The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 38 Foul Crisis
It has been three months since Li Pu practiced shooting with Durant, but seriously, the number of real shooting training Li Pu conducted is too little.

Most of the time, Li Pu is doing strength training and defensive training, not to mention that strength training will also affect shooting training.

Li Pu has been in contact with formal training for three months. Although he is still in a bamboo pole figure, his muscle growth has never stopped.

His weight has also increased from 104kg to 108kg. Although it only increased by 4kg, it is all muscle!
Therefore, Li Pu's shooting is still at the level of relying on the sky, and it cannot be used as a conventional weapon at all.

"boom!"

Sure enough, he missed the first free throw.

"call……"

After high-fiving and slapping his butt with his teammates, Li Pu returned to the free throw line, took a deep breath, and then wiped the sweat off his hands on his clothes.

The referee served the ball, Li Pu received the ball, the audience behind the backboard booed everywhere, waved the balloon stick back and forth, and his eyes were suddenly blank.

Li Pu adjusted his breathing, recalled the movements he had practiced before, spun the basketball in his hand, and then slapped it on the ground twice.

This kind of swing before free throws was taught by Durant.

Durant told him: Every player needs such a pre-free throw action when he makes a free throw.

On the one hand, doing so can adjust one's physical condition and mental state. After all, players have frequent physical contact on the court, and the confrontation is very fierce. Most of the free throws are fouled, so it takes time to adjust.

On the other hand, this period of adjustment is when the players are preparing for their actions. Players will set actions according to their own preferences. On the other hand, these actions will also become the exclusive labels of the players.

Li Pu's preparatory action is very simple. After two shots, he directly collects the ball and shoots.

This time, when Li Pu made a shot, the shape and feel of his hands were excellent.

This ball can be scored!

"Shh!"

Sure enough, in the next second, the basketball got into the basket, and the basket was already in a mess at this time.

Especially Westbrook, who is the shortest, can jump extremely high!

How much do you distrust my free throws?

How good is your free throw? Don't you have any AC numbers in mind?

Seeing Li Pu staring at him, Westbrook immediately replied with his eyes.

At the same time as Li Pu made a free throw, Dayao had been put on the field again.

As soon as the two came back, Li Pu started a hand-to-hand fight with Dayao.

However, unlike the first quarter, Li Pu defended Yao again in this quarter, no longer foolishly confronting Yao head-to-head, but learned from Kostic and moved around to defend Yao.

"What? Are you admitting defeat?" Seeing Li Pu's actions, Dayao joked.

"That's right, brother Fang Yao, I'm the only one, it's too disrespectful to Brother Yao!"

Li Pu's defensive quality and area are far from what Kostic can compare. When he blocked Yao in front of him, he opened his hands, and the Rockets' guards couldn't see Yao at all.

In this way, if you want Yao to play low singles, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

If you can't get the ball, no matter how good you are, what good is it?

However, Dayao is not the only one who can score in the Rockets team at this time!
Among the crowd, a thin figure squeezed out from the crowd, it was the Rockets' shooting guard Kevin Martin.

After Martin got rid of Harden's defense, after receiving Scola's pass, he immediately turned around and shot a three-pointer.

His shooting posture is very strange. Obviously, the shooting hand shape does not seem to be a big problem, but when he shoots, he often likes to lean his body instead of facing the basket.

By the time Harden pounced, it was too late and the ball was hollowed into the net.

After one round, it was Martin again, who made a fake shot and made a real shot. After deceiving Harden, he broke into the penalty area and caused Li Pu's foul.

I have to say that although Martin has many problems, his scoring ability is indeed outstanding, especially running off the ball and drawing fouls, which are his best weapons.

However, when it comes to drawing fouls, there is no one in the Thunder who can't beat him.

Just as Martin made two free throws here, Harden successfully caused Dayao's foul there.

Among other things, in terms of free throws, Harden is a man who gets up at four in the morning to memorize the rules. How can he lose to a mere Martin?
In fact, in a certain respect, Martin is somewhat similar to Harden at this time. They are both strong offensive players and weak defensive players. It is no wonder that Detonator later replaced Harden with Martin.

It's just that Presti obviously underestimated Harden's growth potential.

Then it was the Rockets' turn to attack again.

I thought the Rockets would use Martin as an offensive point this time, after all, he was in good shape at this time.

However, Dayao suddenly stepped up and set up a pick-and-roll for Brooks.

Seeing Dayao's actions, Li Pu naturally hurried to follow.

Thanks to Westbrook's sharp eyesight and quick hands this time, he squeezed past Yao's pick-and-roll in advance and did not cause a change of defense, but Brooks passed the ball to Yao.

Dayao faced Li Pu again.

Although Dayao received the ball this time, Li Pu did not have the slightest fear, instead he was full of fighting spirit.

Collison is right, since the coach is not afraid of making mistakes, why should he worry about it?

Just let it go!

Dayao raised the ball high above his head, and Li Pu clung to Dayao, not giving him any space to shoot.

The position of the two at this time is near the free throw line, which is within Dayao's shooting range.

Seeing that Li Pu was so tight, Dayao gave up the option of shooting after a simple test.

Instead, he turned around, turned his back to Li Pu and began to do the sitting meditation.

Dayao is a very smart player. He is very aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and he is also good at grasping the opponent's weaknesses.

Although it was his first time playing with Li Pu, he already knew how to deal with Li Pu.

once, twice...

After just two back hits, Dayao joined the ball.

On the one hand, he is already in a good position. One step inside the free throw line, whether it is a shot, a layup or a hook, is not a problem for Dayao;
On the other hand, if he doesn't join the ball, the pincer attack is coming.

For a long time, when Dayao played back, most of his dribbles in the interior were twice.

It's not that Dayao didn't want to dribble more, but that the opponent didn't give him a chance!
Dayao first made a step-back shot, which really tricked Li Pu and Collison who was assisting in the defense. Immediately afterwards, the pivot foot did not move, and his left foot stepped forward. He was about to make a layup.

Obviously, Dayao had never seen Collison and Li Pu's duel, so he didn't know how exaggerated Li Pu's bullet speed was.

At the same time as Dayao shot, Li Pu had already completed the jump again, and slapped the basketball that was close at hand.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced back, making a muffled sound, and Li Pu chased him and took Yao!

But just when Li Pu grabbed the rebound, "Didi!" The referee's whistle sounded.

"Blue No. 88 thug foul!"

"What? Where did I make a foul?"

Li Pu suddenly became ill, this was a misjudgment!I didn't touch Dayao's hand at all!

For a long time, Li Pu had heard about the treatment of rookie players in front of NBA referees, but he hadn't encountered it much before, after all, he hadn't played a few games.

But when I meet him tonight, I still feel extremely aggrieved.

Just when Li Pu was about to further entangle with the referee, Brooks made a substitution off the court.

"Why do you want to replace me? Isn't it okay to make mistakes?"

"What are you thinking about? You have committed four crimes, why did you stay on the field?" Collison looked at Li Pu with a serious face, and couldn't help joking.

"Huh? I have committed four crimes?"

(End of this chapter)