Chapter 45: Unlimited Fire Power
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After the time-out time comes, the game continues and the lineups of both sides still have not changed.
Bynum broke through with the ball, got rid of Dulin's defense, and made a jump shot. Dulin controlled the ball and handed it to Mageti's hands, who suddenly accelerated and made a layup on the bottom line.
On the Pistons, they started to play in the inside. After receiving Bynum's pass, Wilcox turned around and hooked up to hit. Afterwards, Wilcox dropped Ilyasova's layup and handed the ball to Bynum. Bynum quickly dropped to McGrady. McGrady's three-point line and successfully scored three-pointers. The Bucks gradually could not resist the Pistons' fierce attack, and the score gap widened to 15 points.
But Skeles did not call a timeout, but saw him frowning, looked at Kuster, and once again turned his attention to the court. Mageti is worthy of being a powerful attacker, taking 5 points in a row with free throws, and then cut Bynum's pass, assisting Dulin to make a layup, and the gap of 15 points narrowed to 8 points in a blink of an eye.
Bynum missed a layup in a fast break, Wilcox grabbed the offensive rebound and immediately assigned to Daye on the outside. After Daye received the ball, he made a three-pointer, but failed to hit the rebound. Iliasova will hit the ball out of bounds. Daye sent the bottom line, and after Bynum received the ball, he went through the crowd and went directly to the counter-basketball.
At this time, Skeles finally couldn't sit still. With 6 minutes left before the end of the first half, Skeles called for a long timeout.
If Skeles does not call a timeout, Custer will immediately call a timeout and replace the starter. Zhou Yi returned to the court, and the ones who played with him were Big Ben, Monroe, Prince and McGrady. The Bucks also basically replaced the starter, namely Jennings, Bogut, Bamott, Salmons and Margeti.
The game continued, and the Bucks' ball rights. Jennings broke through and passed the ball and gave it to Salmons. The latter jumped from the middle distance after receiving the ball, but was unexpectedly knocked off by McGrady who rushed over from the wing, but he still had the ball rights. Bogut played the big book with his back and took advantage of his height to hit the hook.
Next, with Bogut, Jennings and Mageti joining forces, a 17-2 climax was launched, overtaking the score in one fell swoop. Kuster stood up from his seat, dragging his chin with one hand, thinking about something. At this time, the Pistons were completely in trouble, and no one could stand up.
The Bucks took advantage of the situation to widen the score gap to 10 points. During this period, only Da Ben relied on free throws to score 2 points for the Pistons. Seeing that the score gap was getting bigger and bigger, Kuster was anxious and immediately called a timeout. Kuster gathered the players together, scolded them first, and then explained some tactical cooperation to the players. While speaking, he also looked at Zhou Yi with a slightly profound meaning.
The players quickly returned to the court. Just as Zhou Yi walked onto the court, Kuster called Zhou Yi and whispered something in his ear. Zhou Yi listened, and a hint of suspicion flashed across his face. Then, Zhou Yi nodded and returned to the court.
There were 2 and a half minutes left before the end of the first half, and the score between the two sides was 53:43, and the Pistons were 10 points behind. After Zhou Yi received the sideline ball from Prince, he rushed towards the opponent's basket like lightning. Jennings naturally would not allow Zhou Yi to step into the penalty area and close to Zhou Yi. However, Zhou Yi had an advantage in his body, turned around and made a jump shot.
Jennings was speechless. The opponent was obviously not much stronger than him, but he could not fight against him. Jennings dribbled in half and broke into Zhou Yi with a strong breakthrough. He made a step back jump shot, but was directly blocked by Zhou Yi. Fortunately, Salmons grabbed the basketball and passed it to Bogut. The latter missed the jump shot in the paint area, and Da Ben grabbed the defensive rebound. He quickly handed it to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi made a quick move, shaking his hand and passed it to Monroe who followed. Monroe hit Bamot with one hand, making a domineering shot.
Seeing the Pistons approaching the score, Salmons glanced at the 24-second timer and gave the ball to Bogut, who was asking for the ball in the inside. Bogut turned around and threw the ball, but was disturbed by Da Ben and shot a three-no-touch shot. Prince grabbed the rebound and still handed it to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi breathed a deep breath, stabilized the rhythm and came to the frontcourt, and handed the ball to McGrady. McGrady vised and pulled out his hand directly in the face of Salmons. The basketball turned around several times on the ring before reluctantly entering the frame.
At this time, the Pistons had already scored a 6-0 climax, approaching the score to only 4 points behind. With 35.2 seconds left, the Bucks organized the offense and controlled the ball. Jennings immediately tricked Zhou Yi into jumping. Jennings took the opportunity to shoot and shot the ball. The referee immediately blew Zhou Yi's defensive foul. Fortunately, Jennings failed to hit the first shot just now. Jennings made one free throw, but the Bucks grabbed the offensive rebound. Bogutt took the ball to the ball.
It was assigned to Salmons's hand on the outside. Salmons was completely in the open position at this time. Salmons glanced a little and then made a three-pointer, but despite the aim, the three-pointer still failed. McGrady grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly handed it to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi launched a fast attack, and the Bucks players quickly returned to defense, but the Pistons beat one with three against one. In the end, Monroe received a wonderful pass from McGrady and hit the board at the basket. As the Pistons completed this attack, the first half of the game ended.
During the break, Zhou Yi accepted an interview with Xiang Yun. This time, Xiang Yun interviewed Zhou Yi seriously, without any naughtyness as before. Zhou Yi cooperated very well, and the interview went very smoothly. After the interview, Zhou Yi and Xiang Yun chatted for a while before returning to the court. The game was still a few minutes before they started. Zhou Yi sat on the bench and looked at the enthusiastic fans. Kuster sat down next to Zhou Yi and smiled: "What you said to you just now, it seems that you still didn't understand."
Zhou Yi smiled bitterly and said awkwardly: "After all, I am just a rookie. If I compete with my seniors for the right to take action, it will definitely cause controversy."
"I don't talk about this on the basketball court. As long as you have the strength, others will naturally not criticize you. Remember, when the team's offense is in trouble, you have to stand up, that is, in that case, you have unlimited firepower." Kuster lowered his voice and said in a deep voice to Zhou Yi.
After hearing Kuster's words, Zhou Yi's face was filled with shock. He never expected that Kuster would say this to him so bluntly, which was enough to show that Kuster, no, it was the coaching staff's trust in him. Zhou Yi pondered for a while, nodded, and whispered: "Okay, I will do my best to complete the task you assigned me."
Kus nodded and smiled: "The assistant coaches and I believe in your strength. Your organization and support skills are obvious to all. Now let us see your offensive methods. Don't let us down!"
"Um."
"Okay, the game is about to begin, let's go! Remember, believe in your own strength." Kuster patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said to him with expectation in his eyes.
Chapter completed!