Lukashinkin s slow steps, Harden Paul s pick-and-roll, Clay Owen s rapid shot

Basketball 6:12pm, 10 September 2025 151

European Championships, Türkiye crossed Poland and entered the semi-finals. Shin Kyung scored his sixth triple-double in European Championship history.

and, show new possibilities.

When the previous battle with Jokic, Shin Kyung scored 4 three-pointers; today's 10 assists.

And these 10 assists are not all about supporting the big shots - to be precise, most of them are not.

The long man dribbled through half the court, turned around and broke through the bottom line and passed back like an outside core.

The arc top counter pick-and-roll forced to switch defense and break through and pass the ball - it looks like Tkoglu.

Jokic/Love's 20-meter long pass - this is his original ability.

The wing-side reception directly broke through and stepped on the basket and dunked.

Before, Shin Kyung made a breakthrough in the NBA's face basket, and often seemed to be "My neck is long and the center of gravity is low, but his figure is like a two-meter-long game, and he can use the skills of the No. 4 position to break through No. 5 position."

But in this European Championship, his explosive speed has improved significantly, making the breakthrough in the basket much smoother.

So far this year, Shin Kyung averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists - Jokic next door has 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Luka has 34 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists: Shin Kyung's assists surpass Jokic and chase Luka - of course Luka's teammates are a bit bad, but still.

If Shin Kyung's long shot and face basket can be achieved by the Rockets, it will not only be a problem of multiple three-pointers and two more passes per game: the Rockets' lineup structure will be opened.

If Shin Kyung can be on the outside and can rotate between full-time 4 and full-time 5, then:

He and Jabbarri open up space and maintain height with Adams; use Amen to play pick-and-roll cuts to Amenla space, and stand on the outside and can pass the cuts to Amen and Ethan inside.

Durant: I think you can't support your dreams! We can play many tricks!

Shen Jing: Speaking of dream pursuit, he was really annoying in the playoffs last season.

Durant: Oh, are you bothered with pursuing dreams? Let's sit down and chat.

Say something more about Shen Jing's step-dunk: The wonderful thing is that after breaking through, you raise your hand and dunk it, which will lead the opponent to jump, and then slow down the ball and step forward, dunk it.

Step and wait for the other party to jump first?

Luca is also good at this trick.

even slowed down a beat and let the other party block:

He gave up on him not ordinary people, but Chet.

The positive news of the space era: it is open and you don’t have to hurry. You can get rid of both fast and slow, just a little time difference.

Breakthrough may not necessarily hit the basket directly and start first: slow down and wait for you to get started first, and I have time. In the new NBA2K26, "Step Reduction" is one of the three new moves I like.

NBA2K26 has many benefits, including rhythmic shooting, back-body movement, shaking throwing, rebounding timing, smooth dribbling, and defensive collisions.

But the most realistic feel is movement: the skating feeling has been further reduced, the breakthrough has been sharper in the sudden stop, and the direction has changed. "Doing a set of actions, everyone pretends to bump into each other and then watch the next action" has decreased, and the feedback has become more direct.

Of course, it is still a new action. In addition to slow layups, there are three new actions added in the operation.

It's okay to pass the ball around people, two I like:

One, protect the ball at any time - you can do fence action (put defender in jail).

The non-dribble player threw and pushed during pick-and-roll, which has been around since ancient times: from Jordan to Pierce to Harden Lucalenard Alexander, everyone plays.

fence - are there also called chicken wings? ——A few are different, they are popular in the pick-and-roll era.

The first one to carry forward should be Paul?

called to cover it, and after grabbing the position, you don’t rush to break through: hold your arms and butt behind and put the defender behind you.

The space is wide, and the opponent is behind him, so the ball holder + the coverer, and the local two-for-one.

In the past, when playing pick-and-roll, it was urgent to have a long space to cut the pick-and-roll, so that it could pull out the gap.

But with this move, there is more choice. A long man doesn't have to be able to shoot from a long time:

Partial two-on-one, a long man cuts inward, and can also make the opponent's defense in a dilemma:

Am I a saver or blocking a long man?

For example, Paul blocked the opponent behind him, watched Ayton cut inward and tricked Gibson away, and shot comfortably - Paul's career was a snake dribble + prison bar, allowing Jordan Jr. to make it possible for a while, and Ayton even played in the finals.

This ball is good for the kind middle distance and the master of the projectile.

For example, Luka blocked the opponent behind him, watched his teammates cut inside and block Zubac, and shot comfortably.

For example, Harden grabbed his position and waited for Capelan to cut inwardly, and shot comfortably.

Paul has been using this trick for more than ten years and has been popular in the NBA for seven or eight years. However, now, the game can be used in a real and exclusive operation.

Also, in NBA2K26, you can directly operate the shot without sinking the ball.

As we all know, most people need to shoot a heavy shot.

Like Durant's move was unstoppable, and he had obvious sinking movements, but because he was too high, the ball was raised over his forehead, and the opponent also reached out, but it could not be disturbed.

Kobe also needed to sink after a knee injury in 2003, but it was terrible that he didn't need to adjust his footsteps and stand to the right, front, left and back, and jump at any time and turn around in the air to take action.

Can anyone not sink?

Yes.

When Clay was at its peak, his "sinking" movements were almost ignored, which was the so-called no dip; his footsteps were adjusted immediately when he received the ball, and he made a flash shot on the spot, so after the sixth game against the Thunder in 2016, Curry said that he could take action as long as he had a "line of light" - only after his leg injury, he was not so stable.

Irving once had a handsome walking shot: come over, catch the ball, and walk directly without sinking the ball - like an old hunter in the forest, when he heard a bird passing by, he raised his hand and threw a sniper. The evolutionary path of

games are probably like this:

in the early years, the game operation was not so delicate, so when players with meticulous skills, their feel was often not as good as the modeling monsters of strength + speed - this is not limited to basketball games.

But in this era, the space is broad and after careful operation, everything is possible: the changes in the shooting, the turning point in the layup rhythm, and the push and bearing of the pick-and-roll position can all be distinguished.

It is a good time for players who want the game to restore reality, right?

Finally, there are also those who continue to shoot long distances without sinking the ball:

Curry's quick move is so fast that he takes action, and he is in a state of sinking and mixing, "starting" and "release": a single move and a quick shot, and a jump to catch the ball, even if it is sinking.

There are always people who miss the past.

But this is indeed an era where technical details generate changes, and changes are more abundant and changeable than ever before.

source:7m en