lakers championship

Chapter 41 Are You Crazy?

Jim's arrogant demeanor made Jenny feel as if she had eaten mustard-flavored cheese.

If it's a private occasion, just ignore it and pass it by.

But now that an executive meeting is being held, and it is the first step in the plan to regain power, she believes that the momentum cannot be lost.

"It just feels good. There are 37 minutes left in the game. Anything is possible."

"Just wait and see." Jim also imitated the gesture of shrugging his shoulders, spreading his hands and curling his lips, and Jenny rolled her eyes in anger.

On the court, a 75-second timeout ended, and the game continued between the two teams, with the University of Washington going first.

Murray quickly took the ball across the center line, and Chris mentioned the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.After the two sides switched defenses, Murray faced Grant.

Small and big, the speed advantage is obvious, Morrie didn't make any stops, and directly accelerated the dribble and rushed to the inside. Grant moved slowly and couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

After rushing to one step inside the paint, Morrie made a sudden stop, shaking Grant tottering, and then took off to hit the board and throw.

2 points scored, the University of Washington finally scored, and encouraging applause sounded in the MGM Stadium.

The Sequoia team attacked, Marcus passed the ball in the middle circle, Tianyang received the ball at the top of the arc, and immediately put on a three-threat. Andrew, who was in charge of defending him, suddenly looked nervous, as if he was facing a big enemy.

However, the flustered Andrew seemed to have clear tactical guidance, always facing Tianyang slightly sideways.

With such an action, Tianyang's shooting is easy to be disturbed, but a breakthrough is a good opportunity.

And at this time, the two forwards of the University of Washington, Dixon and Chris, stood on the left and right sides of the paint area, and there was a big open space under the basket!

Seeing the opportunity, Tianyang immediately dribbled the ball with his left hand, stepped over Andrew, and went straight to the basket.

But he regretted stepping into the paint.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, the opponent's basket is empty, just to "please enter the urn", the moment he rushed in, Dixon and Chris immediately surrounded him.

If Tianyang carefully observes the positions on the court before breaking through, it is not difficult to see that Washington University adopts the most common 2-3 zone defense tactics.

Just when everyone thought that Tianyang would be double-teamed and forced to pass the ball, or even make a mistake, Tianyang, who was walking, suddenly stepped towards Chris with his right foot, and at the same time raised his left hand, as if he wanted to Before the double team is formed, come to a backhand layup.

As soon as he made his move, Dixon on the left directly flew over.

Unexpectedly, Tianyang stopped his right foot again, and stopped raising the basketball in his left hand, and then took a big step to the left, like a mouse moving, and got rid of the double-team in the blink of an eye.

Dixon realized that he was being tricked, and quickly turned around to intercept, but Tianyang had already come to the basket on the left, and there was a big distance between the two, and it was impossible to make up for it with his wingspan.

Tianyang collected the ball and took off, tossed and hit the board, and easily scored 2 points.

The Sequoia players on the sidelines were full of surprises. In their impression, Tianyang was best at super-long shooting and form reading on the court. They had never seen the European step throw just now.

After a rough calculation, everyone in the Sequoia team realized that it only took two weeks for SkyOcean to learn this trick.

"It's exactly the same as Manu Ginobili's movements. He deserves to be a talented player." Shelfield sighed.

"Nonsense, this is clearly a Wade-style dribble shot, have you ever watched an NBA game?" Donian retorted.

The debate between the two aroused the interest of other Sequoia players on the bench to discuss. Some people supported people like Ginobili, and some people supported people like Wade.

In the end, everyone decided to see what Tianyang's next move would be like before making a conclusion. If it really didn't work, they would ask him directly after Tianyang was finished.

On the court, the University of Washington's offense still used Murray and Chris in the high pick-and-roll, and then relied on Murray to break into the paint, but this time the Sequoia team had already taken precautions. The moment Murray and Grant formed a match, Roscoe immediately Front defense.

Morrie didn't have the ability to play 1-on-2, so he could only pass the ball to small forward Malik. The latter caught the ball and made a breakthrough, but he had already lost the opportunity. Before he rushed to the basket, Grant blocked it.

Seeing that the pick-and-roll didn't work, Morrie waved his hand, signaling his teammates to pull away, and directly challenged Marcus.

Unexpectedly, the heads-up effect was unexpectedly good. Morrie easily passed Marcus, rushed to the free throw line, and avoided Grant's interference with a dominant throw, and hit another 2 points.

The Sequoia team attacked again, Tianyang took the pass and stopped at the top of the arc to observe the situation.

Sure enough, the University of Washington did not continue to use the 2-3 zone defense, but changed to a 1-3-1 zone defense. If he rushed in just now, let alone the European step, even the extraordinary moves in "Basketball Fire" would be rejected. Block it.

After thinking about it, Tianyang passed the ball to Roscoe, but Roscoe didn't have a basket, and he didn't have the ability to break through the 1-3-1 zone defense. The basketball went around and returned to Tianyang.

It was impossible to pull up the jump shot, and Ender's sideways defense was a bet on him that he would not be able to score when he rushed into the paint.

Unable to think of a solution for a while, Tianyang decided to dribble around the circle first, waiting for the opponent's defense to relax.

Determined to pay attention, Tianyang signaled his teammates to run, and he himself ran from the top of the arc to the right half.

All eyes on the field were fixed on him.All the way to the right 45 degrees, Tianyang suddenly thought of an idea.

He steps forward with his right foot, but at the same time dribbles the ball behind his back with his right hand.

This feint was quite confusing. Not only did Andrew subconsciously lean to the right, but even Chris, who was on the inside line, moved his feet to adjust his orientation, trying to block him on the right.

But Tianyang's real action was to stop moving forward after stepping out with his right foot, but kicked the ground with force, helping his left foot to take a big step back, and directly throwing Andrew far away.

Without Andrew's defensive interference, it was almost an open shot again, and he hit a 3-pointer again.

"Like Wade, the standard Wade-style step-back jumper, amazing!" Donian gave a thumbs up and praised.

"Nonsense, Wade doesn't dribble behind his back. This is clearly a Ginobili-style step-back shot." Shelfield shook his head in objection. The players on the bench had another discussion, but still failed to reach an agreement.

At this time, coach Romar was very frustrated. Under Tianyang's attack, the aggressive defense of the University of Washington looked like paper.

Romar put his hand on the top of his head depressedly, and pushed his hair back three times in a row. Then he realized that he was timid, stopped quickly, and shouted to Morrie who was dribbling and rushing to the frontcourt: "Large group tactics!".

Tianyang didn't know what the tactics of the large group were, and he didn't have time to guess, because Morrie easily scored 2 points in singles against Marcus again, which gave him a bit of a headache.

The Sequoia team attacked again, and Tianyang signaled Marcus not to pass the ball, and encouraged Marcus to single Morley once.

But Marcus didn't seem to care about the so-called face, and insisted on passing the ball to him.

Tianyang took the ball and observed the situation again. Except for the 1-3-1 zone defense, there was no change in the other side.

What is the so-called No. 3 tactic?Do you want to be conservative and take a look first?
Several thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally, he decided on the old way, dribbling around in circles to see the changes.

Going around to the 45 on the right again, the positions of the University of Washington players remained unchanged.

Tianyang decided to ignore it. He swung his right shoulder, turned his body to the side of the basket, put his knees together and leaned his feet inward, and then squatted down slightly to take off, ready to make a strong 3-pointer against Andrew's defense.

But just as his feet were off the ground and before he lifted the ball over his shoulders, he caught a glimpse of Malik and Dixon on the UW line rushing toward him.

The two surrounded one from the left and the other from the right. After they separated, Tianyang saw a Chris flying towards him from the middle.

"My Cao!" Tianyang subconsciously shouted, thinking in his heart: "Is it a group of people fighting together in a large group strategy?"

He didn't have time to confirm. Facing three people taller than him, he only knew that Kobe's two-stage shooting could not be used again, otherwise he would inevitably be blocked.

In desperation, he decided to take out a trick that he had been practicing before but never used-the fadeaway jumper.

With a bang, the basketball hit the net hollowly, and Tianyang couldn't stand upright after landing, and almost fell down.

"Like Wade, it's really difficult to lean back!"

"Nonsense, it's obviously like Kobe!"

The Sequoia team on the bench fought again.

Similarly, in the training base of the Los Angeles Lakers, the two brothers and sisters of Buss also fought.

Jim slapped the table and shouted: "See? In January, he could only shoot 1s, but now he has learned Kobe's fadeaway jumper"

"I've decided, I'm going to pick him with the top 10 pick!"

"He is the cornerstone player of the Lakers!".

Faced with Jim's hoarseness, Jenny's face was calm, because she knew that even Kupchak would not agree to the top 10 pick.

She smiled and said, "Jim, are you crazy?"

(End of this chapter)