Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Shh!"

With a slight click, the Trail Blazers hit another three-pointer from Aminu, who roared loudly with excitement.

This three-pointer brought the difference between the two sides back to single digits.

The Lakers called a timeout, and after several players came to the sidelines, Coach Scott first made substitutions, replacing the main players. At the same time, he spread out the tactical board and made some arrangements, mainly focusing on defense. This quarter allowed the opponent to make a lot of three-pointers, which was not right.

After some arrangements, the Lakers players returned to the court and had regained their main lineup.

At this time, the Lakers led by 8 points.

After coming to the court, Zhuang Yu ran to the frontcourt. When Holiday arrived at the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu made a counter-run and asked Holiday for the ball. Holiday quickly passed the ball to Zhuang Yu, then he moved away and made a gesture to his teammates, indicating that they should all run.

Zhuang Yu was not in a hurry to attack.

He first glanced at the opponent's defense and found that the opponent was still consciously targeting Lopez and Holiday as before, but did not double-team him.

"You didn't double-team me?"

Zhuang Yu couldn't help but laugh.

Obviously, the opponent's idea was probably to let him score more points rather than give the Lakers more opportunities to score.

No, you really don't take the scoring title seriously.

Zhuang Yu didn't call for a pick-and-roll, but suddenly accelerated and broke through.

This move was very fast. The defender was afraid of his three-point shot and defended a little forward. He did not get in position immediately and was passed by Zhuang Yu. Nurkic behind him hurriedly made up for the defense, but saw Zhuang Yu holding the ball and pretending to pass it to the inside.

"Alley-oop?"

Nurkic's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously stopped and turned to look at the basket, only to see that the basketball actually went into the basket.

It wasn't a pass, but a lob.

This made Nurkic a little depressed, he was fooled again.

But we can't blame him completely, Zhuang Yu's movements are too confusing, and Zhuang Yu often passes this kind of alley-oop to Lopez. It looks like a floater, but it's actually a pass. If the defender steps forward to block it, it will miss the basket, and then there will be an alley-oop dunk.

But who could have predicted whether Zhuang Yu would pass the ball or shoot a layup? After all, Zhuang Yu was also good at it.

The score difference returned to double digits, reaching 10 points.

The ball returned to the Trail Blazers. After reaching the frontcourt, Lillard used a pick-and-roll to get rid of Holiday, and then decisively attacked the basket. Although he did not score, he caused Lopez to foul, and he stood on the free throw line and made both free throws.

And just over ten seconds later, the Lakers missed the shot, the Trail Blazers grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack, and Lillard made a three-pointer after reaching the frontcourt.

Now the score difference was reduced to only 5 points.

The situation is not good for the Lakers.

"The Trail Blazers have been really lucky during this period. They can make any shot they want."

"We need to call a timeout to adjust."

"Yeah, the score difference has been narrowed to only 5 points. Don't let the Trail Blazers come back at the last minute."

In the audience, the home fans couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Coach Scott didn’t call a timeout, though.

The Lakers attacked, Holiday called a pick-and-roll after reaching the frontcourt, and he tried to play alone, but the Trail Blazers immediately helped defend, so he took a step back and passed the ball to Lopez. Lopez played Nurkic in the low post, and after taking two steps back, Lopez hugged the basketball, and was about to turn halfway and make a hook shot, when Aminu rushed up quickly and reached out to cut the ball.

Lopez's heart skipped a beat and he quickly raised the ball.

"Brooke."

A voice was heard, and Lopez's heart moved. He recognized it as Zhuang Yu's voice, coming from outside the left three-point line.

Looking for the source of the sound, Zhuang Yu was indeed standing there.

Lopez passed the ball immediately. When Zhuang Yu received the ball, the defender had already rushed over and subconsciously jumped up to block the shot. However, Zhuang Yu did not shoot immediately, but just made a fake shot. When the defender flew past him, he turned his head to look, then jumped up slowly and flicked his wrist.

Swish!

Another three-pointer.

“Too calm, too stable.”

"At the critical moment, we still have to look to Zhuang Yu."

"Is this the 10th three-pointer? Hitting 10 three-pointers in a single game is really terrifying. By the way, how many points did Zhuang Yu get?"

"42 points!"

This three-pointer was Zhuang Yu's 10th three-pointer today, with a three-point shooting rate of 15 out of 10, which is very efficient.

Moreover, after hitting this three-pointer, his personal score reached 42 points, and the difference between the two sides widened to 8 points.

Coach Stotts looked at the time, frowned and called a timeout. There were still two minutes left in the game, so he had to make some arrangements.

Several Trail Blazers players came off the court.

McCollum said: "Coach, there are only two minutes left. Should we focus on defending Zhuang Yu?"

Others echoed.

This made Coach Stotts hesitate. He had previously thought of letting Zhuang Yu score more than 30 points. As long as the others did not play well, the Lakers might not win.

But at this moment, Zhuang Yu had already scored 42 points, which had exceeded his expectations, and the Lakers were leading by 8 points. As long as Zhuang Yu continued to score, even if it wasn't too much, just one more three-pointer, the Trail Blazers would basically lose the game.

"Ah."

After hesitating for a while, Coach Stotts nodded and agreed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, focus on defending Zhuang Yu later..."

......

In a blink of an eye the pause was over.

At this time, the Lakers were leading by 8 points, and there were only two minutes left in the game.

The Trail Blazers had the ball. Lillard called a tactic after reaching the frontcourt, but did not get a good opportunity.

He simply played one-on-one against Holiday, and after a series of changes of direction, he suddenly stepped back and made a step-back jump shot. Holiday rushed forward with all his might, but was unable to cover him, and the ball still went in. Fortunately, it was only a two-pointer.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers strengthened their defense against Zhuang Yu. As soon as they saw Zhuang Yu getting the ball, they immediately came up to assist in defense. The two Trail Blazers players stared at Zhuang Yu together.

"He actually adjusted his defense at this time. Is it because he saw that Zhuang's score has reached 40 points?"

"The Trail Blazers are thinking too simply. They clearly wanted to focus on defending the other Lakers players and would rather let Zhuang Yu score more points. But they obviously didn't expect Zhuang Yu to score so many points. Haha, now they realize it and have to focus on defending Zhuang Yu again. Don't you think it's too late?"

In the audience, fans couldn't help but jeer.

In fact, Coach Stouts also had his own considerations. Under their targeted defense for a period of time before, Holiday and Lopez didn't score much. Korver and Anderson are not strong in scoring, and their touch may have gone cold at this moment.

Even if they focus on defending Zhuang Yu now, Holiday and the others will get some opportunities, but they may not be able to make the shot.

With only two minutes left and trailing by eight points, Stoltes' coach felt he could take a gamble.

However, what neither Coach Stotts nor the Trail Blazers players expected was that although they had clearly strengthened their defense against Zhuang Yu, the person responsible for the final finish on the Lakers side was not Holiday or Lopez, but still Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu first broke through and passed the ball, then ran a three-point tactic, made a circle along the inside line, and with the help of his teammates, he returned to the three-point line to receive the ball again and shot immediately.

This shot was very decisive.

Although the Trail Blazers players were all staring at Zhuang Yu, and someone had already rushed over at the first opportunity, he was still a little slow.

The basketball flew out from his fingertips like a happy elf, spinning towards the basket, and finally went in with a "swish".

"Wow..."

In an instant, the audience was boiling.

All the fans stood up and shouted excitedly. Some waved their arms vigorously, more excited than if they had won the lottery.

"The 11th one. This is Zhuang Yu's 11th three-pointer."

"Making 11 three-pointers in a single game, and with such a high hit rate, is incredible. How can he be so accurate?"

"God, this is crazy!"

Amid the cheers, Zhuang Yu smiled calmly and turned to walk towards his own half.

Lillard and several other Trail Blazers players looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was so damn accurate.

After this three-pointer, the difference between the two sides became 9 points, and there was only a little more than a minute left in the game.

Time is running out for the Trail Blazers.

But they didn't give up.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Lillard and McCollum broke through and passed the ball, which was finally given to Napier on the outside, who still shot a three-pointer because there was not enough time.

The ball bounced on the basket and finally fell in, which gave Lillard and others hope again.

The difference is still 6 points.

But hope soon turned to despair.

Zhuang Yu turned around and ran back to get the ball, then attracted the defense and passed the ball to Holiday, who passed it to Anderson. Anderson rushed to the basket and threw it with one hand, but unfortunately he missed. The basketball bounced out of the basket, and Lopez jumped up. His position was not good, so he couldn't directly pick up the basketball. He simply raised his hand and slapped the ball away.

"mine."

Seeing the basketball flying towards him, Lillard's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to reach out to grab the basketball, a figure suddenly appeared and snatched the basketball away before him.

Lillard was stunned: "What?"

When he reacted and turned his head to look, he saw that Zhuang Yu had already dribbled the ball and stepped back to the three-point line, taking another three-point shot.

asshole!

Lillard yelled angrily and rushed forward with all his might, but he was not tall enough to block Zhuang Yu and could only pounce on him.

"beep......"

The referee blows the whistle.

Zhuang Yu's body was tilted by the tackle, but he still pushed hard with his right hand and threw the ball out with all his might when the referee blew the whistle.

boom!

Swish!

The next moment, Zhuang Yu fell to the ground and the basketball fell into the net.