basketball dreams

Chapter 21
Judging from the lineup of both sides, the Cavaliers must have the advantage. Both Hill and Love are long-established All-Star players.

The Eagles, because they are in the rebuilding period, are almost all newcomers.This season, presumably their goal is still the same as last season, which is to perform poorly.

The only thing worthy of attention should be point guard Tre Young, a rookie who just entered the team this year like Yun Chen.

Tre Young was originally selected by the Mavericks, but he switched clubs with Doncic. The Eagles even traded former core Schroeder in order to correct him.

"Beep!" A whistle sounded, and the game began!Tristan Thompson relied on his superior bounce to get the ball!
Love grabbed the ball and passed it to Hill, who organized the team's first play.

The players settled down naturally, Love entered the inside position, JR and Osman waited for opportunities on the two wings, and Thompson responded on the other side of the inside.

A very normal position is also a normal performance of general positional warfare.

But immediately the problem appeared.

After Hill arrived in the frontcourt, no one came to cover him, and even the entire team didn't run. They stood there and watched Hill dribble naturally.

Yun Chen, who was on the bench, frowned immediately when he saw this scene.Because there is no tactical coordination without running, it is difficult to find opportunities to make shots.

Hill singled Tre Young, who had a certain advantage in height and weight, but he did not push hard, because Jeremy Lin stood between JR and his breakthrough route at this time. If he breaks through, he will definitely was stopped instantly.

Moreover, because JR does not run, this situation cannot be resolved.

"Shua" In the end, he chose to play singles for the insider Love.

Love has very good inside skills. When the Timberwolves were the core of the team, he could score about 25 points per game. Therefore, facing the opposite rookie Collins, he did not hesitate to break through and end the round with a layup. 0-2.

Offensive and defensive transition, this time there are some problems with the Eagles' offense. After all, Tre Young is a rookie. He was obviously nervous when he started the first game. A pass error was intercepted by Osman. The Cavaliers took advantage of the fast break and dunked. 0-4.

The current coach of the Eagles is a rookie named Lloyd Pierce, who had been an assistant coach for the 76ers for five years before, so his tactical style is very similar to Coach Brown.

They all have one characteristic, that is, they are very good at giving full play to the strengths of players, which is one of the reasons why the Eagles chose him to lead this group of young people.

After being hit twice in a row, the Eagles quickly changed their formation. Tre Young no longer held the ball and switched to Jeremy Lin to organize the offense.

As a man of yellow race, his golf quotient is indeed very high.Slowly control the rhythm across the frontcourt, and then use Collins' cover to break through in an instant.

The biggest characteristic of Lin is the speed of breaking through the first step. During the draft physical test, the speed of [-] meters was comparable to that of Wall. It was reflected at this time, and he passed JR in one step. After breaking through the penalty area, he did not enter rashly. Thompson, who attracted the inside line, came over to make up the defense.

But Lin's vision is very wide, and he immediately passed the ball to Dedmon on the other side, who caught the ball and dunked successfully. 2-4.

It's not how strong Lin is, but the Cavaliers' defense in this defensive round is really not good, and JR's defense is too slow.

Back in the game, the Cavaliers attacked, and the ball was transferred to JR's hands. In the singles, a long-range step-back jump shot hit the iron. Dedmon grabbed the rebound and passed it to Tre Young.

The Eagles speeded up instantly, passed the ball quickly, and finally made a beautiful counterattack. Collins made an undefended layup. 4-4.

The game continued. In the third round, it was still Hill who organized the offense. This time he chose to break through by himself. Love came up to pick and roll. Jeremy Lin blocked the breakthrough and passed the ball. However, after Love received the ball, he was caught by Trey Young was patted down and the ball returned to the Hawks.

Speeding up to counterattack again, it was still Tre Young. He passed a long pass to Jeremy Lin, who was the fastest in Xiashun, and Jeremy Lin made a layup. 6-4.

After receiving two counterattacks in a row, none of the five players on the field could keep up with the opponent's speed. This made Yun Chen a little confused. Even if he made a mistake, he should think about returning to the defense quickly and fighting for it. Don't get scored too quickly.

But they didn't return to defense except for Osman and Love. After being intercepted, they stood there and watched without any intention of running.

"Coach, why don't they run? Didn't you give them defensive tactics?" Yun Chen couldn't bear it at this time, and ran to Tai Lunlu's side and asked.

Tai Lunlu was watching the situation on the field, but after Yunchen passed by, he found that his eyes were a little... dull, and he seemed to be taken aback after being called by Yunchen.

"coach……"

"It's okay, they can just adjust it." Tai Lun waved his hand, signaling Yun Chen to go back to the bench and sit down.

"But coach..."

"It's okay, you can go back."

"..."

Reluctantly sitting back on the bench, Yun Chen's mood became a little bit worse, did he not understand the situation on the field?Although they are only two points behind now, some big problems have already appeared. If they don't make corrections, the gap will definitely be gradually widened!

"Don't tell him, Tyronn Lue can't see the problems on the field." At this moment, Clarkson and Nance Jr. next to him patted Yun Chen.

Yun Chen was puzzled: "Why? Can't you understand such an obvious problem? JR, Thompson, and even Hill, why don't they move?"

Nance Jr. sighed and didn't speak, but Korver, who was separated by a position, answered his question: "If he can really see the problem, then I or Clarkson will not substitute JR."

Yun Chen: "Ah..."

On the court, the two sides still come and go to attack and defend, but the Cavaliers, who have a dominant lineup, seem to be stuck in a quagmire. They have no running positions and no defense. The offense is infinitely obsessed with individual singles, and the shooting rate is not high. The Eagles' youth team was losing ground. After only 5 minutes of the first quarter, they were already behind by 8 points.

Seeing the score getting bigger and bigger, Tai Lue had no choice but to call a timeout.

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle, and the players on both sides returned to the bench.

The starting players of the Cavaliers also walked back slowly. At this time, Yunchen was surprised to find that JR and Thompson didn't sweat at all, just like when they first played.

During this timeout, Yun Chen didn't pay any attention to what tactics Tai Lue arranged for them, but he didn't hear any words about strengthening running, as if there was no such problem at all.

"Tactical genius, really powerful!" Yun Chen suddenly began to regret, regretting that he chose to forgive Tai Lunlu, and his performance even made Yun Chen feel cheated.

Back on the bench, Yunchen sat on the bench and sulked, without saying a word. Now he gets a headache when he sees JR and Thompson who are not moving on the court.

After returning to the court, Hill intentionally slowed down the pace. He should have noticed the Eagles' intention to play fast counterattacks and fast offenses.

But is the rhythm really the only problem?

The answer is obviously not the case. Love missed a mid-range shot and struggled for rebounds inside. Thompson, who has a huge advantage in height, arm length and weight, was directly blocked by Dedmon.

After grabbing the rebound, Dedmon still chose to make a long pass as before. He was not afraid of being intercepted midway at all, because JR and Thompson would not think about stealing the ball at all.

"Crack" Jeremy Lin received the ball, and the advantage of speed was reflected at this time. He was about to layup all the way down the road, but Osman was very conscious and blocked him by returning to the defense in advance. Jeremy Lin immediately hit the ground and passed to Tre Young who followed up , the latter made an easy layup. 12-22, the point difference came to ten.

"Oh, I really can't stand it anymore!" After the ball was played, Yun Chen slapped himself on the face to cover his sight, so he couldn't see it.

Slow, sluggish, feeble.

These three words are not an exaggeration to describe the Cavaliers' offense and defense.

No one noticed this when James was there before, because he was too strong, and he could carry offense and defense by himself, but now without him, the Cavaliers immediately showed their true colors.

"I finally understand why James is playing 48 minutes..."

(End of this chapter)