explosive dribbler

Chapter 74
The game continued, and the Celtics maintained an eight-point lead after the timeout, replacing Brown to make the offense more varied.

Of course, the biggest highlight of this game will remain unchanged, and that is the duel between An Xiaonan and Owen.

Now there are five minutes and 40 seconds before the end of the second quarter. The score between the two sides is 35:44, and the Magic is nine points behind.

An Xiaonan received the ball and once again played heads-up with Owen.

After the start of the second quarter, the two played a lot of heads-ups, basically on par.Whenever Irving scored a goal, An Xiaonan would retaliate.But when Owen hit the iron, An Xiaonan didn't seize the opportunity to narrow the gap.

Facing Owen's defense, An Xiaonan suddenly accelerated and broke through to the left.Owen already had a little understanding of An Xiaonan's first breakthrough, and moved laterally very quickly, but bumped into Vucevic who came to pick and roll.

The Celtics quickly switched defenses, facing An Xiaonan and turned into big center Baynes.

Baynes is an unnamed role center, and his footwork is not flexible.An Xiaonan just wanted to find this point to fight, and he made a low hand in front of him to trick Baynes away, and then went straight to the inside.

Facing Horford, An Xiaonan made a small throw directly.

37: 44.

Having learned the lesson of being beaten five by Irving in the first quarter, An Xiaonan quickly returned to defense after scoring, preventing Irving from having any chance to lead the team to run and bomb.

The Celtics, after a few passes and failing to find a better shot, passed the ball back to Irving.

"Rookie, I'm different from you. I never need a pick-and-roll in singles." Irving seemed to be mocking An Xiaonan just now when he used the pick-and-roll to score in singles.

Owen suddenly made a feint, and the extremely realistic fake action directly made An Xiaonan subconsciously take half a step back.

Owen directly seized this opportunity, pulled back, and directly gained space for shooting.Outside the three-point line, he jumped up and shot without hesitation.

"Swipe!" The ball was also thrown in very hard, 35:45, and the point difference was widened to ten points.

When An Xiaonan faced Irving, he understood the mentality of those point guards facing him.I can't prevent it, I really can't prevent it.

"Dang!" Owen saw through An Xiaonan's forced breakthrough this time, and Owen put enough pressure on An Xiaonan, causing An Xiaonan to force a layup and miss.

Damn it!
An Xiaonan cursed angrily in his heart, and ran towards the backcourt at a faster speed.

Irving dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, without too much sticking to the ball, and passed the ball directly to Tatum on the other side.

As a rookie in the same class as An Xiaonan, Tatum does not have Mitchell's explosive scoring, nor does he have Simmons' magician's pass vision, nor An Xiaonan's fancy dribbling.However, he is the most suitable player for the Celtics system.

There is an NBA powerhouse who said: A few years later, Tatum will be a top five star in the league.

This is true, under the Celtics system, Tatum is the core of the future team.

Tatum received the ball and pulled it up directly outside the three-point line.

An Xiaonan watched helplessly as the basketball drew an arc in the air, and then went into the net hollowly.

Thirteen points difference!
An Xiaonan was still in charge of dribbling the ball across half court and organizing the offense as usual.But this time he felt something was wrong.

Because I was guarded by Irving just now, and then Irving successfully used this opportunity to score again, and the point difference was widened again.So, has the fighting spirit of the teammates dropped...

One or two looked listless and completely out of competition.

The running position is also so messy.

Vogel, who was off the field, was furious when he saw this situation, and pointed at the people on the bench with staring eyes: "You guys, all of you will replace the four people except An Xiaonan later!"

The current team is like a mess of loose sand.An Xiaonan could have been used as a bridge connecting the teams, but now he has to put all his energy on Irving, and there is no way to get out of his body to cooperate with his teammates.

The dragons are headless.

That's the state of Magic right now.

Irving's defense seems to be getting more difficult every time.In other words, the person who knows An Xiaonan best is Owen who is the same type as An Xiaonan.Because Owen knew An Xiaonan best, so Owen also mastered An Xiaonan's breakthrough route.

An Xiaonan had no choice but to fight Owen one-on-one again.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he was really at a disadvantage in the heads-up with Irving.

He hated himself for not being strong enough. If he was given some more time to grow up, he would never be so embarrassed.

An Xiaonan once again made a breakthrough in changing direction, but at this moment, An Xiaonan also felt a cold feeling all over his body.

Where is the ball...?
An Xiaonan's eyes were dull, and he felt a gust of wind blowing by his side.

The dribble was seen through and was cut off by Irving with quick eyesight and quick hands.

Owen immediately started a fast break, and An Xiaonan looked back, he had already rushed to the frontcourt.

The front field was empty.

An Xiaonan watched helplessly as Irving stepped into the free throw line and then glided directly in the air.

Slamming the ball into the basket with one hand, Irving scored No. 16 points in the game.

The point difference has also become fifteen points.

"Beep-"

Vogel couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout.

As soon as the Magic five came off the court, they were immediately scolded by Vogel.

"Aaron Gordon, what are you doing! What's your attitude? Why do you keep slipping!"

"Fournier, your moves are as slow as a tortoise!"

"Damn it, Vucevic, why don't you protect the rebound!"

"Ann!" Vogel immediately glared at An Xiaonan, and was about to say something, but suddenly choked.

If there was one person among the five on the court who could never be criticized, it was An Xiaonan.If it weren't for An Xiaonan's previous consecutive scoring, the current point difference would have already exceeded [-] points.

Vogel's tone softened: "Try to avoid confronting Irving head-on, you can't beat him now."

When An Xiaonan heard Vogel's words, his head exploded with a buzzing sound, and it went blank.

I can't beat him now...

I can't beat him now...

An Xiaonan sat slumped, and Lei Meng put his hand on An Xiaonan's short black hair again.

"You really want to go to the sky? You're just an undrafted pick. You're just a rookie. Don't think you can compete with superstars."

An Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lei Meng, as if this was the case.

How can I be as good as Chao Ju now?
But now facing super giants, what should we do?
Play as hard as you can, as many goals as you can score are just a few goals, if you can't beat him now, let's see how far behind him!
Thinking of this, An Xiaonan felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)