The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 221 Seeing the tricks and breaking the tricks, eating a T-smile (four thousand chapters, two more)
Although Owen did not play in this game due to a truce due to injury, the strength of the former "Queen Bee" Baron Davis should not be underestimated at all.

In the opening game, Yuan Man's dry pull and Clay's three-pointer all came from Davis' pass assists.

After coming to the Cavaliers from the Clippers last season because of the Mo Williams deal, Davis played very well and helped the Cavaliers, who were full of injuries at the time, enter the playoffs. After the end of the season, Davis stayed with the Cavaliers and served as the mentor of this season's No. [-] pick Irving.

Although he is 32 years old and has played in the league for 12 seasons, Davis' career is still at a relatively high level, and his competitive state is also very good. Last season, Davis averaged 13.1 points per game 2.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.1 steals.

With the Cavaliers and Raptors tied at 10 in the opening game, Davis scored 2 goals in a row to widen the gap between the two sides. Once facing Calderon, he made a breakthrough layup and used his big butt to take the lead. He hit the Spaniard a few times, then quickly turned around and smeared into the inside line, relying on his strong body and leaning against the defender to make a layup. The second time was when an attack was about to end. After getting the ball, Davis stepped down and dribbled several times in a row The ball, followed by a 15-pointer against a block that Calderon nearly jumped to the floor, made it 10-[-].

However, Calderon is not a vegetarian. Although his defense is poor, he has a 2-year-old advantage over Davis in terms of age, and he has the ability to "let you have 10 points, I will score 8 points". After the ball, the score was rewritten to 2-15 with a strong three-pointer, and the gap between the two sides still did not widen.

After Clay scored 2 consecutive three-pointers in the first quarter, the new Raptors coach Dwyane Casey immediately gave instructions based on the situation on the field, allowing DeRozan to defend 1v1. No space for Clay to hold the ball and shoot. In terms of athletic ability, Cray, who has just entered the league, is not an opponent of DeRozan who can run and jump well. He missed a forced three-pointer and made a breakthrough. Also hit his foot and popped the sideline and made a mistake.

After the mistake, Clay shook his head with an unhappy expression on his face.

Looking back, DeRozan used his speed to beat Clay, not only scoring the ball, but also causing Clay's defensive foul.The Korean fans at the scene immediately burst into applause, and Clay took the ball with both hands and slapped it hard on the ground a few times, seeming to be venting his dissatisfaction.

Byron Scott stood up and called for a timeout.

Judging from the situation on the court, the Raptors' style of play is very obvious, that is, they use DeRozan to stare at Clay's three-pointers from the outside, and when Yuan Man holds the ball from the outside, he adopts the tactic of double-teaming at any time.

That is to say, when the Cavaliers play the game according to normal tactics, the Raptors adopt a method of sending one outside to defend Clay's three-pointer, and the other four defend. When Yuan Man gets the ball, The five players are all staring at Yuan Man's breakthrough or shooting, and are ready to double-team or triple-team at any time. The reason why the Raptors dare to defend like this seems to be desperate. In fact, the main reason is this game. Owen couldn't play, and couldn't share the pressure for Clay and Yuan Man.

For the Cavaliers, Hassan Whiteside's ability to score independently is still somewhat lacking. Although Bargnani's defensive level at the basket is not very good, Whiteside's singles efficiency is not very efficient. There is still a loophole in the dragon's defense, and that is the Cavaliers captain Jamison, who can shoot and burst.

But what is surviving is that Jamison's touch today. Since the start, he has made 3 of 0 shots.

At this time, it depends on the coaching level of Cavaliers coach Scott. After calling a timeout, Scott gathered the players together and said: "The Raptors' defensive tactics today are very targeted. If we follow the previous It is easy to fall into the opponent's defensive trap if we play with the same tactics, so in this game, we must focus our offense on the inside and attack as close to the basket as possible. After all, their center forwards are not very good defensively."

After speaking, Scott pointed to Yuan Man and Jamison and said, "Combined shots and bursts, 2% of shots, 8% of breakthroughs."

Yuan Man and Jamison nodded immediately.

Then, Scott specifically reminded Whiteside, "Rush for the rebound, prepare for the tip-up at the basket, or re-distribute the ball to organize the offense after getting the rebound, and don't force the basket to shoot."

Excited just because he grabbed an offensive rebound, he went directly to the basket, but Whiteside, who was sent a hot pot by Bargnani, smiled embarrassedly, and then nodded heavily.

"Baron Davis, try to give the ball when Yuan Man and Jamison are close to the basket, and play more inside tactics."

After instructing Davis, Scott patted Clay on the back before going on the court and said, "Keep your touch, it's still up to you in the second quarter."

Drew kept recording Scott's tactical arrangements in a small notebook, and he couldn't help but praise Scott's on-the-spot command in his heart. This time, the arrangement after the timeout was completely based on what happened on the field just now According to the guidance given after the interim analysis, Scott's coaching level has also improved a lot compared to last season.

After the timeout ends, the game restarts.

Following Scott's instructions, Yuan Man immediately ran to the edge of the 45° small penalty area, with his left hand against James Johnson behind him, and his right hand stretched out for the ball.

Seeing that Yuan Man was in a good position, Davis immediately dribbled the ball to the left side of the court where Yuan Man was standing, directed the other players to go to the right side of the court, opened up the opponent's defense, and then hit the ball firmly on the ground, handing over to Yuan Man.

After merging with Duncan, Yuan Man felt very comfortable in this position. He just hit James Johnson lightly on the back a few times. Yuan Man turned sideways, held the ball high in his right hand, and made a half-block throw. Throw, hit the ball easily.

Since the ball was a back hit close to the penalty area, or a direct turn-around throw, the Raptors players couldn't double-team at all. This caused a very obvious omission on the court. Once Yuan Man passed the ball, there would be players from the opposing team who would get an open shot and make an easy shot.

After scoring the goal, Yuan Mangao raised his hand, but his face was expressionless. It was almost two extremes from the excitement shown after the goal.

"Why are you pretending to be cool?" Davis smiled and stepped forward to pat Yuan Man's butt. At the same time, he thought to himself, this guy is indeed the best rookie of last season, and he has a thorough understanding of the coach's tactics. Just scored a goal according to the coach's intention. How could the coach not like such a player.

Just when Davis was still feeling emotional, he suddenly felt a hand on his head and stroked it back and forth.

"It feels so good to score a goal." Yuan Man said while rubbing Davis' head back and forth.

"Let me go!" Davis lowered his body and quickly slipped away, jokingly, the 32-year-old Davis has long since found that his hair is getting less and less, rubbing back and forth like Yuan Man, his hair probably In a few years, I will say goodbye to my scalp completely.

Seeing that the Cavaliers scored a goal immediately after returning from a timeout, Raptors coach Casey couldn't help but put his hands on his chest, began to pay attention to the next situation, and stretched out his hand to instruct the players on the tactics on the field.

Calderon, who was dribbling the ball, saw Casey's instructions and immediately passed the ball to DeRozan near the right sideline. It seems that the Raptors intend to use DeRozan's athletic ability to single-handedly hit Clay.

In the previous few offenses, DeRozan used speed and bounce to beat Clay several times, so it seems that this is the safest way for the Raptors to attack.

"Never let the opponent regain confidence after the timeout is over." Casey believes that once a team can effectively solve the problems before the timeout after the timeout, the morale of the team will immediately become high. In this case, it will not be so easy for the Raptors to regain control of the rhythm on the court as before the timeout.

And to hit the morale of the opponent starts from the offensive.

DeRozan first stood up straight and dribbled the ball, looking for opportunities, followed by moving along the sideline and three-point line step by step, DeRozan slowly bent down, ready to find Clay's breakthrough point at any time.

Just when Cray raised his foot and prepared to move sideways to keep up with DeRozan, at this critical moment, DeRozan kicked the ground to start a breakthrough!
Clay's lateral movement has just been completed, and DeRozan has bypassed Clay's defense. It's not that Clay's defense is not good, but that DeRozan's breakthrough is too thief.

Passing Clay's defense, and the clear sky in front of him, DeRozan was excited amidst the cheers of the Korean fans!
Step on the ground, take off, hold the ball with both hands, and turn around in the air. Amid the screams of the fans, DeRozan turned the ball 360 degrees in the air and raised the ball above his head. It was a wonderful 360° two-handed storm buckle!
Among the Korean female fans, some even knocked off their double eyelid stickers in excitement.

Just when the media photographers on the scene were about to record this wonderful moment with their cameras, a big hand suddenly appeared in the shooting angle of these photographers.

After a small jump on the spot, Yuan Man didn't slap him vigorously, but just a gentle "slap". With a very civilian block, DeRozan's extremely excited dunk was dropped!

While DeRozan was still in shock, Klay picked up the ball and quickly passed it to Davis.

Davis ran all the way with the ball, shaking his big butt and came outside the opponent's three-point line, only to find that the other 9 players were already in place.

I'm definitely not the same person I used to be!Davis sighed in his heart, after getting old, he had to obey the old!

At a glance, everyone's positions are very ordinary. Davis, who was about to pass the ball on the outside to find an opportunity, suddenly saw a pair of hands swinging inside.

It's Yuan Man!
"Hey, this guy is excited." Seeing the team's sign asking for the ball, there is no reason not to give it.

After Yuan Man received the ball, he turned his head and watched James Johnson behind him from the corner of his eye. Seeing that Yuan Man was about to play back again, Johnson immediately bent down and held Yuan Man with his arms to prevent Yuan Man from approaching the basket.

Swaying the ball to the left, he deceived Johnson's defensive center of gravity, and then immediately slid the ball to the bottom line to the right, and Yuan Man, who entered the penalty area, directly dunked with both hands, and scored two more points cleanly!
This move is properly the habit of inside players. The little giant Yao Ming used this move very well when he was playing. Sometimes combined with the fake move of turning around and shooting, after deceiving the opponent, he also slipped to the bottom line. Dunks with both hands behind the penalty area.

After scoring the goal, Yuan Man remained expressionless, and his teammates were about to step up and clap their hands to congratulate him, but when they saw Yuan Man raised his hand and was about to pet his teammates' heads, they ran away immediately.

The bald referee Crawford, one of the three referees in this game, noticed Yuan Man's two attacks. appeared in my own mind.

James Johnson was angry, this is completely pinching himself as a soft persimmon!

James Johnson, who had just been promoted to the starting small forward of the Raptors, went all out, ignoring Calderon's request to reorganize the ball. Johnson picked up the ball and rushed into the Cavaliers penalty area against Yuan Man like playing rugby. Although the basketball was picked directly to the audience behind the backboard, the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

"Didi~~" Crawford called Yuan Man a defensive foul.

Yuan Man was a little speechless. If touching body hair was also a foul, then Yuan Man had nothing to say about this foul.

However, Yuan Man understands that sometimes the NBA is like this. When one team is clearly behind or the game is one-sided, the referee will stand up and become the protagonist on the court, trying to maintain the balance on the court.And calling Yuan Man's defensive foul was just to allow the Raptors to cling to the score and not let the ball he whistled enter garbage time too early.

Overseas games, after all, are more exciting and intense. The last time the Cavaliers beat the Pistons, the referee team was criticized by NBA officials.

So when Johnson was complacent and stood at the free throw line to make a free throw, Yuan Man lowered his head, turned his face sideways, and showed a smile of understanding Long live to Crawford.

"It's not easy for the referee." Yuan Man didn't intend to complain endlessly about the body hair foul.

But after seeing Yuan Man's kind smile, Crawford raised his hand without hesitation and gave Yuan Man a technical foul!
"What?" Yuan Man was stunned for a moment, this time he was really stunned.

Not only Yuan Man was stunned, but Crawford was also stunned, because the technical foul just given was completely subconscious, and the smile just now was so much like a certain player!

correct!

Crawford remembered, it was the big man from the Holy City--Tim-huh-Duncan.

(End of this chapter)