Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Schneider called another timeout and shook his head frustratedly. At this moment, the difference between the two sides had widened to 13 points.

They were trailing by 8 points in the first quarter, but now they were trailing by 13 points.

There is no other way, I have to call a timeout and replace the starting lineup.

After several players came off the court, Coach Schneider made a substitution, spread out the tactical board, tapped it hard, and said, "Attack..."

For the Jazz, the only way to win is to play well on offense, to play better offense than the Lakers. It is difficult for them to beat the Lakers on defense because they cannot defend. The Lakers have too many scoring points, not to mention Zhuang Yu, an unstoppable scoring point.

A group of players also understood this, and nodded as they listened to the coach's instructions, and then they couldn't help but cast their eyes on Mitchell.

Mitchell is the team's leading scorer and the absolute core of the offensive end.

Facing everyone's gaze, Mitchell's body shook, he held his head high and said loudly: "Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Here, the Lakers also made substitutions.

Coach Scott was not in a hurry to replace Zhuang Yu, but first replaced Lopez and Anderson. Holiday was the one who rotated in the first quarter, and now it was Lopez's turn.

After the timeout, the Lakers' lineup became Rose, Clarkson, Anderson, Kuzma, and Lopez.

The Jazz replaced Rubio with Raul Neto, and also replaced Mitchell and Gobert. The lineup became Neto, Mitchell, Royce O'Neale, Crowder, and Gobert.

As soon as he returned to the court, Mitch started playing singles.

The person defending him at this time was Rose. Mitchell was full of confidence and didn't need a pick-and-roll at all. He lowered his center of gravity and took continuous crossover steps, then suddenly accelerated.

With one acceleration, he passed Zhuang Yu by half a body length.

Rose smiled bitterly in his heart. His speed is indeed not as good as before, nor as fast as Mitchell. It is really a little hard to defend against him.

But it doesn't matter. The Lakers' defense was very quick. Lopez took a step forward, stood in front of Mitchell, and bent down.

Mitchell was not afraid either. He jumped up towards Lopez, dodged in the air to avoid Lopez's block, twisted his body into a knot, and then threw the ball with one hand.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

Mitchell showed a smug expression and smiled at his teammates, as if to say, "I said I won't let you down, and I will definitely do it."

On the offensive end, Rose of the Lakers broke through and passed the ball to Clarkson. Just as Clarkson was about to play himself, he saw Lopez asking for the ball in the low post, so he immediately passed the ball to him, and then moved away to let Lopez play alone.

Lopez took a look at the defensive situation and saw that the Jazz had no help in defense, only Gobert was defending alone. He immediately slammed the ball on the floor, lowered his center of gravity, and arched his butt backward. Gobert was not at a disadvantage in terms of height, but in terms of weight. He was not afraid of that kind of flexible center, but he could not withstand someone like Lopez.

Gobert was pushed back involuntarily. Two steps later, Lopez half turned around, changed from facing the basket with his back to the basket, and lifted the ball.

Gobert subconsciously stood on tiptoe, but did not dare to jump rashly.

However, Lopez did not shoot, but instead hit Gobert with his shoulder again, forcing Gobert to be unable to jump. He then jumped up, grabbed the basketball with his right hand and made a hook shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

Gobert was a little helpless.

He really has no way to deal with such a ball. Lopez not only has weight, but also excellent skills. His little hook shot is very beautiful.

However, Mitchell turned around and scored another goal. This time he used the cover of his teammates to get rid of it. Lopez came up to defend, while Mitchell took a step back jump shot.

Seeing Mitchell score goals one after another, Coach Schneider smiled.

Here, Coach Scott narrowed his eyes, smiled coldly, and said to Zhuang Yu and Holiday: "Zhuang, Holiday, you two get ready to play."

......

Soon, the Lakers made substitutions, replacing Zhuang Yu and Holiday, and the lineup became Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Anderson, Kuzma, and Lopez.

This can also be considered a lineup of one big and four small players, but Kuzma is at the No. 3 position and Anderson is still at the No. 4 position.

Holiday advanced with the ball in the backcourt. When he reached the frontcourt, he looked at Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu nodded and made a counter-run and asked for the ball.

Wait for the ball to be passed to Zhuang Yu, who plays solo.

At this time, Mitchell was still facing Zhuang Yu, but his teammates were not far away, ready to come and help him defend at any time.

Zhuang Yu smiled calmly, without hesitation, and first made a fake shot. Mitchell was not fooled, and Zhuang Yu did not care. Zhuang Yu slapped the ball forward and accelerated suddenly. Mitchell hurriedly retreated and moved sideways, while Zhuang Yu took a step forward and took the initiative to lean towards Mitchell, giving Mitchell a confrontation. Mitchell only felt a strong force coming, and could not help but take another step back.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu accelerated again and passed Mitchell. Without waiting for other Jazz players to rush over, Zhuang Yu immediately jumped up and made a quick stop jump shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

Mitchell's face looked grim, but his heart was full of helplessness. He really couldn't defend Zhuang Yu, so he could only find a way to make up for it on the offensive end.

On the offensive end, Mitchell wanted to fight back, but the person in front of him was no longer Rose, but Holiday.

In the first quarter, Mitchell was a little depressed under Holiday's defense, but Mitchell did not hesitate, nor did he call for a pick-and-roll, and went straight to a one-on-one.

He made a series of changes of direction, and then suddenly accelerated, passing Holiday by most of his body. Holiday quickly turned sideways and stuck to Mitchell.

Mitchell took two more steps forward, then leaned towards Holiday and jumped up.

This confrontation prevented Holiday from jumping up and blocking the shot, but the reaction force also caused Mitchell to lose his balance, and his body twisted in the air, but he still shot the ball.

boom!

The basketball hit the basket, but the force was not strong and it bounced only ten centimeters high before falling into the net.

"call......"

Mitchell breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it went in.

Not only was he relieved, Coach Schneider on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief. The shot was a bit forced, but fortunately it went in.

Holiday shook his head. Zhuang Yu smiled and patted him: "He won't be able to hit this kind of lucky shot many times. Do you want to play against him one-on-one later?"

After thinking about it, Holiday shook his head and said, "You should come."

He was also provoked by Mitchell. You are so arrogant, right? I really don’t believe that I can’t defend you.

"OK." Zhuang Yu responded with a smile, and came to the frontcourt and asked Holiday for the ball, and then he still played against Mitchell.

This time, Zhuang Yu still broke through, but he only took a step forward before pulling the ball back and retreating to outside the three-point line to shoot.

Although his fadeaway jump shot ability has improved and his strength has reached a higher level, three-pointers are still Zhuang Yu's strongest scoring method. After all, three-pointers are more efficient.

Facing Mitchell, Zhuang Yu has the height advantage, so there is no reason for him not to shoot?