pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 597 The King of Middle Distance

The positions of Louis and Alice should be the two seats with the best visual effects in the audience. They are in the 8th row of the auditorium, seats 23/24.

When we were seated, the game had already begun.

The Nets started off well, with both Chris and Kaos playing. The Heat coming from the away game came after a long flight, so it was inevitable that they were a little tired, and they didn't enter the state as quickly as the home team.

The 6-2 start is still acceptable.

However, the Heat soon adjusted their state. Barrett was still the first to charge, using his body to forcefully squeeze away the defender when he broke through, and hit a layup.

Since then, the Heat have sounded the horn of counterattack. After receiving Wade's pass from the baseline, Mu Chenfeng raided the basket, attracting a double-team from the opponent's inside line. Mu Chenfeng used an exquisite back pass to pass the ball from the gap between the two to Gaia's hands. The latter didn't say much, directly dunked and took away 2 points.

"That kid Mu Chenfeng has really grown up." Louis was very pleased to see Mu Chenfeng's eyes. He was so mature when we met last time. Louis didn't miss him back then. Mu Chenfeng was indeed a player born for the NBA.

Now he has fully adapted to the rhythm of the NBA and has become another Chinese player who has gained a firm foothold in the NBA.

"He must be proud to see Mu Chenfeng's performance like this." Louis said softly. Fang Tianzheng had no choice but to miss the NBA, which became a lingering regret in Louis' life. Now, his beloved apprentice is playing well in the NBA, which is also a great relief to Fang Tianzheng.

Mu Chenfeng is only 20 years old. If he continues his current progress and playing style, he has every chance to grow into an influential superstar like Yao Ming in the future.

Chinese players have always been based on the NBA and international arenas as inside players, and rarely have dominant players on the guard and striker lines. However, in the Asian Championships that just ended not long ago, the brand new Chinese team overturned the world's traditional perception of Chinese basketball.

Chinese defenders have grown to a world-class level. We no longer rely on the height and strength of the insiders to play.

Mu Chenfeng, who won the MVP of the Asian Championship, is a representative of the new generation of Chinese basketball. He is also the first defender in the history of Chinese basketball to win such an honor.

"He's still the same, he hasn't changed at all." Alice squinted and smiled at Mu Chenfeng. His face was still handsome and handsome, but it was less immature and more mature.

"Speaking of which, if the Lakers and the Heat successfully meet in the Finals, which team do you support?" Louis' question was "bitter" and "mean". He knew that to Alice, James and Mu Chenfeng were players she admired very much. The palms and backs of their hands were all meaty, and his question undoubtedly made Alice "cut flesh".

Alice thought for a long time, but she didn't answer, and she didn't have a clear answer in her heart. If the two teams really fought, it would undoubtedly be a happy trouble for her.

Alice thought for a while, and said slowly, "I support the side that is behind." When did the little girl become so tactful, no one can be offended by this answer, and there is nothing wrong with it. From the perspective of fans, it is a happy thing for two favorite teams to enter the final and who wins the cup in the end, but it is also accompanied by regret.

If the Finals is really the Lakers vs. Heat, then Alice has no position at all.

After sending out an assist, Mu Chenfeng received another assist from Barrett. He shook off the defender and pulled out his hand, and the basketball fell into the pocket.

"This kid's mid-range shot is still so accurate." When Mu Chenfeng was 16 years old, he was able to conquer Louis with his mid-range shot. Now, after four years of training, his shot has become more precise and stable.

Mid-range shooting has always been regarded as the most practical and unpretentious offensive method, but with the popularity of three-pointers and the league's "star-making plan", this unappreciative technology has gradually been abandoned by the league and many stars.

Although this kind of shooting is becoming less and less common in the league, it still cannot hide its many advantages. The shooting position is closer to the basket than the three-pointer and has higher stability. It also does not require intense physical confrontation like breakthroughs and dunks. It saves energy in terms of physical exertion, and the coordination is relatively simple.

Few of the younger generation like Mu Chenfeng can achieve anything in the middle distance.

"This is his biggest weapon." Louis said. Although Mu Chenfeng's breakthrough and three-pointers are also extremely threatening, in Louis' mind, the mid-range is what Mu Chenfeng is best at. Even though he is the champion of the three-point contest with a full score, it is undeniable that he is accurate in the mid-range.

The last man in the league known as the "King of Mid-range" was DeRozan. He was so good at mid-range shooting that he had even reached the extreme. However, because of his obsession with mid-range, he missed the opportunity to become the top player in the league.

Today, there is no longer a player in the league who specializes in the middle distance.

Mu Chenfeng made Louis see the shadow of DeRozan in him.

How strong is Mu Chenfeng's mid-range lethality?
He took a total of 7 mid-range shots in the first quarter, and hit 5 of them. He just relied on the least promising mid-range shot to overtake the score.

Although there were many goals, the performance of the fans was really flat. This is not surprising. Mu Chenfeng's goals were too easy. Almost every time he took a mid-range shot, the fans also guessed it. What the fans wanted to see were unsolvable ultra-long three-pointers and muscular confrontations at the basket, strong hits at the basket or dunks.

Mu Chenfeng doesn't care about other people's evaluation of his continuous mid-range shots. In his opinion, as long as he can send the ball into the opponent's basket and win the final victory, it doesn't matter which scoring method is the same.

Every ball that can win the game is a good ball, nothing more than a non-stop way of scoring.

Mu Chenfeng's mid-range game helped the team score 28:28 with their opponents in the first quarter, and the Heat drew with their opponents away.

"His mid-range is so accurate, he can't defend at all." The players in charge of defending Mu Chenfeng cried out repeatedly. Gaia's screen quality is ridiculously high. Every time Gaia steps up to cover, Mu Chenfeng can use the screen to gain space for shots.

Mu Chenfeng completed three shots with Gaia in the pick-and-roll, and even the rhythm and shooting point of the game were basically the same.

"This is indeed a tricky problem. If you think about it, there is no way out." Mu Chenfeng's middle distance showed a grim look, obviously it was just an attacking technique that was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary, yet it was so powerful.

(End of this chapter)