r18novel Chapter 123
Chapter 123
Just as Doncic was about to continue to hold the ball for half of the court, Giannis took the initiative to trot over and motioned for Doncic to pass the ball to him.
Although Doncic himself was not very happy to hand over the ball, he also understood that Giannis had just been blocked by Wembanyama once, and he must have wanted to give his own response on the court immediately, so he still gave the ball away.
After receiving the ball, Giannis stood outside the three-point line and stopped dribbling the ball, waiting for Wembanyama to come over and defend. Wembanyama was not to be outdone, and walked up to Giannis with his arms outstretched, ready to face Giannis's attack head-on.
Giannis saw Wembanyama come out, so he broke through directly from the right side, but fortunately, Giannis's ball-holding ability was still slightly inferior to players of Doncic and James' level, and Wembanyama was able to rely on the advantage of height and reach to stick to Giannis.
Seeing that his breakthrough could not shake off Wembanyama's defense, Giannis switched directly to back-to-back mode, turning back to the left side with one turn.
Wembanyama still opened his arms and tried to cover Giannis, but at this time, Giannis had already used this turn to drive a little distance from Wembanyama, only to see him holding the ball in one hand in his left hand, and suddenly burst out, directly facing Wembanyama's defense with a slam dunk.
Wembanyama, who raised his arms to defend Giannis, was directly shocked back two steps by this force. Although he was not directly knocked to the ground this time as before, it was still not much better from the scene.
Chang Tiancheng still came to Wembanyama's side for the first time: "How about it? No, let's go and communicate with Sabonis Jr., and you two will defend Giannis together." Anyway, if Ayton takes the opportunity to attack, I'm sure you can stop him. "
No, often, let me defend him myself!" Wembanyama's tone was firm.
Chang Tiancheng thought at first that Wembanyama was being continuously taught by Giannis, and he was angry in his heart, but when he looked at his expression carefully, he found that he showed no signs of anger at all, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Victor, why are you so competitive? It's just a friendly match, and no one blames you even if you lose."
"It was because it was a friendly match, and I didn't care about winning or losing, that I was able to go for a direct confrontation with Giannis with impunity. Wembanyama laughed as he spoke, "It's said that Giannis is a monster-level player, and I've wanted to see it for a long time." We haven't met the Bucks since we entered the NBA, so my desire to play against him never came true, and now that I've finally been given this opportunity, I certainly can't miss it.
Chang Tiancheng looked at Wembanyama with some shame in his eyes, he thought Wembanyama was just on impulse, and only wanted to go one-on-one with Giannis, if so, it can only show that his emotional management ability needs to be improved, and to a certain extent, it can also show that he is not a player who can abide by the team's tactics.
But now it seems that he still underestimated Wembanyama, and all he wanted was a chance to play Giannis one-on-one in this friendly match. Judging from his expression, his thinking is very clear, and he specifically chose this kind of occasion to play Giannis so as not to hurt the team in the official matches later.
"Chang, there's another thing I have to tell you quietly. Wembanyama lowered his voice, "When our team does meet the Bucks, we'll have to try to contain him." Otherwise, if I only talk about this season, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult for me to defend him alone.
"Don't worry, I don't think Coach Popovich will let you defend him alone. Chang Tiancheng patted Wembanyama on the shoulder.
Wembanyama picked up the ball and sent it to Chang Tiancheng from the baseline. Chang Tiancheng took the ball and gave the ball to Booker after half court. He and Wembanyama were targeted to death by the opposing team's James and Giannis respectively, and now he is the only one who can count on breaking through the opposing team from the offensive end.
Booker certainly understands the situation on the court, and after receiving the pass, he is unequivocal, and goes straight to the ball to continue to try to break through Jaylen Brown's defense.
Jaylen Brown's defense can be described as textbook, neither losing his defensive position, nor actively reaching out for gambling defense, just spreading his arms and following Booker's footsteps step by step.
But Booker is the kind of player who has super-standard offensive skills, and after dribbling two steps, he saw that he couldn't break through Jaylen Brown's defense and went straight to the free throw line for a jumper. Jaylen Brown saw Booker's move and immediately reached out to interfere. But Booker faced Jaylen Brown's shot and went into the net hollow.
This kind of defense is often the most discouraged by the defender's defensive motivation when the defense is in place but still cannot prevent the opponent from attacking successfully. But Jaylen Brown wasn't too frustrated. He knows Booker very well, and he knows that Booker is probably the best shooting guard in the NBA today, and it is normal for him to score two points like this.
Doncic dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, faced Devin Booker's defense, and started trying to play with his back straight from beyond the three-point line.
Doncic's back is different from that of other players, he is very good at playing directly on the back at the three-point line, and then constantly switching back and forth between the face frame and the back, while constantly observing the position of his teammates, and when a teammate has a suitable offensive position, he can quickly pass the ball.
When teammates can't run to get open shots for themselves, his back-to-face frame offense is enough to get him from beyond the three-point line to near the free throw line. Once at this position, Doncic's various offensive skills can be fully displayed.
He can retreat against opponents who are taller than him but not as nimble as him. When facing a player shorter than him, he can roll over and jump on the back, or use his shoulder to push the opponent a little distance and pull up the mid-range shot on the spot.
Booker is the type who is not as tall as him and does not hit him, so when the other teammates did not run much, Doncic tossed and turned to the free throw line, realistically trying to push the opponent away with his shoulder, but did not open up too much space for Booker. So he changed his mind, turned his butt, and turned over directly for a jumper.
Booker tried his best to reach out and interfere, but Doncic still made the shot.
Just when Doncic was still immersed in the joy of completing the offense, Wembanyama suddenly took the ball to the baseline under the basket, and then threw the ball directly with both hands and threw the ball to the frontcourt.