basketball kingdom

Chapter 19 Winning
The coach of the Lakers didn't know what arrangement Bickerstaff made, but seeing the confident expression on Xu Tian's face, he always had a faint worry. Xu Tian has the title of the king of the last quarter, and he didn't believe that these were groundless rumors.

When Xu Tian stepped onto the court, he said to Capela, "Are you ready?"

Capela looked at the scores of the two sides, and simply replied with one word, "I'm ready."

McDaniels followed behind the two, and after hearing their conversation, he quickly understood the meaning of their words.

The Rockets power forward served from the baseline and sent the ball into Xu Tian's hands.

Xu Tian originally pushed through the half court very slowly, but after playing this time, he obviously accelerated his speed.

When Xu Tian came in front of Russell, his speed was fully up.

Russell's reaction was fast enough, and he quickly hugged Xu Tian, ​​and actively fouled to prevent Xu Tian's fast break.

The Lakers coach noticed Xu Tian's difference immediately, and walked a few more steps to the front of the technical platform.He probably guessed what the Rockets were going to use now, but because the Lakers had no way to deal with it now, he could only pray in his heart that the Rockets' tactics were not what he thought.

Capela came to serve the sideline ball. After Xu Tian got the ball, he passed it directly to the shooting guard; the shooting guard didn't stop the ball, and immediately passed the ball to McDaniels who was running down.

McDaniels received the ball and started directly. After Nance Jr. was toughly pushed away, he went inside the Lakers. The Lakers' power forward made up the defense in a timely manner and interfered with McDaniels' layup.

After the ball was wiped, it bounced in front of the ring and failed to hit.

The Lakers center stuck Capela behind him, and the rebound that should have been picked off by the power forward has now become a freely bouncing ball.

The insiders of the Lakers watched the white No. 10 figure appear again, but because they had to get stuck with Capela, there was no way to help them defend.

Xu Tian intercepted the popping ball in the air, and gently dunked the flying ball into the basket.

The audience was ready to cheer for a violent dunk, but when they saw that it was a light dunk, they all sat back in their seats.Although Xu Tian's dunk is full of beauty, but on the basketball court, the domineering dunk can arouse people's passion more.

After the goal, the five Rockets retreated quickly, and in just a few seconds, they had already settled in their defensive positions.

The Lakers coach frowned. He now clearly knows what tactics the Rockets are going to play, but he can't think of a good strategy for the time being.

No matter what, the Rockets want to play fast. Thinking of this, the Lakers coach hurriedly shouted to Russell who was in possession of the ball: "Slow down, slow down!"

Because he didn't expect the Rockets to run and bomb in the final stage, he didn't retain the physical strength of Russell and Nance Jr. at all. If they really run and fight, these two people will soon be overwhelmed.

Running and bombing refers to a basketball tactical idea that takes high-speed and smooth rotation movement as its main tactical feature, emphasizes the speed of offensive and defensive transitions, and partially sacrifices the offensive and defensive capabilities of half-court positions.

The specific manifestation of running and bombing is probably that players continue to create mobile opportunities by moving and conducting the ball. Any player can choose the shot he thinks is appropriate at any place and at any time. It is an open half-court offensive system.

If you simply talk about running and bombing, there is a coach that has to be mentioned, and that is Mike D'Antoni-the best coach in the NBA who is good at running and bombing.

Among D'Antoni's disciples, the most successful is Steve Nash. The two of them teamed up in the "Phoenix City" Phoenix Suns and played a 7-second attack that is full of appreciation, bringing run-and-bomb tactics into the field of vision of domestic fans. among.

Because of the running and bombing system, Steve Nash won the regular season MVP twice in a row, reaching the peak of his career.

Closer to home, Xu Tian paid attention to Capela when he retreated, and he was only slightly sweating.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Capela has been on the court. In Xu Tian's view, this kind of physical strength can be described as terrifying.

Russell slowly dribbled the ball across half court and faced Xu Tian.This was the first time Xu Tian took the initiative to defend him since the opening game.

The Lakers power forward came up to cover and helped Russell get past Xu Tian's defense.

After Russell bypassed Xu Tian's defense, he suddenly found another person in front of him, the shooting guard of the Lakers. The two of them were facing each other most of the time today.

After passing the Rockets shooting guard with a deft change of direction, McDaniels appeared in front of Russell again.Immediately afterwards, the Rockets' players appeared in front of Russell one by one.

"The Rockets used infinite defense changes, and they focused on Russell, who hadn't rested yet." Director Zhang saw the Rockets' defensive tactics.

Liu Jiachao quickly answered, "Director Zhang, we have often heard the term "infinite switch defense" recently, can you explain what it means?"

Director Zhang said: "Infinite switching and double-teaming, these two defensive tactics are strong defensive tactics for a single player. The Lakers defend Xu Tian with double-teaming, and the Rockets defend Russell with unlimited switching. Double-teaming is Flank attack and infinite defense change mean that the player with the ball will always have a defensive player in front of him in the form of a wheel battle, thereby consuming the physical strength of the player with the ball."

When Russell was dribbling behind his back, he didn't notice his side. The Rockets shooting guard quickly rushed over and cut off Russell's dribble from behind.

Almost at the same time, Xu Tian, ​​McDaniels, and Capela quickly rushed to the frontcourt. All the previous physical strength was reserved for the outbreak at this moment.

Nance Jr. was the only one the Lakers had time to defend. He quickly stood in the penalty area, and when he turned around, he saw the Rockets' three fast-break players.

McDaniels first received the pass from the shooting guard, without any pause, and threw the ball to Xu Tian in the middle.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball and rushed towards Nance, but this time he didn't get up, he glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye, and handed the ball to Capela who was rushing over with a back pass.

After all, Capela is a big center forward, and he rushed with a lot more momentum than Xu Tian.

Seeing that the defense was hopeless, Nance Jr. pretended to be taken by Xu Tian's forward force, and the two withdrew from the baseline together, watching Capela dunk the ball in.

Bickerstaff was very satisfied with the performance of the players on the court, sat on the bench safely, and had a rare time to think about life.

The Lakers coach decisively called a timeout. The current momentum is not good for them.

Seeing Russell sitting on the bench sweating profusely, the Lakers coach blamed himself a bit, but he didn't have much to do now, he just confessed a few words and tried to let Russell and Nance Jr. take advantage of the timeout Rest more.

Xu Tian passed the timeout period quietly, and after returning to the court, he continued to defend Russell head-on.

Russell's speed was much slower than at the beginning, in Xu Tian's eyes, it was like a slow motion.

Facing Xu Tian's high-intensity interference, Russell chose to pass the ball, but the ball was touched by Xu Tian and fell into McDaniels' hands.

Russell's physical strength is not enough now, and he has no way to chase Xu Tian anymore. He turned his head and watched Xu Tian take off in his own half.

The audience in the arena was boiling again. They hadn't cheered for a while. Although this was just an ordinary battle axe, it was still enough to ignite the fire in their hearts.

Xu Tian used to think that the roar of an NBA star after a dunk was a bit silly, but after he really felt the restless atmosphere at the scene, he really understood that the passion in his body was gushing out at this time, and he couldn't control it at all.

After Xu Tian landed on the ground, he turned his head to the sky and roared angrily. He was a little aggrieved in the second and third quarters. This roar completely released his previous backlog of emotions.

The Rockets' infinite switching on Russell worked well, and they played an 18-4 spurt in the later period. With 1 minutes left in the game, the Rockets extended their lead to 16 points.

徐天在这几分钟里疯狂突破，投篮5-5，砍下了10分2篮板1助攻2抢断。

"There should be no suspense in this game. Director Zhang, who is better, Russell or Xu Tian, ​​do you have a specific answer?" When entering the final pause, the live broadcast camera returned to the Tencent live broadcast room, Liu Jiachao Asked the question that was asked at the beginning.

Director Zhang laughed twice, and said: "Judging from the performance in this field, Xu Tian is better. Let me boldly guess that Xu Tian is more promising."

After the timeout ended, both sides replaced the substitute players, and they played the final time.

The game appeared on the big screen above the stadium, and the statistics of Xu Tian and Russell were compared.

徐天本场上场32分钟，投篮14-10，罚球2-2，没有出手三分，砍下22分11篮板6助攻3抢断；拉塞尔出场38分钟，投篮15中8，其中三分7中4，罚球4中3，得到23分5篮板3助攻。

Xu Tian sat quietly on the bench without looking at the specific statistics. No matter how turbulent the storm of public opinion outside was, this was just a game to him.

Kobe left the sofa and chased the bird that entered the mansion. He had already got the answer he wanted, and there was no need to wait for the final result.

Sitting in the office, Jim Buss looked at the comparison between Xu Tian and Russell's performance on the computer screen, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.There is only the last year left in the agreement between Jenny Buss and him, and he, who is counting on the second pick to turn around, seems to have missed a best opportunity.

In the Heat's office, Pat Riley lit a cigar with a very gloomy expression on his face. This was the first time he had doubts about his decision-making.

The attention of the preseason game is not very high. Only ESPN published a piece of news after the game that the Rockets entered the Summer League finals.

However, in the domestic forums, Rockets fans are enthusiastic, saying that the Rockets have found a real treasure at the 18th pick, and some people post specifically to praise Morey's vision.

The excitement in Li Lang's heart was indescribable. He was an incompetent agent and failed to help Xu Tian get a better pick.However, he believes that the talent Xu Tian showed in this game will definitely be seen by the audience.

(End of this chapter)