NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Chang Tiancheng knows that it is very difficult for him to break through Smart's defense through his personal ability, and this is also a great drain on his physical strength, which is definitely not a good way.

If you really want to get out of the Grizzlies' defensive rhythm, the easiest way is to push the fast break.

Many people have actually fallen into a simple misunderstanding, that is, they think that a long-distance run such as fast attack is more labor-saving than grinding positional warfare little by little, but in fact, it is not.

The prime example of this is the comparison between James and Doncic last season.

Doncic, as probably the strongest ball-handling core in the NBA, frequently played super luxurious statistics in the first half of last season, and his high-end statistics even approached Jokic, and once became the only person who seemed to be able to threaten Jokic's MVP at the time.

However, Doncic is actually very different from the traditional ball-handling cores such as Nash and Harden before him.

These two predecessors with the ball core have both won the MVP by relying on the system of the ball with the big core, and it should be said that their success is absolutely of reference value.

On the offensive end, both of these two prefer to push for fast breaks. Whether it is a direct attack on the basket after blocking and dismantling, or a three-point shot when counterattacking, it is an extremely efficient way to score. What's more, this way of scoring actually has very little physical exertion on the ball-holding core itself.

But that's not the case with Doncic, who played horrible offensive efficiency last season, but more often than not, he likes to grind for positional battles.

Admittedly, his kaleidoscopic attacking ability can give him an advantage in positional battles, and as a two-metre tall defender, he can eat almost any opponent one-on-one.

However, the hidden danger of this is that positional warfare, which constantly kills and injures the opponent through physical collision, is actually extremely physically demanding.

Doncic may be able to attack his opponent in this way throughout the game, but it's hard to maintain that kind of offensive efficiency throughout the season.

Even many times, in the second half of the game, you can clearly feel that Doncic's physical decline has been very great.

And the excessive consumption of physical energy on the offensive end also led to the further collapse of Doncic, who was not good at defense, on the defensive end.

In fact, the Mavericks' exchange for Irving last season is not a bad deal, and their purpose is also clear, that is, to help Doncic find a reliable second-in-command.

That's the right idea, but the problem is that the deal directly destroys the Mavericks' already poor defensive system. This made the Mavericks' record plummet.

As a veteran who is nearly 40 years old, the fundamental reason why James was able to maintain a high offensive efficiency last season was because he would choose to play a lot of fast offense on the offensive end, rather than playing positional battles with opponents.

Time has taken away his inexhaustible stamina for a game, as well as his ability to break through one-on-one to destroy any defender.

Since he knew that his physical fitness had declined seriously compared to his peak, he still chose to carry out a large-scale fast break in the game, which is actually enough to show that fast break is a more relaxed way to score than positional battles.

After Chang Tiancheng figured this out, he first gave the ball to Keldon, and then ran to the other and made a cross run with Sochan.

Doing so is equivalent to giving the Grizzlies a multiple-choice question, do you want

to change the defense, or don't change the defense? The Grizzlies were afraid of Chang Tiancheng's three-point shooting ability, so they didn't dare to give him too much time to complete the catch-and-shoot shot, so they were forced to choose to change the defense, letting Rose defend Chang Tiancheng, and Smart turned to defend Sochan.

In this way, Chang Tian's achievement is equivalent to throwing off Smart's defense and winning himself a chance to go one-on-one with Rose.

When Kelden found out, he immediately passed the ball back to Chang Tiancheng.

Rose looked at Chang Tiancheng in front of him, and knew in his heart that he couldn't limit Chang Tiancheng with his current defensive ability, so while staring at Chang Tiancheng, he would turn back and exchange glances with Jaren Jackson Jr. from time to time, signaling him to pay attention to Chang Tiancheng's breakthrough.

Jaren Jackson Jr. nodded, but there was actually something in his heart that didn't want to help defend Chang Tiancheng.

After all, they have just been perfectly coordinated by Chang Tiancheng and Wembanyama, and as long as they help defend Chang Tiancheng, they will inevitably give Wembanyama behind them a chance to make a move.

But Jaren Jackson Jr. didn't have time to think too much, Chang Tiancheng had already broken through his defense at this time and killed straight towards the basket.

Jaren Jackson Jr. had no choice but to take a gamble.

This time, he did not go too far away from Wembanyama, but symbolically stretched out his hand and jumped lightly, hoping to interfere with Chang Tiancheng.

But Chang Tiancheng saw that you didn't even come out of the three-second zone, so he was naturally not afraid, and went directly to hit the free throw line and hit a throw.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Rose did not rush to pass the ball out after half court this time, but slowed down a little, waited for Jaren Jackson Jr. behind him to catch up, and then made a pick-and-roll with him and broke through to the Spurs' basket.

Wembanyama chose to stay close behind Rose, and he was now keen to stop a shot from Rose to prove that he could defend against him.

After Rose came to the basket and confirmed that Wembanyama was following him, he turned around and passed the ball to Jaren Jackson Jr. behind him.

After holding the ball near mid-range and dribbling a step, Jaren Jackson Jr. faced Chang Tiancheng's defense and shot directly from a dry pull-up, and the basketball bounced twice on the basket before rolling into the basket.

Chang Tiancheng dribbled the ball while observing the running position of his teammates.

This time, he deliberately slowed up the advance, forcing both Sochan and Keldon to run forward at full speed.

Drummond was guilty, and as a heavy centre-forward, he struggled to run.

Adams followed behind Drummond and was not in a hurry to return to the defense, and his defender didn't think about going to the penalty area to stand up anyway, so he might as well follow him like this.

But as soon as Chang Tiancheng reached the three-point line, he looked up at the basket, as if he was about to shoot a three-point shot.

Smart, who was in charge of defending him, immediately posted it, but Chang Tiancheng just made a Buddha worship, and then directly made a large side retreat, and then jumped off with the trend.

Bane, who was defending Kelden on the side, was also attracted to Chang Tiancheng and pounced from the other side, trying to stop Chang Tiancheng from making a move.

But Chang Tiancheng didn't make a shot after the jump, but passed the ball directly to the empty Keldon!