basketball task

Chapter 191 Newcomer's Problem

A series of trades in the middle of the season brought earth-shaking changes to the Philadelphia team. Channing took the center position and used his agility to play with his footwork, scoring or assisting frequently; Battier also used his veteran experience on the defensive end to help the team. It is very difficult to make Durant's offense.

After Shane Battier and Channing left the field at the same time, the situation changed. Although Corey Brewer is a slender forward, his defensive ability is relatively average, and he was easily broken by Durant. The current Gortat is a complete virgin, with a big skeleton, poor defensive positioning and poor defensive timing.

More importantly, after Channing took a break, the Philadelphia team's offense was chaotic. Iguodala's personal offensive ability is not strong, coupled with his Buddhist style of play, many times it is not a good opportunity, Iguodala La will not play hard, but pass the ball out. The rest of the Philadelphia team is completely the opposite. Whether it is Jarrett Jack, Corey Brewer, or Gortat, the new guys have a strong desire to perform. Whoever holds the ball can do it, and they are not timid at all. Of course, except for a few sporadic goals, their overall shooting rate is very low, which is outrageously low.

Sitting at the bottom, Channing watched his teammates fight like headless chickens, making the score from leading to falling behind step by step.

On the final attack of the first quarter, Gortat grabbed an offensive rebound and ignored Jarrett Jack, who was open beyond the three-point line. Coach Cheeks couldn't take it anymore, and just sprayed at Gortat.

Poor kid Gortat, with his head down at the moment, didn't dare to make eye contact with the head coach. The other players also looked at each other, feeling that they didn't play well, and everyone was silent.

In fact, in Channing's view, Gortat's performance is normal. Gortat did not come from elementary school basketball. His basic basketball skills are very average, and he has been sitting on the bench for the Magic before, and his playing time is completely overwhelmed by Warcraft Howard. Divided with Tony Batty, he has no chance to play at all. This is only Gortat's first game, and it is normal to be confused on the court.

However, Channing will not speak up for Gortat. On the one hand, Gortat’s performance is really poor, and it is normal to be criticized. On the other hand, which basketball player does not get scolded, he only knows what he is doing poorly. Only when you have the motivation to improve yourself, it is a good thing to suffer and suffer a little bit early in your career.

On the contrary, Channing felt that it was Garrett Jack who should be criticized more. Although it was the first game after the trade, Jack, as a point guard, did not think about how to connect his teammates. After Channing, the main attacker, came off the court to rest, the Philadelphia team was in a leaderless state. At this time, Jack took the lead in fighting, which not only wasted several offensive opportunities, but also disrupted the rhythm.

A good point guard, even when the team does not arrange any offensive tactics, must quickly observe the defense, find the advantages and weaknesses of the enemy and the enemy, and push the game to the right track. Jarrett Jack, his style of play More like a scorer, in terms of series organization, not ideal enough.

However, before Kyle Lowry has not grown to his ideal state, Jack is still good. Without a suitable organizer, Channing can only do more by himself.

"What the coach said is very correct. We are determined not to make these mistakes again! Brothers, don't be discouraged. We are a team, work hard together, and improve together."

After Coach Cheeks got angry, Channing stood up to smooth things over. Channing also had enough rest, and it was time for him to play.

"Pay close attention to my inside defense! Use snacks, you can do it!"

Patting Gortat on the shoulder, Channing specially took care of the little brother.

The second quarter officially started, and the Supersonic lineup did not change much. Except for the unshakable Durant, the Supersonics did not have a fixed lineup. The playing time of other players was very average. , There is actually not much difference in their level, and it all depends on Durant alone.

As for the Philadelphia 76ers, they changed their lineup again.

"Center Channing, power forward Channing Frye, small forward Battier, shooting guard Belinelli, point guard Kyle Lowry."

"Such a strange lineup, um, the inside line of the Philadelphia team is even weaker, I really can't imagine how Cheeks thinks?"

Kenny Smith is a little puzzled. Although the Sonics' inside line is relatively weak, the Philadelphia 76ers are not doing too well. Is it really good to not need an inside line?

Kyle Lowry took control of the ball and passed it directly to Channing at the top of the arc.

The supersonic center has become Nick Collison. Channing has some understanding of Collison's strength. He is a good insider with a strong style of play and is not slow at his feet. Facing such a pure center with good defense , and then using the strategy of playing hard inside is not cost-effective, so Chan Ning changed his style of play and took the initiative to move out of the three-point line to catch the ball.

Nick Collison obviously knew that Channing had a three-pointer, so he followed. Unfortunately, the defense was not tight enough, and half a step was enough space for Channing to make a shot.

"Shh!"

Three point hit.

"How is this possible?"

Nick Collison was very surprised. He has defended many big men who can shoot three-pointers before, such as Chris Bosh, Dirk Nowitzki and the like. Their three-pointers are also very accurate, but they all It's an open three-pointer, and it's rare to shoot a three-pointer with the ball, let alone force a shot against a defender. That's the job of a shooting guard!

"To be honest, Nick Collison's defense is already in place. In terms of defending the perimeter, I really can't find a big man who defends better than him. It's just that Channing is so special. He and us before The understanding of big men is completely different. In the first quarter, Channing showed a Stoudemire-style standard power forward style of play, relying on movement speed, explosive power and footwork to crush opponents, but at the beginning of the second quarter , he transformed into a 2-meter shooting guard."

Kenny Smith couldn't resist commenting on the game, as did his fellow player Kevin Harlan:
"That's right, we are amazed that Kevin Durant has the height of the inside and the ball-handling style of the outside, but Channing is of a non-standard height and can play three and four. The two super rookies this year , one is moving towards a big killer with no solution to score, and the other is becoming more and more versatile, defending inside, grabbing rebounds, switching defenses without positions, playing footwork inside, attacking outside the frame, shooting with the ball, and breaking through I originally thought that Channing would evolve in the direction of Kevin Garnett, but I didn't expect his style of play to be more and more like James."

(End of this chapter)