no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 122 The king’s power lies only in Buckingham Palace

When Brown just got up from the bench, he obviously lacked confidence.

Although he squeezed into the rotation at the end of the season, he only played during the rotation period.

But now the game has only been played for a few minutes, and it is no different from playing the starter at this moment, and he is still facing O'Neal.

But when he went on stage and saw Xu Yong, he felt a lot more confident.

This kind of emotional change is hard to describe, probably on the battlefield, the panicked soldiers found the general, as if they had a backbone all of a sudden.

And when he came on stage, Xu Yong also took the initiative to come over and give him a high-five.

This made him take a deep breath subconsciously.

If there was ever a chance for him to remove the parallel label, it would be tonight.

Of course Xu Yong didn't know what Brown was thinking at the moment, but looking at the latter's confident eyes, he knew that the Bulls still had a chance.

The game continued, O'Neal received the ball at the free throw line.

Because James made a three-pointer earlier, the Bulls did not dare to let him go when they were defending in a zone.

This gave the Cavaliers a chance. Jamison suddenly cut to the basket, received a pass from O'Neal and hit the board after Gibson turned around.

9 to 9, the two sides tied again.

De Nagro stood up at this time and signaled to give up the zone defense. James felt good tonight, and with Noah being replaced, the effect of defending the zone defense was not good.

However, the Cavaliers are still insisting on a 2-1-2 zone defense, and Rose is still emptied.

After receiving the ball, Rose didn't continue to try for a three-pointer. He took a mid-range jumper from the bottom line, but was directly thrown by O'Neal and missed.

Fortunately, the whistle sounded and the referee called Jamison for a blocking foul.

Obviously, this is to find a whistle, which is to make up for the whistle of Noah's second offender.

That is, at this dead ball time, the Bulls replaced Rose with Hinrich.

Continuing the Bulls' possession of the ball, Xu Yong had no chance to score the ball outside after being flanked.

The biggest difference between him now and a superstar like Kobe is his hard-solution ability in the face of flanking attacks. This is what he needs to improve next season.

The ball was transmitted on the outside, and finally Hinrich opened the shot.

"when!"

It's a pity that Hinrich just came on the court, and he couldn't make this three-pointer.

O'Neal protected the defensive rebound, the Bulls failed to seize the opportunity, and now the Cavaliers have the opportunity to overtake.

James holds the ball in the frontcourt.

After seeing that the Bulls were no longer defending the zone defense, and the defender in front of him was Xu Yong, he instantly became excited and directly signaled O'Neal to pick and roll.

After facing Brown in a dislocation, he didn't give the Bulls a chance to pinch. He opened a little distance and accelerated, holding the ball and rushing in.

What James is most afraid of is a big center who can cover the penalty area. Yao Ming's "see you in Houston" back then, the loss to the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, and even Hibbert's performance decline when he played against the Pacers were all due to this reason.

After Noah gained weight, his performance was greatly restricted. Now that Noah has finally been blown down, when will he not rush at this time!
Facing James' savage charge, Brown made a smart choice, gave a moderate confrontation, and then stretched his long arms while shrinking towards the basket.

This doesn't stop James from breaking through, but it always puts him in a good defensive position.

Speaking of which, he has made little progress in his skills in the league over the years, but he has never been eliminated. The most important thing is the improvement of his defensive level.

After James broke into the inside line, he realized that the situation was wrong, because Brown was still hanging on him and he couldn't get up!

He tried to use his footsteps, and even had to take an extra step. Although the referee chose to ignore it, Brown still leaned on him.

This is very different from what he expected!
With three seconds to go, he could only forcibly turn over and shoot a jumper.

Because it's not the way he is good at, the posture of this ball is a bit unsightly.

Brown stretched out his hand to interfere with the line of sight.

"when!"

The ball was so far off that it almost missed the basket.

Brown swung his long arm and pocketed the rebound.

Xu Yong was delighted to see this scene.

At first, his expectations for Brown were more to carry O'Neal and Howard in the low post, but he didn't expect Brown to guard James alone!

But in fact, let alone Xu Yong, no one would have thought of it.

James' breakthrough is not something that ordinary people can prevent, especially the one that rushes up.

Brown is a surprise for everyone!
For the Bulls' offense, Xu Yong adjusted his style of play at this time. Although he can't do a hard attack like Kobe now, he can catch the weak point of the 2-1-2 zone defense.

Of course, this is based on his excellent off-the-ball ability.

After successive pick-and-rolls from Deng and Brown, he moved to the right 16 feet to receive a pass from Hinrich.

However, James' awareness of assisting defense with this ball is very good, and he rushed towards Xu Yong to defend.

Seeing this, Xu Yong made a fake throw and turned around, then jumped up and pulled back.

"Shh!"

The crisp sound of hitting the net represents Xu Yong's current shooting stability.

9:11.

The Bulls once again overtook the score.

And after the shot was made, Xu Yong turned around and faced James...spreading his hands!
This round of live broadcast camera has been aimed at Xu Yong, so this moment is completely presented in everyone's field of vision.

There were bursts of whistles and cheers at the scene.

What the fans look down on the most is this kind of behavior that they can't beat the whistle, which is exactly the same as playing cards but not being able to cheat.

But playing basketball is not really playing cards, and they can't do much except shout a few black whistles.

But Xu Yong's action just now was so frustrating!

This seems to be doing the same action as James, but the two meanings are completely different.

James didn't get the whistle to put pressure on the referee, but Xu Yong was taunting him after scoring!

And this action was done after James, it felt like he was saying to James: This is the correct way to open your hands!

Even fans won't think Xu Yong is faking, after all, he used this action in the summer league.

In other words, this is just a simple celebration.

But looking at it makes me feel relieved.

James' face pulled down in an instant, Xu Yong, this is not trash talk, but it is better than trash talk!
After the transition between offense and defense, James didn't call the pick-and-roll. He waved his big hand to signal to pull away, and finally he was going to face Xu Yonggang head-on.

Xu Yong also looked forward to it, right, this is the correct way to open basketball.

Stern is determined to promote you as the successor of the alliance, how can he keep hiding here and there?

James dribbled the ball back and forth under his crotch, but Xu Yong's strategy was to press forward.

Brown can defend that way because he has a weight advantage. If he has a weight disadvantage, pressing the defense is a better choice.

Especially when James feels online tonight, this is the best choice.

Xu Yongsheng seemed to have interrupted James' opening game once, because Xu Yongtaixiu has always had a deep memory, so he chose to protect the ball with his back after dribbling for a while.

After feeling the same, he made a fake turn, then turned around suddenly and started a breakthrough.

"Snapped!"

But as soon as he started it, he felt light in his hand, and when he looked again, the ball was gone again!
Xu Yong: It's definitely not that I have any death entanglement, but that James' back-up technique is really clumsy...

Especially for him, the candidate for Olajuwon's chief disciple, that back is the same as the background of Xinjiang boy Liu Yuanjie, which is too fake.

Xu Yong quickly broke into the fast break after stealing the ball.

James is chasing after him, and he also has a special move that is a chasing top block.

After Xu Yong rushed to the free throw line to take off, he jumped up vigorously and swung towards the basketball.

However, Xu Yong had already predicted that he jumped up after the fast break to the frontcourt...

"Oh!"

A two-handed slam dunk ended.

James' chasing hat slapped the backboard, causing him to grin in pain.

"Satan! Satan!"

After the ball was smashed in, the scene began to shout Xu Yong's nickname in unison.

If the previous actions weren't enough to relieve his anger, then this steal and dunk really took James' crown off!
Xu Yong waved his fist excitedly after the dunk landed.

Weak, really too weak!
Fighting against Kobe, it is impossible for him to defend now, and it is only a limit to do his best.

But James, as long as the confrontation can keep up, it is really easy to guard against him.

It's no wonder that Leonard, who was still a second-year player in history, was able to guard James and cursed at the free throw line.

He even understood why James gained weight after going to the Heat.

Without the advantage of confrontation, James' skills are really too rough.

He can't play back, his footsteps are weak, his shooting is unstable, and he has almost no small skills, only that system is left.

In order to maintain the confrontation, he does not have to, but can only gain weight.

And when his athletic ability declines when he gets old, he can't understand playing a guard again, so he can only rely on the fast break to score points.

He even figured out why this Cavaliers would stop in the Eastern Conference Finals, and why James was looking for strong teammates everywhere.

Because James is too easy to be restricted by this feature, once restricted and no teammates stand up to force it, it is impossible to win the game.

After thinking about this, Xu Yong became even more angry.

He said to James, the little emperor of Cleveland, the top card of Nike, and the darling of the league: "Did you know that the current King of England, his power is only useful in Buckingham Palace."

James didn't react at first.

Seeing this, Xu Yong was a little speechless, and suddenly realized that for a high school student, this trash talk seemed a bit too advanced.

James' nickname, translated into Little Emperor in China, is purely because Yang Yi thinks it sounds domineering, and he is called the king, and he uses the name of the British royal family.

So Xu Yong's trash talk is complaining that James is illiterate, what age is this, and he is still a king.

And it was also making fun of what Ailes said at the beginning, in Cleveland you are a king, but outside that village, you are no different from ordinary people.

After a long time, Williams moved forward with the ball, and James reacted belatedly.

But after advancing to the frontcourt, he stopped attacking with the ball.

Well, Xu Yong obviously wanted to irritate him, so that he would fall into singles and hurt the team, and Smart's talents would not be fooled.

Xu Yong originally planned to continue to be tough with James, but he didn't react a bit when he saw James' choice.

Until he saw James with his hands on his hips on the weak side, he was a little dumbfounded.

If he had known that James had the spirit of Ah Q, he might as well have stopped talking about that trash just now.

But don't tell me, after James didn't hold the ball, the Cavaliers over there played a good match. Jamison picked and rolled and hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Williams, helping the Cavaliers to bite the score. .

12:13.

The situation on the court remains tense.

At this moment, there was another substitution on the sidelines. De Nagro continued to deploy troops and replaced Deng with Bill Walker.

When Deng was off the court, Xu Yong swung to small forward, and he was officially facing James. He also replaced Hinrich and Walker, two stable points on the outside, which could break the zone defense and alleviate Xu Yong's double-teaming situation.

Although the tactical level is not very good, De Nagro is really good at employing people and arranging troops.

Xu Yong received the ball in the frontcourt and found that Brown had stood up early to signal the Cavaliers to switch back to man-to-man.

In terms of defensive awareness, Brown, the defensive master, is really unstoppable.

But at this moment, Xu Yong unexpectedly discovered that James was defending him.

Maybe it's because James hasn't reacted to the substitutions on the court?

Seeing this, Xu Yong motioned to pull away.

You can hide on the offensive end, but you can't hide on the defensive end.

James glanced aside at Parker, who was guarding Walker. He really didn't realize that Xu Yong had switched to the small forward.

But it's too embarrassing to switch back at this time, and he doesn't have much confidence on the offensive end, but the defensive end can still be handled.

Because he knew that Xu Yong was a good shot, he also chose the defensive method of pressing forward like Xu Yong.

Seeing this, Xu Yong dribbled the ball in front of James and induced James to make a move.

James was still smart and didn't do anything.

Seeing this, Xu Yong quickly distanced himself from James after making a false leap to the left.

The advantage in controlling luck gives him a huge advantage in distance control.

Then, he controlled the ball with his right hand, stepped on the ground with his left foot, and launched a breakthrough from the right.

James' defensive awareness is not bad, and he quickly pressed Xu Yong's breakthrough route.

But at this moment, Xu Yong retracted his right foot during the breakthrough, then pushed his right foot to the ground, changed direction and passed James to the left without slowing down.

Because of his heavy weight, James couldn't control his body when he swung his center of gravity from side to side, and he fell backwards.

In order to prevent himself from doing a flat sand and falling geese, James propped his hands back on the ground. gif.

But it was this that made him look even more embarrassed.

At this time, Xu Yong had already entered the inside line, facing O'Neal who was assisting the defense, he directly threw the ball over the basket.

At the same time as he threw the ball, a figure suddenly jumped up from under the basket.

It's him, it's him, it's Kwame, not Mike Brown, who is training with Xu Yong to dunk!

Continuous training allowed Brown to develop an almost knee-jerk instinct.

O'Neal's current speed is completely too late to make up defense.

"Oh!"

Amidst the amazed voices of the fans at the scene, Brown staged a scene where the roc spread its wings, Mount Tai overwhelmed, violently abused the basket, and the wolf king roared.

The United Center is completely seething.

Not only because of Brown's violent lob, but also because of Xu Yong's performance after Noah was blown off.

Spreading hands, stealing dunks, shaking James, this series of performances can only be described in one sentence: Satan is in the world!
"He was born for this stage!" Mike Breen also exclaimed from the commentary box.

Some players scored more than ten points in the regular season, but their data shrunk significantly in the playoffs. Such players are called ordinary players.

However, there are some players whose performance in the playoffs has not declined but improved compared to the regular season. Such players are called superstars.

Xu Yong obviously belongs to the latter!
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