Chapter 198 Ben, the God of Jump Balls!

Honestly, if you were to translate McGrady's mood into internet slang...

Then what McGrady wanted to say most at this moment was definitely:

Ben, the God of Jump Balls!

On the court, after McGrady dribbled the ball past half-court, the Raptors players who were originally preparing to set up their defense also arrived in the frontcourt.

It has to be said that although Carlisle at this time was still slightly lacking in experience, compared with the previous Knicks coach Don Chaney, Carlisle's defensive tactics tonight were clearly the result of serious study of the Raptors.

In the Raptors' opening attack, when Ben screened for McGrady at the high post, Mills and Hughes directly double-teamed McGrady.

And this was almost impossible to happen in previous Raptors games.

Because although Ben lacked the ability to attack on his own, it didn't mean he couldn't execute the simplest pick-and-roll.

In addition, because the Raptors' two wing players were terrifyingly good at one-on-one situations, the Raptors' opponents basically wouldn't consider how to target McGrady when competing against the Raptors.

However, tonight, Carlisle successfully outsmarted the Raptors.

On the court, McGrady, caught in the double-team of Mills and Hughes, was clearly unprepared for the double-team. In his panic, he lost his judgment and directly passed the ball to Hill.

And as quick as lightning, Hill rushed into the Raptors' restricted area in the blink of an eye, launching a counterattack that made the Raptors fans on the scene gasp.

2 to 0!

At the Palace of Auburn Hills, according to tradition, the fans would normally take their seats after the Raptors scored their first basket, but now...

The situation seemed to have changed slightly...

"Tracy, don't dwell on that mistake just now.

Because even Magic Johnson had more than 3,500 turnovers in his career."

On the court, although McGrady's opening mistake was a bit demoralizing, as an excellent leader, Su Feng was very clear that this mistake was not entirely McGrady's fault.

And upon hearing this, McGrady, who was still annoyed at why he hadn't been a little more steady before passing the ball, immediately perked up again.

On the court, the Raptors attacked again. This time, McGrady was much more cautious when organizing the offense.

In this life, don't think that McGrady is stronger than in Su Feng's memory of the same period. But even if he is stronger, he hasn't reached the point where he can dominate everything.

You know, Su Feng's current ability to face double-teams was cultivated under the torment of Larry Brown in his early years.

If breaking double-teams was that easy in the NBA...

Then the double-team tactic wouldn't have become the ultimate tactic used by various teams to target the opponent's star players at crucial moments.

On the wing, through Ben's screen, Su Feng successfully received McGrady's pass before Hill's help defense arrived.

And just as Ben was preparing to screen for Su Feng again...

Su Feng waved his hand at Ben.

Su Feng knew that the Pistons' tactics tonight were targeting Ben more than they were targeting McGrady.

Because just now, when Ben was preparing to come over to screen for him again, Su Feng clearly noticed that the Pistons' center, Mills, shifted his feet toward him.

To be honest, although this series with the Pistons had only just begun...

Su Feng had already personally felt the intensity of this era that he had ignited, which was constantly evolving.

In Su Feng's previous life, the reason why pure blue-collar players like Ben gradually disappeared with the development of modern basketball was because they often had a negative effect on the offensive end.

In the future, when many teams choose blue-collar players, they will at least require them to have some offensive ability.

Like Draymond Green, PJ Tucker, and the like.

However, even though Carlisle had his own understanding of this Raptors team, how could Su Feng not have made preparations for this?

You might not believe it if I told you...

If you were to analyze the tactics of the two teams in this series with the Pistons one by one, then in Su Feng's opinion, even ten manuals might not be able to analyze them clearly.

But, to put it simply...

In fact, in Su Feng's eyes, this series with the Pistons was completely a competition of which team had stronger one-on-one abilities.

Because although the Pistons were clearly deliberately leaving Ben open...

However, because mindless double-team tactics would only bring negative returns, when the Raptors' two wing players directly opened up and chose to go one-on-one, the Pistons' center, Mills, could not abandon Ben and directly pounce on the Raptors' wing players.

As for the reason?

Heh...

In the NBA, how many centers have you seen who can defend from the restricted area to the three-point line?

To put it bluntly, even if the Raptors were attacking 4-on-5, this 4-on-5 would only happen locally, not globally.

Therefore, Su Feng's wave of his hand just now, telling Ben to go to the side and choosing to go one-on-one against Hill himself, was not entirely to pay tribute to his high school classmate.

On the court, after calmly observing the situation, Su Feng skillfully grabbed the ball behind his back with his right hand.

Because Hill's wingspan was very exaggerated, Su Feng didn't want to give Hill a direct opportunity to steal the ball.

Thump, thump!

On the other side, because he was quite wary of Su Feng's first step acceleration, Hill also took a small half-step back after noticing that Su Feng had put on a single-hand triple threat posture.

And just at this moment, Su Feng suddenly tapped the ball lightly twice, making a gesture to pull up for a fadeaway jumper.

Hill didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly lunged toward Su Feng.

However, who would have thought...

Su Feng's shot was a fake fadeaway followed by a real drive!

This...

This is Su Feng, who is hailed by the world as someone who can surpass Michael Jordan in the future?

No cap...

In Hill's opinion, just Su Feng's series of single-handed fakes was comparable to Jordan back in the day!

Although the whole set of movements had a slight bit of frame skipping, because of Su Feng's freakishly large hands, Hill simply couldn't guess Su Feng's next move!

Swish!

After shaking off Hill, Su Feng didn't choose to continue forward, but instead chose to shoot in the mid-range position, scoring the Raptors' first basket of the night!

2 to 2.

On the sidelines, Pistons coach Carlisle couldn't help but sigh when he noticed this scene.

In the eyes of the audience in front of the TV, Su Feng's fadeaway jumper just now only added a mere two points for the Raptors.

But for Carlisle, through this basket, he saw a superstar with an advanced understanding of the game.

Making the right choice at the right time.

A very simple sentence.

But for the ever-changing basketball game on the court, this sentence is precisely the most difficult to do.

On the court, the Pistons attacked.

As Su Feng had expected, facing the Raptors' interlocking infinite switching defense, the Pistons also adopted the most direct one-on-one tactics tonight.

On the right wing, Hill, who had just been embarrassed by Su Feng, turned around and used his speed to pierce through Su Feng's "Wall of Sighs."

Because on the court, the offensive side always takes the initiative, so after Hill pressed his flash button, Su Feng could only passively "flash follow."

No choice...

Facing Hill in his prime, even Jordan and Pippen suffered losses back in the day, so Su Feng wasn't frustrated after being answered with an Answer.Ball by Hill.

To be honest, since the battle with the "Old Rogue" back then, Su Feng hadn't had a one-on-one true man's battle of evenly matched strength for a long time.

(Jordan: Back then t

On the court, just as the Pistons' center Mills was preparing to turn around and grab the rebound...

A man with a ten-centimeter-high afro suddenly appeared on top of his head!

In the 99/00 season, Ben Wallace averaged nearly 6 offensive rebounds per game in the regular season.

With the team's defensive rebounds almost completely divided up by his teammates, can you believe that this player, whose actual height is less than 2 meters, can still maintain 10+ rebounds per game on average?

In the restricted area, after flying to grab the offensive rebound, Ben immediately passed the ball to the outside.

And the one who received Ben's pass was Su Feng, who had just missed a shot.

Swish!

The Raptors' classic 2-point turned into 3-point play has arrived!

Presented with love by the Su-Ben combo!

4 to 5.

Turning around, the Pistons attacked. Facing Su Feng, who had learned from his mistakes, Hill failed to complete his assault mission this time.

With 24 seconds about to expire, Stackhouse took the initiative to take the blame, sending Su Feng a defensive rebound with a long-range shot that was a matter of fate.

The Raptors attacked, this time switching to Carter to go one-on-one on the left wing.

As a result, facing his UNC senior, Carter violently drove into the interior.

Stackhouse had no way to deal with this kind of Carter and could only allow him to complete a one-handed dunk over his head.

4 to 7.

In turn, the Pistons attacked. After Hughes and Joe Smith picked and rolled, the latter took a step-back jumper at the high post, 6 to 7.

The Raptors attacked, with McGrady assisting Carter for his second consecutive dunk, 6 to 9.

The Pistons countered, with Hughes and Smith's pick and roll successfully broken by Jermaine O'Neal through early positioning.

However, before the offensive time was about to expire, Hughes scored for the Pistons with a difficult fadeaway jumper that was no less difficult than Su Feng's, 8 to 9.

Although the Pistons only had one day of rest due to their five-game first-round battle with the Heat, their overall condition was maintained due to the inertia of the previous games.

In the first quarter, relying on the outstanding performance of their forwards, they fought back and forth with the Raptors, which made the Pistons fans, who had already advanced to the next season before the start of this series, suddenly full of expectations for this series again.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pistons were not only behind 28 to 29, but also did not seem to be at a disadvantage from the perspective of the game.

In the second quarter, both teams made adjustments to their lineups.

And just when people were very curious whether the Pistons could withstand the Raptors' unreasonable bench surge...

For a moment, Su Feng could probably feel the mood of Jordan and Pippen back in the day.

Because Stackhouse, this guy...

If you say he's not streaky, he only had a 40% shooting percentage in the regular season this season.

However, sometimes, this random 98k of his can really headshot you from 800 meters away.

In the second quarter, Stackhouse repeatedly fired from the outside, and because Hill was also non-stop, Su Feng, who didn't have shadow clones, could only shake his head and sigh.

After all, in a basketball game, since you can go on a hot streak, your opponent will definitely have a time when they go on a hot streak too.

Fortunately, at a critical moment, Su Feng successively scored in the wing, high post, and low post.

If, four years ago, when Su Feng first entered the league, Hill thought of him as just a young player who could only follow behind him and eat his exhaust fumes, now, in Hill's opinion, he was already the number one perimeter player in this league.

Of course, no matter how strong Su Feng was, in the second half of the second quarter, after Hill gradually recovered from his physical exhaustion, Su Feng still ate his fair share of exhaust fumes...

To be honest, Hill's flash-like start was just outrageous in Su Feng's opinion.

Moreover, because Hill was feeling good tonight, Su Feng couldn't adopt the same defensive tactics against Hill as the Raptors had previously used against Kidd.

As a result, at the end of the first half, to the surprise of many American experts, the Pistons were the ones who led into the second half on this night.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 61 to 59.

After halftime, the two teams switched sides and fought again.

In Su Feng's opinion, being able to meet this Pistons team in this year's semifinals was simply a godsend for the current Raptors.

Because after tonight's first half, the arrogant emotions that the team had previously generated when eliminating the Knicks had obviously been swept away.

There was no way, it was impossible to prevent the young team from becoming arrogant, even with Su Feng constantly doing ideological work.

Especially after having already won the championship last year, and then creating the best record in NBA history this year, it was impossible for this young Raptors team not to become arrogant.

"Wake up, this is the Eastern Conference Semifinals!"

In the second half, before the game started, Su Feng scolded his teammates.

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ps: Sorry, everyone. From February to now, A Qiao has gained weight from 140 pounds to 190 pounds, so after being stimulated a bit yesterday, I almost felt like I couldn't catch my breath... I just ordered a treadmill today, so I should lose weight first! Also, I finally got the 10,000-order badge! Thank you to all the handsome readers! Love you! This is the first 10,000-order basketball novel in Qidian history! It is also the second in the entire sports category, and it is also the only sports novel that has received the 10,000-order badge during serialization!