Gobert signed a five-year, US$205 million super-large contract in 2020, known as a 200 million center.
With the current scarcity of high-quality centers in the league, he is considered a unique player in the league.
This season he averaged 15.1 rebounds per game, ranking first in the league.
Averaged 2.7 blocks per game, ranking second in the league.
In fact, these 2.7 blocks were already very high in the past.
But unfortunately, Wang Yi is too perverted, averaging 5.1 blocks per game this season.
So Gobert only won the rebounding title this year, but not the blocks title.
Generally speaking, after Gobert gets the ball near the inside penalty area, basically the opponent's center will directly choose to hook or face the frame to shoot.
And this year he has also developed a mid-range shot. Facing the opponent's center, he can reach the mid-range to shoot.
But now facing Wang Yi, who was 24 centimeters shorter than him, he felt a little at a loss.
what to do?
Is this a fight or not?
Let's fight. He has been blocked by Wang Yi many times and has been psychologically affected. He really has no confidence.
But don’t fight. He is a head and a half taller than Wang Yi. It can be said that Wang Yi is like a dwarf in front of him. If you don’t fight in this situation, you will definitely be called a coward.
What's more, this is the first goal in the opening game. If he can score it, he can fully activate the team's offense.
After hesitating for about three seconds, he finally decided to give it a try.
So he leaned against Wang Yi and took two steps in.
Originally, he was in a very deep position, but now with Wang Yi's back, he pressed two steps further in, and he was already completely under the basket.
Then he turned around and suddenly raised the ball.
When Wang Yi saw this, he quickly jumped to block this guy.
However, Gobert's move was just a fake move. After shaking Wang Yi, he took advantage of Wang Yi's whereabouts before taking action.
And even so, when he took action, he did not dare to take a direct shot. Instead, he turned a small half circle, facing the falling Wang Yi with his left side, and used his right hand to hook the ball to prevent Wang Yi from blocking the shot.
In the end, the goal was easily scored.
Gobert clenched his fist hard after hitting the ball.
Mouth said: "Yes!"
The Kings players didn't take it seriously. Although Wang Yi's defense was very good, it was still difficult to defend such a big center.
It's normal to be beaten once.
Then the Kings started to attack.
Xiao Qiao came to the three-point line and saw that Gobert was not coming to defend, so he took another three-pointer. Unfortunately, he still didn't feel very good today and failed to hit.
Looking back, Gobert once again faced Wang Yi in the paint.
This time Wang Yi rushed forward and defended in front of Gobert.
Morant wanted to pass to Gobert, but considering that Wang Yi's bounce was too abnormal, he finally took two steps in, attracting the King's defensive attention, and then lobbed the ball to Gobert.
After Gobert got the ball, he turned around and there was no one in front of him. He could have dunked.
However, the psychological shadow cannot be removed simply by trying to remove it.
Wang Yi was right behind him. He had been in this situation many times when there was no one in front of him. As a result, when he dunked, Wang Yi flew over behind him and grabbed the ball.
So he turned around and looked at Wang Yi first.
Seeing Wang Yi staring at him from behind, he made a sudden dunk.
But this time Wang Yi was not shaken by him.
Seeing this, Gobert took a step forward.
Using the cover of the basket, his right hand hooked in from the other side, and it was impossible for Wang Yi to block the shot behind Gobert at this time.
After Gobert scored the goal, he shouted yes again.
And this one was louder than the one just now.
At this time, the camera showed Kings coach D'Antoni.
Look at D'Antoni's reaction.
However, D'Antoni just looked on calmly.
Wang Yi has used this style of play before, asking him to guard Gobert on the opposite side. The result is miraculous every time, so D'Antoni is not worried.
Grizzlies coach Jenkins looked at Wang Yi on the court and then at D'Antoni.
The effect of bringing Wang Yi to Gobert is not good. Why is D'Antoni not anxious at all?
He was wondering if there was a ghost here.
At this time, in the third round, the Kings made adjustments on the offensive end.
Since Xiao Qiao missed two shots, others must make timely changes.
Xiao Qiao came to the top of the three-point arc and held the ball as a pivot.
Wang Yi provided a cover for James.
Let James come to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and then James set a screen for Danny.
The Grizzlies have already seen the Kings' tactic at this time, and they obviously want Danny to catch the ball.
So their Clark rushed over to defend Danny.
But at this moment, Wang Yi rushed over to block Danny again.
At the same time, James moved his body horizontally to prevent the pursuit from behind. In this way, Wang Yi blocked in front and James blocked in the back. The two of them blocked three defenders.
Danny got a brief chance to take action.
At this time, the remaining Grizzlies player thought they were going to pass to Danny, so he also pounced on him.
At this moment, Paul cut down from the right side.
This surprised all the Grizzlies players.
Because Paul is in the mid-range position, there is no defender after getting the ball.
Gobert on the inside couldn't make a save again.
Paul's mid-range shooting percentage is close to 60%. Who dares to let him go?
So Clark and Mitchell on the outside quickly rushed back to block Paul.
At this time, Paul did not take action.
Instead, without even looking, he backhanded the ball to Xiao Qiao behind him.
After Xiao Qiao took the ball, he didn't even pause for half a second, and instantly passed it to Danny behind him.
At this moment Danny finally had a moment of opportunity to take action.
He took the ball and shot straight away, shooting a three-pointer.
Swish——
Three point hit.
As soon as the goal was scored, the audience cheered in unison and then sat down.
The Kings won't sit down until they score the first goal.
At this time, Grizzlies coach Jenkins also saw the difference in the Kings' tactics this time.
This tactic of theirs has never been seen before.
In fact it is.
The Kings have played the first half of this tactic before, but only the first half.
At most, after Paul catches the ball, he can make a layup or a mid-range shot.
As for the second half of this tactic, Paul passed it to Xiao Qiao, and Xiao Qiao passed it to Danny, which never happened.
The Grizzlies coach couldn't help but turn his head and look at D'Antoni on the sidelines.
Although D'Antoni has tactics, such delicate tactics and such innovative tactics were definitely not designed by D'Antoni.
D'Antoni is better at designing tactics with defenders as the core, and this tactic is with the small forward as the core.
According to the Grizzlies coach's guess, this tactic was probably designed by Wang Yi or James.
Especially Wang Yi, because Wang Yi's three-pointers are very accurate, so coaches will design many three-point tactics around him, and he will definitely think about these three-point tactics often and add many new tricks to them.
Well, yes, it must be Wang Yi.
However, this tactic was actually brought by Xiao Qiao from Europe.
Xiao Qiao is a European and has played in Europe since he was a child. The characteristics of European tactics are a lot of screens and many very detailed tactics.
Therefore, after Xiao Qiao came to the Kings, Wang Yi immediately approached Xiao Qiao.
Let Xiao Qiao share the tactics he brought, and then Wang Yi and Xiao Qiao worked together to improve these tactics to make them more suitable for the offensive and defensive rhythm and rules of the NBA.
Chapter completed!