basketball task

Chapter 193
In the past, Channing, an alternative insider with speed and agility who is not weaker than himself in all aspects of physical fitness, and Battier, who has solid basic skills and a seasoned defense, Durant can't help but panic when he is double-teamed by two defensive fighters. .

Just as he collected the ball and turned his head anxiously to look for his teammates, Battier shook his little hand and made the steal.

"Rush! Everyone is there, rush for me!"

Kyle Lowry was a little hesitant when he received the pass, but after hearing Channing's command, he decisively launched a fast break, facing Supersonics guard Luke Ridnour, and scored the ball toughly.

The Philadelphia team scored +2. After Channing came on the field, he quickly caught up with the point difference to only 1 point.

"Beautiful! You must be resolute in the fast break, and you must use your advantage of strong impact!"

Channing and Lowry clapped hands to give encouragement to the young teammates and help them build up their self-confidence.

Shane Battier came behind Channing at some point, and passionately slapped Channing's buttocks. With the successful double-team defense just now, Battier felt that he and Channing had a very good understanding. I like this defensive atmosphere. With a big man with such a high ball intelligence, the game becomes a lot easier.

Channing personally went off the field to participate in the defense, which greatly reduced Durant's success rate of storming breakthroughs. He failed to score for several rounds in a row. The Philadelphia team also took the opportunity to play a small climax and regained their lead.

Coach Carlesimo had to call a timeout and adjusted the offensive tactics.

After returning from the timeout, the Sonics' offense was no longer Durant's individual singles, but added a lot of pick-and-rolls and screens. Nick Collison, Kurt Thomas and other insiders went up one after another to cover Durant. battier.

This tactical arrangement played some role, but the good times didn't last long, and Coach Cheeks also made a substitution, sending Iguodala to replace Belinelli.

In this way, once Nick Collison and other Sonics insiders go out for pick-and-rolls, Channing will take the initiative to switch defenses with Battier. Facing Channing, who can even guard James, Durant's singles will become more difficult.

And Iguodala's role is to make up defenses back and forth, and he is optimistic about the rest of the Sonics. Once Durant chooses to pass the ball when the offense is unfavorable, then Iguodala can be very useful.

After playing like this for a few minutes, although the Sonics had a slight advantage in rebounding, their offense was completely stagnant, and there was even a scoring drought for a period of time, and they could only rely on sporadic free throws to increase their points.

In turn, the Philadelphia 76ers' offense was completely open.

Cup tactics appeared in the NBA for the first time, making the Sonics at a loss from top to bottom, especially Channing, who started attacking with the ball from the three-point line, made the Sonics always unable to find a suitable matchup Candidates.

If it is Nick Collison and other insiders with both height, tonnage and flexibility to defend, Channing will directly accelerate the breakthrough from the three-point line, or step back and make a jump shot. Nick Collison will not be able to keep up with Channing's footsteps.

If the opponent double-teamed Channing, it would be so beautiful. Channing's passing skills are much better than Durant's. Coupled with a group of good shooters on the outside, the three-point wiper wiped the ball in an instant. There is a difference.

The desperate Carlesimo even resorted to a strategy of letting Durant defend Channing in the second half of the second quarter. In Carlesimo's view, no one who is taller than Channing is faster than Channing, and he is faster than Channing. His height is too short, and only Durant can compete with Channing in terms of size and physical fitness.

This idea is good. In the entire NBA, those who can have some impact on Channing in single defense are tall, flexible big men with long arms, such as Kevin Garnett, Durant, and Marion. Players, it's a pity that compared with Garnett and Marion, Durant has a good skeleton, but he focuses his skills on offense. His defense is very average, especially the gap in strength, which makes Durant Te suffers a lot.

Waved to let the teammates pull away. After Philadelphia hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, the Sonics no longer dared to take it lightly and could only follow the defense. Ning, other people can't distract and help defend at all.

For Durant in singles, it was too easy for Channing, and his shooting became more difficult, but there was no pressure to break through. With a change in rhythm, Adu's two long legs were knotted by themselves.

"Basic defensive skills still need to be practiced, look at the footsteps, it's broken."

Qian Ning complained silently, speeding up one step at a time. Although he didn't get rid of Durant, the advantage in strength, especially the crushing advantage of the strength of the lower body, made it easy for Chen Ning to push Durant all the way into the penalty area. , Until the dunk was scored, Durant was in a state of being dominated by absolute power, unable to control his body at all.

"The defense is too weak! Is this the bulldozer style of play? This kid James has always played like this, how boring!"

Facing Durant, who was not strong enough, Channing directly turned into a heavy tank, crushing layups in various ways, hitting Durant's skin bruised and swollen, but also made Carlesimo heartbroken.

My favorite disciple, being bullied like this on the field, and still powerless to fight back, Carlesimo's heart is bleeding.

Finally, at the end of the second quarter, Carlesimo quickly asked Durant to take a rest, and then looked at the score. At 66:52, the Philadelphia team had already led by 14 points.

Another three-point rain, another counterattack fast break, and a single-point blast against the boss. The fans of the Philadelphia 76ers were very excited. It has been a long time since the team played so easily. I like opponents like the Sonics, and I can't wait to beat them every day.

And Durant wrapped his head and face tightly with a towel, and walked to the locker room without saying a word. No one knew how Adu was feeling at the moment, but according to the reactions of some fans at the scene, they saw Adu Du's shoulders were shaking constantly, and the towel looked a little wet.

"It's unbelievable that the Philadelphia team played such a wonderful quarter and won a full 20 points in a single quarter. It's crazy!"

"How weak is the Supersonic's defense? Under their defense, Philadelphia hit 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, and the overall shooting percentage has reached more than 5%. I don't know what to praise Philadelphia's offense Have we made great progress, or should we say that the opponent is too weak?"

In the second half of the game, the Sonics never found the key to defending Channing. More importantly, Durant lost all his state under the multiple defenses of Battier, Channing, and Iguodala. He made a shot, and his hit rate dropped to freezing point.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Philadelphia team has expanded its advantage to 28 points. The two sides sent their own substitute lineups in the fourth quarter, and the game lost its suspense.

(End of this chapter)