Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 224 [Dragon Quest! 】

31 to 45.The Bobcats trailed by 14 points and requested a timeout.

With the role players out of form, D'Antoni is going to use the tactics that the 76ers used when they reached the finals.Team defense, one man offense.The lineup was adjusted to center Andris Biedrins, power forward Gerald Wallace, small forward Matt Barnes, shooting guard Hayes, and point guard Rajon Rondo.After some consideration, D'Antoni gave up sending veteran Kurt Thomas. Thomas alone affects the speed of the team, and it is difficult to follow up.

"The offense is centered on Chuck, with Matt and Gerrard as screens. Chuck goes all out to attack! Bold shots!" D'Antoni said.

Even if Hayes attracted a double-team pass today, his teammates couldn't shoot correctly.At 7 minutes and 40 seconds into the second quarter, none of the Bobcats scored in double figures.After Hayes came off the field, the Bobcats' offense became even more chaotic.

"Be sure to guard. If you are broken through, you will foul severely, especially on Okafor. You will not forget what level of his free throws are, right? Don't be polite to send him to the free throw line." Before playing , D'Antoni said this again.The unlucky Okafor was tricked by his former coach after the transfer.

Players from both sides returned to the court, and the Raptors also replaced several main players. The current lineup is Okafor, Bosh, Kapono, Pietrus, and Ford.

The Bobcats are a purely defensive lineup, with Rondo handling the ball.Hayes is tightly entangled by Pietrus.Pietrus played for the Bobcats for a while, and he has some experience in defending Hayes, that is, he must be close and not give Hayes room to make moves.

Wallace screens for Hayes from beyond the arc.The most skilled person in the Bobcats and Hayes is Wallace, who often plays power forward.

Hayes throws off Pietrus, and it's Kapono who switches defenses.Kapono is a pure shooter. He has no speed, no strength, and can only shoot three-pointers. The percentage of three-pointers is higher than that of two-pointers. He can do nothing but shoot. Breakthroughs and dunks have nothing to do with him. None, as for defense... what is that?
Hayes didn't have any fake moves, just passed Kapono with an acceleration with the ball.The right wing made an emergency stop jump shot, and the ball went hollow into the net. 33 to 45.

Hayes feels good today. If the Raptors keep Kapono on defense, today's game will be cool.

A goal does not scare the Raptors players.Their hand wind is also very smooth today, Bosh to the high pick-and-roll for Ford.Barnes was the one who defended Bosh, and Wallace and Biedrins didn't pull out inside.Ford dribbled the ball into the restricted area but didn't find a chance to make a shot and brought it out again. He wanted to pass back to Bosh but couldn't. Barnes was next to Bosh to interfere with him receiving the ball.

Barnes defended Bosh when he was in the Warriors, and let Bosh's data drop in one game, only 16 of 6 shots.When Bosh gets the ball, it is difficult to defend. Barnes' approach is to start before Bosh gets the ball and keep interfering with him. Bosh will fall into the predicament of not being able to catch the ball smoothly.Moreover, even if Bosh has the ball, Barnes can make him uncomfortable.Barnes is 201cm tall and has a wingspan of 213cm. He is very good at defending technical forwards with tall arms and long arms.

"Little dinosaur, come and hit me. Stretching such a long neck is useless." Barnes kept chanting while following Bosh.

Only Barnes likes to talk trash in the Bobcats. You can tell by his tattoos that he is not a good guy.One sentence said Bosh's pain.

Bosh hates what people say about his neck.His registered height is 208cm, but his shoulder height is only the same as that of James. In other words, his neck is too long, and his effective height is actually only 203cm...

Bosh spat out his braces a little annoyed.As a result, Barnes got even more excited.Bosh wears red braces, and when he spits them out it looks like he's about to breathe fire.

"The more you talk, the more excited you are. Do you want to perform fire-breathing? Is it because you can also be used as a mascot besides playing basketball, so the Raptors chose you?"

Bosh's eyes burst into flames.He circled around and received a pass from his teammate on the left. Seeing that the time was almost up, he made a fallback jumper.Barnes put his hands over his eyes just in time.Bosh's line of sight is blocked and the shot misses.

Biedrins grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Rondo. Rondo sent the ball forward with both hands. Hayes, with his excellent prediction, rushed to the basket in advance.Receive the basketball without slowing down, turn around and take two steps, and lay up with a backhand the moment before the body goes out of bounds, and the ball hits the backboard and goes into the basket.This action looks as easy as training.The easier Hayes scored, the more confidence his teammates saw. 35 to 45.

The Raptors attack again.After the Bobcats changed their lineup, they brought out the power of the 122 zone defense.Rondo clung to Ford tightly.Ford passes to Bosh on the right.Bosh wanted the ball very outside, and Biedrins hurried out to defend him from the mid-range shot.Bosh feinted and immediately broke through to the bottom line. Before Wallace stepped forward to make up the defense, he dunked with both hands and scored! 35 to 47.

"Tactical No. 5!" Hayes yelled.He knew that he had to pay back, and he couldn't let his opponent raise his momentum with a dunk.

Tactic No. 5 does not refer to the center attack, but the code name of the Bobcats' usual tactics.Hayes advanced inside, and then Wallace walked in from the left baseline and set an off-ball screen for Hayes to block Okafor.Hayes ran out of the three-point line instead.Rondo made a timely pass to Hayes from the weak side.

Hayes got a rare open shot opportunity, his knees were slightly bent, he grasped the rhythm, and there was a small gap in the air after jumping, and he gently pulled the ball out with his wrist.The Bobcats have missed too many three-pointers today, and Hayes will not allow himself to miss.This is his first three-pointer of the game, and he hit it steadily! 38 to 47.The Bobcats chased the score to only 9 points.

The Raptors fought in position, and this time they still handed the ball to Bosh on the bottom line on the right.Bosh singled out Biedrins and dribbled the ball to the basket in disguise.

Biedrins made a misjudgment and Bosh slipped into the restricted area from the bottom line.Bosh swayed under the basket, jumped up on the spot with excellent explosive power, avoided Biedrins' block, and dunked the basketball with one hand with his left hand! 38 to 49.

Today I must take away a victory here!I will score as many as Hayes makes.Bosh thought.The media often criticized him for lacking charisma.He wants to correct people's misconceptions by defeating the Bobcats.

"Andris, what are you doing? Foul if you can't prevent it!" Hayes yelled at Biedrins.He felt Biedrins wasn't working hard enough.He was dunked twice by Bosh, but he didn't have any temper at all.

Biedrins froze for a moment. He didn't expect Hayes to yell at him directly. He didn't foul to stay on the court.Among the Bobcats' starters, only Biedrins is aiming for the stats.If there are too many fouls, the playing time will be shortened.With the data of 9.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in the season, Biedrins feels that he is already a top 10 inside player in the league.He wants to play more beautiful data in the playoffs in order to get a maximum salary in the summer.With such a money-seeking player on the inside, the Bobcats can only admit that it is unlucky. Gortat is still too young. The tight offense and defense in the playoffs do not know where to stand. Now the Bobcats can only use Biedrins .

Hayes extended four fingers in the frontcourt, and Barnes came out to cover Hayes again. This time, Bosh defended Hayes.The core of the two sides confronted each other head-on.

As long as Hayes is guarded, the Bobcats are nothing to fear, Bosh thought.

As long as this guy with a head like a dinosaur is knocked down, the Raptors attack is no longer a threat.thought Hayes.One of the Raptors' strengths is also its weakness, because Bosh is indispensable.

Hayes lowered his center of gravity, swayed his left shoulder slightly, and dribbled the ball towards the baseline, attracting Bosh to move to the left, then gently retreated with his left foot, changed direction and dribbled the ball into the three-second zone, stopped suddenly and took the ball with his right hand. The layup action.

Bosh immediately stretched out his long arms to intercept, but he didn't jump hard.He has watched a lot of videos of Hayes. Hayes has a lot of fake moves at the basket. The speed of this move is not fast, so he probably won't go straight to the basket.

But Bosh judged wrong, Hayes slow not to fake, but waiting for Bosh shot.Hayes took a step forward, and his hand with the ball hit Bosh's arm.Hayes's action was not coherent enough, and the ball failed to score without a good sense of rhythm, but it caused Bosh's foul.Bosh had a foul in the first quarter, which was his second.Hayes made two free throws. 41 to 49.

"Be careful not to be fouled by him! Emeka defends!" Raptors coach Mitchell shouted to the players on the field.If Bosh is troubled by fouls, the Raptors are in trouble.A bystander could see clearly that Hayes' goal was to draw a foul.

Bosh and Ford do pick-and-roll cooperation.The Bobcats are now staring at the Raptors' shooters and emptied Okafor.Ford saw the opportunity and handed the basketball to Okafor.

Okafor hasn't scored too many points today. Seeing the open space in front of him, he immediately wants to jump up and dunk with both hands.

Wallace jumped up from behind and put his hands on the basketball, preventing Okafor from taking off.The ball was a foul, of course, but it was Wallace's second foul, so it didn't matter.

Okafor stood on the free throw line a little depressed and missed two free throws.Biedrins got the rebound from the backcourt, and the Bobcats' defense succeeded.

The Bobcats attacked down the line, and Wallace set a high screen for Hayes.Rondo hit the ground and passed the ball. Hayes caught the ball and took a step to the right. After attracting the weak side Kapono and Okafor to defend, he stood back and passed the ball.He set a screen for Wallace who had just finished the pick-and-roll.The attention of Pietrus, Okafor, and Kapono was all attracted by Hayes in the high position. Wallace caught the ball and dribbled a step, took the ball and rushed to the basket, dunking successfully! 43 to 49.

Hayes' false and real style of play completely disrupted the Raptors' defense, and the Bobcats' offense opened up.

"Pass me the ball!" Bosh yelled.He is confident that he can single Biedrins and pay back.

Bosh got the ball on the right side again.During this period of time, the other players of the two teams mainly focused on defense, and now it is the competition between the core players of the two teams.

Bosh took half a step away at a 45-degree angle, feinted twice, suddenly started, and successfully passed Biedrins.However, Hayes, who was defending against Okafor on the other side, stood on the three-second zone line at some point, raised his hands, and blocked Bosh's way.Bosh quickly slowed down, ready to pass the ball, and Hayes had a non-serious physical contact.Hayes puffed up his chest and fell in the penalty area.The referee blows his whistle.

Bosh froze as he was called for his third foul.

Bosh knew that his strength would not knock Hayes down, and wanted to find the referee to reason, but the referee ignored him.With 3 minutes and 42 seconds left in the second quarter, Bosh committed three fouls, and Raptors coach Mitchell had to replace him.

Hayes cracked a smile.Fouls are not necessarily on the offensive end!
(End of this chapter)