r18novel Chapter 132
Chapter 132
After receiving the ball, Wembanyama handled it very calmly, and when he started to reach for the ball from Chang Tiancheng, his mind was already thinking about how to ensure that this ball had the highest hit rate.
Come to think of it, the most stable way is probably to turn around and hook his hands, so that even if Giannis suppresses himself with his body and can't jump, he can rely on his better static talent to complete the shot.
What's more, Wembanyama has been honing this skill since he was beaten by Giannis in a friendly last time, and now he can be said to be very confident in using this move.
Wembanyama turned, raised his left hand alof, and struck with a hook hand. Giannis jumped with all his might, but he was still far from being able to make this shot at Wembanyama.
Wembanyama hit a solid hook and the Spurs scored two more points.
In the next round, Giannis tried to single Wembanyama on the inside, only to see him first push twice on the inside with his back, and then tried to cut into the right side with a half-turn, only to be caught by Collins again. It turned out that the Spurs had made full tactical preparations before the game. To put it simply, their strategy in this game is to unconditionally flank Giannis. According to the intelligence brought back by Wembanyama and Chang Tiancheng from the friendly match, Giannis's ability to break the bag is still a little worse now, it is difficult for him to pass the ball to the outside when he is caught on the inside, and even it is difficult for him to do the inside pass to find his partner Da Lopez.
Sure enough, after Giannis was pinched on the inside, he began to stand in place, holding the ball with both hands and constantly rotating his upper body, hoping to find an angle to shoot, but Wembanyama's height and arm span advantage were too obvious, and it was difficult for Giannis to shoot directly, seeing that he was going to attack for three seconds, Giannis didn't care so much, and threw the ball directly in the direction of the basket. As a result, of course, the basketball smashed on the rebound and failed to bounce into the basket.
But at this time, the Spurs' disadvantage of unconditionally encapsulating Giannis came out, and Lopez, who was originally standing on the inside, had no one to defend, and took advantage of this gap to easily win this frontcourt rebound, and then hit a wipe shot to pull back two points for the Bucks.
Popovich off the court saw this scene, although he frowned, but he didn't say much, in the past, if this happened to the Spurs' interior defense, then he might directly call a timeout at the beginning to help the players set the defensive tone of this game, but now that the team's tactical arrangement has said that it will unconditionally package Giannis, it is completely understandable that this kind of leakage on the inside line is completely understandable.
While the brainless inclusion of Giannis could lead to easier scoring opportunities for the rest of the Bucks, one thing is for sure.
In fact, it is not a very wise choice for the current Bucks to fight with the Spurs for the quality of role players and the bench. If the Bucks really want to win against the Spurs, they will have to rely on Giannis's play. Let's just put it this way: as long as Giannis himself doesn't play, then the Bucks can't beat the current Spurs.
Under normal circumstances, if Giannis is targeted like this, it is likely to cause his emotions to become more emotional, and then rely on the power of this emotion to directly tear the opposing team apart. This is somewhat similar to LeBron in his prime, or top superstars such as Jordan and Kobe. Someone once said that the best way to defend Jordan is to try to say nice things about him while defending him, so that he can be a little lighter. In short, for superstars who have the ability to turn emotions into power, not provoking them is obviously the best choice.
But now, the Spurs are not afraid to provoke Giannis, and they have enough strength to resist Giannis's wrath. And once Giannis can't play better under the interference of emotions, then it won't be long before he himself will be discouraged. As the saying goes, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion. What the Spurs are now using is Giannis's mentality.
Chang Tiancheng came to the front court with the ball, this time Wembanyama did not go to the inside to ask for the ball, through the game video, he came to a conclusion, that is, although he can occasionally provoke a dozen Giannis, but he must not continue to tease his mentality, otherwise once he is really angry, it is very likely to make some very dangerous moves, which will affect his career. So this time, Wembanyama took the initiative to mention the outside line to block and dismantle Chang Tiancheng.
After Chang Tiancheng bypassed Wembanyama's cover, he found that Giannis did not choose to continue to keep an eye on Wembanyama, but changed his guard and came to him.
Giannis now knows very well in his heart that although Wembanyama has strengthened his interior attack, his offense is actually still dead, and if he really lets him take the ball on the inside to do it normally, then his shooting rate will naturally drop sharply in the future. But Chang Tiancheng is different, he is the real offensive engine of the Spurs, if you want to curb the Spurs' offense, you still have to start by suppressing Chang Tiancheng.
Chang Tiancheng looked at Giannis in front of him and felt a dilemma in his heart. Not to mention Giannis, who is in his playing year, with his current ability, he doesn't even have the ability to forcibly break through the defense of James, who is nearly 40 years old, but if Giannis insists on changing the defense, then the Bucks' interior line will be...
Thinking of this, Chang Tiancheng glanced at Wembanyama's location. Wembanyama is also very smart, and when he found out that Giannis was going to defend Chang Tiancheng alone, he immediately wanted to cut inside and planned to play a misplaced heads-up.
Chang Tiancheng first dribbled to the side to attract Giannis's defense and gain more space for Wembanyama to attack, and then suddenly made a ground-hitting pass to Wembanyama.
Wembanyama, who received the ball, relaxed his guard a little when he thought that this was a big fight. He half-turned with the ball, made a triple threat, and then pulled up a mid-range shot.
At this moment, Giannis was like a ghost, flashing behind Wembanyama in an instant, so fast that Chang Tiancheng's reminder couldn't even shout.
Giannis covered the ball directly from behind Wembanyama, and then flicked his fingers to put the ball directly into his own hands, and launched a counterattack on the spot, running directly to the front court of the Spurs with the ball, and came with a gliding one-arm split.