The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 37 Victory in the First Battle
Kleiza never expected that Yuan Man would never use a single pull after this false throw, which made Keleiza, who was defending close, become a sieve by Yuan Man's sudden attack in the second half!
So in the third quarter, people saw such a scene on the court.

With a slight shake of Yuan Man, Kleiza flew up, and then Yuan Man strode into the basket, or dunked or passed the ball, constantly refueling for the Cavaliers.

Or Kleiza clung to Yuan Man with his body, and then the opponent stepped past half of his body, losing his defensive position.

In the third quarter, the Raptors' defense was almost destroyed by the sudden appearance of Cavaliers X-factor Yuan Man alone, which allowed Jamison and Williams to gradually open fire, taking over the banner of the Cavaliers' offense.

At the end of the third quarter, the score gap was further widened.

89-76, the Cavaliers took a 13-point lead. Although Yuan Man did not score many points in this quarter, he contributed 3 wonderful passes after breakthroughs and all of them were converted into goals.

"This is a player who plays with his brain, and he is much smarter than the average rookie player." Smith was not stingy about his praise of Yuan Man.

"Among the Chinese players, he and Yao are the most intelligent players I have seen. Although the season is still very long and this is only the first game of the regular season, I think this young man makes me stay. I am deeply impressed. I will continue to pay attention to him." Barkley also said.

"Speaking of players who play with their brains, I know you're going to bring that player up again."

Barkley smiled and said, "That's right, Kenny, Yuan is completely different from that guy."

After finishing speaking, the two laughed tacitly.

That guy, whom Barkley often brings up as a sarcasm, was the teammate Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady had tried to recruit: Stromile Swift.

Playing with your brain is easy to say, but it's not like that at all in practice.

In the long history of the NBA, there are many players with excellent physical fitness but who can't play with their brains.

Swift, who is a representative of strong physical fitness and low basketball IQ, is known as one of the overrated players.

In 2000, he was selected by the Grizzlies with the second overall pick in the first round. It can be said that he entered the league with a very high attitude, but unfortunately his talent was not shown on the court.

After the Grizzlies ended their rookie season, the Rockets, who were struggling to find Yao Ming's inside partner, found Swift. At that time, they believed that the arrival of Swift could solve the problem of the Rockets' lack of mobility and flexibility inside. Signed the bouncer for $5 million over five years.

It's a pity that the Rockets later found that Swift seemed more suitable to participate in the high jump competition than basketball, and even Swift might have a better future in playing football than basketball.

The unbearable Rockets sent him and the rookie Rudy Gay who had just been selected to Memphis in exchange for Battier a year later.

After going out for a turn, Swift found himself back again.

Barkley once commented on Swift: Although a buck who can run and jump well has excess energy, it is a pity that his basketball IQ is flawed.

In this way, Swift, who was once known as the "Second Shark" because of his dunks as powerful as O'Neal, became the laughing stock of the NBA.Even last year, Swift went to the Shandong Gold Team of the CBA to seek gold, but he was persuaded to quit by the Shandong team after only playing for one season.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the morale of the Cavaliers has been fully demonstrated. With high spirits, they withstood the crazy counterattack launched by the Raptors at the end of the game, and defended the victory 110-104, winning the first game!

After the game, Reggie Evans looked at his red wrist and walked back to the locker room with a record of 12-for-0 free throws.

For Evans' rebounds, Scott resorted to lightning-slashing tactics at halftime, allowing Evans to frequently go to the free throw line. When Evans missed the basket for the sixth free throw, the Raptors coach Jane - Triano finally could not bear to replace it.

In the fourth quarter, Evans, who had just been on the court secretly, just touched the ball, and was fouled by the Cavaliers and sent to the free throw line.Within a few rounds, Evans was replaced again.

"No, I'm the protagonist!" Although Evans was unwilling, he also complained about his disappointment. If he could have a 50%-60% free throw percentage, he wouldn't be unable to stay on the court.

In this way, thanks to Yuan Man's unexpected appearance and Scott's thunder-slashing tactics, the Cavaliers narrowly escaped the Raptors' first away game.

Yuan Man performed amazingly in the first game. In the matchup with Kleiza, he unexpectedly had the advantage. He made 16 of 12 shots and scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. , It's not like the first performance of a rookie player at all, even compared with the 25 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals of LeBron James, who is known as the favorite of the sky, in the Cavaliers' debut. Let more.

In addition to Yuan Man, Antawn Jamison of the Cavaliers also scored 20 points and 6 rebounds, and Mo Williams scored 21 points and 5 assists. Make great contributions.

"It seems that this is the new trident of the Cavaliers this season."

At the end of the game, Smith commented on the performance of the Cavaliers in this game, and pointed out that in the first game of the new season, the Cavaliers hardly felt that they had lost James. But soon tied the score with the vitality of the team and overtook it.

"Yuan became the only thing I cared about about the Cavaliers this season."

Barkley admitted in front of the American audience that he had become interested in Yuan Man, and said that he would always pay attention to the performance of this Chinese rookie.

"Ahhhhhhhhh~~~"

After the game, the Cavaliers' locker room was extremely cheerful. The victory in the first game can be said to be the greatest compliment to this group of hardworking and hardworking players.

Jamison suddenly jumped onto the table in the locker room with his shirt on, and shouted to the cheering teammates: "Guys, although we won the first regular season victory, this season has just begun, we must Keep it up, let all the commentators who look down on us take a good look, who are we!?"

"We are knights!"

"Roar~~~~~~"

Byron Scott and Larry Drew stood at the door of the locker room and were about to open the door to go in. They were startled by the roar coming from inside, and they looked at each other and smiled.

Before the start of this season, many commentators in the NBA gave their predictions for the new season rankings of each team. Everyone will lose James and many important roles. The Cleveland Cavaliers ranked first in the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Without exception.

When the players left the locker room, the assistant coach Larry Drew, who was walking at the end, threw the latest magazine of predicted rankings into the trash can in the locker room, closed the door and left without looking back.

In the next game, they will go home to fight!
(End of this chapter)