king of defenders

Chapter 1257 The Explosion of Role Players

"Snapped!"

Whiteside patted the basketball to the backcourt. Meng Yun controlled the ball and began to advance. After reaching the frontcourt, Meng Yun did not play by himself and passed the ball to Guy.

Gay feinted after taking the ball, and suddenly accelerated the breakthrough, very resolute, which surprised the Bucks players, and it was too late to help defend, because to limit Meng Yun's three-point shooting, the Bucks used Middleton to defend Meng Yun. Yun, Bledsoe faced Gay, and Gay used his height advantage to force a jumper.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

The Bucks counterattacked, Antetokounmpo did not hit himself, but pulled the man away and gave the ball to Middleton.

In the last game, the Bucks did not rely on Antetokounmpo, but relied on the performance of the whole team, relying on Middleton's outstanding performance, Hill, a surprise player, and finally defeated the Heat.

So they still have such a strategy in this game, and they don't rely on Antetokounmpo. It was Middleton who attacked first.

But as soon as Middleton took the ball, he realized that the person in front of him was not Guy, but Meng Yun.

In the previous two games, it was difficult for the Bucks to limit Meng Yun's shooting because Bledsoe was not tall enough, so Middleton was used to defend Meng Yun, and Bledsoe defended Gay. Although Bledsoe is only 1.8 meters tall, his body Strong, it is a little difficult to defend against Meng Yun's three-pointer, but it is much better against Guy.

On the defensive end, the Heat defended Meng Yun against Bledsoe and Gay against Middleton, but today the Heat made a change. On the defensive end, it was no longer Gay against Middleton, but became Meng Yun defended against Middleton, Gay defended against Bledsoe, and they were replaced.

"It was replaced by Meng Yun." Middleton couldn't help frowning. He was very confident when facing Guy, but he was not so confident when facing Meng Yun.

Moreover, Meng Yun has height, confrontation, challenge, and is so fast, it is much more difficult to play Meng Yun alone than Guy.

The Bucks coach on the sidelines also frowned. The Heat used Meng Yun to defend Middleton, which may affect Middleton's performance.

Middleton's victory in the last game was a big contributor.

"Because they are afraid of Middleton, the Heat want to limit Middleton's performance, so let Meng Yun defend?" The Bucks head coach said to himself, and began to think about countermeasures.

Not far away, Craig saw the Bucks coach frowning, couldn't help smiling, and said to himself: "I'm afraid it's because we want to limit Middleton's performance."

"That's the truth." Rostern chuckled, "It's just that he may have thought a little simpler."

Coach Spoelstra looked calm and said nothing.

Letting Meng Yun defend Middleton is of course not as simple as restricting Middleton. If it is true, it will be done in the first two games.

In fact, letting Meng Yun defend Middleton will consume more physical energy of Meng Yun, so his offensive performance may be affected.

However, in this game, Coach Spoelstra didn't intend to let Meng Yun play too hard, or to force the rest of the team to get out of shape, so he simply asked Meng Yun to defend Middleton.As for the offensive end, let other players fill in. It is not enough for Meng Yun alone to perform well, even against the Bucks. What about the next round, the Eastern Conference finals, or even the finals?

So other players have to stand up and contribute, just like the Bucks did in the last game.

Of course, restricting Middleton with Meng Yun is also a reason.

Middleton is the second scorer of the Bucks, Gay can't restrict him very well, and since the opponent uses Middleton to defend against Meng Yun, coach Spoelstra simply uses Meng Yun to defend against him. Delton.

laugh!
Middleton started and tried to break through. He was not stupid. He knew that it was impossible to pass Meng Yun with his speed, so he directly contacted him, trying to squeeze Meng Yun away.

But it didn't take long for Middleton to know he was wrong.

Meng Yun didn't move at all. The two of them didn't take advantage of Middleton's body against Middleton. When confronting Meng Yun, he only felt hit by the iron plate, which was very uncomfortable.

"How does this guy grow?" Middleton thought to himself, knowing that it was very sad to lose Meng Yun, so he could only pass the ball to someone else.

Such a delay consumes a lot of offensive time. The Bucks failed to score this time. Xiang Long got stuck, blocked Antetokounmpo, took the rebound, and passed it to Meng Yun.

Meng Yun counterattacked quickly. After arriving in the frontcourt, he made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Xiang Long, and then passed the ball out. Instead of passing it back to Xiang Long, it was given to Korver.

Korver catches the ball and makes a three-pointer.

Swish!
Also enter.

Coach Spoelstra nodded secretly. The players performed well today and played resolutely enough. He looked at Xiang Long again. It was not enough for the others to play well, but Xiang Long had to play well enough.

Xiang Long is the second scoring point on the Heat's side, similar to Middleton's role, and his performance has a great impact on the team.

A few rounds passed in a blink of an eye, and the Heat made a 9:4 start.

However, the Bucks Antetokounmpo started to score and quickly caught up with the score.

"I'll come." Xiang Long said suddenly.

Meng Yun looked at him and nodded, he knew what Xiang Long meant.

Coming to the frontcourt, Xiang Long took the ball and faced Antetokounmpo with a feint first, and then accelerated to break through. Antetokounmpo quickly retreated, sticking to Xiang Long, putting pressure on him.

Xiang Long took two steps forward, then suddenly turned around and lifted the ball up. Antetokounmpo subconsciously jumped up to block the shot, but as soon as he jumped up, he secretly yelled that he was not good.

be cheated!
Xiang Long didn't make a shot, it was just a fake move, using the pivot foot as the point, turning quickly, completely throwing Antetokounmpo away, followed by a layup.

Swish!
Scored two points.

"pretty."

"It's a beautiful ball, great footwork."

"Yeah, Antetokounmpo was completely cheated."

In the auditorium, the fans admired.

Meng Yun stepped forward to high-five Xiang Long, and couldn't help applauding Xiang Long's ball. His footsteps are indeed beautiful, a bit like "big dream footsteps".

Xiang Long's physical fitness is not as good as that of Antetokounmpo, and low-post singles do not take advantage, so he can only rely on skills and flexible steps.

Then Meng Yun began to feed Xiang Long more balls. Xiang Long's expression was cold, but his eyes were extremely sharp. He singled Antetokounmpo again. With a cross step, he quickly broke through like a defender. Antetokounmpo didn't react at once. , was passed by Xiang Long, and when Xiang Long was about to make a layup, Antetokounmpo suddenly caught up and slapped the basketball away.

The ball caused a burst of exclamation from the fans, and the Bucks fans cheered loudly.

However, Xiang Long was not frustrated by this. On the contrary, he played more and more resolutely. He singled Antetokounmpo again, used the rhythm to break through, and then stopped suddenly, made a fake shot, and Antetokounmpo jumped up and followed Jumping up, the two collided, Xiang Long let out a low cry, twisted his body and threw the ball.
(End of this chapter)