The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 477 Crossing Artest’s Death Basket (4000 words, please subscribe)

  Shen Tong straddled the dribble, fusing Iverson's butterfly step, which made the opposing Stephen Jackson quite uncomfortable.

  Jackson is a player who likes to play hard, so his style is destined to be incompatible with the steady Spurs.

  But he also couldn't bear other people acting in front of him.

  So when Shentong's dribble was dazzling, Jackson's heart was very restless.

  He has an urge to play football, but sensibly tells himself that he can’t because he is playing basketball.

   "Puff"

  Jackson couldn’t believe it and looked at his feet

   Just now, without the command of the brain, he raised his foot impulsively and kicked the ball that Shentong was dribbling out of the sideline.

  The referee immediately whistled Jackson for the violation and stepped forward to give a verbal warning.

   Knowing that he had no good impression in the referee's mind, Jackson immediately nodded his head and admitted his mistake, and raised his hand to show that he did not intentionally.

  Jackson’s brain: feet, can you be obedient? You can't kick the ball with your feet!

  Foot: No, you want to kick.

  Brain: Maybe it is.

  Shentong did not cooperate with Jackson's performance.

  While Jackson was still struggling, he didn't stay much longer, and threw away his opponent with one stride.

  Shentong was quite fast. Before the Pacers' players could react, they had already rushed into the inside and completed a layup in front of O'Neal.

Barkley exclaimed: "Wow, Shentong is so fast. It seems that every movement is half a frame faster than the Pacers, and the players including O'Neal have not had time to react. Shentong has completed this time. attack."

Smith said: "The media reported that Shentong did not rest after participating in the Athens Olympics, but held an All-Star training camp at home. Looking at it now, it should be true. Look at his speed, which is definitely higher than last season. ."

  O'Neal got the ball inside, turned around to drive Gooden, and was about to pick the basket. Who knew the ball was shot down by Shentong as soon as he raised his hand.

  The agile Shenton took the ball and quickly launched a fast break.

  LeBron James left, Wagner right, three arrows were fired.

   "Shin, LeBron, and Dajuan, these three players remind me of the three Musketeers of the previous Nets, Kidd, Shentong, Jefferson." Smith said.

  As soon as the voice fell, the Cavaliers had reached the three-pointer line of the Pacers' half.

  Returning Artest's mind is extremely clear at this moment.

   "Go forward and post Shentong!"

  In another distant half, Jackson gave his opinion.

   However, Artest did not adopt it at all.

  If you defend as you said, doesn’t it mean that we think in the same way?

  That's definitely not good.

  I have to prove that I am not the same type of player as you.

  Thinking of this, Artest's eyes quickly turned left and right.

   is more likely to be passed to James, after all, he has a body and can carry me hard.

  But it is also possible to pass to Wagner, after all, he is faster and can break through me to complete the layup.

   Yeah, my brain is burnt, who should I bet on? !

  As Artest was thinking about brainstorming, Shentong gave the answer.

  He passed the ball to the rebound.

  During the process of fast dribbling, Shen Tong took the ball in his left hand and threw it to the backboard.

  Artest watched Shentong pass the ball "off his hand", couldn't help laughing.

  Who knows that Shentong’s footsteps did not stop, and he flew up to meet him.

  Artest froze in place.

  Shen Tong resolutely jumped up, his legs bounced from the ground like springs.

   Artai only felt that a big stick was poking at his cheek and getting closer and closer. He couldn't help bending down and lowering his head.

  Shen Tong had jumped very high, and he wanted to catch the rebounding basketball and plan to buckle Artest. Who knew that the other side actually bent down and dropped the height.

  So Shentong immediately changed its strategy, and took advantage of Artest’s head and dunked the rebounding ball into the basket with one hand!

  The ball seemed to explode on the Pacers’ basket!

Artest, who was crossed by Shentong over his head, opened his eyes, and saw James push to Shentong’s chest with a move, and then Wagner rushed out from the other side, and Shentong came to a "welcome to the man". Passionate hit the chest.

  What's the matter?

  Zhanger Artai couldn't figure it out.

  In the live broadcast room, Barkley was laughing.

"This guy, I don’t even know what happened just now. Oh, let’s see, the replay just now was broadcast on the big screen in the center of the venue. Look at Ron’s expression. This is really funny, his The expression seemed to say, oh, this must not be true, is this a prank?"

Smith also laughed and said: "It doesn't matter if you play the board and dunk, it is still a leap-type dunk. This ball is much more difficult than the dunk that Vince Carter leaped over the French center Wes. If it is placed on someone else, maybe Because of this ball, his career is over, but fortunately Ron, he may not particularly care."

  At this moment, Shen Tong returned to the half-court defense surrounded by his teammates.

  Artest shook his head and walked forward, still muttering something in his mouth. Jackson came to Artest’s side and patted Artest’s back kindly.

  The detained Artest originally felt a little depressed, not to the point of sadness. After all, he was originally big-hearted, but when he saw Jackson, whom he despised, came to comfort himself, tears almost came down.

  I want to say that Artest is also a tough guy, and after understanding what happened just now, he needs to respond immediately.

  Holding the ball in his left hand, hitting James with his back, he kept chiseling hard.

  After finishing the collision on the left side, change the ball to the right hand, then turn around and use the right side to collision.

   Originally Artest’s move was no disadvantage at the small forward position, even facing Pierce whose feet were almost sucked on the floor, he could carry it in, but today no matter how he twists, James behind him remains motionless.

  Artest's dribble was slightly slow, James immediately went forward, spotted the ball with a left hand, and successfully stole the ball from Artest!

  Barkley exclaimed: "What's wrong? The defense of the two teams seems to have been adjusted compared to last season. The Cavaliers have successfully tackled twice in a row!"

  After James grabbed the ball, Artest couldn't bear it and resorted to a tactical foul, holding James' left arm with his right hand.

   "Drip——"

  The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

  But Artest still did not release his right hand.

  James’ left arm held by Artest was tightly looped, with a pained expression on his face.

  The referee put down his whistle and verbally asked Artest to let go.

   At this time, Artest pretended to be stunned, as if he didn't understand what the referee was saying, but showed off a wave of acting skills.

   seems to be saying, look, it's our arms entangled together, it's not my fault.

  The poor acting skills caused Anderson Varejao, who was sitting on the Cavaliers bench, to laugh directly.

  However, James’ painful expression was not fake. The nearest Wagner stepped forward and tried to break Artest’s arm. At this time Artest seemed to be stubborn. No matter how Wagner broke, he just didn’t let go.

   "Cack!"

  As soon as Shen Tong shot, Artest retracted his arm.

  And this time, a painful expression appeared on Artest's face.

   James, who was free from the bondage, hung his left hand and walked straight to the bench. The team doctor didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately stepped forward to check.

   "Oh, my God, my goodness." James yelled, narrowing his eyes.

  "What's the situation, LeBron, where does the left hand hurt, do I need to go to the infirmary?" the team doctor asked with concern.

   "I'm just a little thirsty and want to drink water."

  "."

  On the field, Artest saw that it was Shen Tong who had "violently abused" him earlier. He originally wanted to go forward when he had a temper, but then he thought that he was from China.

  Oh, Chinese Kung Fu!

   So, Artest complained to the referee, saying that Shen Tong just poked him.

  The referee ignored him and gave Artest a technical foul.

   Now Artest was not happy, shouting and rushing to the referee, Jackson and Tinsley immediately stopped.

  "Fight out the fire, Ron, we can't be arrogant!"

  Artest took a look, it was Jackson who said this, and he almost pulled it over with a scream.

  The game enters the timeout.

On the way back to the bench, Wagner asked Shentong: "Shen, what did you do to Ron just now? Why did I use the boss’s strength just now and I couldn’t let Artest let go, but you got it all at once. , How did you do it? Did you really poke him with something?"

  Shen Tong did not answer, but raised his right hand, placed it in front of Wagner’s nose, and then extended his index finger.

   "What are you doing?" Wagner wondered.

   "Smell."

  Succinct and concise.

  Wagner sniffed.

  What smell?

  Seeing Shen Tong's wretched smile, Wagner reacted immediately.

   Vomit.

  This taste is so sour and refreshing!

  After the timeout, the game restarts.

  Artest was replaced to rest.

  After James drank the water, it was okay, but Paul Silas replaced him with a rest and replaced him with Reggie Miller.

  When Miller came on the court, the audience once again showed two very different extreme reactions.

  But Miller loosened the waistband of his pants and tidied it up, but there was no reaction on his face.

In the live broadcast room, Barkley explained: "After Reggie came to the Cavaliers, he helped the Cavaliers too much. Paul also had more options for substitutions. From the perspective of the players themselves, Reggie can play three or four. The number position, Shentong can also, so when LeBron or Shentong come to rest, Reggie can come up at any time, these three are basically the Cavaliers' flank rotation this season."

  On the field, Shentong's breakthrough attracted the Pacers to double-team.

   scored the ball to the outside, Wagner did not pause after receiving the ball, and immediately distributed it to Miller on the other side.

  Crossill just wanted to make up the defense, but Gooden stopped him.

  In addition to the big Z who was just brought to the line to do the pick-and-roll for Shentong, when Miller shot the ball, the Cavaliers were almost in a vacuum!

  In other words, this tactic almost completely gave up rebounding, just to open space for Miller.

  This shows the team's full trust in Miller.

  Reggie Miller did not live up to the expectations of Silas and his teammates, and made a steady shot from the outside.

  Although the shooting posture is far inferior to that of Shentong, the shots that push the ball out of the chest with both hands are more stable.

  When Miller’s hands crossed, the ball went into the basket.

  After scoring a goal, Miller made the iconic gesture of raising his right hand to celebrate.

  Smith commented: "Even though Reggie is wearing a Cavaliers jersey, it is still Reggie, just like when he first entered the league, there was no slight change."

In the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers led the Pacers by 8 points 28-20.

In the second quarter, the Pacers at home started a fierce counterattack.

  O'Neal, Artest, and Jackson took turns to succeed.

  They improved the resilience of the defensive end, and offered a full press.

  Wagner had made 3 turnovers in the first half of the second time, which directly led to the opponent's fast break scoring.

  So, Paul Silas took the initiative to make substitution adjustments.

   Point your hand to the bench seat, and the point will play.

   Eric Snow got up from the bench.

   "Oh, the Cavaliers made a substitution. Eric Snow, who came from the 76ers to the Cavaliers, played. It seems that the Cavaliers want to organize the offense." Smith explained.

  Snow did not make a fancy dribble after coming on the field, nor did he move fast, but he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt one by one, and under the harassment of Tinsley, the very determined performer Silas' tactical arrangement.

  After Snow made the gesture, James first stepped forward to cover Shentong, and then immediately slipped to the bottom line and ran to the bottom corner on the other side.

   Just when Jackson was about to catch up, Gooden once again stood in front of Shentong and blocked his way.

  Shen Tong, who got the open position, just stepped on the spot, and Snow's pass was delivered just right.

   Very comfortable pass.

   After getting the ball, Shen Tong does not need to make any adjustments, and directly raises his hand to throw a three-pointer.

  The ball passed Gooden and Jackson in front of him, and smashed into the basket accurately like a meteor.

   Successful Shen Tong gave Snow a thumbs up, indicating that this is a good pass.

  Snow just smiled and immediately plunged into the harassment of Tinsley.

  This is the first time Shentong has received such a comfortable pass after leaving the Nets.

  When was the last time this kind of pass was received?

   was when Kidd was the Nets point guard.

  Under Snow’s organization and pass, Shentong opened fire in the second quarter.

  Inside and outside shots, he scored 12 points in a row and pulled the score of both sides to 20 points in one fell swoop!

  At the end of the first half, Shentong has scored 25 points.

  The score between the two sides is 59-44, with the Cavaliers leading.

   "Damn it!" Rick Carlisle kicked off the bench of a player in the locker room team.

"What were you doing in the first half? A collective sleepwalking?" Carlisle yelled. "Do you know what Reggie Miller thinks at the moment? It's too weak. "Yes, that's right, you are a bunch of cowards, look at the technical statistics, Shen has scored 25 points! Do you want him to score 50 points in the game? You want to be in the media Did you see the news that "Shentong scored 50 points on the Pacers in the first game of the regular season"?!"

  Jackson's face is very ugly.

  Artest also frowned, without saying a word.

  Carlisle took out the tactical board~www.ltnovel.com~ and said loudly: "Come over and listen to me. The defense in the second half is arranged like this."

  On the other side, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers’ locker room is warm.

  In the first half, he scored 3 three-pointers and scored 9 points. Miller seemed very relaxed.

  "Their boos have no effect on me. It is a small case to deal with this kind of pressure." Miller returned to his big mouth in the dressing room.

  The best performer, Shentong, sat in front of the locker, feeling the power of "Nebula Flowing Water".

  Every step in the action, you can immediately "sense" the movements and position changes of other players in the court.

  This is why Shentong is always half a beat faster than defensive players.

   "Guys, in the second half, we will continue to play in the first half and strive for a good start!"

  As the captain, Shen Tong stood up and encouraged the morale of the team in the locker room.

"Roar!!!"

  At this moment, the Cavaliers are full of morale.

  (End of this chapter)