Chapter 401: One Step at a Time, Three Steps
Halfway through the first half, Ji Guoqiu got 5 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal, Ji Guoqiu had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal, and Durant had 6 points and 1 rebound.
Delhi. Kroos had 8 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, OJ Mayo had 10 points, and Michael. Beasley had 8 points and 3 rebounds, and Westbrook had 9 points and 2 assists.
After Ji Guoqiu was complained about by the temporary on-site commentator James, the defensive end finally became serious, which made Brooke. López, Mark. Gasol, Michael. Beasley's three first-year teams are complaining that they are no match for the Panda Heroes at the moment, and it will be difficult for them to score points as soon as the opponent is serious.
LeBron. James accepted the invitation this year to be the on-site commentator for the rookie game, and as a result, he was very conscientious and kept talking......
"Durant has been very capable from starting to passing, and he deserves to be the best small forward in the second year; Fernandez excelled in his rookie season and had a big dunk against Howard against the U.S. at the Olympics; Ji Guoyi's long-range shooting is accurate, I know that he is brushing points, he is like No. 24 in Los Angeles, he doesn't want to let go of any honor, I see the flame of brushing points from his eyes; My favorite panda brother didn't seem to wake up today, I didn't see him on the offensive end, but he got a lot of rebounds and assists, it seems that he is helping his brother brush up points, at least that's what I think. ”
The nine players of the sophomore team began to rotate around the tenth minute of the first half, and after the two brothers went off the court, the interior of the sophomore team became no longer rock-solid, Lopez had a height advantage in the face of Scola, and the Argentine actor was not as elmeistic as he was in the Rockets, but just a normal layup.
Brooke. Lopez's fundamentals are very solid, and he didn't see much of it when he was against Ji Guosha, but he had a huge advantage in height and weight against Scola, and he really beat Durant in defense, and then scored a goal with a hook hand in three slow steps.
His partner, Mark. Gasol even staged a turn and dunk after a strong back-to-back attack, the players with superstar potential in the first year are not as good as the second year, but there are more powerful players than the second team, especially a few older European rookies, who are not inferior to the second year in terms of experience.
Fernandez hit consecutive three-pointers, he and Gasol Jr. cooperated very well inside and outside, and Westbrook's ability to break through with the ball was not inferior to Rose, and the first-year team's performance during this period was surprising, and they launched a counterattack after the twin brothers went off the court, and quickly overtook the score.
At 5 minutes and 30 seconds in the first half, the score was 40:44, and the first-year team overtook the score.
James continued to devote himself to his career as a commentator, and he didn't notice that he was shouting a little louder, but it sounded interesting to the audience.
The Gorilla spoke quickly, saying in the same speed as R*B: "These first-year rookie players have pretty good basic skills, and they can shoot when no one is guarded. The second year didn't feel very good, and the first year gradually pulled the score away, and they had an advantage in interior height, including Lopes and Mark. Gasol, both offensively and defensively, has the advantage. The defense of both teams is a little tighter than in the previous rookie game, and they used to let go of layups a lot, but now they really have some defensive meaning. In the past two years, we have played seriously at the All-Stars, both in the rookie game and in the main game, because the fans like us to play. If you look at the shooting percentage again, the sophomore hits more because they counter up more, and the first grader now has more big men, so it's more of a half-court offense. I think Howard will do his best to swap the twins up, and with these two people, they can play quick transitions or positional battles. ”
Ji Guoyi stood on the sidelines and secretly felt pain, he didn't expect the gorilla to be so good as the host of the scene, and he usually didn't talk much?
The two brothers quickly waited for the dead ball to return to the court, and Durant came on the court two minutes earlier than them, and in those two minutes, the little bag swiped two three-pointers, but the second-year team couldn't withstand the strong attack of the first-year team on the defensive end, and still trailed by four points.
Ji Guosha couldn't help it for a long time, Durant, a bastard, has seen an increase in the level of scoring this season, and it can be said that he is not worse than him, and even the main flaw of last season, the shooting percentage has also been raised. Looking at it this way, it seems that he is progressing faster than he was in that plane, maybe it is the pressure he brings that allows Durant to reach his full potential, which is really bad!
"It's okay, I'm here, if I don't pass the ball to him, it's useless if he can fly." The giant panda said secretly in his heart, look at his honest face, who would have thought that his heart is so black, it is really not a thing.
Durant really found that he couldn't get the ball, as long as Ji Guoqiu stretched out his hand in the high position, how dare Starkey and Brooks not give it, especially the latter, Yao Boss was still sitting on the sidelines munching on popcorn.
Ji Guoyi is happy now, although the first-grade team has achieved unexpected results with dual point guards Rose and Westbrook, but the second-grade team is still catching up with the score little by little by relying on Ji Guoyi's outside guns.
However, it wasn't long before the situation changed, and Howard suddenly remembered that Brooks only played four minutes in the first half, and then replaced Little Black Bean in the last three minutes. Then Warcraft thought that it would be better to replace Scola to play the fourth position and let Durant play the second position, so that there are two pairs on the court that are on the same team, and they may be able to play an attack wave with tacit cooperation.
In the last three minutes of the first half, the lineup of the sophomore team was adjusted again, and Howard was like playing a 2K game, doing whatever he wanted, and the lineup on the court became: Aaron. Brooks, Kevin. Durant, Ji Guoyi, Luis. Scola, Ji Guoqiu.
The idea of Warcraft was good, but Brooks apparently didn't find the same tacit understanding as Scola had when he was with the Rockets, and he was anxious to show himself after the game, but his 3-pointer couldn't find the crosshairs. For such a scene, Brooks seems to have a bit of stage fright, and after coming out of the game, he made a series of turnovers and fouls.
The first-year team played a "sudden burst" tactic, with two tall insiders, two guards with perverted speed outside, and a shooter on the small forward, Rose and Westbrook took turns to dribble and break through under the cover of the inside, which actually made the two brothers feel passive.
It's not that they don't defend well, it's just that these two people are too fast, and once they block and dismantle, it will be difficult to keep up with the slightest block.
"Damn, these two guys will also be superstar-level guys in the future, forget that there are a lot of strongmen in the first-year team, that Lefu didn't even come in the rookie game, and he will also be the highest-paid player in the future."
"Let's be serious, these two guys haven't been good at projection, so we're going to put them on the perimeter."
The sophomore team is not so much Howard as the coach as it is better to say that the panda brother is the coach. Ji Guoqiu found an opportunity to discuss with his teammates, even Durant has no opinion, he really can't guard his teammates, and he also knows his teammates best, that guy has no three-point shooting ability at all, at least not this season.
Westbrook, who didn't have a three-pointer, quickly hit a series of irons from the outside after the sophomore team shrank their defense. Of course, he wasn't the only one who played iron, Rose's three-point shot was not much better than Westbrook's, and the two "banged" to the basket, and the sophomore team quickly overtook the score again.
Ji Guoyi's offensive power is simply impossible to defend with the first-year team, and he not only used catch-and-shoot shots after running without the ball to score in the All-Star Game, but also frequently used the ball-handling offense that he has been honing to attack, using his newfound jump layup to attack.
It's a trick he's learned from Crawford for a few months, and it's easy to make mistakes in the regular season, but the defensive intensity in the All-Star Game isn't high, and the use of it complements perfectly.
In another time and space, after losing the Finals in 12, Durant also strengthened his ball-handling offense, and only then did he truly step into the ranks of superstars. An outside projection player who does not have the ability to off-the-spot offense will never become a superstar, and must have the ability to get rid of opponents in the face of tight defense, otherwise it will be easy to be limited in the playoffs when encountering those defensive experts.
Nowitsky doesn't have this ability, but people will be independent, and Ji Guosha won't. He's about the same size as Durant, and since the latter can practice a sharp breakthrough, there's no reason why he can't do it.
Beasley faced Ji Guosha and found that in a one-on-one situation, he couldn't guard against this fox at all.
Ji Guoyi's explosiveness is the top of the top among interior players, and it is also an excellent level in the small forward position, except for James and other third-position superstars, few small forwards are more explosive than him. In particular, he has a pair of long legs, which almost pass in one step when he breaks, which makes his breakthrough speed even in the number three position few people can defend.
In his own words, that is - one step at a time, three steps, and it is not difficult to break through.
Due to his height, Ji Guoyi dribbles relatively high, so there are few changes, there is no dazzling crossover, and at most there are one or two simple emergency stop changes when encountering well-defended opponents. There are many players in the NBA who are better than him in breaking skills, but those people are all in the first and second positions, and his breakthrough is undoubtedly S-level among interior players. Ji Guoyi, like Durant, dribbled past the opponent and attacked the basket in three straight steps, which is the most buggy technique.
Beasley found that as long as he was disgraced by Ji Guo, the little fox basically didn't have to chase the second step, and he couldn't even stick it, and the players who made up the defense inside couldn't react.
Ji Guoyi's legs are too long, he can get a layup after passing Beasley in one step, and he can dunk in two steps, plus his explosiveness, even if he is at the peak Garnett, he is very passive. If there is no defender to stick to the slowdown, nine out of nine can't block, even if the defender is in a good position and predicts accurately, but in the end, most of them still foul on his hand, because Ji Guoshi has a long hand and jumps high, and telepathy can dodge the block in the air.
The elder Dunleavy privately commented on Ji Guoyi, believing that as long as his ball-holding breakthrough skills are practiced for another two seasons, his scoring ability will definitely rank in the top five positions in history.
Ji Guoyi broke through Beasley in a row after returning to the court, and scored an astonishing 11 points in the last three minutes of the first half, such a scoring speed made Durant also amazed, unless his three-point shot exploded, it is impossible to have such a fast scoring speed. But Ji Guosha doesn't need it, he just needs to break through like this, in case he catches up with a good hand, maybe it's 50+ or even 60+ at a time.
The first half ended with the score 61:56, and the sophomore team led by six points into the second half. R1152