NBA basketball rhythm monster

Discussions about Li Luo have recently become the focus of major sports magazines.

In the past, Li Luo played very well in several battles. Whether it was the high-scoring battle with Wade in his first game or the head-on crushing of LeBron, Li Luo showed his unique ability among the rookies in the same class.

This caused a flood of reports praising Li Luo at the beginning of the season. Reputations such as "Big Dream II" and "Little Bird" were added to Li Luo's head.

But the good news didn't last long. Due to the negative reports of Lee Luo's fight and suspension and the recent two-game losing streak in Texas, the media's attention suddenly dropped.

Under this trend, the media who said that Li Luo had hit the "rookie wall" were quite polite. There were even very few media that objectively analyzed Li Luo's poor performance in these two consecutive losses. Most of the media's statements were even a little slanderous.

Attack the color.

Bill Simmons, who has never dealt with Chinese players, was as happy as Christmas. Just like he did against Dayao in 2002, he thought that Li Luo floating on the outside was as soft as cooked spaghetti.

The true nature of the data brush was vividly demonstrated in these two games.

What? You said that Luo Li played very well against the Rockets? He even got a triple-double?

Invisible, invisible, invisible at all.

Don't ask, asking is just a data brush.

Before this game against the Spurs, the black man had publicly stated in the media many times:

"Facing FMVP Duncan, if this rookie from China can score 15 points, I will eat the game ball on the spot."

With such a gimmick, the attention of this game has been raised to a new level. TNT and ESPN even temporarily adjusted the game broadcast arrangements and started live broadcast of the Spurs vs. Celtics across the United States.

Naturally, Li Luo didn't know about the news from the outside world. He usually read the print media... that is, newspapers during breakfast time in the morning and then stopped paying attention to these disturbances from the outside world and concentrated on training.

But Pierce and the others know that when you face the world's abuse and have nowhere to reply, using the ball on the basketball court to speak naturally becomes the best way to fight back.

It's only 15 points. Several players have already discussed this game. With Pierce as the leader, they will do their best to help Li Luo win this war.

If he is not strong enough and cannot beat the Spurs based on his strength, then he will have to let Li Luo play two more. With the good data, captain Pierce is already ready to take the blame at the press conference.

It is against this background that the game begins.

In the first round of the Spurs' attack, Li Luo felt how scary his opponent was.

Duncan's basic skills are simply too solid.

It can be seen just from the blocking of the two people in the penalty area.

The Spurs' Tony Parker slowly controls the ball and advances to the frontcourt. This season, Tony Parker has begun to take on the style of a "little sports car". Although the trick of spinning tops for layups in later generations has not yet been fully developed, this season

The data of 14.73.25.5 is good enough for the Spurs. Among them, he ranks second in scoring and first in assists. Naturally, he has received a lot of "love" from Popovich.

And while Parker was dribbling, what did Duncan do?

He first found Li Luo and made a wave of physical contact. This is quite routine. If a good inside player wants to judge the status of his opponent in a short period of time, testing his strength is usually a good way.

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Not just muscle strength, its lateral movement and pace are one of the criteria for judging status.

And Li Luo performed very well in this wave. When Duncan tried to get rid of Li Luo and stepped forward to catch the ball, Li Luo responded effectively. He followed Duncan's movements and stood up to prevent him from catching the ball.

The ball is in a defensive position.

There was no change in expression on Duncan's face when he was stuck. In fact, it would be difficult for Duncan, who has a background in psychology, to cause any psychological fluctuations in him.

The equally great No. 21 Garnett once took the trouble to talk trash to Duncan in a game, but the experienced Duncan did not accept this trick at all. He used the trick of showing off his words when facing Garnett.

The bombing just said the classic sentence expressionlessly:

"Nice try··········" means, you can understand it as:

"Ah, yes, yes."

After talking for a long time and getting no response, Garnett felt bored and would never talk trash to Duncan again.

The talkative Garnett can talk about autism, and the expressionless Duncan really corresponds to his title i..."Stone Buddha"!

After trying to exert force tentatively, they landed on the position, and the two began to officially enter the position battle.

Li Luo was on the defensive side, so he was naturally at a disadvantage by blocking someone else's position and preventing him from catching the ball. So Li Luo adopted a proactive tactic.

He stuck one foot between Duncan's legs, but didn't put it in too much. This could effectively prevent Duncan from turning around and hitting him after catching the ball. At the same time, his hands were not idle, and he even pinched and pinched him.

Say hello directly to Duncan's waist.

As the saying goes, it takes ten years to learn well, and it takes ten years to learn bad things. Li Luo, who had only played a few games, had already mastered these little tricks early on.

As for the tuition fees, the green and red bruises on his waist were enough to show that Li Luo had suffered a lot.

However, Li Luo is not messing around. First of all, his actions are quite hidden, for fear of arousing the referee's resentment. This kind of illegal defensive action is completely unworkable in the small ball era. The rules are too mild, and rough defense can even easily cause conflicts.

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But now? It can be said that referees are used to these actions. It seems that no one has done something dirty on their hands. If they are all whistled, you will not let people play.

The second point is that Li Luo did not develop this kind of little tricks during confrontations for the dirty aspects of useless people. These players can understand that enough is enough for confrontation.

Look at Duncan on the court, he didn't feel any discomfort at all when Luo Li massaged his waist.

After all, Duncan's team, which had stronger overall ability, won the blocking battle. During the power confrontation, Li Luo was squeezed out of an open position by Duncan, so the Duncan Alliance squeezed in, and finally blocked Li Luo.

Duncan spread his arms to expand the control area and stuck Li Luo behind him to prevent Li Luo from going around to defend again.

Parker's pass came immediately, and Duncan finally caught the ball two steps inside the 45-degree three-point line.

Here it comes! Li Luo was shocked. The scene of confronting a giant like Duncan that he had seen in his dream finally came.

After receiving the ball, Duncan turned from his back to face the frame. Li Luo quickly followed and took a small step closer. Li Luo's footsteps were a little better than Duncan who suffered a serious injury in 2000, and he was not afraid of Duncan breaking through him.

Duncan's performance was far from as exciting as Li Luo expected. He turned around and raised the ball high to prevent Li Luo from cutting the ball. Then he moved his arm in a circle and made a sweeping motion.

When his hands were making movements, his feet were also cooperating to confuse Li Luo.

The ball swept low from below, and his left foot also tried to the left.

"Want to attack me?" Upon seeing this, Li Luo immediately did not dare to step forward to force Duncan, and lowered his focus to prepare to defend quickly.

But Duncan retracted his left foot at this time, raised his arms high again, and completed an ordinary jump shot in front of Li Luo.

"Oops!" When Luo Li tried to defend Duncan's shot with a heavy heart, it was already too late. He could only try his best to make an interference move, but Duncan's shot was not slow.

Moreover, these goals were not aimed at the basket, but at the backboard.

Once Duncan's iconic rebound shot is taken, it is difficult to block it. The arc of this kind of ball is much higher than that of ordinary shots.

"Bump, swish!" The basketball went into the frame smoothly and the two points were obtained.

Carefully replaying this shot, Duncan didn't even leave the spot from the moment he caught the ball to the shot. He used a few realistic fake moves to nail Luo Li to the floor.

After completing all the preparations, Duncan was like an old man on the park court. He tiptoed without jumping and easily threw the basketball in.

Do you think the whole process is difficult? It's not difficult. Players with a little bit of basketball basics can do it. To outsiders, the picture presented by this ball is that Duncan is making a fake move. I don't know if he deceived Li.

Luo then pulled up and took a shot. Hey, the ball really went in.

But what they don't know is that only Duncan can do the same action so well, what distance should be kept from the opponent, and what fake moves should be used to be effective. Every move and look have become Duncan's weapons. Take a closer look.

Looking back, Duncan didn't make even one invalid move in this offense.

There are many details that need to be mastered behind an ordinary shot.

And Duncan is undoubtedly worthy of his other nickname:

"Great Basic Skills".

After Li Luo met Duncan, he understood why Mr. Auerbach would rather fail than choose Duncan. The ball was handled so expertly, and everything was so natural and solid that people couldn't help but wonder if Old Deng was the boss.

I have been playing ball since my mother's womb.

"What you need is to grow against such an opponent." Li Luo said secretly in his heart.

At this time, it was the Celtics' turn to attack. Coach O'Brien, who was directing from the sidelines, stretched out his hand, made a 3 sign, and shouted to the team.

"Huh? What?"

Li Luo was slightly startled when he saw the coach's gesture. This tactic was a finishing tactic specially designed for him and had never been used in previous games.

Why is it being implemented now in the first quarter?

After receiving the coach's instructions, everyone did not dare to neglect and ran to their feet one after another.

Li Luo also made a screen in the penalty area. He abruptly made a blocking movement in the penalty area. Pierce threw Bruce Bowen, who was guarding him, far away and prepared to catch the ball.

In desperation, Duncan, who was closest to him, had to switch defense and follow Pierce to the free throw line.

At this time, the person guarding Li Luo became Bruce Bowen. Now Li Luo was not polite to him, he was directly stuck in the penalty area.

In this position, Bowen can basically no longer prevent Li Luo from catching the ball. During these years in the NBA, Li Luo has gained a full five kilograms. It is estimated that his strength has also increased a lot.

Li Luo, who blocked the opponent, quickly received a pass from Atkins. Li Luo immediately turned his back and blocked Bowen behind him, and got ready for a dunk.

"Bang!" A pair of big hands covered the ball held high by Li Luo. Duncan's big hands were just a stone's throw away from the basket, blocking the path like a natural chasm.

Duncan blocked a shot by Lee Luobei and missed a goal. However, a blessing in disguise was that Pierce, who was far away near the three-point line, was unguarded and the ball hit his hand. Then Pierce took a step back and made a slight adjustment.

Next, he scored a three-pointer.

Duncan, who had just blocked Li Luo's dunk, finally frowned, as if this was all he wanted to complain about bad luck.

He clapped his hands to express regret and slowly ran back to the frontcourt.

He didn’t even look at Li Luo during the whole process!

"Very good, the next ball, I must guard against the next ball." Li Luo gave himself a death order.

Sure enough, the Spurs, who still focus on fighting for the inside, still lobbed the ball inside in their second attack.

This time, Li Luo began to take the initiative. Facing Duncan in the frame, Li Luo pressed him even tighter. The most prominent performance was that Duncan often exposed his arms when sweeping the ball, which was huge.

The elbow can effectively make it difficult for those who are trying to get the ball. And this action is a typical reasonable action. According to the rules, most referees will not call your actions in the cylinder.

But Li Luo, who was opposite him, acted as if he didn't know what was going on, and stayed close to him. Even when Duncan's elbow had hit Li Luo's cheekbone, he didn't even move back at all.

As a last resort, Duncan, who was afraid of losing the ball, had to switch from facing the frame to backing up. He began to use his physical advantage to beat Li Luo from a sitting position.

Here we need to clarify a concept for readers. The so-called back spanking is actually divided into two types, namely, one is back spanking and the other is sitting spank.

What is the difference between the two?

Back hitting means using your back to sense the opponent's position. You must use flexible and changeable footsteps to be effective. Usually when completing this action, the player's center of gravity is relatively high. They use their back to lean on the opponent and then turn forward to pick the ball inside.

Basketball or turnaround jump shot.

The sitting shot is mostly the patent of heavy centers. They almost sink and use their butt to lift the opponent, and then exert force. The typical representative is Yao Yao's classic goal. Really... sitting shot.

The typical representative is Towns. People often ridicule Towns for his inability to post up (Junior brother, try harder, don't embarrass the University of Kentucky). He just doesn't have strong lower body strength to focus on the lower body, so he has no choice but to post up like a defender.

Resolve the battle.

And now, Li Luo was enjoying Duncan's abdominal massage.

When Duncan lowered his body, Li Luo realized why those jumping men who were good at jumping couldn't guard Duncan at all.

With every step Duncan took, Li Luo felt that some of the air in his lungs was being squeezed out. The collision of flesh made a bang sound appear on the field. As soon as Duncan bumped into Li Luo, he took a step back.

At this time, thanks to the talented inside support, Li Luo did not lose his position in such a difficult situation. He was still in an effective defensive position.

Duncan was also a little surprised. Blount's double-team had already arrived and he had to take action immediately. Duncan took a step forward with Li Luo on his back and used a small hook under the basket.

"Don't even think about entering!" Li Luo jumped up with all his strength, and bursts of pain suddenly came from his chest. The previous confrontation was so fierce that both sides' movements were a little deformed. But Li Luo still jumped up.

Duncan didn't expect that Luo Li could jump up and down at this time. But the ball had already been released. Luo Li jumped high and his hand got closer and closer to the basketball.

Finally, when Li Luo jumped to the highest point, the longest middle finger in his hand scratched the basketball that had been released.

This suddenly changed the trajectory of the basketball and softly formed a backboard.

Blount successfully grabbed it, and now the offense and defense are exchanged in this round.

Duncan returned to his expressionless state at this time, looked at his palms and then at Luo Li:

Said mechanically: "Hmm...nice try".