runaway point guard

Chapter 207

In the cafe, Zhong Yu and Scarlett Johansson sat facing each other, both drinking coffee.

"Your exposure has been getting higher and higher recently." Scarlett Johansson said to Zhong Yu: "I feel that the entire United States is now your name...almost everyone cares about you."

"Even many people who don't like basketball still care about you." Scarlett Johansson said, "They think you have brought hope to many Americans, the hope that if you work hard, you will succeed. "

"Heh~ American Dream?" Zhong Yu asked while puffing a cup of coffee into his mouth.

"Yes, it's the American Dream. The real realization of the American Dream, you let people see hope." Scarlett paused, and then asked: "Zhong Yu, then, as yourself, do you believe in the American Dream? Do you believe that hard work can really succeed?"

"You can succeed with hard work?" Zhong Yu pressed a mouthful of coffee into his mouth, then smiled and said, "I don't believe it."

"Don't believe it?" Scarlett Johansson completely felt that what Zhong Yu said subverted her thoughts, and she hurriedly asked, "Why?"

"No reason, I just don't believe it anyway." Zhong Yu said: "Everyone is born different, why should everyone want to do something, as long as they work hard, they can succeed?"

"If you put it this way." Scarlett Johansson said, "What's the point of so many people working so hard? So many people, including you, have their own rewards for their hard work. What does this mean?"

Zhong Yu said: "Let me tell you something old-fashioned. If you work hard, even if the chance is slim, there will always be some chances. But if you don't work hard, then there is no hope at all."

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The fifth game between the Lakers and the Hornets, which is also their battle of Kings Mountain, began at the Staples Center, home of the Lakers.

In the last game, the Lakers used their inside tactics and ability to use the inside to contain the Hornets' offense and defense well, and finally won the game with a steady approach and the team's hard work.

As for this game, no one knows how it will proceed. I don't know if the Hornets can counterattack the Lakers in this game, win a victory, and re-establish their lead in the total score.

Or the Lakers bloodbathed the Hornets at their home court, defending their dignity and gaining match points.

These are all unresolved issues.But no matter what, the losing team will be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum and many things, there is no doubt about it.

Both teams are well prepared. Although both sides are tired at this point in the game, they can't be ambiguous in this game.

The lights of Staples are still shining, and the fans here are still quite fanatical.

This is Los Angeles, home of the Lakers.

"The game is about to begin!" Scott said: "Boys, you must remember many of our previous arrangements. We must defeat this opponent. We cannot let our previous efforts go to waste..."

At this time, the DJ on the scene also began to introduce the players.

When it was Zhong Yu's turn, the DJ had just finished speaking, and the scene was full of boos one after another.The boos were loud, as if the entire ceiling of the Staples Center was shaking amidst their boos, and dust fell.

Zhong Yu has become one of the most unwelcome people in this arena. In the last game between the Hornets and the Lakers in this arena, Zhong Yu killed the Lakers at the last minute, and many people still remember it vividly.

Moreover, recently, Zhong Yu's name is overwhelming on the Internet and news.

After all these incidents, the fans of the Lakers really felt a strong hatred for Zhong Yu - not only because Zhong Yu killed the Lakers in this arena, but also Because, many people think that Zhong Yu stepped on the head of Kobe Bryant of the Lakers to gradually reach his current popularity this time.

Everyone cared about this game and wanted the Lakers to win. Thinking of Zhong Yu's wonderful scoring methods, they became even more angry with Zhong Yu.

Because, this guy is definitely a dangerous person, there is no doubt about it.

Hearing the wild boos of the audience, Zhong Yu didn't care.

He knew that the louder the boos, the more panicked the home fans were towards a player, and the more destructive that team could bring them.

When I first entered the league, when I heard more than 1 fans booing uniformly from the away team and the entire arena, as a rookie, I might be frightened, but the situation is completely different now, Zhong Yu will not have any superfluous Instead, I felt that the blood in my body was slowly boiling.

The game officially begins!
The jump ball was taken by the Lakers, and then they organized the first offense.

The first offense did not continue the inside tactics of the Lakers last game, but was handed over to Kobe to execute.Kobe faced Zhong Yu, then suddenly retreated and made a fake move, then turned around and he succeeded in a jumper.

Kobe took the lead in opening up the Lakers with a beautiful goal. The audience immediately shouted and cheered for their Lakers and Kobe.

The Hornets' offense failed to make a hit, the Lakers grabbed the rebound again, and another competition between the two sides began.

The game has just started, and the Lakers still use the inside offense that took advantage of the last game and finally helped the team win. They want to use this method to defeat the Hornets again.This is also a way to use force to break cleverness, which is what the one-force-down-ten meeting is talking about.

In the first 3 minutes of the game, the Lakers continued to gain the upper hand with this style of play.They got off to a 7-2 start.

Under such an opening, the morale of the Lakers team was greatly boosted, and the audience of the Lakers team was full of cheers and shouts. Everyone was quite satisfied with this opening.

At this time, the ball finally returned to the Hornets.

The Lakers' tactics of strong inside play went relatively smoothly, and the Hornets couldn't take advantage of their offensive and defensive systems.

And now, Paul handed over the basketball to Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu controlled the ball and hovered beyond the three-point line.Kobe's defense against Zhong Yu, needless to say, is still quite strict.Kobe knew how powerful Zhong Yu was and the threat he could pose to the Lakers, so he used a lot of force when defending him.

To break Kobe's defense, Zhong Yu needed to spend a lot of effort, but at this time, Paul took the initiative to stand beside Zhong Yu, and then Zhong Yu directly broke into the inside.

The Lakers' interior defense was very good. Zhong Yu didn't seem to find a chance, so he passed the basketball back to Paul. At this time, it was Kobe who defended Paul.

Kobe knew Paul's fighting power, so he didn't dare to relax, so he could only defend Paul, but just as he defended, Paul passed the ball to Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu was already beyond the three-point line at this time, and Kobe couldn't complete the retreat. In this way, Fisher could only come close to defend Zhong Yu.

Facing the old fish Fisher, Zhong Yu didn't feel any pressure, and directly shot a jumper, so that he didn't even have a chance to interfere.

"Shua!" His jumper was easily hit, and the score became 7-5, with the Hornets trailing by two points.

"Sure enough it's him again!" Seeing Zhong Yu score again, the audience beside the basketball court were really aggrieved.This Zhong Yu really jumped out to score at such a critical time.However, Zen Master, Kobe, and several other Lakers players suddenly smelled something different in the ball just now—it seemed that the Hornets were planning something that was not good for them.

The game continued, the Lakers missed the offense, and then the ball returned to the Hornets.

This time, the ball was in Zhong Yu's hands again, and West came up to help Zhong Yu pick and roll. Of course, Zhong Yu unceremoniously entered the inside line from West's side.

Kobe was blocked for a while, and Odom had to come up to defend Zhong Yu. In this way, the defense was misplaced again.Facing Odom, Zhong Yu was already in the first zone, and made a slight fake move to break through to the left, and then he quickly retracted the basketball, directly entering the depth of the inside line from the right.

Gasol comes up to block, which again creates an opening for Chandler.

Zhong Yu passed the ball, and Chandler was about to make a layup, but Admanovich interfered, and the basketball missed.

Although the ball missed, both Kobe and Zen master felt it. It seems that the Hornets really have their own plans.

Next, the Lakers also missed a shot, but Gasol on the inside caught the rebound. As a result, Gasol directly attacked again, but the basketball was rejected by the basket.

The Lakers missed three consecutive offenses. Paul controlled the ball for halftime, and then began to break through.

As soon as he made such a breakthrough, the inside of the Lakers was a bit overwhelmed.

Although the Lakers' interior defense is tight, there is no way to assign them more people to deploy defenses in the interior while taking into account the depression of the exterior.

And they didn't dare to lose their positions, otherwise they might have to be dunked by the opponent's inside line.Therefore, Paul took advantage of the gap between them, directly entered the deepest part of the inside line, and then took off for a layup.

Basketball hit!Paul scored two points.In this way, the score between the two sides was pretended to be seven to seven.

The two teams exchanged attacks several times, but the success rate was not high. At this time, it was another pick-and-roll.Paul temporarily blocked Kobe, and then, Zhong Yu moved across and faced the old fisher Fisher again, shooting a three-pointer jumper.

Another three-pointer.

Zhong Yu has made two three-pointers in this game.

Seeing this scene, Zen Master really knew what they were going to do, which was to use the flexible pick-and-roll outside to find opportunities for his teammates.It is best to play singles with dislocations and give full play to the players' personal advantages.

Of course, it is obvious that Zhong Yu and Paul are the core of this set of tactics.

Because these two people always have their own methods no matter what kind of defensive players they face.Especially Zhong Yu, after the pick-and-roll, if he is facing someone like Odom, he can break through or choose to pass the ball. If he is facing the old fish Fisher, then there is nothing polite...just shoot .

The old fish couldn't cover him anyway.

The power of the pick-and-roll was brought into play. In many games of the Hornets this season, the pick-and-roll cooperation between Paul and Chandler, Paul and West, and Paul and Zhong Yu created countless classic goals.The biggest reliance of the Hornets' tactics this season is also the pick-and-roll, and now the pick-and-roll has been used in a somewhat variant way, and it is exerting its own power.

At 13:10, the Hornets overtook the Lakers by three points, and the Lakers called a timeout.

In response to the Hornets' pick-and-roll, Zen Master asked everyone to be as vigilant as possible, pay attention to the Hornets' pass, and it is best to destroy it.In addition, they can drive the pick-and-roll players to the outside as far as possible, preventing them from scoring easily.

After all, this is an outside offense, too far from the basket, the Hornets still rely heavily on individual performance and their outside players.

The offense of outside players often relies on touch, and the Lakers also have rebound protection, so this arrangement is even more meaningful.

Can the Lakers protect rebounds?
The game continued, and the Lakers were overtaken by three points. Now they have to use the secret taught by Zen Master to teach the Hornets a lesson.

This time, the Lakers attacked.

They still handed over to the inside to play, but Gasol passed the ball quite well. When he saw that Kobe who came in from the outside seemed to have grasped the time and space, he threw the basketball to the ground and the basketball bounced. , just bounced into Kobe's hand.

Kobe hit a jumper directly and recovered two points.

The ball is back in the hands of the Hornets. The Lakers have just been taught by Zen Master, and now they are planning to find the Hornets' offensive plan, hoping to be killed by the pass after their pick-and-roll.

However, they miscalculated again. This time, Zhong Yu himself received a pass from Paul, followed by West's pick-and-roll, and directly entered the inside lane.

Now, Odom was hesitant to defend Zhong Yu, because West is also a good jumper. If he defended Zhong Yu at this time and let West score a jumper, he would be under great pressure.

Odom hesitated for a while and decided to defend Zhong Yu, but Zhong Yu didn't pay attention at all, but increased his speed to the maximum and came directly to a place not far from the basket.

Gasol came up to defend, Zhong Yu headed against him, and used his body, which became stronger and stronger under the wedge, to push Gasol for a layup.

Zhong Yu's basketball flew into the basket. In fact, the shot was not so comfortable, but it still made a hit.

Zen Master is really helpless. Although he has formulated a policy to drive the Hornets to the outside line, it is not an exaggeration that Zhong Yu has a strong scoring ability.Such a super scoring ability, if it is really full of firepower and drives the Hornets to the outside line, although it is not exactly what they want, the impact on Zhong Yu may not be that great.

Thinking of this, Zen Master felt a bit of a headache—the appearance of Zhong Yu is really a spoiler...

Now, he can only continue to watch the game for a while to see if the Lakers can solve the problem.

As for Zhong Yu himself, now that the first quarter has progressed, he has scored 8 points. According to his momentum, Zhong Yu, who averaged 35+ per game, is back.

He came back to score again.

(End of this chapter)