Chapter Eighty-Six: Crisis
βAGENTβ¦β¦ ZEROοΌοΌοΌ β
In the MCI Center Arena, the DJ's high-pitched voice continued to echo, and the fans in the audience were excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the big avatar of Arenas in their hands was constantly waving, forming a sea of Agent Zero.
"This ...... That's too far, isn't it?! β
Iguodala, who was misplaced to defend Arenas, had not yet recovered from a one-of-a-kind attack, and looked down at where he was, and couldn't help but exclaim.
Arenas, after being aroused by rookie Chen Mu, shot three-pointers in a row, and the three shots were unreasonable, and each time it was farther than the other.
With his last three-point shot, Arenas was one big step away from the three-point line, almost a long-range bomb thrown close to the midcourt, bombarding the 76ers' basket fiercely.
Three three-pointers hit, but Arenas didn't say anything, and the expression on his face was as cold as ice. It's just that when he passed by the rookie Chen Mu, he opened his mouth to provoke a few words.
"That's strength!"
Arenas burned with flames in his eyes, glared at Chen Mu fiercely, and retreated.
After the opening, he made two plus one at a time, made two fouls and made two free throws, and hit all three three-pointers.
Gilbert Arenas, considered by many to be the strongest second-round pick in NBA history, gave the 76ers a dismissal at the beginning of the game.
"In less than one quarter, I've already scored 14 points......!"
Chen Mu was also shocked in his heart, although he had known for a long time that Arenas's scoring explosiveness was very strong, but before he faced it head-on on the field, Chen Mu never thought that its explosive power was so outrageously strong.
Among the players in the NBA, or the basketball world around the world, there are two types of shooters.
One is the steady flow of shooting postures that are fixed like machines, overlapping each shot, and the difference is basically invisible.
This type of player relies on endless training to get an extremely consistent shooting touch, and every shot is almost perfect, whether to score or not to score, it is only a matter of days.
Defending this kind of player requires patience and perseverance, as long as the defensive player can bite the opponent's footsteps, not let the opponent have the opportunity to shoot easily, and find a way to affect his every shot, which can somewhat interfere with his shooting rhythm and cause a certain degree of efficiency decline.
The representative of this type of player is the gentleman sword Lei Allen. It's just that Ray Allen's three-point shot has become a trend, in addition to his stable posture for ten years, his super fast shots, as well as his ability to perceive and judge the space on the court, are enough to support him to continue to keep his hands hot.
On the other hand, no matter what posture you shoot, you are likely to score a goal.
Compared to a pitcher with a steady flow, a pitcher with a flow of hand is more likely to suffer from a period of ice, and if his feel drops, he may continue to hit the iron at any time, and he will not be able to shoot even the simplest open jump shot.
However, if the player who makes the touch flow find the feeling, then the defender's only recourse is to pray.
Most of these players are called nerve knives, such as JR Smith, who is a typical hand-feel flow player.
Arenas and Kobe, on the other hand, are the ultimate versions of hand-felt players.
Because they originally have extraordinary perseverance and courage, they have no slack when practicing, and their shooting hands are fixed very well. Coupled with the feeling given by that extraordinary talent, if it explodes, almost no one can stop it.
Compared with a nerve knife like JR, Kobe Bryant and Arenas have two advantages over the "ultimate nerve knife".
One is the ability to forcibly create "impossible shot" opportunities.
The second is the combination of internal and external play, even if the hand is not good, you can quickly adjust the style of play and use other methods to create damage.
"Beep"
On the field, the referee's whistle sounded again.
In the 76ers penalty area, Webb raised his hands and looked at the referee with an innocent face.
Beside Webb, Arenas gasped and adjusted his breath as he prepared to step onto the free throw line.
"Foul again?!"
The 76ers bench is a lamentation, and since the beginning of the game, the first quarter of the game has not ended, and the team's interior has been continuously impacted.
Starting center Hunter quickly made two fouls, and substitute interior Chen Mu was fouled once, and now even Webber has been killed.
"It's terrible, it can't go on like this!"
Watching Arenas hit two free throws steadily, Chen Mu raised his eyes to look at the scoreboard.
28-17, with less than a minute left in the first quarter, the 76ers were already trailing by as many as 11 points.
βTIMEOUTοΌβ
Cheeks called a timeout, and the 76ers returned to the bench dejectedly, all looking incredulous.
"Foul...... Foul! β
Cheeks is in a hurry, the team's interior line is not thick in the first place, and now the main rotation has been created, if this causes the team's defensive formation to be chaotic, it will be a big problem.
"What's going on? Arenas is strong, yes, but is his impact really more lethal than Wade? β
In the previous game, the 76ers faced the Heat, and although they lost the game, after Wade opened the game, Chen Mu's arrival changed the situation.
Constantly running to make up for defense, continuous harassment and blocking, Chen Mu used his vitality to add a layer of cover to the basket, which greatly reduced Wade's breakthrough efficiency, and the team also got a period of respite.
"Don't get started, use footsteps, footsteps!"
How could the players not understand what Cheeks said? But unlike Wade's breakthrough, the reason why Chen Mu was able to reduce Wade's efficiency to a certain extent before was because Wade did not have a stable three-point shot, and every time he attacked, he desperately broke through to the inside, and his offensive routine was relatively easy to judge.
Arenas, on the other hand, is completely different, his strong shooting ability is really terrible, and a split second of defensive negligence may allow him to find a shooting opportunity and force a shot.
Under the containment of outside firepower, the 76ers are inevitably more aggressive when making up defense, Arenas breaks into the inside, Chen Mu and Webber will involuntarily take half a step forward, in this case, Arenas wants to make fouls, which is obviously much easier.
"They scored almost 30 points in the first quarter, and what about the rest of the game? Could it be that the whole court let them hit 120 points?? β
The continuous lack of defense has also affected the 76ers' offense. In order to recover the score, the players appeared to be a little impulsive and made irrational shots, resulting in a sharp drop in the shooting percentage.
If it goes on like this, the game will be lost!
This season, Chen Mu has tasted the bitter fruit of too many failures, and as a player who finally got the opportunity to cross and step into the basketball hall, Chen Mu does not want to be remembered as a loser.
"Adjust the attack, keep the tempo down, don't let them play a counterattack!"
As the timeout drew to a close, Cheeks calmed down and began to lay out his tactics.
Chen Mu on the side looked carefully at the tactical route on the tactical board, but another idea came to his mind.
"Coach."
Seeing that there was not much time left for the pause, Chen Mu hesitated again and again, but still said: "I have an idea, I don't know if it can be realized. β
Recalling that in the previous game, Chen Mu had used his own strategy to bring a lot of help to the team, and Chicks groaned slightly: "Say." β
"The next game, in a short time, I mean, about three or five minutes."
Looking at the expectant eyes of his teammates, Chen Mu gritted his teeth and said, "Change me to prevent Arenas ......!" β
"What......?!"
Hearing Chen Mu's words, his teammates were going crazy.
Chen Mu came to defend against Arenas?
Big forward to defend and defend the guard?
"Are you crazy?!"
Iguodala was the first to react, frowning and looking at Chen Mu, his expression was like looking at a madman, and he was puzzled: "I understand what you mean, your pace is not slow, your speed is amazing, maybe you can keep up with the speed of Arenas a little, making it difficult for him to pull out his hand outside the three-point line." β
"But he's an All-Star point guard, and his dribbling ability and speed aren't covered, and it's easy to get past you. Replace you to defend against him, isn't this waiting for him to burst you into a sieve?? β
Iguodala's words were a bit heavy, but they weren't rough.
With the strength of Arenas, it is too simple to break through Chen Mu's defense, and there is no need for any feints, just use speed to break through.
Behind Chen Mu, Weber's frame protection ability is lackluster, if Arenas is allowed to break through smoothly, the basket is equivalent to a garden, and the latter can shoot as much as he likes.
Chen Mu took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Arenas, what kind of calculation is this? ?
"Chen, you have to calm down, basketball is not a one-on-one game, Arenas does play with you, and the NBA is not without examples of successful interior defense of outside shooters. But with your defensive skills, it's really ......."
"Wait."
Before Iguodala finished speaking, Iverson, who had been silent on the sidelines, suddenly spoke: "It's kind of interesting......
"Aaron, what did you say?!"
The rest of the teammates were going crazy, although they all knew that Iverson was a scrappy guy and liked this kind of one-on-one drama the most. But Chen Mu's proposal is really outrageous, now is not the time to talk about fighting spirit!
"Hmmm......"
However, in addition to Iverson, even Cheeks thought about it seriously and nodded, "I see what you mean." β
"Wait, wait, coach, this won't work......"
"Needless to say." With a wave of his hand, Cheeks stopped Iguodala's retort and said, "Three minutes, no, two minutes." You only have two minutes to prove your strategy. β
"The one minute left in the quarter, plus the first minute of the second quarter, if we don't get there, we're going to switch back to normal defense!"
"Yes!"
Recognized by the coach, Chen Mu was very excited and nodded vigorously.
The referee's whistle blows and the game continues.
"Aaron, what's wrong with you? Why not dissuade that rookie? When Arenas breaks through, do you expect Chris to make up for it? When he was on the pitch, Iguodala was still babbling at Iverson, apparently unable to understand the brain circuitry of the three on the team.
"Who said that after Arenas broke through, he could only let Chris make up for it?"
Iverson blinked his big eyes, looked at Chen Mu who was full of fighting spirit not far away, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Our purpose is not to limit Arenas's scoring, as long as he has one or two 'not going well', the situation will be reversed......!" β
On the court, Arenas crossed his hands on his hips, his eyes were full of murder, and he looked at Chen Mu, who was full of confidence, ready to continue his "killing" journey.