The Fifth Point Guard

The Kings locker room at halftime.

"We should use double teams to deal with Shen, we can't let him play so easily!"

"It's not enough to have Doug Christie defend alone. Shin played too easily in the first half."

"The guy named LeBron is also very good. I didn't expect that after Shen left the Nets, the Cavaliers he joined would also be very strong."

"Don't worry about that rookie, the main thing is Shentong. Even if the two of them cooperate very well, as long as one point is locked, the other point will naturally fall apart."

"Mike was right, Shin was the one who threatened us the most."

After a group of players in the Kings chatted, coach Adelman finally spoke.

"Bobby!"

"yes!"

Hearing the point, Bobby Jackson responded immediately.

"In the second half, you replaced Brad in the starting lineup. Peja mentioned the position of power forward. You and Doug double-teamed Shin."

"yes!"

"Remember, you must lock this point at all costs. I believe there is no problem with the strength of the two of you. After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers do not have an excellent point guard like Jason Kidd. Once the strongest point is locked, The team's tactical coordination will inevitably be affected, but others are not to worry about, last season's Cavaliers were just a team at the bottom of the league, even with a No. 1 pick, they will still not be our opponents."

Second half of the game.

As soon as Shentong received the ball in the low post and was about to single-play Christie, he suddenly found that Jackson came over to double-team him very resolutely.

Pass the ball to James.

Super big gap.

But James' long-range shot came out of the basket.

Divac grabs the rebound.

A quick counterattack by the Kings.

Christie, Jackson, and Bibby fired three arrows at the same time.

The Kings, which mainly play three guards, switched from defense to offense very quickly.

Jackson advanced to the inside to break through and score the ball. Christie in the bottom corner attracted the defense and then passed the ball to the top of the arc.

After receiving the ball, Bibby made an open shot easily, and the three-pointer passed through the net.

It didn't take long for Shentong to encounter the Kings' tight double-team again, and James got an open chance.

There is no greed for merit, and the ball is divided again.

James, who was outside the three-point line, adjusted and shot again. The ball bounced back and forth inside the basket a few times, but it still bounced frustratingly.

The instability of James' mid-range and long-range shots is fully exposed.

Silas was very decisive and immediately replaced James.

This kind of consecutive misses in open spaces hurt the morale and confidence of the players very much.

Although James is expensive as the No. 1 pick, he is only a rookie after all.

The replacement for James was not Eric Williams, who was transferred from the Celtics, but another rookie player, Jason Kapono.

Bobby Jackson laughed.

"Hey, Doug, Mike, look, they lost so badly that even the rookie came off the bench."

Christie laughed too.

"LeBron was beaten, and the balance of victory began to tilt in our favor."

Bibby also said: "Don't be careless, continue to double-team defense against Shentong."

Jackson gave a thumbs up and said, "Don't worry, Mike, that's why I started playing."

Shen Tong couldn't help snorting when he heard the conversation between the king and the others.

Christie, who had been struggling in the matchup with Shentong, finally elated, and also snorted coldly: "Look, some people can only sulk, after all, after leaving Jason Kidd, no one will feed him anymore." Ball."

Hearing what Christie said, Shen Tong frowned slightly.

Shen Tong held the ball and was double-teamed by the Kings.

Still did not force the attack, and continued to distribute the ball to the outside after attracting double-teams.

This time the vacancy was Kapono who replaced James.

From the point of view of the draft, the distance between Kapono, who was selected in the second round, and the No. 1 pick is a world of difference.

but!

Kapono made almost no adjustments when receiving the ball, and directly shot a three-pointer from the outside.

The shooting posture is very standard.

"Shua."

Crisp and beautiful sound.

This is Shentong's most familiar and pleasant music.

Jackson: "Hop ball."

Two minutes later.

Kapono once again received Shentong's breakthrough goal, and faced Jackson's block jumper from the outside to make a three-pointer.

The ball hits the inside of the basket and bounces into the basket!

This is Kapono's third three-pointer!

All three scores came from Shentong's assists.

The Kings didn't expect that James was beaten by himself, and a second-round rookie came up, but he hit open three-pointers one after another, scoring 9 points in an instant!

In fact, Kapono's ability to break through, dunk, and second attack is almost negligible, but only shooting is definitely at the level of a top shooter.

Especially Kapono's three-pointer.

His shots were fast and steady. Although his posture was not as free and easy as Shen Tong's, he maintained it very well and was very standard.

In daily training, Kapono often hit 25 consecutive three-pointers at five shooting points, and almost all of them were hollow hits.

Occasionally, he missed a shot, and Kapono would get boos from his teammates in good faith.

Even Shentong is not confident that he can beat this year's second-round pick in the open three-pointer.

When he was in college, Kapono was already very famous for his shooting skills.

NBA rules once stipulated that an attack that can end with a shot must exceed 0.3 seconds, which means that when there are 0.2 seconds left in the game, players can only fill the ball into the basket in the air.

But Jason Kapono proved the rule "wrong".

While representing UCLA on a show, Kapono took a test on CNN's "Sports Science" in which sensors were attached to his fingertips, and a digital timer started the moment he caught the ball. Timed until shot.

Jason Kapono's shortest time: 0.22 seconds!

After learning of his shortest time, Kapono said: "I think the NBA rules are wrong. I don't know how fast I can shoot. I just shoot as fast as I can. You don't need to make any adjustments. In the You shoot the ball wherever you catch it, and you don’t have to adjust the position of the ball. It’s something you’ve been taught since you were a kid, and that’s what I do.”

Finally, Kapono also added: "This sensor has somewhat affected my shooting speed. I think my fastest speed should be within 0.2 seconds."

The emergence of Kapono made the Kings dare not double-team Shentong unscrupulously.

Even when double-teaming, there are players who need to keep an eye on Kapono's movements.

This shared part of the pressure of double-teaming for Shentong.

When facing Christie with the ball in the low post, Jackson on the other side came up to double-team, but his attitude was not as firm as it was at the beginning of the second half.

Shen Tong shook his left shoulder, made a fake turn and break through, and then turned around and shot a jumper with his right foot as the axis.

Due to Jackson's hesitation, Shen Tong's fadeaway jumper has enough time and space.

Christie tried his best to block the shot, but to no avail.

Shentong in the air took off completely, with his feet separated front and back, his left hand lightly supported the side of the basketball, his right hand shook his wrist, and while his body drifted backwards, he threw the ball towards the basket.

This action is full of the beauty of strength.

Just by looking at it, you can feel the explosive jumping ability of Shentong's calf, the powerful waist and abdomen strength, and the excellent sense of balance.

"Shua."

Shentong's fadeaway jump shot went through the net!

This was Shentong's first shot in the second half.