New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 311
After Zhang Yi returned to the court, except for wasting an offensive opportunity, he converted all other rounds to score. This efficiency is very high.

And the opponent of the Lakers is the top-notch defensive Indiana superstar Pacers!Zhang Yi's performance really exceeded everyone's expectations.

The chance for the Lakers to come back is to limit the opponent's scoring as much as possible while maintaining the offensive rhythm.Their strong side defense has always been very active, but the effect is not good.

The defensive strength of the No. [-] position has always been a big problem for the Lakers, and the speed of passing the ball to catch up with the Pacers is very fast. The No. [-] position is also an excellent scorer who can shoot suddenly.But now that Zhang Yi is directly at the point guard position to defend a smaller opponent, and with his advantages in size, speed, and explosive power, it is too late for the opponent to change tactics.

As soon as the basketball passes the point guard's hand, the Lakers will immediately dispatch Zhang Yi to restrict him.After two or three rounds, the Pacers' point guard mentality was about to collapse.

Duncan took the only active timeout in the game. His personality as a head coach is also because he sees the pitiful look of his opponent who has no choice but to call a timeout, so he sometimes does not call a timeout for the entire game, but now if he wants to keep the victory, walk Teams have to make adjustments.

Zhang Yi's performance has exceeded Duncan's expectations in all aspects. He never expected that this young man could play such a mature basketball.

This does not refer to offense unilaterally, nor does it refer to his defense, because Zhang Yi has done very well in both aspects, so good that Duncan is even a little tempted.

He has never disliked superstars. On the contrary, Duncan chases stars like other coaches.But every time the players under his hands are sent away, they must have reached their peak state.

This can also be seen from the team's record after completing the transaction with the Pacers.The players who came out of Duncan's hands have all played well without exception, but none of them can play the performance of the Pacers.

It's not that other teams can't find these players' manuals, but Duncan has developed their ceiling, and these guys are sold because the head coach is tired of playing.

Basketball games have always been like a game to him. Tactics are the rules of the game, and players are the pieces in his hands. Every piece Duncan wants to make him the strongest.Of course, this is just a fantasy, after all, everyone's upper limit is different.

Duncan is very interested in Zhang Yi's potential now.In the last few minutes of the game, what he was thinking about was not how to win but how to figure it out...

The game restarted, and the eyes of the five Pacers were all fixed on Zhang Yi. "What's the situation?" Wally and Robert both saw something was wrong, and whispered to Zhang Yi.

"Uh, God knows. Who cares, as long as the game wins, just play like just now!" Zhang Yi knew that what he said was simple, but who knows how Duncan will adjust the team?

Although the Pacers' offense this time was still initiated by the point guard, they passed Zhang Yi to the second position as soon as halftime passed.Duncan just wanted to see if Zhang Yi would switch defenses for this ball, because the point guard he replaced had a poor offense, which the Lakers must have known in the pre-game meeting.

Immediately after Philip received the ball, he was ready to single-play Robert, and Zhang Yi immediately switched defenses with his teammates to the second position without hesitation.Facing Philip, who was not tall but very flexible, he didn't bend down to mark, but raised his palm high in front of his opponent's eyes, this was to wait for him to take a step back.

After that block, Zhang Yi knew that it was impossible for Philip to choose to break through in front of him.Sure enough, this guy saw the subconscious rear foot after switching defenses, and then swung his body out of the three-point line...

However, the movements that Zhang Yi had already predicted were of no use even if they were fast. Philip raised his hand and shot, and the basketball was immediately blocked by his opponent as soon as he took the shot.

"Fuck, so fast?" Philip was dumbfounded, because Zhang Yi rushed over to block the shot as fast as lightning.And after this guy got the ball, he strode away Philip, who is known for his speed, with a one-stop dribble, took off and dunked at halftime!
The ball blew up the scene, too, because it was impossible for even the staunchest Pacers fan not to be amazed by such a physical gift.

"As expected of the man called Curry's successor! Zhang Yi's toughness can be seen from this shot!" The on-site commentator also said excitedly.

The deepest feeling about this point may be that he was robbed, and then almost broke his leg and failed to catch up with Philip who finally watched Zhang Yi take off and dunk.

Don't say that Philip didn't work hard, because he really couldn't jump up in the end, and all his attention was used to defend.Seeing Zhang Yi flying up, he didn't even have time to brake. The acceleration and force had unconsciously exceeded his personal ability. How else could he defend?

This time Duncan's expression finally changed a bit, but what surprised him was not Zhang Yi's bloody dunk, but the predicted block.

Philip's fake moves and retreat steps were perfect, but Zhang Yi was still sealed. The only possibility was that he had predicted it as early as himself.

In today's league, Duncan has always thought that in terms of golf quotient, Curry dared to admit that he was second and did not dare to fight for the first place, but now, after Zhang Yi appeared, he is likely to change this situation.

Duncan's judgment was very accurate. After that, the Lakers fully grasped the situation.Fast breaks came one after another, and more importantly, the Pacers suddenly fell into a scoring drought.

As the point difference was tied, Zhang Yi counterattacked again with a dunk to lead the Lakers back to the lead.At this time, the game has entered the last minute.

The mentality of the Pacers players has collapsed in the past few minutes. They have been completely fooled by Zhang Yi and others.But the strange thing is that Duncan didn't call a timeout.

It would be impossible for any other head coach to have such guts, because although this is only a regular season, the opponent is the Lakers, the league's No. [-] team after all, and the Pacers have a good chance to end the opponent's winning streak.

Duncan is now focused on reassessing Zhang Yi's personal ability.The final result of the game has been placed in second place.It's just that, before the game, Duncan had actually arranged the final attack plan, so even if it wasn't called a timeout, the players still knew how to play!
The point guard hoisted the ball directly to the inside. Throughout the entire game, the Pacers have never played like this.Wali almost didn't react, but fortunately, he has the advantage of height and sealed the opponent's shooting space tightly.

The basketball flicked suddenly, and Philip threw away the bottom line. Robert caught the ball at a zero-degree angle and made a three-pointer. With a swoosh, the Pacers took the lead again before the end of the game.

There were enthusiastic cheers at the scene, because in the eyes of everyone, they were already invincible in this game.

Duncan thought that Wacker would call a timeout, but he didn't expect the game to continue. He also left the offense to the players to solve it themselves.

I saw that the Lakers didn't play as complicated as the Pacers. I saw Zhang Yi dribbled the ball across the court, two steps away from the three-point line, and the defender hadn't come up yet. He made a sudden shot?The three-pointer draws a perfect arc in the air, the final lights are on, and the basketball is hollow into the frame!
The audience was dumb, and only Zhang Yi's fans broke out into thunderous screams. The Los Angeles Lakers narrowly beat the Pacers by 1 point, and Zhang Yi sent a super long three-pointer!

(End of this chapter)