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Chapter 34 The Enemy of Life

Tianyang violently dunked Jaylen Brown with both hands, rekindling the passion of the fans that had been suppressed for a long time. Although the number of fans was far less than that at the beginning of the game, the waves of cheers filled the entire Maples Ball museum.

Marcus rushed to Tianyang excitedly, and the two jumped into the air and bumped their chests to celebrate.

Jaylen Brown smiled, and didn't seem to care much. Coach Martin called for a timeout, and he walked quickly to the sidelines.

On the Sequoia side, all the players gathered together. Before Johnny formally arranged the tactics, he patted Tianyang on the shoulder and said:

"Good job, the plan is completed, and the additional requirements are also fulfilled."

During the halftime pause before, in the locker room, Johnny told Tianyang 'not enough', meaning that he had better be able to suppress Jaylen Brown once visually.

What Johnny thought was that Tianyang relied on clever breakthroughs, passing tricks, or three-pointers to complete it. He never expected that Tianyang would dunk Jaylen Brown.

With this dunk, the Sequoia team's shattered confidence has been rebuilt, and the probability of winning the game has increased by a few points.

"I have played against the opponent many times. The matchup between Jaylen Brown and Tianyang is not good, and I will definitely readjust. So, all of you may face Jaylen Brown head-on, but don't worry, God just now Yang has shown how to limit. You play it tactically like him, understand?"

Everyone in the Sequoia team nodded, and Roscoe was the most excited.Because 15 minutes before the game, he was the one who suffered from Jaylen Brown.

If Tianyang was completely suppressed, then he could be said to be so screwed that he couldn't play.

It's like a great passer-by who struggles to even dribble across half court in the NBA.

After returning from the timeout, the change of the Golden Bears was exactly as Johnny said, Jaylen Brown returned to the 3rd position.

In Coach Martin's initial thought, it was an easy thing to use Jaylen Brown to defend against Tianyang, but later developed into "Duizi", and even started to be a little unrestricted, which was really beyond his expectations.

Now, Martin's thinking on how to use Jaylen Brown is simple and clear: on defense, no matter how the Sequoia pick-and-roll, only let him defend Tianyang; on offense, let him break through the inside to create kills or score assists.

The Golden Bears attack first, point guard Jabari hits the ball from the top of the arc, and Brown catches the ball from the short corner on the right.As soon as he was about to hit back, Roscoe immediately withdrew and could only attack face-up.

But his dribbling level is not good, and Rothko stretches out his hand to interfere from time to time, so anxious that he directly takes the ball and lays up in three steps, wanting to score directly with a dunk.

Although the method was a bit irritable, but because the 7-foot-1 center Brooks cleared the obstacles under the basket, it really allowed him to complete the dunk and get 2 points.

The Redwoods were attacking. Marcus and Grant made a high pick-and-roll on the left, while Tianyang and Roscoe screened each other off the ball in the short corner area on the right.

In this way, Tianyang took Jaylen Brown away, and Roscoe faced Tyrone. The latter took advantage of his height to easily receive a pass from Marcus, and then strode to the basket in response to a layup.

Seeing the Sequoia team's tactical changes, coach Martin on the sidelines kept gesturing at his players, as if to make adjustments.

Sure enough, after Jabari brought the ball to the frontcourt, he didn't give it to Tianyang immediately, but beckoned to play a pick-and-roll.

The 7-foot-1 Brooks made a stop to the top of the arc, and Marcus couldn't get around it.

After Grant switched defenses, he couldn't catch up with Jabari's speed on the outside, so he could only watch the opponent hit a 3-pointer.

The Sequoia team attacked again, Tianyang received a pass from Marcus on the left wing, Tyron was slow to defend, Tianyang directly pulled out and also hit a 3-pointer.

The Golden Bears attacked. Jaylen Brown passed the ball from the outside and set up a three-threat posture. Rose was inattentive.

When he rushed up, he was fast and powerful, like a Harley motorcycle with the accelerator pressed to the bottom.

Granger could keep him out of the reasonable collision zone, but he would probably pay a foul, so he hid aside without hesitation.

For a moment, Jaylen Brown single-handedly, as if he was in no man's land, as if no one could stop him!
He scored an easy dunk, and his facial expression remained unchanged, as if he had completed a very ordinary thing.

The Sequoias attacked again, and Marcus held the ball in the top area of ​​the arc and waited.Tianyang ran back from the white line on the left, rushed to the right at 45 degrees, and ran to the right sideline with the help of Roscoe's cover.

Facing Jaylen Brown's defense change, he rushed to the short corner on the right and slipped to the basket with the cover of Travis.

When Brooks wanted to intercept him early, he passed through the gap between the two centers under the basket.

After receiving the pass from the short corner on the left, he circled the half court and finally decided to make a shot.

Because defending him is Brooks, a 7-foot-1 center, whose dexterity is not as good as Grant, and he is not a shooting threat at all.

He went up and down, hit 2 points, and Jaylen Brown's goal came to naught again.

Such a scene made coach Martin on the sidelines sit down on the bench depressed, holding his forehead and struggling to think about how to deal with it.

After these three rounds, the two teams returned to the state at the beginning of the game.

No one in the Sequoia can defend against Jaylen Brown, and no one in the Golden Bears can defend against Tianyang.

The two teams soared points against each other, which looked very cool, but the Golden Bears were the one behind.

The time until the end of the game is getting shorter and shorter, and the time left for the Golden Bears is getting less and less. Coach Martin decided to take a gamble, otherwise he can only wait for death slowly.

He took advantage of the time when the TV commercials were suspended, and sent Matthews, who had begun to defend Tianyang, on the field, took down point guard Jabari, and played a double shooting guard lineup.

The intention is very obvious, that is to grab points.

On the Sequoia side, Coach Johnny's way of coping is very simple, letting go and not letting go.Originally, Jaylen Brown's strong breakthrough could not be stopped, and it can be said that there was no loss.

It was a few more rounds of fighting, and neither side took advantage. The Golden Bears failed to score, and the Sequoias also suffered from a decline in offensive efficiency due to high-intensity close defense.

In the last 3 minutes, the Golden Bears were still 6 points behind. Coach Martin decided to let all the players cover for Jaylen Brown and stretch the space, and desperately competed with the Sequoia team to compete with the core player strength.

Johnny didn't react at first, allowing Jaylen Brown to score 4 points in a row.Then he made adjustments immediately, and also built tactics around Tianyang.

The last 2 minutes of the game turned into a confrontation between Tianyang and Jaylen Brown, and neither of them encountered a strong defense.

Tianyang made a mid-range shot without the ball, and Jaylen Brown made a three-step layup; Tianyang hit a 3-pointer from the outside with a pick-and-roll cover, and Jaylen Brown forced a layup to score 2+1; Tianyang made a second pass to assist Grant's basket After scoring easily, Jaylen Brown miraculously hit a super long 3-pointer from the outside.

The 1-point difference between the two teams has been maintained until the last 2 seconds without fouling.

In the case of Jaylen Brown's ultra-long 3-point lore, the Sequoia team struggled to win the game 77 to 76.

天洋砍下26分11个助攻的两双数据，但远不及杰伦–布朗38分8个篮板5个助攻3次抢断3次盖帽的全能数据。

It can be said that the Golden Bears lost, but Jaylen Brown did not lose.

During the handshake session after the game, Jaylen Brown walked to Tianyang for the first time, stared at him and said:
"I underestimated your strength. You played very well. Keep going. I hope to meet you again in the playoffs or in the NBA."

Tianyang nodded in agreement. He had a good impression of Jaylen Brown. The two had a little misunderstanding at first, which was also due to communication problems.

He is also very much looking forward to meeting again in the NBA.

Seeing Jaylen Brown turn and leave, Johnny smiled and said: "I have a feeling that you two will represent different teams and become enemies for life."

(End of this chapter)