king of defenders

Chapter 1049 Xianglong in Overwhelming State
10: 20!

For the Heat, this is obviously not a normal score. After playing 7 minutes in the first quarter, they only scored 10 points, but they allowed the opponent to score 20 points.

Meng Yun's poor state is one reason, and the state of other players is actually not very good.

Of course, in the past, Meng Yun led everyone to fight. Everyone can play well when Meng Yun plays well. Today, Meng Yun is not in good condition, which also affects his teammates.

"Substitution." Coach Spoelstra made a substitution, replacing Meng Yun and Whiteside with Xiang Long and Lu Wei.

Craig came to Meng Yun's side and comforted him: "Take a rest and find the feeling later, you may be too tired."

Meng Yun nodded. He was exhausted, mainly because he hadn't played basketball for several days.

In the past, he trained every day, rain or shine, but suddenly he didn't touch basketball for a few days, and he felt a little awkward all of a sudden.

"beep"

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The players came to the court, and the Pelicans' lineup did not change much, except that Moore was replaced by Mirotic.

The Heat attacked, and Lu Wei controlled the ball. After coming to the frontcourt, he played singles. He asked for a pick-and-roll, then quickly broke through, and faced the defender with a throw, but failed to score.But at this moment, Xiang Long jumped up, grabbed the rebound in front of Davis, and then scored a second attack.

"Good shot." Meng Yun praised.

The ball was beautiful and Xiang Long played very hard.

And that's just the beginning.

Tens of seconds later, Xiang Long took the ball from a low position and leaned against Davis, then suddenly turned around halfway and turned over to shoot a jumper. arc, and finally got into the net with a "shua".

Meng Yun's eyes lit up, he laughed and said, "Xiang Long is in good condition today."

And only 1 minute later, Xiang Long scored again, received a pass from Lu Wei outside the three-point line, and it was a three-point shot, which was also a steady hit.

After scoring three goals in a row, Coach Spoelstra couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he nodded approvingly.

Meng Yun stared at Xiang Long thoughtfully.

These three balls were not only accurate, but also very resolute, without the slightest hesitation, and full of confidence. It was precisely because of this that he was able to shoot so accurately, three out of three.

"It seems that this All-Star Weekend has a great impact on Xiang Long. Could it be because of a rookie game mvp?" Meng Yun thought to himself.

But no matter what the reason was, Meng Yun hadn't seen the aura exuding from Xiang Long's body for a long time.

Last time, it seemed to be in Europe.

At this time, Xiang Long was full of confidence, his movements were clean and neat, without sloppiness, without any hesitation or hesitation, and he was completely devoted to the competition.

However, compared with the past, there are still some changes. In the past, Xiang Long only had his eyes on the basket and would never pass the ball, but now he is not so persistent. Sometimes it will not be forced to shoot.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Xiang Long finally missed one.

But soon Xiang Long scored again, an air cut after a pick-and-roll, and a two-handed dunk after receiving a pass from his teammate, full of domineering.

"beep"

With 1 minute left in the first quarter, the Pelicans had to request a timeout.

In just 4 minutes, Xiang Long scored 9 points by himself, and made 5 of 4 shots. The super high shooting rate helped the Heat chase the point difference to only 4 points.
Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry rubbed his temples and felt a headache. Meng Yun was not in good shape today, but he jumped out of a dragon, and his great advantage was gone in a blink of an eye.

Originally, coach Alvin Gentry wanted to take advantage of this time to accumulate a lead. He also did not believe that Meng Yun would be in a stateless state throughout the game. It won't be easy to win the Heat.

But Xianglong's state is bursting.

First came the substitutions, and then coach Alvin Gentry emphasized: "Defend well, there is 1 minute left, defend me, understand?" Just don't let the opponent narrow the point difference for 1 minute.

For the Heat, Meng Yun took the lead. The players surrounded Xiang Long and laughed excitedly. Then Spoelstra spoke, and everyone fell silent. He looked at Xiang Long and praised him.

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the field, but Xiang Long remained on the field. The opponent obviously strengthened his defense. More than half of the 1 minute passed quickly. Both sides attacked once, but failed to score. With 8 seconds left, Lu Wei quickly passed the ball to Xiang Long. Xiang Long received the ball, and a defender rushed forward, but Xiang Long did not make a shot. Seeing Johnson slipping to the basket, he threw the ball to the basket Last throw.

At this time, the basket was empty, and Johnson jumped up and tapped the ball.

Swish!
beep!
Goal in, first quarter over.

Coach Alvin Gentry shook his head secretly, his face was very ugly. In the end, the Heat scored a goal, and the point difference was further narrowed. At 30:28, the difference was only 2 points.

Entering the second quarter, Xiang Long continued to play.

He is in good form today, and coach Spoelstra also gave him enough opportunities.

But at this time, the teammates around him had some changes. Lu Wei did not play, but Joseph Young, and the others were Brende, Johnson, and Salinger.

In this lineup, Xiang Long is the core of the offense. He started to play consecutive singles in the interior. The Pelicans' interior is actually a bit stretched. Except for Davis and Okafor, everyone else is much weaker.And Davis and Okafor played for a long time in the first quarter. Now coach Alvin Gentry did not let them play, but arranged for someone to double-team Xiang Long.

However, coach Alvin Gentry still underestimated Xiang Long's strength. Xiang Long is not only good at low post singles, but he first continuously asks for the ball in the low post, and when he sees the opponent coming to double-team, he immediately distributes the ball to the outside line. Joseph -Young and Johnson and Sullinger are all able to shoot three-pointers.

In this way, it gave the Heat a lot of opportunities to shoot three-pointers.

Then Xiang Long withdrew to the three-point line and made a fixed-point shot. He didn't attack with the ball, so it was impossible for the Pelicans to double-team him. When the ball was in hand, Xiang Long shot quickly, and the Pelicans again Too late to double-team.

And Xiang Long's condition is very good today, his hands are overwhelming, no matter how he shoots, the Pelicans are very helpless, but in a short time, the Heat overtook the score. Fuji was replaced to restrict Xianglong.

(End of this chapter)