basketball dreams

Chapter 53 Unlimited Singles
The Suns were on the bench. At this time, the whole team was immersed in a gloomy atmosphere, especially the starting players, who were downcast like soldiers who had lost a battle.

In the first quarter, Li Yunchen's unsolvable personal offense almost completely destroyed their self-confidence.

"In the first quarter, we played very well in the first half. The problem mainly came in the second half, especially after Booker and other starters left the field, there was no counterattack at all..."

However, unlike the depression of the players, the head coach Watson at this time was still calm and composed as usual, as if everything was still under control.

He did not take the initiative to comfort the players, but continued to explain the tactics to them in detail.

"Head coach..." At this time, Ayton stretched out his hand and interrupted Watson's speech. He leaned forward as if he wanted to say something.

Watson looked up at him and nodded slightly for him to speak.

"Coach, should you change the tactics you set up? That Li Yunchen scored 13 points in the half quarter, and our defensive tactics don't work at all..." Ayton said with a frown.

As soon as this remark came out, almost everyone on the Suns bench looked at Watson, and their thoughts were the same as Ayton's, and they were a little dissatisfied with the current tactics.

Watson didn't answer him directly when he heard the words, but slowly put away the tactical board in his hand.

"Continue to implement the current singles offensive tactics, and then force the opponent to play us singles." Immediately afterwards, he paused word by word.

"What?" Immediately, all the players looked at Watson, and they all felt that Watson was crazy.

Let them play singles?Li Yunchen almost beat him up in the first quarter. If he continues to let this go, his hands will definitely get hotter and hotter, and it will be even more difficult to deal with!

What kind of head coach would make such a stupid decision?

"But..." Ayton wanted to refute immediately, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Watson raised his hand and suppressed him.

"Don't talk about it, just do as I said tactically, just switch the positions of the two people, Ayton, you go to match Love, let Warren go to match Li Yunchen, that's it." Opportunity to refute, as soon as he finished speaking, he got up and prepared to walk aside.

And at this time, the inter-holiday rest time is almost over.

Ayton looked at his head coach at this time, opening his mouth and not knowing what to say.

"Are you a fool? You won't change after you've been blown away?" He cursed in a low voice, and his evaluation of Watson dropped rapidly in his heart.

"Slap!" But just as he finished swearing, Booker slapped him on the head behind him.

"Just listen to me if I tell you, why are there so many nonsense?"

"But……"

"But what, just listen to him!" Booker glared at him, and immediately suppressed Ayton from speaking.

In front of the team's leading star, Ayton can only be obedient even if he is the number one pick.

"Beep." The referee blew his whistle, the intermission period ended, and the players on both sides returned to the field at the same time.

Because Watson rested Booker and Knight in the last few minutes of the first quarter, so when the second quarter came up, they still started.

The Suns' bench strength is generally not strong, which also leads to them having to rely too much on starters.

On the other hand, the Cavaliers still rested in the starting lineup, and Love was also replaced. Now Li Yunchen is leading a group of substitutes.

Clarkson at No. [-], Korver at No. [-], Li Yunchen at No. [-], Nance Jr. at No. [-], Ante Zizic at No. [-], and a pure substitute lineup.

The Cavaliers have the ball, Nance Jr. serves from the sideline, and Clarkson advances with the ball after receiving the serve.

"Wow..." Yun Chen and the others settled down, ready to run and attack, but at this moment, their brows gradually frowned.

As he expected just now, Watson really saw that Ayton couldn't defend himself, and now the player defending him has become Warren.

Warren is a small forward at 2 meters. He is almost the same height and weight as Yunchen. His personal ability is not strong, and his defense is relatively average.

But the problem is that no matter whether his defense is strong or not, his reaction speed is definitely much better than Ayton.

In this way, Yun Chen turned back into the shooter who could only catch and shoot.

As soon as the ball passed the half court, Warren stepped over in an instant and gave him a strong physical confrontation.

"Phew... it's really here." Yun Chen sighed, although he was still expected, he was a little disappointed that he couldn't be singled out.

Clarkson, who came over with the ball, saw that Yunchen was being guarded very tightly by Warren. He originally wanted to give the ball but stopped abruptly, and handed it to Zizic, who ran out of the attacking position in the middle distance.

Zizic played for the first time today, shooting the ball on the catch, and it was Ayton who defended him.

The two are about the same height, but Ayton's jumping ability is obviously better than that of Zizic.

"Slap!" With a crisp sound, Ayton slapped the ball thrown by Zizhiqi with a slap!It can be seen that Zizic's hand was a little cold just after touching the ball, and the rhythm of the whole shot was not very good.

The ball flew into Knight's hands, and Knight instantly accelerated and advanced with the ball. Clarkson's speed was not lost to him and followed him all the way to defend.

When they got to the basket, Knight wanted to force him, but Yun Chen suddenly came out from the side. He relied on his own speed to catch up with the two who were going down quickly, and jumped up in the air to intercept Knight.

Seeing that the form was not good, Knight hurriedly changed his strategy and passed the ball back to Booker who had just followed from the outside.

Booker received the ball and didn't even shoot. Instead, he waited for his teammates to get in position before starting to dribble to the top of the arc to organize an offense.

"Huh?" Yun Chen was surprised. Booker's position just now was actually possible to shoot, but he slowed down the tempo.
"Afraid of being hit back if you don't make the shot?" Yun Chen wondered.They seem to be deliberately avoiding being counterattacked by the Cavaliers.

After falling into position, all the players of the Suns stood in their familiar positions, and the ball was also given to Knight's organization.

Yunchen switched defenses with Korver while the opponent was in position, and he faced Booker again.

At present, he is the only one in the team who can prevent Booker.

Knight broke through with the ball, Clarkson did not lose his position and still blocked it firmly. He failed to break in, but then, he sent the ball to Ayton inside with a diagonal pass.

Ayton's position in the interior is not too deep, but that position is already within his range.

It was Zizic who defended him.

"Bang!" He held the ball with his back for a second, and then Ayton started to play singles, relying on his weight to push inwards. His dribbling strength was very strong, and he directly retreated all the way to the three-second zone.

"Damn..." Yun Chen, who was on the outside line, was speechless for a while. There was almost no skill at all, and he was completely relying on his weight and talent.

When he got to the basket, Ayton turned around in a second, and then ignored Zizic's defense and took off directly, "BANG!" He dunked on the spot!Zizic's defense is completely useless! 33-28.

Zhuangyuan Lang's talent is indeed extraordinary!

Switch, the Cavaliers attack.

He ran to the frontcourt early again, and this time Warren didn't stick too close. After Clarkson came over, he gave the ball to Yunchen, who fell outside the three-point line for a single.

"Shua!" But as soon as he got the ball, Warren clung to him again. He deliberately let Yun Chen catch the ball.

The dribble was immediately destroyed, which was completely different from Ayton's defense for Yunchen. Warren was not afraid of him breaking through, because his reaction speed was fast enough, and he would definitely be able to block his route.

So it was enough to guard against Yun Chen's three-pointer.

"..." Yun Chen hesitated for a moment, but finally passed the ball.

Clarkson received the ball, the Suns are stuck in a tight position now, the running route has been cut off, and they can only play singles.

Clarkson played singles, faced Knight's defense and broke into a mid-range strong shot, but missed.

Ayton rebounds and the Suns attack.

It was the same routine again, they were not in a hurry at all, they still waited for their teammates to take their positions and looked for opportunities to play singles.

It was given to the inside again, and Ayton was still singles, and Zizic was forced again, scoring two points near the penalty area. 33-30.

The situation on the court at this time is completely different from the first quarter.

In the first quarter, the Cavaliers took the initiative to look for singles, but now they are forced to play singles, and the two sides began a tough battle.

Yunchen felt a little uncomfortable. Once Warren's defense came, his singles ability almost dropped to zero, completely useless.

Moreover, the current substitute teammates don't have such a strong offensive containment force, and there are only a few running routes, which were cut off by the Suns.

Suddenly, the Cavaliers fell into a scoring drought and failed to score in consecutive singles. However, on the other side, the Suns relied on Ayton's incomprehensible tonnage to continuously dominate the inside and evened the score in a short time.

Just like the Rockets played against the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals last season, the Warriors were forced to play infinite singles, and the offensive system completely failed.

The current Cavaliers are like the Warriors at that time, unable to play pass and cut cooperation at all.

(End of this chapter)