I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 546 Talent and Effort

In fact, the gap between those super giants and these second-tier and third-tier stars is here.

Unstable.

They may feel good in the first few minutes, but after a while, the feel is gone.

They can't be super giants. As long as they don't make mistakes in every game, they can almost score 20 or 30 points.

They tend to make people's eyes shine, but after they are lit, they can't maintain this rhythm, and there is a feeling of sudden sluggishness.
Assuming they can maintain this rhythm, and even become a norm, then they will be new superstars.

That is super giant.

But it is a pity that it is very difficult to cross this step. It not only requires your personal efforts and diligence, but also requires a little bit of talent up
To be successful, you need 90% hard work and 10% talent.

Hard work is important, but so is talent.

Both are indispensable.

Xu Xuan scored a total of 22 points in the first half, 22 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds. He was the highest scorer in the game.

In addition to him, Lu Wei also scored in double figures, scoring 17 points in the half.

On Mosaic's side, Harden scored the highest score with 18 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds in the half.

Look, Rao was 4 of 4 in the first quarter, with a 100% three-point shooting rate. He is still not the highest scorer on Mosaic.

what reason?
Don't have a shot count?

No, Gordon had 6 shots in the second quarter, which is definitely not a small number of shots, but he only scored 5 points.

Would this still be the case if he was still hitting as much as he did in the first quarter?

Not at all.

In the locker room, Frank simply arranged his tactics and then left.

The second half of the game begins.

On the Lakers side, Xu Xuan is still on the court. On Mosaic's side, Gordon went down to rest, Ariza and Anderson came back, and Harden was still on the court.

Xu Xuan held the ball from the outside, and Yi Jian even sent a screen. Xu Xuan rushed into the penalty area with the ball, which immediately attracted Capela's supplementary defense.

He didn't continue to cut in, facing Capela's defense, turned around to get the ball with his back, and pushed towards the basket.

Xu Xuan's singles in the penalty area immediately attracted the help of other Mosaic players, and Anderson rushed over.

Xu Xuan saw the opportunity, hit the ground and passed the ball to the outside.

Ingram is completely empty, which is a pretty good opportunity.

But after receiving the ball, Ingram's original jump shot was very serious, and it hit the backboard directly, and Anderson, who happened to rush into the penalty area to defend, took the rebound.

After the missed shot, Ingram immediately raised his hand to indicate that the ball was his problem.

The Lakers' offense failed, and Ingram missed an open shot.

After Mosaic got the rebound, he immediately counterattacked.

Anderson gave the ball to Harden, and Harden dribbled the ball to the front court without any pause, and went directly to the basket for a layup.

65:69.

With a lightning counterattack, Mosaic scored again.

And Harden's layup once again aroused the cheers of the fans on the scene.

The Lakers served the ball from the backcourt, and Frank Vogel yelled twice from the sidelines, roughly telling the team to pay attention to Mosaic's counterattack. It was true that Harden's counterattack was too easy for the ball just now.

Xu Xuan made an OK gesture to the sidelines, and then personally pushed the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Still the same style of play, but this time, the Lakers made a mistake.

After Xu Xuan and Yi Jian picked and rolled, they passed an early pass to the baseline, but Yang Shaoxia's movement was a step slower, and the ball flew directly out of the baseline.

mistake!Xu Xuan shook his head helplessly.

In the commentary, Reggie Miller thought: "Xu Xuan's pass is a bit taken for granted. He can use the pick-and-roll to continue to attack the inside, but he seems to want to cooperate with his teammates too much and send assists to his teammates. "

Another offensive failure, Mosaic seized the opportunity and played another wave of fast offense. It was Harden, an outside chasing three-pointer, and made a successful hit. Yang Shaoxia's defense seemed weak in the face of Harden's rhythm.

After this three-pointer, the score became 65 to 72, and the Lakers fell behind by 7 points.

Frank walked to the sidelines again, this time without speaking, just with his hips akimbo, watching how the Lakers played this attack.

Xu Xuan continued to take the ball in the backcourt. He had already thought about this attack. The continuous attack was unfavorable and he had to score. Frank walked to the sidelines to supervise the battle. up.

And Xu Xuan's idea for this goal is to do it alone.

Ingram missed a shot and was counterattacked by Mosaic. Xu Xuan passed the ball to Nick Young and made a mistake, and was hit by Mosaic for a quick attack, so Xu Xuan simply didn't pass the ball.

Holding the ball to the frontcourt, Mosaic continued to use Harden to defend Xu Xuan.

The German coach thinks simply, I will use Harden to disgust you, and I will not switch defenses, Harden is enough.

When other teams play against the Lakers, they usually switch positions to defend Xu Xuan, and rarely use point guards to defend.

But Mosaic is different. Mosaic's point guard is Harden, and Harden originally played the second position. His height and body are not weaker than Xu Xuan, and he has no physical disadvantage.

Controlling the frontcourt, Xu Xuan used Randall's pick-and-roll to go in. Anderson switched to Xu Xuan, and Xu Xuan continued to break through. Although Ingram was empty again, he didn't think about passing the ball. , but a sudden acceleration, a dexterous change of direction directly threw Harden away, and rushed into the penalty area.

Capela made up again, Xu Xuan still didn't pass the ball, and made a layup before Capela made up the defense.

The basketball hits the backboard and bounces into the hoop.

67 to 72, two points in hand.

After scoring, Xu Xuan immediately called his teammates to retreat. Mosaic had already played several fast breaks in succession. The Lakers also learned a lesson. Xu Xuan was the first to turn his head back to defend, and other teammates also quickly retreated to the backcourt.

After Xu Xuan scored a single goal, there was a lot of admiration from the commentary seat. Kenny Smith said: "Xu Xuan made the right choice for this goal. Don't always think about cooperating with your teammates. When necessary, you still have to go first." Score."

Reggie Miller also nodded: "Indeed, if Xu Xuan scores, Mosaic's defensive focus will be tilted to Xu Xuan, so that the other Lakers' offense will be easier."

On the court, Mosaic's offense, Harden singled out Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan blocked it, then Harden chose to pass the ball, and Anderson received the ball, adjusted a step after receiving the basketball, and then made a mid-range pull-up The jump shot hit again with a swish.

67:74.

"At this moment, the offensive efficiency of the Houstonians is very high. Harden and Anderson are scoring consecutively."

In the offense of the Lakers, Xu Xuan played another ball-handling singles. He took the ball with his back in the middle distance. After advancing two steps, he turned over and made a jumper. It became 69 to 74, and Mosaic still has a 5-point lead.

Harden took the ball across the frontcourt. Facing Xu Xuan's defense, Harden felt hot. After a counter run, he caught the ball again, and faced Xu Xuan's defense, he made another dry pull.

With a bang, the shot was hit and missed.

Yi Jianlian on the inside grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers advanced quickly, almost breaking into a wave of fast breaks.

Mosaic's defense is still very fast. Their entire lineup is tall, but they are also very dynamic and fast.

Failed to make a fast break, the Lakers stabilized, passing the ball continuously from the outside, looking for opportunities.

Frank stood on the sidelines and nodded. His state was a little unstable just now, but under Xu Xuan's organization, he quickly recovered.

Although the point difference is still 5 points behind, the gap is actually not that big.

In this attack by the Lakers, after continuous pick-and-roll screen cooperation from the outside, Yi Jianlian responded from a high position, and a pass was passed outside the three-point line.
72 to 74, the point difference is only 2 points.

After the score was tied, the German coach also stood up, walked to the sidelines and clapped his hands, signaling his players to speed up the pace.

Harden got the coach's instruction and immediately sped up. Randall made up in front of Westbrook. Harden didn't stop, and directly made a forcible change of direction, breaking through Randall's defense.

After reaching the inside line, Yi Jianlian interfered with the layup. Yi Jianlian turned around and took the rebound, and then passed the ball to Xu Xuan.

After controlling the ball, Xu Xuan quickly advanced by himself, while keeping his eyes on the positions of his teammates.

"wow!!!!"

"Fast attack!!"

Barkley at the commentary desk has already shouted.

All the members of Mosaic quickly ran towards their own half.

They themselves are from the fast break, and they are also one of the best fast break teams in the league, and they don't want to see this kind of missed ball being counterattacked.

But how could this kind of fast break Xu Xuan miss the opportunity.

Harden was unable to keep up with him at this time.

As I said before, Harden is not a player who is good at speed. He is more like 077 of later generations. His speed is not very fast, but his rhythm is good and scary.

After Xu Xuan turned around and passed Harden, the Mavericks had only one left in the halfcourt, Ariza who quickly returned to the basket.

Two steps after halftime, Xu Xuan saw Ariza sticking to the basket, so he began to dribble frantically to adjust the rhythm.

When everyone thought he was going to challenge Ariza's basket defense with a layup.

Xu Xuan rhythmically dribbled the ball to the right and jumped out of the 45-degree three-point line.

This is another unguarded conversion three.

In the basketball cognition of all fans now, this kind of superstar fast break is one-on-one, and there are only two options, either to score a layup or cause a foul to go to the free throw line.

No one expected Xu Xuan to come again.

Outside the three-point line, no one interferes.

Bow and arrow.

Aim for the bullseye.

Xu Xuan leaned forward to shoot and sent out the basketball.

The sudden stop and pull up during the dribble did not affect Xu Xuan's rhythm, and his body even raised a slight arc——

The basketball passed through an arc that was not beautiful very quickly.

"Shh!!!"

A hollow into the net.

75 is better than 74!

As soon as the goal was scored, the Lakers bench and the diehard fans who came to Dallas to support the Lakers cheered again, and everyone started screaming.

Harden, Ariza, and Anderson all stared blankly at Xu Xuan.

A "fark" can express their inner feelings at the same time.

Frank's calm expression on the sidelines was captured by the camera and sent to the eyes of fans all over the world.

After the German coach saw the goal, he was angry at first, then stunned, then helpless, and finally shook his head, and was also photographed in close-up.

"Haha, the way Frank showed he wasn't surprised by the ball..."

"Yes, as the head coach, he knows the players best, and he must also know that Xu will have such a choice."

"And D'Antoni's expression makes people laugh, hahaha."

Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley analyzed Frank's actions on the sidelines and D'Antoni's facial expressions.

Frank concealed it well, and didn't express the emotion that he was actually shouting "mmp".

He has been with Xu Xuan for a long time, so he must control his expression well, otherwise it will be embarrassing.

"Wow!"

"Fuck!"

The domestic live broadcast was slightly delayed. This is the mood of all the students who saw this goal scored, which subverted their cognition...

"Beep!"

The German coach called a timeout.

75 to 74, the score was overtaken.

"The German coach should be a little anxious now. They have been suppressing the Lakers since they overtook in the middle of the first quarter, and now they are overtaken, so they have to find a way."

Pause ends.

When the Mosaic sideline ball was sent, it still hit Harden.

But now that Gordon is back, Mosaic directly replaced all the starters.

Harden feinted, and Gordon on the other side immediately cooperated to cut in, attracting the Lakers' defensive attention, and Harden quickly pulled back.

Xu Xuan stretched out his hand as much as possible and interfered with the ball.

"Boom!!"

The ball hit the iron, Yi Jianlian made a strong cover and took off the rebound.

Yi Jianlian still gave the ball directly to Xu Xuan.

Xu Xuan quickly led the halftime.

There is no chance for fast breaks. It seems that the German coach also arranged tactics against the Lakers' fast breaks during this timeout.

Moreover, they switched defenses!

Now it is Gordon who defends himself, and Harden defends Russell.

Ok?
What do you mean?
Kenny Smith understood a little bit. Is this going to change Harden's focus from a defensive attack to a pure offense?

Harden's defense is not like some people say, it's just defense with eyes.

Among point guards, Harden's defensive efficiency has always been not low, it just depends on his attitude.

Using him to defend Xu Xuan was also a tactical method specially arranged by the German coach before the game, but now, it can't continue, the score is behind, and now he needs Harden to turn his focus to scoring.

There is no difference between Gordon's defense and Hardang's defense. Shuangdeng's size and confrontation ability are relatively similar. Xu Xuan followed the method of playing Harden just now, with a feint in the frontcourt——

Gordon was instantly deceived——

Well, Gordon is more deceitful than Harden, and Harden doesn't even like Xu Xuanhuang.

After passing Gordon, Xu Xuan accelerated in an instant.

"Xu, I won't let you play again." Gordon yelled from behind.

"Really? Then you watch."

Xu Xuan nodded and replied seriously.

Some people always like to fantasize and daydream, but what Xu Xuan has to do is to break their dreams and let them face the reality honestly!

(End of this chapter)