I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 78 Perfect integration into the team system
The intermission is over and the second quarter begins.

The Mavericks made substitution adjustments. The players on the field are: Nash, Finley, Li Xuan, Edondo Najera, Bradley.

The Heat also replaced Wade and Odom, who played a full quarter, for a rest. The players on the field were: Alston, Samaki Walker, John Wallace, Malik Allen, Haslem .

Due to the conflict between the main players, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy benched those two guys and should not play in this game.

Li Xuan looked at the players of the Heat team and felt a little puzzled in his heart. Why are they all substitute players? Don't they want to win?

Don't know what medicine is sold in the big Van Gundy gourd.

The game continued, the Heat had the ball, and Alston dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line to organize the offense.

The defense was weak beyond the arc as the Mavericks' defense shrunk inward.

Alston knew that it would be difficult to win this game after the team's internal strife, so he completely relaxed and directly shot a three-pointer.

Nash, who defended two or three steps inside the three-point line, rushed to interfere.

The ball was very lucky, the basketball rebounded into the basket.

23: 27!

The Mavericks attacked, Nash dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line, made tactical gestures, and called his teammates to play pick-and-roll cooperation.

Li Xuan quickly ran out to make an off-ball screen, and Nash immediately started, using the screen to break through and enter the three-point line.

Alstom wanted to bypass Li Xuan to chase Nash, but Li Xuan squeezed Alstom secretly, which delayed his speed of chasing and defending.

This is actually an illegal cover, but in this period of intense physical confrontation, it is generally not called a penalty, and Li Xuan did it very covertly. As long as the referee can't see it, it is not called a foul.

"Fuck! This damn is a rookie who has just entered the league, and he is more proficient in small movements than a veteran like myself."

Alston glanced at Li Xuan in surprise. If he hadn't read the profile of this guy, who would believe that he just played his first match?
Li Xuan put on a nonchalant expression, as if he had done nothing just now, and then quickly ran to the outside.

Because of Li Xuan's delay, Alstom failed to catch up with Nash in the first place.

As a result, Wallace had to switch to Nash.

Nash hit big with a small one, changed direction in front of his body and shook Wallace's center of gravity, and then broke through to the other side.

After rushing into the penalty area, Nash used a high hit plate toss, escaped Haslem's block and scored 2 points.

Looking back, the Heat's players fought on their own without any cooperation. Walker broke through with the ball, passed Finley, and against Li Xuan's help defense, he made a mid-range shot.

Bang bang!Fight with anger!
The Mavericks protected the defensive rebound and immediately organized an offense. In this round, Li Xuan and Nash cooperated again.

With the help of a screen, Nash broke into the three-point line, attracted Alston and Wallace, and immediately divided the ball.

Li Xuan received the pass from outside the three-point line, and Wallace immediately ran back in a panic.

Everyone knows that this rookie can't let go!
Of course, Wallace did not go forward to defend as foolishly as before, but kept two or three steps away from Li Xuan, holding his arms high to defend.

In this way, Li Xuan has a chance to make up for it even if he wants to break Wallace.

But Li Xuan neither rushed nor shot, but smashed the ball vigorously into the penalty area.

With the cooperation of Nash and Li Xuan, they attracted the defensive attention of all the Heat players, so Finley, who was cutting into the penalty area, was missed by them.

Haslem saw Finley catch the ball facing an empty basket and hurried to the basket.

But someone didn't want him to make up the defense, and Bradley immediately tangled up with Haslem, making him miss the chance to make up the defense.

Finley seized the scoring opportunities created by his teammates and easily scored 2 points with a civilian layup.

23: 31!

"Beautiful! The cooperation between Xiao Li and Finley is very tacit. It seems that he has integrated into the team system." Director Zhang commented.

He is very happy now, Li Xuan's performance is much better than that of Dayao last year, and he has lived up to the expectations of the fans.

The game continued, Alston hit the iron with a long shot from outside the three-point line, Li Xuan grabbed the rebound and passed it to Nash to dribble forward.

After receiving the ball, Nash launched a defensive counterattack, dribbled the ball behind Walker who was delayed, and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.

The Heat's retreat was very chaotic. The defensive attention of the returning players was all focused on Nash, who was in possession of the ball, so that Li Xuan and Finley had opportunities to open up.

After breaking through to the penalty area to attract the defense, Nash looked back at Mochizuki and distributed the ball.

Finley, who followed up, received the basketball, and as soon as he made a shooting action, he saw the Heat players quickly cover up and pass the ball outside the three-point line according to the situation.

At this time, the Heat's retreating personnel were basically near the penalty area, and Li Xuan had a big open opportunity.

After receiving the pass, Li Xuan made some adjustments, jumped up and shot, and the movement was done in one go.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

23: 34!

In the next round, after the Heat hit the iron again, the Mavericks took advantage of the situation to pursue, and Finley hit a mid-range shot in the transition stage of offense and defense.

Less than 2 minutes into the start of the second quarter, Van Gundy was forced to make substitutions and adjustments. Although he couldn't win the game, he didn't want to lose so badly. Immediately, he replaced Wade, Odom and Grant.

After the Heat made substitutions and adjustments, they achieved certain results.

Wade used the cover to break through to the penalty area, and assisted Odom, who was high on the right, to hit a mid-range jumper, stabilizing the situation on the field and stopping the decline.

Looking back, Finley had a chance to run without the ball, and the jumper made a sudden stop and knocked out of the frame, but failed to make another hit.

The Heat protected the defensive rebound and wanted to play a defensive counterattack, but the Mavericks retreated very quickly and had no chance. Alstom could only slow down and come to the top of the arc to organize the offense.

Seeing Odom running to the low post on the right to ask for the ball, Alstom immediately passed the ball.

After receiving the pass, Odom made a three-threat move, took a tentative step to shake Jamison's center of gravity, and then suddenly started, one step past Jamison who was facing him in front of him, and rushed to the edge of the penalty area to throw a shot.

"Clap!"

Odom, who thought he had succeeded, found a big long arm suddenly appeared in front of him, and slapped the basketball he had just shot out.

Before, when Li Xuan saw Odom playing low singles, he immediately ran towards the penalty area to help defend.

Wallace, who is facing him, has no three-point ability. As long as Wallace is not beyond the three-point line, he has the confidence to rush back to defend immediately, so he does not hesitate to run to help defend.

It's really not easy to block shots in the NBA. It was the sneak attack on Odom that allowed Li Xuan to block shots for the first time in his career.

The Heat re-sent the baseline ball. Wade received the basketball. Seeing that there was not much time to attack, he directly shot a mid-range jumper against Finley's defense.

Bang bang!Fight with anger!
Li Xuan retreated to the basket and grabbed the rebound, passed it to Nash to dribble and advance, and then quickly ran forward.

This time the Heat retreated quickly and orderly, without allowing the Mavericks to play fast breaks.

In the positional attack, the Mavericks played a pick-and-roll, Li Xuan cut outside after the screen, received a pass back, ignored Alston's interference, directly pulled up, and shot a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Hollow into the net, steady hit!
In the next few rounds, both sides scored and scored, but the shooting percentage was not very high.

Li Xuan was also affected by the decline in physical strength. He missed his first shot and failed to maintain a 100% shooting rate.

About 5 minutes into the second quarter, Nelson replaced Li Xuan with all the main players, trying to close the game in one go.

(End of this chapter)