Jason Kidd's scouting report also states that his shooting ability is relatively poor.
But in this era of "the closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage", as long as you have enough breakthrough ability, the shooting problem is not a big problem.
Not many defenders will address this issue specifically.
Especially for such a star player, his shortcomings cannot be regarded as shortcomings.
For example, "Mr. Joe's" three-point shooting average is less than 30% per game, but who dares to really let him shoot three-pointers?
Only Meng Lang knows that Jason Kidd is more resistant to shooting than described in the scouting report!
His playing style is absolutely traditional one-position style:
Organize and assist teammates!
Scoring seven or eight assists in one game is a perfect game for him.
Scoring 30 points by himself to win the game, regardless of whether he can really average 30 points per game, this is not the style of play and game rhythm that Kidd is familiar with.
I'm afraid his high school coach couldn't have imagined that Jason Kidd would constantly challenge one another, scoring 30 plus points by himself and leading the team to victory.
There are many defensive concepts, one of which is to make the opponent as uncomfortable as possible. To put it more simply:
Let people who can't shoot shoot, let people who can't hold the ball break through.
Facing the more explosive Jason Kidd, what Meng Lang is doing now is forcing him to hold the ball in singles and shoot!
Alright alright!
Meng Lang had to admit that in the finals between the Lakers and Celtics, the scene of Kobe standing at the free throw line defending Rajon Rondo impressed him deeply.
I just sat on the bench and saw that Jason Kidd failed to hit two shots. After today's shooting state was worrying, I had already made plans to follow the same pattern.
It's just that the concept is too advanced, and it makes both the enemy and ourselves feel "buzzing".
This is so disrespectful to my Jason Kidd!
Lu almost yelled at Old K:
Is this how you educate the new members of your family?
Can we still have some basic respect?
He may not have noticed that Old K looked equally confused.
I didn’t say anything, just throw one, Jason, and let this kid see the consequences of shorting you!
Lu clenched his hands, but did not dare to make a sound.
He actually knows that Kidd's shooting ability is lacking. If his urging puts pressure on Kidd, the shot will be even more unwatchable.
But despite his tight mouth, Kidd, who was on the court dribbling the ball in place for several seconds, still did not take a shot. Instead, he called Murray to catch the ball and ran to the wing to wait.
Is this okay?
Did you really protect him?
OMG!
The moment the ball passed from Kidd's hand, it was announced that Meng Lang's defense was successful.
The atmosphere at the scene was even weirder.
However, Meng Lang approached Kidd at this time and no longer gave him a chance to easily catch the ball.
Others' understanding: Meng Lang is forcing Murray to play in singles.
Only Meng Lang himself knew that he was trying to prevent Jason Kidd from catching and shooting.
It's not that Kidd has no shooting ability.
He's just not very good at holding the ball and shooting by himself. He's more used to catching and shooting. When he returned to the Mavericks from the Nets in his later years, his average three-point shooting percentage soared from 35.6% to 46.1%.
He is more accustomed to catching the ball and shooting when there is little defensive pressure and his teammates create space for him.
Therefore, in Meng Lang's view, Kidd is more of a shooting threat without the ball than with the ball.
His closeness made four big words pop up in Kidd's mind:
He understands me so well!
Murray held the ball in singles. Facing the back and forth attacks from Hill and Antonio, his shot under the basket ended in a strike.
The ball returned to the Duke Blue Devils.
"OK, let's chase for another round!"
Hurley controlled the ball past half court.
At the same time that Meng Lang came out from the right flank, Lu, who had been paying attention to his movements, loudly urged the Jinxiong team to fill in from the flank. Meng Lang just caught the ball and scored a three-pointer as soon as he came on the field, which he couldn't ignore.
Just when the Jinxiong team's No. 3 position came out, a large piece of the originally tight defense line was freed.
Seeing this, Hill immediately made an air cut. Meng Lang, who received the ball from Hurley, followed up with a ground pass. His passing vision was not very good, but this was a tactic specially designed by Old K. Use his strong shooting ability to help teammates gain offensive space.
This scene fell in the eyes of the scout:
The Chinese newcomer has good ball distribution ability and passing awareness.
This is the bonus that appropriate tactics can have on a player.
Hill rushed to the basket like a "fire to the sky" and held the ball up for a layup. Not dunking was his last act of tenderness.
The score difference returned to 5 points.
Kidd wanted to do something, but he just looked at Meng Lang who was so far away from him, as if he was suffering from a plague. He gritted his teeth and cursed secretly: Shameless, he can only try to break through, hoping that Duke and others will follow. Double-team him as before.
Breaking the ball is Kidd's best and most accustomed way of offense.
Unfortunately, Meng Lang has already said that he will defend Kidd alone, and the rest of Duke will not come at all.
Unable to create space for his teammates, Kidd lost most of his martial arts skills.
The Jinxiong team's smooth offense was constipated in these two rounds.
On the contrary, Duke's offense was shaky before. After Meng Lang came on the court, the game became smoother and smoother. Even when substitute players were put on, it still plummeted.
At the end of the half, the 10-point difference that should have been considered a victory in the NCAA was only 1 point behind Duke in the blink of an eye.
And all this was only because of Meng Lang's appearance.
"Great job!" Old K once again didn't know what to say. Just like in the training camp, there was only surprise. ——Previously it was the offensive end, this time it was the defensive end.
There was also a noticeable change in the attitude of the Duke students in the audience.
When the big screen showed a close-up of Meng Lang on the bench, the boos disappeared. On the contrary, some cheers could still be heard vaguely.
A bunch of bitches!
Sure enough, she is a mother if she has breasts!
Meng Lang was not surprised and calmly picked up a towel to soak up the sweat.
He was used to being abandoned, and he was used to being ruthless.
He is quite "thankful" to his parents for this.
Whether it's new or old.
Hill volunteered to defend Kidd, and matters in the backcourt should be resolved by the backcourt.
Meng Lang knew that he was concerned about his defensive thinking.
This little thought was clearly written on Hill's face.
"Jason, don't worry, just vote!"
Now it's the Golden Eagles' turn to be at a critical juncture. In Lu's eyes, there is only one person who can break the situation, and that is Jason Kidd. He is the engine of the Jinxiong team’s tank.
Kidd didn't say anything. He looked from the sidelines and saw that Meng Lang had indeed given a lot of space.
But this is not the case.
The shameless man on the opposite side always kept his body leaning forward. Coupled with his height and wingspan as a striker, whenever Kidd made a shooting move, this guy would immediately rush forward to interfere with the shot.
Meng Lang was also mentioning this detail, and Hill suddenly realized it.
No wonder Kidd didn't dare to take a shot. He really thought that Kidd was being bluffed, or that he really lacked confidence in his shooting.
So this is ah!
It has to be you, the "dirty" master!
After a 15-minute break, the game resumes.
Meng Lang was left off the court.
This time it wasn't Old K's intention, but Meng Lang didn't get off the field until the end of the first half. Old K wanted to let him rest for a few more minutes and play the second half later.
But he didn't expect that there was a commotion at the scene.
Some Duke students actually panicked when they didn't see Meng Lang on the court!
No wonder, the difference between Duke with Meng Lang and Duke without Meng Lang in the first half is so big.
They were really afraid that without Meng Lang, Duke would be 10 points behind again.
This is already the second half of the game. If the gap is widened by 10 points again, it will be difficult to get back!
Especially when I saw that after the start of the second half, the Jinxiong team had been leading by 1 point, and Duke was unable to catch up. Finally, an anxious Duke student shouted regardless:
"We need Meng!"
The voices quickly joined together:
"We need Meng!"
"We need Meng!"
"We need Meng!"
The scene footage also showed a close-up of Meng Lang at this time.
Meng Lang nodded in a camera-like manner, and the camera director who was approaching could clearly hear what he said:
"Yeah, you guys need me so damn much!"
