no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 254 Xu Yong’s crazy revenge

Although the All-Star Game is over, the impact of the All-Star Game is still there.

On the night of the game against the Cavaliers, the enthusiasm of the fans was unprecedentedly high, and the atmosphere in the United Center was already in a state of blowout before the game.

In addition to looking forward to Xu Yong's performance, fans are also looking forward to the performance of new players. You must know that the transaction on this past trade deadline was already a big deal for the Bulls.

During the warm-up before the game, the photographer's camera tracked Stephenson's figure on the court. Then in the camera, Stephenson was doing a shooting motion with his legs wrapped around his crotch. Even if it was just a warm-up, his temperament could not be hidden at all. live.

Of course, more shots were given to Xu Yong and James.

As the season progressed, James' performance stabilized, and he also regained his position as the Cavaliers boss in the media.

However, James's expression looked very serious in the camera, and he didn't know if it was because of the pressure on him from tonight's game.

Xu Yong, on the other hand, looked relaxed and chatting and laughing with Butler.

After the camera flashed, Butler also ended the chat with Xu Yong, but for some reason, he felt that his senior was a little weird today.

I can't say what's strange, but if I have to say it, it should be that Xu Yong looked at the Cavaliers half court, or to be more precise, looked at James as if he were looking at prey, which made people feel a little chilled down the back.

After the warm-up was over, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

Cavaliers: Irving, JR, James, Love, Davis
Bulls: Dellavedova, Butler, Xu Yong, Anderson, Adams
West will not play tonight due to a slight wrist injury. All 13 Bulls players who can still play are on the active list tonight.

With the fans cheering, Davis moved the ball back to the Cavaliers half, and the game officially started.

Xu Yong directly faced James on the defensive end. Originally, Thibodeau arranged for Anderson to defend, but Xu Yong took the initiative tonight.

And the first time he faced James, he said to James: "I heard that someone wants to join the team that beats him."

James's face changed drastically in an instant. The reason why his face was so serious during the warm-up before the game was because he learned about Raunsdorf's attitude from Paul Fu and the reason Raunsdorf gave [Xu Yongyong agreed].

Based on his understanding of Xu Yong, Xu Yong would definitely attack tonight, but he didn't expect Xu Yong to come right after the opening ceremony and not give him any preparation time.

"I'm curious, how come you, who calls yourself the Chosen One, join just because you can't beat him?" Seeing that James didn't respond, Xu Yong continued to output.

James's face turned red, and Xu Yong's trash talk was really heartbreaking.

"Oh, I almost forgot that you said you would bring more than 7 championships to Miami. It seems that the Chosen One is just like that, also used to deceive people."

"It's okay to just lie to others, but don't lie to yourself until you lie to yourself."

Xu Yong continued to output, and the corners of James's mouth were twitching. He felt like he was hanging in the air, and then being whipped by Xu Yong with a leather whip.

Now he just wants to beat up that guy Rich Paul.

Fortunately, an offensive round only lasts 24 seconds, and he only needs to avoid facing Xu Yong on the defensive end.

The person defending Xu Yong on the Cavaliers side is still Love. Xu Yong started to frequently catch the ball in high and low positions to launch attacks.

His desire to play tonight, coupled with the fact that the two are actually mismatched, basically means that Love can't limit his performance.

After scoring 7 points in a row under Love's defense, Xu Yong felt that he was not happy enough. During the retreat, he turned to the Cavaliers' bench and Tyronn Lue, who had replaced Blatt as the Cavaliers coach. Shout: "Let LeBron guard me!"

Lu's face instantly turned as red as a pig's head. He was promoted not because he was better than his predecessor Blatter, but simply because Blatter did not like James. The 1+1 contract gave James not only the right to decide the players' Whether to stay or leave, even the head coach's decision.

As a chicken-soup nanny coach, Lu obeyed James's words. Xu Yong shouted to him like this, which was basically asking him for rights that did not belong to him.

"I really overestimated you. It seems that you are still a softie not only on the court, but also off the court." Returning to the defensive end, Xu Yong continued to look at James.

James's face turned green, he stared at Xu Yong, his breathing quickened.

"Looks can't kill." Xu Yong said calmly.

James finally got angry. He rushed to Irving to pass the ball, and then started a singles against Xu Yong.

The iconic dribbling with the crotch on the spot, and then accelerating the attack.

However, Xu Yong had mastered this move a long time ago. When he reached the penalty area, he could no longer fight, and because he could no longer walk freely, he was forced to stop directly.

Anger did not allow him to break through Xu Yong's defense, but instead made him fall into Xu Yong's trap.

After he lost the ball, he could only turn around and continue to use another of his signature crab poses.

But Xu Yong saw the right time to strike and swatted the ball out of his hand in advance. When he made the shooting action, the whole action was like a leaping frog that lost its balance.

Xu Yong quickly controlled the ball, then turned around and launched a fast break.

After using a beautiful behind-the-back dribble to avoid Irving's kick, Xu Yong hit the ball into the basket with a gliding windmill dunk.

The United Center instantly went into a boil.

Because James has been avoiding Xu Yong for the past two years, they have rarely seen Xu Yong's iconic steals and dunks against James.

But with Xu Yong's dunk, the classic reappeared.

After completing this fast break dunk and retreating to the defensive end, looking at James who was extremely angry but unable to do anything, Xu Yong thoughtfully told James the truth: "You think I don't want you to come, but in fact no one misses you. Come because..."

He even paused: "Chicago never needs softies."

The devil's whisper and Satan's chant made James' angry expression disappear instantly, replaced by a look of death as if he was mourning for his concubine.

Xu Yong was not wrong, because even though he spat so much rubbish, James didn't respond at all.

If you can't beat him in ball, don't you even have the courage to fight with him?

Yes, James does not.

Because on the next possession, he suddenly squatted down while holding his groin on the defensive end.

Lu reacted quickly. After noticing James' condition, he immediately called a timeout before the team doctor came on the court.

When James arrived on the bench, Lu also threw the tactical board to the assistant coach, and then devoted himself to educating James.

Looking at this scene, Xu Yong showed a look of disappointment and pity on his face.

With James off the court, the Cavaliers struggled a bit.

The so-called running-in actually means that the players find their respective positions in the team and then perform their respective duties.

After more than a season of running-in, especially after their own sacrifices this season, the rest of the Cavaliers have gradually become functional by sacrificing for James. Now that James suddenly leaves the game, it is still difficult for others to suddenly start carrying.

About 9 minutes into the game, the score on the court has reached 15-26, and the Bulls have opened the point difference to double digits.

At this time, the two sides entered rotations one after another, and Xu Yong was also replaced and rested.

But he hadn't been sitting there for a minute when a short whistle sounded, and he looked up and was stunned for a moment.

James actually came on as a substitute again!
This smart injury originally occurred between games, but now it is cured and has evolved directly into a game.

He clearly underestimated James's psychological endurance.

Although this is reasonable when you think about it, after all, based on Xu Yong's experiences after joining the league, normal people would probably have chosen to retire long ago.

At this time, Xu Yong didn't know whether to lament James's strong psychological ability or to complain about this guy's thick skin.

James, who clearly has such a strong psychological endurance, was so cowardly on the court. This sense of tearing disobedience even made him lose the desire to go on the court and ravage the opponent for a moment.

At this time, the lineups of both sides, Cavaliers: Mo Williams, Jefferson, James, Frye, Tristan Thompson;

Bulls: Stephenson, Jimmy Butler, Ennis, Prince, Jokic.

On the Cavaliers' first attack, James broke through Ennis and rushed inside, then quickly scored two points.

There was a burst of boos at the scene.

When Xu Yong heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look back.

Generally speaking, when a player scores, even if a player from the visiting team scores, fans should not react this way.

It can only be said that after so many years, James's staggered travel style has become very familiar to fans and is deeply shameful.

So really speaking, James can be regarded as a pioneer in history in this regard, and he continues to break through himself. He is truly the No. 1 in history.

The Bulls advanced to the frontcourt, and Stephenson broke through Williams with the ball and entered the paint. After confronting Frye, the latter fouled and went to the free throw line.

A lot of details on the field can be seen in this round.

The first is naturally Stephenson's ability to break through with the ball. If Stephenson is counted as a defender, his confrontation ability is very good and his ability to cause damage is strong;

Next is Butler. One thing that is particularly good about Butler is that he is a true team player. If the team needs him to dilute the ball, he will hold the ball. When there are teammates on the field who need to hold the ball, he will give it up. To have the ball, to defend and rebound well;

Finally, there is Jokic's space ability. Yes, even Jokic in this period has a three-point range like many European insiders, which allows him to open up the space very well.

Stephenson made the first free throw and scored the first point of his Bulls career.

Then he hit the second free throw steadily, showing his stable touch.

When the Bulls retreated from defense, there was another small detail on the court. Jokic was actively communicating with Ennis defensively.

When he returned to halftime, Ennis directly defended James and shot.

Xu Yong felt very interesting when he saw this. This not only reflects Jokic's basketball IQ, but more importantly, his communication skills.

You have to remember that he is just a rookie, and Ennis is already a third-year player.

Faced with this kind of adjusted defense, James still chose to rush inside. The two opposing players combined were not half as strong as him. Even if the defensive method was adjusted, there would be no difference.However, his impact failed to continue to score, because Ennis forced James towards Jokic, and Jokic also showed his human shield ability and directly pushed James back.

This was a successful defensive cooperation, and it also reminded James of his experience in the last encounter.

The distinguished governor of Luoyang may have forgotten that he had such a collision with Jokic when he was trying to score points in the last quarter.

James lost control of the ball, and the ball was in Jokic's hands the next second.

Although the movement is very slow, Jokic's hand speed is not slow at all.

After taking control of the ball, he immediately threw the ball to Stephenson on the outside.

The Bulls played a fast break, and Stephenson's next operation directly made the whole audience boil.

Because this guy advanced to the three-point line in the frontcourt and immediately started a showmanship. He stuffed the ball under his crotch and jumped up, leaving Shumpert who was guarding him completely unaware of what he was going to do, because this action was always unpredictable. Maybe a crotch dunk from the three-point line?

But in the next second, he had already switched from his crotch to his other hand, and then directly passed it to Butler who was following up from the right.gif.

After Butler caught the ball, he took two steps into the air and dunked directly with both hands to score.

Now we have found the reason why Stephenson shot around the ball with his crotch in the opening warm-up. You may think he is fooling around, but in fact he is really training.

And after passing the ball, Stephenson jumped forward as if dancing on the court.

James responded with a pull-up jumper in the next round. Now his skills are much more comprehensive than during the Heat, and he is not so easy to target.

But in the next round, Stephenson's tricks came again.

He and Jokic picked and rolled and went to the wing to break through. After seeing Jokic suddenly not flicking out but sliding down, he made a weird jump pass without looking at anyone and sent the ball to Jokic.gif.

The ball was tucked deep enough, and Jokic scored with a one-handed dunk.

Even the home commentator was a little confused. His rhythm of playing was different from others.

The replay of the ball just now was played on the large LED screen, and the fans finally understood what was going on.

Passing the ball without looking is not uncommon in the NBA. The reason why this ball is weird is because Stephenson turned his head at the moment of passing the ball. And more importantly, most people jump to pass the ball. He jumped after passing the ball. !

Not to mention the practicality of this style of play, it is full of fun.

Xu Yong also looked up, and then he was also amused. He felt that Stephenson should not be called junior brother, but "Stephenson".

Looking at him jumping up and down on the field, it's like he stepped on a Jing Dou Cloud under his feet and turned into the Sun Wukong.

James continued to attack the inside to cause damage to Jokic, and then went to the free throw line.

In this period, James did not pass the ball, and the ball went to the basket.

James steadily made one of two free throws, and has scored 5 points in a row since his re-appearance. There is no sign of being affected by the groin injury at all.

But looking back, Stephenson hit Shumpert with a mid-range hit.

Shumpert only joined the Cavaliers this season. He is good at defense and is the Cavaliers' sharpest perimeter defense this season. However, after being manipulated by Stephenson for several consecutive rounds, he could not judge what Stephenson was going to do. He basically stood and watched the shot.

After Stephenson scored, he was so excited that he jumped and half turned, and then made a "playing guitar" action to the audience.

Yes, this action he did in the locker room before is his signature celebration.

The fans at the scene were completely amused at this time, and they cheered one after another.

Stephenson has injected an unprecedented source of joy into the Bulls.

However, the fans at the scene were happy, but Cavaliers Lu's expression became sad.

He originally expected James to recover some points difference during this period, but the Bulls' substitute played much better than he expected.

Especially the new player Stephenson, who only averaged 4 points per game for the Clippers, but this incident of 2 minutes has already scored 4 points, which perfectly explains what it means to move the dead and the dead alive.

But even with the Bulls, if he is on the opposite Cavaliers team now, let’s not say whether he can play. Even if he can, look at the ball in James’ hands every round. It will be difficult for him to average 4 points per game. .

After the first quarter, the score was 23-31.

James scored 3 points in the last 7 minutes of the quarter.

In Xu Yong's previous life, he was lucky enough to see a unique game. The team obviously lost by more than 40 points, but James was still able to score 20+ points with a shooting rate of over [-]%. This made him not watch the live broadcast of the game at that time. He felt very puzzled.

But after watching it for a few minutes, as the person involved, he completely understood that this was not just a matter of traveling during off-peak hours. You see, as an opponent, he was able to defeat even the desire to stop him.

It's not okay to continue like this. After all, he has other purposes for tonight's game.

After reflection, Xu Yong took the initiative to ask Ying to play during the transition period between the first and second quarters.

He still doesn't believe it. James' groin cannot be repeated in one game.

In the second quarter, Xu Yong replaced Butler, and James was still on the Cavaliers side.

It's just that James changed obviously when he saw Xu Yong before he came on the court. He subconsciously touched his groin, and finally gritted his teeth and came on the court.

When the Bulls' offense came up, Xu Yong did not attack directly after holding the ball, but called Prince to play a pick-and-roll for him.

There is only one purpose, and that is to bring James to him.

Since James doesn't want to guard him, he might as well take the initiative.

Then the next scene seemed very strange. James was obviously unwilling to change defense and kept telling Jefferson not to change.

But the quality of Prince's pick-and-roll was very good, Jefferson was blocked, and James was finally forced to come to Xu Yong.

"Why are you so afraid of me? You are the chosen one." Xu Yong held the ball in one hand and asked James with a smile.

James ignored Xu Yong's trash talk. He just turned his head to see where his teammates were, and then looked at him wildly. He was obviously preparing to let his teammates help defend.

Taking advantage of his turning head, Xu Yong accelerated past him. With a fake pass, he forced back the Cavaliers' teammates who were preparing to help defend, then broke into the inside and made a one-handed chop.

After scoring, Xu Yong turned to James and said, "Now I know why you want to come to Chicago so much."

James frowned and looked at Xu Yong.

"Because then you don't have to compete with me." Xu Yong said with a sneer.

James was finally completely irritated and reached out to push Xu Yong.

This was what Xu Yong was waiting for. He broke out instantly, went up to hug James and threw him to the ground with all his strength.

It all happened so suddenly, not to mention James, even the referee didn't react.

Then by the time they all reacted, Xu Yong had already hit James' face with a "bang bang" hook on the left and right.

The burning pain on his face finally brought James back to his senses, and he directly protected his face with his hands.

But soon he felt a lightness in his body. He opened his hands and found that Xu Yong had jumped up and left.

It all started quickly and ended even faster. By the time the players on both sides reacted and were about to fight, the referee had already rushed in and quickly separated the two sides.

On the ground at this time, James, who had been punched twice for nothing, felt that he had been humiliated. He ignored the pain on his face and turned over to rush towards Xu Yong.

At this moment, he really wanted to rush Xu Yong, but Jefferson and Thompson really tried their best to hold him back.

Because after Xu Yong left quickly, James had lost the chance to resist. If he really had to rush, it might be the next big brawl in Auburn Hills.

Butler had already stood in front of his senior for the first time at this time. He finally knew what the weird feeling before the game was. Xu Yong had planned to beat James tonight.

In fact, not only Butler, but also everyone else on the Bulls team stood in front of Xu Yong, especially Stephenson, who acted particularly excited, as if he was already the [guard with a knife].

But Xu Yong pushed aside the crowd at this time, walked to the front, pointed at James and shouted: "Don't think I don't know what you really want to do!"

Yes, he doesn't believe that James really wants to come to the Bulls. If James was willing to be Pippen, the Heat would have won the championship that year, and might even have established a dynasty.

All James wants is to start a conflict between him and the Bulls management.

This is a conspiracy, because the collapse of the dynasty starts from within. This is more insidious than the dirty moves on the field, and the nature is even worse.

It's just that James never thought that he and the management had already had conflicts over Rose. In order to ease the conflict, Raunsdorf chose to tell him directly about the matter.

And speaking of it, Rich Paul used this method to influence Rose once last season, and this time he directly targeted him.

So he chose this method to let James learn a lesson and know the price to pay for doing such a thing.

Although he actually wanted to punch these two punches for a long time.

James kept trying to get rid of him. If he hadn't been immune to injuries and had been more careful, he would have turned into another Granger.

Before, he was somewhat concerned about Nike behind James, because if he took action, the league would severely suspend him due to pressure from Nike.

He is not worried about the monetary losses caused by the suspension, but is worried about the impact of his absence on the team's record.

Just as Adams said when he chatted with him, his coach told him to learn to use basketball methods, because non-basketball methods will hurt the team.

But now things have changed, James has switched to Adidas, and his Nike dad is no longer around.

There is a saying in China that says "Kill you while you are sick", and another saying is "beat the dog in the water".

This is also the reason why there are two punches. One punch is to let James know the price, and the other punch is the previous interest.

(End of this chapter)