Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 169
Seeing that Blake handed the ball to Ye Feng just after half court, Phil's eyes narrowed immediately.

He has long discovered that the Trail Blazers point guards do not assume the responsibility of a point guard most of the time, and the possession of the ball is basically concentrated in the hands of Roy, which is why he asked Kobe to do his best to interfere with Roy, because he Don't want to see the Blazers' offense sorted out in an orderly manner.Bryant carried out his orders without compromise, but it seemed to be of no use now, because the Blazers' No. 3 had the ball and Roy was like a loach worming his way through the Lakers' defense.

Just as Phil was about to stand up and give some instructions to the players, he sat back after thinking about it.After all, the game has just started now, so it is not appropriate to do so, and he believes in the players' self-adjustment ability on the court.This has to mention Phil's commanding style. Although he will jump on the sidelines and shout loudly when players make mistakes like other coaches, he will sit quietly in his position most of the time. Waiting for the players to find out their own countermeasures on the court, I don't know if this is related to his nickname "Zen Master", or it may be because he has always coached super strong teams.

The Lakers players did not act rashly. Kobe still stared at Roy, but loudly told Ariza, who was in charge of defending Ye Feng, to cheer up and go all out when defending. Don't let the opponent pass the ball easily. place of threat.Ariza waved his hand to show that he understood, then he quickened his pace and stopped only half a meter away from Ye Feng, staring at him with piercing eyes, as if he wanted to see through him. For a moment, his whole body's energy and energy were completely raised to his peak state, which even surprised Ye Feng.

This is Ariza's fifth season. Since he came to the Lakers last season, Phil intends to build him into the Lakers' strongest perimeter defense gate and become Kobe's personal guard. This is also the Lakers coaching staff's hope for his future. look forward to.I have to say that Ariza is indeed very talented in defense. His defensive efficiency this season is 102, tying the highest record in the previous four seasons. In other words, under his defense, opponents can only get 102 per [-] rounds. This is already a very good result, not to mention that he is still growing.And Ariza's character is low-key and tough, which is also a must-have quality for a top defender.

But Ye Feng is not afraid, he has no reason or need to be afraid of this defensive champion, as the actual organizer of the Blazers' game, if even he has a fear of the Lakers' defense, then the Blazers will just kneel Just surrender freely, there is nothing to contend with at all.So even if Ye Feng himself doesn't like to compete with others, but for the fans' expectations and the future of the team, he must bravely go up and break Ariza's defense.Only in this way can the Blazers retain the hope of reaching the tiebreaker and even rushing to the Western Conference Finals.

While dribbling the ball rhythmically, he carefully observed the movements of his teammates.Ariza originally wanted to take this opportunity to steal directly, but Ye Feng did a good job of protecting the ball, always avoiding Ariza's sudden claws while dribbling constantly.However, the situation of the teammates is very bad. Blake is ready to respond at 45 degrees on the left side, and Fisher is firmly stuck between the two; Roy keeps trying to cut inside the baseline, but Kobe always comes first. Time keeps up with his footsteps; Adelaide is still the same, competing with Odom in the elbow area, and it seems that it will be impossible to tell the winner for a while; Oden is standing in a deep position, but Bynum is witty He deliberately chose the defensive method of half-circling forward, and the two are about the same height, so it is difficult to give the ball to the low post if half-circling forward.

Ye Feng sighed, it seems that he can only rely on his own breakthrough to tear apart the opponent's defensive system, otherwise the team's offense will not be effective at all.Thinking of this, he slightly lowered his center of gravity, his eyes became sharper, and he made a gesture of preparing to break through.The muscles of Ariza's whole body tensed instantly, and his whole body was like a leopard about to pounce on its prey, his eyes blazing with fighting intent.He suffered a lot from Ye Feng before, in his opinion, this rookie has some abilities, but as a rookie, he must have the consciousness of a rookie, don't just jump out and hit others in the face.

It has to be said that Ariza's defense is indeed top-notch, no matter how Ye Feng changes his focus and makes various fake moves, he is unmoved, just staring at Ye Feng's two feet.This is what top perimeter defenders like to do most. Breakthrough masters can really confuse defenders by shaking their shoulders, dribbling under the crotch, etc., but their breakthrough is ultimately determined by the lower body, specifically the feet.Only when the feet move, the whole person will move. As long as you stare at the two feet, even if the basketball is playing in his hands, it is also insignificant.This was Ariza's idea. He felt that Ye Feng would definitely choose to break through. After all, there was still more than one meter away from the three-point line.

But this time he guessed wrong, some people really can't be measured by common sense.

It is true that this place is far away from the basket, and the other four players of the Blazers are also watched closely, but this does not mean that Ye Feng will not choose to score.Otherwise, how could there be so many super long-distance lore on the basketball court? The farthest goal recognized by the NBA was an ultra-long-range three-pointer hit by Baron Davis from 2001 feet (2 meters) away on February 17, 89. What's so strange about the ball?

Ariza only stared at Ye Feng's feet, which is generally correct, but at least this round he miscalculated.Ye Feng did not choose to break through after the continuous change of direction in front of his body, but directly jumped high on the spot.Ariza watched the feet in front of him start to take off, and didn't think about the three-pointer. He just felt that Ye Feng was very strange. Since he was the same height as him, was it necessary to jump up and pass the ball?By the time he realized it was already too late, Ye Feng had already reached the highest point of the jump, and then threw the ball above Ariza.

Looking up, Ariza was not angry, he just felt a little confused: what kind of guy is this?Does this position shoot straight threes?But he has no chance to defend. At this time, it is meaningless to try to stop the opponent. If the action is too big, it will be a three-point foul, and it may even be 3+1.The only thing he can do now is to pray that Ye Feng's seemingly nonsensical three-pointer will hit the iron directly.

It's a pity that God didn't hear his prayer, and with a "shua", the goal was scored.

(End of this chapter)