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Chapter 571 Chapter 569: The Missed All-Star
Oladipo came on the court with anger.

Oladipo has always been worried about not being selected for the All-Star bench.

During the regular season, people say that he has been reborn under Henson, people say that he is the most threatening substitute in the league, and people say that he is the popular candidate for the best sixth man this year.

However, after the All-Star Game really started, Oladipo discovered that those experts who had praised him hadn't considered himself at all.

According to NBA rules, the All-Star game bench lineup is determined by voting among the head coaches of 30 teams from among the players who were not selected to start.Moreover, the coach of the team cannot vote for the players of the team.

In other words, even though Oladipo averaged 17.2 points per game with the Pacers this season, the head coaches of each team still did not pay attention to this young man who was depressed last season.

So after receiving Henson's encouragement, Oladipo made up his mind.From now on, he will make his opponents remember him!
After the game restarted, the Pacers went first.According to the previous rotation strategy, Henson removed all the main players.It seems that he did not increase the playing time of the starters because of the anxiety of the game.

Brogdon took the ball across the half court steadily, and he was not afraid of Irving. After all, Irving's defensive threat was not directly proportional to the offensive threat.

While James was still trying his best to guard Bogdanovic, who has been gaining momentum recently, Brogdon passed the ball.The object of the pass was not Bojan, but Oladipo.

Oladipo held the ball at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, and Korver opened his arms to defend.Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue thinks that Oladipo is holding the ball just for transition, but Korver has already noticed something wrong in Oladipo's eyes.

I saw that after Oladipo made a three-threat move, he didn't even ask for cover, so he turned around and broke through!

Oladipo's explosive power is so strong that Korver is simply difficult to match.As a white shooter, athleticism has never been Korver's strong suit.

With experience, Korver still delayed Oladipo's first turn.But after turning around, Oladipo immediately took another back and changed hands.

"Two consecutive changes of direction!" Mike Breen was attracted by Oladipo's beautiful movements, and he was not a transition point at all.Oladipo came up today to "kill" Korver.

Sure enough, Oladipo's second change of direction allowed him to completely shake off Korver and accelerate towards the basket.

Derek Williams, the No. 2011 pick in [-] who replaced Love at the fifth position, was just about to make up defense when he saw a black shadow jumping into the penalty area.In the next second, Oladipo was already hanging on the basket.

"Explosive dunks! Victor Oladipo's breakthrough was very decisive. He played Korver with two beautiful consecutive changes of direction. There is no doubt that he has already booked a top ten seat for today! I don't know if Oladipo's appearance will break the balance of the game."

In the dead of Quicken Loans Arena, Mike Breen's voice was very clear.Korver sighed, but regained his confidence quickly.

It's just a ball, and he still firmly believes that tonight will be another night of his career.

But soon, Korver found that he was wrong, and wrong too much.

Korver is an off-ball shooter. In most cases, he doesn't have the ball in his hands.Once he gets the ball, it means he is going to fire.

And today, even if Korver didn't get the ball, Oladipo didn't let him go half a step.Henson's words kept circulating in his mind: "Start with defense!"

So, Korver tried his best today, but he couldn't even get a chance to catch the ball, let alone shoot.

In the end, it was James who broke through Frye and made a successful layup, which allowed the Cavaliers to consolidate their 3-point advantage.

Although the defense failed in the end, Henson still saw what Oladipo did.

Korver, today is destined to be suppressed.

Subsequently, Korver increased the defensive intensity of Oladipo.The look in this guy's eyes before the game was not accidental, and Oladipo was a little bit wrong today.

Korver roughly blocked Oladipo from inside, and his physical confrontation did not allow Oladipo to cut half a step.

Seeing that it was extremely difficult to cut into the basket, and James was staring at him at all times, Oladipo suddenly decided not to hit the basket anymore.

After receiving Brogdon's basketball, facing Korver who let him go two steps away, Oladipo made a three-pointer!

Oladipo has always been an "impact" guard in people's minds. In college, Oladipo had the nickname "Little Wade".During the Magic period, people also said that he was very similar to Westbrook.

The outside world's evaluation of Oladipo is actually telling everyone one thing from one aspect-this guy can't shoot three-pointers.

Oladipo's shooting was indeed not stable enough. During the Magic period, he averaged less than three three-pointers per game, but his shooting percentage was less than 34%.

But this season, in Henson's system and tactics, Oladipo's three-pointers have increased to 5.6 times, and his shooting percentage is as high as 36.4%.

36.4%, which is undoubtedly a three-point shooting percentage above the passing line.Oladipo has now become able to shoot three-pointers, but many people have not realized it.

Korver didn't expect Oladipo to suddenly make a long shot, so he didn't respond to Oladipo's shot.

Before Korver turned his head, there was a "swipe" sound behind him.

The white shooter covered his head with his hands in annoyance, and was scored consecutively by his own matchup. This is not acceptable to everyone.

"Kyle, focus!" James yelled, and he obviously found that something was wrong with Korver's mood.

Korver smiled at James apologetically, and he swore that he would teach that young man who only knows how to hit the frame without thinking!

At this time, James was very tired.Ten minutes into the first quarter, Tyronn Lue was about to replace James.

It's only the first quarter of the game now, so James doesn't plan to use up all his energy.So this time, James took possession of the ball for half court.His goal is not to score, but to organize the offense.

Korver started his play on the offensive end. The guy used a back run to throw Oladipo a little distance, and then used the off-ball screen to approach the receiving point.

James saw Korver's running from the corner of his eye, and the moment his teammates were in position, he sent the ball over!

Korver happily received the basketball and raised his hand to shoot!But he didn't expect that Oladipo had already rushed in front of him!

Oladipo's defensive ability is already outstanding, not to mention his anger as a power bonus now.

Sometimes anger can cloud a player's eyes.But under Henson, anger only translates into motivation.

Korver raised the basketball and made a shot, ready to break through or draw a foul when he tricked Oladipo.

However, Oladipo didn't take his set at all.Instead of shaking Oladipo, Korver was intercepted by Oladipo because he didn't protect the ball in time!

"Damn it!" Korver knew that he couldn't make another mistake.After making a mistake and causing the opponent to score, it is a very bad behavior for teammates.

But he just turned around and wanted to foul early, but found that he didn't even have a chance to foul.Oladipo has already passed the half court in a flash, and Korver can't catch up with it.

A gust of wind blew past Korver, and LeBron James began to speed up his defense!In this lineup on the Cavaliers field, only James' athletic ability can compete with Oladipo.

Soon, James caught up behind Oladipo.While Oladipo took off, James also jumped high!Nail the big hat, this has always been James' repertoire!
Just when James was about to block the basketball, Oladipo made a hand change in the air like eyes on the back of his head.

James' eyes widened and he missed it.After changing hands, Oladipo tossed lightly, and the basketball was wiped into the net.At the same time, James, who was gliding in the air, slammed Oladipo into the air.His kind of body is not something that can be contained at will.

As a result, Oladipo fell hard under the basketball hoop.The referee whistled, Oladipo's goal was valid, and an additional penalty was required!
The scene was full of exclamations, because Oladipo just fell quite heavily.But under the astonished eyes of the people, Oladipo immediately got up, as if he had a body of steel and iron!
Oladipo was so excited, he pointed to the floor and yelled after scoring.No one could hear what Oladipo was yelling, but based on the mouth shape, Henson guessed what Oladipo was yelling.

"All-star! All-star!" roared the young guard.

Yes, changing hands in the air after the steal also caused additional penalties. Oladipo's performance is definitely at the All-Star level.

James shook his head helplessly, then glanced at Korver.Unhappiness was written all over his face.

Korver felt quite sorry, but there was nothing to excuse.After playing for a few minutes, Korver didn't have a point, and Oladipo scored 7 points in a row.

No, if the extra penalty is hit this time, it will be 8 points in a row!

Henson looked at Korver's expression, and it was obvious that his confidence had been hit.

A shooter with an unstable mentality can't make 9 of 8 shots!

As long as Korver is no longer magical, Henson believes.There is nothing difficult about defeating the defending champion.

(End of this chapter)