Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 99 Artest, that's it?

Woody started 3-for-3 from the field.

Scared TNT's Kenny Smith, Barkley even reached out and rubbed his eyes, thinking he hadn't woken up, or misread, this is not the number 95 of the Heat, this is the Heat... No, neither did the Heat Which striker can have such a shooting ability!

The cheers at the scene came one after another!
Woody hit the third mid-range shot, and the climax caused was no weaker than the shot he just "forcibly confiscated" Artest in the air.

Because, this represents Woody's growth!

With Woody's ability, if he develops a stable mid-range, then his presence on the offensive end will inevitably rise to a higher level.

Let alone them, even Pat Riley, who is in the general manager's office at the moment, couldn't help but smile.

Whether he can practice stable shooting is actually one of the many risks of choosing Woody.

It is one thing to have great potential, but it is another thing to be able to realize the potential!

Those three shots alone, and honestly, Pat Riley would be happy with Woody even if he lost tonight.

Rick Carlisle called a timeout.

When Artest left the court, he looked depressed.

Before the game started, he really didn't pay attention to Woody.

He has watched Woody's previous games, and he summed up one characteristic:
It's just a "rough guy" who relies on his physical fitness to play!
For such a guy, Artest has absolute confidence to guard him down, even "zero seal" him.

Unexpectedly, when the game came up, he was caught off guard by Woody first.

Several rounds in a row were in constant embarrassment.

He glanced at the reporters on the sidelines.

A piece of black.

If this continues tonight, even if he wins this game, he will become a laughing stock.

No!

Can't go on like this!

It takes complete concentration!
Rick Carlisle was about to adjust his tactics, but before he could speak, Artest interrupted first: "Rick, believe me, I can definitely defend this rookie!"

In fact, Carlisle has no intention of changing his defense against Woody.

He believed in Artest's ability. Even though Woody's mid-range accuracy at the beginning of the night was a bit outrageous, he still believed in Artest.

Even those "super giant" wing players have no good fruit to eat against Artest. He doesn't believe that Woody can really suppress Artest throughout the game.

However, Artest gave him a chance to PUA, no, let him tell Artest how much he trusted him: "Man, I absolutely believe in you. In my heart, you have always Be the best defender in the league, no one can replace you!"

No one doesn't like to hear this kind of talk, and "The Beast" is no exception.

Look at Rick Carlisle's soft expression and more determined eyes after Rick Carlisle said these words!
He clearly identified with Rick Carlisle a little more, not just tonight.

That's why Carlisle would say these things.

As a "foreign monk", he was equivalent to "passively" squeezing out the "Smiling Assassin" and just took the position of head coach of the Pacers.

Thomas has a great influence on the players of this team.

O'Neill Jr. even thinks he is his "reborn parent", a role like "foster father".

Because of Thomas' trust, Jermaine O'Neal, who had been on the bench for several years in the Trail Blazers, became the league's top power forward in the Pacers.

To eliminate Thomas' influence on this team bit by bit, Rick Carlisle must express his attitude:

I am the same as Thomas, I absolutely trust your abilities!

So that sometimes, even if he is a little impatient, he will insist on letting the Pacers players solve the problems on the field by themselves.

However, this time his judgment on Artest is not for this reason, but for his absolute confidence in Artest's defensive ability.

On the first possession of the resumed game, Artest also showed his defensive entanglement ability that reassured Rick Carlisle.

Odom came up to screen twice, but failed to let Woody get rid of Artest.

Obviously, at this moment, Artest has fully demonstrated his ability.

Woody couldn't catch the ball for a long time, Wade simply broke through Tinsley and used his height advantage to "hit high" at the basket, but Foster predicted it well, sticking to him all the way, straightening Arm, done jamming.

"Dangdang!"

The ball bounced out of the frame.

Jermaine O'Neal has gradually gained experience against Odom, firmly stuck the position of the basket, and squeezed Odom behind him.

Seeing that he couldn't stop O'Neal Jr., Odom secretly pulled his clothes when he was about to take off vigorously, and let go quickly.

The process was extremely short, but Jermaine O'Neal's movements obviously stagnated.

He didn't take off enough, watched Woody complete "overtaking" from beside him, and protected the rebound.

He turned to the referee and complained.

But the referee's eyes have long been attracted by Woody and Artest.

At the moment Woody grabbed the rebound, Artest pushed up like a rabid bull. Woody made him push up and almost lost his position, so he had to dribble the ball first.But this is the "appetizer". After Woody was forced to "movement in situ", he who was close to Woody still pushed hard, constantly destroying Woody's dribbling center of gravity, making him unable to get rid of it.

Woody felt his small movements, and also elbowed unceremoniously, but Artest showed his experience and used his elbow to hold it.Seeing this, Woody half-turned and switched hands, and continued to push hard.

When Artest saw this, his temper also came up, and he took the initiative to exert force.

The smell of gunpowder filled the surroundings of the two of them.

Also successfully attracted the referee's attention.

O'Neal, who originally wanted to complain, looked at the posture of these two people and silently "shut off the microphone". If the scale of these two people's actions were AV, then the entanglement between him and Odom just now would not even be considered a third-level movie.

Also complain about a hammer.

Woody finally protected the ball.

Turning his head to look, Artest's eyes were full of reconciliation.

In his opinion, it was almost enough to make Woody miss the dribble.

Then be more vicious!
He thought so and did it!
Then his confrontation intensity escalated again. Just looking at his desperate posture, it was hard to imagine that this was a regular season.

Barkley looked at his appearance and commented very vividly: "Artest's appearance makes me feel that he wants to swallow Woody in one gulp!"

What he didn't know was that he spoke Artest's heart.

Although "The Beast" wanted to play more fiercely, he really never thought about playing this game as a playoff.

However, his appropriately increased defensive strength cannot completely overwhelm Woody every time. ——Woody didn't score during this period, but in Artest's view, the so-called crushing opponent does not depend on whether the opponent scores, but more attention should be paid to whether he dares to resist!
Woody didn't score during this period, but his counterattack momentum became more and more fierce!

The confrontation between the two continued to escalate.

How big is the scale?

One minute before both sides replaced the starting players in the first quarter, the referees were so nervous that they didn't dare to speak out in every confrontation between the two of them. They watched their arms and elbows flying around and were ready to whistle at any time.

Their scale is already on the verge of challenging the whistle.

A little bigger, and the referees would have to blow their whistles.

Even if it is whistled according to the standards of the playoffs, it is the same...

Damn guy!
In the last 1 minute and 34 seconds of the first quarter, Artest was replaced by Rick Carlisle. When he walked off the field, the audience booed and he cursed in his heart.

The unexpected tenacity of the Huaxia rookie made him feel ashamed.

Woody sat down on the bench, panting "ho ho ho ho".

Artest's confrontation was too fierce, and the result of his resistance was...

tired!
too tired!
It took only one quarter, and the intensity of the confrontation made him feel that it was almost the same as after three quarters in the past.

Is this the league's top wing?
Sure enough, I'm still far behind!

This can also be seen from the data. After making 3 of 3 shots in the opening game, Woody only hit 3 goal in the next 1 shots and caused 2 free throws. No feel, all penalties are lost.

Only got 2 points...

Woody doesn't know if he can hold on to this scale for a whole game, but there is one thing he can be sure of:

Even if he doesn't consider winning or losing, I'm afraid he won't get 20 points in this game!
Now looking back and analyzing the situation in the first quarter, it seems that it might be a better choice for him not to irritate Artest and take his trash talk and provocations as "hearing wind".

Still, that might score a few extra points.

but……

Hiding under the covers at night may not be able to fall asleep!
Woody is a person who can die standing up, but can't live like a fool.

Especially when he stood on this court, he was suffering from "star disease", and he considered himself the absolute protagonist.

and so……

No matter whether you can win your opponent or not, you cannot lose momentum!

The main point is "If you want to fight, I will fight, whoever loves the grandson!"

Playing ball, isn't it a forceful game?
If you don't have any compulsions, then you can still play ball!

After a short break, Woody continued to fight Artest in the second quarter.

His worries are not superfluous at all.

After making 3 of 3 shots in the first quarter, he only scored 2 points. In the second quarter, under Artest's various tough confrontations, he only got a total of 3 shots and only hit 1 of them. Scored 2 points, but scored 1 free throw, but only scored 3 points.

拿上第一节那8分，上半场一共11分，投篮命中率是9投5中，罚球命中率4投1中。

The shooting efficiency looks okay, but if you analyze the fragmentation of the game, you will find that only 6 of the next 2 shots were made.

It is unqualified data for ordinary players, and it is even more unqualified for a "pie-eating" player like Woody.

In the second half, his physical fitness was further consumed. I'm afraid it will be more difficult for Woody to get a chance to make a move...

These 20 points...

I'm afraid I won't be able to get it!

At this time, Woody understood why the system gave out 3 achievement points as a reward.

This clearly means "stimulating consumption"!

Commonly known as "cutting leeks"!
I'm afraid that my 1 achievement points will grow hairs in the corner, right?
But Woody can only complain so much.

For this task, he basically planned to give up.

As soon as the first half ended, the Heat temporarily led 41 to 39 by 2 points.

The team has hope of winning!
If you can win this game, it will be of great help to improve the morale of the Heat.

In December, their schedule is very difficult!

The atmosphere of the entire Heat team on the training ground before the game is to hope for a "good start".

Woody didn't want to spoil the atmosphere in the team.

I don't want to be a puppet of the system.

In order to complete the task, no matter what, forcefully score 20 points.

You know, he just said "first night" that he doesn't care about numbers.

This is his personality.

As a rookie, it is very troublesome to have a collapsed character set!
Most importantly, he enjoys the confrontation with Artest, which is the highest-level game in the Eastern Conference. Playing such a game well will help him grow better.

Second, Artest's entanglement ability is very strong.

Even if Woody wants to score 20 points through more shots, it may be very difficult!
Artest didn't give him a chance to catch the ball at all.

Another one, how can there be so many opportunities for vacancies?
If it is to face Artest with the ball, it will be even more "a sheep entering the tiger's mouth"!

"Man, keep this momentum in the second half, as long as we can continue to guarantee our rebounds, then we still have a lot of hope to win this game!"

Stan Van Gundy was pleased with Woody's performance in the first half.

The 3 mid-range shots at the beginning of the game were really powerful. Even if the scoring efficiency plummeted later, he didn't criticize too much.After all, he was facing Artest!

What's more, Artest restricted him.

But Woody and Odom also restricted Artest!

In the first half, Artest only hit 9 goals in 3 shots.

The shooting percentage is 33.3%, which is 10% lower than usual!

In addition to 3 of 1 free throws, only 7 points were scored.

Artest averaged 19 points per game this season, making him the second-leading scorer in the Pacers, second only to O'Neal, who averaged 20.5 points per game. one of the important reasons.

Another reason is rebounding.

O'Neal's offense actually eats "offensive rebounds". He averaged 2.5 offensive rebounds per game.

But in this game against the Heat, he didn't get a single rebound in the first half.

With the help of Odom and Grant, Woody has grabbed 11 rebounds.

10 of them were backcourt rebounds.

Well protected the restricted area.

Limit O'Neal's "second attack" means.

And don't forget, the Heat's "reverse defense" is also based on protecting rebounds.

For Woody's performance in the first half, Stan Van Gundy can definitely score him 82 points, and he will send Woody a text message in the form of "666" for the rest.

It's too good to be true.

11 rebounds...

Only then did Woody notice that his rebounding numbers were in double figures.

He only cares about his performance on the offensive end is not satisfactory.

Thinking about it carefully, he did grab a lot of rebounds in the first half.But Woody didn't expect that he had already grabbed 11 rebounds.

Wait a minute!
11 rebounds!
Woody faintly felt that he had grasped something.

Take another look at your stats, 11 points and 11 rebounds...

Ok?
伍迪反应了过来，20分10篮板算“20加10”，那10分20篮板，是不是也算“20加10”啊？

He also specially opened the system panel, took another look at the requirements of the mission, and confirmed that it only said "20 plus 10" and did not stipulate that it was 20 points and 10 rebounds. After that, his original idea of ​​giving up the mission was instantly rejected.

After cooperating with Odom in the first half, he felt that his rebounds tonight set a career record, and it should not be a problem to get 20 rebounds in the first single game of his rookie season.

Anyway, if Woody's calculation is not wrong, he can grab 22 rebounds in the whole game by maintaining the efficiency of the first half.

More importantly, what Stan Van Gundy asked of him was to protect the rebounds.

So, this is the correct way to open the task?

Woody suddenly felt that he had misunderstood the system.

Obviously the system is telling him in this way that the Heat want to win this game and he should do it.

This system...

People are weird!

Not only gave him achievement points, but also wanted to help him win this difficult battle!
System: Pull it down quickly, you will dry-burn my CPU again!
The probability of completing the task suddenly increased, and Woody was much more excited.

Now he has no desire to score.

Of course, in order to firmly bind Artest's eyes to himself, Woody's running position on the offensive end can be described by a certain brand's advertising slogan: never stop.

Moreover, Woody, who is no longer obsessed with whether he can make a shot, is very free and easy at the moment.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't catch the ball for the entire 24 seconds.

His offensive strategy focuses on attracting and restraining, and then predicts the trajectory of the basketball after his teammates make a shot, and completes the rebound.

Artest also discovered this after following along for a few rounds.

But he really can't do anything about Woody.

You say not to run with him, Woody's three consecutive mid-range shots at the beginning are vivid.

But if you run with him...

He is a full 13kg heavier than Woody. With such non-stop running, his physical energy consumption must be faster than Woody.

What's even more annoying is that he has no effect on Woody when it comes to rebounding.

His advantage against Woody is strength and matchup, that is, the ability to fight.

The ability to rush and grab rebounds mainly depends on the judgment of rebounds, mobility, explosive power and bounce.

In these four aspects, compared with Woody, he is almost the difference between "second-rate" and "top".

O'Neal's difficulty lies in this, Odom can interfere with his take-off very well, but Artest can't stop Woody from rushing to the basket for the first time.

Or those three CICs!

It's so important!

Watching halfway through the third quarter, Woody's rebounds quickly rose to 15.Rick Carlisle couldn't help thinking of the image of Woody shrugging at him again.

At the same time, he kind of misses Brad Miller, who left this summer.

The "Big Pyrenees" with a height of 2 meters can average 11 rebounds per game.

Foster played off the bench for Miller last season.

Compared with Miller, Foster's ability to grab rebounds is weaker, averaging only 7 rebounds per game.

More importantly, after Miller left, Foster did not have a qualified backup.

It is impossible for him to share the pressure for O'Neal on the court all the time.

Especially tonight, when Jermaine O'Neal was restricted to death and needed another person to stand up to protect the rebounds, it was even more obvious that the Pacers lacked the power to protect the rebounds inside.

Well, what Foster can't replace is more than rebounding.

Miller's departure took away part of the Pacers' interior pass handling ability.

Tinsley is not a traditional No. [-] position and does not have the ability to organize series.

The organization of the Pacers last season mainly relied on O'Neal and Miller.

That's the style of the team that Rick Carlisle likes.

Not just as a blue-collar rebounder, or as an offensive end.Rick Carlisle likes to use post players as support points.

This is one of the aspects that the Pacers management value him.

I thought that with his training, Jermaine O'Neal could go a step further and make up for the part of the coping ability that Miller left.

As a result, it now seems that even if the Pacers' offense is indeed sorted out more smoothly, having two inside lines that can support is indeed stronger than having only one inside support point.

The Heat can protect the rebounds. For this team, there is a basis for launching "anti-reverse tactics".

Coupled with Woody's containment of Artest, the Pacers lacked a "defensive arrow" on the perimeter.

Reggie Miller's thin body has become a breakthrough for the Heat.

Several times of "defensive counterattacks", the Pacers have returned to the defense in place, but the rushing Heat still caught Reggie Miller and completed the "forced fast break".

At the end of the third quarter, the Heat led 66 to 60, and the point difference came to more than 6 points.

Wade was the Heat's most-scoring player in the third quarter, scoring 10 points.

"Anti-reverse tactics" and Woody contain the direct beneficiaries of Artest.

Woody made 2 of 1 shots. He completely gave up on the offensive end. He was fully fired on the defensive end and grabbed 6 rebounds in a single quarter.Especially when Foster rested off the court and only O'Neal was on the court.He even grabbed 3 rebounds, including 2 offensive rebounds.

One of the goals he completed was the "second attack" under the basket.

The data came to 13 points and 17 rebounds.

There are only 20 rebounds short of completing the task of "10 plus 3".

Rick Carlisle adjusted his strategy in the fourth quarter and continued to put Al Harrington on the bench.

This is a "offensive than defensive" player who prefers singles and is incompatible with the entire Pacers system.Therefore, Rick Carlisle taught him in accordance with his aptitude and placed him in the position of "the sixth man of the team".

This is indeed a great choice!

Not only did Ellington become the team's third scorer, but the Pacers' firepower became more ferocious.

The team also had an extra strong period in the game.

The Pacers have expanded their score advantage in the past, often in the substitute rotation stage.

Tonight is an exception...

Wade plus Caron Butler's scoring ability is only stronger than Harrington's.

But Rick Carlisle can't help it either.

Tonight's O'Neal is really a bit overwhelmed on both offense and defense.

On the rebound side, he needs to deal with Woody and Odom.

On the offensive end, Artest's struggles made him the team's only option every time the team needed to score.

Tremendous stress.

Jermaine O'Neal's data so far is very good. He has scored 19 points and 9 rebounds. The fourth quarter has just begun. In this game, he won the "20 plus 10" that exceeded his season average. It should not be a big problem.

But just this level is still not enough.

The effect of Rick Carlisle on Harrington was immediate.Harrington came up and hit the shot.

Only in the next round, facing his defense, Odom also scored with a mid-range shot and completed the response.

Ok……

With Foster taken, Jermaine O'Neal was moved to the fifth position.

With Artest being pinned down by Woody, the Pacers' flanks were equivalent to Harrington and Reggie Miller.

As far as this line of defense is concerned, it cannot be said that there is no such thing, it can only be said that it cannot be seen.

As much as the Pacers scored with Harrington, they basically had to return as many points.

The Pacers are actually a team that relies on defense to win.

Anyway, this guy doesn't fit in with the Pacers' starting lineup!

At 4 minutes and 35 seconds of the fourth quarter, Rick Carlisle saw that the point difference could not be narrowed, so he changed his tactics again and put Harrington off the field again.

Attempt to oppress the Heat's newcomers by increasing the defensive intensity.

The effect is still obvious.

But the Pacers can guard the Heat, and the Heat can also guard the Pacers.

No matter how ignorant Stan Van Gundy is to be flexible, just look at the Pacers' data list at this moment, and you can know who is in C on this team tonight.

O'Neal has become the focus of the Heat's marking target.

"It's done!"

Woody's rebounding became easier during this period. At 6 minutes and 13 seconds into the fourth quarter, he officially grabbed his 20th rebound of the night.

"20 plus 10" achieved!
Reggie Miller hit a 5-pointer when the time was running out in the last 3 minutes, reducing the point difference to 3 points.

Almost became a "key hero".

His performance outside the three-point line in this game was not ideal.

The Heat's interior defense is too fast, and there are no obvious loopholes in the entire exterior defense:

Wade, Jones, and Woody all have a good sense of supplementary defense.

The 38-year-old Reggie Miller averaged only 10 points per game this season. His role is to contain firepower from the outside.

If he can't play a role in this aspect, then he is basically invisible on the offensive end!
But this three-pointer proved his role.

He is still the "bullet" that stabilizes the morale of the team at the most critical moment.

It's just that after hitting this three-pointer, his next shot failed to continue.

The score difference of 3 points is not big, but the time is lost a little bit, no matter how small the score difference is, it is enough to become fatal.

In the last 2 minutes, Artest looked anxious at the 2-point difference.

Facing Odom, he chose to force a breakthrough by himself, but was double-teamed by Woody in time.

The two stretched out their hands tacitly, forcing Artest to protect the ball in his hands, and was about to shout "timeout" when Woody's hand got in.When Artest found out, Woody's hand was even on the ball.

It's going to be a scrimmage...

Seeing that he was about to make a mistake at a critical moment, Artest suddenly burst out with a force, grabbed the ball and slammed it up fiercely, and at the same time pressed Woody with his own arm, trying to control the weight of the ball through brute force grab it back.

But Woody thought so too, the two of them exerted their strength almost at the same time, pressing towards each other with heavy shoulders at the same time.Like two bulls on top.

Artest felt this resistance, and his already irritable heart became even more irritable.

Faced with Woody's embarrassment tonight, all kinds of emotions, and the fact that he couldn't suppress Woody after the game, but because he never stopped running, he had to devote himself wholeheartedly, and he couldn't help his teammates as he used to. .

As his emotions were out of control, his actions became a little more dangerous.

More force was thrown from him, and with a force from his waist, he actually planned to throw Woody's whole body out.

But at the moment when he exerted his strength, Woody suddenly "removed the stool". The man fell backward involuntarily, his body completely lost his balance, and at the same time as he fell to the ground, the ball flew towards the auditorium with his raised hand.

Great recoil...

Artest fell to the ground and rolled several times.

This scene was directly watched by the audience in the entire arena, and then...

Hilarious!

No way, this is too funny!
Everyone in the Pacers hurried to help Artest, who was rolling on the ground for two and a half laps.

After finally stopping his body, Artest got up and rushed towards Woody the first time he got up.

He didn't need to watch the replay, he knew how "clown" he was just now.

The sense of humiliation made him instinctively want to throw his fist at Woody.

No one dared to stop the Pacers.

The Heat's players on the court immediately surrounded Woody in a circle, and even Woody's teammates off the court rushed to protect Woody.

The person standing in the front is Wade.

It's just that he miscalculated Artest's strength and was pushed aside.

His eyes were dazed, and even his cheeks were dazed.

But the second after Artest "cleared" the first "obstacle", he felt a huge force rushing towards his chest.Before he could exert his body instinctively, he was pushed to the ground again.

What he met was a pair of cold eyes.

Hands on...

It's Woody!
Pushing Artest down, Woody looked down at Artest who was sitting on the ground, his expression gradually became fierce.

broken!

Seeing that Woody stood at the "front line", Stan Van Gundy was not calm anymore.

He immediately wanted to rush towards the field, and kept urging the referee next to him to stop him quickly.

But before he rushed over with the referee leaning against him, an unexpected scene happened on the field:
Artest, who was overthrown, did not become more angry when he met Woody's eyes, and rushed forward again. Instead, he shrank obediently after being slapped suddenly like a grinning dog pretending to be fierce.

he……

Return!
This……

Not only the Heat are dumbfounded!

Even Artest's own teammates were dumbfounded.

Not only the Pacers were dumbfounded, but Woody was also dumbfounded.

no……

That's it!
Is it timid to push it?
Woody really didn't expect that this Artest turned out to be a "barking dog"?

No wonder Ben Wallace looked down on him.

The referee also stopped at this time and hit [-] rebounds for each side. Woody and Artest both received technical fouls.

Just as the scene was about to be booed, the referee seemed to remember that this is the home court of the Heat, and that it was Artest who made the first move, so he added another technical foul to Artest.

Two consecutive technical offenders, Artest was expelled!
The Heat fans booed him loudly as he left the field.

A mineral water bottle flew behind him and almost hit him.

It can be seen that the Miami people are angry!
As soon as he left the field, the Pacers completely fell into a disadvantage.

In the last 2 minutes, the Heat pulled the point difference back to 7 points, defeated the Pacers 88 to 81, and won their first victory in December with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)