king of defenders

Chapter 456 nba is a meat grinder

Bosh played singles with the ball and leaned against Marvin Williams. Williams is only 206 cm tall. Although he has good strength, his height is a disadvantage. Of course, Bosh will not let it go with his old way. Then suddenly turned over for a jumper, Williams struggled to jump up, but still couldn't reach it.

"Shh!"

With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

The Heat took the lead, leading 2:0.

The Hornets' counterattack mainly relied on Kemba Walker's breakthrough to create opportunities, and everyone else was waiting, waiting for Walker to make a big deal, or to divide the ball after creating opportunities.

However, the Heat's defense is not a vegetarian. There are Dragic, Wade, and Luol Deng on the outside, and Bosh and Whiteside on the inside. It is not easy for the Hornets to score.

boom!
The Hornets hit the iron and Whiteside got the rebound.
In a blink of an eye, 5 minutes into the first quarter, the score became 12:7, with the Heat leading by 5 points.

"The Hornets should call a timeout." Meng Yun glanced at the timer and said, "Sure enough, the regular season is different from the preseason. In the preseason, Wade and Bosh didn't make all-out shots at all. .Now they are shooting with all their strength, and the Hornets can't handle it. Even in the preseason, the Hornets were not at full strength, but in terms of strength, we are still stronger than the Hornets."

"Yes." Joseph Young nodded.

The Hornets only have one Kemba Walker, and the other injections of Jefferson, Williams, Batum, and Hairston are actually not very strong, at least they can't compare with Wade and Bosh.

Batum played well in the Trail Blazers, but unfortunately, he seemed a little unaccustomed to the Hornets. Whether it was the preseason or today's game, his performance was very average.

The Heat have Wade and Bosh, and Dragic, who is not much inferior, even if Luol Deng and Whiteside have not scored now, it is not the Hornets who can compete with them.

beep!
Sure enough, Hornets coach Steve Clifford called a timeout.

The players came to the sidelines, Meng Yun stood up and high-fived Wade and Bosh one by one.

"Meng." Spoelstra shouted: "Wait a minute, you come on, replace Luol Deng."

"Yes." Meng Yun understood that this was an X tactic.

The other players also understood it, but they were somewhat surprised. The X tactic had only been practiced for a few days, and it wasn't mature enough. They didn't expect the coach to use it.

It seems that the coach attaches great importance to this "X tactic"!
"The opponent has suffered a loss in height in the past few minutes, and most of them will replace them later, and replace them with taller inside players. As the height increases, the speed will decrease." Coach Spoelstra spread out the tactical board, " If the speed of the opponent decreases, then we will let it go, we will play X tactics, and we must pay attention to counterattack quickly."

"Meng." He looked at Meng Yun and ordered, "Boldly shoot a three-pointer."

Meng Yun nodded.

After asking a few more questions, Spoelstra put away the tactical board, clapped his hands and said: "Go ahead, play hard, and open the point difference to double digits for me."

"Yes!"

Several people agreed in unison.

The whistle blows and the timeout ends.

Sure enough, the Hornets changed the inside line and replaced Williams with Spencer Hawes. Hawes is 216 cm tall and is a pure center forward. There will be no disadvantage in height, the control of rebounds, and the defense of the penalty area will be improved to a certain extent.

Hornets attack.

Walker quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and a figure flashed in front of him. He couldn't help but be surprised: "I let Dragic continue to guard me instead of Meng."

Originally Walker thought that Meng Yun would come back to defend him, but no, Dragic was still playing against him, and Meng Yun was playing against Batum.

Although Walker was a little regretful that he didn't match up with Meng Yun, he quickly adjusted his mood, asked for a pick-and-roll, quickly shook off Dragic, and rushed to the inside with a strong hit.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

Coach Steve Clifford nodded. This is also the benefit of switching to a tall insider, which is more conducive to grabbing offensive rebounds, and defenders can also shoot with more confidence.

Turning around, the Heat counterattacked, Dragic came to the frontcourt, took a look at the situation on the field, and passed the ball to Wade.The opponent replaced Hawes, and Jefferson became against Bosh. With Jefferson's tonnage, it is not easy for Bosh to easily single him in the low post, so there is no need to blindly play inside, outside And Wade.

Wade took the ball and stood outside the three-point line on the left, Dragic was at the top of the arc, Meng Yun was outside the three-point line on the right, Bosh moved from the left to the right in a low position, and Whiteside went to the right to go up the line , made a pick and roll for Wade.

Using the pick-and-roll, Wade accelerated, quickly broke into the inside line, and then passed the ball out to Meng Yun's hands. Meng Yun took the ball and flicked it, but Batum didn't fall for it, and just stared at Meng Yun coldly.

Looking at the situation on the court, the Hornets have quickly adjusted their defense, there is no leakage, and there is no obvious dislocation. The original defensive system is still in place.

"Sure enough." Meng Yun felt awe-inspiring.

This is the regular season, which is completely different from the preseason.

The preseason and the regular season are not at the same level at all, not only in the intensity of confrontation, but also in other aspects, such as the concentration and enthusiasm of defense, which are not the same.

Without a good chance, Meng Yun saw Bosh asking for the ball in the low post and immediately passed it.

Bosh singles, turned over and made a jumper, but this time he missed. The Hornets counterattacked immediately. Walker's speed was very fast, but the Heat's defense was also very fast. Seeing no chance to play, Walker slowed down and passed the ball to Batu Tom, and then gestured to his teammates: "Pull away, let him play singles."

Everyone pulled away.

Meng Yun faced Batum, Batum lowered his center of gravity, put the ball very low, and took a tentative step forward with his right foot, but Meng Yun was not fooled.

But at this moment, Batum suddenly picked up his speed and broke through from the right.

"It's so fast." Meng Yun quickly retreated, surprised that Batum's first step was surprisingly fast, "It seems to be much faster than in the preseason."

Indeed it is.

The preseason is the preseason and the regular season is the regular season.

Batum broke through, Meng Yun reacted quickly, retreated immediately, and got stuck in the position.

The next moment, the two of them came into contact with each other, and a strong force struck. Meng Yun made a secret move, retreated uncontrollably, and was squeezed away by Batum.

"Bang bang."

It was the first time Meng Yun had encountered such a fierce confrontation. Whether it was in the NCAA, the summer league or the preseason, he had never encountered such a level of confrontation.

Squeezing Meng Yun away, Batum hugged the ball and rushed into the inside line. Because Meng Yun blocked Whiteside, Whiteside had no way to pounce and could only watch Batum hit a hit.

"Huh." Meng Yun frowned, his pupils constricted, "No wonder many domestic players can't play in the NBA. This is the intensity of the NBA game, which is much more intense than the preseason game. No wonder everyone said that the NBA is a meat grinder, without a good enough body You can’t compete with quality at all. If your physical fitness suffers, you will suffer everywhere.”

"Fortunately, I only suffer in strength, not in jumping, speed, and explosive power." Meng Yun will not admit defeat easily, and he may not lose against Batum.

(End of this chapter)