rpbooks Chapter 142
Chapter 142
Chapter 142
Seeing that the situation was not good, Terry Stotts quickly got up from the coach's bench and walked to the referee, applying for a long timeout.
The referee waited until Ed Davis served the ball, executed Stotts' request, and put the game into timeout.
The cheerleaders usually sit on the sidelines, wait until the game enters the timeout period, and run into the field to perform dances and keep the attention of the audience in the stadium.
Kobe didn't take the tactical board anymore, and directly called Clarkson up and said, "Jordan, you are still a young guy, and you don't need to save your energy. After the timeout is over, you will replace Marcelo and partner with Xu in the backcourt."
When Huertas heard the news that he was about to be substituted, his high emotions immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, and he walked back to the bench to rest with his head down.
With Xu Tian on the court, the Lakers almost didn't need to adjust their tactics, just a simple rotation of players and continued to start the game.
The Blazers didn't want the point difference to be narrowed, so they replaced Lillard, who had rested for more than two minutes, and used two guns in the backcourt to deal with Xu Tian.
Lillard dribbled the ball across half court at a slow speed, and Aminu picked and rolled at the top of the arc, allowing Xu Tian to switch to the front of him, wanting to continue to make him foul.
Director Zhang saw Xu Tian and Lillard facing each other, and said excitedly: "Oh, this Lillard really has a character. He knows Xu Tian is good at defense, but he still wants to challenge him on the offensive end!"
Wang Meng said: "How about Lillard becoming a star!"
Lillard dribbled the ball and wanted to get rid of Xu Tian, but after two changes of direction, he still couldn't get rid of the tall guard who was fast enough. In the end, he got wise and stepped back to the three-point line to shoot.
Xu Tian took a meteor stride, blocked Lillard's shot with his left hand, and shot the ball out of the sideline.
Brandon Roy was surprised by Xu Tian's bullet speed, and said: "Wow! Xu's bullet speed is really fast, obviously he took off from behind, but he reached the higher point before Damian."
Mike Breen said: "This may be where Xu's talent lies."
I don't know how many times Lillard has been blocked, and he didn't care too much about being blocked by Xu Tian. He received the frontcourt sideline ball expressionlessly, and directly shot a super long three-pointer from 28 feet!
BANG!
40-26!
Xu Tian didn't expect Lillard to shoot directly, and the defense didn't keep up at all, so he had no choice but to become the background board for this ultra-long three-pointer.
Blake stepped out of the baseline and sent the ball to Clarkson, who dribbled the ball across the court.
Xu Tian faced Aminu on the left side, and carefully avoided unnecessary physical contact when grabbing the position, so as to avoid being whistled by the referee for the third foul.
Clarkson was in the prime of life, relying on the spirit of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, forced the ball to break through McCollum's defense, and broke into the inside as quickly as possible.
Xu Tian saw Anthony Brown put up the screen, and took this opportunity to run from the left to the right to find an open space.
Clarkson's vision is not as good as Xu Tian's. After breaking into the inside line and being surrounded, he couldn't see what was going on on the court at all, so he could only blindly throw the basketball out.
clang!
The ball bounced into the air, was picked up by a large, well-trained hand, and sent back to where it was supposed to go.
28-40!
Xu Tian opened his mouth wide, watching Anthony Brown land safely, he couldn't believe what he saw.
Anthony Brown also couldn't believe his dunk, and he was still looking at his right hand when he retreated.
Thackeray was really happy for this brother who usually watched the water dispenser together, and couldn't help waving the towel a few more times.
Bryant appreciated the dunk, stood up from the bench, and simply applauded for him.
The Blazers players were not affected by the dunk. After the baseline ball was sent, McCollum dribbled the ball across the half.
Xu Tian knew that no matter how violent the dunk was, it was only two points, so he quickly calmed down and concentrated on defending Lillard in front of him.
Lillard moved up the frontcourt and used his physical strength to affect Xu Tian's defense, making it impossible for this increasingly defensive player to help defend.
Clarkson is responsible for marking McCollum who holds the ball. He uses a not-so-standard defensive posture to try to keep up with the shooting guard.
McCollum's personal ability is better than Clarkson's. He found the offensive space through two changes of direction, and made a mid-range shot from 15 feet before the free throw line.
The basketball hit the back frame and quickly bounced into the air.
Ed Davis used his elbow to open the way, strongly pushed away Black to take off, and made a right-handed penalty kick.
28-42!
Xu Tian took the serve, and taking advantage of the Blazers' defensive foothold, he launched a quick break and dribbled the ball for a one-stop layup.
Aminu chased too hard, pushed Xu Tian from behind, paid a defensive foul and sent him to the free throw line.
Director Zhang said: "Today's game is interesting! If you play the ball, it will look better."
Wang Meng said: "That's right! Offensive teams are good-looking, not to mention that there are Xu Tian, George, Lillard and other good-looking stars in these two teams, so that's even more so."
"Hey! Did Xu Tian become a football star so quickly?"
"Don't you think his performance is not worthy of the title of star?"
"Ha ha……"
Xu Tian still maintains the highest free throw percentage in history since the start of the game. He held his breath and threw the ball with one-stop free throw action, easily scoring 1 point for the team.
31-42!
Lillard looked up at the score, took the serve from his teammate, and dribbled the ball across half court.
Xu Tian lowered his center of gravity at the top of the arc, and spread his hands by his side, trying to expand his defensive range as much as possible.
Lillard passes the ball to Ed Davis who comes up to screen.
Ed Davis turned around to test, failed to find a breakthrough opportunity, and returned the ball to Lillard.
Lillard knew that there was not much time left in the attack, he kept shaking the ball, and shot with the help of a very small space.He was blocked by Xu Tian's hand, and this shot relied entirely on the muscle memory left after millions of shots.
The basketball hit the rim, rebounded to the top of the backboard and fell back down, hitting the hollow through the net.
Black got the dropped basketball and served it to Xu Tian who opened his hands to ask for the ball.
Xu Tian caught the ball and started quickly, the yellow lightning flashed across the court, and rushed to the frontcourt before the Blazers could react.
The low-handed layup reappeared and easily scored two points!
33-45, the Lakers trailed by 12 points!
Seeing that the time was up, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth to let the game enter the official timeout of the second quarter.
Bryant and George rose from the bench to give high-fives to players who came off the court, encouraging their performance during this time.
Xu Tian first took the towel and wiped his sweat, and then said to George: "Paul, after the timeout is over, you will replace Anthony Brown. It's time for us to chase points."
George has seen Xu Tian's clear thinking in directing the training game, and he trusts his tactical arrangement and personnel adjustment, so he nodded and accepted the dispatch.
Trailblazers here.After listening to Stotts' tactical arrangement, Lillard put his arm on the shoulder of his backcourt partner McCollum and discussed the next coping strategy in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)