basketball dreams

Chapter 43 Sunspot?

The game continued, Yunchen was speechless at this time, this Hollis Jefferson actually haunted him like a ghost.

After Love scored the goal just now, the Cavaliers organized two more rounds of offense. In both rounds, Yun Chen tried to find opportunities to shoot outside three-pointers.

But every time he was about to catch the ball, this Jefferson would somehow appear on his path...

He is like a shadow of himself, he can't notice it at all in normal times, but he always comes out to disrupt his rhythm at the most critical time.

"Damn...do you think you're a sunspot? Disappeared on the field?" It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack again. This time, Yunchen still wanted to try to open the outside line, using two screens in a row to run to the right corner to catch the ball.

This should be an open spot, because the defender has already been thrown away by himself.

But that shadow... just appeared again.

When Osman was standing at the top of the arc and was about to pass the ball, Jefferson suddenly appeared in front of Yunchen again, and he stretched out his hands to defend directly against Yunchen.

Yun Chen: "..."

Just now he felt that Jefferson was like a shadow of himself, but at this moment he felt that his description was not appropriate enough. Jefferson should be a piece of gum stuck to his body.

Moreover, it cannot be torn off!
In this game, Jefferson seemed to only be looking for Yunchen. Throughout the first quarter, Yunchen played for 1 minutes, and Jefferson just disappeared by his side for 1 minutes.

It's fine if Yunchen doesn't catch the ball, but once he puts on an offensive stance and wants to shoot, Jefferson will definitely appear in an instant, and there is no room for him to move.

Soon, the first quarter ended, 26-28, and the Cavaliers trailed by two points.

But throughout the first quarter, Yunchen didn't take a single shot, which was completely different from his usual efficient performance. When he returned to the bench, Tyronn Lue came over to ask him about his situation.

Those who watched the game off the field couldn't feel the defensive threat Jefferson brought to him at all. Even his teammates didn't express any surprise at his shot just now.

"Li, what's the matter with you, why didn't you make a move?" At this moment, Osman came over and asked.

At this time, Yunchen was sitting on the seat, gulping down a sports drink, with a towel covering his head without saying a word.

"I won't play in the second quarter." Suddenly, he looked up and looked at Tyronn Lue who was explaining tactics to the players.

"Ah? What did you say?" Tai Lunlu stopped what he was doing, and looked at Yun Chen with a strange expression on his face.

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The second quarter started quickly, and the Cavaliers changed into a pure substitute lineup.The Nets are similar, leaving Carroll on the court in the starting lineup.

In this quarter, Yun Chen did not play again.He wanted to observe, observe Jefferson, because it was unreasonable for him to keep appearing by his side inexplicably and still not feel it, so there must be something missing.

In the middle of the second quarter, the opponent sent Jefferson again. At this time, the Cavaliers had Osman at the small forward position and Hood at the shooting guard.

Osman was only in charge of organization and not offense, so Jefferson didn't care about him.

He was the same as when Yunchen was on the court before, staring at Hood, the shooting guard.

It was also because of intentional observation off the field that Yunchen figured out what Jefferson's defense was like at this time.

Jefferson's defense is very strange. Others' defense is to stare at a person from the beginning to the end, but he is different. He is always "losing away". Maybe he was still near you a few seconds ago, but these few seconds Just go to the other side, and seconds later he's back with you.

It is this kind of "tight and distant" defense that paralyzes the vigilance of offensive players, thus creating the illusion of his sudden appearance.

And thanks to his super long wingspan and strong athletic ability, his lateral movement speed is very fast. You feel that he has lost his position on many balls, but he can rescue them as quickly as possible.

"Amazing player!" After observing these, Yunchen couldn't help but want to praise him. Although his offense is not strong, but in terms of defense alone, Jefferson's skills are higher than most small forwards in the league!

Both sides played relatively smoothly in the second quarter. At the end of this quarter, the score came to 46-48, and the Cavaliers trailed by two points.

When the players were off the field, Yunchen asked Hood how he felt, and the result was the same as before, being defended by Jefferson was very uncomfortable. In this quarter, Hood made 3 of 0 mid-range shots.

After a 15-minute intermission, Tyronn Lue, who returned to the locker room, did not talk about any tactics, but just let everyone rest.

Today, because of the status of JR and Thompson, the physical exertion of the substitute players is very high.

After the break, the third quarter started on time. In this quarter, the two sides put the starters back on the court.

JR and Thompson still didn't play on the Cavaliers' side, and Tyronn Lue seemed determined to show them some color.

However, Yunchen had already found a way to deal with Jefferson before playing this time.

The game started and the Cavaliers had the ball.

Osman organized the attack at the top of the arc. Yunchen was standing on the right side of the three-point line at this time. This was the same position as in the first half. Go to the top of the arc to pick and roll Osman.

"Huh?" When Yun Chen made this move, he clearly heard the doubts of the Nets players around him.

They have never played this tactic before, and even if you look at the entire NBA, it is rare to see a pick-and-roll between a shooting guard and a small forward.

Yun Chen's intention was simple. Didn't Jefferson have a weak defensive presence? It didn't matter. He went to the pick-and-roll to cover Osman, so that Osman would break through to find an offensive opportunity.

It was Dinwiddie who defended Osman, who was far behind in terms of height and tonnage. If Osman chose to force his way, he would definitely not be able to stand up.

In this way, Jefferson will be forced to switch defenses with Dinwiddie.Once he can face Dinwiddie's defense, Yunchen is confident that he can get rid of it!

At this time, Yunchen went up to pick and roll, and Osman used the screen to break in.

Sure enough, as Yunchen expected, the Nets had to switch Jefferson and Dinwiddie in order to prevent Osman from scoring inside or mid-range.

It suddenly dawned on him that Dinwiddie was much shorter than Yun Chen, and he hardly threatened his shooting.

Osman, who broke into the inside line, directly passed back to Yunchen.

At the top of the three-point arc, Yunchen received the ball, faced Dinwiddie's defense without giving in, and shot straight up.

"Shua!" Hollow into the net!Three points hit!The first attack in the second half went smoothly! 49-48.

This goal also announced almost at the same time that the defense on the opponent's front line was seen through by him!

After that, the third quarter seemed to be Yunchen's performance moment alone.In this quarter, he continued to use the cooperation with Osman to take long shots from the outside. Although he was not a hundred shots, the 60% shooting rate still made the Nets feel overwhelmed.

Only 5 minutes into this quarter, the score of the two sides has opened up momentum, 63-57, the Cavaliers lead by 6 points.

Atkinson had to call a timeout for personnel and tactical changes at this time.

But in the Nets' lineup, apart from Jefferson, there is really no other player who can limit Yunchen.

Back from the timeout, Atkinson tried to use Carroll to defend Yunchen, but he obviously forgot Yunchen's previous data when he played point forward in the Cavaliers!

As soon as Carroll came out of the paint as a power forward, Yunchen passed it directly to Love without saying a word. The two big mountains of Love and Zizic directly pressed the Nets inside and couldn't breathe!The two dunked continuously.

They still can't restrain the Cavaliers' offensive firepower!
By the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides had come to 83-72, and the Cavaliers had already led by 11 points.

In the subsequent fourth quarter, Atkinson, who had no cards to play, had no choice but to play Okafor. He wanted Okafor to help Russell open the outside line through the containment force of the inside line.

But Russell's outside line can't kill the game like Curry. In the fourth quarter, he made 6 of 2 three-pointers in a single quarter, and failed to help the team achieve a comeback.

In the end, the game ended, and the Cavaliers beat their opponents by 106 points 88-18 away.

In terms of statistics, Love was elected the best player of the game with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Li Yunchen relied on his brilliant performance in the second half to score 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Osman scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

篮网这边，拉塞尔23分7助攻，杰弗森12分6篮板，丁威迪11分3助攻，奥卡福8分8篮板。

(End of this chapter)