basketball kingdom

Chapter 17 Consecutive Scoring
The Lakers directly pushed Xu Tian out of the air inside. In order to prevent Xu Tian from scoring 2+1 (two points are valid, an additional free throw is added), he used a lot of strength.But this foul failed to stop Xu Tian. After seeing the ball go into the basket, the insider of the Lakers patted the basketball that fell into his hands angrily.

Instead of pulling Xu Tian, ​​McDaniels ran over and pushed the Lakers inside.The foul just now was very dangerous and could easily cause injury. As the prick of the team, he had to stand up and show his attitude so that the opponent would not dare to attack Xu Tian easily.

The Lakers were not a good insider, so they immediately got close to McDaniels, and the two began to spray each other face to face.

The audience has long been accustomed to conflicts on the court, and they are quietly paying attention to the situation on the court.

The referee rushed up immediately, separating McDaniels and the Lakers inside from the middle.

McDaniels is very experienced. When the referee came over, he immediately stopped entangled with the Lakers insider.

Xu Tian has been stopped by Capela all the time, and Capela let him go only at the end of the conflict.

When he came to McDaniels, Xu Tian gave him a hand, called him aside, and said in English that he was not very good at, "Thank you."

McDaniels patted Xu Tian on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, we are teammates."

He knew that Xu Tian couldn't understand English very well, so he didn't say much.

Because of the small conflict just now, the referees of both sides had to discuss the penalty for McDaniels and the Lakers insider as appropriate, so the game on the court was suspended for a period of time.

The Lakers coach took the opportunity to call Russell to the sidelines and said: "Tell the players on the field to adjust the defensive tactics to a 2-3 zone defense. In addition, when you are defending Xu, don't try to steal, let him take a step, and don't let him get it. A chance to drive. If he's just inside the [-]-point line, you can try to release him, he likes to shoot around there."

"Is it a bit risky to shoot?" Russell asked puzzled.

The Lakers coach shook his head and said, "No, Xu has a habit of shooting long two-pointers, and he can take advantage of this."

Zone defense means joint defense, and 2-3 zone defense is one of the forms. This defense can maximize the restrictions on inside and breakthroughs.After seeing Xu Tian's desire to attack, the Lakers coach decisively changed his defensive tactics and used zone defense to limit Xu Tian's breakthrough.

The final penalty came out, McDaniels and the Lakers each received [-] boards inside, and each received a technical foul.

In order to avoid conflicts on the basketball court, there will be technical fouls. The opponent of a technical foul will get a free throw and an offensive opportunity. If two technical fouls are accumulated, the opponent will be expelled.

After the Lakers coach saw the penalty result, he called Russell back who was about to leave, and said, "Tell Nance Jr., if possible, try to provoke KJ McDaniels as much as possible, and let him accumulate another criminal." end."

Because both sides received criminals, there were no free throws and ball possession changes, and Xu Tian executed the extra penalty for the goal just now.

The free throw went steadily into the basket, and the Rockets and the Lakers drew 3-3.

Russell pushed the ball across half court, handed the ball directly into the hands of the shooting guard on the back, and began to run without the ball.

This is also a tactic arranged by the Lakers coach. They want Russell to use running positions to wear down Xu Tian's physical strength.

Xu Tian saw through the Lakers' intentions at a glance, and yelled a word he remembered to his teammates behind him, "Switch defense!"

Xu Tian is very aware of his strengths and weaknesses. If he defends against the running Russell, his physical strength will be exhausted, and it will be difficult to maintain his offensive level.

The five players of the Rockets Summer League have good athletic ability. McDaniels, who is closer to Russell, took the initiative to switch to Russell.

Facing the Rockets shooting guard, Nance Jr. received a pass from the Lakers shooting guard and took a mid-range shot from 18 feet. He hit it steadily and helped the Lakers lead by two points.

After Xu Tian dribbled the ball through halftime, he found that the opponent's two insiders and Nance Jr. were very close to the penalty area. He understood that the Lakers resorted to a 2-3 zone defense to prevent breakthroughs.

Russell came to the top of the arc to defend again, this time his position was slightly back, and he did not come to defend Xu Tian closely.

Xu Tian understood that the opponent was focusing on defense against breakthroughs, so he didn't take the initiative to match up, but passed the ball to the shooting guard (shooting guard, that is, the second position) who came out of the running position.

The Lakers have started to play a complete offensive and defensive system. If they go it alone, there is no way to compete with them.

Capela put forward a pick-and-roll cooperation with the shooting guard, allowing the shooting guard to pass the opponent's defense.

Xu Tian was also not idle, and ran towards the flank. Now it is different from the situation just now, he needs to distract Russell's defensive attention.

If you want to break the zone defense, if you have a good three-point shooter, you can use the shooter to break the zone defense. However, there are no shooters in the Rockets lineup now, so complex movement is required.

Nance Jr. came up to help defend the Rockets' shooting guard, blocking the shooting guard's breakthrough route.

The shooting guard's vision of the court is not very good. After being blocked, he chose to shoot directly.

Xu Tian saw the shooting guard's movement, but because of poor communication, he couldn't remind him to pass the ball, so he could only yell, and then helplessly saw the ball hit the basket.

The Lakers defended Capela very tightly. The center blocked Capela behind him, and the power forward easily took off the defensive rebound.

Xu Tian didn't complain, and quickly retreated to his own half to prevent the Lakers from making a quick break.

Director Zhang said after seeing the Rockets shooting guard missed the shot: "This shot is very unreasonable. McDaniels' position has been vacated, and Xu Tian is also on the wing. He should pass the ball instead of facing him. Strong shot against defense."

Liu Jiachao said: "It should be because he doesn't have enough field vision. He has no other choice after stopping the ball."

"These little black guards have always had personal heroism. When Yao Ming was playing, there was no one who could even pass him the ball."

The Tencent live broadcast room talked about the past, but the game on the field is still going on.

After coming to the frontcourt, Nance Jr. came to the outside to catch the ball. The last tactic was a success, and the Lakers intend to continue to use this tactic.

The Lakers shooting guard went to chase Russell, while Xu Tian came in front of Nance Jr..

Xu Tian's height is 201 cm. In the NBA, this is the height of many small forwards. If he defends Nance Jr., there will be no problem.

Nance Jr. is not skilled in ball handling skills. He knew that Xu Tian was good at stealing, so he stopped dribbling when Xu Tian came up on defense, and raised the ball above his head with both hands, looking for opportunities to pass the ball.

When Russell and the Lakers shooting guard interspersed and moved, the Lakers shooting guard helped Russell make a cover and delayed the Rockets shooting guard following Russell.

Nance Jr. saw this opportunity and wanted to pass the ball to Russell, but before he could pass the ball, he saw Xu Tian approaching him, blocking his possible passing space.

McDaniels also had a keen sense of smell, so he ran over and flanked Nance with Xu Tian.

When Nance Jr. wanted to call a timeout, Xu Tian fished the ball from his hand and completed a steal.

McDaniels started to run forward, knowing that Xu Tian's pass could be followed immediately.

Nance Jr. did not give up his defense and chased in the direction of McDaniels. He needed to make up for his mistakes.

The audience on the sidelines saw that Xu Tian didn't pass the ball, and their interest was instantly raised.

Although Xu Tian didn't score many points in the Summer League games, there was a domineering dunk in each game. At this time, they were all expecting Xu Tian to contribute a dunk that was enough to score five goals.

Xu Tian's speed was much faster than that of Nance, but he didn't speed up completely, but deliberately fell behind Nance.

When McDaniels ran directly out of the baseline, Nance Jr. suddenly realized that Xu Tian did not choose to pass the ball, and quickly turned around to continue defending.

But at this time, No. 10, who was wearing a white jersey, was already in the air, and Nance Jr. cursed inwardly, "Damn it, I'm going to be dunked!"

It's just that the expected violent dunk did not come. After the basketball wiped the board, it entered the Nets.

The courtside audience, who were all ready to cheer, was a little disappointed. They wanted to see a dunk full of violent aesthetics, but they couldn't see it.

Xu Tian's ball took off very well, and he could completely dunk Nance Jr., but when he was about to dunk, he changed his mind. If he wanted to dedicate the dunk this time, he would dunk the inside of the Lakers.

If Xu Tian's first coach was on the sidelines now, he would definitely call a timeout, and then scold Xu Tian, ​​telling him that basketball is not a trick, and he should put the ball into the basket in the most direct way.

It's just that Bickerstaff is on the sidelines now. Not only did he not call a timeout, he didn't even stand up.

The NBA highly respects individual heroism. As long as you have the strength, you will have no problem even if you face a five-man double-team.

Xu Tian didn't wait too long for the dunk. When Capela was defending the serve from the baseline, his right hand touched the sent ball.

After the basketball was blocked, it changed its course and came to McDaniels' hands.

Xu Tian is now at the three-point line. After seeing McDaniels take the ball, he yelled, "Pass the ball!".

McDaniels looked at Xu Tian and threw the ball straight into Xu Tian's hand.

Xu Tian caught the basketball with both hands, dribbled vigorously with his right hand, accelerated to the limit, and rushed towards the inside line.

The Lakers didn't have any fear inside, and he greeted Xu Tian again.

After trampling the ground violently with his right foot, Xu Tian stretched his right hand to the full, without avoiding any confrontation, he used all his strength to smash the ball into the basket.

The referee's whistle sounded at the same time. The difference from the previous 2+1 was that this time Xu Tian grabbed the basket with his right hand and stopped himself firmly.

"Real man! Xu Zhen is too fast, too strong, too powerful!" The English commentary explained the goal passionately.

The audience who had just sat down were instantly excited. They came to this arena and wanted to see such a scene.

(End of this chapter)