pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 678 G5-Crossing the sea
Even the opponent couldn't help but exclaimed with Mu Chenfeng's extreme operation.

Being able to keep his shooting posture unaffected while his body is still drifting, Mu Chenfeng has reached a very high level of control over his body, but Mu Chenfeng's full attention is focused on the basket, and his posture in the air is too extreme, ignoring the landing, and fell to the floor.

James stepped forward, stretched out his hand, pulled Mu Chenfeng up from the ground, and patted his buttocks. This is the treatment that only players recognized by James will have.

"Mu Chenfeng can do it. This kind of goal can be scored." Barrett had concerns about Mu Chenfeng before, but this goal completely dispelled his concerns.

"The goal is beautiful, but you can't score every goal like this. Besides, the hit rate of this kind of shot is not guaranteed." Gaia didn't change his previous attitude without scoring a goal. Although the words were disappointing, they were reasonable.

"Gaia is right, we also want to share his pressure." Wade ordered.

As soon as Mu Chenfeng ran back to halftime, he organized his teammates and said, "The opponent is about to attack, everyone pay attention to vigilance."

The Lakers aggressively attacked the half court, and Mu Chenfeng's defensive position was very forward. He used his flexible footwork to constantly form interference around James to prevent him from receiving the ball. As long as James could not receive the ball, his threat was minimized.

Mu Chenfeng exchanged an equivalent reward for his active performance. The Lakers had no chance to give the ball to James. The ball could only be passed in the hands of several other players. Oscar, as the second scorer of the team other than James, took on the task of shooting this time. However, his shot was interfered by Barrett and failed to make a hit. Gaia received the rebound.

Can Mu Chenfeng actually guard against James?People couldn't believe their eyes, the opponent was defended and couldn't even catch the ball.

"Wait a while and set a pick-and-roll for the captain so that he has space to catch the ball." Felix said to his teammates. The reason why he failed to pass the ball to James just now was because Mu Chenfeng's defense didn't give him the space to pass the ball at all, which led to the failure of the offense.

"Okay." The Lakers regained their morale and prepared to meet the Heat's offense.

Mu Chenfeng's breakthrough reminded the Lakers, so in the next round they changed their defensive formation from one-on-one marking to an overall zone defense, mainly to target the Heat's breakthrough.

There are two best ways to break the zone defense. One is to use active running to tear up the zone defense bit by bit. This kind of attack consumes a lot of time and energy. The other is to use precise outside shots to penetrate the zone defense.

There are three people on the Heat with the ability to shoot three-pointers, Wade, Mu Chenfeng and Claude. Crowder and Gaia guard the inside line together and cannot come out. Therefore, the only shooters for the Heat to break the zone defense are Wade and Mu Chenfeng. The Lakers have very strict marking on these two people.

Outside the penalty area, the Heat only had Barrett available, and his three-point shooting ability was very average, not enough to pose a threat, and the Lakers didn't pay too much attention to him.

Even when he catches the ball outside the three-point line, opponents give him about two steps to open.

Barrett's strongest offensive area is the mid-range and the penalty area, and the defensive players are also very close. Although his three-point firepower is not very good, his breakthrough and mid-range are second to none in the league, so he has to defend.

Barrett has long seen the Lakers' defensive preparations. It is too difficult to rely on breakthroughs to score points, and Rafael in the penalty area is staring at him.

Stop the ball! ! !Barrett actually stopped the ball at the three-point line, which was not in his offensive range.

"What is he going to do?" Oscar instinctively expanded the defense outward. Since Barrett has stopped the ball, he has no possibility of breakthrough. He has only two options, either shooting or passing. Oscar guesses Barrett's choice. No matter which one, Oscar's defensive pressure is not great.

Barrett made the preparatory action before the shot, which made Oscar smile secretly. A three-point shot can be said to be the worst choice at the moment. He passed the ball to others and it was more threatening than his own shot.

"He's going to shoot, everyone pay attention to protect the rebound." Oscar is the player who directly faces Barrett and the player who knows his movements best. Other teammates are focusing on the Heat players who are facing him, so his reminder is particularly important.

After receiving the signal from Oscar, the Lakers immediately turned around and faced the basket.

Raphael was confronted by Gaia and Claude on the inside, but Claude was in charge of the position, and one person stuck the two opponents behind him. This was obviously creating space for Gaia, and Rafael struggled to regain his position.

Sure enough, Barrett made a shot. From the outside, he made a three-pointer that he was least good at.

Everyone's eyes moved with the basketball in the air.

"You made the worst decision." Oscar mocked Barrett's shot.

"No, this is the most correct choice." Barrett was extremely confident in his shot, without the slightest doubt.

"When did you become so confident in your three-pointers?" Oscar said.

Barrett smiled slightly, "Did I mention this was a shot?"

Barrett's words made Oscar's head buzz, and the moment he turned to face the basket, Gaia had already risen from the ground, firmly caught Barrett's "shot" in the air, turned his back to the basket, and completed a reverse dunk with both hands.

The height and timing of the jump were just right.

"Alley-oop."

The Heat actually used an extremely tacit alley-oop to break through the zone defense in the air, and this is the Heat's "unique" zone defense tactic, Barrett's tactic.

As the name suggests, Barrett’s strategy is to use Barrett as the core, and the signal initiated by the tactics is the three-pointer he is about to shoot. Barrett’s three-pointer percentage is not high, so he simply does not shoot three-pointers, so he tells his teammates that as long as he stands on the three-point line, his goal is not the basket, but to cooperate with his teammates. The defense of the offense at the basket creates an alley-oop opportunity.

On the surface, the Heat players did not conduct any tactical exchanges. In fact, they had received the tactical signal through Barrett's actions, cheated the sky, and scored easily.

(End of this chapter)