ATPnovel Chapter 254 This is the King of the Ball?
Chapter 254 This is the King of the Ball?
Chapter 254 This is the King of the Ball
Carlos Arroyo, the contemporary totem of Puerto Rican basketball, has been called the "King of Basketball" by Puerto Ricans, and he naturally has his specialties.
For example, although Arroyo is arrogant and arrogant, no matter what situation he encounters, it is impossible for him to admit defeat. This unyielding quality really makes up for his shortcomings as a lone wolf.
FIBA is different from NBA after all.
Fighting for the country is indeed mainly a sense of national honor and responsibility. The relationship between the team members is more united and pure, because there is no entanglement of interests between them.
Get together for the honor of the motherland.
The NBA is a commercial league, and every data is related to the player's own commercial value and worth.
Why are Nash, Kidd, Brother Pao and other stars with exquisite assists most popular with teams and teammates, because they have the possibility of earning bigger contracts with other players. This is to help teammates make money. Who wouldn't like it? Woolen cloth?
And Arroyo's lone wolf problem has made a big taboo in the NBA.
The ball is in your hands, and the data is all for you, so what about other people?
Moreover, if Arroyo can play the level of the leader of the team such as Nao, Deng, Curry, Lillard, etc., then as a leader, no one will say anything.
However, Arroyo is simply an excellent role vacancy. After being traded to the Orlando Magic, it was a good opportunity for him to develop.
The Magic's point guard is Jamal Nelson, a freshman in 04 who is also a point guard. Even if the team develops him fully, Arroyo's playing time can reach about 20 minutes.
Nelson is 1.83m tall, slightly shorter than Arroyo, who is 1.88m tall, and he is a short, strong pick-and-roll guard like Barea.
At the same time, the Orlando Magic resident city is the second largest Puerto Rican population in the United States. Every home game, there are a large number of Puerto Rican fans who cheer for him, making him feel at home.
So much so that when he performed very well at the beginning of the season, some comments even commented on Arroyo: "The Magic successfully made Arroyo feel that it was playing for Puerto Rico or setting the stadium in Puerto Rico.
This good performance didn't last, though, and he soon fell into a cycle of trough-rebound-trough-rebound.
Arroyo's performance has always been difficult to make people completely satisfied, and even lost the position of backup point guard at one point.
The fundamental reason is the problem of confrontation and footsteps, unable to carry or keep up, and still a reckless lone wolf.
In the end, Arroyo left the Magic and started his career as an NBA ronin.
There is no chattering life, but there is a chattering character.
Su Yi looked indifferently at this arrogant little man who had no self-knowledge in front of him, and before Arroyo walked into the three-point line, he stuck to the defense.
Arroyo dribbled the ball a few times confidently, then stopped three steps away from the three-point line. While dribbling the ball to confront Su Yi, he hooked his fingers at his teammates.
Puerto Rico striker Pavel ran out immediately and made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Arroyo again, blocking Su Yi's footsteps again.
"boom!"
Su Yi's iron elbow and Pavel collided fiercely, and a sharp pain almost made Pavel breathless, but the fierce Pavel just gritted his teeth and did not make a sound, and even his face did not change much.
At the same time, Arroyo once again reached the Chinese team's defensive lineup.
Alian communicated with Zhu Ba with his eyes, and then the two immediately switched defenses, with Zhu Fangyu guarding Arroyo, who was not too fast, while Alian stared at Balkman, not giving the New Yorker any chance.
Su Yi didn't pursue Arroyo himself. He chose to trust his teammates and stick to Pavel's side, but Pavel suddenly cut in, allowing Su Yi to enter the inside line.
Although Zhu Ba's confrontation and footsteps were at the CBA level, he did not lose the slightest in the confrontation with Arroyo. He always stayed close to Arroyo and was not thrown off at all.
However, Arroyo was at the NBA level after all. After sprinting for a few steps, he suddenly made an emergency stop and then pulled back with a very rhythmic sense, completely opening the distance from Zhu Ba into two positions.
The first thing Arroyo eats in the basketball world is his ball handling. It is no exaggeration to call him an NBA-level ball handler.
This small basketball genius of 1.83m has an amazing talent in ball control, and can often make difficult shaking moves.
Another thing Arroyo is proud of is his golf quotient and tenacious fighting style.
This is also the reason why the NBA still invites Arroyo when there is a serious lack of footwork and confrontation.
Zhu Fangyu's heart sank, knowing that he was in the game, so he immediately adjusted the center of gravity of his forward charge, ready to fly to cover again.
However, it was already too late.
Before the Chinese team's defense team arrived, Arroyo suddenly jumped up like a little bully and threw the ball steadily in the air.
Su Yi glanced at the process of Arroyo's shooting, and sighed in his heart.
Truly the king of basketball in Puerto Rico.
After returning to the Puerto Rico national team, his game rhythm was regained, and this shot was both beautiful and confident, [-]% of the time.
"Shh!"
The Nets popped up, an arrow pierced through the heart.
Arroyo clenched his fists and roared excitedly after falling, and then glanced at Su Yi's direction provocatively.
Su Yi responded with a bright smile, which made Arroyo stunned for a moment, and his momentum was stagnant, although he ran back to the defense inexplicably.
Haha, does this uninformed islander really think that scoring a goal is great?
Su Yi had a fighting spirit in his heart.
It's really more interesting.
……
The Puerto Rico national team scored two points.
The score became 29:16.
The gap of 13 points, Arroyo's play has indeed changed the decline of the Puerto Rico national team, and began to have some counterattack momentum.
And Su Yi just ran to the three-point line three steps away, Hertes and Arroyo rushed together fiercely, and the posture was to completely strangle Su Yi.
Not to mention, two cobblers are Zhuge Liang.
Su Yi's two-handed confrontation with the opposite four-handed was indeed a bit stretched. He finally relied on the strength of the confrontation to force his way into the inside line, but he was always double-teamed by the two of them.
However, Su Yi's eyes were full of jokes, he found a gap with his left hand and passed the ball from behind, and threw the basketball to the direction beyond the three-point line on the right.
And Sun Yue was very excited at the moment.
Finally it was his turn to score points for the Chinese team!
He took the ball comfortably with both hands, sighed in his heart Su Yi's superb passing skills, and then suddenly pulled out from the three-point line in the case of a large gap.
However, Sun Yue may have been too excited, and the strength of the shot was a bit too much.
"Brother Yao, grab the rebound!" After Sun Yue threw the ball, she knew that the ball was going to be hit with iron, so she loudly reminded Yao Ming who was inside.
Everyone in Puerto Rico heard Sun Yue's cry. Although they didn't understand what it meant, they roughly guessed the meaning of what Sun Yue said.
As a result, Pavel and Balkman ran to the basket at the same time, and at the same time acted as card fronts, slamming Dayao and the Arab League to the edge of the penalty area without an inch.
At this time, the basketball flew to the top of the basket, smashed it hard, and bounced up.
"Boom!"
Sun Dasheng smacked himself remorsefully, and then rushed to the inside.
However, Daniel, the only giant in the basket at the moment, suddenly jumped up, stretched out his long arm and took off the defensive rebound, completely announcing the end of this round of offense for the Chinese team.
Just grabbed the rebound, Daniel was a long pass.
And Arroyo, who was the first to run, received the ball and continued to sprint, and quickly crossed the half court.
Su Yi reluctantly watched Arroyo rush into the penalty area with an easy layup to pick up the ball and score two points for Puerto Rico again.
Puerto Rico is also a team that likes to play counterattacks in history, and this goal is definitely their old line.
After Arroyo and his teammates converged in their own half, they celebrated with high fives.
Even Hertes came to the spirit.
The Puerto Rico seating area on the sidelines.
Manolo secretly gave Arroyo a thumbs up.
He really deserves to be the "king of basketball" in Puerto Rico. He scored 6 points in this game. Under the leadership of Arroyo, his team has been greatly strengthened on both ends of the offense and defense.
The bench lineup turned out to be better than the starting lineup.
However, Manolo knew that this was the magic of Arroyo.
Sun Dasheng sighed in annoyance, Dayao patted his shoulder with an encouraging smile on his face.
And Su Yi walked to Sun Dasheng's side and whispered: "Brother, don't be discouraged, just use it as a touch, it doesn't matter. I will pass the next ball to you, and you are ready to continue to give the islanders a counterattack. "
The handsome face, sunny smile, and kind and gentle tone all brought Sun Yue back to life.
"Okay. Leave it to me." Sun Yue nodded, her eyes becoming more and more determined.
……
In the next round, it was the Chinese team's turn to attack.
This time, Hertes abandoned his opponent Sun Yue again, and Su Yi sneered when he double-teamed Su Yi.
Hey, you really think Sun Dasheng is fake, right?
Su Yi looked at the two Puerto Rican teams standing beside him, and secretly thought that even with his own level of confrontation, it would be too much to fight against the bodies of two people.
After all, if Su Yi fights, it must be true, but if it is playing basketball, if the basketball is taken away, it will be a real defeat.
Therefore, Su Yi made two crotch dribbles in a row, successfully deflected Hertes' center of gravity, and then rushed towards the other side of his center of gravity, suddenly breaking into the double-team defense.
Arroyo's defense isn't vegetarian, though.
While complaining about Hertes' incompetence in his heart, Arroyo worked hard to keep up with Su Yi's footsteps, not giving Su Yi any chance to shoot.
Su Yi smiled contemptuously.
Then suddenly the left arm swung the ball to the left bottom corner.
Sun Yue ran there long ago when everyone was not paying attention, waiting for Su Yi's second pass.
As for Su Yi's long pass that spanned half a court, Sun Yue didn't feel the problem of too much power when he received the ball. Not only was the pass accurate, but the force was just right.
Holding the ball in both hands, facing Balkman who was a few steps away, he jumped up suddenly and stably projected the basketball.
However, Sun Yue still underestimated Balkman's jumping ability.
After Balkman abruptly narrowed the distance with Sun Yue, he suddenly jumped up and stretched out his arms in the air, his fingers touched the bottom edge of the basketball, and he successfully interfered with the trajectory of the basketball.
Sun Yue gritted his teeth.
Originally, he had a good feel for this ball, which must be proved for him and made Puerto Rico regret for underestimating himself.
However, due to this interference, the situation has changed again, and Sun Yue is not sure whether he will enter.
"Boom!"
The ball hit the left side of the basket hard, bouncing Lao Gao on top of the UAE.
Without hesitation, in the long arms stretched out after Puerto Rico Daniel and Pavel jumped at the same time, the United Arab took the first step and took the basketball firmly in the air.
However, before the United Arab was happy for too long, he felt that the ball in his hand had received a strong force, and then broke away from his hands.
"Snapped!"
Arroyo had long been waiting for the landing position of the United Arab League. At the right moment, he stretched out his iron hand and cut the ball away. Then he started suddenly, and rushed to the frontcourt of the Chinese team by himself. Basket, again scored two points for Puerto Rico.
In just over a minute since Arroyo was on the court, Arroyo scored 8 points in a row and shot, and the efficiency was terrifyingly high.
29: 20.
The Chinese team is only nine points ahead, and the point difference has been pulled back to single digits.
Puerto Rico's reputation as the king of basketball is truly well-deserved.
Su Yi frowned, thinking about countermeasures while taking the pass from his teammates.
And Sun Yue ran over with an apologetic face and put the responsibility for these two goals entirely on himself. It was his own problems that made Puerto Rico's tactics work.
"Brother Sun, you don't have to worry about it. It's not someone's responsibility to feel this thing. You have to look for it slowly. Don't worry, my next ball will still be passed to Brother Sun. You just need to shoot decisively." Su Yi still smiled. Brilliant, not annoyed by this ball at all.
"Xiao Su, don't worry, I will definitely give Puerto Rico a good next ball." Sun Yue's face was full of murderous anger, and he was really angry.
"Brother Sun, it's okay, relax. Isn't there me? We are still nine points ahead." Su Yi's smile successfully relieved Sun Yue's anxiety.
And Balkman and Arroyo also whispered.
He believes that the next goal needs to change the tactics, and the Chinese team was caught off guard.
After all, they are all at the professional level, and it is not an option to always let them go.
Arroyo smiled sinisterly and didn't say anything, just shook his head to deny Balkman's idea.
Balkman didn't say anything when he saw that the team boss had made a decision. During this period of time, their highlight was due to Arroyo's organization and design tactics. He respected the king of basketball very much in his heart.
And when Su Yi came to the three-point line again, Hertes and Arroyo came over like shadows, making Su Yi a little angry, but helpless.
This tactic of double-teaming is inherently rogue, and the only flaw is that it will create opportunities for role players.
And today Sun Yue's downturn has left Su Yi helpless.
It is a very stupid way of attacking to force a pack. Obviously, assisting and attacking Sun Yue is a more secure way, but this falls into Puerto Rico's tactical trap.
However, Su Yi is very about brotherhood. He didn't want Sun Dasheng to bear a psychological burden, so he bravely used a breakthrough to get the opportunity to pass the ball, and then passed the ball in the direction of Sun Dasheng.
This time, Sun Dasheng, who was vacated, had a firm look and a face full of determination. After catching the ball, he jumped smoothly, stayed in the air, and then threw the ball steadily.
The force is just right.
Sun Yue's eyes burst into excitement...
(End of this chapter)