basketball dreams

Chapter 13 The Gap
After JR left, Yunchen was dragged back to the court by Osman to continue their training.Love just said that there will be a team training match, so Osman wants to prepare in advance.

Not long after, JR and Thompson, who had already changed their jerseys, also returned to the court. JR raised his head and stared at Yunchen, but Yunchen didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, and concentrated on adjusting his shooting movements.

"Hey, JR, Thompson, do you two want to warm up first and start the training match immediately." At this time, Love shouted at the two.

"No, let's just start, I can play even if I fall asleep." Thompson replied.JR next to him also looked indifferent.

Love curled his lips, and no longer cared about these two people, and shouted loudly: "First team, first substitute team, Osman starts, the game lasts for 10 minutes each, prepare for the game after 5 minutes start!"

"Hey, Kevin, is this Chinese kid on the field?" Before Le Fu could finish his sentence, JR approached and asked.

Love didn't even turn his head, and while doing stretching exercises, he said, "No rookie."

"Dude, that's too boring, how about it, the substitute team Kyle rests, let that kid come." JR laughed, his smile was obviously malicious, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a villain.

"Hey, Kyle, is there any problem with my proposal? We want our rookies to familiarize themselves with the intensity of the NBA in advance, don't we?" Then he turned his head and asked Korver who was not far away.

Korver looked a little embarrassed when he heard the words. He actually didn't like JR very much, but after all, he was a teammate and he didn't want to lose face, so he hesitated and didn't know what to say.

"It's okay, Kyle, just let me play, you rest for a while." In the end, it was Yun Chen who came up to relieve Korver and asked to play.

"Are you okay?" Korver walked to Yunchen and asked in a low voice. "No problem, just let me see how powerful he is." Yun Chen smiled.

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In the Cavaliers training game, the team started against the team's first substitute.

Starting team lineup: point guard George Hill, shooting guard JR Smith, small forward Cedi Osman, power forward Kevin Love, center Tristan Thompson.

Substitute lineup: point guard Jordan Clarkson, shooting guard Rodney Hood, small forward Li Yunchen, power forward Ante Zizic, center Larry Nance Jr.

In the middle circle, Nance and Thompson jumped the ball, and head coach Tyronn Lue served.

While standing, JR deliberately walked up to Yun Chen, looked at him with contempt, and said in a low voice, "Boy, I will tell you what NBA is!"

"Start!" At this moment, Tai Lue gave an order and threw the ball high into the air.

The first time the ball flew up, Nance Jr. and Thompson jumped almost at the same time, and their reaction speeds were almost the same.

However, after reaching the air, Nance Jr. opened the distance with Thompson very easily.

Nance has been training for nearly two hours, so his body is very hot and his movements are very stretched.

On the other hand, Thompson on the opposite side didn't even do warm-up exercises, so his movements seemed very uncoordinated, and his bullet speed was much worse than Nance's!
"Crack" Nance successfully dialed the ball, and he slapped it towards Yunchen.

Yun Chen's reaction was not slow, he jumped up to get the ball at the first time, but beside him, JR, who was clinging to him, was also extremely fast, and followed him up to fight for it.

"Shua!" However, Yun Chensheng was closer to the ball, and still got the first wave of possession.

"Fxxk!" JR cursed in a low voice, and then quickly returned to defense.

Yunchen didn't hold the ball for too long, and immediately found point guard Clarkson and passed the ball to him.

Anyone who has watched previous Lakers games knows that Clarkson is characterized by rich offensive methods and a very strong personal offensive desire.

So after getting the ball, he quickly lowered his center of gravity and dribbled the ball to the front court, and broke through before the opponent had fully returned to the defensive position!
The starting point guard Hill did not keep up with Clarkson's speed and was left behind unable to defend.

But in the other direction, Love did not know when he had arrived near the penalty area, just blocking Clarkson's offensive route.

If he hits the ball hard, it is likely to be shot by Love, so the best choice should be to pass the ball.

But Clarkson is still Clarkson after all, the man similar to Ke 6.There was no idea of ​​passing the ball in his mind at all, and he directly broke through Love's defense!

"Ah!" The fierce physical confrontation even made him yell out, relying on the super long time in the air, he just flew to the basket!

Le Fu chased after him, jumped up early and slapped him. He was rushing to block the shot.

"Hey!" But Clarkson's offensive methods are really rich. Instead of laying up directly, he made a fake move in the air, and then hit a time difference with a lever, which happened to miss Love's big hand!
"Shua!" The basketball was wiped and scored! 2-0!

"Nice!" Yun Chen smiled. Although the shot selection wasn't very good, a goal that can be scored is a good goal, so he still praised Clarkson.

Clarkson looked at Yun Chen and smiled back.

The starters serve and Tristan Thompson serves to Hill.

Hill dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and distributed the ball to JR who was already standing on the outside. JR stood at 45° from the three-point line, facing Hood's defense.

Hood is a very versatile player, and his defense is very good. At this time, he stretched out his hands and completely blocked JR's offensive line.

JR observed the form left and right, and then began to cross step dribble and try to break through.

Like Clarkson, the word pass is hardly ever on his mind.

A cross step, a sharp change to the left, Hood followed up without losing position, JR followed by a retreat step and forcibly opened the distance with Hood, creating a shooting gap.

Pull up the jumper, the shot of this ball feels good, and it is scored. 2-2
"Hey, kid, did you see that?" As soon as a goal was scored, JR started to twitch, provocatively pointing his little finger at Yun Chen.

Yun Chen still ignored him, and ran to the frontcourt to stand on his own.He hasn't practiced with these teammates, and he doesn't have any tactics at all, so he can only rely on his own judgment to position.

He stood in the corner of the three-pointer and waited for an offensive opportunity.

Clarkson advanced with the ball and passed it to Nance Jr. who was already on the inside.

Facing Thompson's single defense, Nance Jr. played back, but it was obvious that his weight and height were not dominant, so he couldn't get in, so he passed it out and lobbed it to Yun Chen who was already waiting there.

Yunchen took the ball, and in front of him was JR's defense. When the offense and defense transitioned, JR and Osman switched defense targets.

"Boy, come on, let me see what you're capable of!" As soon as Yunchen got the ball, JR started talking trash in his ear, and kept reaching out to harass him.

There are no referees in the training match, so some of JR's small moves are left alone.

Yunchen held the ball and looked at the situation on the field. There was no better choice, so he wanted to try to break through.

"Huh..." He took a long breath, breakthrough with the ball is not something he is good at, so he was a little uncertain.

But fortunately, Baker's training this summer has made him somewhat better.

At the moment, he took two tentative steps, and then suddenly took a step to the right!
There is some space on JR's right side, and he wants to seize this opportunity!

But he underestimated JR's filling speed, just the next moment, JR blocked this position.

The bodies of the two collided, and Yunchen was surprised to find that he couldn't stand JR.

"NBA players... are really different from summer league players!" This was Yun Chen's first feeling at the time.

In the summer league, Yunchen could even rely on his weak body to attack the defenders, but here, he couldn't take advantage of it.

JR's power is very strong!

Immediately, he took a step back and tried to break through again to the left!

But still the same, JR's defense can be said to be airtight, and he pushed him back directly with his chest.

The NBA and the Summer League are not on the same level at all, Yunchen realized just how big the gap is at this moment.

There were only 5 seconds left in the attack time, and Yunchen had almost no choice.

Step back!Going back beyond the three-point line and making almost the same moves as Curry, Yunchen forcibly threw the ball.

However, this ball was interfered by JR's hand from the shot, and the ball was a little crooked.

Sure enough, "bang!" hit the iron, the basketball bounced out of the hoop, and Thompson received the defensive rebound.

"Hmph... I thought you were so good." After successfully defending, JR pouted at Yun Chen and shook his head, the contempt in his eyes made people extremely angry.

But Yun Chen didn't argue about anything. He really lost the confrontation just now, and there was no excuse.

At the moment, he quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

He forced himself to calm down, JR's tough defense just now made his heart shake a little bit.

On the field, the ball was still in Hill's hands, and Hill broke through. His speed was extremely fast, and he threw Clarkson away. Yunchen immediately defended inside, but Hill immediately scored the ball. Love, who was emptied by Yunchen from outside.

There was no defender in front of Love, and he hit a three-pointer with a knife in his hand. 2-5.

"Hey, boy, did you see that, this is the gap between you and us!" JR came over to taunt again at this time, the expression on his face was extremely embarrassing.

Li Yunchen: "..."

(End of this chapter)