Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Entering the second half, the gap between the two sides further widened. With Zhuang Yu continuing to shoot three-pointers, the difference was already heading towards 20 points.

This gave Coach Stotts a headache and his face turned ugly.

In the first quarter, he found that he could not defend against the Lakers' offense, so he hoped to win by relying on his own sharp offense, just like their previous games.

But Lillard failed to beat Zhuang Yu, and was instead affected by Zhuang Yu's mentality. In addition, the Lakers' backcourt defense was too good, so their offense was not as unstoppable as they expected.

"Coach." The assistant coach shouted from the side, saying, "The Lakers' back line is too restrained on us."

"Yeah." Coach Stotts nodded subconsciously.

The Trail Blazers' strongest point is their "backcourt duo", but the Lakers' backcourt combination is Zhuang Yu + Holiday. One is the best defensive player, and the other, although not in the best defensive team, has an obvious defensive level that is in no way inferior to some of the best defensive team players.

Such a backcourt defensive combination made Lillard and McCollum very uncomfortable, especially McCollum, who felt it was too difficult facing Zhuang Yu.

"boom!"

A muffled sound came from the court. Coach Stotts looked up at the court and said with a wry smile, "Get ready to call a timeout."

The teaching assistant agreed.

Soon, the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

Several players came to the sidelines and looked at Coach Stotts with expectation in their eyes, hoping that the coach would give them a solution.

"Let me tell you."

Coach Stotts took a deep breath and said, "We need to pay attention to the defense of Holiday and Lopez later."

what?

A group of players were a little stunned. Shouldn't they focus on defending Zhuang Yu?

Coach Stotts continued: "Zhuang was in great shape today, but this was not just his credit, but also the other players of the Lakers. Defend the others well, then force Zhuang to break through, and Nurkic will be responsible for the backup defense."

"You can let Zhuang Yu score more than 30 points, but you can't let him score more than 30 points while other players also score a lot of points. Do you understand?"

A group of players suddenly realized.

If only other Lakers players scored, or only Zhuang Yu scored, then the situation would be fine, but if Zhuang Yu played extremely well and other players also performed well, then they really had no way to compete with the Lakers.

"There is still an attack..."

Then, Coach Stotts made some arrangements for the offense. They had to make a choice on defense out of helplessness. If the situation was optimistic, it would at most ensure that they would not be at a disadvantage, but at this moment they were still more than ten points behind.

We still have to play better on offense.

......

The pause ended quickly.

After returning to the court, the Trail Blazers changed their defensive strategy. They no longer focused only on Zhuang Yu, but increased their offense against other players, especially Holiday and Lopez.

At the same time, Coach Stouts replaced Aminu and Shabazz Napier because these two are the best three-point shooters in the team besides Lillard and McCollum. Now that the team is trailing by more than ten points, they must have three-pointers.

These two players were quite competitive. After coming on, Aminu passed the ball to Lillard after his breakthrough, and then made a three-pointer.

Not long after, McCollum broke through with the help of a pick-and-roll and then passed the ball to Nurkic. Nurkic attracted the defense and then passed the ball to Lillard. Lillard raised his hand but did not shoot himself because Holiday was not fooled and stayed in front of him. He passed the ball horizontally to Napier, who took a three-point shot and the basketball bounced on the rim and finally fell in.

These two players each made a three-pointer, helping the Trail Blazers narrow the gap.

In addition, Lillard and McCollum also scored successively. Lillard broke through and scored a layup. McCollum got rid of the pick-and-roll, then got the ball and went straight to the basket, caused a foul, and made both free throws at the free throw line.

After a few rounds, the Trail Blazers scored 10 points in a short time.

On the Lakers side, only Anderson scored two points by cutting into the air, but they were unexpectedly outscored by the opponent with a 10:2 wave.

This made the home fans depressed.

On the sidelines, Coach Scott frowned. The opponent obviously consciously strengthened the defense against Holiday and Lopez.

Of course, Lillard and Nurkic cannot completely restrict Holiday and Nurkic. Surprisingly, Aminu and Napier, who were substituted in earlier, not only made three-pointers, but also played a good role on the defensive end. The two's assisting defense caused Holiday and Lopez to miss shots one after another.

For a moment, the gap between the two sides narrowed further and reached single digits, with only 9 points left.

Just as Coach Scott was about to call a timeout, Zhuang Yu stood up.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu took the initiative to get the ball, then made a gesture, and Lopez stepped forward to screen. Zhuang Yu moved one step to the side, but not to break through. Instead, he took a step back and shot directly from more than one meter away from the three-point line.

Swish!

The ball went in, and it was an ultra-long three-pointer.

"nice shot."

"Zhuang's three-pointer is coming again."

"Is this the eighth one? Zhuang Yu has already made eight three-pointers today."

The audience was boiling. The home fans jumped up excitedly, screaming and cheering loudly, cheering for Zhuang Yu.

Making 8 three-pointers in a single game, Zhuang Yu's three-pointers today were simply amazing!

Several Trail Blazers players were a little panicked, and coach Stotts on the sidelines shouted at them: "Don't panic, just play the way you should play, just like you did just now."

......

In the blink of an eye, another two minutes passed.

In these two minutes, Zhuang Yu scored another 3 points, including a fadeaway jump shot after a breakthrough and one of two free throws. In more than two minutes, he scored 6 points by himself and also made an assist, helping the Lakers stabilize the situation.

At this time, the Lakers still led by 10 points.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Stotts called a timeout.

Although the score gap could not be narrowed further, there were only ten points left and there was still the fourth quarter, so they still had a chance to turn the tables.

At this time, most of the third quarter had passed, and both sides began to make substitutions and rotate lineups. Coach Stouts kept McCollum on the court.

In the latter part of the third quarter, the two sides were evenly matched, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers still led by 10 points.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Lakers sent out Zhuang Yu and asked him and Clarkson to lead the bench lineup.

The Trail Blazers also sent Lillard.

After returning to the court, Lillard hit a three-pointer, and Zhuang Yu immediately returned the favor by turning around and making a tactical cooperation with Clarkson. He came to the right corner three-point line and received Clarkson's pass and hit another three-pointer.

Swish!

The ball went in and Zhuang Yu retaliated.

"The ninth one."

"9 three-pointers, 13 of 9 shots, crazy!"

People exclaimed and were just stunned.

And Zhuang Yu's madness continues...