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Chapter 21



Chapter 21

The score of the two teams suddenly came to 55 to 70, with 38 seconds left at the end of the third quarter.

Seeing that Mike Roberts and others celebrated excitedly and failed to retreat in time, Su Yang hurriedly clapped his hands and shouted a reminder.

People tend to get carried away when they are proud, and so do teams.If the Blazers fail to retreat in time and are turned into a fast break by the Suns, the previous efforts will easily go to waste. If you want to reverse the bad situation, you must not relax for a moment and win in one go.

Mike Roberts and the others hurriedly retreated, while Rodriguez tactfully ran to Stroberg, delaying ahead of time.

The sun's fast-break advancement trend was immediately delayed, and they could only settle down honestly. Gentry shook his head as he watched.

It was still a double V-shaped screen at the top of the arc, and Stroberg moved the ball to the left, twisting his hips and rushing in.

Hamilton decisively delayed the grab, raised his left hand to block his sight, flipped his feet and stepped on a sliding step, followed Stroberg all the way deep into the paint area, and did not give any room for a layup, and Rodriguez followed closely behind to form a double team.

Stroberg was hopeless for a layup, and he didn't have the ability to make an emergency stop jump shot, so he could only go to the bottom line and move to the other side.

That way of playing is to copy Nash.

But Stroberg doesn't have Nash's passing skills, and the other Suns players on the scene don't have a strong sense of positioning.

Su Yang saw it, and shouted loudly: "The elbow area is cut off, the right elbow area is cut off..."

Before the words fell, Petrie and Webster, who were originally responsible for marking the outside three-pointers, immediately retracted their left elbows.

As soon as the two stood still, they saw Stroberg jumping up from the baseline, lying down and throwing the ball towards the three-point line.

Snapped!Webster takes off and steals the basketball.

There were cheers in the arena, and Su Yang waved his hands and shouted: "Come on, fast break, don't hesitate..."

Webster hesitated for half a second, then bowed and rushed forward, and the other players of the Blazers followed suit.

The small forward George of the Suns wanted to catch up, but the speed couldn't keep up, and the distance between the two became wider and wider.

But Stroberg was able to catch up with Webster, and there was not much difference in stature, and the distance between the two was getting closer.

Fast breaks are out of the question, but because Stroh switched defenses, he can play misplaced offenses.Su Yang's thoughts flickered. Considering that Webster's offensive ability with the ball was average and Mike Roberts was on the left waist, he immediately shouted: Split cut!

The so-called split cut is an evolution of one of the triangle offense moves, without the need for more complicated starting moves.

After several years of evolution, this tactic has become a common tactic used by major teams, and college basketball will also dabble in it.

The shouts flew into the field, and Mike Roberts immediately turned his back to withstand Wright, and raised his left hand to signal his request.

Webster raised his hand to hang a pass, then turned and ran to the top of the arc, and Petrie also ran to the top of the arc from the right.

The two passed each other and screened each other off the ball. Petrie took the opportunity to get rid of George and ran to the left 45-degree three-point line.

"Change defense, change defense!" Gentry knew that George was at a disadvantage in chasing the small guard, and hurriedly reminded him.

Stroberg quickly twisted his hips to catch up with Petrie, but at the same time, Mike Roberts stepped up from the left waist, handed the ball to Petrie, and by the way set up a man to block Stroberg, And Petrie took the ball straight to the basket.

Wright hurriedly switched defenses to intercept, but his legs were long and his strides were long, and his body agility was average, so he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Just like that, Petrie easily went to the basket, hit the backhand with a smart backhand, and the basketball rebounded into the net.

There was applause in the arena, and the Blazers chased 57 to 70, with 19 seconds left before the end of the third quarter.

"The audience is pressing! The audience is pressing!" Su Yang stood up and shouted, wanting to take advantage of his momentum to make a ruthless move.

The five Blazers, who were about to retreat, immediately stopped and approached their defense targets quickly.

The scene suddenly became tense, with the Blazers bench standing and cheering, and Outlaw yelling like he was crazy.

Perhaps to prove his ability to break the press, Stroberg didn't want to cover, and rushed forward with his head buried.

Rodriguez is too thin and suffers from confrontation. He wisely did not carry it hard. He just guided Stroberg along the sideline all the way, while the other players of the Blazers followed Su Yang's guidance and intercepted the passing route in various ways. .

In the blink of an eye, Stroberg rushed to the left wing of the front field, and the available space was extremely small, as if a horse was blocked by a car while walking on the sideline.

He suddenly fell into a panic, stopped hurriedly, and twisted around Rodriguez, trying to find someone to pass the ball.

However, the other Suns players were interfered by going around in various ways, and it was difficult to have a chance to catch the ball for a while.

Just as he was hesitating, Rodriguez raised his hand and slapped it hard, knocking the ball away with a snap.

He hurriedly turned around to pick it up, but something happened suddenly, he couldn't hold it firmly, and the basketball rolled out of the sideline.

Beep!The referee blows his whistle for an out-of-bounds violation.

The ball is automatically transferred to the Blazers, and there are 12 seconds left in the attack time, and the attack must be launched from the bottom line.

Su Yang gestured at Rodriguez, asking to continue playing the previous tactic. It is best to fight until the sun can't stand it and change players, destroying the sun's defensive will, and then making the sun give up the idea of ​​​​resistance, which is the so-called attack on the heart.

Rodriguez nodded, then caught the ball and ran to the center line. Everyone on the Blazers bench cheered in unison.

Rodriguez runs across the halfway line, deftly 45-degrees to the left, and beckons for a screen.

That move has happened twice before, and even a fool can see how the Suns will run.

Before Gentry shouted, George went around to block Webster, preventing him from rushing to the space at the top of the arc with the cover.

That thought, Hamilton had an idea, gave up doing the upper screen, twisted his buttocks, and changed to a horizontal screen.

Webster understood in seconds, and directly twisted his hips and walked to the bottom line and rushed to the basket. The big man Saul was completely too late to change defenses and catch up.

Su Yang saw it, and yelled a reminder to pass to the basket, while Rodriguez raised his hand and passed through at the same time.

Webster received the ball, turned around and took off, flew towards Sol to block the block, and decisively scored the ball again.

Hamilton caught the ball and took off from the basket. He dunked hard with both hands and scored. The Blazers caught up to 59 to 70.

Everyone on the bench cheered and shouted to celebrate, but Su Yang saw that there were 2.8 seconds left, so he still shouted to remind him to press.

But he was so picky about the details, but the Suns didn't take it so seriously. Sol threw the ball into the court at will.

Stroberg was also standing at the top of the arc waiting to receive the ball, and Rodriguez next to him stepped forward and made a steal.

Seeing a pass error, Saul rushed into the field to defend, raised his right hand to block the shot.

Rodriguez was not afraid, he just kicked off the ground to throw a throw, collided with Sol, and almost fell when he landed.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the whistle sounded at the same time.

Two points are valid, and a penalty will be added. The Blazers bench will cheer again.

Su Yang also relaxed his tense nerves and clapped his hands.

During the cheers, Rodriguez made an extra free throw, and the Blazers chased 62 to 70.

The third quarter ended immediately, and the Suns walked to the bench with dejected faces, and Gentry looked very ugly.

Su Yang walked to the center line, interacted with Peter and the others one by one, and praised them for their outstanding performance.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Mark Jackson asked with a smile: "Jeff, will you let Su Yang be an assistant when you become the head coach?"

"No..." Van Gundy chuckled, "I will go crazy if he delegates power to the players like that."

"If I remember correctly, Nate McMillan was also a disciplined coach..."

Mark Jackson said meaningfully, "Can he accept Su Yang's decentralization? Last season, the Blazers had the lowest offensive pace in the league. They rarely launched fast breaks, let alone allowed big players to shoot three-pointers."

(End of this chapter)


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