king of defenders

Chapter 588 Targeted Ellis

"beep"

The whistle blew and the game officially started.

The fans in the auditorium quieted down. Zhao Hao and Bill Duffy also came to the scene. The tickets for the two were bought by Meng Yun. The location is very good, just next to the Heat team's rest area.

Bill Duffy asked Zhao Hao: "Zhao, do you think Meng Yun and the others can win today's game?"

"Of course." Zhao Hao said immediately.

Bill Duffy smiled bitterly: "Zhao, I hope you can answer my question objectively, and you can't think they can win just because of your relationship with Meng Yun."

Zhao Hao said: "This is my objective answer. Mr. Duffy, I don't know much about basketball, but I know that the Heat have Meng Yun, Wade, Dragic, Luol Deng, Whiteside, etc. A really good group of players, and it's at American Airlines Arena, there's no reason for them to lose."

Bill Duffy just smiled, noncommittal.

As Meng Yun's agent, Bill Duffy certainly supports Meng Yun, but he knows the NBA better than Zhao Hao, and he knows that the Pacers are very strong.

It seems that the Heat have Meng Yun and Wade, but Meng Yun is still a rookie, and this is his first playoff game. Of course, his talent is beyond doubt, but his experience may be lacking.Wade is extremely experienced, but he has passed the peak of his career, and now he has begun to decline.

On the other hand, for the Pacers, Paul George is in his prime, right in the middle of Meng Yun and Wade, and he may explode with terrifying combat effectiveness in the playoffs.

So Bill Duffy believes that the Heat have a chance to win, but not necessarily. The probability of both sides winning is about the same, that is, five to five points.

"Snapped!"

First it was a jump ball, Whiteside slapped the ball to the backcourt, Meng Yun controlled the basketball and started to advance.

The starters for the Heat are Whiteside, Luol Deng, Green, Wade, and Meng Yun.The Pacers' starting lineup is Ian Mahinmi, Lavoy Allen, Paul George, Monta Ellis and George Hill.

The Pacers set up the defense, and George Hill faced Meng Yun.

After taking a look at the situation on the field, Meng Yun passed the ball to Wade, and then gestured to his teammates to pull them away and give Wade a single to play Ellis.

According to coach Spoelstra's instructions, whoever faces Ellis will play resolutely. Ellis is 191 cm tall, the same as Hill, but his physical confrontation and defense are much worse than Hill.

Of course, Hill is actually not a particularly good defensive player, but it is clear that Ellis is even more of a soft persimmon, he is the Pacers' defensive weakness.

However, Ellis' scoring ability is outstanding, with fast speed, good control skills, and rich scoring methods, so even if his defense is not very good, he is still worthy of starting.

"Putting me out as soon as I came up?" Ellis' face was gloomy, feeling insulted. You guys look down on me like this and think I'm a bully?
laugh!
At this moment, Wade started, and a change of direction accelerated to break through from the right side. Ellis quickly moved his feet and got stuck. His speed was very fast, and it was not easy for Wade to pass him in one step.However, Wade didn't intend to pass him like this. In fact, Wade's speed is not very fast. Wade's real strength is only when the two of them touch each other.

Sensing a strong force coming from Wade, Ellis' expression changed, and he retreated involuntarily, being squeezed away by Wade and losing his defensive position.

The next moment, Wade jumped up and scored a layup.

2:0, the Heat went first.

"Spoelstra is still very cunning, and he looked for Ellis' point to play from the beginning." Pacers coach Frank Vogel snorted coldly, and gestured to the field, "We must help Ellis helps."

"Yes."

"clear."

Several Pacers players nodded one after another, and then began to counterattack.

George Hill couldn't help being stunned when he came to the frontcourt. Originally, he thought that Meng Yun would be the one defending him, but it turned out to be Wade. Looking at Meng Yun, he actually went to defend Ellis.

Immediately, Hill's face changed slightly: "The Heat are really cunning, they spotted Ellis on this point, opened up the singles on the offensive end, and let the fastest Meng Yun defend him on the defensive end, let his The speed advantage cannot be brought into play."

Thinking in his mind, Hill shook his head and passed the ball to George.

Here, Ellis is even more upset.

Just now, he was targeted by Wade and gave a strong hit. He turned around and was about to fight back, but it was Meng Yun who pounced on him. Hill even threw him away and passed the ball to George.

What the hell am I doing on the field?
"Shh!"

There was a soft sound, but George singled Green and hit a jumper.

Just as the Heat recognized Ellis' point play, George also recognized that Green couldn't defend himself, so he was decisive after getting the ball and directly singled Green.

Then the two sides will come and go, and the trial time will soon pass, and the real fighting state will begin, the defense will start to strengthen, and the offense will become more and more aggressive.

"Pick and roll."

Meng Yun asked for a pick-and-roll, accelerated to throw off Hill, and then went inside. The Pacers shrunk their defense, and Mahinmi flew up, stretched his arms, and slapped Meng Yun across the face.

Snapped!
beep!
Thugs, blow the whistle.

The referee pointed at Ma Xinmi and gave him a foul. Ma Xinmi was very calm and did not argue with the referee. It was enough that Meng Yun did not score the goal.

"Meng Yun." Wade moved closer and told Meng Yun, "Be careful."

"I understand." Meng Yun replied, still couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this is the intensity of the playoffs, and it is really different from the regular season, as if everyone is full of aggression.

Walking to the free throw line, Meng Yun made one of two free throws. There were five clear fingerprints on his hand, which were left by Ma Xinmi just now, which affected Meng Yun's free throw.

The Pacers fought back.

Hill came to the frontcourt, Ellis ran back and asked Hill for the ball, Hill passed the ball to Ellis, and Ellis gestured to his teammates to pull away.

Hill frowned slightly, but followed suit.

"Come on." Meng Yun opened his hands and stared at Ellis.

"Hmph." Ellis snorted coldly, and started to move, dribbling faster, constantly dribbling under the crotch, the basketball jumped quickly in his hands, like a butterfly wearing a flower, which made people dazzled.

Suddenly, Ellis started, the speed exploded, and he broke through from the right hand side.

Meng Yun moved to the left and got stuck.

"Oh, you've been fooled." Ellis chuckled, and suddenly changed direction again, with a large arc and very quickly, breaking through from the left hand side.

Taking one step forward, Ellis was already thinking about whether the ball should be scored with a throw, or should it be a layup?It's better to use a layup, maybe you can score a 2+1.

But suddenly a figure flashed in front of his eyes, and Ellis looked at Meng Yun who appeared in front of him in astonishment. Didn't he already pass him by that oriental face with sharp water chestnut angles?
(End of this chapter)