NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 185 The Unreasonable Li Zhi
Crawford took possession of the ball to the frontcourt, and O'Neal stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll for Crawford.

For the ball holder, it is a dream to have a giant pick-and-roll like O'Neal, which will create more misplaced singles opportunities for the ball holder.

Crawford broke through, Stoudemire assisted in the defense, and Li Zhi stepped forward again for a pick-and-roll.The Suns' defense was torn apart by Li Zhi and O'Neal's pick-and-roll. They put their greatest attention on Crawford who broke through, but unexpectedly Crawford suddenly gave Li Zhi a back pass.

Grant Hill rushed forward immediately, Li Zhi flicked his wrist, and the ball fell into O'Neill's hands.With no one in front of him, O'Neal ended the round with a dunk.

6:4
This is the Warriors' double pick-and-roll tactic. The three scoring points cooperate to make it difficult for the opposing team to defend. No matter how they defend, one person will always get a chance.

Under Nelson's system, O'Neal's ball usage rate is only 20%, which is much lower than the 25% of the Lakers' period, but the scoring data has reached 25 points this season. From the side, it can be seen that Nelson's system is worth carrying forward.

The Warriors returned to defense, and the Suns still chose Stoudemire for the third attack. After Richardson attracted the defense, he distributed the ball to Stoudemire, but this successful tactic did not help the Suns score. O'Neal interfered in time and missed the goal.

Li Zhi took the rebound with all his strength, Grant Hill immediately stuck up to grab the basketball, Li Zhi hugged the ball and swung his body back and forth, Grant Hill was thrown away by Li Zhi's huge strength.

Although Grant Hill did not get the basketball, he successfully destroyed a fast break of the Warriors. The experience of the old fox is still very useful.

Li Zhi took the ball and went inside. Grant Hill saw that Li Zhi was going to break through him, and he had predicted Li Zhi's breakthrough route. He guessed it right, but the speed was too slow, and Li Zhi was not rooted.

Li Zhi's speed is as high as 90, and there is still a gap between Iverson's 98 speed, but with the blessing of the flower-piercing butterfly step, the speed of the first step is still extremely fast.

After Li Zhi went inside, the Suns' defense instantly shrank, Richardson made up the defense, Li Zhi provoked and was about to dunk.Seeing that he was about to be detained, Richardson hugged Li Zhi directly, causing Li Zhi to fall down.Li Zhi steered the ball toward the basket as he fell, resigning himself to fate.

"Dudududu!"

The referee whistles, 2+1.
Li Zhi clenched his fists. His strong physical fitness allowed him to take advantage of the confrontation. Even if he was fouled, Li Zhi could respond in time in the air relying on his waist and abdomen strength.With Wade's diving skills, Li Zhi believes that he can get more fouls in the paint.

9:4
The Suns attacked, Nash threw off Crawford with the screen, and forgot the inside belt while holding the ball. Milicic was afraid that Nash would pass the ball to Stoudemire, so he didn't step forward to defend, but unexpectedly, Nash didn't pass the ball, and directly made a mid-range jumper.

9:6
The Suns' offensive efficiency is not low, but their defense is terrible. O'Neal, Li Zhi and Crawford's double pick-and-roll tactics contain most of the Suns' defense.

In the next few rounds, both sides played a lot of iron, and then the Warriors took the lead to find their touch, catch and shoot a jumper from mid-range, and scored two points.

11:6
Grant Hill achieved the ultimate, but he couldn't keep up with Li Zhi's running position.The Suns can only rely on switching defenses to create interference pressure on Li Zhi as much as possible, but they dare not switch defenses infinitely, because the slightest mistake will give the Warriors a chance to misplace and play singles.

Li Zhi has scored 9 points, and the Suns coach Alvin Gentry has a bad feeling at this time.The Suns' defense is not good. Now that Lagabel and Diaw have been injured one after another, it is difficult for them to defend the Warriors.

Although Bell is old, relying on his experience and defense like a mad dog, he can still cause a lot of interference to Li Zhi. Now Li Zhi can do whatever he wants. If he keeps fighting like this, the sun will have no chance.

Nash took the ball to the frontcourt, and it was still a pick-and-roll. Milicic quickly switched defenses, and Nash passed the ball to the high position in an instant.

Stoudemire was too threatening with the ball in the middle distance, Jackson directly defended, Stoudemire passed it to Richardson, Li Zhi made another defense, Richardson gave the ball to Grant Hill.

The Suns' pass-and-run tactic is at the textbook level. The Warriors have done a good job defensively, but the Suns are too threatening from the outside and cannot let go of any point.

Veteran Grant Hill adjusted and hit a three-pointer.

11:9
Grant Hill is not a three-point shooter, which is why Li Zhi dared to let him go.

So far in his career, he has rarely taken three-pointers, averaging less than 0.2 three-pointers per game, and not many after coming to the Suns, with 0.4 shots per game. This time it can only be considered unlucky for the Warriors.

Li Zhi, who had a good touch, attacked again in the next round, but this time he missed the shot, Bitrins got the rebound, and the Warriors quickly returned to defense, killing the Suns' fast break.

The Suns continued to look for opportunities on the outside. Milicic went around to defend and did not give Stoudemire a chance to catch the ball. The 24-second attack time was up soon. Nash shot a three-pointer against Crawford from the outside and missed.

Milicic grabbed the rebound quickly, Nash made a shot, his attention was always on the rebound, and finally met a power forward who couldn't rebound, Milicic had no reason not to target the opponent's weakness.

Li Zhi shouted, and Milicic raised his head and threw the ball over.The first thing Sun realized was Richardson. He was by Li Zhi's side and wanted to attack and defend.

Li Zhi remained calm in the face of danger, and continued to run quickly with the ball. When he reached the three-point line, Li Zhi slammed on the brakes. Richardson did not expect that Li Zhi would stop at this time. Under the influence of inertia, he could only watch Li Zhi calmly shoot from the outside.

"Shh!"

It is impossible for Li Zhi to miss an open three-pointer.

14:9
Nash looked at Li Zhi, and Li Zhi's choice did not surprise him. In fact, Nash himself often shot this kind of counter-attack three-pointer, but now there are others in the league who dare to shoot counter-attack three-pointers, which makes Nash feel very strange.

Last season, many people said that Li Zhi's style of play was similar to Anthony's, and his tentative steps, backs, etc. were all similar to Anthony.This season, some people say that Li Zhi is like Kobe Bryant when he was young, and he is obsessed with breakthroughs. Some people say that his three-point shots are like Ray Allen. Recently, some people say that Li Zhi's breakthrough is like Iverson.

Anthony, Kobe, Iverson, and Ray Allen are all super scorers. Nash doesn't think that Li Zhi's scoring ability can stand shoulder to shoulder with these four people. On the contrary, he thinks that Li Zhi is very similar to himself.

Li Zhi just plays like others, but his offensive choices are very similar to Nash, which is how Nash feels.Just ask Kobe, Anthony, Iverson, Ray Allen, even Ray Allen, they never let go of any opportunity like Li Zhi, and their offensive choices are extremely unreasonable.

(End of this chapter)