Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 30
However, the gap in strength cannot be made up by a passion or a few harsh words. The next one-on-one match was almost reduced to a display of Li Weisi's offensive skills. Wait, Rodman didn't defend any of them.

While the crowd lamented Li Weisi's rich offensive skills, they couldn't help laughing at Rodman's embarrassed appearance. Although they didn't say it clearly, every laugh touched Rodman.

Soon, when Li Weisi made an emergency stop and stepped back, shaking Rodman down again, he precisely stepped on the edge of the three-point line and took off to shoot, without giving Rodman who stood up any chance to block him.

The basketball crossed a high arc and plunged into the basket. Even when the ball fell on the ground, even the net was still.

After landing, Li Weisi ignored Rodman, went straight to the basket, picked up the basketball rolling on the floor, and said to Rodman: "9:0!"

After speaking, Li Weisi returned to the free throw line and waited for Rodman to settle down.

Rodman was also expressionless at this time, his eyes were fixed on Li Weisi in front of him, and he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat dripping from his forehead.

It has to be said that Li Weisi is the strongest player Rodman has ever played against. Compared with his previous opponents in college, his own strength and speed cannot be fully displayed in front of Li Weisi. The strength of the two is not at the same level at all. superior.

Even if Rodman is unconvinced, he is obviously aware of the gap between himself and the opponent at this time, but if he admits defeat like this and is beaten 10:0 by the opponent, Rodman is unwilling to die. Therefore, he made up his mind, no matter what, This ball must be defended.

Unknowingly, Rodman's goal has changed from defeating Li Weisi to defending the ball, and even Rodman himself did not realize this change in thinking.

The heads-up started again. This time, Rodman did not choose to approach Li Weisi rashly again, but kept an arm's distance from Li Weisi, ensuring that he could interfere with Li Weisi's shooting at any time, and at the same time give himself the reaction distance when Li Weisi broke through. .

After Li Weisi saw Rodman's action, his eyes lit up. Although Rodman's defensive action at this time was still very bad, Rodman's sense of defensive distance was quite in place, which made Li Weisi see Rodman's merits. place.

As the name suggests, the sense of defensive distance is the grasp of the space when defending, when to keep the distance, when to stick, and when to start, these are all part of it.

Some players with talent in this area, such as "chasing eggs" Green and "Zhang Tielin" in later generations, all have a very good sense of defensive distance. This is not something that can be mastered by acquired training alone, but a kind of talent.

For example, some players obviously have outstanding physical fitness, but after defending for a lifetime, they are still a defensive black hole, because they lack this quality.

Well, off to a good start.

So Li Weisi made good use of his upper body to protect the ball, seemingly looking for a breakthrough space.

Rodman spread his arms wide at this time, and he didn't dare to take his eyes off Li Weisi's body. It depends on this time whether he can wash away his shame today.

Li Weisi started and made a breakthrough from Rodman's right hand, but because of his right foot in the first step and the very low dribble, even though Rodman had lowered his center of gravity very low, he still couldn't Li Weisi steals the ball in his hand, because even if Rodman wants to reach out, Li Weisi's right leg will block his ball.

But Rodman's speed was not satisfied, he actually reacted instantly and kept up with Li Weisi's speed.

Seeing that Rodman had taken the first step to block his own attacking route, Li Weisi stopped in time, turned the ball from his left hand to his right, then raised his left hand to his chest, and sent the ball to his chest with his right hand, looking like he was about to shoot. Actions.

Due to previous challenges, Rodman had already suffered several times from Li Weisi's emergency stop jump shot, so he immediately jumped up and wanted to block Li Weisi.

Therefore, Li Weisi resorted to a beautiful "Borrowing Buddha". After pointing Rodman flying, his left hand did not touch the ball, but his right hand took control of the ball again and broke through from Rodman's left side. From the beginning to the end, Li Weisi's right wrist Not rotated, so there is no wrist turn.

Seeing Li Weisi's extraordinary move made the eyes of the four rookies shine, especially Mark Price and Hornacek, who are now thinking about Li Weisi's extraordinary move.

Li Weisi's technique of "worshiping Buddha" is called "Fake Hesitation" in English. It is also called "fake hesitation" in literal translation, because the whole movement resembles the action of worshiping God with hands clasped together, so it is also called "worshiping Buddha" by Chinese people.

The content of this action is to pause and hesitate during the dribbling process, making the defender think that you will perform a jump shot or pass with the ball. To put it bluntly, it is to make the defender lose his center of gravity and coherence and then find a time difference to make a breakthrough.

There are two core problems with this action. One is that your shooting must be accurate, so that the defender can feel the threat of shooting. Otherwise, the defender will be three meters away from you and put on a posture to let you shoot. meaning.

The second is that when you pause, you must be fast and the movement must be coherent. This will not only make the defender think that you will perform actions that threaten the basket, but will really deceive the defender. Violations whistled.

After Li Weisi used "Bai Buddha" to break through Rodman's defense, he quickly entered the penalty area, but before he could make a move, he felt that Rodman had followed.

I have to say that Rodman's speed is really fast. He is more than two meters tall, but his mobility can keep up with a point guard like Li Weisi. He is really talented!
Facing Rodman's post, Li Weisi did not choose to make an emergency stop jump shot or a drop shot. This situation is easy to be blocked, so Li Weisi first leaned against Rodman with his body, and used his back to connect the ball in his hand with Rodman's. Deman separated and made a layup.

However, just as he was about to make a move, a big hand appeared in Li Weisi's sight. It was Rodman's hand. He had obviously pressed Rodman's body with his body. Under such circumstances, he could still jump , using the wingspan to block himself.

Faced with this unexpected situation, Li Weisi did not panic. He quickly gave up his normal layup and changed to a hook, avoiding Rodman's block in the air.

The basketball first used a very high-arc parabola to avoid Rodman's big hand, and then the basketball hit the upper half of the backboard and bounced into the basket.

However, at the same time, Li Weisi felt a sudden force coming from behind, and at the same time, he was hit hard on the back of the head, his eyes went dark, and his whole body was directly slapped to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

It turned out that because Rodman desperately wanted to block Li Weisi, he failed to control his strength. When he hit Li Weisi in the air, the blocking hand hit the back of Li Weisi's head when he fell.

In the eyes of other rookies, Rodman's move is undoubtedly a bit big, and it may even be aimed at people.

So they rushed up in a swarm, pulled Rodman away, and protected Li Weisi who was lying on the ground, for fear that Rodman would do something stupid again, and worried that Li Weisi would be angry.

(End of this chapter)