The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Chapter 482 Macro Defense

The Lakers have the ball.

Looking at Nash who was "looking around" in possession of the ball, Rukawa Kaede could feel his breathing quickening.

I suppressed my breathing rhythm and heartbeat forcibly, but I still felt that I was a little out of sorts.

This is an opportunity that I finally got, this is an opportunity that I finally got... I must not waste it!

Stop thinking about it, recall training, recall the feeling of guarding Lin Dong, and use those things to fill your brain instead of letting these meaningless emotions dominate your thinking.

At least, you can no longer let yourself become the other party’s cash machine!

With a height of 191 centimeters and an unparalleled rhythm of changing directions, this guy is the most difficult type to defend on the offensive end.

But fortunately, I am not that kind of clumsy big man, so I won’t lose too much in speed, and the relationship between my height and wingspan allows me to take a step forward and still have the chance to block the opponent’s 3-pointer. The previous 3-pointer It's just that my body is too stiff and my reaction is half a beat too slow...

When the specific analysis, past training scenes, etc. began to fill the brain, it really freed Rukawa Kaede from the worries about gains and losses that had been entangled in his mind before, and his stiff body seemed to be much softer than before.

After calming down his mind and heart a little, Rukawa Kaede finally felt a little like competing.

He collected himself.

McMillan didn't know his defensive strength, but Rukawa Kaede knew that although he didn't dare to say that he could block Nash's pass, if he wanted to let Nash score on his head, it would be impossible for him to let this happen if he was truly focused. Things happened.

After all, his 'sparring partner' is Lin Dong...

Come up with a trick!

He stood one step away from Nash and tried to 'relax' his gaze.

And when your vision becomes 'persistent', you can indeed focus on a certain point.

For example, staring at the opponent's eyes, analyzing information and predicting movements through changes in the opponent's eyes; or staring at the opponent's shoulders, waist, etc., and reading the opponent's movements in time based on the way the opponent exerts force.

This is extremely effective for most players, but facing an offense of Nash's level, relying on such a single piece of information is useless, and it is even easy for the opponent to divide 'eyes' and 'actions' into two to mislead you.

Thanks to the teachings of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede knew another way to read information.

That is to 'distract' your focused eyes and observe everything about your opponent from a bird's eye view and from a macro perspective.

This allows you to read more information, and it's not difficult to do, just make a few adjustments to your viewing distance and viewing style.

However... it is not difficult to learn this trick, but it is difficult to learn it and use it.

When too much information pours into your mind in an instant, it can actually easily cause confusion and misjudgment in your thinking, because it is difficult for you to analyze all the information clearly in an instant.

At the same time, when the observation line of sight is drawn to such a macro angle, there is so much information that can be read. What should you look at?

There is a word in the Dragon Kingdom called "dizzying", and it is very appropriate to use it here. There is too much information and too many observable things. How can you ensure that the information you see is valid information?

This is the real difficulty of this move. Peyton and others also learned this move from Lin Dong, but none of them succeeded.

And if we use Payton's words to describe this move, we can use another more appropriate word to describe it, that is 'distracted'!

Yes, there is so much information that I can’t read it, and I don’t know what to look at; there are too many things flooding into my mind that I can’t analyze, and my brain’s CPU is about to burn out. What else can you do besides being distracted?

Sakuragi Hanamichi can do this because that guy has a talent that makes people speechless. He is a single-celled creature that relies on instinct to do things, relying on intuition.

Even if there are a million pieces of information appearing in front of him, he can always see the most important one or two hidden among them at a glance. Maybe he himself doesn’t understand why he is attracted to those one or two key pieces of information. Concentration, but he can do it... It's as if there is a God living in that guy's mind, helping him pick and choose the correct answer at any time.

And Lin Dong can do this, firstly, because of his extraordinary experience and golf intelligence, and secondly, this guy does have a super smart brain. His analytical ability and reaction ability are far beyond what anyone else in the Supersonics can do. match.

Apart from anything else, I heard that when this guy was in high school in Xiangyang, he trained on the court every day and never read a book, but as long as he casually glanced at the textbook before the exam, he could almost get a perfect score in the math test... This is really enviable.

And Rukawa Kaede...

At this time, Nash became "three-dimensional" in Rukawa Kaede's eyes, and the scene of just dribbling the ball over seemed to have countless information pouring into Rukawa Kaede's brain in an instant.

——Is the rhythm of dribbling exactly the same as when you came over just now? Is there any change? Regardless of slowing down or speeding up, it is a model that is about to change in the opponent's offensive method.

——Has the power of hitting the ball changed? Is it getting worse or getting better? This can be judged by the speed of the ball and the sound of the basketball hitting the ground. Generally speaking, a sudden increase in the force of the ball means a breakthrough, while a decrease in force means the possibility of a ball-and-ball jump shot.

——Are there any subtle changes in the height of the shoulders when dribbling? The shoulders are balanced, which means the center of gravity is also balanced. Before anyone exerts force to change the center of gravity, there will always be some changes in the balance of the shoulders. Even a top master like Lin Dong cannot violate the normal function of the human body. How to exert force...

It is the limit for a normal person to be able to clearly see one or two of these three major items, and it is even enough to be called a defensive master. But for Rukawa Kaede who has entered this macro perspective, these three items are only basic information. basic information.

Because in addition to these most obvious external changes, you also have to feel the changes in the other person's emotions, changes in eyes, and even the detailed changes in the air flow at the scene. Don't think that metaphysics, changes in air flow, and changes in sound mean You have a comprehensive understanding of the entire field. You look at the opponent with your eyes and can only experience it through perception and hearing. The positioning and movement of the opponent's teammates without the ball actually determine the next move of the ball holder to a large extent. Choice, if you don’t observe the whole court and just focus on the ball holder in front of you, such a macro perspective is completely meaningless. You might as well concentrate on using the old tradition to do normal one-on-one defense, that will be simpler. It saves energy and is more cost-effective.

Too much information, too many details. The more information you combine, the more accurate your prediction will be.

Rukawa Kaede's brain was spinning desperately, processing this massive amount of information.

Usually when he and Sakuragi defend Lin Dong, he can always do this kind of defense once or twice out of three to five times.

Nash's offensive ability is far inferior to Lin Dong. There is no reason why he can't do it, but...

call!

A seemingly simple fake breakthrough followed by a step back, an action that Rukawa Kaede could follow at normal levels, now turned into a fatal attack.

Rukawa Kaede's movements seemed to be obviously half a beat too slow. Although he could barely keep up with Nash's first step, in order to make up for his half-beat reaction, he threw his center of gravity so hard that when Nash stepped back, Rukawa Feng couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all and actually fell to the ground.

Uh-huh!

A big open three-pointer, the corners of Nash's mouth raised, and his fists were clenched while the ball was still flying in the air.

The basketball went hollow into the net, 8:2!

——Nash! Nash! Nash!

——Lakers! Lakers! Lakers!

——Hahaha, that No. 11 has been beaten into pieces! lame!

The whole stadium was filled with cheers and whistles, the Lakers were so powerful!

Rukawa Kaede's face looked a little pale.

Something went wrong with the trick? no.

He knows what his problem is.

I don't have Sakuragi's intuitive talent and Lin Dong's super brain. If I want to reluctantly use this trick, I have to rely on the help of two things.

The first is to automatically give up part of the information. To put it bluntly, it is to directly eliminate some things that the opponent will never do by understanding the opponent's habits, without considering the information related to those results. This can directly eliminate the general information first. 30%-50% information.

When facing all-round players like Lin Dong and Kobe Bryant, this method is not advisable. After all, they can do everything and you can't eliminate them.

Fortunately, the team has analysts, and fortunately the objects they need to defend are often not all-rounders at Lin Dong's level. Therefore, players with distinctive characteristics such as Nash can use this trick as long as they do their homework well. The defense is actually not bad compared to Lin Dongying and others.

And even if part of the information is removed, the brain still can't process it, so we have to rely on the second condition - zone!

Yes, unlike Lin Dong and Sakuragi who have truly mastered it, I can only do this when the zone is open.

But the problem now is that I can't get excited...even going to the extreme extreme of nervousness, which is completely opposite to excitement.

Even if he manages to stay calm, he is just pulling back to the center line, and he is still a long way from being excited!

Get excited, get excited, you damn bastard!

McMillan on the sidelines finally couldn't help but frowned slightly.

He didn't know Rukawa Kaede's inner drama, nor did he know that he was trying to defend Nash from a macro perspective. Just now he saw that he finally calmed down, and he had some expectations for his defense this time, but he didn't expect that he was actually better than Nash. His performance was even worse just now, and he even got knocked down. This had a huge impact on the overall momentum of the team.

Sure enough, it's still too early? In other words... this guy is not the material after all?

If you're just not in the zone, then just give it some time to adapt. But if it's like this when you encounter pressure, or even gets worse, then there seems to be no need to continue.

It's a pity that his 3-point ability... should he be replaced now?

However, after all, it was Lin Dong who had been training with Rukawa Kaede for a whole year. If he didn't give him a chance after just three goals on the field, it seemed like he was ignoring Lin Dong's efforts too much.

McMillan couldn't help but look at Lin Dong on the court, but saw that Lin Dong had already stepped forward and pulled Rukawa Kaede up.

"Hey, brother, don't go see the coach, he won't replace you." Lin Dong said with a smile: "I have everything."

Rukawa Kaede was slightly startled, and Kobe, who was about to retreat, smiled beside Lin Dong: "Are you finally ready to take action? I'm already a little impatient with waiting."

Lin Dong laughed and patted Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder. He ignored Kobe's provocation and made a tactical gesture towards Payton.

SuperSonics possession.

Lin Dong, who originally mentioned playing No. 3 in the frontcourt, actually went directly to the backcourt to catch the ball, which made Kobe Bryant, Zen Master and others on the sidelines slightly startled.

Playing point guard? Two point guards?

In the past few seasons, the SuperSonics tactics have not changed much on the offensive end. In addition to the normal single point guard running and gunning and counterattack, the most commonly used one is the double point guard.

In terms of ball-holding ability, Lin Dong's ball-holding ability is undoubtedly better than that of Payton. Although his passing vision is not as good as that of a historical master like Kidd, it is still comparable to the level of most top point guards. In addition, With his own offensive ability and outside three-point shooting, once he holds the ball, his threat is a whole level higher than that of a normal point guard. Other than immediately double-teaming, the opponent has almost no other good methods available.

And once they choose to double-team, the Sonics' perimeter will inevitably have open opportunities.

Therefore, this trick was their most common tactic when the SuperSonics had a better outside feel. Although it sacrificed a certain amount of Lin Dong's offensive firepower, it could easily revitalize the entire team and clock out early in the half.

On the contrary, those games that rely on Lin Dong to fight often end in the fourth quarter or even the final moment.

They are all old rivals, and they know each other too well. At this time, the Sonics have three outside shooters on the court. Replacing Sakuragi Hanamichi in the starting lineup with a pitcher like Kaede Rukawa makes the Sonics' outside shooters actually stronger. For some, it is reasonable to use such tactics.

The Lakers have already taken action on this.

As soon as Phil Jackson, the Zen master, saw Lin Dong holding the ball in the backcourt, he immediately shouted on the sidelines: "Tactic No. 3! Tactic No. 3!"

All Lakers players immediately took action.

Unlike other teams that choose to double-team when faced with Lin Dong holding the ball, the Lakers' response is to man-to-man throughout the game!

Kobe Bryant walked up to Lin Dong alone.

One claims to be about to surpass Jordan, and the other is the 'authentic' successor whom Jordan has repeatedly appointed in public.

The two super giants are already facing each other at the midline.

When their eyes met, it was different from the blazing fire in the past. Their eyes were as calm as water, and their expressions seemed to have no smoke and fire, so that the space around them seemed to have become eight degrees colder, and then spread throughout the arena.

——Kobe! Kobe, Kobe...

The noisy sound in the arena involuntarily became quieter.

Perhaps it was influenced by the cold aura of those two people, or perhaps it was the expectation that those two people were about to duel.

All the fans were fixated on the pair on the field, their hearts in their throats involuntarily.

What big deal is it to take a Sonics substitute like Rukawa Kaede? What’s worth celebrating and being excited about?

Only by eating Lin Dong is the real glory and victory!