NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

The Grizzlies sent Adams and Wembanyama to jump balls, but apparently it didn't work out too well. Wembanyama won possession with ease.

Since Wembanyama joined the team, the Spurs don't seem to have lost their jump shots.

Chang Tiancheng held the ball, and when he looked up, he found that it was not Derrick Rose, who was supposed to be opposite him, who came to defend him, but Smart, who had just been traded by the Celtics this season.

It seems that the Grizzlies also had a study before the game, and they sent their best outside defenders to defend the Spurs' offensive core Chang Tiancheng, and let Rose defend Sochan, who has little to no heads-up role on the offensive end, and Bane to defend Keldon, who is about his size.

In this way, even if the Spurs want to use Sochan's height difference to beat Rose, according to Sochan's current ball-holding ability, he is likely to be pressed down by Jaren Jackson Jr.'s defense on the inside.

Chang Tiancheng naturally saw this, so he didn't rush to give the ball to Sochan, but called Wembanyama to block and dismantle for himself.

According to Chang Tiancheng's idea, the Grizzlies will definitely not let Smart, who has a huge height difference, switch to Wembanyama, and let Jaren Jackson Jr. defend themselves.

The Grizzlies will definitely choose to let Smart force the pick-and-roll, while Jaren Jackson Jr. will only follow Wembanyama to the line and will not make any further changes.

Although Jaren Jackson Jr. is the best defensive player, his physique is a little lacking against Benyama above.

Jaren Jackson Jr.'s defense is actually strong in helping to defend, but in Chang Tiancheng's view, the threat that the opponent can bring to Wembanyama is actually not as good as Giannis.

Since Wembanyama can find a way to deal with it when facing Giannis, it is natural that he will not be afraid of Jaren Jackson Jr.

Chang Tiancheng has already made a good calculation in his heart, as long as the opponent does not choose to change the defense, then he will give the ball to Wembanyama and let Wembanyama hold the ball against Jaren Jackson Jr.

But after Chang Tiancheng bypassed Wembanyama's cover, he found that things did not develop the way he thought.

The moment the two DPOY-level players encountered the pick-and-roll, they just exchanged glances a little and knew what to do next.

Seeing that, Jaren Jackson Jr. directly chose to switch defenses with Smart and came to Chang Tiancheng.

This choice shocked Chang Tiancheng, he didn't expect that the Grizzlies would really choose Smart to defend Wembanyama alone, in Chang Tiancheng's eyes, this is really crazy!

With the mentality of wanting to test the opponent's defensive quality, Chang Tiancheng still gave the ball to Wembanyama, he wanted to see what kind of way Smart would use to deal with Wembanyama?

The moment Wembanyama received the ball, he felt a sore sensation in his calf, and when he looked down, it turned out that Smart was pushing his knee against his calf.

This trick can be said to be very old-fashioned, after all, although this action does not theoretically constitute a foul, it will also hurt the body of the defender to a certain extent.

Smart is actually a particular person, not unscrupulous for victory like Giannis, and his purpose in doing so is just to give Wembanyama a warning: If you want to eat me easily, there is no way! Wembanyama

felt Smart's temperament, and wanted to respond to him by attacking. But I didn't expect Wembanyama to push his back twice, but he didn't push Smart.

Smart put the lower handicap very low, and in this defensive state, it is difficult for even James's level to use his back to force Smart, let alone Wembanyama's thin body.

Of course, the 18-year-old James actually won more than once in the interior to eat Smart. But that was many years ago, and now James is getting older and Smart is stronger than he was then.

Today's James, in the playoffs last season, when facing Grizzlies player Dillon Brooks, James was even limited to the point that it was difficult to break through, and his three-point shooting rate in that round was not high, and finally relied on off-ball offense to maintain an average of more than 20+ points per game in that round of the series.

Wembanyama saw that he couldn't eat it in the low post, so he had to choose another way, which was to shoot directly at Smart's defense.

Smart is naturally unable to defend this kind of shot, but Wembanyama's hand today is relatively average, and this shot was not able to be shot.

But Drummond stood up at this time, only to see that when he was stuck with "Aquaman" Adams, he suddenly withdrew, making Adams lose his balance, and then jumped hard to grab the frontcourt rebound.

Drummond, who hadn't played for a long time, looked very excited in today's heavyweight match, and after grabbing the rebound in the frontcourt, he didn't plan to pass the ball out again, but directly completed a two-handed dunk on the spot.

2:0, the Spurs scored two points with a very ornamental defense at the beginning.

In the offensive round of the Grizzlies, Chang Tiancheng looked at Derrick Rose who was holding the ball in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

As the youngest MVP in NBA history, he may not even have reached his prime, and gradually became an ordinary player under a series of injuries.

In fact, in his early years in Chicago, even in his MVP season, his ability to handle the ball was not top-notch.

Although he deserved to be the MVP, it was more due to the fact that other players who played at the same MVP level that season had their own problems.

And that season Rose had the No. 1 record in the league with the Bulls, and there was certainly nothing wrong with giving him the MVP as the best player on the best team.

Rose's ability to handle the ball is actually much better than when he was younger, I saw him holding the ball, slowly observing the situation on the field, and at the same time stretching out a hand and constantly directing his teammates' runs.

In the end, it was Smart who got a chance to make a shot in the bottom corner with Jaren Jackson Jr.'s cover, and Rose saw this, and immediately got to the ball and passed it to Smart's hands.

After Smart received the ball, he decisively shot a three-pointer, but he didn't expect a shadow to suddenly appear in front of him. Jaren Jackson Jr

. originally thought that a slight block of Wembanyama would be enough for Smart to complete the shot, but he underestimated Wembanyama's defensive ability.

Wembanyama flew the basketball straight out of the air to the outside of the court!