The world of basketball

Chapter 142 Depressed Cousins

Take a step, give him a shot but not a breakthrough, and if he rushes to the basket, he will help defend. This is how the Spurs defend Antetokounmpo. It's a bit like defending James, but it's a little different.

Antetokounmpo is often compared with James. Although the current Antetokounmpo is still a little away from James at this age, it can be seen that both of them are extremely dominant forwards.

The Spurs defended James by resolutely not double-teaming, taking a step to shoot, and not giving breakthroughs. The reason why they didn't double-team was because they knew that James' ability to distribute the ball was very, very strong.

The number of assists of Antetokounmpo has been rising all the way. Last season, Antetokounmpo's assists reached 6.8. Since the beginning of this season, Antetokounmpo's assists have reached 7.3. The most important thing is to get a lot of assists by breaking through the ball.

He and James are both players with very strong ability to kill inside, but there are some differences between the two. James relies on the impact caused by his super explosive speed to kill the inside, while Antetokounmpo relies on his tonnage and wingspan. The height rolled directly into the inside line.

Dinwiddie dribbled the ball through the half court, Cousins ​​demanded the ball against Mu Xiaobei in the low position, and sat on the bench for most of the first quarter, which made him feel a fire in his heart. He felt that his body was full of energy, This cunning and weak yellow man must be taught a lesson severely.

After turning his back to ask for the ball, Cousins ​​turned around and faced Mu Xiaobei. A tentative step did not shake Mu Xiaobei's center of gravity.

As for defending Cousins, Mu Xiaobei also chose to take a step, giving COSCO a shot, but not giving a breakthrough. The distance of one step is enough to leave a buffer zone when he is broken through.

Cousins ​​made a false shot, Mu Xiaobei leaned forward, and then Cousins ​​accelerated, and Mu Xiaobei adjusted the center in time to keep up with Cousins' defense.

This time the strategy was correct, Cousins ​​strode towards the basket, Mu Xiaobei followed closely, then Cousins ​​jumped up suddenly, and Mu Xiaobei also jumped up suddenly.

"boom--"

The ball flew out, Cousins ​​dunked the dunk, and Jeremy Lin got the rebound.

Then Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and ran towards the frontcourt, with Mu Xiaobei following behind, Jeremy Lin made a base pass to Mu Xiaobei who followed up, Mu Xiaobei received the pass and made a false move to get up, and ran from behind Mu Xiaobei Cousins ​​flew over, and it seemed that he really wanted to give Mu Xiaobei a big hat with simmering fire in his heart.

Mu Xiaobei lowered his body, Cousins ​​flew to the sidelines, and Mu Xiaobei made a small throw.

Mu Xiaobei, who made the layup, glanced at Cousins, smiled, then lowered his head and returned to the defense.

The meaning of this smile is difficult to understand, and it is easy to make people think too much, such as whether this person is mocking himself, and according to Cousins' personality, the next mentality may be a bit explosive, and he will make irrational actions.

Antetokounmpo asked for the ball in the low post. This time the position was very good and deep. Dinwiddie gave Antetokounmpo a high lob. Antetokounmpo caught the ball and forced it in. Mu Xiaobei counted Antetokounmpo's dribbling steps Count, let Cousins ​​double-team Antetokounmpo immediately when the third step is counted.

At this time, Brother Antetokounmpo turned around and bumped into Mu Xiaobei's arms. Brother Antetokounmpo was holding the ball and wanted to find someone, but his vision was completely blocked by Mu Xiaobei and Kuzma, and he couldn't get the ball out. Xiaobei held the ball with one hand, and the Bucks saw that the referee was about to blow the ball, so they immediately requested a timeout.

"Good shot Mu Xiaobei, this defensive timing is really in place. It happened to be stuck in the double-team when Antetokounmpo turned around, and it happened to block Antetokounmpo's passing route and passing vision." Wang Meng Said.

"To be honest, this double-team looks like Meng's, because he double-teamed when Antetokounmpo showed his forward movement of turning around, which is really very difficult." Su Qun said.

But Mu Xiaobei didn't double-team randomly, but mastered some small tricks. For example, Antetokounmpo generally does not dribble more than three times, so he will probably turn around the third time. The best time for North to double-team.

Of course, this is just a matter of habit. When Antetokounmpo realizes it, he will naturally adjust his strategy and rhythm of dribbling and sitting.

Back from the timeout, Antetokounmpo held the ball in a high position. Cousins ​​made a ball-holding pick-and-roll for Antetokounmpo.

Mu Xiaobei let Cousins ​​go to help defend, and Antetokounmpo passed a base pass to Cousins ​​at the top of the arc. This is the rhythm of breaking points that Antetokounmpo is familiar with.

Mu Xiaobei didn't go to defend Cousins, but showed that inexplicable smile again, and said to Cousins, "Shoot, you shoot.", but didn't make a sound.

When Cousins ​​saw it, he became even more angry. He shot directly from the three-point line. The ball hit the front of the basket.

Cousins ​​looked dejected, but he returned to the defense quickly. Guy hit the ground against Cousins ​​and passed the ball to Mu Xiaobei in the bottom corner. There was no one in front of Mu Xiaobei who received the pass.

Mu Xiaobei looked at Cousins, smiled again, and shot a three-pointer from the corner.

"Shua—" The ball went into the net hollowly, Mu Xiaobei hit a three-pointer, and the Spurs broke into another fast break.

Cousins ​​felt a little aggrieved, he didn't know if Mu Xiaobei was provoking him, but he was indeed very unhappy, but at this time he couldn't give Mu Xiaobei a strong counterattack.

In the second quarter of the game, Antetokounmpo's scoring efficiency began to decline. Cousins ​​took a lot of mid-range and long-range shots but failed to hit them. The Bucks' offensive end began to get into trouble.

Jeremy Lin and Mu Xiaobei's pick-and-rolls played brilliantly. Mu Xiaobei did a lot of off-ball pick-and-rolls for Kuzma, and Kuzma's catch-and-shoot speed is now very fast. Cousins ​​​​missed a few balls, and Kuzma Zema seized the opportunity and hit a 20-5 attack wave in one fell swoop, leading the Bucks by [-] points.

The Bucks called for a timeout again, but it looked like it was going too far.

Mu Xiaobei was replaced by Gasol, and now the Spurs' second team is on the court. The core of the second team is naturally Lonnie Walker, who played well last season, and James Montor, who has high expectations this season.

Lonnie Walker's shooting is still not stable this season, but his impact is still terrifying, but if he doesn't have shooting ability in today's league, he will always limit his upper limit unless he can reach the level of Antetokounmpo.

And even Antetokounmpo has never given up on his shooting. He has increased a lot of shooting training off the court, and he will also shoot some mid-range shots on the court.

The twin towers composed of James Monto and Gasol also played a good role. Gasol can respond after the pick-and-roll outside cut, and Monto can pull out to shoot, giving Lonnie Walker plenty of room to attack.

Of course, the so-called rotation never goes up and down, so Mu Xiaobei also has the opportunity to be on the court with James Monto in many cases.

(End of this chapter)