Chapter 122 How to deal with it
Rasheed Wallace is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 11 meters. Although his wingspan is not as good as Lin Yu's, it is still a very outstanding wingspan.

Coupled with his excellent speed and outstanding defensive awareness.

He is definitely the strongest defender Lin Yu has encountered in the NBA so far!

"I have many abilities. If you read them all, I'm afraid you'll regret it!"

Hearing Lin Yu's trash talk, Rashid just laughed.

Pfft!

"Haha! Rookie, you don't really think that just because you defeated a dream team, you are invincible, right?"

"I will use my strength to tell you what a championship-level team is!"

Rasheed Wallace's voice was full of confidence in his own strength.

Facing the defense of Rasheed and Wallace, Lin Yu dribbled the ball continuously between his legs, then made a big change of direction to shake off Rasheed and Wallace, and broke through from the right with the ball.

A drastic change of direction is one of Lin Yu's killer moves.

Rasheed, Wallace already knew before the game started.

Although he was shaken off by Lin Yu at this time, he was not completely passed by Lin Yu and continued to chase and defend Lin Yu.

At the same time, Big Ben had come over from the penalty area to assist in defense.

With Ben Wallace in front and Rasheed Wallace behind, Lin Yu was about to be double-teamed.

"Lin Yu is about to be trapped in a double-team by Wallace! How should Lin Yu handle this ball? Pass the ball or continue to break through?"

Barkley also began to wonder about Lin Yu's next choice.

Facing the double Wallace, a top defensive combination, attacking from both sides.

Generally speaking, there are three options.

The first one, of course, is to continue rushing to the basket.

The consequence is that he will be double-teamed by Wallace in the restricted area, and there is a high probability that his shot will miss.

The second option is naturally to pass the ball.

This approach seems to be a good choice.

But there are actually several problems.

First, not all players are good passers.

Second, your pass is not free of interference.

For the Pistons, who are good at defending with more people, the ball handler can only complete the pass when he is double-teamed.

The third option is naturally to choose a quick stop and mid-range shot.

He completed a quick stop shot before the Pistons completed the double-team on Lin Yu.

It seems that the third option is the most suitable one.

First of all, not all NBA players are good at mid-range pull-up jump shots.

Secondly, the mid-range pull-up is actually the least efficient way to score in the NBA.

Big data shows that the offensive efficiency of the basket and three-pointers is higher than that of mid-range shots. The magic ball theory in the small ball era is based on this.

So, from a certain perspective, the Pistons' defensive system is very scientific.

But Lin Yu is different.

Lin Yu stopped suddenly, bent his knees, jumped up, pressed his wrist, and was about to complete the shot.

Although Daben also came in front of Lin Yu at this time, he was unable to interfere with Lin Yu at all.

With a height of 2 meters and a wingspan of 01 meters, his static talent is already weaker than Lin Yu's.

Not to mention, Lin Yu had already jumped at this time.

At this time, Big Ben could only watch the basketball fly over his head.

Swish!
The basketball goes hollow into the net.

"Beautiful! Lin Yu scored the first goal at the start of the game against the best defensive players Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace!"

Barkley didn't expect that it was Lin Yu who took the initiative.

Larry Brown saw this scene on the sidelines.

He frowned slightly and yelled directly at the Pistons players on the court!
"Rashid! Ben! What are you doing? Don't let Lin Yu take action!"

What he wants is a big victory, otherwise how can he wash away the shame?

Rashid said confidently: "Coach, don't worry, he won't score next time!"

It was the Pistons' turn to attack, and Billups held the ball at the top of the arc.

Coach Lu looked at Billups and felt a headache at this time. As a typical speed guard, Billups, who is tall and strong, is exactly the type of player he is least good at defending.

Now he can only choose to defend closely, not giving Billups space to shoot, and at the same time interfering with Billups' passes.

But Billups is Billups after all, and it is impossible for him to be locked down by Coach Lu.

Hamilton made a round trip and shook off Hardaway's pursuit. After running into an open space, Billups' pass arrived instantly.

After catching the ball, Hamilton made a mid-range shot.

Swish!
The basketball hit the net.

The entire Palace of Auburn Hills suddenly erupted in warm cheers mixed with ridicule against the Celtics.

"Give up! We will completely defeat you!"

"The defending champion will tell you! Talent is worthless in front of strength!"

“Send Boston’s garbage home!”

"..."

When Coach Lu heard the taunts, he also started to complain.

"It was just a mid-range shot, why are you mocking me like that? If you don't know, you would think it was a buzzer beater!"

When Pierce heard what Coach Lu said, he gave Coach Lu a cold look.

If Ning hadn't interfered with Billups' pass, would Hamilton have been able to score so easily?

However, Pierce also knew that it was unrealistic to expect Coach Lu to defend Billups.

Rivers, who was on the sidelines, saw this scene and began to have a headache.

Although Hardaway still has the strength to fight, he is getting older after all. He will definitely be at a disadvantage if he defends against a player like Hamilton who is at his peak.

When Coach Lu faces Billups, Billups can continue to outwit Coach Lu as long as he uses his physical advantage.

It can be said that the Celtics' backcourt was basically pinned to the ground when facing the Pistons.

However, he still has Lin Yu!

"Memit, give the restricted area to Lin Yu!"

After hearing what Rivers said, Mehmet Okur nodded and then ran directly to the right corner.

As Okur's former teammate, Big Ben knows Okur's three-pointer.

With a three-point shooting percentage of 37.5% last season, who would dare to leave such a player open and let him shoot in a wide-open position?
Big Ben had no choice but to defend in the right corner to prevent Okur from receiving the ball.

Larry Brown on the sidelines saw this scene, his face changed, and he realized that the situation was not good.

then……

Although Ben's assist defense is powerful, he can't be everywhere.

From the restricted area to the high position, and from the right corner to the high position, the latter is obviously a longer distance.

Although the extra time required for assisting defense may only be 1-2 seconds longer.

But 1 second is enough to decide many things.

You know, Kurzweil only has 0.3 seconds to make a move.

It can be said that this move directly reduced the role of Ben Wallace, the Pistons' strongest shield, on the court by at least one third.

Lin Yu dribbled the ball and started to press the time.

Rasheed Wallace noticed Ben Wallace in the corner and realized that he could only defend Lin Yu alone.

"Rookie, even without my skills, I can easily lock you down!"

"Rashid, it's good to be confident, but confidence must be matched with strength, otherwise it will become conceited, like you are now."

"Rookie, are you saying I don't have any real..."

Before Rashid could finish his words, Lin Yu jumped up directly towards Rashid and shot with his back leaning back.

Rashid jumped up after Lin Yu, trying to block Lin Yu's shot.

Suddenly Rashid's pupils shrank.

Because he found that his body began to fall, while Lin Yu was still in mid-air.

"hateful!"

He wanted to block Lin Yu, but at this moment he couldn't even interfere with Lin Yu's shot.

Swish!
The basketball goes hollow into the net.

(End of this chapter)