Chapter 1330: Cousin of the God of Examination

Low-post techniques include facing the basket and back-to-the-basket. Drummond's first step is not fast enough, and he is easily fouled. He has no advantage in facing the basket, so he can only train back-to-the-basket.

He has the advantage of weight in back-to-the-basket, and he can turn quickly, so he has a foundation.

The first point of back-to-the-basket technique is to get the position first, the deeper the better; the second point is to use the body to feel the position and reality of the defender behind, and the final attack is a matter of course.

Drummond's ball control skills are average, so in the process of getting the position, it is easy to be double-teamed or make mistakes, which is a trouble for his position. He can't get a deep position and is far away from the basket.

And his skills are bad. Under the five-second offensive time limit in the paint area, his offense is often hasty, so the efficiency is not high.

Li Ba first let Drummond train ball control, which is a basic skill. Often black players with explosive physical fitness like Drummond have poor basic skills and poor skills.

After training these rookies, Li Ba conducted his own training in the afternoon, free throws, close-to-basket shooting training, various basic training, strength training, etc.

On March 12, the Suns arrived in Sacramento, and they will challenge the Kings on the 13th.

The Kings have not made the playoffs for 6 seasons. In 2010, they selected Cousins ​​and began to build the team around him.

But the reconstruction does not seem to be very good. The Kings' record in the first two seasons has not improved significantly. This season is also very bad, and there is no hope for the playoffs.

Recently, there are rumors in the league that the Kings may change their boss. A rich big boss is buying the Kings, so the atmosphere of the Kings has some problems and is not very stable.

The core of the team, Cousins, has many personal problems. His personality and psychology are unstable. He is often emotional and often conflicts with the head coach and assistant coach, and even quarrels. As a result, the Kings' locker room is very unstable.

On the evening of the 13th, the two teams started the game.

The starting lineup of the Kings is Cousins ​​and Jason Thompson, John Salmons, Tyreke Evans, and Isaiah Thomas.

The Suns are Li Ba and Garnett, Jimmy Butler, George Hill, and Harden.

Li Ba and Cousins ​​jump ball, and the Suns attack.

Coming to the front court, Li Ba moved to the basket.

Cousins ​​relied on his 122 kg weight and 211 cm height to defend against Li Ba, the new generation of basketball god, with his low-post defensive ability.

There is no young player like him who doesn't want to step on Li Ba to get to the top. Not to mention him, even Drummond may have this idea in his heart.

Li Ba entered the paint area from the left elbow area, and the two began to contact and muscle collision began.

Cousins' nickname in China is Cousins, also called cousin. In fact, he has a hot temper. This nickname is not right. His playing style is still tough and he dares to fight Li Ba head-on.

Under the burst of power, Li Ba's absolute strength is still better, and he carried Cousins ​​into the paint area.

But this is just Li Ba testing Cousins' strength. If he wants to position himself, five seconds is not enough, so after stepping into the paint area, he suddenly turned around and broke through Cousins ​​in one step.

The power in front suddenly disappeared, and Cousins ​​was caught off guard and rushed forward. He stumbled and almost fell to the floor, completely losing his defensive position.

Harden passed the ball, Li Ba jumped into the air, and with a bang, he dunked the Kings' basket.

The Kings attacked.

Cousins ​​was in the low post, and he wanted to return one to Li Ba.

He was ready to push in, but Li Ba didn't care about him at all and let him go directly to the basket.

Cousins, who was overjoyed, came to the basket and immediately turned around to block the ball.

Li Ba didn't steal the ball, but at the moment when Cousins ​​received the ball, he exerted force from behind, pushing Cousins ​​forward a step, almost traveling.

Cousins ​​barely stood up, took the ball with both hands, adjusted his position, turned sideways to the basket, stood up and shook Li Ba, and then stood up again.

Li Ba's jumping speed is so fast that when his jumping speed and nerve reaction speed reach the top level, in defense where he needs to jump, he always strikes back, that is, he waits for the attacker to jump before jumping.

So Cousins ​​didn't shake Li Ba, but fell into Li Ba's defensive trap. As soon as he stood up, he was caught up by Li Ba and slapped down.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, indicating that Cousins ​​was traveling.

The Kings fans were not surprised, because Cousins, like Carmelo Anthony, was a guy with a very high chance of being blocked, and they were used to it.

The Suns attacked, Li Ba circled outside, suddenly turned around and rushed into the basket, but Harden's pass was not timely and was caught up by Cousins.

Li Ba hurriedly moved to block Cousins ​​behind him, but the latter refused, and the two of them stalemate under the basket.

At this time, five seconds were approaching, Li Ba suddenly retreated, and Harden's ball came in.

When he received the ball, he "saw" Cousins ​​rushing behind him, so he immediately turned around and slipped to the bottom, rushed past Cousins ​​behind him, took a step, and slammed the ball into the basket with a bang.

Cousins ​​had just rushed behind Li Ba, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared. When he turned around, the basket he was protecting was smashed.

On the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Heli smiled and said: "In the past few seasons, there have been several rising stars among the inside players, such as Cousins ​​in 2010, Davis last year, and the Suns' own rookie Drummond, all of whom are pretty good."

"They are all talented guys. Their starting point is much higher than that of the Hammer, especially Cousins ​​and Davis, who became the core of the team as soon as they joined." Yu Jia said.

"There are many rumors about Drummond's trade this season, but none of them have been successful. It seems that the Suns still don't want to trade him." Xu Jicheng said.

"There is no need to trade him. Why don't you use the four-year rookie contract yourself if it's so cheap? The rookies of the Suns are all good. If they are trained, there will be no need to trade them in the next few seasons." Zhang Heli said with a smile.

"The small forward position is still a little weak." Yu Jia said.

"It seems so at the moment." Zhang Heli said.

The Kings are attacking, and Cousins ​​doesn't go to the low post this time. He gets the ball in the high post.

His touch is very soft. He has a basket in the high post and can even attract double-teaming. In addition, he has good passing ability and a fast passing speed, so the Kings have formulated a high-post tactic for him.

But he also has a problem. He often passes the ball randomly when he encounters double-teaming in the high post, passing to teammates who are not open, which wastes his chance to be double-teamed.

The Suns certainly wouldn't double-team him. Li Ba was defending him alone and took a half-step, giving him enough space to get up and shoot.

Cousins ​​didn't hesitate, and stood up and shook for a while before actually jumping up and shooting.

Unfortunately, Li Ba reacted quickly, caught up with Cousins ​​in the air, and grabbed the ball with one claw.