"Huh"

With both free throws, Chen Mu felt good today, and after high-fives with his teammates, he went back to the backcourt.

"My ...... Nemesis? ”

On the other side, O'Neal Jr. slowly ran forward, made eye contact with Tinsley at the top of the arc, and then quickly came to the basket and turned his back again.

After receiving a pass from Tinsley, this time, O'Neal Jr. did not glance around to find a passing route, but immediately began to dribble and chisel under the basket.

"Bang, bang, bang"

In the fierce collision of bone to bone and flesh to flesh, Chen Mu was constantly pressed under the basket by O'Neill Jr. with strength, and he couldn't help but lower the center of gravity of his body, trying to use the change of center of gravity to find balance.

"The difference in strength between interior players in NBA-level games is just too big. I still have 80 points of strength, and it's so hard to carry little O'Neal, if Murphy touches him, won't he be completely blown into slag? ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and defended hard, little O'Neal was like a shark possessed, playing extremely tough, and after continuous hard chisels, he suddenly turned around and made a hook move to the basket sideways.

Is it a feint?

Chen Mu has no way to judge, if he is facing a good shot, Chen Mu can find clues from details such as the opponent's shooting posture to judge whether the opponent is making a feint. Then when facing the back master, this trick will not work.

Whether it is a hook or a layup, these technical actions are expensive in a solid one, real shots or fake moves, the gap between each other is not large, NBA-level players are even more comfortable to do, real and false actions can be switched at any time, making people unguardable.

This is why Chen Mu's defense is still a half-finished product.

"Huh"

Little O'Neill didn't seem to be ready to play any psychological games with Chen Mu, so he simply hit the hook hand. Sending out the baseline ball, Chen Mu and Hunter communicated in a whisper, and the two decided to implement the package without hesitation if they encountered a similar situation again. The defense against Harrington is left to the perimeter players to rotate, and O'Neal Jr. must not be allowed to kill all sides.

Returning to the offensive end again, it was still a high block, this time, Tinsley did not chase Miller desperately, but left a small channel vacated by Miller, allowing Miller to pass the ball to Chen Mu.

"Good chance!"

The face frame continued to move forward with the ball, Chen Mu flew up after dribbling the ball, although the back body skills are still the "Six Veins Divine Sword" that is not effective from time to time, but in terms of the strength of the face frame to pull up the violent buckle, Chen Mu is no longer under the other violent inner lines. This opportunity was great, so he naturally wouldn't let it go, grabbed the ball with one hand, and almost pressed Harrington, who came to make up for it, and rushed to the basket.

However, at the moment when Chen Mu was about to bomb the basket, a hand stretched out from one side, and the amazing arm length made Chen Mu staggered, and he was covered with a strong sturdiness in a flash.

"Well built, Jermaine!"

"Take off this Chinese kid's ball, let him go home to his mother, hahaha!"

"Cry and go home, Yankees, Indiana doesn't have a soft egg like Murphy!"

The ridicule of the fans was in his ears, Chen Mu first regretted it, quickly returned to defense, and then suddenly came back to taste, and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

"Indiana doesn't have a soft egg like Murphy? Fans probably never thought that if the timeline hadn't been changed too much, it wouldn't be long before the 'soft eggs' in their mouths would come to Indiana and partner with O'Neal Jr.! ”

Putting down the strong complaint in his heart**, O'Neal Jr. was already in place, Chen Mu was engrossed in defense, and Tinsley's passing route was blocked by Iguodala who deliberately interfered, and he reluctantly gave the basketball to the bottom corner.

After Stephen Jackson received the ball and started shooting with his super-slow shooting speed, Iguodala roared like an airplane, but failed to touch the basketball.

"There's a rebound!"

However, under the basket, Chen Mu had already seen the green ring prompt, and just wanted to turn around and grab the rebound, but a big man appeared in front of him.

"Little O'Neill...... When did you come to me......?! ”

In shock, little O'Neal had already jumped up and started to grab the ball, Chen Mu was not discouraged, the "tenacious rebounder" badge flashed in front of him, and the rocket-like explosion rose into the air, stretched out his hand a little, and pointed the basketball in his direction.

"THE NEXT TIME YOU JUMP, GRAB THE REBOUND, ANDRE IS READY TO GO DOWN QUICKLY AND PLAY A WHIRLWIND TOUCHDOWN!"

Chen Mu had already deduced the offensive line in his mind, but O'Neal's actions surprised him again.

"Smack"

Just when Chen Mu jumped for the second time and was about to grab the rebound with an extremely explosive posture, O'Neal Jr. did not jump after landing, but stretched out his arms that were long to BT in the direction of the basketball, and actually put the ball in place and went to the basket again.

"Oops!"

Chen Mu secretly screamed that it was not good, and immediately prepared to turn around to the inside line to defend O'Neal's second attack, but it was too late.

"Bang!"

The powerful dunk was successful, and little O'Neal's baby face could not see the slightest murderous aura, still the inexplicable look that was always a little "ignorant", raised his eyes and looked at the basket, read a sentence in pieces, and went back to defense.

He ...... What ...... were you talking about? ”

Looking at the figure of little O'Neill's dragon-like defense, Chen Mu's head almost exploded, and he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

"I can't beat anymore."

Little O'Neill, it seems, said so.

In the next game, the two sides did not play a fast attack cooperation, obviously the coaches of both teams have given a dead order, even if they give up one or two opportunities to attack twice, they can't let the other side brush up the fast attack.

The Pacers are packed with outside shooters, from Tinsley to Harrington, and at least four players in the starting lineup have a solid three-point shot. If they are allowed to play fast, the 76ers' perimeter defense will completely collapse, and after a few consecutive three-point shots, the players will suffer a major blow and the margin will be quickly widened.

On the 76ers' side, Iguodala, who has gradually become the best wingman next to Chen Mu, has the ability to break through the fast attack with one hand, and can also use his vision and techniques to send passes between the moves. Korver's three-point shot and Chen Mu's follow-up made the Pacers even more jealous, for fear of being beaten by these young boys.

Under the influence of this tactical thinking, both teams fought a slow positional battle, and the court was like a giant meat grinder, and every dribble, hold, pass, and shot seemed extremely difficult. Whether it's the Pacers or the 76ers, the defenses of both teams are doing their best to use physical contact and appear tough.

The fans in the Conceco Arena are obviously no strangers to such a scene, and the shouts are higher and higher. This kind of basketball, which uses the body contact like a meat grinder to consume the opponent's fighting spirit and consume the opponent's physical strength, is the essence of Indiana basketball. Even now, on the timeline where you and I are, Indiana's juniors are still playing with this concept, and the interception net composed of a pair of long arms is like the endless toll booths on the highway of the motherland, which makes all drivers numb.

And Chen Mu finally understood what was strange about the defensive arrangement given by the Pacers for himself.

"Well played! Next, don't let your guard down, continue to attack without limits, and consume them with physical contact, so that they have no way to pass and cut! ”

The first quarter soon came to an official timeout, with players from both sides returning to the bench. Indiana coach, who will later be famous for leading the team to a miracle championship with the Mavericks and playing a grand showdown with the Spurs when the team is sparse, and looks like the famous movie star Jim Carlyle, seems to be very satisfied with the team's performance and can't help nodding.

"They don't have a reliable ball handler, and the current offensive core is a young man who can't go heads-up, and his back skills, mid-range shots, rebounds and so on are pretty good, but we don't have to worry about it at all!"

As he spoke, Carlisle reached out and patted the baby-faced little O'Neal, who was drinking a sports drink, and said with a trademark frown: "Our Jermaine, in these things, does every bit better than that Chinese kid!" ”

That's right, that's Carlisle's strategy, it's a very simple, well-targeted strategy.

Cutting off the 76ers' offense, the tacit understanding and offensive system that the boys have cultivated with great difficulty, are lost in Indiana's toll gate network. Create an opportunity for Chen Mu to single-handedly beat O'Neal Jr., and then use O'Neal Jr.'s personal defensive deterrence to dismember Chen Mu's offense with one hand!

"They see through us."

On the 76ers' side, Cheeks looked grim and shook his head.

"Our offensive strategy has been completely seen through by them, it's terrible to go on like this, if you can't find a feeling on the offensive end, if the two sides continue to score anxiously at the end of the game, their home advantage will be reflected!"

What Chicks said, Chen Mu naturally understood. From the beginning to the present, in the new season, Chen Mu, who has taken over the core position of Philadelphia from Iverson and can score nearly 20 points per game, has made 3 shots so far, except for one foul and two free throws......

There are no sports battle scores.

"Height, reach, strength, tonnage, all above me. The speed is not bad, even if I have a certain advantage in absolute speed, but his terrible reach is enough for me to drink a pot. ”

The timeout time was not over yet, Chen Mu listened to Cheeks's tactical arrangement, and at the same time recalled every confrontation between him and O'Neal Jr. since the opening, and couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.

"There's a lot of control on the defensive surface, and if I shoot from a long distance, I switch with Harrington. If I make a single basket, O'Neal Jr. crushes me on almost every level. Even on the defensive end, his back-to-back singles, mid-range shots, and turnings are more terrifying than Brand's, after all, his height and arm span are there, and it is too difficult to guard against him. ”

At this moment, Chen Mu finally understood the true meaning of what Boss Su said on the phone yesterday.

"Little O'Neill is your nemesis!"

All of Chen Mu's strengths, even if it is rebounding skills, O'Neal Jr. does not suffer. As for Chen Mu's weakness, O'Neill Jr. can do very well. Although little O'Neill is not the strongest opponent Chen Mu has encountered so far, it is an existence that will overpower Chen Mu in all aspects.

This is like a clumsy joke played by God, while creating a young man like Chen Mu who is making rapid progress, and creating a guy like Little O'Neill, who is obviously not super strong, but can just suppress Chen Mu.

How exactly can we open up the situation? Chen Mu's mind was racing, and he knew that it was time again to use his whimsical tactical ideas to break the magic barrier in front of him. (To be continued.) )