First in scoring

Chapter 31 31. Immediate results!

"Camelot, Alan, you come down, Jack, Charlie, you go up..."

Allen Kanter, who was replaced, is 206 cm tall, a power forward, has certain inside scoring skills, but slightly poor athletic ability.

Charlie Monroe, who was substituted in, is 203 cm tall, a power forward with excellent athletic ability. He has basically no offensive skills, but is very active in defense.

The two are the focus of the coaching staff's training at the power forward position. Their talents are indeed average, but they are already the two best power forwards selected from the 9th grade players last season.

"Kevin, when you attack, don't keep going inside, open up space on both sides; Charlie, pay attention to rushing and retreating; James, control the rhythm when moving to the wing, and pay attention to whether the teammates with the ball can see you; DeMar, Jack, you guys, cooperate well..."

After the substitution, Johnson gave brief instructions to each player and said nothing more.

Tactics? Forget about it. He would be thankful if these guys could perform better individually.

If it really doesn't work, just let these guys learn a lesson, clearly understand their own capabilities, and stop taking the main team's results as their own.

However, Johnson did not plan to replace Zhang Yang at first. The others played so badly, and Zhang Yang, who was still in the basic stage, would definitely suffer even more. He was worried that it would hit Zhang Yang's confidence.

But seeing Zhang Yang so calm, Johnson changed his mind.

The starters played so badly, and the substitutes played badly too. Is that a problem? No.

Then let this calm kid go up and experience the high school game.

As for Zhang Yang, he didn't expect to play so early. He thought he would have to wait until the third or fourth quarter when the game entered garbage time before he had a chance.

But now that I'm on the field, I must try to play better.

He quickly recalled the opponent's defensive habits and said to DeRozan: "DeMar, you will play one-on-one two steps inside the right side of the free throw line. Going there can attract defense more effectively... uh..."

As he was speaking, Zhang Yang saw three other teammates coming over.

He didn't have much hope of getting his teammates to listen to his arrangements. He already knew during the tactical training over the past two days that, apart from anything else, when it came to playing basketball, most of his teammates didn't pay much attention to him, the weakest player on the team.

There is nothing to be annoyed about. Once he becomes stronger, his teammates will obey him.

But now that his teammates were surrounding him, since they were here, he might as well say a few words. He arranged two sentences for each of his teammates based on the characteristics he had seen in training and the first half of the game.

Miller originally wanted to hear what Zhang Yang and DeRozan had to say, but suddenly the task was assigned to him. He thought about it and there was nothing wrong with the arrangement. With his people-pleasing personality, he nodded in agreement.

When Keefe saw that DeRozan did not reject Zhang Yang's arrangement and Miller followed it, he also nodded in acceptance.

The three stronger teammates all accepted the arrangement, and Monroe naturally chose to accept it as well.

Zhang Yang accidentally took advantage of the situation.

Johnson, who was watching from the side, was very surprised to see this scene. His four teammates actually listened to Zhang Yang!

He wanted to see what tricks this kid could come up with.

...

After the timeout, Compton High School attacked.

Miller passed the ball to Keefe.

After Keefe dribbled to the top of the arc and passed to DeRozan at the right elbow of the three-second zone, he moved around the three-point line.

When DeRozan caught the ball, there were sparse cheers at the scene, which was far less than when the game just started, and the cheers soon died down.

There is no doubt that they were disappointed with the performance of the "No. 1 junior high school student" in the first half of the game. DeRozan ignored all this and leaned against the defender to observe the movement of his teammates.

As Keefe moved around the three-point line to the 45-degree angle on the left, Miller moved up to set a screen. At the same time, Zhang Yang moved to the free throw line and Monroe cut in from the right baseline.

Seeing this, DeRozan turned around, faced the basket and played one-on-one, making a fake move to the right, then pulled sideways to the left and entered the three-second zone.

The player defending Monroe at the baseline did not go up to defend, but chased to the left sideline of the three-second zone. The player defending Zhang Yang at the free throw line moved up immediately and double-teamed DeRozan with his teammates.

DeRozan continued to take a deep step, and after being trapped, he forced himself to pass the ball!
Zhang Yang rushed to receive the ball at close range. The opposing power forward actively retrieved the ball. Zhang Yang jumped towards the opposing power forward and threw the ball into the basket during the confrontation...and it went in!
"Shooting value +20"

So many! Zhang Yang jumped excitedly, then suddenly felt a little silly, and quickly turned around and ran to the backcourt.

His teammates didn't think there was anything wrong. They heard that Zhang Yang had just started learning to play basketball and scored a goal in his first appearance in the school team game. It was normal for him to be excited, and scoring a goal against the defense was indeed encouraging. Many spectators cheered.

Johnson's eyes widened on the sidelines - No way! Is it so immediate?
Zhang Yang scored a layup against the power forward, which did not surprise Johnson.

The opposing power forward Andrew Wright is not tall, only 198 cm, and his confrontation is average. Tatum successfully broke through and Wright couldn't stop him. The reserve team conducted physical tests on Thursday. Zhang Yang's strength is about the same as Tatum, and there is a slight gap in explosive power, but when they both rush forward, the impact force is not much different.

Johnson was not surprised by the tacit coordination between Zhang Yang and DeRozan in passing and cutting. What surprised him was the position movement of others. It was not excellent, but the position movement was purposeful, not as disorganized as before the timeout.

This can be said to be a qualitative change!
When it came to Liberty Park Academy's offense, Compton High School was still unable to defend and the opponent's wing player slipped in with the help of a screen and received the ball.

However, the opponent's small forward who received the ball was unlucky. The basketball he flew up and hit the basket, spun around and fell out. Monroe actively protected the defensive rebound.

Zhang Yang made a fast break immediately, and DeRozan, who received the pass from Goalkeeper Rowe, also advanced quickly, but failed to give the ball away and still fell into a positional battle.

Zhang Yang felt a little regretful that DeRozan's fast break speed was still a little slow... Let's just fight a positional battle. After his teammates arrived at the frontcourt, he began to move actively.

Miller, Monroe, and Keefe were also more active in their running than in the previous round.

They moved according to Zhang Yang's instructions in the last round because they had agreed and had to move. Anyway, they didn't play well in the previous rounds, and if they still didn't play well after moving according to Zhang Yang's instructions, then it didn't matter, and they could comfort themselves that it was not their fault... Unexpectedly, they moved according to the instructions, which really helped DeRozan and Zhang Yang to play in doubles!
They had just started to learn the tactics and did not quite understand the tactical intentions, so they did not play well, but they could still see that their movements had an effect.

DeRozan continued to play one-on-one. When the opposing center Rod was defending the off-ball screen, he saw Zhang Yang continue to cut in from the middle and rushed directly to the basket. DeRozan jumped up and saw that there was a space between him and Keefe, so he temporarily changed the pass target and pushed the ball to the left sideline with an air pass.

Keefe received the ball and made a three-pointer...which also went in!
DeRozan made two consecutive assists! The audience, who had been silent for a long time, immediately burst into warm cheers.

The No. 1 junior high school student finally got into the rhythm?

The audience attributed the two scores of Zhang Yang and Keefe to DeRozan who attracted double-teaming and passed the ball to him.

There is nothing wrong with this idea. If DeRozan, the "No. 1 junior high school student", did not attract hatred and DeRozan did not have the ability to jump and pass the ball, the offensive cooperation between the two would not be able to be played.

But the three coaches on the home team's bench all focused their attention on Zhang Yang.

Burke exclaimed: "Tony, you really picked up a treasure!"

Originally, he had lost interest in this game, but in the last round, he saw the players standing in an orderly manner and moving with purpose, and his attention was refocused. In the second attack, he was sure that the players really cooperated.

Thomas was very proud: "The first time I saw him, I saw his talent for tactics and leadership... John, why are you looking at me like that?"

Johnson's face was full of resentment: "Five years... five years wasted..."

Thomas: "..."

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