Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

After the confrontation training, the next step is the one-on-one competition.

Since there are a few more people in this training camp, the one-on-one matches have become more interesting.

Players like George and Durant are top-notch players in one-on-one duels.

In previous duels like this, Zhuang Yu usually had an absolute advantage.

Although Westbrook, Love and others are also very strong, but in a one-on-one duel they either rely on "one Korea to conquer the world", that is, no matter who I face, I can defeat you with one move; or they use a kaleidoscope of offense, mastering all kinds of weapons and making you defenseless.

Westbrook is a one-trick pony who relies on breakthroughs, excellent speed, and explosiveness. Players like Klay rely on shooting, and Love has many low-post offensive methods, including shooting and low-post singles...

But compared with Zhuang Yu, the diversity of their offensive methods and the lethality of their special moves are inferior, especially Zhuang Yu after his breakthrough in three-point shooting ability.

In a 1-on-1 situation, there is no one else to help with defense or backup. If you don't rush over to defend closely, Zhuang Yu will shoot directly from outside the three-point line.

But if you rush forward to defend closely, you will undoubtedly be passed by Zhuang Yu, and there will be no one to defend behind you, so you can only watch him score easily.

So in this kind of one-on-one duel, whether Zhuang Yu is playing against guards like Westbrook and Klay, or inside players like Love and Nance Jr., it can be said that he is out of position.

But now with George and Durant in the training camp, Zhuang Yu also has an opponent.

The first one to go up was George.

This was a round-robin battle. George got the ball first. His opponent was Kuzma. George kept changing directions and then suddenly made a jump shot.

Next up are Zhou An, Xiao Qingyang, Nance Jr., Clarkson and others...

Several people were unable to defend George, and he came down without even touching the ball.

It wasn't until Durant came on that George ran into trouble. Durant's height and wingspan made George feel uncomfortable and he failed to score.

Now Durant has become the banker.

The person who went up was Westbrook. Westbrook opened his arms and stared at Durant. He defended very seriously, but he could not stop Durant from scoring because Durant was too tall. He changed direction in front of his body and then rushed towards Westbrook.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

Westbrook walked off the court in frustration and was replaced by Ibaka.

Still unable to stop Durant, Durant kept changing his stance, then suddenly accelerated past Ibaka and dunked easily.

Rose, Klay, Brown Jr., Dunn... who were behind him went up one by one, but none of them could defend Durant. Just like Zhou An, Xiao Qingyang and others, they came down without even touching the ball.

"too strong."

"KD is unstoppable in one-on-one singles. Those taller than him are not as fast as him, and those faster than him are not as tall as him. Moreover, he can shoot and drive, and there is no defense at all."

"Yeah, he's invincible in one-on-one."

"Not necessarily. There's also Zhuang Yu."

Everyone was talking and couldn't help but look at Zhuang Yu.

There is no doubt that in this one-on-one duel, Durant is invincible. Even All-Star players such as Westbrook, George, and Love cannot compare with him.

But there is also Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu is not as tall as Durant, but he is faster than Durant, and he has won the Defensive Player of the Year award twice in a row.

At this time, it was finally Zhuang Yu's turn.

When Zhuang Yu came to the court, he stood in front of Durant with his arms open. Durant held the ball at his waist, glanced at the basket, and then made a fake shot.

Zhuang Yu was not fooled.

Durant didn't care. He knew Zhuang Yu's defense was excellent, especially his ability to predict was at a bug level. It was hard to fool him with a simple fake move. So Durant took a step forward with his right foot and made a breakthrough.

The amplitude of this move was very large. Durant was tall and had long arms, so he took one step and almost instantly crossed over Zhuang Yu by half a body length.

However, Zhuang Yu's reaction was also very quick. He retreated one step ahead and moved sideways at the same time, blocking Durant's breakthrough route.

And Zhuang Yu raised his right hand and placed it in front of Durant's face.

"It's so well defended."

"If it were someone else, this step might have been missed."

"Even if he wasn't passed, KD could just pull up and there would be no defense. Zhuang Yu is worthy of being the two-time Defensive Player of the Year. While moving backward, he raised his right hand in front of KD's face to block his vision, so that KD couldn't pull up directly."

The people on the sidelines were amazed.

Durant's offensive ability is unquestionable, and Zhuang Yu's defense is also extremely outstanding. This is a duel between spear and shield, which is pleasing to the eye.

Not only was he unable to get past Zhuang Yu this time, but he also didn't have the chance to directly pull up. Durant raised his eyebrows, but his hands did not slow down at all. He immediately changed direction in front of his body, switched the ball to his left hand, and then took a step back jump shot.

"It turns out that I have to vote..."

Zhuang Yu was mentally prepared and pounced on him immediately.

There was a height difference between the two sides, and even if Zhuang Yu reacted quickly, he couldn't block Durant's shot, so he didn't even think about blocking it. His purpose was to interfere, and his hand directly blocked Durant's face, blocking Durant's sight.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, the ball hit the iron.

Durant was a little depressed, but he had to admit that Zhuang Yu's defense was really excellent, but he did lack some luck on this ball.

In fact, a player of Durant's level can still have a great chance of making the shot even if his vision is blocked.

But the ball didn't go in.

"It's so well defended."

"This defense is textbook."

People sighed.

Zhuang Yu smiled slightly, grabbed the basketball and went outside the three-point line.

Now it's my turn.

At this time, Durant went off the court and was replaced by Zhuang Yu, and the person who came up to defend was Zubac. Zubac stood in front of Zhuang Yu and could only smile bitterly.

It was impossible for him, a big center, to defend Zhuang Yu.

However, he still bent down and stared at Zhuang Yu carefully, with one hand raised high to prevent Zhuang Yu from shooting a three-pointer.

Zhuang Yu first made a fake shot, then suddenly pushed the ball to the left and accelerated to break through.

Zubac subconsciously turned sideways. His speed was much slower than Zhuang Yu's, and it was obviously too late for him to retreat. He could only turn sideways and stick to Zhuang Yu, then try to catch up.

As a result, just as he turned sideways, Zhuang Yu suddenly pulled the ball back and retreated outside the three-point line.

Zubac thought to himself that something was wrong and tried to turn around, but it was too late.

After all, his speed was too slow. Before he could turn around and pounce on Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu had already thrown the ball. With a slight sound, the basketball went into the net.

Zubac walked off the court with a depressed look on his face.

No one was surprised at all. Zubac definitely couldn't defend Zhuang Yu. Asking a center to defend an all-around guard would definitely be beaten in a 1-on-1 situation.

The next one to go up is Markkanen.

Although Markkanen has the body of a power forward, he has the athletic ability of a small forward, with both height, wingspan and movement speed.

In a 1-on-1 situation, he will obviously be better at defending Zhuang Yu than Zubac.

However, the result was that Zhuang Yu still easily scored the goal.

This time, Zhuang Yu first changed direction and broke through, then suddenly took a step back.

Markkanen rushed forward to try to block the shot, but it had no effect at all. In the end, he could only watch the basketball go through the net.

After that, several people were replaced, including Clarkson, Rose, Westbrook, Klay, Xiao Qingyang, Zhou An... They went up one by one, but they were all beaten by Zhuang Yu.

When he saw Zhuang Yu, who was taller than him, he would break through; when he saw Zhuang Yu, who was shorter than him, he would shoot towards the defender. The key was that he would lean back every time, and there was no angle or position restriction for his lean back. Any angle within the half court could be used, and the distance could cover the entire three-point line, with almost no blind spots.

This kind of indiscriminate and no-dead-angle shooting ability, coupled with the fade away, is useless even if George goes up to defend, and he still can't be stopped.

"Shh!"

With a slight sound, the basketball hit the target again.

George was a little depressed. He felt that he was very strong in one-on-one combat and defense, but he couldn't defend against Durant or Zhuang Yu.

George went down and Durant came up.

A group of people immediately started discussing: "Do you think KD can defend Zhuang Yu?"

"KD is tall and has a long wingspan, and he moves very fast. If he defends one-on-one, it won't be easy for Zhuang Yu to shoot against him. But..."

"But what?"

"But it may be difficult for KD to defend Zhuang Yu. The two sides have played against each other many times in the Western Conference semifinals, and the result is that neither can defend the other."

"That's different. Back then it was a competition. Now it's a one-on-one duel. I still think KD has the upper hand..."

on the field.

Zhuang Yu held the ball at his waist and took a tentative step outside the three-point line. KD was unmoved, with one hand at his side and one hand raised. He did not defend closely because he had enough height and wingspan to interfere with Zhuang Yu's shot without close defense.

Seeing that KD was unmoved, Zhuang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. It was not that he couldn't play the ball, but he was hesitating about how to play the ball.

After a moment's hesitation, Zhuang Yu made a decision.

He first hit the ball to the left, then started moving quickly. Durant took a step back with his right foot, turned slightly sideways, and opened his arms.

At this time, Zhuang Yu suddenly changed direction, switched the ball to his right hand, leaned his body to the right, and instantly burst into speed, passing Durant by half a body length.

Durant immediately adjusted his pace.

However, Zhuang Yu did not choose to go straight to the basket. Instead, he paused, took a step back, distanced himself from Durant, and then jumped up, still with a fadeaway jump shot.

"Still the same trick..."

Durant narrowed his eyes. He was mentally prepared. He jumped up and flew forward at the first possible moment, almost completely blocking Zhuang Yu's shooting space.

Durant's height and wingspan caused great interference to Zhuang Yu, so he had to further increase the arc of his shot and also lean back.

When the basketball flew out from his fingertips, the trajectory of its flight was extremely exaggerated...