Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Woody successfully protected the rebound, and that was just the beginning.

With the ball in his hand, he did not give it to his teammates, but carried it to the frontcourt himself.

Using his explosive power, he instantly opened the gap with Tim Duncan.

During the halftime break, Woody reflected on his play style in the first half and the problems that occurred. One thing he knew very well was that it would be difficult for him to get an advantage in the basket battle with Tim Duncan.

Tim Duncan's strength is not weaker than him, but a little stronger. Coupled with this guy's weight of about 120kg, when Woody confronts him under the basket, he feels that this guy is like an old tree with roots. Even if he has evolved Later, he was also passive against Tim Duncan.

Maybe only Shaquille O'Neal has the advantage in strength and tonnage.

But even Shaq is quite afraid of this guy.

The first half made Woody understand one thing. His confrontation with Tim Duncan should be to "use one's own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses."

To put it simply, facing Tim Duncan should be timid.

Woody's strength and tonnage did not have any advantage against Tim Duncan, so when he just grabbed the rebound, he deliberately used his strength in advance to force Tim Duncan to change his rhythm.This is the first step.

The next rebound, including all Woody's subsequent actions, will be the second step. His second change is...

Compare your athletic ability with Tim Duncan!
Tim Duncan, the No. 98 pick in [-] and the "big male protagonist of Shuangwen", is certainly not bad at athletic ability.

Regardless of whether his team was called the "Flying Devils" or he himself was the "Devil himself", one thing is certain:
Even if he doesn't have such abnormal athletic ability, he is still among the top in the league.

It's just that injuries in 00 weakened part of his ability in this area, and part of it is:

His weight!

An inch long, an inch strong, on the contrary, a pound heavy, a pound slow!

No matter how abnormal the physical fitness is, as long as the tonnage increases, the speed will definitely slow down in all aspects.

Just like Woody now, if he were only 102kg, he would definitely be faster than he is now.

But NBA forwards not only have to be fast, but they also have to be top-notch...

What Woody wants to do is "Hexagon Warrior".

So he gave up some of his speed.

But even so, he is the league's top explosive power and mobility.

Even Tim Duncan is much worse than him.

Just like now, Woody charges like a small forward. Even Tim Duncan gritted his teeth and followed two steps, helplessly watching Woody pull him further and further away.

"Bah!"

Tim Duncan couldn't keep up, and the three outside players that the Spurs defended were more "little chickens" than the others. Woody rushed so hard that they didn't dare to stand in front of him.The Spurs' basket was then manually detonated by Woody.

The audience also responded to this dunk, and there were a lot of low voices.

This is a violent scene that the Spurs have rarely seen in two or three seasons.

Likewise, Spurs fans screamed uncontrollably as if a switch was suddenly turned on.

The Heat's bench also "all stood up" to welcome "Wu Huang's return"!
"Halftime" has arrived. Does this goal indicate that Woody has found the feeling?

Stan Van Gundy's eyes were filled with anticipation.

He knows very well that in the current situation, if the Heat want to win, they cannot have only Shaquille O'Neal.

Wade can't be counted on.

Look at the confused look on this little face... Obviously, he has been taught another lesson by the Spurs' perimeter group.

Of course, this is the growth path that every outstanding outside scorer must go through. If he is abused more, he will gain experience and his own style, and he will be able to achieve huge improvement.

The growth of outside players is slower than that of inside players.

After all, all the parts of the inside players are made for basketball.

He can't count on it, and Stan Van Gundy can only count on Woody.

Although Woody faces the "league's number one power forward" tonight,...

He is Woody!
As the most phenomenal "super newcomer" since the 00s, what hard bones can't he crack?
It didn’t happen in the past, and it can’t happen now!
Even if he is facing a "Stone Buddha", Stan Van Gundy believes he will find a way.

Unknowingly, Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the Heat, has become Woody's "die loyal"!
It is said that this is the only path that every great player must take.

Auerbach always endorsed Bill Russell and "Big Bird" Bird, and Phil Jackson always spoke of Michael Jordan as omnipotent.

Now Woody is also walking on such a path.

The process of this proof is just like this night after night.

Woody didn't know the changes in Stan Van Gundy's heart. He never came to the NBA to become a super player.From beginning to end, he was just trying to make money.

But at this moment, thinking about the spotlight after defeating Tim Duncan, Woody is full of energy.

This momentum drove him and kept him thinking about how to get back from the current slightly disadvantaged situation.

This dunk now seemed to prove the feasibility of what he was thinking!
Once again it was the Spurs' turn to attack.

Tony Parker dribbled the ball past half court, and Tim Duncan came up to do the pick-and-roll as usual.

He did not actively ask for the ball, and even though Woody had just completed such a brilliant goal, he was not affected in the slightest.

And this is Tim Duncan, the greatest No. [-]. What he always thinks about is how to unite his teammates and win the game.

At any time, the system comes first.

He wants to serve the system, not let the system serve him.

Woody has completely adapted to Tony Parker's current breakthrough rhythm.

Speaking of which, he has just entered the second stage of his career. Although he has won the championship, the experience he has accumulated is not enough to make him a unique No. [-] general.

Woody's eyes were like staring at prey, making him feel restrained, and the ball went from his hands to the wing.

Stan Van Gundy made an adjustment for the second half, which was to let Gerald Wallace defend the Argentinian.

Ginobili took the ball, trying to gradually get Wallace into his rhythm.But Wallace didn't care what he did.As soon as he gets the ball, it's an oppressive defensive confrontation.The Argentine, who wanted to take the initiative, fell into passivity. He had no choice but to pass the ball again.

Time passed bit by bit, the last 4 seconds.

Tim Duncan is in the high post again, takes the ball, turns around, jumps up, and shoots!The whole movement is done in one go and extremely smooth.

Woody followed in time, and he also took this into account. When he jumped up, his whole body leaned back slightly.

The amplitude wasn't too big, but it just happened to avoid Woody's desperately reaching forward hand.

"Shh!"

Hit it!

It's unremarkable, but calming enough.

The Spurs regained a 4-point advantage.

Stan Van Gundy cheered beside him: "It's okay, it's okay, just let it go!"

This was somewhat discouraging, because before Tim Duncan caught the ball in the end, the Heat defended very well, but it was Tim Duncan who stepped up and handled the final shot perfectly, helping the Spurs hold on to the round.

Woody did not go inside after halftime.

This action immediately made Tim Duncan a little confused, and he simply stood near the high position.This also makes it easier for him to quickly return to defense.

Alston looked at his position and immediately gave the ball to Shaquille O'Neal under the basket.

O'Neal took the ball and was about to hit hard. Tim Duncan looked at him and hit him twice. Rasu couldn't hold on any longer and hurriedly returned to defense. As soon as he left, Woody appeared in his position and caught the ball. , shoot.

Also hit a mid-range jump shot!
Woody scored 4 points in a row!
When Popovich saw this situation, he immediately called a timeout.

As a "timeout expert", Popovich has never been stingy with the use of timeouts, and his favorite thing is to call a timeout when an opponent's player suddenly runs away. The purpose is naturally to interrupt the opponent's scoring rhythm.

Stan Van Gundy seized this opportunity and arranged offensive tactics: "Everyone, when Woody pulls to the wing, immediately slide to the baseline. Remember, if there is no opportunity to run back from here, immediately give it to Woody." Set a fake screen and then run to the basket!"

The Spurs are a "tactical team" that likes to run tactics and has high tactical execution.

Woody just scored a beautiful goal, but the specific coordination is very simple. Popovich's defensive skills can formulate tactics every minute to restrict Woody, making it impossible for him to catch the ball so easily.

So Van Gundy must make the entire strategy more complex.

As for the defensive end, judging from the round just now, the Heat actually had no problem. The only problem was Tim Duncan.

But superstars are never limited by tactics.

Anyway, just have the defensive tactics in place. Whether you can score or not depends mainly on the state of the "super star" himself.

Remember, someone who can be restricted by tactics cannot be a "super star".

The Spurs' counterattack tactics ran very smoothly, but the Heat have now adapted to their style of play. The two main engines are Tony Parker and Ginobili, and the Heat are attacking them both. To a certain extent.

And the effects are pretty good.

Seeing that more than ten seconds had passed and the Spurs had no chance to score in an open position, Tim Duncan stood up again, held the ball in the high post, pretended to play with a back, and when Woody came up, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball. , to the baseline, where Ginobili twisted his waist like a water snake, cut to the basket and completed a reverse hook layup.

Gerald Wallace basically didn't lose his position, but Tim Duncan passed the ball too comfortably. Just when Ginobili passed by, the ball was given to him. It didn't matter if it was earlier or later. It was given. He has enough space to shoot.

This is so...

So stable!

The name "Stone Buddha" is indeed correct.

Ask him to stand up at this critical moment, and he can really stand up!

The point difference returned to 4 points.

Tim Duncan's presence on the offensive end clearly inspired the rest of the Spurs, and they became much more ferocious on the defensive end.

At this time, the offensive line of sight confusion tactics deployed by Stan Van Gundy clearly took effect.

The movement of others prevents the Spurs from simply paying attention to Woody.

There is a saying that "the more you help, the harder it will be", and there is also a saying that "the more serious you are, the harder you can guard", which is very appropriate for the formation of the Spurs at this time.Woody got the ball in the chaos, and the space with the ball was perfectly opened by his teammates.

Tim Duncan returned to defense much faster this time than before, but just as he returned to Woody, Woody stuffed the ball inside again, and Shaquille O'Neal took the ball and made a "small turn" and dunked succeed!

Also respond with assists!
"wow!"

Tim Duncan's pass just now made Kenny Smith scream, and Woody's pass at this moment also made him scream.

Because the transmission is also very beautiful!

What excites Kenny Smith even more than this assist is:
As soon as the third quarter started, Woody actually got into a fight with Tim Duncan!
This is exactly what all fans are looking forward to in this "National Live Broadcast".

From personal scoring to supporting teammates, their methods may not be so sparkly, but after editing these few rounds, it is definitely like "sparks hitting the earth"!

At this time, Kenny Smith also saw Woody's changes in the second half: "He moved more on the wings so that he could use his mobility to catch the ball and at the same time open up the basket, allowing Shaquille O'Neal to The 'Big Shark' has enough deterrence, I have to say, this is a good change..."

Originally he wanted to talk about why Woody didn't do this in the first half, but after thinking about it, he shut up.

Wade is already miserable enough, so let’s not add salt to his wounds...

Popovich didn't do much with Woody.

The Heat also have Shaquille O'Neal on the inside to contain him. If he targets Woody, this "big shark" will be completely unstoppable.The 16 points in the first half proved that Shaquille O'Neal was in a hot state at the moment. As long as he dared to give him a chance, he would definitely cause a bloody storm in the paint.

Another thing is that he believes that Tim Duncan will give him a satisfactory "tape".

But at this point, Popovich obviously underestimates Woody.

The game restarted, and Tim Duncan showed his role as the "Stone Buddha" in the Spurs.Both defensively and offensively, he performed very well and had a presence.

It's just that Woody's performance didn't fall behind at all.

Shaquille O'Neal's constraint lies in Woody's ability to get the ball to him in time, which prevents Shaquille O'Neal from being released.

This is the embodiment of Woody's passing skills.

Of course, the action of force is reciprocal.

The containment is also mutual. Shaquille O'Neal's containment prevents Tim Duncan from completely resting his defense to the three-point line, which gives Woody an opportunity to easily catch the ball.

With the ball in his hands, Woody's lethality immediately increased.

Still an excellent motorist, Woody used his athletic ability to constantly complete responses.

At the end of the third quarter, with Woody's outstanding performance of 8 of 5 shots, the Heat tied the 4-point difference, and the two teams entered the fourth quarter at 79-79. (End of chapter)