Chapter 25 Have you thought of this result?
The lineups of both sides changed a lot in the second half. Team A: Big Ben, Jerebko, Somers, Hamilton and Stucky; Team B: Monroe, Villanuva, Gordon, Bynum and Zhou Yi.
From a height perspective, the lineups of both sides are similar. Except for Wallace, the rest of Team A is outside players; and except for Monroe, Team B is inside player, Villanuva can also play a guest appearance as a power forward, and the remaining three are outside players. To be precise, Gordon, Bynum and Zhou Yi can all play point guards.
Now Gordon plays a small forward on the court. At the referee's instructions, he served the ball in the backcourt and sent the ball to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi was still playing the guard. Bynum was arranged to be the shooting guard. Zhou Yi quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Gordon. Gordon dribbled through and rushed to the basket, twisted his body and flashed through Big Ben's block, and a small pull rod. The ball entered. Seeing Gordon's beautiful goal, Zhou Yi couldn't help but cheer and then retreated to defend.
Seeing that the score gap was so close that there were only 3 points left, Stucky quickly started the personal scoring mode. This was with the permission of Kuster. As the team's focus of training, Stucky can be said to have unlimited fire rights. Stucky did not disappoint Custer. Facing Zhou Yi, a jump shot, the basketball entered the basket without any resistance.
Staggie is far from comparable to White. The reason why the former can be trained by the Pistons as a key point is naturally an extraordinary skill. Staggie is also 196cm tall and weighs 93 kilograms. She is very good at breaking through and breaking through sharply. She is good at taking action when physical confrontation is not balanced. Not only that, her passing vision is good, and her passing efficiency is relatively high. However, mid- and long shots are not his strengths, and his assist-and-turnover ratio needs to be improved, so he is not suitable to play as a point guard. Too many mistakes limit his performance in the point guard position.
Zhou Yi dared not say that he knew Stucky very well, but Zhou Yi still kept his characteristics firmly in his heart. Zhou Yi drew the ball into the frontcourt and did not choose to pass the ball, but used Crossover again. Stucky was staggered by Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi turned into a lightning bolt and instantly completed the layup. His movements were very sharp and quite elegant. Even McGrady, who was sitting on the sidelines, could not help but nodded slightly, and smiled and discussed the situation on the court with the assistant coach.
Next, both sides scored a few goals, and the score unknowingly became 52:50, and Team A still had a 2-point advantage.
Five minutes later, the assistant coach looked at McGrady and others beside him, saying that he wanted to substitute him. At this time, Zhou Yi broke through with the ball and then distributed the ball to Gordon, who was ambushing the outside line. Gordon took the action directly, but when the ball was shot, he was fouled by Jerebko, and Gordon got three free throws.
Taking advantage of this time, the assistant coach hurriedly called for a long timeout. The assistant coach's meaning was very obvious, just for the next substitution, and even for Zhou Yi to take advantage of this timeout for a break, because he did not intend to replace him.
The time-out time has come, Prince replaced Villanuva, McGrady replaced Bynum, Mark Hill replaced Monroe, and Zhou Yi is still on the court. Team A replaced Jerebko with Wilcox, and Daye replaced Summers.
Looking at Zhou Yi walking forward and some thin figures, the assistant coach was very excited because Zhou Yi's performance was really outstanding. If he was given enough time, he would almost be the MVP of the whole game. What the assistant coach thought was, of course, Zhou Yi would not know. What he didn't know was that his outstanding performance had left a deep impression on Kuster and the assistant coaches.
Gordon executed a free throw, three free throws, and the score had become 52:53, and the B team overtook 1 point. Gordon excitedly clapped everyone and then retreated to defend. The previous 16-point gap was gone with the joint efforts of Zhou Yi and others, and he was 1 point behind.
Team A was naturally unwilling to fall behind, so it launched a fierce offensive. Team B players had long expected this and therefore defended more tenaciously.
Starki broke through the ball, and Zhou Yi was defending him. Due to his excessive movement, Zhou Yi was immediately posed as a defensive foul by the referee. Zhou Yi explained to the referee, but the referee shook his head and ignored him. The game continued, and Starki still controlled the ball. Starki passed the ball to Da Ben, who rushed to the basket and threw the ball into the basket. He also made a foul by Mark Hill, and he made a free throw. Team A had another advantage again.
The scores rose alternately, and both sides were in a stalemate. Just when there were three minutes left in the third quarter, McGrady stood up. He first received an assist from Zhou Yi, made a three-pointer from the outside, and then scored 5 points in a row and free throws, and then assisted Prince to make a layup. Team B opened the gap in less than two minutes and gained an 8-point lead. In these two minutes, Team A made a continuous black iron and fell into black for two minutes. Finally, Wilcox broke the scoring drought of Team A, but this was just a drop in the bucket. Zhou Yi sent two assists in succession, and the advantage had reached 11 points. Team B's players seemed to have a feel, and they made it as soon as they shot!
With only one minute left, Kuster did not call a timeout, but allowed his players to play freely. In this minute, the players of Team A did not narrow the gap in the score, but instead became bigger and bigger. By the end of the third quarter, the score suddenly became 65:83, and Team A was already behind by nearly 20 points.
In the second half of the third quarter, the B team player suddenly exerted his strength, not only overtaking the score, but also led by as much as 18 points. The assistant coach was obviously very surprised by this result, but after thinking about it a little, Zhou Yi and McGrady accounted for more than half of these contributions.
"Ahem, it's not easy for Zhou Yi to join the team. I don't know what Kuster thinks." The assistant coach thought to himself while smiling.
While scolding his players, Kuster sighed in his heart: "Blake's vision is indeed good. Zhou Yi is not only good at scoring, but also has an amazing talent for the attack of the team. If this boy is well trained, his future achievements will definitely be good."
After a while, the fourth quarter was about to begin. Zhou Yi was replaced by Bynum, while McGrady was replaced by Villanuva, Monroe replaced Gordon. The A team lineup was also adjusted, Stucky was replaced by White, and Somers replaced Hamilton.
The fourth quarter game begins!!!
Daye served at the baseline and White controlled the ball. He quickly advanced to the frontcourt. White did not dare to stick the ball and passed the ball to Da Ben. Da Ben avoided Mark Hill's defense and easily scored a back basket. Then White stole Villanuo's pass and quickly passed the ball to Da Ye. Daye directly made a three-pointer, and the ball entered the basket with a "swish" score. Because Team B was leading the score, the players were a little casual. The assistant coach shouted loudly on the sidelines, and the players woke up as if they were dreaming and quickly entered the state.
Bynum rushed to the basket like lightning, but unfortunately, he was not sure about the good opportunity and failed to make a layup. Fortunately, he caused White to make a foul. Bynum's free throw shooting percentage was pretty good, reaching 79.8% last season, and his career free throw shooting percentage reached 78.9%. However, it was surprising that Bynum missed two free throws. Fortunately, Villanuo rushed up and grabbed the offensive rebound, but still missed the shot again. Da Ben was furious and pushed Villanuo when he grabbed the rebound. The referee immediately blew Da Ben's foul.
Villanuwa served the sideline ball. After Bynum received the ball, he passed the ball to Monroe in the inside. Monroe lived up to expectations and faced Dayer's defense and scored 2 points steadily. Afterwards, Somers from Team A also scored a goal. Prince held the ball to Summers alone. If White was not careful, the ball was stolen by White next to him. White immediately passed the ball to Wilcox. Wilcox and Dayer ran quickly towards the frontcourt, and Mark Hill followed closely behind. Wilcox passed the ball to Dayer who was about to enter the basket. Seeing Mark Hill save, Dayer passed the ball back to Wilcox, who was directly jumping, and a thunderous dunk gave his players a heart-boosting agent.
Prince wiped the beads of sweat falling on his forehead and shouted to his teammates to strengthen defense. However, the time seemed to be the time for the players of Team A. They did a great job in both offense and defense. Not only did they score 8 points in a row, but they only scored 2 points for Team B. Moreover, these 2 points were obtained by Monroe on free throws. The score has become 77:87, Team B is still leading by 10 points, and there are still 9 minutes left. The assistant coach did not mean to change players. He wanted Zhou Yi, McGrady and Gordon to rest for a while, because what was next was the most critical moment of the game, and this was often the most intense moment of the confrontation.
Fortunately, the players of Team B did not let the score be closer. Prince took the lead and took the lead to take the banner of counterattack. He first scored 2 points through a jump shot, then used his physical advantage to drop Samos' layup, then grabbed the backcourt rebound, assisted Villanuva to shoot for 3 points, and Team B opened the advantage to 15 points again.
Kuster finally couldn't wait any longer. With 6 minutes left in the game, he called out a long timeout and arranged tactics for the players. On Zhou Yi's side, the assistant coach still said the same thing: "Strengthen the defense."
The game continued, Zhou Yi replaced Bynum, McGrady replaced Prince, Gordon replaced Villanuo. Team A replaced White, Hamilton replaced Summers, and the last lineup on the field was Team A: Big Ben, Wilcox, Dayer, Hamilton, and Starki; Team B was: Mark Hill, Monroe, Gordon, McGrady, and Zhou Yi.
The final game was extremely fierce, and Zhou Yi was almost violated by Starki's defense by a 24-second violation. However, with 2 seconds left, he passed it to Monroe who rushed to the basket in time. Although he did not score, Mark Hill made a tip-in. The score gap continued to remain around 15 points. As long as Team A slightly reduced the gap, Team B immediately threw its offensive flames out.
With only three minutes left in the game, Starkey suddenly exploded. At first, he made a long shot against Zhou Yi, then assisted Hamilton and Da Ben one after another. Seeing that the score was only 8 points left, this time the rookie Monroe, who was ranked seventh in the first round of this year, may have been a rookie who had accumulated a long time of anger. He received assists from Zhou Yi and McGrady, and made a strong attack at the basket. One of them also made a big foul and made a free throw, and the gap rose to 13 points. In the last moment, Team A missed consecutive attacks, and Team A seized the opportunity and expanded the advantage to 21 points in a row. Zhou Yi scored 4 points, and also sent 1 steal and 1 assist.
So, the players stopped playing, the game ended in a few dozen seconds, and the score of the game was frozen at 109:88.
Kuster stretched his chin and stared at the scoreboard, while the assistant coaches standing on the sidelines had similar expressions to Kuster.
The coach of Team B walked up to Custer, feeling a little excited, and asked to Custer: "Hey, John, have you thought of such a result?"
Chapter completed!