NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 37

Martin and Lu Yuanzhi landed one after the other.

The referee didn't blow his whistle.

Lu Yuanzhi's actions were very clean and there was no foul.

Martin raised his head and glanced at Lu Yuanzhi, slightly surprised.

Generally, rookies get such a starting position, don't they try their best to express themselves?
Seeing an opportunity to block, he will rush forward regardless.

But what's the matter with this kid, he wasn't greedy at all, and when he found out that he couldn't defend himself, he just took his hand back?
This is too old!

Is this still a rookie?

If Lu Yuanzhi knew what Martin was thinking, he would have to fight back. You are a second-year rookie, why are you so mean-spirited?
Martin really didn’t know that Lu Yuanzhi had guarded Duncan, McGrady, Kobe, Carter, Wallace and others in the past. The league games are so intensive, who would pay attention to a second-round pick!
If he knew that Lu Yuanzhi had guarded against these great players, he would definitely not be clever and trick Lu Yuanzhi into committing a foul.

That's right, after receiving the ball and before the dunk, Martin intentionally paused his body in order to trick Lu Yuanzhi into blocking the shot. He was very confident that he would not be blocked, and he would make Lu Yuanzhi a foul.

Don't look at Martin's naive appearance, he is really not stupid on the court, he is still a little smart.

Although Lu Yuanzhi avoided a foul, he was still a little unhappy.

I and Christie are the two strongest defensive players in the Kings. If Kidd and Martin make an alley-oop so easily, where will I put my face in the future?Next, how to defend Kidd and Martin's pick-and-roll cooperation?
"Doug, I don't think it's a good thing to be so defensive." While running forward, Lu Yuanzhi found Christie.

Christie gave him a strange look, no, big brother, you have to change your defensive strategy after only one defensive round, isn't it too urgent?

Lu Yuanzhi didn't care about this, and continued, "Kidd can't shoot anyone dead. I've seen his shooting percentage in COSCO before, and it's only less than 4%."

Christie immediately understood what Lu Yuanzhi meant, and asked tentatively, "So you want to retreat to defend the pick-and-roll? Let Kidd shoot?"

Lu Yuanzhi nodded.

Although Kidd is not basically not attacking at this time, his ability to score autonomously can only be regarded as mediocre, just let him shoot, can he still shoot to kill the Kings?
Moreover, Kidd's mid-range shooting percentage is less than 4%, and Martin's finishing rate at the basket is close to 7%. How to choose is not obvious?
Christie said "OK" and went to take a seat.

It is said that a long-term illness cures the disease, so Martin is a model of being able to attack and defend for a long time. His ability to defend one-on-one singles can only be said to be average, but when it comes to defending against counter-runs and cuts without the ball, he really has experience.

Under Martin's defense, Lu Yuanzhi had no chance to sneak into the basket and score.

But it's okay if I can't get in, your defense has a big colander!

With an easy back run, Stojakovic directly threw off Van Horn, entered the empty basket, and scored an easy layup.

The rim protector McCloch was pulled out by Divac, and Martin, who was able to defend and block shots, was involved by Lu Yuanzhi. The basket of the Nets was like a street in the morning, and they could score as much as they wanted. .

Van Horn, the template Bird, is 208 cm tall and played the 4th position in college. He is a model who has a basket and can defend.

But his defensive level can only deal with the NCAA.

When he came to the NBA, which is more confrontational, he instantly became a big colander.

In the 4th position, he is not strong enough and will be easily beaten by most power forwards.

In the 3rd position, his steps are not fast enough and he is easily thrown away.

Properly neither three nor four.

Other NCAA players who came to the NBA became neither three nor four because they were not tall enough. They were over two meters tall and were properly "under size." They were not tall enough to play the 4th position, and they couldn't keep up with the pace when playing the 3rd position.

Van Horn's lack of focus was weird. He was tall enough, but he couldn't withstand the power forwards of that period. He had to play the 3 position, and then he couldn't keep up with his footsteps.

The second pit of the three major pits in the NBA draft, "Under Size", is not up to the standard, and has killed all sides in the NCAA, but because of the height and size, it is very difficult to enter the NBA. It fell on this point.

During the draft, the scouts never imagined that Van Horn, who is 208 centimeters tall, would become one of the "no three no four" players.

Hate can only be hated. Van Horn was born 20 years earlier. If he was born 20 years later in this era of withering insiders, relying on his strong offensive power, he might achieve higher achievements.

But there is no way. At the beginning of the 21st century, there are too many monsters at the power forward position.

Even last year's best team selection, because power forwards and small forwards are both forward options, there will be two power forwards in the final round of voting.

Yes, the king's Chris Webber came to the small forward position, and Tim Duncan came to the power forward position.

Although Van Horn defends the colander, he has the trust of the coach on the offensive end and has a very high level of firing power.

No way, the Nets really trained him as Larry Bird.

This time, Kidd did not ask Martin to do the pick-and-roll, but replaced Van Horn.

Van Horn didn't block as well as Martin, but that's okay, after Kidd's drive to the hoop caught the attention of Christie and Stojakovic, Van Horn took a step outside and received a pass back from Kidd , and hit a jumper with one step outside the free throw line at the top of the arc.

Van Horn's shooting percentage is mediocre, but you can't hold back that he has a lot of shots. He can score 19.2 points in his rookie season, and then stabilize at around 20 points in the next few seasons. No matter how you look at it, he is a rising star.

Unfortunately, this season Kidd led them to the playoffs and the finals, but exposed the truth of Van Horn's soft playoffs. From 20 points per game in the regular season, he dived directly to 13 points per game in the playoffs , Lost all his worth.

What a blessing and a misfortune!

But it's okay, he signed a big contract last year, and no matter how badly he plays in the future, he will get a lot of money.

Thousands of people beat the drum!
The Kings continued to play Stojakovic's point, and Peja, who taught Lu Yuanzhi the "look left and right" skill, ran without the ball, which was not something Van Horn could defend at all. This time he missed someone again.

Martin had long noticed that the focus of the Kings' offense was Stojakovic, and he made up for it in a timely manner.

Lu Yuanzhi also followed Martin to the inside.

This run stunned Kidders, who had turned around.

No, I came here to guard against your open shots, why did you also go inside?
Seeing Martin pounce, the Yugoslavs threw the ball into the air. The ball passed over Martin's head and landed in the hands of Lu Yuanzhi who jumped from outside the penalty area.

Lu Yuanzhi glided in the air for a certain distance before slamming the ball into the basket.

Alley dunk!

Huge cheers erupted at the scene.

Hey, it's this rookie again, so smart!

The Nets don't panic at all, what are the bells and whistles, won't we Martin?He smashed harder and harder!
The offensive efficiency of both sides was quite high at the beginning.

The Kings are high, and they are fighting against Van Horn, the colander.

The Nets are high, but Kidd's organization and conduction are good, especially his pick-and-roll cooperation. The ball can always be comfortably delivered to the hands of the receiving team members.

This time, he continued to find Martin as a pick-and-roll, trying to use Lu Yuanzhi, a first-year rookie, as a breakthrough.

Lu Yuanzhi and Christie looked at each other, okay, let's see how we arrange you!

(End of this chapter)