From sparring to superstar

Chapter 226.
After Li Ao patted the ball on the backboard, he grabbed the ball with his big hand and took it off directly.

Cover and grab!Block +1!Rebound +1!

After landing, Li Ao wanted to find his teammates to throw the ball, but was hugged by Bunch Wells. The referee blew his whistle, and the Trail Blazers made a tactical foul.

Jordan's rare fast next time was destroyed by the stick.

Li Ao patted the ball and passed it to the referee.

The stick of the contract year, the offense is first-class, and the defense is active.

Although relying on the stick's tactical foul to prevent the Clippers from starting a fast break, Li Ao's big cap just now gave the Trail Blazers players a great shock.

Little Flying Squirrel thought about it, if he didn't pass the ball after bypassing Bibby, but confidently charged into the frame, the end would probably be the same!

Maurice Cheeks stretched his neck with his hips akimbo on the sidelines, looking at his brother on the opposite bench with the image of a street runner...

Neither Li Ao nor Bibby can restrict the Flying Squirrel, who has excellent vision, to break through and then pass from the flanks. Then make the best use of Li Ao's physical condition and shrinking defensive ability, cut off the connection between Flying Squirrel and the high-post area, and go straight to the basket to make up defense. Opponents flanking the box.

This defensive idea is absolutely perfect!
But is this something a normal coach can think of?
But Maurice Cheeks thought that if he had Spider-Man's talent on his staff, he might try it too.

Just now Li Ao turned around and went straight to the basket to make up the defensive speed, which is not enough to describe it as amazing.

The game continued, the Clippers played the ball in the backcourt, and Bibby received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, then lobbed it to Jordan.

Under Pippen's defense, Jordan turned over and made a jumper!

Pippen is too familiar with Jordan's back-up habits. His physical fitness and back-up style have changed, but some small habits and details cannot be changed. Pippen's small defensive moves can easily affect Jordan's rhythm.

And now Jordan, his shots are very dependent on rhythm, restricted by Pippen!
Olowokandi grabbed a defensive rebound, switched offense and defense, and the flying mouse, which had been dashing for several rounds in a row, signaled Bunche Wells to come and receive the ball from a high position.

Bunch Wells was overjoyed, and rushed to the high position to catch the ball, but as soon as he received the ball, he saw Li Ao attacking directly!
Bunch Wells wants to pass back to Momonga, but no one in sight!
At this time, Bibby stuck to Bunche Wells and took out the ball. Bunche Wells quickly hit the ball to the right, took a step horizontally, and took off to make a strong shot... "哐"...Iron!
The small three-pointer's wing response and the big three-pointer's top arc response are the basic principles for choosing positions without the ball.

Little Flying Squirrel's body needs to play off the ball in the high area, and the Trail Blazers are equal to four against five!
It is basically impossible for him to have a chance to receive a pass back at the top arc. Bunch Wells can't see where he is, and it is difficult to pass it if he sees it.

Li Ao decisively moved and pinched this time, so that Little Flying Squirrel did not dare to pass the ball to the stick for high singles.

As the game progressed, the defenses of the players of the two teams became more and more targeted, more and more active and effective adjustments were made, and the hand-to-hand confrontation became more and more intense...

The game was very intense, and the fans were very excited to watch, but after watching, the fans found that something was wrong.

Neither team can score!

At 6 minutes and 44 seconds into the first quarter, Li Ao sent the ball to the high post and was cleared by Pippen and kicked out of bounds. Pippen kicked the ball illegally and entered the official timeout period.

The fans at the scene watched their team fall behind the Clippers by 6 point 7-1, feeling their scalps tingling.

After Li Ao scored 5 points in the opening game, Tangren and Bangzi scored [-] points each, the latter two teams lost a single goal in sports games!

The Clippers only relied on Jordan's back-running and cutting into the frame to get two points for a foul and two free throws. Tianzun made a tip-up and got two points for a foul. In 4 minutes, there were no other points!
Not to mention the fans, the players of the two teams also got their scalps numb from the fight.

On the Trail Blazers side, they knew that there must be a situation they couldn't handle tonight, so they were ready to defend.

Their offense is not very good. They averaged 5 points per game in the first 98.2 games. At this stage when all teams are soaring, their average points per game are only ranked 17th in the league, but their defense is very good, ranking fourth in the league. It is their routine operation since the beginning of the game to defend if they can't fight hard.

Tonight they slammed defense again, but the reason for slamming defense was not how good the opponent's offense was, but the opponent's defense was so good that they had to follow suit.

This is the first time the Trail Blazers players have encountered this season.

The Clippers players have to be much calmer in the face of such a situation.

From time to time, the coaching staff will mention that the Jagged defense will reach a new peak under the new rules, and the Clippers players have subtly prepared for the "Jagged Era plus".

But even so, they played very tortured.

The benefits of having a basketball god are reflected.

After returning to the bench, Jordan said loudly: "Tonight's defensive intensity is very strong, but half a year later in the playoffs, we will encounter this kind of defense every game, we must accept this kind of defense and get used to this kind of defense!

Boys, Kang Mang, show your fangs!Kick the opposite ass! "

Jordan's words successfully aroused the emotions of his teammates.

Li Ao wanted to complain a few words, for example—you let us work hard, and you sit and rest by yourself?

But without that strength, he took a sip of water, wet his mouth, spit it on the towel, and repeated it several times. After he was less panting, he drank a large glass of water again.

Too tired to defend!The main reason is that the short-term consumption is too large. To defend against the little flying mouse on the outside, you have to shrink and make up for the basket.

Originally, he thought it was only a certain stage that he needed to defend that way, after all, the opponent was Little Flying Squirrel, the king of speed.

In the end, they didn't expect it to become a normal defense. If they couldn't break through the opponent's defense, they could only continue to limit the opponent's attack with all their strength.

After drinking a large glass of water, Li Ao felt alive.

Jordan watched Li Ao recover so quickly, and felt that it was good to be young, and he was so good at making things back then.

After the official timeout, Gentry sent a combination of Boykins, Big Q, Li Ao, Matt Harprin, and O'Neal.

This lineup is suitable for offense, and the tactics he arranges are also to strengthen offense.

The game was out of control, and he wanted to bring the rhythm back. They can play defense, but there is no need to fight like this with the opponent in the first quarter.

But Gentry quickly realized that Larry Brown's words were simply the truth-after the defensive strength increases, the situation is irreversible. You don't have to worry about the opponent making any adjustments, you just need to continue to strengthen the defense.

And they are the 'opponent', the one who continues to strengthen the defense!

Looking at the younger brother on the opposite side who didn't talk about martial arts, Gentry took advantage of the dead ball to replace Greg Anthony and Jaylon Collins and let O'Neal play power forward.

Who is afraid of who!
The two coaches from the same division got into a fight, and in a box in the Rose Garden Arena, David Stern was not feeling well!

(End of this chapter)