Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 98 Mysterious Wallace (one person, one heart, one world is red plus 1)

"In the next round, we defended the 2-3 zone defense. These substitutes of the Mavericks are very capable of breaking through, but they are not good at three-pointers."

As soon as the players got down, D'Antoni started to talk about the tactical level, and didn't mention anything about their horrible performance.

Several players of the Nuggets came down and were ready to be trained. After all, they played really badly. Unexpectedly, D'Antoni didn't mention it. While a few people were puzzled, most of the pressure was gone.

D'Antoni picked up the tactical board while talking: "Andre and Gerrard defended at 45-degree angles on the left and right, Dikembe defended the basket, and Wang and Kyle defended the two bottom corners."

When D'Antoni said this, he suddenly turned around and said to Wallace: "Gerald, you have a relatively large range of movement. If the opponent breaks through Kyle, you have to switch defenses with him as soon as possible, so as to protect the penalty area. ,do you understand?"

Wallace felt the trust in D'Antoni's words, and he nodded vigorously: "Coach, I will definitely do it!"

Anthony listened on the sidelines, reaffirming D'Antoni's coaching ability. Now that the Nuggets' substitutes, if they defend the zone defense, Wang Zhizhi and Korver will definitely become a breakthrough. Wang Zhizhi is okay to say, after all, he is an insider. Supplementary defense should not be a big problem, but on Korver's side, Howard is facing up. The latter has strong physical fitness and breakthrough ability, so he will definitely suffer a lot. Switching between defenses becomes very important.

And there is another point, put Wallace on the top of the circle, with his ability, if the Nuggets steal the ball or rebound, he can immediately make a fast break.

D'Antoni nodded, then wiped off the content on the tactical board, put it aside, and then said: "In terms of offense, Dikembe and Gerrard mentioned the outside line to pick and roll, Wang ambushed the corner three-point line, and Kyle was in the corner. From the top of the arc to the three-point line on the wing, Andre tried to break through and tear the Mavericks' defense as much as possible, creating opportunities to score."

"beep!"

As soon as D'Antoni finished speaking, the whistle blew on the sidelines, and the short timeout time was up.

The Nuggets players spread out to make their way up.

"Hey, come back!"

At this moment, D'Antoni suddenly remembered something, and called the players back. When they came back, he put his hand in the center of the circle, signaling the players to put their hands together.

"You must always have the awareness of fast breaks on the court. Fast breaks are the most effective way of attacking the opponent's morale. Do you understand?" D'Antoni couldn't help adding another sentence.

"understood……"

"Okay, let's cheer together, 1,2,3, [-], [-]..."

"come on!……"

The Nuggets players shouted in unison, completed D'Antoni's request to boost morale, and then all walked onto the court.

First up was the offensive round of the Mavericks, and the Nuggets players performed their duties and soon formed a defensive formation of 2-3 defense.

Aware of the changes in the Nuggets' defense, Varel seemed a little surprised: "Has Mike given up pressing and playing defensive counterattacks? And he is still defending a 2-3 zone defense. This kind of defense doesn't look like his at all." style."

Seeing the Nuggets' defensive formation, Drexler dragged his chin and didn't express his opinion for a while, as if he was lost in thought.

In the defensive system of basketball, there are many types of zone defenses. The more commonly used ones are 2-3 zone defense and 3-2 zone defense. The former distributes three people on the basket horizontal line, which is a defense that adds to the protection of the basket. system, while the latter pushes three players to the top of the circle and two flanks, and conducts an oppressive defense against the offensive team, in order to cause mistakes by the offensive team, and then convert fast breaks into points.

The reason why Varelle said this is because the running and bombing team usually comes up to oppress the opponent. Even if they switch to a zone defense, it is a 3-2 zone defense. D'Antoni's 2-3 zone defense immediately made him a little confused .

"Or, Mike has something that surprises me." Drexler pondered for a while, and finally said.

The Mavericks hit the half court with the ball in the hands of Daniels, the swingman who is the support point of the Mavericks' second unit. .

Soon, he found Wang Zhizhi and Korver who looked limp.

With a smile at the corner of his mouth, he accelerated suddenly, and plunged into the Nuggets' defense group.

The top defense is Wallace. His defensive focus is on the right side, driving Daniels' breakthrough route to the inside hinterland.

Daniels got into the inside in a short while, and one meter in front of him was the tall Mutombo, the only former All-Star in the history of the league who had won the best defensive player four times. Although he has entered the late stage of his career, the deterrence of the inside line is still there. It is very difficult to find easy scoring opportunities in the three-second zone he covers.

But Daniels didn't want to layup or shoot at all. He pierced the inside and after drawing Wallace over, he slammed a sideways hit and was about to pass the ball to Howard in the corner.

Howard singles Korver, without going inside, it's a sure thing.

Daniels glanced at the distance between Wallace and him, looked at the angle, moved his hand, and the ball slammed into the ground. He could even make up the scene of Howard's violent and soft Korver.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, a clear sound exploded in Daniels' ears. He turned his head in astonishment, and suddenly found that the ball and Wallace had disappeared.

"No...?" A trace of doubt flashed in Daniels' mind, and when he looked back, he saw Wallace dribbling the ball and rushing towards his basket.

Wallace broke Daniels!The moment he passed the ball!

In order to break through the zone defense, the Mavericks' players were scattered outside the three-point line on both wings. Wallace steals the ball very quickly, and has a first-class fast-break awareness. He starts to run forward when he touches the ball. The Mavericks' players want to chase. .

There is a flat river ahead.

Anthony sat on the sidelines, watching Wallace running wildly, and couldn't help thinking of substituting himself. If Wallace, how would he win the ball?

The off-court and on-court perspectives are completely different, and it also gives people a completely different experience.

"Gerald is running wildly, he went into the three-point line! The free throw line! He is very close to the basket! He jumped up..." Varel shouted emotionally when he saw Wallace's fast-moving figure Voice.

Wallace took a step inside the free throw line, grabbed the ball and put it on his waist, and the whole person glides towards the basket.

The spotlights around were flickering, and all the audience on the scene focused their attention on the team's new player.

The arena with nearly 2 people suddenly became silent.

"Oh!"

With a dull bang, Wallace pulled the ball up from his waist, and poured it into the basket vigorously with both hands.

Lever dunk!

The fans at the scene climaxed suddenly, and the shouting reappeared after a few seconds, and it was obviously much louder than before.

"Oh, dunk with the lever, the Nuggets seem to have two candidates who can participate in the slam dunk contest." Drexler said, looking at the Nuggets' bench.

Anthony saw Wallace's dunk, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. If he said that in the training session before, he felt that Wallace had a different meaning. It seems that he has to find time to chat with him after the game. chat.

The shouts at the scene were still roaring and tsunami, and the air seemed to be completely filled with noise. Even when it came to the Mavericks' offensive round, the voice didn't stop. The fans shouted "defense!"

Loud.

The Mavericks were in possession of the ball by Tony Delk, a seven-year veteran in the NBA. At the moment, he also felt his hands shaking the ball. After advancing to the frontcourt, he quickly gave the ball to Daniels.

Daniels was holding the ball at this time, and sweat dripped out of his forehead uncontrollably. Denver's plateau home court made his physical exertion much faster than usual, and his panting was much more severe than usual, and the fans in the stands at this moment They have already stood up, and the noisy voices around them are completely different from those in front.

Time is passing by second by second. When about five or six seconds passed, Daniels took a deep breath to calm himself down. The current second team does not have a pure point guard, and he has the right to control the ball. In his hands, he can't mess up.

As a player who joined the league as a non-selection player, his psychological adjustment ability is very good, and he has basically stabilized his emotions after a few deep breaths.

He followed and signaled Howard and Jamison to cross the bottom line.

Breaking the zone defense basically depends on three-pointers, but obviously this is not the specialty of the bench lineup, but there is another way to break the zone defense, which is to compress the defense. He originally wanted to do this before, but he didn't expect Wallace to shoot. So fast.

Howard and Jamison interspersed on the bottom line, and the two came out in a circle. Daniels called Jamison to come over for a pick-and-roll, and then followed along the middle to kill inside.

The Nuggets' zone defense pressed in the direction of Daniels' breakthrough.

Howard just slipped back from the bottom line at this time, the pressure of the defense was all on Daniels' side, and Howard's eyes could be said to be empty.

Daniels glanced at Wallace. He didn't choose to pass the ball this time, but threw the ball directly in Howard's way.

Howard saw the ball thrown from the crowd, without thinking about it, he jumped up and grabbed the ball in mid-air with both hands.

After a brief stay in the air, with the strength of his forward charge, he slammed down towards the Nuggets' basket.

The fans in the audience were in an uproar. If this continues, the morale of the Nuggets will definitely be greatly frustrated.

At this moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared between Howard and the basket.

Although a bit late.

(End of this chapter)