The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 226 Taking the Lead
Xue Ding's reduction of the ball is also due to tactical considerations. Now Roy's speed and explosive power have degraded a bit. Of course, his shooting ability is still there. He has a good height and good vision. As a transfer axis and shooter, he is still very useful. Lethal.

Facing the sun is to slow down the speed. At this time, Roy's role is highlighted.

If Xue Ding is holding the ball, it must be a breakthrough, a three-pointer, no matter how convenient it is.

But comparing speed with running and bombing teams, this is not a wise choice.

The most important thing is to do a good job in the team's tactical execution.

So at the beginning, Xue Ding tried his best to do his running and defense well, and didn't come to stick the ball.

Inside Stoudemire desperately defended around the front, making Chandler very uncomfortable.

As a mobile center, Chandler has excellent speed and bounce, but his scoring ability is relatively simple, either alley-oops or dunks. This style of play needs a good open to cooperate.

Seeing that Xue Ding didn't hold the ball, Stoudemire boldly circled forward to defend, constantly entangled, and disrupted Chandler's position and receiving the ball.

Hill's defense was very tight, and there were basically foul moves, such as grabbing, coming, and pushing, but the referee didn't care, and Xue Ding didn't say anything.

As a strong point on the field, Aldridge saw that the opportunities of his teammates were not very good, so he immediately lifted up, and after receiving the ball, he quickly turned to face the frame.

Richardson followed up and opened his arms to interfere. Barbosa consciously adjusted his center of gravity and prepared for zone defense.

Xue Ding was very anxious, there were still 5 seconds left.

Obviously Adelaide also realized this, raised his hand and leaned back to make a mid-range shot. The height advantage is too great. Richardson's supplementary defense did not pose a big threat and hit a two-pointer.

The score was 14:14, and the tie continued.

Nash held the ball and crossed the half court, accelerated in a change of direction, passed Roy, who was not on a steady footing, and rushed directly to the inside. Facing Adelaide, who was on the left defensive position, Nash paused and accelerated, and directly rushed over Alder's line of defense, Chandler reached out and blocked it.

Nash changed hands in the air and made a basket.

Xue Ding was sensitively aware that Nash was beginning to seek a change in offense.

As a thin and small guard, Nash's biggest feature is that he is not afraid of physical contact. On the contrary, he is a master in physical confrontation and looking for opportunities.

Whenever this time, it is Nash who will activate the mode of activating the outside line.

In the next round, Roy held the ball and landed in a high position on the right. Nash guarded Roy's bottom plate and did not give him a chance to start quickly.

Ade quickly raised to the high position, Xue Ding ran to the direction where Ade fell, and the two tacitly made an outside pick-and-roll, easily hanging Hill.

Xue Ding received the ball, turned around halfway and took off, took advantage of the situation, and flew towards the basket with a beautiful arc.

With the wonderful sound of "swish" entering the net, Xue Ding waved his fist excitedly, unable to restrain the excitement in his heart, this smooth feeling, the star point of 810 points is not in vain.

Roy walked over first and raised his right hand with a smile on his face.

“Cooperated well”

"you are great too"

The two happily had an interactive compliment while retreating.

Nash pushed the ball straight past half court, Richardson came up to pick and roll and caught Roy, Nash accelerated into the inside line with one step, took three steps, and went straight to the basket.

Adelaide reached out to intercept, and Nash didn't slow down and didn't change direction. When the two were about to touch, he passed the ball with one hand behind his back to the left corner. The open Barbosa made a three-pointer when he received the ball.

Seeing Nash's breakthrough, Batum subconsciously ran over from the bottom line, wanting to assist in the defense, and threw Barbosa cleanly. For Nash, such a mistake cannot be let go.

Before the game, Xue Ding analyzed Nash's video and found that he likes to actively seek physical confrontation when he breaks through, but it is not a real collision, but a clever use of the human body's instinct to protect himself for a moment. Accurately find open teammates, use the body as a wall, and pass the ball behind.

In a word, live boldly and carefully.

As soon as he scored a three-pointer, Nash managed to return one.

Facing such an opponent, Xue Ding felt that his fighting spirit was stronger.

Just like playing LOL, if you are against a group of elementary school students, you won't be too excited if you win easily, but if you meet a master, you will cheer up in an instant.

This is how Xue Ding feels now, every pore of his body is excited.

As soon as Roy passed halftime, Chandler and Adelaide settled inside. Xue Ding ran to Adelaide on the left side. Adelaide followed the pick-and-roll and caught Hill.

Xue Ding brushed Chandler across the baseline, got rid of Richardson, ran to the baseline 30° to the right, turned around to catch the ball, and made a three-pointer.

"Shua" hit a three-pointer, cleanly.

Xue Ding turned around and spread his hands, gliding to the backcourt.

Teammates ran over, clapping and celebrating.

However, this was just the beginning, Xue Ding took over the game in an instant.

Through active running, teammates' tacit pick-and-roll, and Roy's broad vision, as long as Xue Ding is open, the ball will be in place immediately.

After receiving the ball, Xue Ding always jumped up without hesitation and made a steady hit.

Under the leadership of Xue Ding, the Blazers took a 9-point lead in the first quarter.

Xue Ding made 4 of 4 shots and scored 12 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides came off the bench. Under the leadership of Miller, the Blazers played steadily. When attacking, they stood in a good position, patiently passed the ball, and did not rush to give the Suns a chance to break fast.

Once the ball is missed, immediately retreat and drag the sun into a positional battle.

Although the overall shooting rate is not good, relying on the correct strategy and execution, they continued to maintain the lead in the score for more than three minutes.

Gentry immediately called a timeout. As the acting head coach and a supporter of run-and-bomb tactics, he couldn't tolerate his team and started a positional battle. If he didn't want to give the main players more rest, he would have replaced the main players.

With a wave of his hand, the main players stepped on and the substitutes got off. Pritchard saw this, and Xue Ding and other main players also quickly appeared on the stage.

Nash took the serve from the backcourt and pushed towards his own half at high speed. Barbosa and Hill quickly took the bottom corners on both sides and took Batum and Xue Ding away.

Stoudemire and Richardson opened their positions left and right outside the three-second line inside the line.

Nash accelerated one step at a time, made an emergency stop and then made another disguise. His thin body nimbly threw away Roy, and Richardson ran to the high position at the same time. Facing Nash who rushed in, Ade hesitated, gave up the pursuit, or defended come over.

This is what Nash wanted. He was in the air, and the ball did float to Richardson outside the three-point line at the top of the arc.

The space between each other is too large to carry out timely supplementary defense.

Richardson took the ball and made a three-pointer in one go. The score was 30:25.
The home fans cheered and cheered for their home team.

(End of this chapter)