Chapter 860: 369. The adaptive thod that makes Coach Long jealous_3
The ball stopped, there was a center ahead, pass? No! Zhang Yang suddenly jumped, took a baseline mid-range shot… Missed.
Brad Miller had a second chance for offense, but Rondo circled to Brad Miller’s side and grabbed the rebound first!
Zhang Yang shouted “damn” in his heart and quickly retreated to defense, following the fast-breaking Jason Richardson.
Rondo grabbed the rebound and imdiately pushed for a fast break, but Dunk King was closely guarded by Zhang Yang, and Kevin Martin was blocked by Okafor and Mike Miller, while Felton retreated to the basket with all his might.
After rushing to the front, neither of his wing teammates caught up, and the two inside players were slow, unable to follow up to pull the defense, so he had to give up and fall into a half-court offense.
After blocking Jason Richardson, Zhang Yang returned to Kevin Martin’s side. Tonight he took on the primary periter defense role in the starting phase.
First round, didn’t score, so defend… didn’t defend well either.
Kevin Martin stopped and made a difficult fadeaway jump shot!
Kevin Martin has played 66 gas this season, averaging 24.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1 steal per ga.
Although his defense is extrely poor and can only execute the simplest tasks, his offensive ability is already top-notch in the league, and among top players, he’s one of the best. Together with Jason Richardson, averaging 21 points, they form a formidable wing duo around Rondo’s offense and are called the ‘West Mini Hawks’, ant to compare to the Hawks team’s three big stars on the periter.
Zhang Yang is very adept at defending technical players, but those who score heavily.
If defending soone like Durant with an average of 18 shots, 43% shooting percentage, 28% three-point percentage, barely averaging 20 points, and the lowest ranking team in the West, even with Durant’s great height and wingspan advantage, by ignoring stamina and defending with full effort, he could make the kid retreat into silence.
Durant currently scores mainly by relying on his long legs to drive inside for a floater or catching opponents off guard on the periter for a pull-up jump shot. Occasionally, when he scores high, it’s usually against poor defensive teams.
Kevin Martin is different. In the Western Conference, even when facing top wing defenders like Kobe, Jas Posey, Artest, Bowen, etc., he can steadily put up 20 points!
When it was the Bobcats’ turn on offense, Zhang Yang went to the frontcourt to ask for the ball again.
The young brother failed at both ends in the first round, feeling embarrassed. Felton understood this and lobbed the ball over, waiting for the young brother to perform.
Zhang Yang glanced at the positions of the opposing wing and inside players and adjusted his position according to Coach Long’s instructions.
During the last play, when Rondo was directing his teammates to move, he didn’t understand why. Now he understood that Rondo was coordinating a double-team against him based on his position, his playing habits, and Kevin Martin’s defense.
This ability, Zhang Yang could only say one thing—impressive!
Offensive on-court command ability, there’s a qualitative difference between Rondo and Kidd. Even at their peak, it’s impossible to catch up.
That belongs to the category where you either have it or you don’t, and ti accumulation can only enrich the tactical library and increase experience.
Kidd is unmatched in this aspect in the entire NBA history.
But for defensive command ability, Kidd might not necessarily surpass Rondo.
If Zhang Yang wanted to break free from Kevin Martin’s 201 cm height and 210 cm wingspan periter defense, he would fall into a double team from the wing and inside. In that case, why not just not break free from the close defense…
He suddenly backed into Kevin Martin, pushing him back half a step, then stepped forward, turned, jumped, and shot… Scored!
Rondo felt frustrated seeing Felton retreating in defense while excitedly hugging Zhang Yang, who was all smiles, in celebration.
The third brother doesn’t play by the rules!
This simple and crude adaptation thod is truly… enviable! No, it’s jealousy!
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