Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 90 The Kite Flying Center
Tyreke's personal ability is indeed outstanding, but the two teams have always played very tangled, the two sides come and go, leading alternately, until the end of the first half, the Kings only lead the Grizzlies by 1 point.

"Braven, the two teams played evenly in the first half of the game. What do you think of the performance of the two teams in the first half?"

"Judging from the performance in the first half, the overall strength of our team is similar to that of the Kings. The Kings have a balanced offense and defense, and Tyreke is the most outstanding young player in the 09 class. In the first half of the game, our team put our own The advantage was played out very well, and it limited the strength of the opponent on the offensive end. In the first half, Tyreke, who scored the highest score of the Kings, scored 11 points, but his shooting percentage of 9 of 3 shots was also very average. But because of the ball The team did not perform efficiently on offense, and now the scores of the two teams are still entangled. This is also the most important problem that our team needs to solve this season. The defense is already at the top of the league, and we need a real winner in the offense to score the key. ball……"

"Like... Tyreke?" Wright was interrupted by Penica.

"Uh...that's right, it can be said that the team needs a star player with absolute ability to score key goals on the outside. I thought this person should be OJ Mayo, but his development is indeed not satisfactory , it would be great if Rudy could improve on his current level..." Blevins couldn't help showing a trace of regret and expectation on his face when he said this...

During the halftime break, Coach Westphal was pacing up and down in the visiting team's locker room. After a while, he suddenly said, "Since the Grizzlies strictly guard the restricted area, we will create the restricted area ourselves!"

When everyone heard Coach Westphal speak, they all looked at him.

Coach Westphal looked at Cousins, who was sitting next to Tyreke, and said meaningfully: "DeMarcus, in the second half, you attracted Marc Gasol from the inside and created breakthrough opportunities for the outside. I think After this game, people will have a completely new understanding of you."

The halftime break ended and the two teams returned to the game. The Kings took the lead to serve from the baseline. Tyreke dribbled forward. Cousins, who was serving from the baseline, followed Tyreke leisurely. , Cousins ​​stood directly outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle!

"This is Blevin Cousins." The sideline commentator Pete Penica turned to look at Blevin Wright beside him in doubt.

"Cousins ​​has made three-pointers in the first two games of this season. He was 2 for 1 in the first game and 3 for 1 in the second game. For a big center who only took 18 three-pointers in the first year of his career , 5 of 2 three-pointers in the two games is already very amazing. In the first game, you can say that he made two shots to gamble on luck. In the second game, he was still shooting. In this game, he stood outside the three-point line again. Makes you have to think about whether that's a Kings play."

Cousins ​​stopped outside the three-point line, and Gasol, who was facing him, had already established his position in the penalty area at this time. He did not expect Cousins ​​to make such a move. He subconsciously stepped forward He moved a step in the direction of Cousins, and then he hesitated. He was still some distance away from Cousins, and he hesitated at this time!

Tyreke directly gave the ball to Cousins. After taking the ball, Cousins ​​glanced at Gasol and raised his hand for a three-pointer!

"Boom!" "Shuh!" Hit the board into the basket!Three points in hand!

After scoring the goal, Cousins ​​raised his shooting hand high, stretched out three fingers and pointed to the air, with a proud and arrogant look on his face!
In the next attack, Cousins ​​repeated his old tricks, with almost the same position and the same angle. Gasol once again gave Cousins ​​a huge open space, and Cousins ​​made another three-pointer!Hit again!

The audience was not calm now. At the moment Cousins ​​scored a goal, a burst of amazement spread throughout the stadium.
After Cousins ​​made two consecutive three-pointers, the Grizzlies finally got scared and didn't dare to let Cousins ​​go. Gasol had to stick to Cousins.Relying on his height and tonnage, Gasol is a wall when he goes to the restricted area. Coupled with Gasol's positional awareness and the same strong Zach Randolph, the Grizzlies' inside line is really A true no-fly zone!

Gasol was pulled out of his defensive area, and the Grizzlies' inside defensive deterrence dropped by at least half. At this time, it created an opportunity for Tyreke to break through the inside.

The Grizzlies faced the perimeter ball-holding points with strong shooting ability, relying on Tony Allen's strong perimeter blockade, not giving space for outside shots, forcing the perimeter ball-handlers to go into the penalty area, and the black and white bears in the penalty area Just wait for the breakthrough hand to come in.Tyreke is an outside player who is good at breakthroughs. Although Tyreke has chosen mid-range and long-range shots many times to end the offense in the first two games of this season, his main offensive method is still breakthroughs. A player like Tyreke This is the easiest thing for the Grizzlies' defensive system to target.

However, at this time, because Cousins' three-pointer made the Grizzlies have to be afraid, and the inside barrier was restrained, Tyreke's breakthrough space suddenly became larger.This put the Grizzlies into a state of looking after one another and losing sight of another. The Kings seized a wave of opportunities and caught the Grizzlies by surprise. The team's score gap widened to double digits!
"Bravin, I didn't expect that Cousins ​​actually practiced three-pointers after an offseason! He has three-pointers in three consecutive games. This is really unexpected. Cousins ​​will shoot three-pointers." Points, it is simply a Kevin Love who is taller, tonnage, larger and more capable at playing the fifth position."

"That's right, this disrupted our team's tactical arrangement. If Cousins ​​still has such long-range firepower in future games, other teams will have to plan tactics based on this."

After the Grizzlies were given a double-digit lead by the Kings, they immediately called a timeout. After the timeout, the Grizzlies re-made tactical arrangements for the situation on the court at this time, but because they could not continue to play on the offensive end With such a strong performance, coupled with the high morale of the whole team after the Kings took the lead, the Grizzlies did not really close the score until the end of the game, and at most narrowed the point difference to 6 points.

In the end, the Sacramento Kings defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 96-88 in the away game. Although the process of defeating the Grizzlies was difficult, the result was satisfactory.

The number one contributor to the victory in this game is DeMarcus Cousins. He contributed 25 points and 14 rebounds in the game, and made 3 of 3 three-pointers. With his outside firepower, he successfully contained the inside defense of the black and white bears. .Tyreke's performance was quite satisfactory. The data of 17 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists is not outstanding, but it is still reasonable...

(End of this chapter)