounced out, Gallinarica took a good position to grab the defensive rebound, found Li Yang immediately and passed the ball.

Li Yang advanced quickly with the ball, and Middleton quickly got stuck on Li Yang's route, slowing down his advancing speed and preventing the Clippers from playing a quick transition attack.

After slowing down, Li Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, casually passed the ball to Harris, who was three points away on the left, and then began to run without the ball.

After Antetokounmpo saw Harris holding the ball, he quickly cheered up. In the first half, Harris scored a few goals. Now he is determined not to let the opponent get an easy chance to score. He quickly waved his arms and stuck it up.

Harris made a tactical gesture, Gallinari ran over to cover, Antetokounmpo thought Harris was going to use the cover to break through, and was ready to chase around the cover at any time.

I saw Harris suddenly pass the ball to Li Yang who ran near the free throw line, and then took advantage of Antetokounmpo's attention on Li Yang, quickly bypassed the screen, and made an air cut to the basket.

After Li Yang got the ball, Middleton put up the defense immediately, not giving Li Yang any space to shoot.

But Li Yang made a wonderful pass from behind, and the ball flew directly into the hands of Harris, who made an air cut, and then the opponent went to the basket and made a layup posture.

Lopez, who came to supplement the defense, jumped up to block Harris' layup, but unexpectedly, Harris pulled the upward basketball back and passed it through the gap to Harrell under the basket.

"Oh! Wonderful tactical cooperation. The tacit cooperation between Li Yang and Harris allowed Harrell to successfully complete the dunk. This ball is a tacit cooperation between the three." Barkley said excitedly.

"In fact, if Antetokounmpo hadn't played very well today, maybe the Bucks would not have fallen behind by such a little point."

"Giannis, I'm not worried. He has such strength, and he is a very serious player with a strong desire to win. He will not let Li Yang focus on the front alone."

The head coach of the Bucks squeezed his chin, frowned, and sighed: "It's just that Yang needs to be more comprehensive. In addition to scoring, his passing is also a huge threat."

"At least in this regard, Giannis is much inferior. In fact, no one in our team has the organizational ability of Li Yang."

Today's league is such a big trend, and an excellent organizer has become more and more important.

The role of the playmaker is to give the ball to teammates who are in better attacking positions to complete the attack as soon as possible.

Because the offensive and defensive rhythm is getting faster and faster, and the players' finishing ability is getting stronger and stronger, but if there is no defender who can organize the offense and connect teammates well, the role of other players will be greatly reduced.

It's not that the Bucks don't have point guards. Both Bledsoe and Brogdon do, but their organizational skills are not as good as Li Yang's.

The head coach of the Bucks is afraid of Li Yang. On the one hand, it is because of Li Yang's scoring ability, and on the other hand, it is because of Li Yang's organizational ability.

Antetokounmpo can play very well, contributing scoring and defense to the team, but Li Yang can not only contribute scoring and rebounding, but also send exquisite passes, which can drive his teammates' offense while playing himself.

Although Brother Antetokounmpo is working hard on this point, he is far behind Li Yang.

Although unwilling to admit it, Budenholzer is very clear that Antetokounmpo still has some major flaws, such as outside shooting, passing ability, and ball handling ability.

And Li Yang has excellent shooting ability, organizational passing ability, coupled with the league-leading speed and physical confrontation, it stands to reason that such a player should not play a guard, but should play a small forward like James.

The second quarter ended quickly.

The score between the two sides was fixed at 59:64, and the Clippers led by 5 points.

During the intermission, the players of both teams returned to the locker room.

Bucks head coach Budenholzer walked into the visiting team's locker room with a low face, waved his hand to signal the players not to get up, took out the tactical board, and said in a deep voice: "In the second half, our defensive strategy needs to make some adjustments."

At the same time, fans of the two teams in the audience are still arguing.

"The Bucks are very strong, especially Antetokounmpo. He has already scored 28 points in halftime, and he may score 40+ points today."

"Antetokounmpo's playing style is so explosive, it makes people excited and fans."

"Cowardly! Isn't Antetokounmpo just good at dunking? Can his dunks compare to Yang's? And Li Yang has scored 26 points now, and he's almost getting a triple-double."

After the fans in front of the TVs and computers waited for 15 minutes, the players of the two teams finally returned to the stadium in the anticipation of the fans.

The second half of the game begins.

The Clippers switched to the starting lineup. After Li Yang came to the frontcourt, he found that the defender had become Middleton. He switched with Bledsoe, and Bledsoe went to defend Alexander.

"The taller Middleton came to guard me. It seems that he wants to limit my outside shooting." Li Yang knew it clearly, and immediately made an accelerated breakthrough.

There is no extra fake action, just rely on speed to break through.

But Li Yang's first step was too fast, which made Middleton's heart beat wildly, and he quickly backed away, but unexpectedly, he staggered and almost fell.

Li Yang charged forward directly, reached the inside line, and jumped up to meet Brother Antetokounmpo. The two collided violently in the air. Brother Antetokounmpo raised his arms, his eyes were sharp, and he wanted to give Li Yang a fatal block.

Lopez next to him also jumped up, covering all the space with his hands as if covering the sky and the sun. This is a double insurance, even if Li Yang avoids Brother Antetokounmpo, he will still be behind him.

But at this moment, Li Yang flicked his hand, and the basketball flew past Lopez's ear at a high speed, which shocked Lopez and felt bad.

Behind Lopez, Harrell slammed into him, caught Li Yang's basketball passed from the crowd, jumped up and dunked with both hands, the huge force deformed the basket directly, and Lopez staggered even more, tripped over Antetokounmpo's feet, and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"Omaga"

"This dunk is too violent."

"Look, Lopez is so poor, I feel sorry for Lopez for a second"

Fans exclaimed.

Antetokounmpo stepped forward to pull Lopez up, and said depressedly: "I will avenge you."

Lopez replied with a livid face: "Giannis, I think it's best not to forget the coach's instructions."

Brother Antetokounmpo frowned and sighed: "Okay, I see."

(End of this chapter)