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Chapter 817 James Johnson, Not a Flash in the Pan (Part [-])
"Harden made a breakthrough~!! He was directly cut off by Kidd, beautiful defense~!!"

"Harden, shoot a three-pointer directly~!! Air Ball~!!"

"Harden, take the ball and distribute it to the teammate on the side. This pass is too obvious, it was cut off by Kidd~!!"

Less than 2 minutes into the second half of the game between the Clippers and the Mavericks, Harden made three consecutive turnovers.

While interrupting the team's momentum of chasing points, it also allowed the Mavericks to take the opportunity to continue to expand the point difference.

The point difference has come to 15 points.

Lan Shengli's eyes focused on Harden, looking at Lan Shengli with his chin up, it seemed that Harden might be replaced at any time.

After all, Harden in this state is really doing the team a disservice.

The game is still going on, Harden is still playing without confidence, but he has less possession of the ball, so there are no more mistakes, but there is no contribution on both offensive and defensive ends~

"Dum~!!!"

The game quickly came to the first mandatory timeout of the third quarter.

The Clippers are still behind by double digits.

"Johnson, you go, Harden, you come down and rest~!"

Here, Lan Shengli first made personnel adjustments, and then immediately discussed with the teaching assistant team.

"We should focus on the inside now. Except for Hill, the height of other positions is very advantageous, so it should be the best choice to play for Gooden~!!"

The teaching assistant suggested.

Lan Shengli nodded, which meant he agreed.

Here, the Mavericks also made personnel adjustments, replacing Kidd and Marion, and replacing them with "a mountain" in Puerto Rico, Jose Barea and Terry, who are only 175 cm tall.

"This is a good opportunity. In this way, Butler mentioned the third position. The current height of the Mavericks' backcourt is definitely not enough. If we focus on attacking the inside, we will definitely gain something~!! "

Here Lan Shengli saw the Mavericks' substitutions and adjustments, and immediately cheered up.

Carlisle should have also considered the height issue, but after all, several of the Mavericks' main players are too old, so making more frequent substitutions is also to buffer the players' physical fitness.

The game is still going on, here Hill dribbles to the frontcourt.

After Johnson came to the court, he replaced Harden at shooting guard.

However, Johnson is generally used to waiting for opportunities on the wing on the offensive end, and it is still the case today.

So this lineup basically does not have a real shooting guard for the Clippers.

After Hill and the pick-and-roll here, Hill gave the ball to Gooden who went down.

After the defense, it became Dampier defending Gooden.

Gooden wanted to single Dampier with his footsteps, but it didn't seem to be effective. Dampier's position was very stuck. Gooden had no choice but to divide the ball.

The ball came to Johnson at the three-point line on the wing.

Here Terry didn't stick too tight, about two steps away.

Even though Carlisle was on the sidelines, he didn't make any comments on such a defensive position, just watched quietly.

But here Johnson didn't care about that at all, holding the ball, looked at Thornton who was holding the ball, and then looked at Terry's defensive position, suddenly aimed at the basket, and directly shot a three-pointer~! !
Terry has a disadvantage in height, and he still has a certain defensive distance, so it is difficult for this ball to form a truly effective shooting interference.

Perhaps no one thought that Johnson, who had just played, would make such a shooting choice.

You know, Johnson averaged only 0.7 three-point shots per game before, and his shooting percentage was less than 20%. He didn't have the ability to catch and shoot at all.

But now Johnson is voting~
And~~
"Swipe~!!!"

Voted and entered.

With a hollow net, Johnson caught the Mavericks by surprise as soon as he came up.

Perhaps sometimes, the more resolutely you shoot, the more you can hit~! !

"Although this kind of shooting selection is not ideal, there is nothing to say if you make it. I hope Johnson really has a good touch and has really developed the ability to shoot three-pointers, not just a flash in the pan~!"

Lan Shengli sighed.

Although Johnson didn't play inside according to the coaching staff's arrangement, scoring goals is the last word, so Lan Shengli didn't blame him.

Here the Mavericks are attacking, and Terry wants to retaliate with a three-pointer, but Johnson defends very tightly~

"Dangdang~"

The hasty shot and Johnson's serious interference made the ball hit the iron.

"Crack~!!!"

Jordan jumped high and finally grabbed his tenth rebound of the game.

The Clippers have the opportunity to continue to shrink the point difference.

Hill dribbled the ball quickly through the half court. Perhaps it was because of the three-pointer he made just now, which greatly boosted Johnson's confidence.

When you come near the top arc, you start to ask for the ball.

Seeing this, Hill quickly passed the ball.

Hill is a player who really never sticks to the ball.

Terry is still defending, because Johnson has already made a three-pointer, so this time Terry immediately stepped forward when Johnson received the ball.

But Johnson still received the ball smoothly.

Then, taking advantage of the situation, he directly made a very casual and fake shooting feint.

However, even with such a fake action, Terry was still deceived.

Terry was obviously a little careless again, he didn't expect this rookie to make a fake shot at this time.

Shaking Terry very easily, Johnson lowered his center of gravity and directly accelerated towards the inside to kill.

Johnson, who is known for his explosive physical fitness, got a very good room for acceleration.

In the meantime, Johnson fully increased his speed, grabbed the ball with both hands, looked at the basket with a very ferocious expression, and jumped up in three steps, just like a triple jump.

Dampier, who came over to make up the defense, was still thinking about blocking the shot, but seeing Johnson's "unattainable" height, Dampier gave up and quickly hid aside.

Even so, it is difficult for Dampier to escape the fate of becoming the background emperor.

"Duang~!!!"

Johnson directly made a fiery move and smashed the ball into the basket.

The visual impact, the sense of violent aesthetics, is very much like "Little Emperor" James.

Seeing such a slam dunk, the Clippers' bench players immediately stood up, waving towels and celebrating wantonly.

This goal should be the most exciting goal scored by the Clippers in this game.

Johnson is proving with his actions that his performance is not a flash in the pan, at least it has been "twice in the pan".

"Papapa~!! Good shot~!! It's such a resolute hit inside, okay~!"

Here, Lan Shengli finally couldn't suppress his encouragement.

(End of this chapter)