Guard With a Knife

"Hey, Snoopy. Don't try to be a defensive influence on me like you used to be."

When Dwight Howard saw Snoopy approaching, he declared proudly, "I'm no longer who I used to be."

Snoopy smiled in disbelief, he didn't think Dwight Howard was much stronger than before, although his little hook looked quite accomplished. But it's not like I haven't made progress during this time.

He turned and walked to the free throw line.

Based on the Magic's defensive system, Dwight Howard can't expand to that distance to defend. So ... Ryan Anderson, who was acting as a power forward, had to step forward and keep up with Snoopy.

This is the shortcoming of the Magic's current tactical system. They are not afraid of teams with strong perimeters, but if they pursue a defensive strategy of one big and four small, if they encounter a power forward with rich offensive methods/various passing styles, they will basically It's going to be pretty hard...like Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, and Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers.

In addition, the Magic are also very afraid of a team with a super center. Every time he met the Rockets with Yao Ming, or the San Antonio Spurs, or even the Cleveland Cavaliers with the old Sharks, Dwight Howard seemed at a loss on the defensive end.

After Stephen Marbury took the ball beyond the three-point line, he passed the basketball to Snoopy immediately.

Ryan Anderson faced the Duke who was facing the basket, and he subconsciously took a step back. He is a tall shooter. As a white striker, his defense is not very good. With a height close to 210, he cannot put his center of gravity very low.

Although the current Duke is not a top crossover master, he is still unable to change directions like Iverson/Wade, and then use super explosive power to twist the opponent's ankle... Watching the opponent fall to the ground in embarrassment, Step easily into the box to complete the attack with an assassination. However, he can basically be regarded as one of the players with the smoothest ball handling in the league, and one of the top 20 players in the league in terms of breakthrough ability.

Faced with such a terrifying Lord Duke, Ryan Anderson was extremely nervous.

But Snoopy is surprisingly relaxed, bang bang bang!

The basketball danced back and forth under his crotch obediently and obediently, and the fancy and skillful movements caused the ladies and beauties on the sidelines to scream.

They like such a Duke.

In fact, Gary Foreman was also grinning from ear to ear.

As a management team, as a general manager who is responsible for the club's profitability, he doesn't like the ugly defense with punches to the flesh. What he likes to see is the most attractive handsome man in the league to win all the headlines with his fancy moves. The popularity of the Bulls reached a new high.

This is why he took a clear stand on the side of the Duke, and even asked Tom Thibodeau to follow Snoopy's tactical thinking. To be honest, he also said one very hurtful thing: Listen, Tom. Why not try to embrace Snoopy's style of play? In fact, you only need to do your old job, you can get the salary of the head coach and the praise, isn't that good?

Frankly, that's a little disrespectful to Thibodeau. Everyone knows that Thibodeau used to be an assistant coach, and he finally became the head coach. As a result, the current position of the team management for him is still Snoopy's assistant coach. Although Foreman insisted in the end that this was just a joke, he is indeed slowly smelling the familiar feeling returning to himself now, and what he is doing now is no different from what he used to do in Houston/Boston.

The good news is that Snoopy is a humble and sincere lad who never yells at himself like Jeff Van Gundy or bosses like Doc Rivers...except for the offense and Jokin Noah, he followed his every instruction, including arriving at the arena at 7:30 every morning for fifty shuttle runs.

"Look, look at what Snoopy did, he got the crowd cheering, poor Ryan Anderson was like a clumsy hippopotamus in front of him, oh... no, it was supposed to be a wriggling sea lion! Gosh ,

It's incredible that Snoopy played a crotch in front of him and pulled the ball back..."

Gary Foreman's voice filled Tom Thibodeau's ears with the high-pitched female screams around him. With those screaming "my-god! duke..." voices, he even suspected that he was attending a rock star's concert.

"Snoopy is so beautiful, this is not Rock Park..."

Joakim Noah's complaints hadn't all been uttered, and there was a violent roar on the court. After a closer look, James Johnson, who replaced him on the court, had already jumped off the basket.

The sound of the United Center arena reached its peak at this moment.

Everyone is chanting Duke Snoopy.

With the playback on the big screen above the head, the venue was boiling again. It turned out that after Snoopy played with Ryan Anderson recklessly, he swung him to the left with the second bow, and suddenly stepped forward. Howard subconsciously made up for it. At the same time, Snoopy had already used a behind Hitting the ground, no-look-pass the ball to James Johnson who penetrated the baseline.

James Johnson jumped up and dunked with both hands to complete this unconstrained offensive.

"I really shouldn't believe that Snoopy couldn't even dribble two years ago." Derrick Rose, who was sitting on the bench and wearing a suit, looked shocked. If the time goes back to after the ncaa finals, Rose, who was blocked by Snoopy at the time, would never believe that Snoopy will play as fancy as Jason Williams one day. And, he became his teammate.

"Hey, I'm talking about Tony. Should we raise the ticket price a bit more?" The smile on Gary Foreman's face was like a blooming rose, and he couldn't hold back anymore.

And his assistant Tony could only show shock: "Our tickets for the top floor have already been sold for almost one hundred and fifty dollars..."

For the NBA, this price is definitely at the top level. You know that this price can even get a VIP seat in the front row in Minnesota or Milwaukee. But in Chicago, they only sit in the top position, which is equivalent to hanging in the sky.

"Why not? Snoopy brings not only the basketball game, but also the atmosphere of the concert, as well as great shots like movie pictures." Gary Foreman said proudly: "You have to put all the services It's all included."

Listening to the team's general manager boasting in his ears, Tom Thibodeau felt extremely uncomfortable. Because he realized that the Bulls are about to enter the style of pursuing a gorgeous offensive, and the iron-blooded defense he built will be completely annihilated.

However…….

Puff puff!

The sound of heavy muscle impact soon came from the backcourt. Looking up, Snoopy had already firmly held Dwight Howard's pace.

Howard received the pass at the free throw line and immediately slammed into it... poof!

Snoopy completely withstood his attack at the first blow, although the impact like a bull made his steel-framed chest ache. But when Howard came over for the second time, he still slid to block.

Immediately, Howard turned and tried to get away. But today's Lord Duke is no longer the handicapped steel robot of the past. He followed up quickly, even one step faster than Howard.

Howard hit three times, only made one step forward, and completely fell into the defensive quagmire.

He could only give up the rush, stop quickly, and use his height advantage to crush Snoopy's body to force a hook. Snoopy is pinned down and unable to block his hook. But at this time Howard is also in a very unfavorable shooting position.

From a defensive point of view, it has been very successful.

At least, Tom Thibodeau has rubbed his palms vigorously, his eyes are full of excitement. No less than when Gary Foreman saw Snoopy playing tricks on Ryan Anderson before.

It's just that he was more restrained and didn't show it.

But deep down in my heart, I already said: f--k! f--k!! This is the iron blood I want, this is the no-fly zone I want!!

boom!

Unsurprisingly, Howard's stiff little hook missed the rim.

The basketball rebounded high.

Taj Gibson rushed to grab the rebound. But he was a step too late, and was forcibly snatched away by Vince Carter.

This caused Joakim Noah, known for his defensive rebounding, to yell from the sidelines: Snoopy's super defense wasted! sh-t!!

At this moment, he really wanted to be himself on the court. Because this defensive rebound was like the pizza that Snoopy fed into his mouth, but Ty Gibson didn't even bite it and fell all over the floor.

Extravagance, waste, a full man does not know a hungry man.

Fortunately, Vince Carter's layup under the basket was interfered by Snoopy, and the basketball failed to hit. Then Snoopy jumped up and overwhelmed Howard with a slight advantage of half a finger to point the basketball to Taj Gibson himself.

Immediately, the game continued.

The Duke continued to tease the Magic's Ryan Anderson with fancy dribbling skills at the free throw line, and his high center of gravity became a straw man for Snoopy to play with at will.

When the screams and cheers filled the arena, Tom Thibodeau's serious face couldn't help but smile. The more he looks at it, the more he thinks Snoopy is pleasing to the eye, because he is really fierce on the defensive end! Stronger than Kevin Garnett + Patrick Perkins! Satisfied all his fantasies about the defense of the penalty area.

swish!

Ten seconds later, Snoopy narrowed the gap to four with a small left-handed throw.

Looking back, Dwight Howard still forced a single.

Snoopy's phrase "You don't look like a superstar" is generating negative energy in his heart. He, who has always played happy basketball, no longer grinned, but gritted his teeth and fought violently.

However, his shot still missed.

Taj Gibson, however, did a disservice. He was a little too hasty. Before the basketball completely fell out of the basket, he took off the rebound early and was caught by the referee on the spot, giving the Magic two points in vain.

This made Jokinoah on the sidelines sigh, beat his chest and stamped his feet.

He kept emphasizing to the bench: "If I cooperated with Snoopy on the court, it would be impossible for Howard to throw the basketball. I would slap his shot hard to the fiftieth at the moment he just took the shot." Row audience!"

He strongly emphasized this point.

His heart also changed unconsciously, and he felt that his cooperation with Snoopy would definitely be more efficient. He thinks Ty Gibson is wasting Lord Duke's defensive talents,!!

This subtle change was not even noticed by himself.

However, Tom Thibodeau has already conceived the future defensive blueprint in his mind, and the corner of his mouth smiled unnaturally. Because he discovered how Joakim Noah perfectly obeyed Snoopy's dispatch, and their defensive combination can indeed cover from the free throw line and even the three-point line to the basket... In time, they can even form a defensive life and death that makes top strikers frightened Wire!

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