Chapter 117 The Most Difficult Player To Defend In Nba! A Battle Of Wits And Courage!
There are more ways to play and more offensive options, which is good.
Just like holding the reference answer and looking for the question.
As long as you have this workbook, you will eventually get the right answer.
Just like now,
Is it to defend against Chen Hao's running without the ball or to attack with the ball?
It's like two bottles of poison, you have to drink one.
When it comes to specific defensive rounds, when the Celtics face Chen Hao, it's a question of whether to defend against shots or his breakthroughs.
This problem not only gave Garnett a headache, but also made Pierce's head dizzy when he had just switched defense to Chen Hao.
He was afraid of Chen Hao's extraordinary breakthrough.
Because not only in the first half, the Celtics experienced Chen Hao's unstoppable breakthrough with the ball.
Before the game, he also carefully studied the game in which Chen Hao tied Chamberlain's scoring record.
This variety of tricky breakthroughs and extremely efficient finishing ability are absolutely impossible to let go.
But at the same time, he also knew,
Chen Hao's mid-range shooting ability has always been famous for his stability and accuracy.
If Chen Hao is allowed to shoot, he can kill the game.
So, this puts Pierce in a difficult position.
But just when he was in trouble,
Chen Hao made the choice for him.
In this round, Chen Hao, who started and stopped suddenly, pushed Pierce away and quickly slipped past the baseline.
A play "He Disappeared" was staged.
Joakim Noah was well prepared at the baseline and quickly made a screen without the ball. While blocking Garnett, his mountain-like figure also blocked Pierce.
road.
With his own strength, he caught two people!
And at the moment Chen Hao crossed the baseline, Watson's pass also arrived.
Catch the ball, turn around, bend your knees, pull up, push your elbows, move your wrists...
The basketball spins and flies away from the fingertips, draws a beautiful arc, and goes straight into the net.
Well...this is the decision Chen Hao made for Pierce.
Anti-breakout!
Because even if you don't guard against breakouts, you can't keep up with Chen Hao who is running without the ball!
Pierce, who was rushing slowly, watched Chen Hao's picturesque pull-up jumper, and then the basketball went into the frame.
I just wanted to scold my mother.
He has been playing in the NBA for nine years and has completed his compulsory education.
But in the past nine years, he has never seen a more difficult player than Chen Hao!
If the NBA were to select the award for the most difficult player to defend now, he would definitely vote for Chen Hao!
Can anyone really limit this kid's offense?
But Pierce would never have thought of it,
His decision
This subtle change.
It will be like an anthill, causing a crack to appear in the Celtics' dam-like defense.
It doesn’t take long,
The punishment comes.
When Pierce's focus was on preventing breakthroughs, he was afraid that Chen Hao would use breakthroughs to drive his teammates to score.
Chen Hao's off-the-ball running with full physical talent tore apart the entire defense and attracted more attention from the Celtics' entire defense.
After all, shooting does not completely open up Chen Hao's shooting, but requires more teammates to help defend and switch defenses.
But as soon as the defense is assisted and the defense is switched, something will easily happen.
People are not machines, and they are guaranteed not to make mistakes at every turn.
And once a mistake is made, not only Chen Hao fires, but other Thunder players finally come back to life.
Just like this round,
Just as Ray Allen and Rondo pounced on Chen Hao, who was running to the other side, the Celtics' defense center moved to the left.
At this time,
Durant on the other side borrowed a pick-and-roll and got a big open space in the sweet spot.
As soon as he saw this situation, Chen Hao, who was well prepared, quickly threw the ball in the direction of Durant.
Although it can't be said that the ball arrived when the ball arrived, but with a high football intelligence, this predicted pass was still very timely.
Durant caught the ball, set up his bow and shot an arrow, and finally scored a familiar goal in a familiar position.
This kind of offense makes the Celtics a little uncomfortable.
As we all know, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for just one player to stop the game.
No matter how strong your ability is or how high your shooting percentage is, there is always a limit, and it is difficult to be more efficient than the five opponents.
Especially the decline in physical strength at critical moments and the opponent's double-teaming can easily take away the game.
But if a team is activated, it's completely different.
This test for defenders is exponentially more difficult.
This is Chen Hao's intention after switching back to playing without the ball.
Not only for more powerful firepower, but also to better tear apart the defense, create opportunities for teammates, and increase the offensive efficiency of scoring.
I finally made some small gaps on the offensive end.
But this difficult journey of chasing points is not as easy as Chen Hao imagined.
The problems on the defensive end have not been alleviated much.
Although Chen Hao defended Garnett, even if half of the Celtics' offensive tactics were abolished, almost all of Garnett's high-position support failed.
However, the Celtics have more than one offensive point.
Rondo can organize and sort out the offense, and the liberated Pierce can also play singles after the tactics fail.
This is a complete test for the Thunder's weak lineup!
Durant took the initiative and wanted to use his wingspan to limit Pierce's offense.
But the skinny Durant underestimated Pierce's toughness and was able to be discharged from the hospital to play the game in a few days after being stabbed more than a dozen times.
There is no need to even change directions or rhythmic swings,
Pierce relied on his own body to forcefully carry Durant into the sweet spot from close range.
Then, he sat down in a low position and swung left and right, explaining clearly the word "floor flow" and "ceiling".
In the final layup, Durant didn't know where he flew.
This is Pierce,
Able to post up in the low post, able to break through and dunk [a great offensive talent who can shoot the winning shot.
If it is so easy to be as restrictive as Chen Hao, then his nickname should not be called "Truth".
Just when Durant seemed a little confused by Pierce's offense, he switched offense again. Pierce swayed into the inside and hit Durant with long arms and height, and dunked.
Durant is a little autistic.
Should this gap be so obvious?!
Fortunately, at this time, Nick Collison stepped forward.
"It's okay, I'll come. "!"
I saw him patting Durant on the shoulder and pushing forward resolutely.
Even though Collison has always been inconspicuous in the Thunder, his scoring average is not much higher.
But as the big brother of the Thunder, his character and style of play can only be described in one word - 'steady and responsible'.
Before Chen Hao came, he was the Dinghai Shenwang in the Thunder locker room.
Although his ability is not outstanding, he has never contributed any wonderful scenes. But he has been selected for the Dream Team 5 and Dream Team 6 consecutively. In terms of current confrontation ability, he must be better than Durant.
Sure enough, the effect after switching defenses is still good.
When the strong Collison switched to guard Pierce, Pierce didn't play as he wanted.
Even, under the interference of Collison, who is experienced and plays hard, it even caused Pierce to make an offensive error.
I saw Collison falling to the floor continuously, being pressed by Pierce, with his elbow on his head, still holding on to the ball.
At this moment, Chen Hao seemed to understand why Collison would become the first Thunder player to retire his jersey.
And this kind of fighting also greatly stimulated the other Thunder players.
Visible to the naked eye, the Thunder's defensive intensity continues to increase.
The Thunder, which has gradually adapted to the defensive intensity of the playoffs, can also return the same intensity to the Celtics.
Just by pulling his pants, pulling his jersey, pulling his arms... even the Celtics' offense was not as comfortable as before.
Two consecutive shots are the best manifestation.
Yes, as a new team, the Thunder may not be very good defensively.
But if you say you are strong but still ignorant, the whole team will follow Chen Hao on this point.
That is to say, the Celtics' two consecutive shots were inaccurate, and Chen Hao finally saw a great opportunity to chase points.
Chen Hao, who was walking along the defensive line, suddenly made a cut and ran back, straight inside.
Watson's reverse hook passed the ball to Chen Hao at the right time.
The moment he caught the ball and hugged it, Chen Hao lit up his Time Lord badge, faced Garnett who came up to defend him almost instantly, and stepped into the paint with weird steps.
It’s so long!
Seeing that Garnett was pushed away by him, with his palm still in front of his eyes, Chen Hao sighed with emotion.
It’s so hard!
Garnett only felt a huge force coming, and he lost his position and sighed.
Before the two of them could finish their emotion, Garnett immediately took action and grabbed Chen Hao with both hands.
Even if it was a foul, Chen Hao would not be able to score easily.
But Chen Hao, who had already expected it, followed his weird steps with even weirder moves.
Just before Garnett (good money, good money) made his move, he threw the ball toward the basket.
*`|Beep!”
"brush!"
Chen Hao, who accurately predicted Garnett, seized the precious opportunity to chase points. Not only did he score, he also scored a two-plus-one!
Chen Hao stood on the free throw line, smiled at Garnett, and then made the free throw.
This sincere and bright smile is extremely ironic at this moment.
But Garnett no longer had the urge to talk trash at this moment.
Because unknowingly, the originally huge 23-point difference was slowly shrinking.
This made him feel bad.
He frowned and looked at head coach Rivers on the sidelines.
But Rivers on the sidelines smiled and nodded at him, as if encouraging him to do well. If he keeps doing this, he just can't let Chen Hao score easily...
Garnett was speechless for a moment.
This battle of wits and courage was very much like a master's game of chess with frequent pairs of pieces. He no longer allowed him to slow down and think about what was wrong.
And on the other side,
The Thunder team, which tried its best, seems to have seen the light of day.
The more they fought, the stronger they became. At the end of the third quarter, the original huge 23-point difference was reduced to 11 points!
Although it is still a double-digit point difference.
But such a score difference is at least not so disappointing!