stadium ambition

Chapter 371 The Hope of the Mavericks Team

Amidst the MVP cheers, Su Yang made an additional free throw and the Clippers led 17-8.

Mavericks coach Carlisle requested a short timeout with 5 minutes and 22 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

Su Yang led the team back to the Clippers bench, listened to Van Gundy's brief summary, and soon returned to the court.

According to Van Gundy, the reason why he was able to take the lead was entirely due to Su Yang playing a heroic game. Remember not to be careless. The Mavericks are extremely capable of chasing points, so you have to defend as much as you want. Otherwise, a nine-point lead will only be a matter of three three-pointers. Son.

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the central large screen pushed the adjustment status of the two teams.

On the Mavericks side, striker Peja replaced Captain Brewer, and center Haywood replaced Chandler.

For the Clippers, Gordon replaced Foye, Kaman replaced Jordan Jr., and Su Yang played point guard again.

The audience applauded and cheered, Su Yang stood on the center line with his hips akimbo, glanced at the Mavericks' overall lineup, and thought: "They are not panicking at all, especially Kidd's expression, it seems that everything is under control, and the general's demeanor is full. The man who lost in the finals twice, this is replaced by an ordinary person, the team trails by nine points, and his side scores eight points in seven minutes, it has already blown his hair."

While thinking about it, the referee stood at the bottom line and handed the ball to Heywood, and the Mavericks launched an attack.

"Defend, defend..." The audience followed the DJ and shouted in unison, with waves of sound.

Kidd ran to the left wing with the ball, made a sudden stop and turned and threw it to the top of the arc. Peja caught the ball with both hands and turned to the right.

Heywood hurried forward to set up a wall for cover, his body was so wide and thick that Gordon couldn't squeeze through it for a while.

Seeing this situation, Kaman quickly moved from the free throw line to intercept, trying to help delay for a while, but his footsteps were as slow as an 80-year-old old man, and Peja still slumped his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity to force his charge, which made him flustered and didn't know what to do. good.

Seeing that the basket was empty, O'Neal and Tucker hurriedly shrunk and intercepted.

But Peja is tall and has long arms, and he took off with the ball early, picking up the basket and hitting the board smartly.

With a bang, the basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, and the Mavericks chased to 10-17.

"GOOD JOB!" Cuban, who had been silent for a long time, raised his arms and cheered excitedly, as if waking up from hibernation. The Clippers fans sitting around all responded with contemptuous eyes, as if they disliked him for seeing the world.

Su Yang went to the bottom line to catch the ball, feeling in his heart that Kidd's understanding of the lineup and his ability to read defenses is really a must in the league, and he was able to do it. After returning from a timeout for the first round, he found that Peja could force Kaman's opportunity.

For such an organizational decision, Kidd needs to understand Kaman's defensive ability and find out in time that the defense in the right half is relatively weak, so that Peja can complete the breakthrough with only a high cover, which is a matter of seconds.

Therefore, it is no wonder that LeBron and Kidd were selected into the Dream Eight at the same time, and they would play off the ball convincingly.

Feeling emotional, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand to scan the half-court position, and moved to the left with the help of Xiao Ao's cover.

Marion went up to intercept without hesitation, and Kidd took the opportunity to go around and cover, preparing to intercept at 45 degrees ahead of time.

With such a move, Su Yang had a panoramic view, and immediately changed hands behind his back, cutting directly from the gap between Marion and Xiao Ao.

In this way, Kidd rushed to nothing, and Marion was left behind.Seeing this, Kaman immediately shifted to the right, blocking the right half-court sideways defensive line, while Jermaine walked in and set up a human wall to block Heywood who was trying to switch and intercept.

A big road was cleared, and Su Yang took two steps, jumped up and glided to pick up the basket without any pressure.

The Mavericks could only stare, the basketball bounced into the net with a bang, and the Clippers led 19-10.

"I love you guys to death, you must defend the championship!" A female audience behind the ball rack shouted frantically.

Su Yang turned back to defend, blinked at her, and the fan howled on the spot and fell straight down.

On the commentary seat, Cole praised: "The Clippers' cooperation is so exquisite. The attack just now was like someone playing a game with a remote control. The three players almost communicated with each other, and it was almost impossible to guard against it." come down."

Marvin nodded: "I've heard from many head coaches that the Clippers' level of tactical coordination is enough to rank among the top three in history."

On the court, Kidd and Marion continued to cover hand-to-hand on the left wing, but failed to form a breakthrough.

In desperation, Kidd threw the ball to the top of the arc, and Peja caught the ball and raised his hand to aim at the basket, as if he was about to shoot.

Gordon immediately jumped up and raised his right hand to interfere, but Peja put down the basketball and crossed into the paint.

The Clippers hurried to encircle, and Peja stopped and jumped suddenly, raised his right leg high, and threw lightly.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 19 to 12.

"There is something, Peja is playing well, and the Mavericks' management is also great..."

Su Yang felt emotional. Subconsciously, he felt that Peja was too old and could only shoot three-pointers, but he could still do this. After being bought out by the Raptors in the middle of the crucial season, he discovered that the Mavericks had the potential to compete for the championship.

In a blink of an eye, Su Yang took the ball to the frontcourt, cooperated with Kaman in the pick-and-roll, and chose to split the ball when he encountered a flank attack.

Kaman catches the free throw and sits back to defend Marion, but unfortunately the strength of the backward shot is too small.

The basketball hit the front basket, Marion jumped up and caught it, and handed it to Kidd as soon as it landed, and the Mavericks launched a counterattack.

The audience once again shouted defense in unison, and Kidd ran to the left wing of the frontcourt with the ball, and continued to cover with Peja.

After a lot of tossing and turning, Peja finally met Su Yang in a misplaced position, and quickly took the basketball and sat sideways.

Su Yang stood firmly on his feet, showed the strength and attitude to hold Chandler hard, and caught Peja fiercely.

The two fought hand-to-hand for a long time, but Peja didn't take advantage of it at all. He reluctantly passed the ball back and took advantage of the opportunity to lift the wall.

There was not much time left in the attack. Kidd received the ball and immediately rushed forward, as if he had returned to the top. He took a few strides to the basket, but faced with Kaman and Jr.'s encirclement and interception, he still jumped up obediently Throw the ball out toward the three-point line.

Barrett took off to catch the ball, and with only 2.9 seconds left to land, he could only throw it away in a hurry.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Seeing that the basket was full of teammates, Su Yang immediately turned around and started rushing, getting off early.

When he turned his head and looked back from the midline, he found that Jermaine O'Neal happened to pass a long pass vigorously, and the basketball roared towards him.

The audience cheered and shouted. Su Yang received the basketball and turned around to face Marion.

The Mavericks retreated too quickly, but the formation was completely disrupted, and the personnel stood together in the left half.

Su Yang thought for a while, switched his right hand to his left, and with the help of Tucker's cover, strode to the left.

As the Mavericks' defensive center of gravity moved, Su Yang suddenly stopped and jumped, and made a long pass to the short corner on the right.

Gordon caught the ball and raised his hand, ignoring Peja's broken steps back to the defense, and jumped up steadily to make two points with his hands.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 21 to 12.

Cheers resounded throughout the audience, the two teams switched offense and defense, Kidd slowly advanced with the ball, and raised his hand to signal the rhythm.

Su Yang then retreated, thinking that Kidd deserved the name of the master of field control. He found out so quickly that the Mavericks lost points because they were too impatient in the past two rounds. I want to continue to use my height advantage to displace singles.

For eight full seconds, Kidd dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, handed it to Barrett, and used a screen to block Tucker.

Butler took the ball and went to the left, and then used Heywood to cover, throwing off Su Yang, who was changing defense, and rushed inside with heavy shoulders.

Kaman faced the scalp and rushed to switch defenses. Fortunately, the space inside was small, and the distance of a few meters was not pulled too far.

Even so, Jermaine still shrunk towards the basket, and Gordon blocked the route of passing the ball from the baseline to the outside ahead of time.

That thought, Butler jumped with the ball under the basket and accurately threw the ball to the right corner.

Peja caught the ball and immediately raised his hand to aim at the basket, ignoring Gordon's return to defend against the fly, and threw a two-stage three-pointer.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Xiao Ao grabbed it, raised his hand and lobbed a pass to the right center line, Gordon caught the ball and dribbled it one step, and then passed to the team mark in the middle.

Su Yang reached out to catch the ball, twisted his hips sideways, kicked and kicked to the free throw line in two steps, ignoring Marion who was chasing after him, and started to hold the ball with his right hand. Put the ball on the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 23 to 12.

Cheers exploded at the Staples Center, the Mavericks asked for a timeout, and the DJ shouted Su Yang's name in a drawn-out voice.

In the commentary, Marvin said with some confusion: "What's the problem? The Mavericks suddenly seemed unable to score goals. After the previous timeout, they only scored 4 points, and they all relied on Peja."

Cole smiled: "No big problem, it's just that the Mavericks' current lineup has a certain strength gap compared to the Clippers. Nowitzki is not there, and Marion can't play the same role as the replacement, which makes the Clippers defense very easy. "

"Then they should adjust their tactical focus during this timeout. I think Butler should play more with the ball..."

Inside, the timeout ends.

The referee whistled, the Mavericks kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt, and the Clippers kept a tight press as usual.

Peja hurriedly took the ball across the center line, then turned around and passed it to the center, while Kidd took the ball and moved to the right.

Butler ran over from the right wing at the same time, received Kidd's hand-off pass, and continued to move to the top of the arc.

Marion stepped up to cover, but the Clippers activated partial three defenses and two defenses. Jermaine O'Neal, Tucker, and Gordon surrounded Marion and Butler, making Butler unable to break through and unable to shoot. The ball was given to Peja, who was temporarily unguarded.

Su Yang decisively rushed up from the left corner to defend, and Peja threw the ball to Kidd, who was temporarily unguarded.

Considering Kidd's worrying three-point shooting percentage, Su Yang stepped back to the defense with confidence and boldness.

But that once thought, Kidd lobbed the ball to the basket, Haywood turned over and took off, and dunked vigorously with both hands.

The sound of the audience shouting for defense stopped abruptly, and Kaman shrugged slightly in embarrassment, and hurriedly picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds.

Seeing his actions, Su Yang raised his head to look at the large central screen, and found that he was distracted, and then lost his defensive position. He almost couldn't catch his breath. The whole team worked hard to defend for so long, but they made such low-level mistakes.

Su Yang tried his best to calm down, took the basketball to the top of the frontcourt, and decided to play around O'Neal once, so as to increase the team's sense of participation and avoid Kaman's distraction again. Moreover, O'Neal has not played with the ball since he came on the court. .

After making up his mind, Su Yang raised his hand and gestured, threw the ball 45 degrees to the left, and signaled to open the space.

Gordon received the ball, bowed and hit the ground to Jr. Ao on the left waist, then turned and ran to the top of the arc to the right.

At the same time, Su Yang shifted to the right elbow area, seeing Xiao Ao turning over and shooting a jumper, he rushed in immediately.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced across the bridge, and Haywood and Kaman reached out to grab it at the same time.

The basketball was forced to fly outwards, Su Yang took a sudden step and grabbed it in his hand, turning his back to observe.

Heywood slammed around and stretched out his hand to grab, Su Yang held up the basketball to dodge, and Kidd reached up to try to slap.Although he exerted continuous pressure, Su Yang was as steady as a telegraph pole and kept the ball around his waist. At this time, Kaman came out to respond.

Su Yang passed the ball casually, Kaman caught the ball and shot it, and the basketball bounced off the basket with a bang.

Peja took advantage of the chaos to grab the rebound and threw it to Kidd. The Mavericks launched a fast break counterattack.

In three seconds, Kidd dribbled the ball to the left of the frontcourt at 45 degrees, made an emergency stop and passed the ball back to the right wing.

Peja took the ball with his hands up and observed for a moment, then used Marion to cover and break through the sideline.

But Jermaine O'Neal was much faster than Kaman, and his defensive positioning was better, successfully completing the delay of the switch.

Peja couldn't break through and didn't dare to shoot. Seeing Gordon catching up from behind, he jumped up and passed the ball.

The basketball went straight to Marion, the trajectory was a bit high, Su Yang saw it, and quickly approached from the top of the arc.

As expected, Marion needed to jump up to catch the ball, and Su Yang took the opportunity to jump up and fight for it.

boom!The two collided in the air, and neither of them caught the basketball.

Su Yang stepped forward in a hurry when he landed, bent down to grab the basketball in an instant, and rushed forward with his head buried in the momentum.

Tucker followed up in parallel on the left, and only Kidd defended in the frontcourt. The Clippers got a 2-on-1 advantage.

The audience cheered and shouted, Su Yang rushed to the three-point line in a blink of an eye, raised his hand and turned to the left, as if to pass to Tucker.Kidd turned around quickly, but Su Yang resorted to Paul's trick of making a false pass, and insisted on pressing down to hold the ball, and continued to charge forward.

With just such a turning time, Kidd had no time to return to defense, and could only watch Su Yang pick the basket in three steps.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 25 to 14.

Cheers resounded throughout the arena, Su Yang turned back to defend with a smile, thinking that Chairman Pao's fake pass was really good, he immediately looked up at the big screen, and found that he couldn't fool the camera, he couldn't help but lamented that this trick was still good. It's not as good as the chairman's level.

In the transition of offense and defense, Kidd ran to the left wing with the ball, hit the ground and passed it to Marion with his left elbow, and ran straight to the bottom corner.

Butler started running head-on, covered by Kidd, strode to his right elbow, took the basketball from Marion, twisted his hips and cut into the inside line, then slumped his shoulders and buried his head to accelerate, and went straight to the basket, like a small sports car out of control .

Jermaine O'Neal switched defenses and followed up with small steps, Gordon was chasing after Butler, and Kaman stood early and waited on the edge of the reasonable collision zone. The Clippers trio surrounded Butler in three directions, almost give space.

In the chaos, Butler made an emergency stop, twisted his body and passed the ball to the left, trying to assist Marion to score an air cut.

But he was limited in height, and O'Neal slapped the basketball flying, which happened to land in Gordon's hands.

Seeing this, Su Yang ran forward, received the pass from the center line, and rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt, ignoring Kidd and Peja's left and right pincers, and rushed forward with the ball, raising his hand to sacrifice Harden for a foul Trick.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle, whistled for a foul by Pejara, and gave Su Yang two free throw opportunities.

The audience cheered and shouted, Su Yang responded by clapping his hands, walked back to the court along the baseline, and shook his head with regret. Germany is a genuine point guard.

At this time, with 2 minutes and 03 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, Nowitzki and Barea walked to the technical stage to wait for their debut.

Su Yang stood on the free throw line and made two free throws in a row amidst the shouts of MVP, helping the Clippers lead 27-14.

The whistle sounded, and the Mavericks arranged for Kidd and Peja to rest.

The Clippers also made adjustments, and George came on to replace Tucker.

In the commentary, Cole solemnly said: "The critical moment for the Mavericks is coming. Whether Nowitzki can lead the team to open up the situation will determine their victory or defeat in this game..."

(End of this chapter)