basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 175
After Lin Sen hit the three-pointer, the score became 8:2.

The opening situation was extremely unfavorable for the Grizzlies, but the stubborn Brad still had no intention of making substitutions. He firmly believed that his players could adjust.

So I got up and whistled, and reminded the players loudly: "Don't panic, just play steadily."

But he didn't change people to make adjustments, but Lu Ziqiu was going to change people.

He beckoned to Barea, "Get ready, Xiaozhi will be replaced later."

"Okay." Barea quickly took off his coat.

George was puzzled, "Why are Xiaozhi replaced now? He obviously played very well." Xiaozhi is not the main player of the team, and it doesn't matter no matter how many fouls he makes. In his opinion, it is better to let Xiaozhi play for a while. , anyway, he is playing very well now, and the effect is very good.

"Xiaozhi has more important tasks." He didn't elaborate, but he didn't want George to feel unhappy if he knew about it.

George didn't look into it carefully, after all, Lu Ziqiu's employment has always been unconstrained.

"Coach Lu is going to be replaced?" Luo Chen was puzzled.

"How could there be a replacement in such a good situation? Could it be that Xiaozhi was replaced with two criminals?" Caesar was also puzzled.

"It should be. Xiaozhi's defense is very good. Coach Lu probably needs to keep him in case of a rainy day."

"Makes sense."

In the past, if Lu Ziqiu changed at this time, they would definitely have opinions, but now they dare not make random comments, after all, it is not a pleasant thing to be slapped in the face all the time.

The Grizzlies played steadily this time. Although they spent a little energy in the halftime, they were finally safe and sound.

After patiently passing the ball outside, they finally found a good opportunity to pass the ball to Andre inside.

This time it was Luo Mang who defended him, and Luo Mang was not as easy to attack as Xiaozhi, even though it was very difficult to defend him.

Xiaozhi was pulled away by Markkinson, and he didn't dare to double-team if he wanted to help defend.

Seeing that Luo Mang was struggling to defend against him, Han Bin suddenly rushed over to flank him.

But the corner of Andre's mouth curled up, and he flicked the ball to Deron outside.

Han Bin screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly turned around again. Unexpectedly, Andre passed the ball to Andre again.

Han Bin could only give up the idea of ​​attacking again, because he knew that if he went there, he would only be exhausted.

The audience was particularly disgusted with the slow rhythm of the Grizzlies. They didn't know who started it, and suddenly booed.

Andre took it easy, carried Luo Mang a few times, and suddenly turned around and shot a jumper.

Luo Mang tried his best to jump up to block the shot, but it was still too late.

The two points were hit steadily, and the corner of Andre's mouth twitched, "With your height and weight, you can't guard me at all."

Luo Mang didn't bother to answer, turned around and walked to the baseline to serve.

The referee whistled for a substitution.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, how long did they play, why did they change players?

Xiaozhi saw that he was changing himself, and hurried off the field. He didn't have any ideas, he only knew to implement the coach's intention.

Lu Ziqiu got up, walked towards Xiaozhi leaning on a cane, "You are doing well, rest well, I have an important task for you later."

Xiaozhi nodded vigorously, "Okay."

Taking advantage of the gap between the Wolves' substitutions, the Grizzlies quickly returned to the half-court defense. Up until now, it was a rare moment of relaxation, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This kind of half-court offensive and defensive battle, Lin Sen used to be the most annoying, because it was difficult to give full play to his advantages. Generally, when Lu Wei was around, he would give the ball to Lu Wei to distribute.

But now he is much calmer, so he beckoned his teammates to play horn tactics.

Although the horn tactics failed to create good scoring opportunities, they still kept pick-and-roll screens, and the ball was passed back and forth quickly between the five.

Han Bin found a good opportunity to shoot a mid-range jumper, but unfortunately he was disturbed, the ball bounced out of the frame, and was firmly pocketed by Mark Kimson.

But the Wolves players did not retreat at all, if they immediately launched a pressing defense on the spot.

Barea was the first to entangle Markkinson with the ball.

Mark Kinson snorted, took advantage of his height, easily passed the ball to Li who was running over to meet him, and took advantage of the situation to help him block Lin Sen who was chasing him.

Lin Sen was blocked, but Barea quickly pushed up to Li, but he couldn't defend well and was easily passed by Li.

However, after such a delay, Lin Sen had pushed forward again.

The Grizzlies are still playing steadily, pushing through the half court steadily without making mistakes.

The two sides came and went, no one could guard the other, the score rose alternately, and the Wolves always maintained a 3 to 5 point lead.

Entering the official timeout, the players quickly gathered around Lu Ziqiu.

Lu Ziqiu took the tactical board from Xia Kexin, "In the next time, once we enter the positional battle, we will pinch their ball holders. Remember, don't attack easily, just block their ball holders' passing vision. .”

The team members have never said a word, listening carefully to his every step of the arrangement.

After the defense was finished, Lu Ziqiu started a large-scale rotation again, replacing Luo Mang, Barea, Luo Peng and Lin Sen with Gao Jun, Lan Feng, Lu Qian and Hayes, leaving only Han Bin as the main players on the field.

The lineup changed, and the fast break couldn't be as powerful as before, so it was arranged that when the fast break failed, Lu Qian would fall to the free throw line to play back and support, while the others would intersperse and run for Hayes and Han Bin. Off-ball screens.

"Hayes, once you have a chance, you can boldly shoot a three-pointer without any hesitation."

Hayes nodded. After more than a season of experience, he is now very sure of the open three-pointer.

"Han Bin, try to reduce mid-range shots, hit the basket after you get the ball, don't be afraid of offensive fouls, and don't be afraid of being taken."

"it is good."

"Gao Jun, if you have a CIC opportunity, you should make a bold move."

"Yes, coach."

After making arrangements one by one, the timeout was about to come, so Lu Ziqiu asked the other substitutes to warm up immediately and get ready to play at any time.

Seeing the Wolves' lineup, Brad couldn't help laughing, thinking that he was going to press the whole court to the end, but now it seems that it was just a bluff.

The two on-site commentators of the Wolves also felt that Lu Ziqiu should change his tactics, but they were a little disappointed that they didn't see Lu Wei playing.

Luo Chen couldn't help asking: "Could it be that Lu Wei is injured?"

"There should be a high possibility of injury." Based on Lu Ziqiu's previous employment habits, when Lin Sen was not around, he would usually send Lu Wei on the field to control the situation.

Luo Chen sighed: "Oh, if Lu Wei is injured, it will be difficult to fight."

Caesar also sighed, "I hope Hayes can do a good job in organizing."

Hua Luo and Luo Chen looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness, Hayes was a good spot-up shooter, and his defense was hard enough, but organization, let's forget it.

George didn't understand, and when Lu Ziqiu returned to his seat, he asked him, "Why didn't Lu Wei come on?"

Lu Ziqiu smiled confidently: "Facing a team like the Grizzlies, there is no need for Lu Wei to go up and fight, just let him take a rest."

George couldn't help but twitched his brows, "Are you planning to go to Lu Wei today?"

"As long as there is no very unfavorable situation, I really don't plan to join Lu Wei today."

"Oh, you're really bold enough." Without Lu Wei, he was really not optimistic about winning against the Grizzlies.

(End of this chapter)