basketball dreams

Chapter 74 I Heard You Are the King of Shot Blockers

January 2019, 1, today is the first game of the Cleveland Cavaliers since the New Year, so the atmosphere at home is particularly good. With more than an hour before the start of the game, Yunchen has already seen the arrival of the Cleveland Cavaliers one after another. fans.

Although the record in December was not very good, the fans still have great expectations for their team, after all, at least they can guarantee to enter the playoffs.

At this time, Li Yunchen was adjusting his state with his teammates in the locker room.

The climate of Cleveland represents the area along Lake Erie in the United States. It is a temperate continental humid climate with four distinct seasons and late spring and autumn.Winter is cold, humid, with little sunshine. The average number of days with daily maximum temperature below 0 °C (32 °F) is 39 days, and the average number of days with daily minimum temperature is below 10 °C (14 °F). 23 days at 15 °C (5 °F).

And this time was one of the coldest days of the year. Even though the locker room was air-conditioned, Yun Chen and the others could still feel the severe cold.

They have to keep moving their bodies to keep from cooling down.

Today, the outdoor temperature is only minus 5 degrees. As a typical southerner, Yunchen really rarely encounters such a climate, so he is a little uncomfortable.

"Li, are you really going to face Ibaka in this game?" At this time, Kevin Love, who was sitting on Yunchen's right, came over and asked.

During the team's training this morning, Yun Chen took the initiative to apply to match up with the opponent's big man Ibaka, and his jaw dropped all over the place.

His teammates thought he was crazy, after all, there was too much difference in height and weight between the two.Ibaka is 2 meters tall and weighs 08 kilograms. He basically defeated Yunchen. It is not easy to guard against him.

Yun Chen nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Isn't he very arrogant, I want to give him some color in this game."

"But..." Le Fu still wanted to say something, but Tylen Lue on the other side raised his hand to signal not to continue, so he shook his head and walked back to his place.

This matter was approved by Tai Lue, and it was also used as a new tactic for this game.

Before today's game, Ibaka was asked about the joint complaint when he was interviewed by the media. He unabashedly expressed his contempt for the Chinese players again, and stated that he would represent the majority of black players to fight for their legitimate rights and interests.

When Yun Chen heard the news, he almost spat out, and said that he wanted to be in the All-Stars, he really regarded himself as a green onion, representing the majority of black people, and his sanctimonious appearance really disgusted him.

Even the rest of the Cavaliers couldn't help laughing when they heard about it.

Half an hour later, players from both sides walked out of the locker room, and they came to the field for the last warm-up before the game.

Because it is the New Year, the arena has been carefully decorated, with some New Year decorations hanging everywhere, and the fans who enter the stadium can receive a commemorative gift with their tickets, which can be said to be very There is love.

However, compared to the peace in the auditorium, the arena is a bit tense.

Once on the court, Yunchen and Ibaka faced each other. During training, if Ibaka dunked a basket, Yunchen would definitely dunk a more gorgeous one than him. If he made a basket, Yunchen would definitely make a dunk. farther than him.

For a moment, almost everyone's attention was on these two people, and everyone knew about those things outside the arena.

It can be said that this game is a head-to-head confrontation between Ibaka and Li Yunchen for the All-Star ballots. Of course, it is not a competition for places, but a competition for breath.

Soon, it was time for the game to officially start. The substitute players from both sides were all off the field, and the starters changed their jerseys and walked to the center of the field.

Players from both sides greeted each other, but only Li Yunchen and Ibaka did not, they ignored each other.

"Wow!" At this time, the auditorium had already started cheering. In the first game of the new year, they extremely hoped that the team could get off to a good start, thus sweeping away the decline in December!

The starting lists of both parties are as follows:
The Cavaliers remain unchanged.

Raptors: PG Kyle Lowry, SG Bruno Cabercolo, SF Kawhi Leonard, PF Serge Ibaka, C Jonas Valanciunas.

The two sides stand in the middle circle, the referee blows the whistle, and the game officially begins!
Jump ball, Valanciunas vs. Tristan Thompson.

Maybe it was because it was too cold. In the first wave of ball competition, Thompson's jump height was not enough, the ball was taken by the opponent, Kyle Lowry got the ball, and the Raptors organized the first wave of offense.

The Cavaliers retreated quickly and prepared to defend. Last season, the Raptors ranked first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses. Although the Cavaliers led by LeBron swept the playoffs, their strength should not be underestimated.

Moreover, this summer they also traded for Leonard with the head star DeRozan, which can be regarded as a reinforcement.

After all, from the perspective of offensive and defensive influence, Yunchen is still more optimistic about Leonard. His offensive ability is not inferior to DeRozan, but his defensive ability is more prominent.

Lowry advanced to the three-point line with the ball, and Hill defended one-on-one.

As discussed before the game, Yun Chen and Kevin Love exchanged positions. He came to the inside to defend Ibaka, while Love marked Leonard.

In this way, a dislocation was formed on the inside line, and the matchup between Yunchen and Ibaka with a large height gap was immediately seen by Lowry.

Without hesitation, he passed the ball directly to Ibaka.

"Wow!" The audience began to cheer. In the first round of the game, the highlight of the game was Li Yunchen and Ibaka's match!

Ibaka is tall and has a long wingspan. It is really difficult for Yunchen to hit him from behind. From the moment he took the ball, Yunchen was hit from the back and kept going backwards.

But fortunately, his position is not deep enough, and he was not able to squeeze into the penalty area after the back hit, so he could only stop at almost the middle distance and choose to shoot.

But how could Yunchen give him a chance?Almost the moment Ibaka turned around and wanted to shoot, he went straight up and surrounded Ibaka like an octopus, compressing his shooting space to a very small one. status.

Last night, in order to prepare for this game, Yunchen turned on the lights and studied the player Ibaka very carefully.

Whether it's his offense or defense, Yunchen can almost be said to have a clear understanding of it, so he can make a very timely prediction.

Ibaka's best honor should be the league's second-time block leader. At that time, he really had outstanding defensive ability.

But now, he has aged seriously, and his strength is not as good as before. This also gave Yunchen the opportunity to single-handedly beat him in one-on-one!
Although the shooting space is much smaller, because of his height and long arms, Ibaka still did not stop shooting and still chose to shoot.

On his face, Yun Chen seemed to vaguely see a contemptuous smile. It was the first direct conversation between the two, and Ibaka was obviously very confident in taking it down.

However, if he was allowed to score so easily, then Yun Chen's research yesterday was really in vain.

Almost a few tenths of a second before the moment when Ibaka actually took off to shoot, he took off first. Because the time difference was almost perfect, the opponent didn't react, and he still shot the same shot.

However, because Yunchen took off first, and because his own muscles are very explosive, the moment Ibaka's ball was just released, it flew in front of the opponent's eyes!
"You!" Ibaka was stunned for a moment, because Yunchen's bullet speed was so fast that he opened the gap with him in an instant, and then he stretched out his hand to block the path of his shot.

"Slap!" Then, like a resounding slap, Yun Chen waved his hand, like a hundred-armed giant guard, and directly blocked Ibaka's shot!

"Bang!" Immediately, the basketball was smashed to the ground like a meteor shell, and the violent sound even shocked all the players on the field!From the beginning, the two sides burst into fierce sparks!

"I heard that you are the king of shot blocking?" At this time, Yun Chen, who had just landed, stabilized his figure, staring at Ibaka in front of him with a pair of eyes.

(End of this chapter)