basketball hero

Chapter 663 "Lin Madness" Reappears

Jeremy Lin has now shed the cloak of "Linsanity" and has become much more pragmatic.There are no longer many people who hate him, and there are no longer many people who can praise him.Today he's content with his role on the team -- the starting point guard on a championship team.He is very grateful and believes that everything is arranged by God, who guided him to Toronto and became teammates with his good friend Ying Xiong.His goal now is to help the team successfully defend the title and get his second championship ring.

The one defending Yingxiong is naturally Kawhi Leonard, who is dubbed "facial paralysis" by Chinese fans.

Leonard has made a lot of progress this season, and he was selected to the second best defensive team of the year not long ago.For a young player, this award is not light.

Jeremy Lin's high pick-and-roll, the Spurs defended very tightly.Their defensive thinking is still not to the center, allowing the opponent to go to the side.Also because last year's finals were bullied enough by the Raptors' mid-range shots, their defensive thinking of "locking 3 points and the basket and giving mid-range" has changed a little.

"Greg is also changing himself. He knows that to play Oklahoma and Toronto, he needs to lock the mid-range. Whether it is KD, Russell, Ying, or DeMar, they are all masters of mid-range jumpers. Blindly lock the basket 3 points, enough lessons from last year," Van Gundy said.

"It's not so easy to lock the basket and take into account the mid-range!" Mike Breen said.

"Well, if you take into account the mid-range, then the defense at the basket cannot be solid. No defense can be perfect, and it should be adjusted at any time according to the opponent's situation." Van Gundy explained.

DeRozan was interfered by Splitter when he made a jump shot and the ball missed!
Duncan took the rebound and handed it to Parker to advance.

The Spurs' offense has always been dynamic. In Popovich's basketball world, it is incorrect for core players to hold the ball for a long time. Let the ball move and opportunities will follow.In his system, players are just parts, the only difference is that some parts are more important and some parts are not so important.

Danny Green didn't have a 3-point jumper through the screen.

Ying Xiong accepted the rebound and pushed forward by himself.

At the beginning of the first quarter, neither side scored.It's not that the defensive strength is really that great, but that it really doesn't feel good, no matter how you shoot, it doesn't work.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and gave it to Ying Xiong on the right wing.The rest of the Raptors pulled away and let the team's MVP figure it out.This team has a characteristic. Once encountering difficulties, it will find Yingxiong to solve the problem.The advantage of doing this is that everyone's thinking is relatively unified, and they don't know what to do because they are in trouble.

Ying Xiong holds the ball with one hand and faces the expressionless Kawhi Leonard.

The fans at the scene started booing, they all like to watch Ying Xiong play singles with the ball.

Ying Xiong uses his left foot as the axis, and his right foot tries to make a false step.Suddenly, he started, holding the ball and breaking through the bottom line. Halfway through the breakthrough, he made an emergency stop and pulled the ball behind his back, then bowed to Buddha, cheated the opponent's center of gravity, lowered the center of gravity in an instant, broke through with the ball in his left hand, and then made an emergency stop for a jumper—hit!
Ying Xiong scored the first 2 points of the game. The fans were completely attracted by his series of offensive moves and expressed their inner excitement with cheers and applause.

"Beautiful! The ball was played like flowing water, continuous, one move after another, making it hard to guard against." Mike Breen sighed.

"Kawaii defended the ball well, because Ying's singles skills are really good!" Van Gundy also sighed.

The Spurs still hadn't opened yet, and Jeremy Lin directly blocked Parker's top layup from the bottom line!

"Tony's pace is not as fast as it was a few years ago!" Mike Breen said with a little regret.

"Yeah, many of the rookies in the same class as him have already retired, and his condition is considered to be very good." Van Gundy also sighed.

The Spurs serve in the frontcourt.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Parker broke through again, without a chance. After going around the bottom line, he returned to the outside line and gave it to Duncan in the low post.

Duncan slammed Amir Johnson with his back, using his footsteps and height, using the old man's slow three-step hook, and hit the board!

"Tim's technique is still very solid, and his footsteps are too steady!" Mike Breen sighed sincerely.

"If Tim continues in this state, there will be no major injuries, and it will be no problem to play until he is 40 years old." Van Gundy said with a smile.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and gave it to DeRozan on the left.

DeRozan rushed forward with the ball on the weak side, pulled the ball from his crotch and then turned over and shot a jumper-hit!
"San Antonio's defense doesn't put so much pressure on the ball, so it gives DeMar a certain shot space, and they are still unwilling to use pincers in advance!" Van Gundy said.

"It's not Greg's style to use flanking in advance. The team in Toronto can make him have to use flanking. It shouldn't be DeMar, but it should be!" Mike Breen said with a smile.

Van Gundy nodded. It is true that DeRozan's threat is not so great that Danny Green can't limit him alone. The team needs to use pincers to limit him.

The two teams are very familiar with each other, so the score has not been opened.Yingxiong's desire to attack in the first quarter was not that high. He switched between passing the ball and attacking himself, which was a little confusing.Of course, with him like this, the Spurs will naturally not choose to flank him, even if his attack success rate is also high.

"Jeff, doesn't Ying's desire to attack seem particularly high?" Mike Breen asked.

Van Gundy nodded and said: "It's really not high, but judging from his body language in singles just now, his physical condition should be OK, and there was no news about his physical discomfort before the game. I think he should be keeping his strength. Let's wait until the second half."

The main players of the two sides almost drew a tie, and the game entered a contest between the two rotations.On the Raptors side, Jeremy Lin still led the second team to play; while on the Spurs side, Yaodao led the second team to play.

What is unexpected is that everyone thought it was a contest between the second team that was evenly matched. Because of Jeremy Lin's outbreak, he led the Raptors' second team to a strong 2:2 before the end of the first quarter. The balance on the field is broken.

This really surprised Popovich, he immediately asked for a timeout, and severely criticized Mills and other players who performed poorly.

But the timeout and the adjustment between the quarters did not have a good effect. Jeremy Lin led the Raptors' second team to hit an offensive climax again at the beginning of the second quarter, and "Linsanity" came out again.

The Raptors fans at the scene were completely crazy, and they kept shouting the names of the Raptors players on the field to cheer them on.

(End of this chapter)