213 Brand's defense

On January 12th local time, the Supersonics' away challenge to the Clippers started on time at the Staple Sports Center. The Clippers' record has increased recently. With Carman's return from injury, the inside line formed by him and Brand greatly increased the competitiveness of the Clippers. The team's winning rate has exceeded 50%, which is very likely to make the playoffs. You should know that they have been away from the playoffs for eight years.

However, the media is not optimistic about the Clippers' game today, although Brand swore that he had found a way to restrain Chamberlain before the game...

With flexible footsteps, 250 pounds and strong long arms, Brand did cause some trouble to Chamberlain at the beginning of the game. In order to wait for Mourning, the supersonic offensive rhythm will be slower than that of a real small ball team, which gives Brand a chance.

Once Brand is stuck, Chamberlain is thinking about getting rid of him, it will be very difficult. In this way, at the end of the first quarter, the Clippers magically compete with the Supersonics.

Sitting on the sidelines, McMillan frowned slightly. He saw the situation on the court, and he knew Chamberlain's dilemma, but when the main player returned to the bench, he did not furiously or change his tactics. In the arena, victory or defeat is a normal thing. As long as it is not often lost, the result of occasional defeat is not as good as expected, and it is not harmful. Up to now, the Supersonics have achieved enough results. McMillan cannot change the team's very good tactics that have been running-in because of a bad game, especially when his opponent is a Clippers, who only works for the playoffs. McMillan's eyes are no longer on this, because he knows that their real opponent is a team like the Spurs and the Pistons.

"Daniels, Gallon Young, Wilkinson, Evans, James, you five are playing." When the main players sat down one after another, McMillan announced the name of the rotation player.

"Today our opponents are very tenacious. I hope you will play their respective roles. Okay, you can warm up." There is no hope for substitute McMillan, but the necessary superficial work is still necessary. He made such a pre-war mobilization like a regular symbol, and waved them to warm up and prepare to play.

"Okay, boys, cheer up. Everyone will be in a downturn. What's wrong with you? And the game is not over yet!" The delay in starting the situation on the court made the main players of the Supersonics feel a little depressed. They were used to winning, and they did not make plans to stalemate with the Clippers before the game.

"Zhang, this is normal. Everyone has an opponent that they cannot handle easily. Don't forget that Brand is a rare inside player with 20 plus 10 per game." The Supersonics played in this situation, and everyone knows that it was entirely because Chamberlain was restrained by Brand. Since joining the team for a short time, Chamberlain has been playing an axial role in the team, and his teammates have also become accustomed to his control of the ball. So when Chamberlain could not play his real role, the Supersonics players were suddenly not used to it, like a headless fly, unable to find the direction to move forward.

Brand is one of the rare inside players of 20+10. Chamberlain knows that Brand is often compared with Duncan. Chamberlain is not arrogant enough to accept failure. The reason why he is silent is because he is thinking. He feels that he seems to have overlooked something. He seems to have a way to break the Clippers' inside defense, but he didn't expect it for a while. Of course, this does not mean simply defeating Brand. Just like facing Garnett, Carman returns to Brand freed. Chamberlain clearly realizes that he cannot easily get rid of his defense. He is considering the victory of the team.

"No, Nate, what I think is the game. I feel like we can beat the Clippers, but I can't think of where the breakthrough point is." Chamberlain raised his head and looked at McMillan with inquiring eyes. When he couldn't find the answer, Chamberlain hoped that McMillan could give him some advice.

"Are you referring to speed up the team's offensive rhythm?" In fact, it is very simple to break the Clippers' restraint against Chamberlain, which is to speed up the team's offensive rhythm, but McMillan is not willing to do this. Such tactics have weak points. One is that Mooning must be replaced and replaced with relatively strong and relatively faster Radmanovic or James and Evans, who are less physically strong and have relatively faster speeds. The disadvantage is that Mooning's defense is lacking, and the supersonics cannot stop the Clippers' offense. Moreover, Chamberlain's cooperation with these people is not so tacit, which will increase many mistakes that should not have been made. The second is that the team's rhythm is accelerated, and hasty shots will affect the shooting rate, and rebounding is not easy to control, so McMillan is not prepared to do this.

"No, it's not the rhythm, but I can't think of what it is." Chamberlain patted the back of his head and shook his head anxiously.

"Okay, Zhang, there is actually no need to change. As long as you continue to fight like this, the final victory will still belong to us. Don't think too much." Chamberlain's unconcealed persistence in victory made McMillan very pleased. There are talented players every year, but Jordan only has one. What those people lack more than Jordan is this desire for victory.

"No, Nate, because Zhang Gang had just won the first center, he doesn't want to send this honor out." Seeing the atmosphere of the team a little dull, Mo Ning, who was sitting by the side, made a joke on this matter. This is the benefit of the team having old players. They have seen too many storms and waves and can always stand up at the right time to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Of course, I don't want to lose the title of scoring king. I have never received this honor." After Mo Ning said this, Ray Allen also woke up. Strictly speaking, Chamberlain and Ray Allen are not qualified leaders now. At least in this regard, there is still a big gap between them and Mo Ning.

Just like this, the atmosphere gradually became lighter and Chamberlain also abandoned the anxiety and made fun of each other with his teammates.

"Okay, guys, prepare for it, it's time for you to play. Our substitutes played really badly!" After only three minutes of the second quarter, McMillan had to call a timeout. The substitutes of the Supersonics should not be their low-energy image. When the main force could not break the score difference, they gave their opponent a 16:9 in a short time. At this time, the score on the court was 38:46, and the Supersonics were eight points behind the Clippers.

Returning to the court, it was the Supersonics' right to play. After half of the game, Ridno handed the ball over to Chamberlain in the inside.

The successful defense in the first quarter gave Brand a lot of confidence. The moment Chamberlain received the ball, he quickly posted it on.

Chamberlain held the ball and his feet were shaking left and right, moving his body quickly. Brand's weight put a lot of pressure on Chamberlain, and more importantly, Brand's steps were more flexible than O'Neal. Chamberlain made continuous false moves, and Brand didn't take this trick at all, and always maintained pressure on Chamberlain behind. As time passed by little by little, Chamberlain seemed to be in a desperate situation and wanted to rush at the basket.

"Bang!" Chamberlain attracted Brad's attention with a forced breakthrough, and passed the ball with a hit and secretly split the ball.

"Swish!" Ray Allen received the free throw line and made a jump shot easily. Brand could stop Chamberlain from scoring, but could not stop Chamberlain from passing the ball. However, this would make the outside running less easy. Without Chamberlain's damage to the inside, Ray Allen's care for the Clippers was particularly strict. Opportunities like this are not easy to find.

"Swish!" Mageti cut in and took Chamberlain away, and passed the ball to Brand. Brand was not tall enough, and even for small forwards, his height was a standard for second-level disabled, but it was because of this that he forced him to develop a stable mid-range shot. After receiving Mageti's pass, Brad raised his hand and sent the basketball into the basket.

"You can get up quickly, Zhang, Carman is very slow, I think I can handle it." Chamberlain was restrained by Brand, and Mooning was a little anxious. When he was heading to the inside, he whispered in Chamberlain's ear.

"No need... wait, Kaman is very slow..." Mooning's words finally let Chamberlain know what he had forgotten. Yes, it is Kaman's speed. Kaman is a standard white center with good skills, but his pace is extremely slow. In today's game, Chamberlain paid too much attention to Brand, and he had never really played with Kaman, and he actually ignored this.

"I know what to do, Alonzo." Kaman's movement was slow, and the Clippers' inside defense relied on Brand more on his flexible steps. One of his usual tasks was to wipe Kaman's butt and prevent those opponents who were missed by Kaman.

"Ridno, give me the ball." This time Chamberlain's position became deeper, and Carman asked for the ball from Reidno.

The moment he started basketball, Brand suddenly put it on, Chamberlain pulled his right foot horizontally, and completely placed his center of gravity on his right foot.

Brand followed closely and saw that the route was blocked, but Chamberlain did not stop his movements and persevered in dribbling to the right.

Although Chamberlain's actions surprised Brand, he didn't think much about it and still ran around to stop Chamberlain.

"Bang!" Chamberlain slapped the basketball hard and turned to the right with great force.

Seeing Chamberlain's move, Brand suddenly accelerated his pace. "Bang!" What a big wooden stake. Brand only remembered defending Chamberlain, and did not observe behind him. Just as he took a small step back and wanted to continue following Chamberlain, he suddenly bumped into Carman.

ps: I have a card text. I can’t write it any more than 10:30 when I find my idea again. It’s a bit late to update it, so I’m sorry!
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