Chapter 29 Rebounding

"boom!"

On the field, Li Bahang stayed on the rim for a second to ensure the safety of his feet before returning to the ground.

"Boy, good job!"

Coming to his own half, when passing the top arc, Marbury reached out and gave Li Ba a high five.

"Old bird, pass me the ball, and I will let you average over ten assists per game."

As Li Ba said, he returned to his position, the right wing was low, and the player he wanted to defend, Big Z, was there.

The so-called low position does not refer to the basket, but refers to the position on both sides of the basket, on both sides of the paint area, facing the basket.

Because of the three-second violation, the four offensive and defensive players on the inside usually stay here, constantly entering and leaving the paint.

"I think his ability to attack the basket is not bad!" Frank said to D'Antoni.

"Frank, it's just a ball. And his movement makes him inseparable from the basket, so his offensive ability is limited and his defensive area is also limited." D'Antoni laughed.

"Just keep watching. I think his movement will improve. In fact, he's moving a little faster now than what we saw at Rock Park," Frank said.

The Suns are not playing man-to-man defense, but zone defense.

Since O'Neal's three consecutive championships, in order to restrain his unparalleled destructive power and balance the strength of the league's teams, the league has changed the rules that have been implemented for decades, allowing zone defense.

There are many types of zone defense, and the Suns are now adopting the most basic 212 zone defense.

The so-called 212 zone defense means one in the middle, and two defensive players on each of the upper and lower lines.

The advantage is that the personnel are located close, the distribution is balanced, and the moving distance is small. The disadvantage is that the long-range shot on the top arc and the defense at the 30-45 degree position are very weak.

Now the specific personnel positions of the Suns, small forward Joe Johnson guards the paint area, Lee Ba ​​guards the low post on the right wing, Marion guards the low post on the left wing, Marbury guards the right elbow, just above Lee Ba, and Penny guards the left elbow. (The elbow area, the two upper corners of the paint area, and the extension of the free throw line can also be counted)

Why is the defense weak against the front three-point long shot? Because there is no defensive player on the front. When the opponent is in the top arc, Joe Johnson in the middle will come up to defend, and the two people on the left and right elbows will assist or cover. folder. But if you meet someone with accurate long-range shots and quick shots, it may be too late to defend.

The reason why Frank uses the 212 defensive formation is because the Cavaliers' current point guard Ricky Davis is not very good at three-pointers. He averages two shots per game and his shooting percentage is a little over 30%.

Davis holds the ball in the top arc, his real position is shooting guard, and now he is only a guest point guard, so the instinctive first choice is to shoot himself.

As a shooting guard, the only responsibility is to score, and he implemented it very well. And as the "boss" of the team, who will score if he doesn't score? Is it to the younger brother James?

"Rebound!"

Off the court, Frank yelled.

The moment Davis made a shot, Li Ba's first reaction was to get stuck first, just like Duncan did in the last game.

His defense against Big Z is to defend on the line, that is, Up the line.

The so-called on-line defense means that the defensive player is not on the line between the defending player and the ball holder, and his position is between the defending player and the basket. If it's on that line, it's called line defense.

When defending on the line, you can always keep an eye on the player while defending the player you are defending. If you pass the ball to the defending player with the player, the defensive player has the opportunity to cut off the passing line, which is called the line.

Li Ba's turn is not good, so he adopts this defensive method. This allows him to always cut the lane between the guard and the basket. At the same time, this way, because of his poor turn, can also allow him to prevent opponents from cutting back.

But this way is with the back to the basket, so it is a bit inconvenient when grabbing rebounds.

It's just that it's for others. For Li Ba, this problem doesn't exist, because he has locking skills.

When the ball entered the paint area from the air, within three meters of him, and within two meters of the outer end of the wingspan, it was immediately locked by his skills.

When Frank yelled from the sidelines, he started to get stuck.

Big Z is in front of him, he is between the big Z and the basket, he is stuck in the position, he can only push the big Z outward, so at the first time, he turned and leaned on the big Z.

The teammate shot, at this time Big Z also turned around, ready to grab a rebound.

Li Ba turned around and leaned against Big Z's arms.

The first time he got up, he blocked the left and right sides with both arms, controlling the path of the big Z from the left and right sides, and then exerted force with his feet and began to push back.

When Li Ba finished his turn and started to back-to-head, he heard a bang and the ball hit the basket.

Under the lock of his consciousness, he "saw" the ball bouncing high from the rim and bouncing upward.

Although it was a long-range shot, the ball didn't bounce outward, because the ball was quite accurate. It only hit the basket a little bit, hit the edge of the basket inside, and then jumped out, so it didn't bounce well. Far, just above the cylinder in the reasonable collision zone.

That position is empty, Li Ba and Big Z are in the low post on the right wing, Marion and Boozer are in the low post on the left wing, Joe Johnson and James are near the free throw line, and the others are in the elbow area on both sides.

Li Ba "saw" where the ball bounced off. He's not Duncan who doesn't need data, he needs data, so he won't choose the kind of thing where he gets stuck and gives up rebounds to his teammates.

The moment the ball fell, Li Ba sat back on his buttocks again. Amidst the muffled sound of Big Z, he borrowed the reaction force and accelerated forward on the spot.

The first step with the right foot, the second step with the left foot, jump directly up, scoop up with both arms, and with a snap, a backcourt rebound is in hand.

"Fast attack!"

Off the court, Frank immediately yelled and pointed his right hand towards the front court.

“fast break!!!!!!!!!”

The fans at the scene broke out into violent shouts.

Marbury immediately turned around and went down quickly, turning his head back and forth in case he missed the pass.

Li Ba raised his right hand high, and Big Z was beside him trying to grab the ball. He immediately raised his left elbow at Big Z. Although he didn't speak, he expressed his meaning very clearly, that is: "Leave me, or I will give you an elbow!"

"Damn rookie!"

Big Z's face darkened, he was not a tough person, and quickly started to defend.

Li Ba never passed the ball, and Marbury looked back twice, but never passed. He didn't know if Marbury scolded or not, but Frank was scolding.

"Hammer, idiot, pass the ball!" Frank cursed.

"I don't know how to pass? But now, he has a defender beside him, so far away from the basket, it is impossible to attack directly, and my assists are gone." Li Ba slandered.

"Hey!"

When Marbury ran past the three-point line, Li Ba yelled and threw his right hand forward, and the ball flew straight to Marbury's head like a shooting star.

Hearing the shout, Marbury immediately turned around for the third time, saw Li Ba's movements, and also saw the ball shot at high speed.

He saw that the rookie's long pass was almost completely a straight pass, and the speed was very fast. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly picked it up with both hands.

"Snapped!"

The ball jumped in his hands, and he quickly hugged it up before catching it. At this time he has rushed to the free throw line.

Behind him, the fastest returning defense was not Ricky Davis who followed him, but Cavaliers rookie No. 1 pick James.

He knew very well that when he made a fast break, James was more than two meters behind him. But now, there is only one meter away.

In other words, in just a short distance of more than ten meters, James, an animal, actually caught up with a distance of more than one meter.

Do you have four legs?

But Marbury is Marbury, he is one meter ahead, and he definitely dares to shoot.