no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 23 No. 23 (celebrating someone's book release)

Albert adjusted his breathing, and there were additional penalties.

20:9.

In a blink of an eye, there were only 11 points left.

At this moment, a short whistle sounded on the sidelines, and both Westbrook and Mbah a Moute came back early.

During this period, the substitutes of the Devils used activeness and defense to bring back the suspense of the game abruptly.

The pressure is now on the Bruins' side. If they can't score in the next round, the Devils have a chance to narrow the point difference to single digits.

"Defense! Defense!"

The emotions of the fans at the scene were rekindled, and the shouts were deafening.

The Devils' defense is still in place, but the Bruins have returned three of their five starters, and their offensive threat has returned.

Westbrook directly chose a mid-range jumper after cutting out to catch the ball.

Although the action was a bit stiff, the ball still fell into the bag steadily.

The Bruins finally broke the scoring drought.

And after the offensive and defensive transition, Albert's shot after the pick-and-roll was interfered by Westbrook, and the rebound was also protected by Mbah a Moute.

The ball was actually blocked by Westbrook, but he squeezed over and interfered.

One offense and one defense, the Bruins stabilized the situation on the field through personnel adjustments.

At this time, the scene shot was given to Sandek, who was on the bench of the Devils.

Obviously, the Devils' ability to recover the score is due to the fact that their substitutes played well on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is also a problem with the Bruins' lineup.

Therefore, Sandek also faces a choice, whether to continue to keep these substitute players on the court, or to replace the main players in advance.

Sandek glanced back at the bench, and finally made no substitution adjustments.

He chose to continue to believe in this group of people on the court!

Of course, the players on the field will not feel this detail, they still try to defend as hard as they did in the previous round.

This time their efforts also paid off. Mbah a Moute's weak-side cut layup missed the rebound in the face of Xu Yong's defense, and the rebound was also pocketed by Xu Yong.

"Come on! Devil team!"

When Glasser advanced with the ball, the home fans shouted again.

Although this period of point difference did not continue to approach, but they empathized with the tenacious fighting spirit of the players on the field.

For fans, this is the biggest charm of basketball.

Of course, the shouts of the fans could not solve the difficulties encountered by the Devils on the field. Albert was stared to death by Westbrook this round, and Xu Yong's movement without the ball was also closely followed by Mbah a Moute.

More than half of the offensive time has passed, and the Devils still have no good offensive options on the court.

The live footage was shown to Sandek again, but Sandek still didn't make any adjustments.

When the camera cuts back again, the ball is in Xu Yong's hands, leaving only the last ten seconds for the Devils to attack.

At this time, it was too late to organize an attack. Albert wanted to come over to catch the ball. Xu Yong trusted him so much in front of him, so he rushed to catch the ball.

However, Xu Yong did not throw the pot out, but motioned Albert to pull it away.

With 8 seconds left, Mbah a Moute made a close-fitting and oppressive defense.

Judging from the arrangement of the coaching staff before the game and Xu Yong's performance in tonight's game, Xu Yong is a dunker who can shoot three-pointers.

To deal with this kind of player's close pressing, not giving a shot is the best choice.

As for the breakthrough, unless Xu Yong's first step is fast enough and explosive enough, he cannot break through his defense.

But Xu Yong has not shown his ability in this area.

With 6 seconds left, after Xu Yong leaned over and used three threats to sweep out the starting space for himself, he directly activated and passed Ba Mote in one step!
The "unless" that Mbah a Moute said happened to be his own!
Because Ba Moute was stuck too tightly, there was no time to take remedial measures after being passed.

And Xu Yong rushed to the basket amid the exclamation of the fans. After seeing the opponent's inside Alfred Aboya defending, he jumped up and pulled the ball over his head with his right hand.

When Aboya saw it, he raised his hands and jumped at the same time, trying to stop Xu Yong's dunk.

"boom!"

There was a physical confrontation between the two in the air.

Then in the next second, Aboya was knocked backwards by Xu Yong.

"Oh!"

Then Xu Yong stayed in the air and smashed the ball into the basket with his right hand. gif!

The fans at the scene were stunned.

Not only the fans, even Nash in the stands showed a shocked expression.

Xu Yong's deduction from the start to the end of the ball just now not only showed his control skills, but also perfectly demonstrated his core strength.

Such a swift first step is possible only if the core strength is excellent!
Only with excellent core strength, can you not lose your center of gravity after confrontation in the air, and then you can complete a slam dunk!

And there is another important reason for their shock, because they only heard about Xu Yong's seven three-pointers before, but they didn't know about Xu Yong's dunk ability.

So although this dunk is only the Bruins' substitute insider, the visual effect it brings to them is no worse than that of Griffin!
"It's so similar." After recovering from the shock, Marion blurted out.

"Yes, it's too similar." Although Marion didn't say it directly, Stoudemire also echoed.

The slam dunk just now and the number "23" on Xu Yong's back easily reminded them of that person.

No, that god, the only basketball god in the hearts of their players.

Of course, those scouts were as surprised as they were.

Their pre-match goals were Westbrook, Love and Harden, but Xu Yong's ball just now attracted their attention.

Although this does not mean that Xu Yong will be selected by them, but at one point, Xu Yong's name appeared in their laptops.

Or to put it another way, Xu Yong appeared in the sight of the team behind these scouts.

Sandek was also surprised at this time. Of course, his surprise was different from others. He was surprised by Xu Yong's ability to attack with the ball.

Xu Yong has never shown this before.

From those seven three-pointers to his current ability to hold the ball, Xu Yong can always surprise him.

There was delayed cheering from the fans at the scene, and on the Bruins side, Howland even reached out and called a timeout.

Although the point difference on the court is still 11 points, Xu Yong's dunk just now had a great impact on the morale of both sides.

The live shots were shown to Xu Yong, and the cheers of the fans continued to rise.

Under the camera, Xu Yong's expression was as calm as ever, as if the goal just now was not worth mentioning.

Xu Yong really didn't have much sense of accomplishment at this time, because there were many objective factors in the goal just now.

First of all, Mbah a Moute didn't know that he had the ability to attack with the ball, so pressing too tightly gave him a chance to break through.

In addition, the Aboya he dunked was not strong at all, which was obviously not as exciting as dunking Griffin in the invitational game.

If there is a chance to catch Le Fu, it will be Guan Yu and Yan Liang, with a great sense of accomplishment.

(End of this chapter)