Rebirth of Yidi Legend

Chapter 16 Horford's Helplessness
The game time continued to pass. In the last 2 minutes of the first half, with Zhu Fangyu catching the ball and hitting two points, the score came to 48 to 48, and the Huaxia men's basketball team tied the point difference.

In the past 3 minutes, Horford still failed to find a way to break Yi Jianlian's defense.

For Horford, maybe there is really no way.When a defender would rather not grab rebounds, assist teammates, or even assist in defense, he would just focus on following you and pestering you, whether you have the ball or not, he sticks to you like a candy , it is difficult for you to come up with a way to crack it.

Especially when the strength of both sides is about the same.

Continuing to be invisible, the head coach of the Eagles' summer league finally couldn't bear it anymore, and submitted a substitution application to the referee's seat, replacing Horford.

"Take a break and think about how to play the next game!" The head coach didn't criticize Horford too much. The tall man in front of him was the hope of the Eagles' revival, and he didn't dare to abuse him casually.

This is probably the difference between high draft players and low draft players.

Hawes hid in a corner and wept silently.

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Horford's rest did not fundamentally reverse the situation on the court. Without Horford's defense, Yi Jianlian returned to the mountain and regained control of the game with a strong cut and a skilled turnaround jumper.

Although he consumed a lot of physical strength on the defensive end in the second quarter, he has been trying on the offensive end. He played 5 times in the first 6 minutes, and he also made shots in the past 3 minutes. Although the shooting rate was not high, But this has something to do with the defender. His offensive feeling has always been maintained.

Once the shackles disappeared, he was fully fired and scored 2 points in the last 6 minutes, helping the Huaxia men's basketball team to open up a 5-point gap before the end of the first half.

"You did well, Ah Lian!" Li Chunjiang patted Yi Jianlian's butt affectionately as he greeted Yi Jianlian who was going off the stage, "You have really improved now!"

Yi Jianlian's heart was frightened when he was photographed, this old man is very bad!With such skillful movements, he patted his butt without any trace, suppressing the greasy feeling in his heart.

Turning his head and sitting on his seat, Yi Jianlian took the towel handed over by the staff.

Cool!
After the second quarter, his mood was completely different from when he was off the court at the end of the first quarter. He successfully completed a wave of counterattacks, which was considered a beautiful turnaround.

Now let's see what happens in the second half. As long as Horford can't adjust in time, after the game, the media's evaluation of him and Horford should not be too different.

Horford must be stronger, and Yi Jianlian knows this well, as long as he is not beaten unilaterally, then he can accept it.

After all, it is Horford. At the end of his rookie season, he was able to average 10.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Definitely deserves the number one.

For Yi Jianlian, with his current strength, he can play equally with the top [-] power forwards in the league, what else do he want?
If you can't become a fat man with one bite, there is still a long way to go!
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Is Horford angry?He must be angry, obviously his strength is so much stronger than Yi Jianlian, but he just can't squeeze into the position, especially when he catches the ball. Because of his wingspan problem, he needs to step on his feet or jump up to catch the ball, but these actions After finishing, the position that was finally squeezed into does not belong to him.

This gave him a bit of a headache, and made him feel extremely aggrieved.

Originally, he wanted to completely blow up Yi Jianlian and let the general manager of the Eagles, Mr. Danny Ferry, see his strength!It's all right now, I don't want to fight or not, whether I can suppress Yi Jianlian a little bit, this has become a big problem.

After all, Horford's style also restricts his performance. His style of play is destined to shine in a team with a mature system, but the summer league is a group of temporary players, let alone a tacit understanding. There is a tacit understanding, and whether they can pass the ball well is a big problem. Most of the Eagles' players play with the ball on their own. Even if there are three defenders in front of them, they do it by themselves, and they don't care at all.

Most of them belong to the training camp contract. Once the summer league is over, if there is no outstanding performance, the contract will definitely be cut.

The issue of rice bowl is a matter of life and death, life and death are at stake, who is willing to hand over his life to others, can't he just hit the ball as soon as he gets it?
And Horford being tightly entangled by Yi Jianlian is good news for them, so that they can have more shots, otherwise these balls must be handed over to him for distribution. If the ball is scored, he passes it well. If you miss the ball, it is because your shooting ability is not good. Anyway, the problem is with you, and the praise is with him.

Therefore, no one will give Horford a substitution defense, pick-and-roll and other cover, they wish Yi Jianlian could lock Horford just like that.

This is where Horford was helpless, and it was also the reason why he ended up doing nothing in the second quarter, and even the coach couldn't help him.

The head coach of the summer league basically doesn't know how to arrange tactics, so he can play freely!
After the whole game, apart from giving pointers to the players who are the key requirements of individual management, what the coach does most at other times is probably to make substitutions.

In contrast, fortunately, Yi Jianlian participated in the Summer League with the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team. When he was attacking, he had teammates to help cover him. Although the quality was not high, it was better than nothing.

Horford was secretly envious, but he didn't say...

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, Horford also made adjustments, asking for the ball more actively and attacking more resolutely. From the beginning of the game, only the basket was left in his eyes.

On the defensive end, he no longer tried his best to defend Yi Jianlian, but just blocked him a little bit. Once Yi Jianlian exerted his strength, he immediately stepped aside.

Obviously he wants to keep all his energy on offense.

This is undoubtedly a smart choice, especially in the case of selfish teammates.

The scene suddenly became much better. From the mutual lock-up in the second quarter to the mutual explosion in the third quarter, Yi Jianlian and Horford came and went, and there was a tendency of sparks hitting the earth.

However, although they are all goals, it is obvious that Horford has more scoring methods, such as small hooks, changing hands and hitting the board... In comparison, Yi Jianlian's offense is a bit simple, either layups or shots, and it is not as good as it looks. Horford is so easy - Yi Jianlian, who is fully fired on the offensive end, is unstoppable. After all, there is a 7-point power gap, which can be made up by hard work alone.

Entering the reasonable collision zone, Horford can squeeze Yi Jianlian away with a little more effort, which is impossible.

Horford also scored 14 points in the third quarter, beating Yi Jianlian's 11 points and helping the Eagles lead the score by 4 points.

77 to 73, the game entered the fourth quarter, and the scene of only a few hundred people gradually became lively because of the score tide of you coming and going in the third quarter. It is estimated that no one thought before the game that this summer league would be changed because of Yi Jianlian and Horford. so beautiful.

　It has been changed to a contracted state, and due to some irresistible factors, the title of this book will be changed to Legend of Yidi Reborn in the future, let me tell you in advance, and then ask for a recommendation ticket, book list, collection, haha, and a reward ~
　　
　
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