basketball dreams

Chapter 16 Who is stronger?
Embiid's long hands are indeed terrifying, and Horford is obviously at a disadvantage in front of him, and the first wave of possession was accepted by the 76ers!

The ball was transferred to Covington, he held the ball to protect it, and then handed it to Simmons.

In the 76ers' system, although Simmons is a player who is tall enough to play a small forward or even a power forward, but because of his excellent organizational offensive ability, the head coach Brown moved him to the No. [-] position.

It is precisely because of this that he will have a sense of dislocation when facing almost all point guards in the league.

At this time, Irving had retreated beyond the three-point line and waited for Simmons to come to attack, but Simmons unexpectedly did not pass, but shook his hand and sent a long pass to Fultz who had just reached the left three-point line!
Fultz received the ball without any hesitation. Before the opponent's shooting guard Jaylen Brown recovered, he made a three-pointer!The action is very chic, and the shot is also very positive.

However, the ball was still a little short, and "bang!" came out of the frame.

Due to injuries last season, Fultz only played 14 games, so now he urgently needs to regain his touch on the court. This time he made such an anxious shot just to try, but the effect was obviously not good.

On the other side, Horford received a defensive rebound, and Irving received the ball and advanced with the ball.

Owen's speed is very fast, and he has just returned from injury, but he can't see the appearance of being absent from the battlefield at all.After dribbling the ball past the center line, Simmons quickly came up to defend, but Irving crossed and then turned around. His movements were very light and agile, and he passed Simmons almost without a pause and entered the three-point line.

In front of him, there was only one Covington left. Covington's defense has always been very good. Seeing that Simmons lost his position, he immediately came to cover the defense.

Seeing this, Covington didn't care about other things, and reached out to take off to block the block!
If the ball is blocked like this, then he is not the Irving we know!
Almost fake moves!Owen raised his upper body for a moment before lowering his center of gravity!Covington had already jumped up at this time, and Irving did not give up this opportunity. He took a step forward and then took a step behind the free throw line for a layup!

"Snapped!"

Without any suspense, Covington's body was directly on Owen's body, a shooting foul!And Irving's shooting didn't end. Although his body had lost his balance, he still threw the ball out!Wipe the board hit! 2+1!

"Wow!" The audience's emotions rose instantly!Countless people began to cheer and celebrate.

Although he just came back from injury, Owen relied on this ball to clearly tell everyone that I am back!And it was resurrected with full blood!

"My... God..." In front of the TV, Yun Chen's eyes widened. He was shocked by Owen's goal. Eight words are enough to describe this attack.

That is flowing clouds and flowing water, seamless connection!Owen's sense of the ball is simply the best he has ever seen, and it is also the most perfect combination of man and ball!
"If Irving is in this state as soon as he comes back, the 76ers will really be in trouble..." Yun Chen sighed, and suddenly became worried for the 76ers. He didn't want Tang Yin to lose in the first game.

Back in the game, Irving made a free throw.

Hit steadily. 0-3!

For the 76ers, the faces of the players are expressionless at this time, especially Embiid, his face is completely sunken. Being swept by the gentleman last season has always been a thorn in his heart. If he loses today It can be said to be worse.

Simmons continued to advance with the ball, and the 76ers attacked.

With the lessons learned from the first round, Simmons did not take any risks in this attack, and passed it steadily several times, and finally gave it to Embiid, who is in the inside position.

But the Celtics had been prepared for a long time. As soon as Embiid got the ball, the small forward and center immediately went to double-team, leaving him no room to attack!
Embiid didn't force it either, but passed to Fultz outside the three-point line on the wing.Fultz didn't try another three-pointer and chose to break in. Embiid took two steps forward to pick and roll for him.

The opponent's defense was blocked by Embiid, and Fultz broke through from near the baseline, but the opponent's center came to make up the defense.

Logically speaking, the ball should be given back to Embiid who has already gone down, but Fultz didn't know if his head was hot, so he chose to go up by himself!

He broke through quickly, took off directly, and even made a gesture to dunk!

"What is he doing!" In front of the TV, Yunchen suddenly stood up. Fultz was too confident with this shot, and he actually wanted to dunk the opposite center?
"Ah!" A violent shout came across the screen. Fultz's athletic ability is indeed excellent. This jump is at least 80 centimeters from the ground!

But on the opposite side is the big center Horford, "Crack!" The loud sound of slapping the ball carried through the audience, a strong big hat!

Block the dunk!

"Boom!" Fultz fell heavily to the ground!The basketball was slapped off the court by Horford!

"Wow!" The audience erupted again, this time the cheers were even worse than Owen's before!

"What are you doing?" The moment he landed, Embiid's face changed drastically, and he looked at Fultz like he was looking at a fool. Even a layman can see how stupid the choice of the ball is!

"Want to prove yourself? But you are too impatient..."

In fact, Yunchen understands Fultz's thoughts. Last season's performance was mediocre and he was injured again. The management even put him on the shelf at one point. As a No. [-] pick, being treated like this in his rookie season will definitely cause him to lose his mental balance.

So as soon as he came up today, Fultz continued to attack, even at the expense of giving up better offensive options to make shots.He wanted to prove that his champion was not a parallel importer, and he wanted the management to see his value!
But he was too anxious, these two goals not only did not let him prove himself, but made him the laughing stock of all the audience!

At this time, coach Brown on the sidelines made a gesture to the referee for a substitution. He pointed to Fultz on the field and signaled to let him off the field.

Fultz was obviously taken aback, but he didn't react in any other way. He lowered his head and walked out of the field. The camera of the big screen was locked on him.

There were huge boos and even a lot of mocking voices at the scene of "Shh", and Fultz's face in the camera became more and more ugly.

When Fultz went down, Brown looked back at the bench and pointed to Tang Yin who was sitting there.

Tang Yin was also taken aback, he didn't expect to play so soon.

"It's not that the coach didn't give you a chance, it's that you didn't live up to it, Fultz." Yun Chen shook his head, feeling happy for Tang Yin and also feeling sorry for Fultz. The 17-year No. [-] pick fell down today.

After Tang Yin received the order, he immediately took off his clothes, tidied up his jersey and ran to the court. At this time, more than 50 seconds had passed. Tang Yin should be the first six players Yunchen had seen on the court. !

At this time, as Tang Yin slowly walked onto the stage, there were already cheers from the audience!They are Chinese living in Boston, and they are cheering for Tang Yin, who is also Chinese!Yunchen came to some high-hanging signs in the auditorium, with Tang Yin's name and his back number written on them.

The game continued, the 76ers made a sideline kick, and there were only six seconds left on the offensive clock.

After playing, Tang Yin observed the form, and then began to run continuously, while Jaylen Brown on the opposite side also followed him to defend closely.

Power forward Saric served the ball, and Simmons's spiritual movement took advantage of Embiid's cover to shake off the defender and receive the ball.

He still wasn't in a hurry to attack. Although it was only 6 seconds, he was still waiting for his teammates to take their positions.

Everyone opened up, Embiid wanted a deep inside, Simmons lobbed the ball into the inside and gave it to him, Embiid played singles with the ball.

The body leaned back to test the center of gravity, and then swayed his shoulders to the left to pretend to shoot. Horford immediately leaned to the left to defend at the same time, but Embiid then pulled back and approached the basket with a dreamy step, easily scoring two points at the buzzer! 2-3.

Among black centers, it is rare to see a technical center like Embiid, and his offensive touch is extremely soft!

The game continued and the Celtics served.

Irving pushed forward with the ball again, this time the 76ers' defense changed, Simmons went to mark Jaylen Brown, and Tang Yin, who had just played, was responsible for defending Irving.

Simmons is too tall, and he is prone to lose his position against Irving, who is known for his speed and rhythm when defending, so Brown's arrangement is correct.

Just as Brown expected, Tang Yin's defense against Irving was indeed better. His movement agility was higher and he was always close to him. Irving did not have a good breakthrough space and could only choose to pass the ball.

Among the five of Yunchen and the others, Tang Yin has always been the best defensive player except for Zheng Ye. His defensive awareness is top notch even among NBA players.

In addition, his hard training this summer has achieved some results, so he didn't suffer when facing Irving.

Jaylen Brown received the ball, but still didn't have a good shooting space, so he could only give it to Horford inside. It can be seen that since Tang Yin came up, the defensive strength of both sides has reached a new level.

Horford faced Embiid, and then took off to make a mid-range shot. Embiid interfered with his shot by bouncing. The ball missed, and the ball bounced out, reaching Tang Yin near the three-point line.

"Defence! Defense!..." The ball was switched, and the audience shouted loudly for defense.

Tang Yin handed the ball to point guard Simmons, and Simmons organized an offense at the top of the arc with a three-pointer.

Embiid on the right inside put up a pick-and-roll, and Simmons immediately broke through from the right, but the opponent's center Horford and power forward Morris immediately came to block the route.

On the other side, Haywood also blocked Covington, leaving Simmons with only two options, an emergency stop for a jump shot or a pass to Tang Yin who just ran out of position from the outside.

Jaylen Brown didn't keep up with Tang Yin's footsteps, and Tang Yin happened to be empty.

Simmons' mid-range shooting ability is average.So he didn't hesitate, and directly gave it to Tang Yin outside.

Tang Yin caught the ball, stuck close to the three-point line, and made a clean three-point shot!This ball is almost the same as the position and distance of Fultz's shot just now!

But the ending is completely different, "Shua!" Hollow into the net!
5-3!

(End of this chapter)