Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 18 The Media Are Liars
Seeing that the team's center took the lead in scoring a dunk, the audience was silent for a moment, then there was a "boom" and cheers everywhere, cheers and whistles were heard endlessly.Almost all the fans who came to watch the game were die-hard UCLA fans, but in their impression, it seemed that they had never seen such a simple and powerful cooperation.Thinking about the poor performance against Michigan State University a few days ago, they couldn't help cheering for the team.

The reporters in the media seats also stared wide-eyed, their faces full of disbelief.A young reporter swallowed his saliva and whispered, "Why are you using this tactic now? It's all a warm-up match, and you still play the trick of hiding your strength?" It turned out that he thought that the Bruins deliberately did not reveal their tactic in the last game.

An old grey-haired reporter next to him gave him a hard look, and reprimanded him: "Idiot, think about it carefully, as you said, there is no need for the team to hide their strength during the warm-up match, so this tactic should be theirs." Focusing on the results of training for a few days, Coach Holland's level is still so high."

"How is it possible? In just a few days, develop a new tactic?" The young reporter retorted unconvinced.The old man hated iron and whispered: "Kid, keep your voice down, this is just a variant of the pick-and-roll tactic, or an enhanced version. The pick-and-roll is almost one of the simplest offensive tactics. It is not difficult to get familiar with this tactic. , the most important thing is the idea! If you can come up with this tactic, you will soon be able to use it in actual combat."

Compared with the reporters, Self, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai on the coach's bench, couldn't help looking at Holland, who was sitting on the other side of the scoring table, who was also turning to look at him. , smiling and nodding.Self twitched the corner of his mouth, smiled stiffly, and thought to himself: It must be the tactics that those boys played temporarily on the field by chance. How could they have found that pair of backcourt combinations that coexisted within a few days? method?It must be a coincidence, yes, it must be like this!
The head coach made eye contact off the field, while the game continued on the field.Chalmers steadily brought the ball into the opposing half, looking for opportunities beyond the three-point line.I have to say that the strength of Kansas players is really good. Their center Cowen, with his height and weight, kept Loew behind him and signaled to Chalmers for the ball.

For Chalmers, this is when he fell asleep and met a pillow. He was worried about how he and Rush could break through the opposite perimeter defense, but his own center had already got a position inside.He was overjoyed, quickly flashed past Westbrook's claws, and hoisted the ball into the inside lane.

Cowen sat back after receiving the ball, and Love was caught off guard and knocked back a step.He suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly stepped forward, preparing to hold Cowen back again.But Cowan is not incompetent either. The big man from Russia turned around quickly after bumping away from Love, and scored the ball with a low-handed layup.

Seeing Loew with a disgruntled expression, Ye Feng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Kevin, don't worry, this is just the beginning, we will give him back later, let them know, we brown bears The team's inside line is not a place where they can come and go whenever they want!" Loew clenched his fists and nodded fiercely.

While the two were talking, Mbah a Moute sent the baseline ball, Westbrook yelled, and he controlled the ball for half court.Ye Feng and Love smiled at each other, and hurried to the opponent's half to attack.Seeing that Ye Feng was planning to do the same thing again, Westbrook quickly made a gesture, telling him to play the second tactic.

This is a relatively simple tactic, and Westbrook's drive-thrust is the basis of this tactic.But for Ye Feng, this is not a big problem. Although he is very confident in his skills, he is actually an excellent team player. It would be better if there is a chance for him to be lazy.

And this time is undoubtedly a good opportunity to be lazy.Looking at Westbrook, who was full of fighting spirit, Ye Feng pulled him to the bottom corner in a leisurely manner, keeping Rush on the outside.Facing Chalmers' defense, Westbrook smiled contemptuously, not even willing to make fake moves, and directly relied on his speed to overpower the opponent.

Seeing that Westbrook obviously didn't take himself seriously, Chalmers felt inexplicably angry, but he knew very well that he would not be as good as the opponent if he worked hard. Quickly call the team's small forward Arthur to pay attention to the defense.

Arthur thinks more. He is very confident in his movement speed. In addition, his defense against Mbah a Moute is very poor. Most of the time, he is used as a flank defense gate, so He let Mbah a Moute almost completely, opting to flank Westbrook with Chalmers.

Under the double-teaming of the two, Westbrook felt very uncomfortable. Although he was very explosive, Arthur interfered with his rhythm with his height and constant physical contact, and Chalmers also carefully chose to steal timing.Youdao means two fists are hard to beat with four hands. Under the extra care of the two main players in Kansas, Westbrook always feels that he will be robbed in the next moment.

Suddenly out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of Mbah a Moute who had been emptied by Arthur. When everyone else was being watched, he had to pass the ball to this senior who joined the team a year earlier than him.Mbah a Moute saw a basketball flying out of the crowd, and subconsciously caught it in his hand, but when he wanted to transfer the ball, he was stunned: Love and Westbrook were trapped in the basket, Ye Feng was on the weak side In the bottom corner, Shipp was stared down by another Kansas forward, Darnell Jackson.From the current point of view, apart from attacking with the ball, there is almost no better choice.

Thinking of this, Mbah a Moute's face suddenly darkened, but he still took a step inside and threw the ball directly.Seeing his stiff posture, Arthur almost laughed out loud. He just took a few steps towards Mbah a Moute, stretched out his hand symbolically, and turned around to prepare for the rebound.

Sure enough, with a bang, Mbah a Moute's jumper hit the basket directly. At this time, UCLA only had Love and Westbrook inside, and Kansas had Cowen, Chalmers and Arthur. , seems to have gained the upper hand.But who is Westbrook?It's already embarrassing enough to return without success in his breakthrough just now. Now, if he wants to let Kansas grab a rebound again, how can he be the captain?
He yelled: "Kevin, get stuck in that big guy's position!" Love understood what he was going to do, and quickly stuck to Cowan to prevent him from jumping easily.Westbrook stared at the basketball still in mid-air, and suddenly jumped with all his strength to catch the ball.But how could the Kansas players let him get the offensive rebound so easily?Although Cowan was restricted, but in turn, UCLA is equivalent to losing the rebounding brush of Love, and they still have the advantage in the basket.

When Westbrook jumped up to fight for the rebound, Arthur and Chalmers also jumped up at about the same time, aiming at the basketball that smashed out of the hoop.Seeing both of them struggling for rebounds, Westbrook calmed down.Now the situation is very delicate. Although his bounce is very strong, the landing point of the rebound is not close to the basket. Si made dumplings, maybe there would be a mistake in delivery.So the best way now is to...

I saw Westbrook turning around after touching the ball in mid-air, before Arthur and Chalmers slammed the ball out of the three-point line, and the person standing there waiting to catch the ball was...Ye Feng !
The faces of the three in Kansas changed: When did this guy get to this position?And most importantly, there was no one around him!This is a big open space!It turned out that Ye Feng guessed that the ball was basically impossible to score when Mba Moute made a shot, so when the ball started to fall from the highest point, he consciously moved to the strong side.

Although there was still a cautious Rush by his side, Ye Feng had long thought of a way to get rid of the defender: when he reached the top of the arc, he called Mbah a Moute to make an off-ball screen!Rush, who was marking him, was firmly blocked behind him, while Ye Feng easily and happily settled on the 45-degree three-point line.Westbrook also realized that Ye Feng ran out of a wide open space, so he confidently shot the ball directly out of the three-point line.

Seeing that Ye Feng had successfully received the ball, Jackson quickly dropped his defensive target and rushed towards Ye Feng.But Ye Feng didn't seem to be disturbed at all, he didn't make any adjustments, he took off directly, even though Jackson's hand almost covered his eyes, he still threw the ball steadily.

The basketball crossed a beautiful arc, and went straight into the frame with a "swish", leaving no chance for the few people under the basket to fight for rebounds.Everyone in Kansas stared blankly at the basketball falling on the ground: How could this damn three-point shooter catch the ball so easily?

Jackson and Rush, who did not squeeze into the three-second zone, were ashamed.One of them was blocked by Mba Moute and couldn't chase Ye Feng, and the other wanted to block the shot but was still a beat behind. In their hearts, Ye Feng's goal meant their own incompetence!And Arthur also felt ashamed: Chalmers will not talk about it. After all, his physical fitness is not top-notch, but as a forward, he let a point guard forcefully point the rebound to his teammates. , it is simply unreasonable!

Of course, compared with Kansas, UCLA is much happier here.Westbrook gave Ye Feng a military salute frivolously, and said with a smile: "Ye, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would lose face!" Ye Feng shook his finger and said, "Russell, you I owe me a meal! "Just when Westbrook was about to" counterattack ", Loew took the neck of their two from behind:" Please do not finish this meal, let's talk about them first! "

This goal hit Self once again. He looked at the media seats with tears in his eyes, and cursed in his heart: Is this what you call "uncooperative mobs"?The media are all liars!
(End of this chapter)