After a short intermission, the players from both sides returned to the court at the referee's whistle.
At the signal of his teammates, Budo stood in the center circle and became the person in their team who participated in the jump ball. Wu Dao is very tall, and he is not far behind the team's center. And in the previous games, everyone noticed that martial arts had terrifying bursts and bounces.
In order to verify whether Wu Dao had more possibilities, Coach Smith moved Wu Dao to the inside to act as a power forward in the second half of the game. As for the jump ball, it was also because of the booing from his teammates that Wu Dao stood on the center line.
The referee walked into the court with the basketball. After the whistle blew, the basketball was thrown directly into the air.
And at the moment when the basketball entered the air and started to fall back, Wu Dao's palm instantly clicked on the bottom of the basketball and pushed the ball towards his backcourt.
With perfect timing of the jump ball, terrifying wingspan and jumping martial arts, he was more than ten centimeters higher than his opponent when jumping the ball, and he was the first to hit the basketball.
"nice shot!"
Jamel Stannie caught the basketball in the backcourt, immediately smiled and shouted, and then began to direct his teammates to attack forward.
The martial arts position changes, and when attacking, he cuts directly towards the inside. And his terrifying presence caused Wu Dao to attract a lot of people's attention while running towards the inside. After seeing Wu Dao's movements, Kobe also hesitated briefly and followed Wu Dao to the mid-range. Participate in the defense of martial arts.
For a time, three defensive players from Lower Merion High School gathered in the area where Martial Arts was located. The entire half of the defensive line, which was considered full, was "dented" on the side of Martial Arts.
"It drew so many people to defense so easily."
"I only played on the court for more than ten minutes. This sense of presence is really strong."
"Defensive players are attracted to him. There are defensive gaps around Wu!"
On the court, Jamel Stannie saw that his opponent's defense was suddenly missing a piece for no apparent reason. Such thoughts quickly flashed through his mind. Without any hesitation, he quickly started to break through with a cross step and accelerated directly. Straight past the defender.
After continuous changes of direction, Jamel Stannie broke through to the mid-range, but even at this position, all the defenders he faced were still the defenders chasing him, and there were no other Lower Merion defenders. High school players came up to double-team.
The stage for Jameel Stannie is bigger than ever!
After an emergency stop, Jamel Stannie quickly shot a jump shot. The excellent combination of movement and movement made the ball of the basketball he shot quite good.
"Uh-huh!!"
The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.
After successfully scoring the ball, the Oak Hill substitutes cheered loudly for Jamel Stannie.
Although it was Jamel Stannie who scored the goal, Jamel Stannie noticed that the Lower Merion players still focused on martial arts.
When Wu Dao ran back to defend, several eyes were watching Wu Dao.
Realizing this, Jamel Stannie showed a smile on his face:
"Suddenly it feels so easy to fight!"
"Why didn't you play ball with Wu earlier?"
Basketball is like this. Different teammates have different feelings on the court. Jamel Stannie felt extremely relaxed when he was teammates with Wu Dao.
This is what it's like to play with a star player, and to be honest, this is Jamel Stannie's first time.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Lower Merion High School players also quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the basketball.
On the offensive end, Budo plays the role of power forward and tends to the inside when positioned.
On the defensive end, Wu Dao is still used as a small forward. What he needs to be responsible for is not the inside defense, but a corner of the zone defense.
Kobe noticed this and did not get involved with Wu Dao. He took advantage of an off-ball pick-and-roll from his teammates and quickly sank into the bottom corner, then passed through the basket and quickly pulled out from the other side to the mid-range.
Although their Lower Merion High School defender's breakthrough ability is a bit poor, and there is no way to easily break through Jamel Stane's defense in a single breakthrough, he can still pass the ball in front of Jamel Stane. of.
When the ball arrived, Kobe had just stepped out of his position, and the basketball hit the ground directly towards Kobe.
The moment he took possession of the basketball, Kobe had already completed the action of turning around and facing the basket. From receiving the ball to facing the basket, he did it in one go, which was quite smooth.
When the Oak Hill High School defensive players came up, Kobe just raised the ball with his right hand and quickly raised it, then dropped the ball directly and rushed towards the left side.
Oak Hill's center didn't move very quickly, and Kobe slipped past him from his right. It was impossible to keep up with Kobe's movements with his sliding steps. Oak Hill's center also quickly adjusted his steps and accelerated. pursuit.
But even so, he still couldn't catch up with the advancing Kobe.
I saw Kobe getting to the basket, taking off with the ball under the defense of the Oak Hill basket players, turning the ball back to the basket, and hooking the ball into the basket.
The score was easily completed in a series of two, and a burst of cheers broke out from the Lower Merion bench.
Since Oak Hill High School adopted a zone defense to strengthen the inside defense, Kobe has played more freely, and the situation on the court is also developing in a good direction, which gives Lower Merion hope of victory.
The opponent is the famous Oak Hill High School in the United States!
Beating a team like this is a joy for all Lower Merion High School players.
The offensive and defensive rhythm of American high school basketball games is very fast, and the intensity of the players' confrontation is far beyond that of Neon High School.
Within five or six seconds after Kobe Bryant scored, the basketball was already in the hands of Wu Dao in the mid-range. As soon as Budao got the ball, he turned around and faced the basket while protecting the ball around his waist.
Kobe stood directly in front of Wu Dao. He raised his center of gravity, leaned forward slightly with his upper body, and covered the top of Wu Dao's protective ball with one hand. At the same time, he pressed his right hand on Wu Dao's waist, feeling with his heart the possibility of Wu Dao. direction of action.
In the paint area, Lower Merion High School's inside players were also watching the matchup between Wu Dao and Kobe, and were ready to make up defense at any time.
From the martial arts point of view, Kobe's strength is not that strong. If he insists on comparing it with the opponents he has encountered before, Kobe's strength is probably only slightly stronger than Sakuragi Hanamichi. Compared with martial arts, it is still a little bit behind.
But Kobe was very oppressive when defending, and his defensive posture was very aggressive. Wu Dao just raised the basketball to test it a little, and Kobe made a tentative steal with his left hand.
If Wu Dao hadn't dropped the ball easily, Kobe would have been able to complete the steal this time.
Playing against Kobe is a completely different feeling for martial arts.
Therefore, this martial arts competition is actually played with extreme caution.
Stepping sideways, Wu Dao twisted his body slightly, and at the same time, the basketball quickly fell down. Instead of rushing forward, Wu Dao retreated slightly to widen the distance between him and Kobe after a dropped ball.
And just when Kobe followed up, Wu Dao quickly leaned over, dribbled under the crotch and directly changed the direction. At the same time, he made a wrong step and rushed towards Kobe's right side.
Wu Dao's crotch dribbling speed was very fast. Kobe reacted quickly and slid to pursue him. However, after Wu Dao dribbled the ball from his crotch, he directly changed direction in front of his body. In the blink of an eye, Wu Dao's figure flew past Kobe's eyes. Pass.
When Kobe looked towards Wu Dao, he saw Wu Dao taking off the ball directly from the side almost one meter away from him, and the basketball was already raised above his head.
Wu Dao shot a jump shot directly after changing directions continuously. Kobe didn't even have time to make a defensive move, and the basketball had already flown towards the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
After more than ten minutes of adapting in the first half, Wu Dao has now regained a familiar feeling. He feels quite good about this shot.
Sure enough, there was a crisp sound, and the basketball plunged into the net, flipping up the net.
"He is obviously such a tall person, but he changes direction very quickly."
"In the blink of an eye, you have distanced yourself from me."
"Is retreating so useful?"
The offensive skills used by Budo in this round of offense are actually not that difficult. A simple dribble change under the crotch, a simple change in front of the body, and then a side step jump shot after combining the ball.
Speaking of the difficulty of the movements alone, it can be said to be the most basic and low-level.
But just such a set of actions could easily get past Kobe's defense, which surprised even Kobe. Compared with the offensive ability shown in the first half of the martial arts, the current martial arts is already a higher level.
What Kobe didn't know was that Wu Dao himself didn't actually make any big changes. He just slowly woke up from his stiff body as the game progressed.
The technical characteristics and offensive methods of martial arts are a bit like the KD of the future. He is long and long-handed, can change direction very quickly, and can shoot accurately.
An organization has specifically tested the speed at which KD changes direction in front of the body, and finally concluded that it takes 0.4 seconds to complete a change of direction in front of the body. What is the concept of this speed? Throughout the years of the NBA, there is only one person who can be faster than this data, and that is the answer.
According to the official data of KD's height of 208cm, his change of direction speed can only be described in two words, that is terrifying.
Looking at more than half of the career of the player who wanted to drink Scarlett's bathwater, his physical condition and his technical characteristics have made him one of the most lethal players in the small ball era.
There have been some horizontal comparison speculations on the Internet. If it is in a one-on-one environment, in the category of outside players, KD's personal ability is probably not inferior to Jordan, but also surpasses Mamba and Orangutan.
After rupturing his Achilles tendon, KD's dominance has dropped significantly, but even so, he is still one of the best players in the small ball era.
Apart from loving to drink bathwater and having some psychological sensitivity in life, this player actually doesn't have too many shortcomings as a player himself.
The technical characteristics of martial arts can be said to be a complete replica of KD. Compared with KD who was born in the small ball era, martial arts that was baptized by the basketball environment in the 1990s is more powerful in physical confrontation.
If it develops in the future, martial arts will be KD's target template when he participates in the draft in the future.
On the court, Oak Hill High School and Lower Merion High School's offensive and defensive transition rhythm was very fast. Since Wu Dao was assigned to the inside by his coach on the offensive end, Kobe found that his opponent's offensive methods had become monotonous.
In addition to the quick change of direction when facing the basket, the offense that Wu Dao relies on most is the mid-range post-up singles.
Although the pace of martial arts changes a lot, the final finishing method is often a mid-range shot.
With the height and wingspan of martial arts, Kobe really has no good way to deal with it, because his talent has determined that he has no good way to face the shooting of martial arts with a high starting point. .
If Wu Dao dribbles more often, or Wu Dao's offensive distance becomes longer, Kobe may be able to limit Wu Dao's performance, but in this kind of short-range offense, it is not easy to suppress Wu Dao's offense.
One-on-one is very incomprehensible. This is the biggest feeling after Kobe and Wu Dao faced off.
But the biggest charm of basketball is its uncertainty.
There is no solution to martial arts in a one-on-one environment, but just because of this, will Lower Merion High School give up on winning the game?
Obviously this is impossible.
After realizing this, the Lower Merion coach adopted a double-team tactic, not to steal the basketball from Budo's hands, but simply to limit Budo's space to use his footsteps.
Just such a defensive strategy made it very uncomfortable for Wu Dao to play in the middle distance.
In several attacks, Wu Dao was forced to pass the ball back to his teammates and was unable to take action himself. For Wu Dao, the power forward position not only has no way to strengthen Wu Dao's offensive threat, but also makes him less of a threat. If it were on the outside, Lower Merion High School would not dare to have so many players to double-team him. .
Being so close to the basket also limits the performance of martial arts to some extent.
Compared to Wu Dao, whose offense was limited, Kobe played much more freely in the second half.
There is no player with outstanding talent to mark Kobe one-on-one. He is really like a Mamba, often able to find gaps in the defense of Oak Hill High School, find opportunities, tear apart the defense and score at the basket.
His jumping is already strong, and defensive players often need to commit fouls to stop him when facing Kobe attacking the basket.
But can this defensive method intercept the opponent for a while, or can it block the opponent all the time? This is obviously impossible.
So as the game progressed, Oak Hill High School began to fall behind.
Coach Smith on the sidelines saw the situation on the court, but he did not interfere too much. His focus was always on martial arts, and he saw the advantages and disadvantages of martial arts one by one.
In this practice match, for Coach Smith, the outcome is really not that important. The most important thing for him is to see clearly the route that Wu Dao, a player, should take in the future.
"Although the power forward can play, he is not suitable. Although his ability to protect the frame is very strong, his awareness is a little bit behind."
"But if it's a small forward, I'm afraid no one can stop him!"
