The world of basketball

Chapter 128
In the first quarter, the Spurs were obviously smoother than the Lone Ranger. The main reason was that the Spurs signed Butler not as a boss, but as a part of the system; the Lone Ranger recruited Walker But there is no clear style of play, they are still groping for their own style of play.

But Adelaide's injury has affected the Spurs more or less in terms of offensive fluency and defensive rotation. Last season, Kuzma played the third position for the entire season, and this season he suddenly took him. The fourth position made him a little uncomfortable.

Although the third and fourth positions are both forwards, the third position is generally called the outside line, and the fourth position is generally called the inside line. This is the difference.

Therefore, generally speaking, the swing players in the third and fourth positions are more difficult to play than the forward and guard swing players, because the difference between the second position and the third position is not too big, but the difference between the third position and the fourth position is very big.

Like Mu Xiaobei last season, the coach of James Monto this season gave him a lot of attention when he came up, and put him directly in the regular rotation.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs replaced a lineup of Jeremy Lin-Butler-Jeff Green-Monto-Mu Xiaobei. Jordan's lineup.

Walker didn't play well in the first quarter. This has a lot to do with the stagnation of their lineup. Obviously Walker thought he came here to be the boss. Being the boss means enjoying a high status. It also means taking on greater responsibilities, so Walker tried his best to help the team in the first quarter.

But the effect is not good, this kind of singles is extremely slow-paced, disrupting the team's plan.

In contrast, although the Spurs teammates are a little uncomfortable, they are still methodical and steady.

Butler has his back against Matthews. Matthews is not too old, but he is entering his twilight years at the age of 32, and Butler is a young and middle-aged man, and he is fighting against Matthews.

Mu Xiaobei could see that Popovich wanted to use Butler as Leonard, giving him opportunities to create misplaced singles on the offensive end, and let him defend the opponent's offensive arrows on the defensive end.

Butler, Paul George, and Leonard were the same players back then. They all started out on defense, they all enhanced their offensive methods year by year, and in the end they all became superstars with both offense and defense.

But Butler's defense is still different from Xiaoka's defense. The biggest difference is that Butler relies on physical confrontation, tough iron blood, and trash talk to irritate the opponent, while Xiaoka is much calmer and silently defends. Accurately judge your direction of progress, and then cut it in the middle.

On the offensive end, Kaka is more like a simple version of Jordan, punching to the point of death, while Butler's offense is piecemeal, and it seems that there is no sense of existence. After a while, you will find out how this guy got two Very good?
Butler turned forward and shot a jumper with a fallback. It can be seen that this fallback is from Jordan's lineage and relies heavily on core strength.

The ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell into the net.

Many novices who have just played watch Kobe play and think his fadeaway jumper is very handsome. After practicing in the air for a period of time, they have mastered some skills and have a good shooting percentage, but when they play games, they find that they seem to be useless.

The most important reason is that they always think that the most important thing about Kobe's fadeaway jumper is the shot backwards, but it is not, from the position, the jam, the stability of the foot, the dribble tops the man and there is an open space, and then turns. , lean back, and shoot.

This is all knowledge, which is why many novice fadeaways do not have a high hit rate in a dozen games. The bottom plate is very important, and it is very important to get stuck in the aggressive bottom plate, which is as important as the fadeaway shot.

Last season, the Spurs' offensive rhythm actually accelerated in the later stages, especially in the playoffs. The most important thing is that they started to play defensive counterattacks. Their defense is already very strong, and most of their lineup is very good Fight back.

After Walker left the field, the Lone Ranger played more freely. Doncic made a ball-holding pick-and-roll for Dennis Smith, and then immediately cut outside. Jeff Green followed Doncic with small steps, and Dennis rushed to the basket. Standing against Jeremy Lin to gain offensive space for himself, he tied the ball with one hand.

Mu Xiaobei defended, Dennis hit the ground and passed the ball, Jordan caught the ball and dunked it.

The lineup of the Lone Ranger is very high, but the space is not good.

Mu Xiaobei thought this way, and decided to shrink his defense.

Jeremy Lin held the ball in a high position, Mu Xiaobei went to the pick-and-roll, then cut outside to the top of the arc to hold the ball, and then Butler came out to the outside to catch the ball. Seeing that Jordan didn't go up, he directly shot a three-pointer. The Spurs' very conventional tactics .

Swish—the ball went into the net. Today, Butler felt good in his first game against the Spurs. After scoring seven points in the first quarter, he scored five consecutive points in the second quarter.

Dennis held the ball from the outside, Jordan made a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and then Dennis hit the basket, Mu Xiaobei just shrank his defense, watching Jordan's movements while helping Jeremy Lin to help defend.

But he found that Jordan did not cut to the basket but stayed outside the three-point line, received the ball, and shot.

The ball hit the front of the basket, but rolled in.

"Oh my god, what did I see? Jordan made a three-pointer at the top of the arc!" Wang Meng shouted.

"Hey, this is really a rare scene, but it seems that it was carefully designed, and it was Coach Carlisle's tactic, which means that Jordan really developed his own three-pointer." Su Qun also felt a little incredible.

Any fan who sees Jr. Jordan being arranged by the coach to end with a tactical three-pointer will find it incredible, because the usual Jr. Jordan is just a blue-collar who can catch and eat cakes, just the younger brother who follows Paul and Griffin, even when their opponents fall behind He's going to be hacked when he's down because he's a poor free-throw shooter.

Last season, Jordan's free throw percentage could reach 80.00%. Many times, the team's free throws for three seconds of defense or technical fouls will be handed over to Jordan.

Now it has become a trend for big players to be able to shoot three-pointers. The most sought-after center is no longer the kind of center who can score a goal in the low post for half a day in low post, but the defensive end with good defensive awareness and good offensive end. Center of space.

Therefore, Zhou Qi was able to enter a very important position for the Rockets after upgrading his strength and confrontation plus a stable three-pointer.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, your big-eyed little Jordan also started shooting three-pointers.

So it can be seen that Jordan's four-year 1000 million contract renewal with the Lone Ranger is very affectionate. He can renew a nearly 3000 million one-year contract to show his shooting ability, and then get a big contract.

However, the next game for the Spurs is a bit difficult to play.

(End of this chapter)