roccoschili Chapter 202 Contributing Without Holding the Ball
Chapter 202 Contributing Without Holding the Ball
At this time, the score between the two sides was 37 to 39, and the 76ers temporarily led by 2 points by virtue of their substitute advantage.
After a timeout, the Wizards served the frontcourt. As soon as Li Kaiming came up, he found that the opponent's defense had increased its intensity.
Brand, who is in his 30s, is willing to lower his face to prevent him from catching the ball, and there are several people watching him. I am afraid that as soon as he takes the ball, several people will double-team him at the same time.
76ers head coach Doug Collins’ idea is very simple. First of all, you won’t be allowed to catch the ball. If I catch the ball, I will force you to play. ball path.
Hinrich found that Li Kaiming had no chance to catch the ball, so he had to stop the attack. Li Kaiming was not idle, and used his restraining force to draw Brand far away, preventing the latter from approaching the basket.
With the help of Blatche's cover, Hinrich broke through to a mid-range throw, but missed, and the rebound was given to Wall after being taken by 76ers center Hawes.
Li Kaiming returned to the defense quickly. He knew Wall's fast break speed, and he was probably the only one in the entire Wizards team who could keep up.
When Wall saw that Li Kaiming had returned to the three-point line, he immediately gave up the idea of a direct layup. Wall had learned how fast Li Kaiming was during the joint trial training before, so he would not do this. It's kind of a self-defeating thing to do, but to dribble around the three-point line and then go out the other side.
The rest of the Wizards were also quickly in place, and the 76ers' offense in positional battles was still dominated by pick-and-roll off-ball cuts, supplemented by star singles.
Wall used the cover to break through halfway, and then passed the ball to Juho Ledi, who came in through an air cut. Li Kaiming interfered with the latter's layup, and then hurriedly passed the ball to Hawes under the basket.
Hawes got the ball back, but at this time, Blatche, who was defending the pick-and-roll, had already returned to the defense. Hawes missed the basket, and the rebound was accepted by Li Kaiming who came later.
The moment he got the rebound, Brand stuck to it, and the 76ers were frantic, as long as Li Kaiming got the ball, he stuck to it, no matter where it was.
Li Kaiming passed the ball to Hinrich, and then confronted Brand physically. The two entangled in the frontcourt. Li Kaiming without the ball was still the biggest target of the 76ers' defense.
Of course, the rest of the Wizards' starting lineup is not for nothing. When the 76ers devote most of their energy to dealing with Li Kaiming, the rest of them will have the opportunity to get data.
The first to get a chance was Nick Young. The 76ers implemented a quick double-team strategy against Li Kaiming to force the ball out. There were mainly three players. One was the power forward Brand who was facing Li Kaiming, and the second was excellent defensive awareness and good physical fitness. , the fast-moving small forward Iguodala, and the last one is Ju Holiday, the best defensive player on the 76ers' back line.
Although Holiday has only entered the league for a year, he has already shown the potential of an excellent defender. He can deal with all kinds of defenders, and has excellent defensive awareness and strong physical confrontation.
The defensive lineup composed of these three players, even the outside offensive masters in the league, may have a headache after reading it.
And Li Kaiming also couldn't find a way to crack it because of the targeted defense of these three people.
The main reason is that Iguodala and Holiday's defense speed is too fast. Maybe he can pass the ball to the open teammate before the double-team, but these two people can also return to their defensive positions in an instant. Nick Young can still have a little strong shooting ability, and Elthorton is unreliable for open three-pointers. Instead of expecting him to score against Iguodala, it is better to expect Li Kaiming to defend against the defense of these three people. Far three points.
In desperation, Li Kaiming had no choice but to switch to playing without the ball, and this is what Doug Collins is happy to see.
As long as Li Kaiming doesn't hold the ball, his statistics will not be much better!
Collins has a deep understanding of this. There are many players in the league who seem to be omnipotent on the offensive end, but as long as he can't get the ball, this kind of player's eighteen skills will be useless.
In his eyes, Li Kaiming is naturally of this type.
It's not that this type of player is not good, but that this type of player is easier to restrict than those with better off-ball skills.
Li Kaiming couldn't catch the ball, so Hinrich took on his original task.
Li Kaiming, on the other hand, is like a shit stick, running around, covering his teammates from time to time, and then running back or bouncing outward.
This time, the rest of the 76ers are at ease. Only Brand, who is defending Li Kaiming, is injured.
Li Kaiming's dirty work also brought hope to the team. Nick Young finally got a chance with Li Kaiming's off-ball screen, because Brand and Zhu Holiday both went to defend Li Kaiming.
Hinrich hit the ball to Nick Young, who caught the ball and threw it up, and then hit two points!
39 flats!
The 76ers attacked, and their off-ball cuts failed to find a chance. In desperation, Wall chose to force Hinrich. Although the experienced Hinrich was half-passed by Wall, he kept giving the latter Physical confrontation, which caused Wall to lose his biggest advantage, that is, speed, when he challenged Hinrich in the penalty area.
Wall finally ended the offense with a turnaround jumper, and Li Kaiming received the rebound and handed it to Hinrich.
In these two rounds, his style of play is completely the style of a classical power forward, defending, protecting the frame, and protecting the rebound.Offensive screens, downslides, and all kinds of dirty work.
The reason why Doug Collins thinks that Li Kaiming will not adapt to playing without the ball is because he feels that a proud man like Li Kaiming, who has long been accustomed to playing with the ball, will not bend down to do those dirty jobs. live.
But what he didn't understand was that Li Kaiming started with the Tigers and started out doing dirty work. Maybe Li Kaiming's other words in front of reporters may be false, but only the sentence "I will do anything to win the game" "it is true.
When the boss of the team, even though it is temporary, can put down his body to cover, block, and rebound for the role players, the morale bonus for a team is infinite.
Li Kaiming still helped his teammates cover, blocked people, and then took Brand for a walk. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Hinrich and Brac created opportunities. Hawes was hit several times by Brac by taking advantage of his speed. This time I was a little afraid, so I let Hinrich take a step, and went back to the penalty area to defend Brac.
Facing such an open space, Hinrich made a direct throw!
41 is better than 39!
Doug Collins put his hand on his chin and fell into deep thought. Although the Wizards only led by 2 points, why did he have a bad feeling...
In the next few minutes, Collins finally understood the source of the anxiety, that is, the rest of the Wizards didn't seem to be afraid because Li Kaiming was held down, but became more and more excited...
The consequence of this is that when the halftime whistle sounded, the Wizards once again opened the point difference to 4 points, which became 46 to 42!
In these few minutes, Li Kaiming didn't score a single point, but he grabbed 5 rebounds, including an offensive rebound.
The rest of the Wizards were fully fired, Nick Young scored 4 points, Hinrich scored 2 points and 3 assists...
Sanders, who was next to the Wizards bench, kept nodding when he saw Li Kaiming's performance!
He has seen quite a few high-ranked rookies. Most of the high-ranked rookies, even some star players, will not take the initiative to adjust when faced with difficulties. If he is not in good shape, he can create opportunities for his teammates. Why must he head first? Opposite Tiegan?Is it to prove that you are a man in the game?
Sanders doesn't think so. In his basketball philosophy, only a man is a man who sacrifices everything to win. Maybe I will boast on the surface because of one of your difficult goals.
But in my heart, I will call you an idiot for not seeing teammates with better opportunities!
Basketball is a competition of physical fitness, but also a competition of brains!