Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"boom!"

With a dull thud, Holiday's three-point shot missed again.

He's kind of mentally broken.

This is the number of entries, how come none of them have made it in?

It was not until the second quarter that he only scored one goal. He did make two free throws, but he only scored 2 points in total.

He is definitely not limited to this ability, but he played really badly today. Not only was his performance poor in scoring, but his performance in organization was also not very good. He always seemed hesitant, wavering between passing the ball and attacking on his own, as if he didn't know how to choose.

And as long as we delay like this, the opportunity will be gone.

"It's terrible. Holiday played terribly today."

"Yeah, he only made 8 of 1 shots, and so far he only got 4 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist. It's really speechless."

"Look at Rondo, he already has 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists."

In the audience, many fans were shaking their heads, very disappointed with Holiday.

Some fans who were still wearing Holiday's jerseys from his time with the Pelicans also had complicated expressions and didn't know what to say.

As fans of the Pelicans, Holiday's poor performance is obviously good for the Pelicans, but they also feel uncomfortable seeing the player they once liked perform so poorly on the court.

"Requesting a substitution."

Coach Scott shook his head helplessly and called a timeout.

When several players came off the court, he did not blame Holiday, but simply replaced him.

Seeing Holiday lowering his head, looking depressed and a little absent-minded, Zhuang Yu patted his shoulder comfortingly, but he still didn't respond.

In fact, Zhuang Yu could more or less guess why Holiday played so poorly today. Although Holiday's performance in the previous few games did not meet people's expectations, it was not as bad as today.

The reason for this today is, firstly, the influence of outside public opinion, and secondly, because we returned to the Pelicans' home court.

Facing the familiar stadium and familiar fans, his emotions can easily be disturbed.

"Let me tell you..."

Coach Scott spread out the tactical board and said, "Zhuang Yu, you will play at position 1 later. Pay attention to controlling the rhythm. We still need to play faster and have more quick counterattacks."

"Also, we must be resolute in attacking and take decisive shots when we have opportunities from the outside."

"On the defensive end, we have to shrink the line. The opponent will most likely replace Davis and regain their twin towers. We can't let the opponent's twin towers play one-on-one in the low post. We have to shrink the line and provide timely assistance. Anderson, you have to defend in front and don't let Davis receive the ball..."

......

After some arrangements, the timeout ended and the players returned to the court.

At this time, more than four minutes had passed in the second quarter, and the score difference had widened to 2 points.

At this time, the Lakers' lineup became Zhuang Yu, Clarkson, Korver, Anderson, and Lopez, and the Pelicans also almost replaced their starting lineup, Rondo, Tony Allen, Cunningham, Davis, and Cousins. Except for Tony Allen, the other four were starters.

Lakers possession of the ball.

Zhuang Yu returned to the No. 1 position. He took the ball and advanced in the backcourt. When he reached the frontcourt, Tony Allen immediately rushed up. Coach Gentry put him on the court just to defend Zhuang Yu.

Although Tony Allen cannot really defend Zhuang Yu, compared with other players, he can still cause some trouble for Zhuang Yu.

If it were someone else, it would be even harder to defend against.

Zhuang Yu simply glanced at Tony Allen, then swept his eyes across the entire half court, taking in the positions of the defensive players, and made a gesture: "Pick and roll."

Lopez called for a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Zhuang Yu quickly moved to the left, the Pelicans switched defense, and Cousins ​​stepped forward to delay.

This was a mismatch opportunity, Zhuang Yu did not hesitate, dribbled behind his back, switched the ball to his right hand, leaned to the right, and pretended to accelerate the breakthrough. Cousins ​​subconsciously retreated and moved sideways, blocking the position first, but Zhuang Yu immediately changed direction in front of his body, with a fast speed and a large amplitude.

"not good."

Now Cousins ​​can't stop it.

With his fingertips, Zhuang Yu passed Cousins ​​and rushed to the basket. Davis on the other side quickly made up for the defense. Almost at the moment when Zhuang Yu jumped up, he also jumped up, waving his palms like a palm leaf fan. However, he missed the ball. Zhuang Yu did not lay up directly, but retrieved the ball in the air, bent his knees and tightened his abdomen, did a pull-up, glided in the air for a distance, and stretched his body just before falling, and did a reverse layup.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

"This ball is really..." Davis put his hands on his hips, looking helpless.

There was really no way to deal with this kind of ball. He almost blocked all of Zhuang Yu's shooting space, but Zhuang Yu was still able to glide in the air and then make a backhand layup.

All I can say is that it’s not that his defense was bad, it’s that the question was beyond the scope.

Although he scored a beautiful goal at the beginning, Zhuang Yu did not continue to attack by himself. Instead, he used his personal ability to tear open the Pelicans' defense and create opportunities for his teammates.

A few dozen seconds later, he used the pick-and-roll to create a mismatch, then broke through decisively and once again entered the inside, but instead of shooting himself, he passed the ball to the three-point line in the right corner.

Korver just stood there and made a three-pointer after receiving the pass from Zhuang Yu.

......

After a while.

Zhuang Yu, Lopez and Anderson made a small cooperation. First, Zhuang Yu broke through and passed the ball back to Lopez, then he ran to the three-point line in the right corner. Anderson and Zhuang Yu moved crosswise and provided a cover for Zhuang Yu.

This looks like a three-point tactic for Zhuang Yu.

However, just when everyone thought that Zhuang Yu was going to take the ball and shoot a three-pointer, and the Pelicans players subconsciously rushed towards him, Anderson turned around and cut into the inside.

"not good."

"The defense missed a man."

the home fans shouted.

At this time, Anderson was completely left alone, and Zhuang Yu immediately passed the ball.

It was a ground pass, very clever, the basketball passed between two Pelicans players who pounced on Zhuang Yu, and bounced right at their feet. Both of them subconsciously reached out to cut the ball, but both missed and almost collided with each other.

The basketball passed over the two people and fell into Anderson's hands.

Anderson had already reached the basket. He reached out and grabbed the basketball, secretly praised "nice pass", and jumped up for a one-handed dunk.

A loud "bang" caused a commotion in the audience.

Some Lakers fans jumped up excitedly, waving their arms and shouting: "Well done."

"That was a beautiful pass, it was great."

"Zhuang Yu's passing has always been great. I think the Lakers should let Zhuang Yu play the No. 1 position. His organizational ability is much better than Holiday's."

Some discussions reached Holiday's ears. He looked up at the court and couldn't help thinking that maybe the fans were right. Zhuang Yu should play the No. 1 position. Even in terms of organizing and passing the ball, he was far inferior to Zhuang Yu.