Nowitzki responds to James s show praising the singles in the A zone and explaining the origin of the tactic in detail

Today, the podcast program "Current Brain" of Lakers forward LeBron James and NBA legend Steve Nash officially broadcast a selfie video of NBA legend Dirk Nowitzki, who responded to James and Nash's praise for their "Single Singles in the Zone A" in the last episode of "Current Brain".

Nowitzki said: "Hi, LeBron and Steve, thank you for your praise for me. This zone A (i.e. the area with the free throw line and the area above the half circle, which looks like a fingernail) singles start with the opponent's team making a lot of defense when facing my pick-and-roll. When I dribble in front of a small player and cut into the three-second zone, another defender will switch defense from the weak side. This way you have little time left, but when I turn around, I have a big defense next to me.

So we came up with a way to face small singles without giving them a chance to switch defense again. The easiest way is to directly get me in zone A after the pick-and-roll is over. My way of playing is not to hook the ball all the way to the penalty area and then Shooting. No matter where I get the ball, I probably turn around and jump shot directly on the head of a small defender. That style of play worked a little for us, and then it became one of our ace tactics.

The advantage is that it is difficult to pinch in the middle of the court, no matter which side you pinch, the other side is 2-on-1. Sometimes we clear one side, so we only have one shooter on one side so I know that when I break out there, the defender won't let the bottom corner shooter go. So I always know where my teammates are and how the space is distributed on the field. That's the way we try, thank you for mentioning it. We all enjoyed the show, you're doing a great job, keep going! '