I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 145 The Last Killing Move

Kidd dribbled to the frontcourt. This time he didn't dribble on the spot to delay time, but directly directed the Mavericks players to run tactics.

The Mavericks only led by 1 point. This lead is no longer considered a lead. If the Mavericks do not score this round, the Mavericks are likely to be overtaken when the offense and defense switch to the Spurs' attack.

In such a situation, what Kidd has to consider is not to delay the time, but to ensure that the goal must be scored.

Kidd subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Lin Yang, who was outside the three-point line on his right, and the latter made a gesture towards him, which was still obvious.

The players on the Spurs team suddenly became more focused when the two of them made gestures to communicate. They still don't know what to do with the "one old and one young"!
Only try to defend.

The Spurs' defensive strategy has indeed undergone some changes after the timeout. They began to defend more zone defenses instead of individual match-ups and supplementary defenses. The Mavericks currently have many players who can organize and score.

Union defense is different!

To a certain extent, zone defense is mainly based on defending the "ball"-dividing the entire defensive range into small areas, and the defenders cooperate with each other to achieve the purpose of restricting the ball holder.

As far as basketball leagues are concerned, the use of zone defense is more common in European leagues. As the highest-level basketball league in the world, the use of zone defense is not common in the NBA. Even in the early 2000s, the NBA did not advocate the use of zone defense.

Compared with general tactics, the advantage of zone defense is that it can double-team the ball holder most quickly.

For the Mavericks with a lot of scoring points, this is undoubtedly the best defensive method, and, considering the defensive quality of the Spurs, it is not difficult to use complex zone defense.

Dirk was blocked just now. In addition to Duncan's correct judgment, there is another point that Bonner's defense successfully interfered with Dirk's actions.

This time they continued to defend the zone defense, obviously they also tasted the sweetness from the defense just now.

After Lin Yang gestured with Kidd, he immediately sank to the bottom. It seemed that this round he was playing a defensive role again.However, Ginobili did not relax his vigilance because of this, and his attention was still focused on Lin Yang.

Lin Yang's performance today is very good, not only his outside shooting, but also his breakthrough ability is more prominent than before. With such a performance, Ginobili doesn't believe that he will always do this defensive containment, which is unreasonable!
Even though he really hasn't touched the ball so far, Ginobili feels that the time for him to get the ball is getting closer!
Therefore, he was even more guarded against Lin Yang.

Kidd tried to break through with the dribble, intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Chandler on the right, Parker sensed his gaze, and in order to avoid being picked and rolled, he simply posted it up ahead of time. Prepared, exerted strength but still failed to get rid of Parker.

At the same time, Jefferson double-teamed at this time.

The advantages of joint defense are highlighted at this moment.

only……

It is true that Kidd's old physical function has also degraded, but his handwork has become more and more proficient. A quick shot ball was given to Marion before Jefferson bagged it. The latter was in the open position because of Jefferson's departure. He took the ball and rushed. "Hacker" entered the basket.

Marion seemed to have known that Ginobili would come to stop him, so he turned around and passed the ball to Lin Yang.

Wide open space beyond the three-point line!
Lin Yang raised his knife and dropped it!
"Shh!"

The ball goes in.

The point difference came to 4 points!
"A good goal!" Zhang Weiping nodded with satisfaction, as if the whole world was happy when the goal was scored.

"Zone defense is simply a zone defense. It's just that this defense requires each player to guard their own zone, and there are also great restrictions on the positioning of players. Simply put, compared to defending outside shooters, zone defense is more suitable for defending ball holders or defensive breakthrough players. Because the zone defense tactics are sufficiently contracted, but it is also because of this reason that outside shooters generally have many opportunities. This opportunity appeared on Lin Yang, and Lin Yang also seized this opportunity very well!"

"With a three-pointer, the Mavericks opened up the point difference to 4 points. There were less than 2 minutes left in the game. There is no doubt that Lin Yang hit a three-pointer that almost affected the outcome of the entire game!"

Joint defense...is of no use to us!
Rick Carlisle watched Lin Yang hit a three-pointer, and said something silently in his heart.

This is the real reason he convinced himself. He has a shooter who is out of form waiting for an opportunity on the outside!He's not afraid that the Spurs' zone defense can keep guarding the Mavericks.

Moreover, using double-teaming on Kidd, a fast-growing legend in the league, is no different from giving him a chance. There are few players in the league who can destroy the opponent's defensive formation with a pass, but Kidd is one of them.

Lin Yang Jakid!
What a great combination!
Seeing Lin Yang and Kidd returning to defense, Rick Carlisle couldn't restrain his excitement.

The combination of these two people tonight made him see the infinite possibilities of the Mavericks' backcourt!

Damn it, the brat...

Lin Yang's goal made Popovich scold directly in his heart.

Fortunately, the Spurs also successfully completed the goal in the next round, bringing the point difference back to 2 points.

This team is really tough!
Use that trick!

When the Mavericks hadn't served the ball, Popovich pointed to his suits at the Spurs players. The Spurs players who saw him moved quickly. Everyone had already arranged a glance and ran to the Mavericks players they needed to defend, sticking to each other tightly.

The whole court presses the defense!
"The Spurs stepped up their defense!" Yu Jia's tone became a little serious, "And, Kidd was double-teamed!"

Chandler, who was serving in the backcourt, looked at Kidd surrounded by two Spurs players in front of him. He could only send the ball to Lin Yang first. Lin Yang held the ball, and Ginobili returned to him to continue defending. Every time Lin Yang took a step, Ginobili took a step back, keeping a distance of more than one step, less than two steps. When Lin Yang crossed the center line, he appropriately narrowed the distance to about one step.

Lin Yang took the ball to the frontcourt and watched Manu Ginobili vigilantly. He was about to give the ball back to Kidd, but he suddenly found that the Spurs' overall close defense became more fierce, especially Parker who was defending Kidd.

Lin Yang couldn't make a pass to Kidd, so he tried to find other people, and the others were the same. Even Chandler was blocked by Bonner at the moment, and he couldn't come up to do the pick-and-roll at all.

Lin Yang held the ball, but no one came to respond!

"This is... trying to force Lin Yang to play singles!" Zhang Weiping saw the Spurs' defensive intentions, and his face became serious. He said that he knew that Lin Yang was not good at singles with the ball!

This is Popovich's killer move!

Zhang Weiping muttered to himself.

The noise of the AT&T Arena also suddenly became louder at this moment.

With 17 seconds left in the Mavericks' attack time, Lin Yang holds the ball and is alone...

(End of this chapter)