The God of Basketball

point guard.

The biggest executor of tactics, the organizer of the team's offense, decides to pass the ball to the right player at the right time by controlling the ball.

A qualified point guard must have the ability to take the basketball across the half court calmly, and pass the basketball to the place where it is needed most of the time: sometimes it is a gap where you can shoot, and sometimes it is a better guiding position .

Bob Cousy once said that John Stockton defines a point guard.

But later, with Isiah Thomas, Beatles Hardaway, Allen Iverson and other speed attacking point guards joining the league, everyone's perception of point guards has become more and more vague and broad. Coupled with the fact that Stephen Nash and Jason Kidd, the previous generation of point guards, have completely different genres, so there is no standard answer for the current point guard position.

beep!

The whistle sounded and the game continued.

ESPN's live room is still doing pessimistic discussions around the Knicks.

Li Zhen took the basketball and rushed to the frontcourt.

He settled at the top of the three-point line, and then methodically commanded his teammates to run.

He ignored Chris Paul staring at him.

Before opening up 10 talent spaces, he was still afraid of Paul's defense. But now, treat it like nothing.

When Li Zhen found that his teammates were running into the established track, he suddenly accelerated. The body of 193 was like an aero-engine stirring the turbine violently, and he stepped sharply on the left side of Sao Paulo. Paul quickly shifted and changed positions. He tried to use physical confrontation to slightly block Li Zhen's pace.

His strength is still a little stronger than Li Zhen.

But it doesn't make sense anymore.

If there is no difference of one level, the defender is already on the weak side, and Li Zhen has a great advantage in height and pace, so... Phew!

Just a face to face.

Li Zhen's figure only swayed slightly when it touched his body, and his footsteps still passed through sharply.

This is the advantage of using the big to fight the small.

When the speed and explosive power of tall players are not inferior to those of small players,

His pace advantage will be displayed without any suspense: This is why people call LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Durant and other talented guys bugs. Now, facing defenders below 185, Li Zhen also has this dislocation advantage.

In a blink of an eye, Li Zhen went inside the free throw line, and David West hesitated.

Li Zhen jumped straight away, throwing... Shua!

The basketball hit the net.

Li Chen, whose strength, coordination, jumping, and physical fitness have grown rapidly during this period, is becoming more and more sure of shooting, especially this kind of shooting within the free throw line. His shooting percentage even exceeds 60%... If you don't defend, there is a high probability About to score.

"If only love could be as simple as shooting a basketball."

Li Zhen turned his head, and he said quietly to David West.

West was very angry.

Eddie Griffin was thinking: Is love difficult for you? You said it the other way around, isn't your love coming instantly? A hint of a look, those female stars will be ready for a full set of actions.

But anyway, it's a beautiful goal.

It even made Reggie Miller sigh on TV: "How does Bruce become more and more like Anfernee Hardaway, the former Magic No. 1!"

This is a very strange association.

Hardaway was the first generation of Jordan's successor back then, and his style of play was very elegant. The Magic even told O'Neal for him: I can't give you a contract that exceeds Hardaway, so he won't be happy.

Surprisingly, O'Neill actually accepted this statement at the time.

Unfortunately, after some suffocating operations by the Magic, they finally pushed the Sharks to California and achieved the ok dynasty.

Hardaway died sadly due to injuries, and soon disappeared from the league.

Isaiah Thomas is also wondering at this time: So, is Bruce really going to an attacking guard?

But soon, his speculation was overturned.

Because in the frontcourt, Li Zhen quickly participated in double-teaming. At the moment when Paul passed the ball to David West, he quickly closed up and completed a beautiful encirclement with Eddie Griffin. David West didn't even raise the basketball three feet, and was caught Li Zhen forcibly snatched it from his arms.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhen launched a fast break.

And while Peterson was helping to defend, he passed the basketball to Quentin Richardson in the bottom corner with a beautiful pass behind his head... This is an amazing and amazing curve ball. all opponents. After Quentin Richardson threw the basketball for 1 second, no one came to defend him.

Swish!

The perfect three-pointer was caught.

Quentin Richardson clasped his hands together and said Amitabha.

Peja Stojakovic was dumbfounded, is this a magical blessing?

Back then, Paul and Tyson Chandler did a nice alley-oop... Randolph's problem was that he couldn't jump up and embarrass Tyson Chandler in the air.

Watching Chandler showing off his might.

Li Zhen summoned Eddie Griffin and Zach Randolph for a simple discussion.

Then, Li Zhen broke through Paul's defense again. When he went deep into the free throw line, because he was afraid that Li Zhen's shooting was easier than love, David West rushed to help defend. While he was moving up, Li Zhen quickly handed the basketball to Griffin, and Griffin quickly rushed to the penalty area with the ball... Tyson Chandler had to turn around when he saw this. The basketball hangs over his head, and Randolph jumps behind him, grabs the ball and smashes it into the hoop!

boom!

Nice alley-oop.

Beautiful relay breakthrough.

This is an offensive line that is completely absent in the Knicks tactical manual, which is to adapt measures to local conditions and borrow flowers to offer Buddha.

Compared with the Hornets' obvious routine offensive mode, the Knicks' style of play is more unconstrained.

"It's a bit like the traditional 'Twin Towers' attack on the same side. Bruce made a beautiful start." Reggie Miller praised on TV.

Looking back, Chris Paul used Tyson Chandler's high pick-and-roll, penetrated into the penalty area, attracted Eddie Griffin's help defense, and then passed the ball to David West, who responded with a high position. It was handed over to Peterson, who was running back, but...the basketball failed to escape Griffin's palm in the end, and it hit the basket heavily, and Li Zhen probed into it and easily asked for a rebound.

Then, he suddenly started, long-distance attacking the frontcourt, completed the pick-and-roll with Randolph in the high post, quickly cut into the paint, and distributed the basketball to Jeffries, who was galloping from the baseline. The basketball slams into the hoop.

"It's a bit like a traditional double-tower high screen, and a bit like Princeton's uc cut. But anyway, it hits the Hornets just right."

Reggie Miller is getting more and more surprised.

At this time, as Chris Paul missed a three-pointer at the buzzer, the game entered the intermission.

The Knicks relied on a counterattack in the last 3 minutes to complete the overtake.

Moreover, "Bruce seems to have completely taken the initiative. His style of play just now has both traditional and new styles. There is no trace at all, but the tricks are deadly." Reggie Miller couldn't help changing his tone.

"This is because the Hornets' defense is not strong enough. In front of a really strong team, this kind of trick is useless. You still have to practice internal strength, just like the San Antonio Spurs. Their tactics have not changed much, but they have always It's the top team in the league," McBrin said.

"But. Do you think Chris Paul, who relies on the system, is better, or Bruce Lee, who has his own system?" Bill Wharton asked his conscience.

This question was placed in the ESPN studio, and there was a long silence.

The audience in front of the TV also began to think... After all, this is the battle for the league's number one point guard.

Two styles, who is more powerful?

Who is the number one point guard in the league today?

...

This question continued until the beginning of the second half.

After the start of the second half, the Hornets made targeted deployments. Although Byron Scott is not a top coach, his on-the-spot reaction ability is not bad.

Chris Paul quickly completed a classic pick-and-roll play, and he used a small play to hit a shot over Randolph after deep in the paint.

But looking back, Li Zhen played a trick that made Isiah Thomas scream.

He actually resorted to the triangle offense.

After he held the ball to the top of the arc, Griffin first lifted it up as a cover. Li Zhen dribbled the ball along the left side and broke through. Fern.

At the same time, Jeffries at position 3 quickly moved from the left side to the right side along the baseline under his command.

Griffin was double-teamed after holding the ball to the free throw line, and he quickly handed the ball to Jeffries on the outside. At this time, Chris Paul had to quickly help defend the past. At the same time, Li Chen had already cut into the penalty area from the weak side, and Jeff Reese passed the ball.

Li Chen probed inside, and after attracting a supplementary defense, he decisively passed to Randolph, who dunked easily.

This is a perfect demonstration of strong and weak side transfer.

It is the third most important magic weapon in the Lakers playbook.

Usually started by Kobe.

But Li Zhen used it more easily, because Kobe often attacked before he could wait for the last move. Li Zhen was able to judge the situation and complete the final assist.

That's what it means to be a point guard.

Isiah Thomas stands in front of the TV, his right hand slightly dragging his chin. He muttered to himself: If this is the case, I can also be the head coach.

This scene fell into the eyes of James Dolan, but it was: Isaiah is really a man who studies hard, and he never forgets to dig deep into tactics at this time.

With Randolph roaring, Chris Paul tried to get back the scene for Chandler, and he designed an alley-oop.

But I didn't expect the Knicks to suddenly switch defenses. Eddie Griffin used his amazing jumping and wingspan to abruptly destroy the aerial connection, although Peterson picked up the basketball quickly and completed a sneak attack layup.

But at least tactically, they failed completely.

Then, Li Chen completed another beautiful tactical execution. D'Antoni couldn't help standing up and applauding.

Because Li Zhen is implementing one of the "long-distance, wide-range, multi-yanhu mobile catch-and-shoot offensive methods" in the run-and-bomb tactics: a mobile cover shooting offensive method designed for special shooters.

Li Zhen and Quentin Richardson first completed a meaningless pass back from outside the three-pointer. Jeffries on the right moved quietly to the inside and formed a double screen with Griffin. At this time, Li Zhen quickly made the pass The ball was passed to Quentin Hudson, who was running fast on the weak side along the baseline, by the time Zach Randolph and Jeff Reese had formed two screens for a two-man screen.

It's kind of like the side-door elevator tactic.

Swish!

Quentin, who was assisted by Li Zhen, recited the perfect Buddhist name again.

Peja Stojakovic looked enviously.

He also wants to make a difference from beyond the arc.

However, the Hornets' fixed tactics have actually been seen through.

When the Knicks put in focused defense and more selfless help defense, their offense immediately became messy.

When Chris Paul was unfavorable for consecutive assists, he turned on the load-bearing forward mode. He kept attacking and used his own offensive firepower to keep the team alive, but the efficiency was not so high.

On the other hand, the Knicks have already played the "moving triangle" offensive method of moving to the basket under the control of Li Zhen.

Zach Randolph benefited a lot. He once again completed the counter-kill against Tyson Chandler... He never dreamed that he could eat cakes so simply.

But he always felt that this matter was weird.

Why couldn't Bruce instigate tactics like this before?

Is it because he thought I wasn't loyal enough?

It seems that I have to be more loyal to Bruce in the future. Bruce is too tough, he can actually turn Tyson Chandler around, one move at a time, this kind of brain, I will definitely be popular with him.

Randolph thought more and more.

But in fact, the reason why Li Zhen can do this is actually because his talent has improved.

When his various talents are improved, his ability to penetrate the court has been greatly improved. As Reggie Miller said, Li Zhen's cut now does have a touch of Anfernee Hardaway's taste. In this era when guards are getting shorter and shorter, he does have the demeanor of a swingman in the 1990s. , but in fact he is a standard point guard.

In this way, he can better complete the tactical route in his brain.

Chris Paul was completely passive in the third quarter.

Even people who don't understand basketball can clearly see that Li Chen's movement in tactics and the fluency of running the game are completely better than Paul, who followed the script and then even fought alone.

Sao Paulo is a star with a high basketball IQ.

In many scores, it can even reach 96.

But Li Zhen is different, he is a dimensionality reduction blow. A super genius who can be admitted to Harvard and can program his own programs, these tactics that are vast and obscure to ordinary players are, in his view, a math problem where 1+1 equals 2.

His amazing brain capacity can accommodate countless such tactics and use it perfectly when he needs it.

Paul is like a 512g hard drive. In this era when the average capacity is only 128, he stands out from the crowd.

However, Li Chen is a solid-state drive with a capacity of 100t, which not only has a large capacity, but also has a fast reading speed.

He is now only limited by the fact that his physical fitness has not yet been developed, and he will wait until he completes the development of his physical fitness.

What he has to compete is not just the number one point guard in active service. To be honest, in 2007, the pool of point guards was the smallest among the five positions in the NBA, and the crazy point guard boom behind it is far from coming.

The game entered a watershed in the third quarter, and the Knicks opened up the point difference without any suspense and continued to expand.

Bruce Lee had more than 20 assists with three quarters still to go.

At the same time, his score also came to 16.

If there are no accidents, tonight's double 20 data will be very stable.

On the other hand, Chris Paul, although he scored 25, his shooting percentage was 8 of 22. In addition, the 9 assists are more than double that of Li Zhen. Coupled with the 15-point difference between the two teams, he lost the matchup almost without any suspense.

However, this time can be regarded as the road to heaven and earth.

He twisted his ankle on the final play of the third quarter and limped off the court.

Although it doesn't look serious.

But neither Byron Scott, nor his agent. Even the silent fans at the scene didn't want him to play again.

Retiring from the injury saved him to a certain extent, which left unfinished implications for this duel.

But for Li Zhen, he already knows... Chris Paul has been surpassed by himself... At least in terms of point guard, he has surpassed himself.

He'll have to target higher up.

For example, superstar, superstar, historical superstar?

In the fourth quarter, Li Zhen played for 2 minutes.

He first completed an air attack layup after a screen, and then hit a pull-up jumper.

After locking the data at 20 points, 22 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, he rested.

Let Zach Randolph continue to wreak havoc on the court... However, with Li Zhen off the court, Randolph's efficiency plummeted, and he still couldn't surpass Tyson Chandler in singles.

However, this has no real impact on the game.

It even made Bill Walton feel better: "The point guard is the existence that makes teammates better. Randolph's struggle at this time perfectly proves this sentence. I think this also probably explains why Egypt Di Griffin, Kwame Brown and other players were so good when they were with Li Zhen, but they are so depressed after leaving Li Zhen."

"So, the No. 1 point guard in active service, I think... there is no suspense."

Bill Wharton concludes.

This conclusion obviously exceeded the expectations of all basketball experts before the game, including the official espn. What they promoted before was that "Chris Paul is a low-key and restrained player, and Li Zhen is a showman who relies on the influence of public opinion."

Now, however, the results are very different. Not only did Li Zhen lead his team to victory, they only lost 2 points in scoring, more than doubled in assists, and almost achieved a triple-double in rebounds.

No matter from which angle, Li Zhen won without a doubt.

"Bruce actually played very tangled in the first quarter, as if Chris was passive in the third quarter. The fluctuation of players is actually normal. Chris' last injury kept the suspense. We look forward to their next match."

At the end, McBrin said these words according to the train of thought of the TV station.

But in fact, the audience in front of the TV has almost left, who wants to watch garbage time.

And the biggest impression left by this game is that Bruce defeated Chris Paul, he is the league's number one point guard! !

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