Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

"Pull open."

Rose stood at the top of the arc and waved to his teammates to create space for him.

Of course, if the Bulls want to open up space, they mainly need to let Hamilton run to the corner. Brewer on the striker has a decent shooting ability. His half-brother Boozer has mid-range shooting ability. Noah's scoring mainly relies on the basket.

Eat some cake.

So the Pacers' Granger and Hibbert also stood under the basket.

"I don't know if Qi can do it?"

With Collison standing in the corner, Hamilton was a little anxious. The most obvious defensive weakness in the lineup now is Qi Tian, ​​and he is facing the Bulls' strongest point, Rose. I'm afraid it will be a disaster.

Granger and Hibbert had the same idea. They had already been prepared for Rose to break through and go up to cover the defense themselves.

Although there are already three and a half people standing under the basket, for Rose, breaking through and scoring is like searching for something.

The first step in attacking is to break through the rookie in front of you.

Ross looked at Qi Tian in front of him, and then suddenly thought:

If you get past him in one step, how can you let the rookie know how different the world is?

He had an idea in his mind and dribbled the ball slowly, his body feinting from side to side according to the rhythm.

"Ross, get over him!"

The Bulls fans on the sidelines saw Rose getting up and immediately cheered him on.

"Give that Asian a look!"

Other Bulls fans also started to boo.

"One step past him, or you can dunk him!"

"Let him eat the exhaust directly!"

Qi Tian also looked solemn.

Although he is now certain that it will not be difficult to convert his rookie contract into a regular contract, he is still just an ordinary rotation player. Facing the league's top Rose, there is still a bit of pressure.

"Just try your best."

Qitian comforted himself, but he couldn't help but feel a little desire to win in his heart:

Is the gap between him and me really that big? I can't see it.

Assistant coach Brian Shaw on the sidelines has already prepared himself mentally:

"After all, he is a newcomer, so it is normal for him to be unable to guard against Rose. Let's wait until the next round to see if he has a chance to take action."

"A breakthrough is coming!"

Just as Qi Tian's thoughts were racing, he noticed that Rose's dribbling speed in front of him gradually increased, and his body swing became larger.

The simplest way to defend against the opponent's change of direction is to gamble, or guess. If you guess the direction of the opponent's breakthrough, you can complete a successful defense. At worst, you can also follow the opponent's breakthrough.

Of course, experience and physical fitness can greatly aid a defensive player's gamble.

Ross saw that the center of gravity of the person in front of him was not following his movements but was swaying a little, and his mentality became more formal:

It seems that this rookie also knows how to keep his center of gravity still and is a good defender.

"It's just that no matter how good your defense is, it's of no use to me."

Rose whispered trash talk, suddenly dribbled the ball and broke through to the right.

"right!"

Qi Tian saw his opponent making a move, and the breakthrough direction was still in the direction of Rose's dominant hand, so he immediately took a step to his left.

"I'm waiting for you!"

Rose smacked the bouncing ball hard like lightning. The ball immediately changed its course and went to the left, and Rose's body also moved quickly to the left.

"Changed direction!"

Qi Tian slowed down a beat and immediately stepped out with his right leg, preparing to move sideways to defend.

"Now!"

Rose saw that Qi Tian had indeed been fooled, and tapped the basketball with his left hand. The basketball immediately returned to his right side from Rose's back, and Rose's body moved sideways again.

His breakthrough direction is still on the right!

"See if I don't stun you this time?"

Even though Rose was fully prepared, the two consecutive changes of direction still put a little pressure on his knees, but it was all worth it.

"The defense that was knocked down was enough to teach this young man a profound lesson, right?"

Rose was about to continue to break through to the right, but suddenly found that someone was still defending in front of him.

"Damn it, are the Pacers' defense so quick?"

Rose had no way to break through, so he took a sneak peek at the basket and prepared to pass the ball to an open teammate.

When he took a look, he realized something was wrong.

Noah Abzell was competing with Hibbert Granger, and there were exactly four people under the basket.

"this……"

Before Rose could turn the corner, the defender in front of him had already taken advantage of his daze and reached out to try to steal the ball.

"It's a beautiful thought."

After all, Rose is a top point guard. If he is intercepted while dribbling, he will lose a lot of face. He dribbles backwards and distances himself from the person in front of him. Only then does he realize that the defender is still the one wearing No. 7.

Rookie.

"What's going on? I kept changing directions without getting rid of him?"

Ross didn't expect that his carefully prepared newcomer surprise would come to nothing, and he was a little confused.

Only Stephenson off the court and George, who was guarding Brewer, looked a little weird.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Stephenson lowered his head and laughed secretly.

"It turns out that everyone has the same idea of ​​educating new people?!"

George murmured to himself, straightening his chest,

"It seems that the fact that Qi was able to defend her is also due to my contribution."

It turns out that during training, in order to educate Qi Tian, ​​George and Stephenson often used to change directions multiple times in a duel with him in an attempt to make Qi Tian fall. This also made Qi Tian prevent his opponent from breaking through.

At the time, he was very careful about the second change of direction and was able to guard against Ross.

"Tsk."

After an attack failed, Rose saw that there was not much time left to attack, so he broke through and made a jump shot.

Qi Tian jumped up and failed to block the shot. After falling down, he turned around and got into position, preparing to fight for the rebound.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop, and several people scrambled under the basket.

George rushed in, grabbed the rebound, turned around and prepared to attack.

Collison got the basketball and was not in a hurry. Instead, he stood at the top of the arc and prepared to fight from the ground.

George and Qi Tian on the outside began to move, and Granger also came to the high post under the basket to prepare for a pick-and-roll attack.

Collison broke through and passed the ball back to Granger in the high post. Granger received the ball and made a jump shot.

"clang!"

Under Boozer's interference, Granger missed the jumper and the rebound was collected by Noah.

"The defensive intensity has increased."

Granger, who moved to power forward, was still a little uncomfortable with Boozer's defense. Fortunately, Boozer was able to make a jump shot when faced with Granger's defense, which was nimble and flexible.

Qi Tian rushed in, grabbed the rebound, turned around and dribbled to attack.

Everyone on the Bulls outside saw that he was not passing the ball easily, so they retreated to defend.

Collison ran over from the outside, received the pass, and Qi Tian quickly ran towards the bottom corner.

"Both sides played very cautiously."

Seeing that the offensive rhythm of the two teams slowed down, the fans on the sidelines immediately knew that this was a critical moment in the game, and both sides were looking for a high-percentage offense.

Once either side cannot match the opponent's offense and defense, it is not impossible for the score gap to be widened.