Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Holiday agreed silently, lowering his head and feeling a little depressed. He also knew that his performance was not good, and even the reason why the team fell behind so much was related to him.

Today, because the Pelicans have the "twin tower combination" of Davis and Cousins, the Lakers reduced their attacks on the basket and focused more on outside shooting.

It is precisely because of this that Zhuang Yu often passes the ball instead of playing it himself after a breakthrough.

Rondo defended closely, and Zhuang Yu broke through and passed the ball. There would have been many opportunities from the outside at this time, and Holiday, Korver, and Anderson would have had opportunities. However, Anderson's shooting was unstable, Holiday was hesitant, and he didn't play even when he had the chance. Only Korver performed normally and made a three-pointer.

On the other hand, the Pelicans, under Rondo's command, played in multiple areas. Cousins ​​and Davis were naturally the core of the offense, and in addition to them, other players also scored.

Under such circumstances, it is no surprise that the Lakers fell behind.

"Let me tell you." Coach Scott spread out the tactical board and said, "We have to play faster and shoot from the outside. Brook will go online to assist and pass the ball more often."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhuang Yu, Clarkson, and Gerald Green: "If you have the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer, you must shoot it resolutely. Do you understand?"

"Kyle."

He looked at Anderson again: "You are responsible for organizing the game. Rondo is defending very far forward, and Zhuang has to play without the ball. You have to make sure you pass the ball to him."

Anderson responded, “Yes.”

Because the Pelicans have twin towers inside, playing inside is obviously not a good choice, and the Lakers still have to rely on the outside.

Of course, the Lakers' outside line is very strong, so they can play like this. There is no need to attack the basket and go head-to-head with the Pelicans.

Coach Scott then reminded the defense to pay attention to assisting defense and not letting Cousins ​​and Davis play one-on-one in the low post at will, but to put pressure on them.

......

The pause ended quickly.

The players from both teams returned to the court, and the Lakers replaced them with Zhuang Yu, Clarkson, Gerald Green, Anderson, and Lopez.

The Pelicans also made a substitution, replacing guard Moore with Tony Allen.

This is also a player who just joined the Pelicans this season. Tony Allen was previously in the Grizzlies and won the championship with the Celtics in the 07-08 season. At that time, he was a teammate of Rondo. But at that time, he was just a small role in the Celtics.

After joining the Grizzlies in the 10-11 season, Tony Allen quickly became the team's defensive pioneer and was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team that season. In the following seasons, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team consecutively and is a defensive stalwart.

Coach Gentry substituted him in just to defend Zhuang Yu.

So when he returned to the court, when Zhuang Yu came to the frontcourt, Tony Allen rushed over and replaced Rondo, and it was him who defended Zhuang Yu.

Although Rondo's defense is also excellent, he is over 30 years old after all, and a little short, less than 1.9 meters. Tony Allen is not only younger, but also taller.

"Hey, are you trying to rely on Tony Allen to defend me?"

Seeing that the opponent did not help double-team him, and even Tony Allen did not jump too far forward, which meant that he was not just defending his shot, Zhuang Yu could not help but laugh.

No, Tony Allen is very good and has been selected to the All-Defensive First Team for three consecutive seasons, but Coach Gentry doesn't really think he can defend me, does he?

Who are you insulting?

You look down on the regular season scoring champion, right?

Zhuang Yu curled his lips and gestured to his teammates, indicating that there was no need for pick-and-roll, and asked everyone else to move away so that he could play one-on-one.

Several teammates exchanged glances, smiled and moved away.

They also saw it and just laughed at the Pelicans for being too naive. That was Zhuang Yu.

"laugh!"

There was a slight sound, which was caused by the friction between the sneakers and the floor. After getting the ball, Zhuang Yu suddenly started, with a simple acceleration. There was no fake move, just an accelerated breakthrough, but the speed was so fast that the whole person was like an arrow.

Tony Allen's face changed. It's not that he has never played against Zhuang Yu before. He played against Zhuang Yu in the Grizzlies last season. He also defended Zhuang Yu until Zhuang Yu was very fast.

But at this moment, he couldn't help but feel frightened.

Zhuang Yu's speed seems to be even faster than last season!

However, Tony Allen is one of the top defensive players in the league after all. He reacted very quickly. He retreated immediately, turned sideways, and stuck to Zhuang Yu with his hands raised. He did not give the referee a chance to call a blocking foul, but took the initiative to engage in physical confrontation, using physical confrontation to slow down Zhuang Yu's speed and prevent him from completely passing him.

However, the next moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back and pulled the ball back, and Renhe took a step back.

"Not good." Tony Allen quickly adjusted his steps and pounced forward.

But Zhuang Yu did not step back and shoot a jump shot. After stepping back, his center of gravity rose.

It was just a fake to confuse Tony Allen.

Seeing Tony Allen rushing forward, Zhuang Yu accelerated again. This time the speed was not as fast as before, but it was enough to pass Tony Allen.

In an instant, Tony Allen lunged forward, while Zhuang Yu accelerated forward and broke through. In the live broadcast, the two men almost passed each other by, which looked magical.

After taking one step forward, Zhuang Yu had completely left Tony Allen behind.

Davis at the back was somewhat helpless. He watched the whole process of how Tony Allen was fooled by Zhuang Yu. He thought that Tony Allen could cause some trouble to Zhuang Yu, but in the end it was still the same. He could only rush forward to make up for the defense.

This time, Zhuang Yu did not pass the ball, but passed Tony Allen and jumped directly. However, Davis was tall and had long arms, so he used a fadeaway jump shot.

resignedly.

Davis stretched out his arms, but he felt helpless. The other person was making a quick stop jump shot or a fade away, and there was nothing I could do.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

"This ball... is indeed beautiful."

"It seems that Tony Allen is still unstoppable."

"After all, he is the scoring champion, and he averages 31.7 points per game. It's no wonder that Tony Allen can't defend him..."

This ball made the home fans sigh that it was indeed beautiful.

......

"beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, calling a defensive foul on Lopez and signaling Davis to go to the free throw line to take two free throws.

The Pelicans were attacking and the ball was finally given to Davis. Lopez went up to defend but was called for a foul.

Fortunately, Davis failed to score, it was not a 2+1.

Davis made both free throws.

Turning around, Zhuang Yu advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, then made a gesture, first called a pick-and-roll, formed a switch defense, and Cousins ​​defended him. Zhuang Yu broke through and passed the ball to Anderson, then he quickly ran over, used the cover of his teammates to get rid of the defense, and returned to the three-point line to receive the ball.

Anderson passed the ball immediately.

"not good."

"Watch the corners..."

A fan shouted, and a Pelicans player rushed over immediately. Zhuang Yu's three-pointer was too threatening. But Zhuang Yu didn't shoot it himself. Seeing the defender rushing over, he passed the ball to Clarkson, and Clarkson was completely empty in front of him.