NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 158 Offensive and Defensive Battle

Fernandez was delighted to see Li Zhi's breakthrough. Blindfolded defense is just a cover-up. His real intention is to steal. Since this season, his average steals are 2.1 per game, which is his strong point.

He was already thinking about the scene of a dunk on Oracle's basket after stealing Li Zhi.

But after a while, Fernandez's face changed drastically, because Li Zhi didn't make a breakthrough at all, the breakthrough was just a fake move, and as Fernandez retreated, Li Zhi stopped directly and shot in the middle.

"He can't make it, he can't make it!" Fernandez could only pray that Li Zhi would not make the shot, but after a crisp sound, the basketball still fell to the basket.

Li Zhi smiled at Fernandez, he likes to play against Fernandez, because Fernandez is always self-righteous and makes himself feel crushed in terms of IQ.

"You're not good enough..." Li Zhi looked at Fernandez and said meaningfully, and Fernandez clenched his fists together fiercely.

The head coach of the Blazers, McMillan, saw this scene and cursed. Before the opening, he emphasized Li Zhi's breakthrough too much, which made things counterproductive.

This game is not only a contest between the two teams, but also a turnaround for McMillan. The Blazers failed to make the playoffs in the previous two seasons, which made the media question his ability, so he will study carefully any game this season.

The Blazers have the ball, the Warriors are defending, and Li Zhi defends Fernandez on the left. Fernandez's tactical position in the Blazers is not very important, so Li Zhi's task is very easy.

Steve Blake handles the ball on the perimeter, looking for opportunities.Although this point guard is famous, he is a player of the 03 generation. He is a passive floor point guard with a good overall view; he can hit three-pointers without any threat of breakthrough; he relies on his height and hard work to defend, but lacks strength and speed, so Lowry's task is also very easy.

After a few dribbles, Blake passed the ball to Brandon Roy.

Roy dribbled the ball and took a few steps inside. The Warriors' defense immediately pressed Roy. Roy didn't make a strong attack and passed the ball to Aldridge. Aldridge was one step away from Barnes and made a direct shot, but the ball missed.

Aldridge made 50% of his two-pointers this season, and it was pure luck not to make the shot.

O'Neal grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it directly to Li Zhi.

This is an opportunity to counterattack. O'Neill will not pass the ball to Lowry at this time, but passes it to Li Zhi habitually.

Fernandez was entangled by Jackson, and it was Roy who was chasing Li Zhi. Roy was still very fast, and Li Zhi slowed down by sticking to Li Zhi.

This is the peak Roy, as long as he is willing, the speed is also very fast.

Without a good chance, Li Zhi passed the ball to Lowry who ran across the half court. Two-on-one, Lowry made a layup.

4:0
The Trail Blazers attack, and McMillan's tactics are actually star singles. When you have the second shooting guard in the West, if you don't create singles opportunities for him, you will definitely be called an idiot by the fans.

Fernandez went up to pick and roll, Roy evaded Jackson's defense, Jackson came around the screen, it was already delayed, Li Zhi had to keep up with Roy.

Roy singled out Li Zhi.

But this is obviously not a good opportunity. Singles pay attention to dislocation, not to find the opponent's strongest defense.So Roy signaled Aldridge to pick and roll again.

Aldridge moved forward, and Barnes could only keep up. Although Aldridge missed the mid-range shot last time, his mid-range shot threat is still huge.

Li Zhi didn't go around the cover, and the person facing him became Aldridge, and Roy directly chose to break through facing Barnes.

Roy deserves to be called the "Yellow Mamba". He broke through with Kobe's style. After dribbling continuously, he shook off Barnes and came sideways to the penalty area.

The inside of the Warriors is a big shark, so there is not enough space inside. Roy stopped immediately and made an emergency stop jumper.

4:2
Li Zhi looked at Roy's pull-up jumper and was very envious.Roy's pull-up jump shot is not top-notch, not as good as Kobe, McGrady, and Ray Allen, but in front of Li Zhi, a poor man, Roy is the landlord, and his offensive skills are too comprehensive.

The Warriors attacked, Lowry took the ball to the frontcourt, and O'Neal picked and rolled. This time Lowry broke through to the right with the ball. Oden knew that Lowry might pass the ball to O'Neal, but he still had to keep up, otherwise Lowry would directly shoot a jumper.

No matter how hard Lowry is, he also has a shooting percentage of more than 40%, which is already above the league's mid-level level.

Sure enough, Lowry passed back to O'Neal, O'Neal caught the ball and took three steps, Oden came back to defend, but Oden's pace was too slow.

O'Neal pushed Stephen Blake away with one hand, grabbed the ball with one hand, and dunked with one hand. Blake on the left was like a chicken, unstoppable.

The Blazers' defensive efficiency this season is actually good, and the inside defense ranks among the top three in the league, but the inside combination of Oden and Alder has a weakness, slow pace.

In the face of a flexible center, he has to suffer a lot. Unfortunately, the peak O'Neal is such a flexible and fat man, and he can dribble inside, Oden complained endlessly.

6:2
Barkley said: "The Warriors' power forward is a weakness, but the Blazers also have their own weaknesses inside. When O'Neal starts to pick and roll, neither Oden nor Alder can switch him in time."

Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who was watching the live broadcast, saw this scene and snorted coldly. The Warriors are blatantly copying the Lakers' triangle tactics.

In fact, the problem of Adelaide's slow pace has always existed, but because the league is no longer the era of the four major centers, facing other teams, the Blazers can safely let the opponent pick and roll, and then switch defenses without rushing, but facing O'Neal who has taken medicine, this weakness is infinitely magnified.

The Blazers are attacking, and they are also looking for misplacement, but the quality of the Blazers' screens is not high. Oden's offensive threat is not great.

At this time, it was time to test the star's ability. Roy broke through with the ball, made an emergency stop, and hit Stephen Jackson.

6:4
The Warriors launched an attack from the middle, and the Blazers contracted in time. O'Neal passed the ball to the outside, and Milicic caught the ball from the bottom corner and faced Alder X** for a shot, but missed.

O'Neal rebounds.

Fernandez rushed inside to grab the rebound, Li Zhi was emptied, O'Neal passed to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi directly shot a long three-pointer.

9:4
The Blazers were attacking, and the Warriors followed Nelson's arrangement to defend the zone. Aldridge missed another mid-range shot. Today, Milicic was very active in defense. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with the media's evaluation of the Warriors power forward.

The Warriors attacked again, and Li Zhi and O'Neal split the ball after a pick-and-roll. O'Neal was disturbed and missed, but O'Neal grabbed the front board again, and Oden was completely blown.

Li Zhi caught the ball again, shook away Fernandez and made a mid-range shot, and scored.

He voted very resolutely, because he still has tasks to complete, and his skills will not be disabled if he completes them.

(End of this chapter)