Chapter 58: How to Defend Jonny
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Joni wanted to throw his anger on Jerry Starkhouse, and he got the ball again and faced Jerry Starkhouse's defense.
Jonny dribbled the ball under his crotch in two consecutive times, then took a step forward with his right foot. Jerry Starkhouse quickly retreated to defend, but he didn't expect Jonny to suddenly pull his feet back again.
Jerry Starkhouse was a little annoyed. He didn't want Jonny to shake him away with the same movement twice, so he kicked the ground without hesitation and jumped up, which was about to interfere with Jonny's move. Jerry Starkhouse felt that Jonny would pull him back again, and he must have taken action.
However, Joni's attack was not that simple. After he pulled it back, he saw a huge gap appeared on the right side of Jerry Starkhouse, which was left by Jerry Starkhouse, so Joni quickly stepped out with his left foot and rushed towards the basket from Jerry Starkhouse's left side!
Jerry Starkhouse, who started to jump, was shocked. After Joni was pulled back, he did not take action directly! He actually broke through! What is this situation? Jerry Starkhouse landed and could only turn his head and look at Joni leaving.
"Jonny shook away Jerry Starkhouse. Jerry Starkhouse's performance was simply a tragedy. He was shaken away by Jerry Starkhouse again, and this time it was so thorough. He could only watch Jonny rush into the inside from outside the three-point line!"
Joni rushed into the inside and took the ball directly before Derek Coleman made up for defense. He could do so that he would not rely on the system for every goal. For example, he did not use any of the skills in the first two goals of this game.
With a swish, the ball went in again, and Joni felt good today.
"I've entered again. Joni's touch is very hot. If the 76ers don't let other players defend Joni in this game, the Magic may be winning this game!"
Jerry Starkhouse looked at Jonny who was extremely excited and a little annoyed, and decided to get the field back on the offensive end.
"Jerry Starkhouse got the ball from the outside and he faced Jonny's defense."
Jerry Starkhouse directly pushed Jonny and rushed to the inside for a few steps until he couldn't continue to move forward. Jerry Starkhouse was very powerful, which made Jonny a little unable to bear it.
After arriving at the inside, Jerry Starkhouse turned around and hit Jonny with his back! He turned around and hit Jonny with his butt, and he pushed Jonny with his butt, and he seemed to be moving towards the inside. Jonny could not resist Jerry Starkhouse's attack at all.
Seeing that it was approaching the basket, Jerry Starkhouse pushed hard again. Joni was almost out of breath. Jerry Starkhouse took advantage of this opportunity and turned around and took action. The basketball swiped into the Nets.
Enter! Huge cheers immediately sounded at the Vachovia Center Stadium, and Jerry Starkhouse was still very popular in this stadium.
Jerry Starkhouse raised his right hand proudly to celebrate his goal, and at the same time he also thought about it. He suddenly discovered a good way to defend Jonny, that is, to use his body to limit Jonny.
He could not consider Joni's every move, and make predictions, and directly use his body to defend against Joni's every attack.
It was Magic's turn to attack and Joni took the ball again.
Unlike the previous two times, Joni knew that he could not use old moves, so he broke through this time. The fake move before the breakthrough was just a dribble under the crotch, and then rushed into the inside from the right side of Jerry Starkhouse.
This time, Joni used the European step with the Q skill and rushed straight from the three-point line in one step, approaching the basket in two steps.
Although Jerry Starkhouse was deceived twice by Jonny's steps, he still relied on his physical fitness and followed Jonny tightly. When Jonny took the last step, Jerry Starkhouse still stuck to Jonny.
However, Joni was not very concerned about this. He held the ball up and was about to take action.
But at this moment, Jerry Starkhouse also jumped high and used his long arms to pull Joni's arm, and then the ball did not go in.
When Joni landed, he looked at the referee in surprise, holding his hands flat, as if asking: Why didn't he call a foul?
But in fact, this ball was indeed not a foul. Jerry Starkhouse just had a little physical contact with Joni, and then touched Joni's body with his hands, interfering with Joni's attack.
This was not considered a foul in 1996. Such a defensive technique is called hand-check, which refers to using hands to touch the opponent's body to track the opponent's position. A defensive foul is a type of defensive foul. The defender uses hands to block the offensive players' movements. He cannot open his arms to block the defense players' movements. The legal hand-check technology only allows contact with hands to track the opponent's body to track the opponent's position, but the hands do not allow force to be increased, nor is it allowed to block the opponent's sight.
At this time, the NBA still allows this defensive action, so Jerry Starkhouse will not make a foul if he uses such action at this time.
In the later 2005-06 season, due to the poor offensives of the league's teams and star players, the league introduced the no-hand-check rule. In the season when this rule was introduced, Kobe Bryant scored a high score of 35 points per game. It can be said that the no-hand-check rule made an indelible contribution. Later, Kevin Durant and James Harden also benefited greatly from this rule.
Especially James Harden, his European step-to-branch technique can actually be achieved based on the no-hand-check rules. Otherwise, James Harden would only be an ordinary role player, and may even be unable to gain a foothold in the NBA due to poor shooting choices.
Now Jerry Starkhouse uses such a defensive technique to successfully defend Jonny's European step, which surprised many people.
"Jonny was actually defended. Let's look at the replay. This ball is not a foul!" Kevin Harlan didn't realize the impact of this ball being defended on Joonny, and even Joonny himself did not realize it.
But when Boston Cardinal Auerbach saw this goal, he realized: "Is this move his unique skill?"
"Yes, but, Mr. Red, he is not usually like this." Michael Leon Carl quickly tried to defend Joni.
But the Cardinal shook his head and said, "There is no need, his unique skill will always be like this in the future."
"Ah?!" Cardinal's words made Michael Lyon Carl a little confused.
However, the Cardinal did not keep it a secret. He continued: "The biggest weakness of his move has been discovered. Next, every team can defend him according to Jerry Starkhouse's method. He will become an ordinary scorer. You also said that his defense is very poor and his physical fitness is only average. Such a player is not worth everything we give."
The Cardinal explained in detail, and at this time, Jonny on the court did find his own problem. He was completely defensive by Jerry Starkhouse. Every time Jerry Starkhouse would use hand-check technology to defend Jonny, and Jonny's layup rate became very low.
And because Joni was suddenly blocked, Magic gradually lag behind.
Anfini Hardaway is not in good shape this season, so when the Magic didn't stand up, the Magic was not far from losing.
And when Joni, who had been strong before, was also silent, the Magic had no hope of winning, especially when Allen Iverson was in good condition.
In the second half, Joni, whose condition began to become bad, was also pressed on the bench by Brian Hill, but Nick Anderson and Gerard Wilkins' turnaround did not save the Magic's defeat. In the end, the Magic lost to the 76ers away from the bad team. Such a state is really confusing.
Chapter completed!