Coach Lee

Chapter 448 Defense Master
After the timeout, the US team played more seriously.

On the offensive end, they temporarily gave up certain bonuses and began to concentrate on scoring.

Kidd was in control and sent out great passes frequently; Steve Smith's pinpoint three-pointers, Kevin Garnett's big jumper; Mourning also scored a lot of shots in the low post.

Vince Carter was entangled with Li Nan, and there were very few chances to make a move.

The NBA deserves to be the current No. [-] division in the world, and the abilities of NBA stars are indeed powerful.

Soon, the US team played a small wave and caught up with the score.

On the offensive end, the U.S. team has caught up, and on the defensive end, the U.S. team is also serious.

The cooperation of the Chinese team is not as good as that of the Pacers and 76ers. Even if there is, it can't stop the players of the US team from switching defenses against Li Nan.

When Li Nan was concerned, other players of the Chinese team stood up.

Using Li Nan as a bait, Wang Dazhi's high-level support gave others a lot of opportunities, and Wang Dazhi also frequently sent out several assists.

Guo Shiqiang's breakthrough point, Zhang Jinsong's three-pointer, Yao Liang's low hook, everyone played their own characteristics.

And Li Nan adopted a sneak attack tactic.Keep running with the opponent, and when the US team players let down their vigilance, one will come suddenly.

Suddenly cast a cold arrow, stabbing a knife in the opponent's heart.

This sudden cold arrow is also to make the opponent be interrupted every time the tide is about to rise.

On the court, the Chinese team's offense is not as good as that of the US team.

For a while, the two sides were evenly matched.

The audience on the spot was very satisfied, and even many foreign audiences began to cheer for the Chinese team.Every time the Chinese team scored a goal, the audience applauded enthusiastically.

At 12 minutes, the score was 33-34, with the U.S. leading by 1 point.

Off the field, Rudy-coach was very dissatisfied with the US team's defense.

"These bastards!"

Why is the Chinese team's shooting rate so high? Isn't it because these guys are being lazy?
Especially Carter defending Li Nan.The whole team has targeted Li Nan in this way, and Carter often deserted to give Li Nan a chance to make a move. It really disappointed Coach Rudy.

He directly chose five up and five down.

On the sidelines, Coach Rudy also explained, "Gary, keep an eye on him, don't let him score again."

This "he" is naturally Li Nan.

Every time Li Nan's sudden cold arrows suppressed the momentum of the US team just getting up, it was really uncomfortable!The U.S. team is always unable to beat the tide, and the offense is naturally not coherent.

Gary Payton came on the field, and the main defense was Li Nan.

The 32-year-old Gary Payton is still in shape.

Seeing Li Nan in front of him, for some reason, Gary Payton remembered the Finals with the Bulls.

In the past few seasons, Gary Payton and Li Nan have not had many opportunities to match up, and there are even fewer opportunities to defend Li Nan.

After all, Li Nan's previous team always let him play off the ball.

That's it for today.

"Then let me try your FMVP quality."

However, Gary Payton knows that in the Chinese team's style of play, Li Nan still has more balls.

I have to think of a way
As soon as Gary Payton came up, Li Nan felt something different.

Focus!

Yes, it is focus!
If you want to talk about Carter Kidd and the others, it's playing!Gary Payton is really focused, he's here to play.

Li Nan couldn't help but become cautious.

However, Li Nan found that Gary Payton only glanced at himself, and then ran to stare at Guo Shiqiang.

The Chinese team just delivered the ball.

problem occurs!
Gary Payton steals the frontcourt!
A successful layup!
Seeing this, Li Nan also had to admire Gary Payton.

This defense is really strong.

From the 93-94 season to this season, Gary Payton has defended the first team six times in a row. He is the only player who has won the best defensive player as a PG.

Steals leader, limit MJ's lowest scoring average in the finals, a note of that famous nickname - the glove
It all goes to show how good his defense is.

Gary Payton's defense is textbook for every PG.

Li Nan also has a lot of research on Gary Payton's defense.

The steal just now can only be a piece of cake, Gary Payton still has many textbook moves.

such as:

When an opponent is under the basket and is close to you to prepare for a jump shot, the standard defensive posture taught by the coach is: arms straightened high, not leaning forward.

This concept is not wrong at all, but if the opponent is a head taller than you, it will be bad, and the result is often to watch the ball score with your eyes open and wait for death.

Of course, Payton can't sit still, what he does is "active defense"——

Get started first!
When the opponent has not lifted the ball, the five claws come out, and the ball is knocked out first.

Another example:
The attacker dribbles the ball with his back to Payton, and the attacker dribbles the ball in the middle, making a fake cut to the left, luring Payton to move left.Payton moved a little bit to the left, but when the attacker rolled his right foot to the bottom line, Gary Payton had already seen through what move he was going to make and moved to the right at the same time.

It is Payton's defensive secret to gain insight into the attacker's next step in advance

and also:

When the attacker ran out of turning moves and was about to raise the ball for a jump shot, Gary Payton was already half a step ahead of him, with his big feet open, completely blocking the offensive line.Hit the ball with one palm and immediately launch a fast break.

Of course, Gary Payton's defense is much more than that.He's a very good defensive master.

Seeing that Guo Shiqiang's dribble was severely suppressed by Gary Payton's defense, Li Nan also had to retreat to get the ball.

Without even thinking about it, Gary Payton switched seats with Ray Allen, who was defending Li Nan.

"I'll guard against him!"

Li Nan didn't dare to be brave, being pestered by this old guy, it was not so easy to pass the halftime safely.

With the help of Bart's cover, he circled around, passed the half court steadily, and handed it to Wang Dazhi.

This is going to be tactical again.

Gary Payton was very upset at this moment!

"Boy, you're nowhere near Michael Jordan."

Is it far away?

Li Nan thought about it, it was indeed a bit.

Facing Gary Payton just now, Li Nan immediately thought of his teammates, instead of relying on his personal ability to pass him and escort the ball across the half.

Now that halftime has passed, what Li Nan thinks of is to give the ball to Wang Dazhi, and then play tactics.Instead of directly dealing with this troublemaker in front of him.

For a moment, Li Nan remembered what he said against Jiang's guidance before, about "higher, faster and stronger", and also remembered what Jordan said about "confidence".

"Hen~ I'm still not confident enough."

Gary Payton looked at Li Nan who was shaking his head, a little puzzled.

And at this moment, Li Nan suddenly pushed Gary Payton hard with his hand,
Ran!

"F@#￥!" Gary Payton cursed secretly and chased after him.

This guy is too cunning!No wonder Vince was bullied so badly.If I were a few years younger, I would definitely want him to look good!
(End of this chapter)