basketball dreams

Chapter 119

The Cavaliers' bench, Yun Chen and others sat on the bench to rest. At this time, they were in a relatively relaxed mood, because the lead of 9 points was no longer a very easy point difference.

Yunchen took the sports drink sent by his teammates and drank it in big gulps. His physical exertion was a bit serious. After all, as a "free man", his running distance was very long. If it wasn't for the fact that he was deliberately shortened in the first half The playing time, he must have been lying on the ground by now.

"Li, do you want to take a rest? There are more than three minutes left in the third quarter, we should be able to defend." Everyone noticed Yun Chen's fatigue, and JR came up to ask.

Yun Chen shook his head and said, "No, although we have a favorable wind now, they haven't surrendered yet, so we can't take any risks."

Hearing this, everyone stopped talking, they knew that Yun Chen would not do anything he was not sure about.

At this time, the Celtics were beaten like this, and the Cavaliers were actually very curious about what Stevens would do. If the most expensive team in the Eastern Conference fell at the feet of the rebuilding Cavaliers, they would definitely be ridiculed by everyone. .

After all, it is really unreasonable to lose one James, one more Irving and one more Haywood and lose by a big score.

The timeout was not long, and it didn't take long for the referee to blow his whistle to signal the players on both sides to return to the field.

The Cavaliers changed their lineup a little bit. Zizic replaced Thompson. The opponent can't make a breakthrough now, so he will definitely find a way to shoot.

The game continues, the Celtics have the ball.They also made substitutions. Heywood, who was 9 in 1, was replaced after all, and Tatum played again.

This substitution is expected, and Stevens will certainly not let the Cavaliers continue to "bully" Heywood.

However, is it really more useful than Heywood to replace a Tatum?

The answer was clearly negative. His hand feeling today was just as bad. Yun Chen didn't change much, and he was still unprepared.

In the two offensive rounds after the start of the game, Tatum completed the Celtics' shots, but with two strikes, they couldn't make the shots at all.

Off the court, Stevens was so angry that he had no expression on his face at this time, and just sat in his seat and looked at the court in a daze.

You are number one in the East, how has he ever encountered such a situation?Among the team's top five players, three of them are offline at the same time. What will he use to win?
In the rest of the third quarter, the Cavaliers once again firmly controlled the situation. When the whistle sounded during the quarter, 68-81, the Cavaliers' lead had reached 13 points.

The game came to the fourth quarter.

In the first few minutes of this quarter, Yunchen was pressed on the bench by Tai Lunlu without hesitation. His physical strength had already bottomed out, and it would be easy to cause accidents if he continued to fight, so he was not allowed to come on.

However, he has already achieved a 13-point lead, so he is not worried about being overturned all of a sudden.

In the first 2 minutes, the two sides played fairly normally. The Cavaliers still used the same tactics to prevent Irving from letting Tatum.

74-86, in the second minute of the fourth quarter, the point difference came to 15 points.

"I thought the Celtics were so good, but that's all. It's far from when they played against each other before." On the bench, Clarkson, Seth Curry and others had completely relaxed at this time. It seems that the outcome of this game has been decided.

However, Yunchen was not too happy too early. He always felt that something was wrong. Stevens, who has always been known for his wisdom and alertness, was too quiet in this game, which was very different from the head coach he remembered who was always calm and not flustered. .

"Did you really give up the game?" He frowned, staring at Stevens on the opposite bench, trying to get some information from the other's eyes and expressions.

However, he was disappointed, the other side was expressionless, and he was indifferent to everything in front of him, as if he hadn't seen it.

Finally, the game progressed to the 6th minute of the fourth quarter, and the point difference has been stretched to 17 points. The Cavaliers' defense may be a little slack due to physical reasons, and the opponent scored some points, but it is harmless and the advantage is still there. on their side.

At this time, the game entered an official timeout, and players from both sides returned to the bench.

More than 5 minutes, with a 17-point difference, it stands to reason that whether it is the leader or the laggard in this game, they should think about substituting for the next game to enter garbage time.

but……

When the timeout ended, Tyronn Lue replaced the starter who had almost exhausted his physical strength, and when he let the substitute Seth Curry and others play, they saw a scene that surprised them.

The Celtics did not give up the game at this time, but made targeted personnel adjustments.

Irving was replaced by Smart, the shooting guard was replaced by Rozier, and the other positions remained the same.

"What does this mean?" Yun Chen was puzzled. Stevens' substitution was very strange. It was neither a pure substitute to waste time, nor a strong lineup to chase points. It was puzzling.

Next to him, Tyronn Lue was also in a daze.

But at this time, the personnel rotation has been completed, and if they want to change it, they can only wait for the dead ball or a timeout, so they can only watch and can't do anything.

"I hope nothing will happen..." Yun Chen murmured, the sudden replacement of this lineup on the opposite side made him flustered a bit, and he always felt that something would happen.

The game continued, the Cavaliers came off the bench, PG Seth Curry, SG Korver, SFJR Smith, PF Nance Jr., C Zizic.

The Cavaliers had the ball, and Seth Curry held the ball to push forward. Their lineup has nothing special, except for its fast speed and accurate shooting, so as soon as he came over, he started to play pick-and-roll with Nance Jr., hoping to get a chance to make a move.

However, before he started dribbling, the opponent's Smart had already entangled him, and used his strong body and outstanding wingspan to completely block his travel route.

It can be called an airtight single defense!It's not unreasonable that Smart has been praised by Stevens in the past two seasons. Among point guards, his defense may only be comparable to "Mad Dog" Beverly!
"Crack!" Seth Curry was thin after all, and his strong physical confrontation made it difficult for him to adapt. In the end, he failed to pass the ball and was hit by a mistake.

The opponent counterattacked very fast. Tatum received the ball first and then made a fast break dunk.

85-100, the Celtics recovered two points.

"This defensive strength is much stronger than before!" Off the field, Yun Chen and Tai Lun sighed at the same time.

The Celtics' defensive attitude at this time is completely different from before.

The game continues, the Cavaliers have the ball.

Because there was a mistake in the previous attack, Seth Curry and others attacked very slowly, striving for a success rate.

But sometimes the more you are afraid of making mistakes, the more likely you are to make mistakes. After receiving the ball, Nance played Horford with his back. He recently learned a lot of singles skills from Love, and he used them at this time.

However, when he was about to turn around and make a shot after hitting back, suddenly a hand came across from his side, and the ball flew out with a "snap" sound!

It turned out to be Morris!He actually gave up defending Zizic and turned to double-team Nance Jr., causing him to make a mistake. Nance Jr. was caught off guard because he was playing singles and didn't notice this.

"Wow!" The opponent, Rozier, grabbed the ball, then went all the way down and played a two-line fast break with Tatum, and finally made a layup by himself.

87-100!The Celtics chased four points in a row!And these four points are all counterattacks scored by their strong defense, which can be said to be full of gold!
At this moment, Yun Chen, who was on the Cavaliers' bench, couldn't sit still anymore. The premonition in his heart turned out to be true. Stevens sent this lineup to cause trouble.

He was sure that the Cavaliers would be on the bench, so he deliberately used a strong defensive lineup to take the opportunity to score. It can be said that he was well-intentioned and the timing was very accurate.

"Coach, I'm going to call a timeout. The starting players are going to play with me." At this time, Yun Chen took off his jacket directly. He wanted to play. He knew very well that he couldn't let the opponent attack at the last moment, otherwise it would be very likely. unstoppable.

But there was no response to his words for a long time.

"Why..." He frowned, then looked back, but what he saw made his heart skip a beat.

(End of this chapter)