Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Battle of the Rose Garden III
Chapter 39: Battle of the Rose Garden (3)
"Peng!"
The sound of the basketball hitting the rim was dull and filled with anxiety. There was already a fight under the basket. In the end, Randolph successfully won the ball with his excellent rebound sense and the ability to block positions brought by his wide and fat body.
Got this backcourt rebound.
Kobe Bryant's brows furrowed slightly. After surviving the crazy scoring in the opening, his touch became a little colder. Counting the shot just now, he had missed three consecutive shots. Taking advantage of this opportunity
, the Trail Blazers opened up the score slightly and temporarily led the Lakers by four points at 14:10.
Looking back, Randolph still held the ball inside and played singles. Although he didn't hit the ball in the end, he successfully caused a foul on Bynum who was defending. After making two free throws, he successfully expanded the point difference to six points.
"Although this game is exciting, so far the audience has not seen what they want to see." In the TNT commentary box, Kenny Smith said with a bit of complaint: "Randolph and Kobe have obviously become
The protagonists, although they should be the protagonists. But what the audience wants to see today is the duel between the two rookies, Adrian and Brandon. But so far, although the two rookies have both started, they have not performed well.
Opportunities, especially since Adrian has almost become invisible on the offensive end, and his beautiful performance in the previous games cannot be seen at all. However, on the defensive end, his performance is pretty good, and Brandon Roy has made several threatening breakthroughs.
Neither of them scored a goal. From this point of view, at least his outside defensive ability can meet everyone's expectations."
"No, no, no, Kenny, it's not like that. The matter is already very clear." Next to him, Buckley shook his fat fingers and said with a sneer: "He has been exposed, Adrian
He is a top defender on the perimeter. As you said, his defensive ability is good, his steps are quick and his judgment is accurate, but he has no power at all on offense. A player who only knows how to defend cannot be successful. Maybe he
He can be a passable corner player. But you see, he doesn't even have three-point ability. On the offensive end, he can't even provide stable open shooting support..."
Barkley was talking eloquently, but the situation on the court suddenly changed.
On the offensive end, Kobe did not reach out for the ball directly like before, but started running.
"Then, leave this ball to me." Adrian smiled, and his eyes naturally focused on the defensive player he faced.
Adrian was actually quite miserable when playing on the same court with Kobe. Because Kobe was used to playing alone with the ball, he had to occupy a lot of possession of the ball when he was on the court.
If Kobe just takes more shots, it won't mean anything to Adrian. He doesn't need to take too many shots anyway. If the opportunity is not good, he would rather wait or pass it to someone else with a better chance. But even if he keeps possession of the ball
Without the right, Adrian is in great pain, because his three-point ability is still in training, and Adrian cannot be a good open three-point shooter.
Once he loses the right to organize the offense, Adrian will have nothing left except defense.
Five minutes have passed in this game. Adrian's statistics are 0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. During a defense, Adrian intercepted Roy's pass to the inside and quickly passed it to the already fast forward.
Kobe Bryant.
Fortunately, his performance on the defensive end is pretty good. He blocked Roy's offense several times, and Roy has not performed well so far.
But now, since Kobe has started running and is no longer obsessed with singles. Adrian is naturally ready to become more active. Looking at the 1.9 meter height of Jerryta who is defending him, Adrian simply turns around.
, his broad back leaned directly against Geretta's body, forcing him to push inside step by step.
Seeing that Adrian had pushed Jerrytta into the three-second zone, and if he pushed further, he would enter the penalty area. Roy was hesitating whether to let go of Kobe, but Adrian suddenly shot.
He took a quick step with his left foot, tapped the ground with the toe of his right foot, quickly completed the turn under the action of centrifugal force, and then took off.
Adrian did not take off with all his strength, but his shot was very fast. He had already taken the shot before Jeretta blocked the shot. Coupled with a small backward and height difference, Jeretta's attempt to block his shot was basically impossible.
impossible.
The basketball spun and gently fell into the basket.
"Yes." Adrian smiled, raised his fist, and waved it slightly.
Many days of special training finally bore fruit. Now, Adrian has a certain degree of confidence in mid-range shots within the seventeen-foot range. Moreover, with the targeted special training, his take-off height is not high.
But his shot is extremely fast. His quick shot ensures that he is not easily blocked, and he does not need to jump with all his strength to ensure that he can participate in the battle for offensive rebounds immediately after shooting.
It is very difficult to achieve this point. Even in Adrian's era, those who could complete this kind of training were only a handful of perverts with amazing physical fitness, because they could already guarantee a sufficient shooting height without jumping hard. Moreover,
, this kind of training usually only starts after players enter the NBA. Most of them just give up after trying it. Those who can persist to the end are very rare because it is too difficult to master. Although compared to
For general shooting training, this kind of training process is undoubtedly a lot of pain, because you need to accurately control your take-off strength, and because you need to take the shot as quickly as possible. For players who like to take aim before shooting, they need to change it.
Habits that have been formed long ago are difficult.
Adrian has insisted on this kind of training from the beginning, set goals for himself from the beginning, and then trained with purpose.
Although this delayed the development of his shooting ability, Adrian felt it was worth it.
This kind of shot is difficult to defend, not because of the high take-off height or the long time in the air, but because of the quick release. Such shots will not disappear with age and the degradation of body functions. You can use
A lifetime of shooting skills.
In the TNT commentary box, Barkley's mouth was wide open and his eyes were bulging. Adrian's sudden shot blocked the words he had not yet spoken in his throat. They could not go up or come down, as if they were suffocating.
"Excellent turnaround and fadeaway jumper!" As Barkley's ironic partner, Kenny Smith certainly would not let go of such a good opportunity and immediately cheered: "Look at this shot, Adrian looks like
It's as easy as doing shooting practice. Oh, by the way, Charles, what were you talking about just now? What did you say Adrian wasn't good at?"
Kenny Smith pretended to pick his ears, as if he didn't hear what Barkley was saying just now.
"It's just good luck. One shot can't mean anything." Charles muttered after being speechless for a long time.
"Oh, Roy, beautiful! What a wonderful breakthrough. He broke through Adrian's defense with a very wonderful breakthrough. The inside was stretched out. It was just an empty basket. It was an easy hit. The Lakers were careless!" Fortunately!
Then Roy also had a wonderful performance. He made a drastic change of direction in front of his body and shook Adrian away. He went inside and picked up the basket to score.
Adrian shook his head. There was nothing he could do about this ball. The change of direction was too big and he couldn't keep up with it. However, such a large change of direction in front of the body would put a lot of pressure on the knees. If always
If you play like this, your knees will one day be unable to support you.
However, back on the offensive end, Adrian immediately returned the favor. He still hit Jerrytta from behind without any pressure, pushing Jerrytta all the way deep into the three-second zone. The difference in strength and height made Jerrytta
There is no way to deal with Adrian's back attack, let alone to block Adrian's turnaround jumper.
Using the same method, he hit Jerryta three times in a row and made three of three shots. The Blazers' head coach, McMillan, finally couldn't help but call a timeout.
On the bench, no one asked Adrian when he developed his shooting ability. Since Adrian joined the Lakers, he has never stopped practicing his shooting ability. This is true for all his teammates and even the coaching staff.
It's all in sight.
The swingman wearing No. 8 jersey of the Trail Blazers, Martel Webster.
