The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 280 Flynn's Shining Moment

The first-year rookie was hit badly by failing to protect the rebound. However, the game is not over yet, and they still have a chance to win.

The coach called a timeout, and he replaced Evans, whose defensive and offensive efficiency had declined. It seemed that this guy was not in good physical condition, and he couldn't hold on at this moment of the game.

After the timeout, DeRozan replaced Evans.

09 The Three Musketeers are present at the same time.

Lin Yue dribbled the ball forward, and the second grade side chose to double-team the fiery Lin Yue. At first, Curry planned to play one-on-one with Lin Yue, but the victory of the game was more important than personal dignity.

Lin Yue hit a three-pointer against the defense, and Curry could only compromise and double-team with his teammates.

In desperation, Lin Yue passed the ball to Harden.

Westbrook immediately ran back to defend, this is the defense he is good at, his explosiveness and defensive awareness allowed him to easily rush back to Harden.

At this time, Harden was not in a hurry to attack. The sophomores were waiting to defend his breakthrough at the basket. At this time, the only way to create scoring opportunities was to break through the mid-range shot or force a three-pointer.

Harden's three-point shooting rate is less than 40% this season, and he is still in extra training, which is also related to his style of play in the Warriors.

The Warriors are trying the Suns' fast-break style of play. The Suns have been thoroughly studied by the league in the past few years, and the Warriors chose to improve.

Let Harden make personal fast-break three-pointers, and the three-pointer with the ball is not suitable for Harden. He mainly relied on breakthroughs to score in college. Generally, he chooses to catch and shoot three-pointers. Three-pointers with the ball are not so easy to practice.

Harden's continuous frontal changes failed to pass Westbrook. On the contrary, Westbrook used physical confrontation to force Harden to stop the ball.

Seeing this, Lin Yue ran to catch the ball, and then passed it to DeRozan on the other side.

DeRozan finally had a shot. Facing Beasley's defense, he made a jump shot after a cross step. He was not good at three-pointers, and he improved his mid-range shooting ability to the extreme.

Now facing the defense can also have a good shooting percentage, but the current boss of the Raptors is Bosh, and DeRozan, who doesn't have much possession of the ball, is naturally not as good as other rookies.

Beasley's defense is useless in DeRozan's eyes.

The basketball is hollow into the net, and no one dares to underestimate this 09 rookie.

With DeRozan's mid-range shot, the score came to 98 to 96.
In the next round, Curry used the cover to get a momentary vacancy, and Lin Yue rushed over to interfere before Curry made a shot.

However, Curry turned around to avoid Lin Yue's block, and then stepped back to shoot another three-pointer. Lin Yue had no time to defend for the second time.

"Bang!"

Fortunately, the basketball bounced out of the hoop, and the first grade escaped.

Everyone will focus on the next rebound battle. Gibson took Love this time and got the first defensive rebound.

The second-year player ran back to the defense at half court, and Harden drove the ball forward.

This is a good opportunity to overtake the score.

Harden passed to Lin Yue who came to the top of the arc, and DeRozan hit Beasley behind the free throw line again, and Lin Yue passed the ball without hesitation.

Although he feels good now, DeRozan is the same. He is not afraid of Beasley's defense. At this time, the loopholes in the second-year perimeter defense are exposed.

Facing the more aggressive freshmen, their defense collapsed.

This time DeRozan did not choose a mid-range shot. Instead, he rushed to the inside against the defense, threw the ball before Love interfered, and made a close-range shot at the basket. DeRozan withstood the pressure and hit a key goal.

98 to 98, the two sides finally tied.

James in the audience got up and cheered, and Bosh followed him. It was his Raptors teenager who hit a key goal. As the team leader, how could Bosh be unhappy.

This goal changed the direction of the game. The momentum of the first grade was greatly boosted, but the second grade started to get a little nervous. At the critical moment of the game, the two teams were still immature players, and their handling of the key ball was still not good enough.

Curry gave the ball to Westbrook, who was running back, and Flynn was fouled.

Standing on the free throw line, Westbrook missed the first free throw amidst the shouts of the audience. Watching this critical free throw miss, Westbrook wiped the sweat from his forehead.

After taking a deep breath, he held his breath, and the second free throw hit the back edge of the basket. Because the shot was not strong, the basketball still fell into the net.

One of two free throws, 99 to 98, leading the sophomore by one point.

At this time, there is one and a half minutes left before the end of the game.

The outcome is undecided, both sides have the possibility of winning, and every next ball will affect the trend of the game.

Lin Yue dribbled forward, and he signaled his teammates to move with his hand. If no one came to double-team, he would choose to play alone. Curry was using this cross step to slowly retreat, always guarding against Lin Yue's breakthrough.

He knew Lin Yue very well. The more critical the moment, the calmer he would handle the ball, and he couldn't shoot three-pointers as hard as before.

Curry can be sure of this, but whether he can successfully defend the ball is not enough to know the opponent's intentions.

You must know that everyone knows that Iverson likes to break to the right, but you can't prevent it.

Physical reactions, subconscious movements, those who remember the deceptive tricks can always get the effect, Iverson will use one move to beat you a thousand times.

Defense is never as simple as it sounds.

Lin Yue took a big step to break through, and the first step started quickly, especially after the direction change induction, Curry's defense this time was still slow.

But Love and Gasol are waiting to block Lin Yue's layup under the basket.

Knowing that the ball had a high probability of being missed, Lin Yue fortunately passed it to DeRozan, who made an air cut. The latter relied on the defensive gap drawn by Lin Yue to end the attack with a dunk.

100 to 99, the first grade once again completed the overtake with wonderful cooperation.

After scoring the goal, Lin Yue and DeRozan gave a tacit high five.

If it weren't for DeRozan's well-timed air cut, Lin Yue might have passed the ball to Harden on the outside.

It's hard to say whether this offense can score.

The audience cheered everywhere, and there was not much left at the end of the game. At this time, the first grade took a one-point lead.

Gasol Jr. came to the line and sent the ball to Westbrook.

The latter dribbled the ball across the half court, and waited until Gasol rushed to the inside before organizing the attack. The second-year side couldn't rush the positional battle. At this time, they were behind and had to seize the few offensive rounds to score the ball.

Curry once again wanted to use the cover to get a gap, but Lin Yue quickly caught up with the defense. The same routine cannot always be used. The cover of one person can no longer stop Lin Yue who sees through everything.

Westbrook wanted to catch the ball and pass it to Curry who ran out of space, but now it seems impossible.

Beasley on the other side was in a hurry for the ball, but Westbrook didn't pass the ball to him. DeRozan's defense was obviously better than Evans'. If the ball passed, it would definitely not come back.

Out of consideration, Westbrook was going to shoot himself, and Love at the basket seemed to understand his thoughts and help him get stuck.

Westbrook immediately rushed to the inside. His speed was very fast, and he turned around and passed Harden who was on guard.

Just as he was about to make a move, Lin Yue outflanked him again from behind.

"Do you want to consider passing the ball? There will be a risk of being blocked." Westbrook observed the positions of the rest of his teammates. Curry was out of sight, and everyone else was marked. The ball could only be shot by himself.

Knowing that Lin Yue was behind him, Westbrook knew that the opponent wanted to chase the shot. He pulled the lever to avoid Lin Yue's hand trying to block the shot, and then changed hands in a weird posture for a layup. The movement was too difficult.

However, Westbrook's staying in the air can complete this action. Lin Yue does not have James's bounce and staying in the air.

The basketball went out of the basket after bouncing a few times on the hoop. Even the audience sighed and felt that it was a pity.

"Russell successfully made this difficult drawbar, but the goal still missed. The key goal will change the result of the game. Gibson blocked the position to protect the rebound, and the first grade launched a counterattack." Barkley was also excited.

Harden pushed forward with the ball, found Lin Yue who was rushing towards him, and threw the ball above the basket.

Lin Yue and Curry took off at the same time. Curry's jumping was not bad, only a little shorter than Lin Yue's. Unfortunately, his wingspan and height were not as good as Lin Yue's.

Lin Yue caught the ball over Curry's head and dunked the ball into the basket against Curry in the air.

"Unbelievable, dunk, my God, Lin dunked the ball into the basket against Stephen's defense, it seems that the two of them have to talk about this ball after the game." Barkley exclaimed.

Curry fell heavily to the ground, Lin Yue stretched out his hand to pull him up, but Curry shook off his hand and stood up with support.

"Are you okay?" Lin Yue asked with concern.

Curry pretended not to hear and turned and ran to the other half, ready to attack.

"Oops, it looks like he's angry." Lin Yue had no choice but to return to defense.

There was nothing to do with the ball just now. Regardless of the relationship off the court, they could only be opponents on the court.

Curry naturally understood this truth, but he still couldn't accept being blocked by Lin Yue, and he was annoyed.

102 to 99, only one minute away from the end of the game, the first-year side has a three-point advantage, and the next step depends on how the second-year side chooses to attack.

Westbrook passed the ball directly to Curry after dribbling halfway. He didn't make a key goal in the last round. He still chose to give the ball to a more suitable person.

Curry is very good at sudden shots, but he and Lin Yue often have two-person confrontations in the arena, and they know each other's offensive and defensive habits very well.

In order to increase the probability of scoring the goal, Westbrook used a pick-and-roll in the past. In desperation, Lin Yue and Harden had no choice but to switch defenses. Harden, who was defending Westbrook himself, turned to chase Curry.

After switching to Harden, Curry can display his skills.

Continuously changing direction and shaking people, then retreating beyond the three-point line, pulling the ball back, and pushing it out.

The attack in one go made Harden feel a little overwhelmed, and the defense did not lose his position, but when he stretched out his hand, Curry's shots were all completed, and the interference was very limited.

"Shua", the basketball hit the net, and Curry scored a decisive three-pointer with the ball, helping the second grade to tie the score again, 102 to 102.
"Lin and Steph, two members of the Thunder, shined in the rookie challenge and started to compete," Barkley said.

The situation of the game is very anxious, with 42 seconds left in the attack time, both sides still have at least one chance to attack.

The second-year coach Spoelstra called a timeout, and he had to make good use of this timeout to plan his offense.

Similarly, the first-year side can also arrange this attack.

"Stephen, who do you think the opponent will be able to complete the lore, is it Lin Yue? You know him well, right?" Heat coach Spoelstra asked, who is also the second-year coach of the Rookie Challenge.

"I don't know, Lin is not a player who likes to fight alone. He is willing to trust his teammates, and sometimes he can handle all the pressure by himself, but he is a rational guy and will make the most reasonable choice in his heart." Curry said his own judgment, which is his judgment on Lin Yue after such a long time.

His judgment was indeed correct. Lin Yue didn't know what choice he would make before he stood on the court.

Throw it yourself or pass it to a teammate.

The game requires on-the-spot judgment.

However, the coach chooses to trust Lin Yue, and he decides everything by himself. This is the biggest test for a rookie, his execution ability and on-the-spot judgment at critical moments.

Players from both sides returned to the field, and the personnel did not choose to adjust.

Harden sent the ball to Lin Yue, and Curry tried to press close to the defense.

Lin Yue stuck in his position and didn't give Curry a chance to steal. He took a step back, opened up space, and reorganized the attack.

Everyone's attention was on Lin Yue, Harden, and DeRozan. Love was staring at the defensive Gibson.

Only Flynn got a good chance at this time, with the help of his teammates' cover, he got a good gap in the bottom corner.

Flynn failed to score in double figures in this game and did not play much time. However, in the second half of the fourth quarter, the coach replaced Evans, who was physically weak, and chose to use him to play.

Since then, the ball is still in the hands of Lin Yue. Harden and DeRozan have the opportunity to make shots. Gibson also gained good attention through the fight at the basket. Only Flynn is like an invisible man on the court.

Even if the ball is passed to him, he will give opportunities to better teammates.

However, this time, Lin Yue did not miss this excellent scoring opportunity.

A no-look long pass accurately threw the ball into Flynn's hands. The players on the field and the audience didn't react immediately. After catching the ball, Flynn thought about passing it to his teammates.

At this time, he heard the audience calling his name, and his teammates also looked at him, hoping that he could complete the shot.

Flynn made up his mind and stopped hesitating. He, who had been invisible for the whole game, completed his explosion at this moment and ushered in his own shining point.

When everyone held their breath and stared at the ball in their hands, Flynn completed the shot.

This is his shining moment.

(End of this chapter)