basketball kingdom

Chapter 56 Learning Ability
When Xu Tianlai received the serve from the bottom line, Barea, who had finished the free throw, immediately came behind him and started his defense from the backcourt.

The tight man-to-man defense of the whole court tests the basic skills of players with the ball.Xu Tian's basic skills were solid enough that this defense couldn't bother him at all, but he still cracked it in a smarter way.

Nance Jr. made a response on the left side, dribbled the ball halfway, and then passed the ball back to Xu Tian.

Xu Tian looked at the scoreboard while dribbling. Now the score is 20-27, the Mavericks lead by 7 points, and there are 2 minutes and 24 seconds left in the first quarter.After reading it, he dribbled the ball under his crotch to change his rhythm, and slowly broke through to the inside.

There is a widely circulated saying in martial arts dramas that "martial arts in the world can only be broken quickly", and the same is true of offense on the basketball court. The most famous example is Allen Iverson.

Iverson's official height is 183 centimeters, but some say he is only 178 centimeters.Whichever is true, it's safe to say he's not tall even for a guard.But that's it, he was still selected as the No. 96 pick in [-], the shortest No. [-] pick in NBA history.

Needless to say Iverson's brilliant career, only a watershed in his career. In November 08, Iverson was traded to the Pistons by the Nuggets.

At that time, Rodney Stuckey was wearing the No. 3 jersey in the Pistons. He was unwilling to give up the No. 3, so Iverson was forced to wear the No. 1 jersey.

The most representative players of No. 3 are Iverson, Wade and Paul. Most fans who pay attention to the NBA will choose Wade as the No. 10 representative 3 years later, and most of them will choose Iverson 10 years ago.There is nothing wrong with Starkey's refusal to change his jersey back then, but he also offended a large number of fans because of this.

Besides the style of play, Iverson would be considered the fastest player if Devin Harris didn't have the world record for running with the ball, and his early career games perfectly confirmed this point.When his speed no longer leads the rest of the players on the field, his form has declined sharply.

During the 09 All-Star season, Iverson shaved off his iconic ditch hairstyle and replaced it with the most common round inch in the NBA.At that time, many fans realized that Iverson was no longer the omnipotent and rebellious superstar on the court.

However, there is no absolute offensive style on the basketball court. After talking about the fast one, let's talk about the slow one.

The Spurs have a player named Kyle Anderson, who is dubbed the "Slow Mamba" by the players.Kyle Anderson's game style is another extreme, "slow" is his synonym.

Kyle Anderson's movements are like slow motion, but he can effectively score the ball, and he can be regarded as creating his own offensive style.

When Xu Tian was training in the summer, he studied and borrowed a lot of Kyle Anderson's offensive rhythm. At this time, he used this offensive rhythm to fight Barea and achieved perfect results.

Dalembert has watched the Lakers game video and knows that Xu Tian is a fast-paced offensive player. Now he is a little shocked to see this offensive method, which caused his defense to fail to keep up.

Kobe always believed that Xu Tian's greatest talent was his golf quotient, and what followed was not his jumping and basic skills, but his unique sense of the ball.He has only seen Xu Tian's sense of the ball before in McGrady.

Xu Tianman finished with three steps, picking up the basket gently with his left hand.

The basketball wiped the board into the net and landed perfectly.

22-27!

The Lakers players have all seen Xu Tian's slow-paced offensive style during training, and now they are not surprised to see his goals.But the audience and the two commentators in the commentary booth were not so calm.

They have always known that Xu Tian has the ability to attack at a fast pace, but they never imagined that Xu Tian would use this kind of frame-breaking attack.

The general consensus is that style transitions are difficult, and players who play inside cannot switch to outside and vice versa.From all points of view, Xu Tian is good at fast-paced offense. The current offensive rhythm completely overturned their perception of Xu Tian.

Yu Jia clearly knew Xu Tian's previous game style, and seeing his current all-round skills, he said: "Xu Tian has undergone systematic training in the summer, and his game style has changed a lot. Although he still focuses on attacking, but His offensive approach is more complete and he's more of a threat on the offensive end."

Director Zhang said: "Xu Tian showed a big difference when he was in the national team. When he used a step-back shot to hit Bahrami for three rounds in a row, I could see that he was very different from before."

Yu Jia said: "That's right! After watching the Lakers' two games, I feel the same way."

Alice watched the game between the Lakers and the Mavericks on a laptop in the dormitory, and when she saw Xu Tian's goal, she was so excited that she clenched her fists in celebration.

Black blocked Dalembert's layup on the defensive end, and the ball quickly returned to the Lakers.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball behind Barea's defense and quickly crossed the half court.

Barea came to the top of the arc to defend, Xu Tian dribbled the ball near the free throw line, and switched to post-up singles mode.

James' offense in the 11 finals was hindered, largely because he was not skilled enough in post-up singles at that time, and he had no good way to deal with the zone defense after falling into the position.

Xu Tian turned around and took off, stretched out his right leg while shooting a fallback jumper, blocking Barea's defensive space.In fact, based on his height, there is no need to stretch his legs when facing Barea's fadeaway jumper, but in order to pay tribute to Nowitzki, he still used his famous skills.

The golden rooster is independent, and the backward hits!
24-27!

Nowitzki laughed from the bench.He didn't know how many times he had used the golden rooster independently, and he was very familiar with his skill of pressing the bottom of the box. Seeing Xu Tian using it made him feel a little proud.

Carlisle's mood is completely different from Nowitzki's.He originally wanted to use Barea to consume Xu Tian, ​​but now it seems that the effect is not satisfactory. What makes him even more troublesome is that Xu Tian has no obvious weaknesses on the offensive end, so it is really not easy to defend.

The Mavericks' back line is generally short in height, and they can't match Xu Tian's stature at all, and they suffer a lot when defending.It's okay if Xu Tian can't shoot well, but the reality is that his shots are very accurate.

Barea wants to help the Mavericks regain some ground and start a strong breakthrough from the outside.

The Lakers' defense was in place. When Barea entered the penalty area, four people surrounded him, completely blocking his shooting space.

Barea looked at the surrounding wall and wanted to pass the ball, but he had already received the ball, and there was no space for the ball to be released in a hurry.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Nance Jr. hugged the basketball with both hands and grabbed it with Barea.

The referee quickly made a penalty, and the ball was scrimmage!

Xu Tian took the initiative to walk over and give Nance a high five, encouraging him to defend this time.If he wasn't the boss of the team, he wouldn't do this kind of thing at all.

The height gap between Nance Jr. and Barea is huge, and there is no suspense for jumping the ball.Xiao Nance was the first to touch the basketball and patted it to Xu Tian who was behind.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball past halftime, and when everyone thought he was going to attack, he chose to pass the ball.

Nance Jr. got rid of Villanueva's defense, took off to catch the basketball in the air, and dunked the ball into the basket violently with his right hand.

Alley-oop!

26-27!

Thackeray was drinking Gatorade. Seeing Nance Jr.'s dunk, he quickly put down the drink in his hand, stood up and waved a towel vigorously to celebrate.

The atmosphere at the Staples Center was equally lively, as if Christmas had come early.

In the opening game of the regular season, Xu Tian didn't play much time and got six fouls. They didn't enjoy watching it very much.Now that Xu Tian brought out a smooth attack, how could they not be excited.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Carlisle called a second timeout.

The Lakers players on the bench all stood up, high-fived the teammates who came over, and at the same time gave up the bench to the players on the court, allowing them to rest during the timeout.

Madsen submitted a list of substitutions.After the timeout, Huertas will replace Xu Tian.

Scott squatted in front of the bench, holding a tactical board, drew a simple outside double-screen tactic, and asked Huertas to execute it on the field.

After Xu Tian wiped off the sweat on his body, he took the warm-up suit from Maples and put it on quickly.

From where Parsons was standing, he could see the Lakers bench. He saw Xu Tian put on his warm-up suit, and said to Carlisle, "Coach, the Lakers replaced Xu."

Carlisle was standing. Hearing what Parsons said, he turned his head to look at the Lakers bench. Sure enough, he saw Xu Tian sitting on the bench in his warm-up suit, talking to Kobe.

Thackeray was by Xu Tian's side. After the conversation between Xu Tian and Kobe came to an end, he asked, "Xu, when can I play with you?"

Xu Tian knew that his words hurt people sometimes, so he said euphemistically: "We have always been teammates in the training match!"

Thackeray draped the towel over his shoulders and said, "I know you always pick me in scrims, but I want to play with you at the Staples Center."

Xu Tian understood the importance of Thackeray to the team, but he was not strong enough, so he could only lift Scott out and said, "It depends on the coach's arrangement. As long as the two of us are on the court at the same time, I will More passes to you."

Thackeray didn't know that Xu Tian could intervene and make substitutions, so he accepted his words honestly, and said that if there was a chance, he would never waste Xu Tian's pass.

Xu Tian was very emotional when he heard Thackeray's words.Thackeray's attitude during training is definitely at the top of the team, but this can't make up for his lack of strength. Even if Xu Tian admires him very much, he can't buy him playing time.

Kobe sat beside him quietly, without interfering with the conversation between Xu Tian and Thackeray.Although he has trained with Xu Tian for a long time this summer, he still hasn't fully understood his character, and he doesn't know how Xu Tian wants to lead the team.So he has to observe more to see if there is anything that needs to be improved in Xu Tian's leadership style.

Scott sat back on the coach's seat and watched the game quietly.The Lakers are now gradually gaining cohesion, and there is an exceptionally talented player like Xu Tian, ​​which makes him very at ease.

Madsen was also watching the game seriously. He wanted to see as much as possible the difference between the Lakers when Xu Tian was on the court and when he was not.

(End of this chapter)