king of defenders

Chapter 1024 Xiang Long's Choice
Soon the game entered the second half, and the two sides played more and more seriously.

After all, they don't want to lose, especially players who are interested in mvp, they want to win the game, because as long as the team wins the game, they can hope to get mvp.

And Xiang Long became the key defensive target of the US team. After only a few minutes in the third quarter, Xiang Long's personal score has reached 27 points, not far from [-] points.

Xiang Long is currently the player with the most points in the game, so he has naturally become a thorn in the side of the US team.

"Teaming."

Seeing that Xiang Long was holding the ball in the low post, the U.S. team double-teamed directly. Xiang Long frowned and could only pass the ball to the outside line. Then he did not stay in the low post, but pulled it outside the three-point line. The U.S. team could never Double-team him directly outside the three-point line, he is not a guard after all.

If the US team really double-teamed him from outside the three-point line, then once Xiang Long scored the ball, they would have no time to retreat to the inside line, so the inside line would be too empty.

"ball."

Xiang Long asked, his teammates passed it over, Xiang Long took a tentative step, the defender subconsciously retreated, Xiang Long suddenly pulled out and shot a three-pointer.

With a bang, I hit the basketball.

This three-pointer came in a timely manner, and it was also crucial. Before the world team opened up the point difference to more than ten points, but in the few minutes of the third quarter, the American team gradually caught up to the critical point. Xiang Long's three-pointer can be regarded as a solution The urgent need of the world team has stabilized the morale of the army.

After that, the two sides came and went, and the point difference was always around ten points. The US team wanted to chase points, but they couldn't succeed, and Xiang Long's personal score had reached 32 points.

"The world team still leads by 11 points, it depends on the fourth quarter."

"The fourth quarter is the key. When the game is decided, the US team will not admit defeat easily,"

"Donovan Mitchell has also scored 27 points, which is at least a few points higher than Xiang Long. Now the two of them have the most points. Whoever can win the mvp depends on which team can win."

Fans are talking.

Now Xiang Long has scored 30 points and Mitchell has 27 points. They are the ones with the most points in their respective teams and the ones who are most likely to win the mvp.

Of course, the premise is that the team must win, otherwise it will be useless to score any points.

"At this time, scoring is no longer the first task for Xiang Long." Meng Yun explained to Guo Shuyao and Nicole: "The most important thing now is to win the game. This is also a test for Xiang Long. The team wins? It’s not enough to score alone.”

"Then what should we do?" Nicole asked quickly.

Meng Yun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiang Long is the core leader in many teams anyway, he knows what to do, it just depends on whether he is willing to do it."

In fact, who is not a genius who can enter the nba?

These people are the best among the children around them in the process of growing up, and they are also the absolute core and trump cards in some teams during the growth process, so it’s not that they don’t know how to be a boss, it’s just because of various The reason is what can and cannot be done.

Meng Yun was actually a little worried about Xiang Long.

Previously in NCAA and in Spain, Xiang Long was the core leader of the team. His personal performance was very good, but because of his personality, he was a little unsatisfactory in leading the team.

It's just that times have changed and Xiang Long has become more mature. Facing a similar situation, will he still make the same choice as before?
on the sidelines.

The World Team players were discussing in low voices how to win the game.

Xiang Long sat next to him, hesitant, he opened his mouth, but he still didn't make a sound. Soon the fourth quarter started, and the players from both sides came on the field. Frowning, he replaced Xiang Long.

But the effect was not good. The opponent directly double-teamed Xiang Long, and when Xiang Long passed the ball, it was difficult for the ball to return to him. It happened to be his own chance to score, so he had to do it alone to get the ball. However, the opponent had already prepared for it. The world team played too simply, and instead fell into the opponent's trap.

In a short time, the point difference was chased to only 4 points.

"beep"

The world team called a timeout.

The players came down, the coaches were replaced, Embiid and Simmons were replaced, Xiang Long remained on the court, and Murray and Bogdanovic were in addition.

After the substitutions, the lineup is relatively balanced. Embiid and Xiang Long are on the inside with guaranteed rebounds. Simmons and Murray are on the outside. Both of them can organize and have considerable scoring ability. In addition, a three-point shooter Bogdanovic is balanced inside and outside, as well as offensive and defensive.

"We have to play a little bit more steadily, understand?" the coach ordered.

The players nodded.

But there are still some problems on the court. The biggest problem is the cooperation between players and the distribution of the ball. Murray and Bogdanovic both want the ball and score, especially Murray. The holding time of the ball was too long, which delayed the fighter.

For a while, it was overtaken by the world team.

"Everyone." Xiang Long still decided to speak, "I don't want to lose."

Several people looked at him.

For Embiid and Simmons, they are not interested in mvp, but they are not willing to lose to the US team.

And Murray and Bogdanovic don't want to lose even more, but their scores are much worse than Xiang Long's. Even if they win, they probably can't compete with Xiang Long, so the two will frequently take individual shots. Just playing hero ball, you either become a hero yourself and lead the team to defeat the opponent, or you just lose, anyway, you won’t get the mvp if you win.

Either win and get the mvp yourself; or lose and no one will get the mvp.

Xiang Long also knew what they were thinking, so he hesitated all the time without opening his mouth, because "we want to win and defend the glory" and "we are all rookies, we can't lose to the United States" these words are meaningless, you can't expect others to do it for you The mvp should work hard, people are selfish, and so are players.

What's more, everyone was put together improvised. Except for a few people, such as Embiid, Simmons, and Saric, they are not really teammates of the same team. Whoever saves face, of course everyone gets what they need.

Xiang Long continued: "I don't want to score, I just want to win." He looked at Murray and Bogdanovic, "There are more than four minutes left in this quarter. If the coach does not change, I hope We can work together, I don't score, but I will help you rebound and defend. Murray, you have 24 points, and Bogdanovic has 23 points. You all still have a chance to catch up with me and get me to score. .”

"The two of you want to score, no problem, but I hope you can play more steadily. Only when we win, can you have my hope of competing with me for mvp, don't you?"

(End of this chapter)