Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 269 [Brooke, the end is up to you! 】

The Cavaliers replaced Gibson and Delonte West with Mo Williams and Pavlovich.

Bobcats also immediately substitutions, Landry, replaced by Billups.

5. Forward tactics can only be used in special situations, that is, when the opponent does not have a point guard who is good at breaking through.If Hayes' speed is completely at a disadvantage, no matter how fast his reaction speed is, it will be useless.It is one thing to see the opponent's movements clearly, but another to keep up with them.

Hayes defends Gibson as long as he keeps an eye on the outside shot, but Mo Williams is good at breaking through the inside in addition to shooting three-pointers. This is not something that 5 forwards can handle.

But the Bobcats still have the height advantage.Hayes returned to the power forward position and asked for the ball in the low post to attract the defense. The other four looked for opportunities on the outside. After Bargnani and Billups hit a three-pointer from the outside, the Bobcats opened the score...

The final score was 126 to 94, and the Bobcats slaughtered the Cavaliers with 32 points, which did not save face for the home team.

杜兰特被评为了本场最佳球员。27投17中，三分球7投3中，罚球8中6，砍下职业生涯最高的43分，另外还有6篮板2助攻。这样的发挥和上赛季在开拓者的表现判若两人。

In yesterday's game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Suns 96-89. Mayo scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. His performance was acceptable, but he couldn't compare with Durant.Mayo also seemed to have some conflicts with Roy in the Trail Blazers, and the two could only have one attack with the ball.Of course, the Trail Blazers coaching staff still prefers Roy, so Mayo can only be the third scoring point.

After watching Durant's performance in this game, many basketball experts in the United States even began to wonder whether Durant is more suitable to be the core than Roy?Or Roy's strength is overestimated, and he affects the performance of his teammates.

Durant attended the press conference after the game.He didn't play well last season, and he faced doubts when he participated in the press conference. Now that he played a beautiful game, the doubts disappeared and were replaced by almost flattering comments.

Reporters think that Durant is likely to become the second player to participate in the All-Star Game after Hayes, the Bobcats.Is the Bobcats No. [-] star, savior ... but he himself does not want to be touted as such.

The reporter asked: "The Portland Trail Blazers chose you with the second overall pick but didn't develop you as a core. You didn't play well enough last season. But this year, the No. The Bobcats scored an astonishing 43 points in their debut, and the Quicken Loans Arena is your stage today, what do you think?"

"It's a surprise. Before the game, I didn't dare to imagine that I could score so many points." Durant smiled shyly.He has been in the league for more than a year, and this is the first time he has become the protagonist on the court.But he wasn't dazzled by the victory. "I don't think this is my stage. I'm just a rookie, just a second-year rookie. And I'm really a rookie. I can score high because of the help of my teammates. Today I have a height advantage. They all Passing the ball to me.

The reporter said with a smile: "You are very humble. Without strength, it is impossible to score 43 points."

"Maybe. Chuck told me something. He said, 'Man, keep your head down when you do the interview, don't look at the fact that everyone's blowing you up now, when you play badly, they're going to dig you up too. Buried..." Durant was an honest child, and everyone present laughed when they heard these words.

Durant's high score did come from the support of his teammates.

为了让杜兰特获得更多出手机会，海耶斯本场比赛只出手了7次，7投5中，三分球3投1中，罚球2中2。得到13分10篮板15助攻1抢断。

杰拉德-华莱士14分6篮板，比卢普斯10分7助攻，坎比只得到5分，但是抢下了14个篮板球。

On the bench, Bargnani had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Landry had 10 points and 5 rebounds, and no one else scored in double figures.The person who performed poorly was Brook Lopez, who made 7 of 3 shots and only scored 6 points and 3 rebounds.This performance disappointed the coaching staff.This is what he got when he appeared in garbage time in the fourth quarter and played the entire quarter.

D'Antoni thought it was a mentality problem. After being fouled twice by Varejao in the first half, Lopez was out of shape and had been in a sleepwalking state.He played too fast and didn't have a good grasp of the rhythm when he shot, so his hit rate was not high.

Hayes suggested: "The Bobcats have too many strong players, and Bruce's mentality is really not good enough. He has a lot of competitive pressure. I suggest that Brook start the next game, and we will pass the ball to him together to get a star stat. He will definitely Confidence. The Heat don't have a good center."

"Hopefully. It's going to be a problem if he stays soft all the time. You have to teach him how to rebound," D'Antoni said.

The power forward Kevin Love, who was selected by the Knicks, made his debut in the first game, scoring 12 points and grabbing 16 rebounds.Bobcats coaching staff do not want to choose the wrong person.

In a way, Lopez is a bit like Bargnani.Now Bargnani has been able to let go of the game and know what he should do, and Lopez is still close.

The coaching staff hopes that Lopez will imitate Duncan's style of play and act as the axis of the inside line in the offensive position.Mainly turn around and jump shot, supplemented by inside footsteps.The main practice is to support the offense, so that after Hayes is off the court, the inside can still have an axis.Landry's shooting is also good, but his explosive power is better, and he is more suitable for mid-range shots after pulling high pick-and-rolls, or relying on explosive power to break through and dunk.Lopez is the most promising person to become the core insider.

Lopez clearly doesn't have Duncan's "Stone Buddha" mentality, though.

On the flight back to Charlotte, Hayes deliberately sat next to Lopez.

"Brooke, I came to you for candy." Hayes said while lying on the chair.

Lopez handed him two chocolates.Lopez has a strange habit of eating a lot of sugar whenever he gets nervous or doesn't perform well, so he always carries a bunch of chocolates in his luggage.Eating sugar can calm him down.

"When did you start eating candy for big games?" Hayes asked.

"Elementary school." Lopez smiled wryly.

"Then you have to control it a little bit. I don't want the league's future All-Star center to have diabetes before the age of 30." Hayes laughed.

"Chuck, I played badly this time, I'm sorry." Lopez said embarrassedly.He felt Hayes was being sarcastic when he said he could be an All-Star.

"I'm not saying that you played badly. This is the first game of your career. This kind of performance is normal. Yao Ming didn't score a point in the first game that year. Now he hasn't scored 20+10. You have been the MVP of the All-Star Game. You have to have confidence in yourself. It will be your turn in the next game, don't let us down..." Hayes said while eating chocolate.

"What's my turn?" Lopez asked strangely.

"I suggested to the coach to let you start the next game, and we will pass you the ball and attack with you as the core. I hope you will not let us down and prove your ability." Hayes smiled.

This was a big surprise for Lopez, and he hurriedly asked: "Is what you said true? Did the coach agree?"

"I have already agreed. The Heat's center is Haslem. He has a good defense, but he is only 2 meters tall. You have a height advantage against him in the paint. What he is most afraid of is Duncan and Yao Ming who are good at low jumpers. Player. As long as you can attack like that, I don’t think he can guard you. You have to take Duncan as your target, I’m not saying you can become Duncan, but you have to learn his style of play.” Hayes said, this is no longer him For the first time, I told Lopez to learn from Duncan.

"I'll try," Lopez said with a smile.

"You can't chew too much. Don't rush to practice the inside footwork. The most important thing for a center forward is to attack in the low post. You have height. The footsteps are not bad. First, train the mid-range shots in the two positions to be more accurate. Turnaround mid-range shots and 45-degree corner wipes. Duncan doesn’t dream of footsteps. You can dominate the league with wipe shots. If you can develop this unique trick, you are a good player.” Hayes is like a Like the seniors, he taught Lopez a lesson.

Lopez nodded humbly.His mid-range shooting ability is good now, but of the 7 shots made today, 6 of them were pulled to the high position.In practice, his high mid-range shooting accuracy is very high, but the center must strengthen the low-post offense and be able to attract double-teams to be dominant.This is why in the comparison between Lopez and Love, Hayes thinks Lopez is more promising.Love is only 208CM tall, typical floor flow.Has a good mid-range shot, but poor low-post offense.

"Since you are here with Bobcats, you are my little brother. You don't have to be so polite when talking to me. What do you want to say?" Hayes asked with a smile when Lopez hesitated to speak.

"When you get back to Charlotte, can you take some time to practice with me alone?" Lopez asked with a spare head.

Hayes smiled wryly and said, "What's so embarrassing? Of course, I also have this plan. Haslem's height is not much taller than me, and I'll stand behind you. You come to practice low turnaround jumpers, as long as you make sure Hit rate, it’s no problem to clean up Haslem. You can practice on one side first, and all the offenses will be launched from the right.”

"Thank you." Lopez smiled.

"That's too polite. It's helpful for the team if you become stronger. Also, you have to be eager when grabbing rebounds. Don't see your teammates always thinking about getting rebounds, helping teammates to block people and so on. Although helping teammates to block people is also Very good, but your height is here, as long as you work a little harder, you can get a double-double. In the last game, you actually only grabbed 18 rebounds in 3 minutes. You can’t protect the backboard like this.” Hayes said again.

"Ah."

Regarding rebounding, Van Gundy reminds Lopez every day that he must be fierce in the position, his arms must be opened, and he should not give the opponent a chance to get inside. As long as the opponent cannot jump, he can take the rebound by relying on his height.For the essentials of rebounding, Lopez has long been engraved in his heart, his problem is that the desire to grab rebounds is not strong enough.

"That's all I said, I have to drink some water to rinse my mouth. If I eat sugar, I'm worried about tooth decay." Hayes laughed, stood up and went to the bathroom.

Looking at Hayes' back, Lopez felt lucky to have such a team leader.In the Bobcats, he believes that as long as he works hard, he will definitely become an All-Star one day.

(End of this chapter)