Chapter 592 The Rotation Rhythm of Dragon Country

Both teams are equally matched. The first quarter will inevitably be a process of mutual testing and tug-of-war. Since Longguo has already made a move, it will be up to the Americans.

Although Kidd, who controls the ball steadily, is not fast, he cannot be stopped by Chen Jianghua's defense. It is more appropriate to say that Chen Jianghua is stopping Kidd's specific tactics rather than stopping Kidd himself.

Chen Jianghua has only one goal. He cannot use strength to fight against himself. He can only rely on speed to disrupt the opponent's attack rhythm. Therefore, as long as he is not directly passed by Kidd and goes to the basket to cause damage to the inside line, he can pass the ball or shoot from the outside.

Kidd's goal is even clearer.

Unless it is the last moment of the fourth quarter, the victory or defeat of the two teams is not centered on the simple score, but on restraining the opponent's tactics and controlling the rhythm of the game.

The double towers and double point guards can be regarded as a relatively stable lineup for Longguo on both offense and defense. If they want to take the lead in controlling the rhythm of the game, they have to destroy this "stability" and force Longguo to change the lineup first.

Then they will focus on Longguo's fifth defensive weakness-Zhu Fangyu!

Durant came forward to ask for the ball, and Kidd gave it to him.

It was the 3-point position at the top of the arc on the right again. The moment Durant received the ball, he immediately stretched his legs to make a shooting action, and Zhu Fangyu's whole body immediately tensed up.

At this time, Durant's shooting action looked extremely real. If it were normal, Zhu Fangyu would have been aroused, but the loss he suffered just now forced him to suppress his instinctive reaction.

Fake move?

Just a moment of hesitation, but Durant really jumped up outside the 3-point line.

207 cm height plus super long wingspan, plus sudden attack and a slightly backward angle at this time.

This is really impossible to defend.

But...

Zhu Fangyu jumped up, trying his best to block Durant's sight, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, because he had seen the figure who jumped up in time behind Durant.

No. 11, Yi Jianlian!

The difference in individual strength is destined to make this Dragon Country team have loopholes when facing the Americans. Dragon Country can't find a lineup that can match the five super giants of the United States.

——We are not short of offensive ability, and the Americans are not afraid of our offense.

——They have studied us for two years. Although the outside world doesn't know, I know that Lao K has been watching our team tactics for the past two years. He knows all our lineups and playing styles. Even some tactics that we haven't used yet, he can probably guess.

——Therefore, they will not panic under our offense. Only using offense can never bring the rhythm. Facing this American team, if we want to suppress him and take the lead in controlling the rhythm and initiative, we need to start from defense!

——Since man-to-man defense can't be used, we rely on the strength of the team to face the American offense, that is our rotation defense.

——Our loophole is the core of rotation defense. The Americans will definitely come to seize this loophole, so go to fill him in and double-team him!

——When Dayao is on the court, the Americans will think that we can't perform rotation defense, and their vigilance against being double-teamed will be lowered. We can use their relaxed vigilance to defend their first ball. As long as we take the first ball, we can let the Americans guess our tactics and change the rhythm according to our changes, and then we can control the initiative and rhythm of defense in our own hands!

Use defense to control the rhythm of the whole court, mobilize the tactical response of the Americans, and strive for the first step. This is what Lin Dong and Coach Jiang repeatedly reiterated in the team before the game, and it is also the most important point to win this battle!

And Lao K on the sidelines suddenly snorted in his heart, and saw the key to Longguo's ability to use rotation defense.

In fact, Yi Jianlian has already entered the rhythm of rotation defense, and for Americans who have long been familiar with the rotation defense of the supersonics, they are actually not unfamiliar with rotation defense.

Frankly speaking, if Yi Jianlian had taken the initiative to run to this position, Durant would have been alerted long ago, and Kidd might not even pass the ball to Durant.

But the problem is that Yi Jianlian did not take the initiative to run up, but followed Anthony.

The reason why Anthony ran to this position was because Kobe and Lin Dong were entangled and were brought to the strong offensive side where Anthony was. The first tactical principle that Kidd and Lao K repeatedly reiterated was to pull Lin Dong out of the overall Dragon Country. Anthony naturally chose to run to the weak side, and during this run, Yi Jianlian's "following up" was no longer abrupt and no longer eye-catching.

The source of all this was Lin Dong!

A Lin Dong without the ball!

A Lin Dong who didn't even seem to participate in defense!

A Lin Dong who had been "pulled out of the defensive end" by his own tactics and theoretically could not participate in the overall coordination of the team!

This guy used several double teams and his understanding of off-ball, and also relied on the Americans' fear of him, to turn the passive into active, turning Kobe, the attacker, into a defender who passively followed him, which in turn led to Kobe's rhythm and the rhythm of the entire American team.

K's eyebrows were almost twisted into a Sichuan character, what kind of pulling ability is this... He obviously didn't have the ball in his hands!

At the same time, Anthony's shout had already sounded beside Durant: "Be careful!"

Durant's consciousness was in a trance for a moment. Zhu Fangyu in front of him, the shouts from behind, and the guy who was jumping up behind him, who he could feel even without looking, rushed very hard, bringing a lot of wind pressure and momentum, which disturbed and threatened Durant, and he was completely unable to judge the height of the other party's jump behind him.

He fell back and met someone from behind...

This ball was a key to the momentum tug-of-war between the two sides, and it could not be lost. Durant hurriedly chose to collect the ball and turn it into a pass, but within his sight, the ball could only be passed to Duncan in front.

The best rookie also has the shortcomings of the best rookie. Although his offensive ability has reached the ceiling level, his full-court vision, adaptability mentality, and control of the overall situation are still inferior to those experienced superstars.

Durant chose to throw the ball to the inside line, but the next second...

Snap!

Duncan and Yao Ming, who were already resisting each other, jumped up and stretched out their hands at the same time. After all, Yao Ming's height, wingspan and strength were better, and he grabbed the ball in his hands.

It was intercepted!

Boom!

The sound of the two landing at the same time, and then Yao Ming shouted: "Quick break!"

The basketball was thrown far away by him. Chen Jianghua in front had already been running. When he received Yao Ming's pass, he had already reached the midline. Facing Kidd's pursuit, Chen Jianghua's speed was still better. He easily scored a layup, 7:4!

The sudden rotation defense and super-fast offense really gave Lao K a wake-up call.

He really didn't expect that when Yao Ming was on the court and was at the bottom, Long Guo would dare to use such a trick as rotation defense.

You know, the essence of rotation defense is actually to use the overall speed of the team to achieve a two-on-one double-team for each ball holder, which means that except for the ball holder, everyone else has to be three-on-four at any time.

If the team is fast enough, it can cover up the missed spot with speed. But once the defense has a big man like Yao Ming who can't run fast, it will even face a two-on-four situation. No matter how fast the team is, it is impossible to make up for two empty spots at the same time.

But I didn't expect that the Dragons used it just now, and caught Durant off guard, using the reverse thinking of the American team "I don't think you can use it".

At the same time, although Durant has run rotation defense with the Supersonics and is very familiar with this tactic, he usually follows the team to use rotation defense to deal with others, but has never been targeted by others. After all, even in today's league, only the Supersonics can really use rotation defense.

In addition, the opponent came too suddenly, so the problem of not being able to respond in time and insufficient passing vision just now is also logical.

Lin Dong's presence brought out various small details of Longguo, and these small details led the entire Longguo team to complete the rotation defense in an instant, double-teaming Durant, who was still immature in handling key balls.

Old K shouted on the sidelines: "Bryant, don't run around! Don't let that guy lead the rhythm! Anthony, don't let your defender lose easily!"

Yes, let alone Durant, if Anthony had been more vigilant just now and blocked Yi Jianlian without the ball, Durant would not have been double-teamed so suddenly.

Facing the Longguo team led by Lin Dong, there is no such thing as pure offense and pure defense. On the defensive end, you must also have an offensive awareness to seize the opportunity to counterattack, and on the offensive end, you must also have a defensive awareness to keep up with the opponent's change of formation...

The incident happened suddenly, and even Old K didn't fully understand Longguo's change of formation. At this time, it was difficult to make any arrangements for this set of tactics immediately. He could only remind the key points, which was a suggestion that was better than nothing.

The ball was back in the hands of the American team again.

Durant was still a little scared of his mistake just now, and his lack of experience in handling key balls obviously meant that he might be caught by the Dragon Kingdom. Kidd did not give him the ball directly, but chose Anthony at another point.

Compared with letting Zhu Fangyu defend Durant, Yi Jianlian's defense against Anthony was obviously better. After all, he was also an NBA quasi-all-star player, and at least he was on the same stage as Anthony.

Unfortunately, the gap between the quasi-all-star and the super giant was still visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Anthony had been nicknamed Melon, and he began to gain weight. Although Yi Jianlian's strength was not weak, he was at most on par with Anthony, but the important thing was that Anthony had much more experience than Durant, and his offensive means were relatively richer.

A standard mid-range back-to-back, kaleidoscope offensive means were not exaggerated. Even though Yi Jianlian's hand had sealed Anthony's face, he still succeeded in forcing him to score 2 points, and his shot was very fast, leaving no chance for Zhu Fangyu to double-team him.

The score was 7:6, but before the US team could breathe a sigh of relief, the Dragon team's counterattack had already begun.

Yao Ming pulled to the high position to assist, Lin Dong passed the ball to Yao Ming without hesitation, and at the same time he chose to rush to the right, to the gap between Kobe and Duncan.

This was an attempt to cut into the unguarded basket, and the pass to Yao Ming was obviously just a transfer. With Yao Ming's passing vision and high-position coordination ability, as long as Lin Dong squeezed in, his pass would definitely arrive, which was equivalent to giving Lin Dong an empty blue.

Choosing to pass the ball to Yao Ming at this time is also a deceptive move. This is an attempt to change the rhythm of the defender with the passing rhythm, trying to divert the defender's attention... I thought that after two years of not seeing each other, the evolution of Lin Dong, the god of basketball, would be reflected in personal abilities such as stronger and sharper breakthroughs, but I didn't expect that he had found another way to use the passing and cutting cooperation of his teammates and the psychological reactions of the defenders.

It is indeed a more effective way, but...

It won't let you pass successfully!

Kobe didn't fall for it, and he and Duncan were in the same angle. Although the two were not teammates in the NBA, they started training with the same team under the leadership of Lao K last year, and there was still a little tacit understanding.

The two super giants were full of fighting spirit at this moment, and the flames of war burned in their eyes.

This is Lin Dong... The most naturally sarcastic and "Lin has gravity" star in the history of world basketball. Any player who can intercept him will be able to brag about him for a lifetime.

Feeling his strong attack, the two superstars naturally double-teamed, using Kobe's flexibility and Duncan's huge body to forcibly intercept Lin Dong's breakthrough, but...

A faint smile hung on the corner of Lin Dong's mouth.

This is the effect he wanted!

Duncan was subconsciously attracted by himself to double-team, and the one who was missed was Yao Ming who already had the ball. Although Duncan's action was not big, he just took a step to the left, and it seemed that half of his body was still blocking Yao Ming, but facing Yao Ming, how could half of his body be enough...

Yao Ming stood up without hesitation, and his absolute height and wingspan made the height of this 3-point shot impossible for anyone to reach.

During the training, he took an open 3-point shot with a hit rate of 89%. Duncan, who had already moved his center of gravity, couldn't even block Yao Ming's sight at this time, and could only watch the basketball break through the sky with a look of surprise on his face.

Swish!

The basketball went into the net, the score was 10:6!

Old K can see that the main idea of ​​Longguo's offense now should be to play around Lin Dong and Yao Ming, the two strongest key points.

One is the god of basketball, and the other has absolute height and excellent shooting ability, which is an invincible tactic in itself. Facing the pick-and-roll of these two people, the US team can only intercept them by using strategies such as rotation defense, using double-teaming and using the local advantage of three-on-two to fight, otherwise you can't even consume these two people.

But the problem is that the US team can't use rotation defense. That kind of lineup requires someone to do the dirty work, someone to sacrifice, and everyone must have absolute cooperation and tacit understanding, which is not a task that these super giants can do at all.

Then they can only leave some open positions on the outside of Longguo and send three people to deal with the pick-and-roll of these two people, but that is a last resort. Otherwise, the outside shooting of Longguo team will be killed.

Now they can only hope to attack, bite the score first, use the personal abilities of the super giants, tire Yao Ming down, and destroy the pick-and-roll between the two.

The ball possession of the US team.

Seeing Yao Ming sink to the bottom again, even Lao K couldn't tell whether they would rotate defense this time, and all assumed that Longguo would rotate defense.

Lao K gave instructions for tactic six on the sidelines.

At this time, Duncan sank to the bottom of the basket. In addition to Kidd controlling the ball, Anthony and Kobe actually ran to the strong side, leaving Durant alone on the right side of the weak offensive position.

Normally, in Lao K's offensive tactics, what he most hopes to do is to completely transfer Lin Dong out of the defensive core of Longguo, that is, to let Kobe take Lin Dong to run alone on the weak offensive side.

If Lin Dong dares not to follow, then with Kobe Bryant's strength, he is enough to beat any other player of Longguo in various ways.

And if Lin Dong follows, it is equivalent to exchanging pieces, letting Kobe and Lin Dong drink tea together, so that Lin Dong will not participate in Longguo's defensive system.

But the problem now is that if Kobe and Lin Dong occupy half of the court, the players on the other half will inevitably gather together, and they will face the rotation defense and double-teaming of Longguo just now.

Instead of this, it is better to move Lin Dong to the strong side of the offense, and then use the space of the weak side to let Durant or any superstar challenge the defensive players of Longguo.