I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 76 Excellent Defense Ability

Heat coach Stan Van Gundy saw Li Xuan on the court, and immediately called Butler to the sidelines and said: "Don't let him shoot easily."

That's it, without any other special arrangement.

Of course, Stan Van Gundy knew that Li Xuan was the MOP of the NCAA Final Four. He also knew that he performed well in the preseason and had an excellent shooting ability. As for other aspects, he knew little about it. After all, he was not a core player of the Mavericks.

What he needs to think about now is how to limit Nowitzki, the core of the Mavericks, and how to make the Heat's offense smooth.

Containing Li Xuan is not that important, no matter what a substitute player can do.

Substitution adjustments, Odom again hit the free throw in the cheers of the Heat fans.

Li Xuan took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and then ran forward.

Although it was the first time he played in an official NBA game, he felt that he was quite adapted.

Nash dribbled across the center line in no hurry and came to the top of the arc to organize the offense.

This time it wasn't Nowitzki who proposed to do a pick-and-roll, but Li Xuan quickly came to the free throw line to make an off-ball screen.

The general pick-and-roll tactic is the pick-and-roll from the inside to the outside. The most classic is the pick-and-roll between Stockton and Malone, and there are also pick-and-rolls between the outside, but this period is very rare.

After the pick-and-roll was ready, Nash used the cover to quickly break into the penalty area, while Wade, who was chasing, ran into Li Xuan.

"Fuck! How did this kid train his body in the summer? It's so hard!"

Wade thought he could squeeze through the cover, but he bumped into an "iron wall". He rubbed his own chest, and he didn't forget to touch Li Xuan's hard chest.

Seeing this, Li Xuan quickly cut to the inside line, he didn't want to engage in indecent interaction with Wade.

After Nash broke into the penalty area and attracted the defense, he caught a glimpse of Li Xuan following up from the corner of his eye, and immediately passed the ball out.

Li Xuan received the basketball and immediately stopped and made a jump shot.

Wade, who was chasing from behind, couldn't interfere with the shot. He knew that his brother's shooting point was very high. If he didn't engage in a sneak attack, he couldn't block the shot at all.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

"Good shot! Li Xuan entered the state very quickly, and he cooperated with Nash quite tacitly. It will definitely be very comfortable to play next to a passing master." Director Zhang explained with a smile.

Meanwhile, in the TNT studio, Barkley is fulfilling his bet.

"Charles, now that Lee has played and scored the first goal of his career, it's time for you to fulfill your promise." Kenny Smith smiled gloatingly.

Buckley came to the center of the studio with a reluctant expression, and touched the ass of the donkey with his mouth in disgust.

"Take it away quickly, I don't want to see it, I'm worried that I can't help my temper and eat it to the stew." Bakri waved his hand, signaling the staff to take the donkey away.

Seeing Barkley return to the commentary booth, Kenny Smith asked: "Charles, how do you feel? Do you want to go through it again?"

"I will never take part in any gambling game involving Chinese people!" Barkley responded with gritted teeth.

After losing money twice in a row, Barkley learned to be smart. The mysterious oriental magic was too powerful, and he didn't dare to bet any more.

In the midst of this hilarious little episode, the Mavericks scored two more points to push the deficit to six.

The game continued, the Heat had the ball, and Wade dribbled the ball to the three-point line. Seeing Butler reaching out for the ball, he hesitated, and passed the ball.

He also wondered if his brother could guard Butler.

After receiving the ball, Butler made a three-threat move, took a tentative step, and looked at the rookie in front of him, showing a hint of disdain.

A rookie who has just entered the league, and is only the 13th pick, no matter how good he is, it is impossible to guard against himself who has the level of an All-Star substitute.

Seeing that Li Xuan was not shaken by his fake action, Butler thought that Li Xuan hadn't reacted, so he could only stand there blankly.

Butler no longer tried, and suddenly started, breaking through from the right side of Li Xuan, rushing towards the penalty area.

Li Xuan, who was focused on defense, saw Butler making the next move, and immediately slid and moved laterally to block his breakthrough route.

After a while, the two fought hand to hand and had an exciting hand-to-hand fight.

After the physical confrontation, what happened next was completely different from Butler's imagination. Not only did he not push Li Xuan into the penalty area, but he was forced to stop abruptly.

"This rookie's physical fitness is too fucking abnormal! I can't squeeze myself."

Butler looked at the rookie in front of him with such shock that he forgot to protect the ball.

Seeing that Butler had exposed the ball, Li Xuan directly cut off the basketball, then dived for the ball and took the ball in his hands. Seeing that the Heat players hadn't reacted, he immediately passed the ball.

"Very beautiful defense. Li Xuan's active fight won the ball for the Mavericks, and the Mavericks took the opportunity to launch a defensive counterattack." Yu Jia quickly explained.

On the field, Nash quickly dribbled forward, followed by Finley and Nowitzki, and the Heat only retreated back to Wade.

The Mavericks got the opportunity to play more and less. Nash rushed into the penalty area to attract Wade's defense, and assisted Finley with an easy layup.

10: 18!

In the next round, Wade stood up in time, used lightning steps, passed Nash, broke into the penalty area, and scored a layup relying on Nowitzki, breaking the scoring drought.

After the goal, Wade flexed his muscles, cheered by the Heat fans, and sprinted back to the defense.

The Mavericks attacked, Nash handed the ball to Nowitzki who asked for the ball in the low post on the right, and then ran to the bottom corner.

After receiving the ball, Nowitzki made a series of fake moves, then suddenly turned around and threw the ball out.

The ball was weak, and the basketball hit the front of the rim and bounced out.

Grant protected the backcourt rebound and passed to Wade to dribble forward.

Wade dribbled the ball to the outside of the three-point line and repeated the old trick. This time he failed to pass Nash and could only carry Nash into the penalty area.

Li Xuan quickly ran to the basket when he saw Wade's breakthrough.

When Wade broke into the penalty area, the tall and long-armed Li Xuan had already defended and returned to the basket.

"This guy's speed has become faster again." Wade curled his lips. When he just broke through, he clearly saw Li Xuan still entangled with Butler from the outside.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xuan was under the basket.

Under the pincer defense of Li Xuan and Nash, Wade did not force a score. He caught a glimpse of Butler who was emptied by Li Xuan, and passed the ball without any hesitation.

Butler's three-point shooting rate is not high, he only takes two or three shots in a game, and he doesn't like shooting three-pointers very much.

So, he came two or three steps inside the three-point line and was ready to catch the ball.

After receiving the basketball, Butler decisively chose to shoot, and finally had a chance to score easily.

But Butler was just about to shoot, but found that the nasty No. 10 rookie appeared in front of him again.

Li Xuan's defensive speed is so fast that he can quickly retreat after defending the inside line without causing a loss of position.

Butler is not the kind of player who can fancy assist teammates in the air, and now he has only two options.

Either force a pass and make a turnover, or force a shot and try your luck.

Butler naturally chose the latter and threw the ball.

However, due to the influence of Li Xuan's long arm, his shooting was not up to standard.

Bang bang!Fight with anger!
Nowitzki grabbed the rebound and passed it to Nash to dribble and push forward at the first time, launching a defensive counterattack.

And Butler, who landed after shooting the basket, no longer saw Li Xuan in front of him, and turned his head to see the back of the No. 10 rookie getting farther and farther away from him.

Nash dribbles quickly and throws the ball towards the basket just past the center line.

Li Xuan, who was on a fast break, had already run to the free throw line. Seeing the basketball flying towards him, he immediately accelerated to the penalty area, jumped up vigorously, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and dunked it hard into the basket.

On the sidelines, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy immediately asked for a timeout, called the players back, and reworked offensive and defensive tactics.

(End of this chapter)