Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 164: Is this Woody’s strongest form?
At the end of the first quarter, Dwyane Wade couldn't remember what happened in the first quarter.

He remembered that there were two men standing in front of him, one was "black and hard", the other was also "black and hard".

In fact, he was considered "black and tough", but in front of these two people, he had no temper at all and was kicked around like a "ball".

Throughout the first quarter, he was either being beaten or on the way to being beaten.

Facing the defense of Stephen Jackson and Artest, he finally experienced the pain of "man on top of man".

Left and right, blocked at both ends, he suddenly felt like he was back as a rookie.

Is this the kind of defense a player who carries the scoring burden of a team will face every night?

He felt the gap between himself and Woody at that time.

This is a naked feeling, as if one's underwear has been completely stripped off.

When Wade looked at his 7-for-2 shooting numbers in the first quarter, he felt shameless.

And that's just his poor shooting performance.

If we add 2 mistakes, it will be even more difficult to explain.

Stan Van Gundy's brows furrowed.

After the first quarter, Wade's final performance did not meet his expectations at all. Stan Van Gundy probably has an understanding of this guy's current level.

He looked back at Woody and said nothing, but his fiery eyes said everything:
Come on, man, let me see what other skills you improved this summer?

So far, Woody has brought a lot of growth, enough to satisfy everyone, including Stan Van Gundy.

But looking at this guy's relaxed and carefree appearance, Stan Van Gundy was somewhat suspicious. This guy was still paddling and had not shown all of his achievements in the summer.

He believed that a night like this would be an opportunity...

Wade doesn’t know what Stan Van Gundy is thinking, otherwise, he would be so angry that he co-wrote...

I'm just a bait, right?

Woody's life is his life, but my Wade's life is not?

Kenny Steve watched the camera cut to the Heat's bench and glanced at the scores on both sides. 28 to 23, the Pacers were leading by 5 points!
What's more critical than this 5-point lead is that they limited the Heat's scoring to 23 points in a single quarter!
This was not a low score in a single quarter last season, but it is not a high score in the new season.

After the league's rules changed, it is now normal to score more than 28 points in a single quarter.

A team with a high scoring ability like the Heat has not even scored less than 3 points in the first quarter of the first three games!

The highest game was against the Wizards, and the Heat scored 33 points in a single quarter.

By comparison, we can see that the Pacers did a really good job on the defensive end tonight.

"Do you think the Heat will get their first loss tonight?" he asked Barkley.

Barkley was not worried at all and said, "It depends on what Stan Van Gundy and Woody think."

Eh?
His words aroused Kenny Smith's curiosity.

Barkley glanced at him and said in a pretentious manner: "Man, do you really think that Woody learned a low post this summer?"

Kenny Smith looked at his pretense and wanted to give him a slap in the face.

It's not like you're playing on the field!

What are you complaining about?

Oh, by the way, Xia Tian is the Woody trained by this kid!

so……

Kenny Smith suddenly became more curious about the next game.

The second quarter started quickly. Woody was replaced at 9 minutes and 34 seconds of the first quarter, so as soon as the second quarter started, he was placed in the starting team by Stan Van Gundy.

Seeing him on the court, Barkley reacted immediately: "It seems that Van Gundy has already thought about forcing Woody to be in his strongest form tonight!"

No wonder you are so fat. With all your calculations, how can you not be fat?
It was probably during private training that I noticed Woody's methods that he had not used on the court.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rick Carlisle noticed that Woody came on with the substitute rotation, but he did not immediately change the lineup and bring the starting lineup on the field.Even when Artest saw him taking off his training clothes when he came on the court, he was about to walk onto the court, but he stopped him.

Mainly, he wanted to see what Woody was going to do when he came on the court at this time.

Now the Pacers' players on the court are all substitutes.

The same goes for the Heat. Alston and Jones are on the outside, and Haslem and Mourning are on the inside.

Woody is the only starter.

Is this asking him to return to the third position?
Rick Carlisle took a cursory glance at the Heat's lineup and determined Woody's position.

He glanced at his home court again. Now the Pacers' third position on the court is James Jones.

Like Woody, he was also a rookie last year, but he was not selected until the 20th pick in the second round. He only played in 6 games last year. At the beginning of the new season, he gradually became the Pacers' substitute rotation.

Averaged 17.3 minutes of playing time per game.

As a forward player, James Jones is characterized by thick skin and amazing bounce.Can keep up with most of the current forward players in the league.

In fact, if this team's third position wasn't Artest, Jones would most likely be in the starting position this year.

His functionality has become very popular because of this era that has begun to free up the "hands" of perimeter players.

Just this tendon flesh is enough for him to make them lose a layer of skin when guarding the opponent's outside core.

This year's Pacers team is particularly strong. The reason for this strength lies in Artest's improved offensive end, the joining of Jackson, and also because of Rick Carlisle's discovery of James Jones!
Using him to defend Woody, Rick Carlisle felt that something could be seen...

When Jones saw Woody play, his first reaction was to defend closely.

It seems that he has studied the videos of Woody's previous games.

In the previous games, Woody defended him in this way.Not giving him a chance to catch the ball, forcing Woody to catch fewer passes through pressing.Jones did so.

If it were Woody last year, he could force the ball by running faster.

But now he has gained weight. Even with the further increase in physical fitness and even more weight, his explosive power and speed have not declined in all aspects, but this increase in weight is real.

I have never heard of "tanks" fighting guerrillas there.

Its own weight determines that if Woody continues to run without the ball as before, it will only consume his physical energy more quickly.

This is also the reason why the previous guys were able to effectively reduce Woody's ability to catch the ball by pressing closely.

But there is a premise:
Same location!
Woody has completed his weight gain and reached 105kg!This weight allows him to face other players in the fourth position with his strong core strength and lower body strength, so he can not fall behind and will not be affected by the tonnage. Even Kwame Brown's lower body strength is considered to be the best in the league. Even the mid-to-high-end inside players can't stop his big butt, let alone Jones, who currently weighs only 99kg.

His idea was good, but after Woody got entangled with him, he quickly got him stuck behind him, then waved from the right wing and successfully got the ball in his hands.

"Snapped!"

He patted the ball hard and controlled the ball steadily. Woody didn't hesitate, arched his big butt and hit it.

When Jones was still hesitating whether to distance himself from him, he almost saw his great-grandmother when he heard a "bang" sound.

Woody turned to face the frame and jumped up to shoot.

This is……

"Turn over jump shot!"

"coming!"

Barkley yelled from the TNT studio.

This is what he said, Woody's hidden ultimate move!

This summer, he not only learned the "post-up under the basket" from Barkley, Woody was involved in all kinds of post-up, including "post-up under the basket".

In fact, in the game against the Timberwolves, he had already shown some of his post-up ability away from the basket.

But that's about one step in front of the reasonable collision zone. If you really want to count it, it's actually a "back hit" under the basket.

But Barkley knows very well that Woody, like him, now has the ability to launch offense from beyond the three-point line.In the first few games, just the turbulence under the basket was enough to overwhelm the opponent.

It has to be the Pacers!
It is worthy of being one of the two teams with the best defensive ability in the Eastern Conference. Only such a team can force Woody to play singles with the ball on the outside!
This is a medium to long range shot.

Woody didn't focus on shooting this summer.

After all, his strength has increased, his weight has also increased, and his hand feel has changed accordingly. This has led to his hard training in the summer, which is likely to be in vain and his progress is slow.

Moreover, his current mid-range shooting potential is as high as over 90, which means that he can develop a good enough mid-range in a short period of time.

This is also true. Within a month after the start of the training camp, Woody's mid-range score reached 79 points. After the start of the regular season, he successfully exceeded 80 points!
Although he has not reached the level where he can stand alone, it is not difficult for Woody to make a turn-over jump shot without affecting his center of gravity after directly pushing away the defender.

Even the interference Jones caused to Woody was not as great as this distance.

"Boom!"

The ball hit the basket, bounced twice, and finally fell into the basket narrowly and narrowly.

Rick Carlisle's expression changed instantly.

Did you really invest in him?

OMG!

If playing behind the basket gives Woody a presence that cannot be ignored on the offensive end, the head coaches of all teams must pay attention to this and formulate some plans.

So now, Woody, who has a turnaround jump shot, has become a headache for the opposing coach.

This is no longer just about reminding players to press ahead or double-team ahead of time.

Woody, who can play high and low in singles, has become a guy who can continue to make changes for the Pacers.

Rick Carlisle was not in a hurry. He decided to watch two more rounds to determine whether Woody really had the ability to hold the ball and play from the outside...

If you really have it...

This is something that makes me scold just thinking about it!

The first thing to bear the brunt of is how to defend Woody's back hit.

You must know that this guy has the height and weight of the No. 4 position, but he also has the athletic ability of the top No. [-] position.

Jones is at the third position in the league. In terms of size and physical fitness, he is already considered a first-tier player or above.But just like this player, when facing Woody, he was firmly stuck behind him, and when Woody held the ball and hit him from behind, he was suddenly bounced away.

If he really can't do it, then he can only go to Artest!

But in this way...

What about Wade?
The main reason why he was able to beat this "big cheek" to amnesia in the first quarter was the result of the joint efforts of Artest and Jackson. It is really difficult for Jackson alone to be so effective against Wade. suppress.

He could only pray in his heart that Woody's mid- to long-distance shooting just now was just good luck...

The good news is that Woody did not choose mid-to-long shots when he held the ball and played behind the ball.

From this perspective, he himself seems not to be so confident in his COSCO shot.

But the ease with which Woody beat Jones with the ball in his back was as if he had picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip, even with a straw on it.

Jones was completely unable to stop this guy from advancing with the ball, and the result of his desperate defense was that he was rolled all the way to the layup.

At 2 minutes and 34 seconds of the second quarter, Jones hung on Woody and failed to prevent Woody from completing a layup.

The referee blew the whistle and Woody got a "2 plus 1" opportunity!

Amid the boos at the scene, Woody missed a free throw, but even with just the layup, the Heat had already caught up with the score.

The 5-point difference was recovered by Woody alone in these 2 and a half minutes with a "back hit".

Rick Carlisle quickly called a timeout.

Artest stood up. Not only him, but the other starters of the Pacers also stood up with serious expressions. Woody's sudden display of holding the ball from the outside changed the situation of the game.They knew very well that the game was about to start again!

Wade immediately stood up from the bench and rushed up to high-five Woody.

This guy once again saved the Heat's night and gave him enough time to regain his form and play a wonderful performance that can make the previous "war criminal" performance forgotten after the game.

At the same time, there was a hint of envy in his eyes.

How come this guy can always come up with some "big treasures" to save the team from dire straits?

He had been longing for moments like this.

Every inch of Stan Van Gundy's face has the same two words written on it:

satisfaction!

Woody came up in the second quarter and gave such a performance. He was really satisfied.

However, he suddenly had another doubt in his mind:
Is this Woody's strongest form?
(End of this chapter)