basketball god

Chapter 143 The first game of the playoffs begins

On April 4, the trip to the playoffs officially started today. There are a total of four games on this day.

They are Wizards vs Cavaliers, Bulls vs Heat, Kings vs Spurs, and Grizzlies vs Clippers.

The first playoff game of his career was played at the home court of the Grizzlies. Although he had Hardaway's experience in his mind, he was still a little nervous.

So Yang Zhan went to the arena early and began to decompress with training. As time went by, the doors of the arena were pushed open one by one.

The game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers will be played at 5:40 pm today, and there is still 1 hour left.

But Gasol insisted that Yang Zhan go to the locker room with him. Looking at him, Yang Zhan always felt that he was going to do something. No, everyone looked at him strangely today.

After entering the locker room, Yang Zhan discovered that all the players were there, and the environment inside was tidy, and there was a cake in front of the players.

Then they saw Yang Zhan coming in, and they looked at each other and shouted "Happy Birthday" loudly.

Yang Zhan was fooled at this moment, because of the playoffs, Yang Zhan forgot about his birthday for a while.

Due to the hard work of his parents in the past, Yang Zhan gradually forgot these forms, so when he realized it.

Thousands of words to say "thank you", and the "good" in my heart.

After the cake was used up and the fuss was over, it was time to receive gifts.

The first one is Eddie Jones, the most important person in the team locker room. The two usually get on well with each other, but this gift is quite thoughtful, a gray suit.

The second one was given by star Pau Gasol, who gave Yang Zhan a Swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre watch worth $9000 today.

Seeing this gift, Yang Zhan was really stunned. He didn't expect this buddy to have such a skill.

Shane Battier knew that Yang Zhan also liked music, so he gave him a headset
My birthday has passed, I'm 19 years old!
Ding!Publish the system task "The Best Gift"

Task requirements: win the game.

Task rewards: According to the personal performance in this field, to infer the final rewards.

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to 5:30, and Yang Zhan and his teammates entered the stadium together.

When Nelson came out of the tunnel with the Grizzlies, there was nothing to cheer about.

At this moment, Yang Zhan felt the enthusiasm that he didn't have in the regular season.

When Mike Dunleavy walks out of the tunnel with the Clippers, he's done without saying a word.

At this moment, Brand felt the malice that he didn't have in the regular season.

There are many Chinese media today, and Yang Zhan received many domestic interviews before the game.

Since Dayao's team, the Rockets, did not enter the playoffs, the attention of all the fans in China was immediately focused on the Grizzlies.

After the interview, the two teams made final pre-match adjustments. As the referee whistled, the starting players of the two teams appeared one after another.

The Clippers sent in, point guard: Cassell, shooting guard: Mobley, small forward: Quinton Rose, power forward: Brand, center: Kaman.

In the playoffs, they also changed some play. Corey Maggette, who had been playing the starter before, played as the sixth man in the team.

Because it was the first game, Nelson planned to explore the bottom first, so the Grizzlies used the regular lineup of Yang Zhan + Eddie Jones + Battier + White + Gasol.

Gasol succeeded in jumping the ball, and the Grizzlies got the first chance to attack. As soon as Yang Zhan held the ball for halftime, the alien Cassel directly pasted it.

He kept putting pressure on Yang Zhan to control the ball, and this time he experienced it himself, what is the intensity of the playoffs.

At this time, Yang Zhan had a plan and leaned against Cassel directly outside the three-point line.

Then he immediately picked up the ball, and then made a false turn to the left to break through. At this time, Cassell was fooled, because he didn't think a player who had just played in the playoffs would have so many routines.

Watching Kassel step forward, he quickly withdrew his body, then turned right and broke through the defender, then entered the three-point line, and made a mid-range shot without being marked.

As soon as the ball was shot, Yang Zhan felt that it was going to be bad, because it was his first shot in the playoffs, so he didn't control the power well and shot too big.

Boom!The ball hit the back edge of the basket and bounced high. At this time, the four big men under the basket were all trying their best to grab the best position.

As a result, brush!The ball fell into the basket again and successfully molested all four people under the basket. Yang Zhan, who was standing outside, was also relieved.

When it was the Clippers' turn to attack, Cassel took the ball to the frontcourt and first lobbed the ball to Brand, who wanted the ball in the low post, to let him find his feeling first.

Brand averaged 24.7 points, 10 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 2.5 blocks per game this season, which is the peak of his personal career.

After receiving the ball, Brand played very irritable. With a height of 2.06, he pushed White, who was 2.11, into the inside.

The latter stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, and the scores of the two sides were tied 2-2.

The Grizzlies attack, this time Cassell did not go too far, Yang Zhan lobbed the ball to Gasol in the low post, who hit Kaman and turned around to hook.

Boom!Hitting the iron, Brand protected the backboard.

The Clippers attacked, and Brand played a pick-and-roll for Cassel who was holding the ball. After the pick-and-roll, Cassel made a mid-range shot.

Boom!Also strike iron.

However, Brand stuck with Young and grabbed offensive rebounds. This season, he can average [-] rebounds per game.

But when he slammed into Gasol hard in the three-second zone, and then forced a layup, Yang Zhan cut the ball directly.

Then Yang Zhan immediately speeded up and played a fast-break counterattack. As soon as he reached the midfielder, Yang Zhan passed the ball to Eddie Jones who was running to the inside.

But the tallest of the three outsiders is Quinton Ross at 1 meters.So the Clippers were in place in time when Jones was about to make a layup.

At this time, Jones did not force Mobley under the basket, but passed the ball from behind to Yang Zhan who followed behind.

Yang Zhan, who rushed up after receiving the ball, used his height and wingspan to force a layup.

On the other hand, the Clippers didn't play anything else. They all pulled away after being hoisted to Brand, and White really couldn't guard him, and his footwork was not dominant.

The latter took the initiative to find a confrontation after receiving the ball, then seized the opportunity to turn around and pass White, and entered the inside. Because Kaman stopped Gasol, Brand directly dunked.

In the opening 4 minutes, the score between the two sides was 8 to 12. The Grizzlies were 4 points behind, and Brand alone took the score of the Grizzlies team.

At this time, the Grizzlies called a timeout. After the timeout, Nelson replaced White, who was underperforming on the field, with Chakalidis.

The height on the field has been increased. This adjustment is to limit Brand as much as possible, and the Clippers' lineup has not changed.

(End of this chapter)