basketball hero

Chapter 118 Revenge or Double Kill
On December 12, the Guangsha team will sit at home and face the Liaoning team.Although the current record of the Liaoning team is very average (2 wins and 9 losses), it is naturally not comparable to the leader Guangsha.But in the Guangsha team's first game of the season, it was the Liaoning team that gave the Guangsha team their first defeat of the season.Moreover, the Guangsha team has only lost two games so far, which means that half of the losses came from the Liaoning team.For the Guangsha team, which is currently in the limelight, the home game against Liaoning is bound to be won.

In the previous rounds of competition, the performance of the main players of the Liaoning team was not ideal, resulting in a not-so-stunning record.But now Liao Xiaohu's state has been adjusted, and he has played excellent defense in the last two games.The foreign aid center Justin Brown played steadily, Zhang Qingpeng, Yang Ming, Bian Qiang and other pitchers were on the outside line, and the young player Li Xiaoxu on the inside line also performed well.

In this game, one side wants to "revenge" and avoid the embarrassment of being "double-killed" by the opponent's season; while the other side wants to stop the opponent's 9-game winning streak and rebuild the prestige of the old strong team in front of the league's upstarts.

As the start time of the game approached, there were almost no vacancies on the scene.Since the Guangsha team's record has been soaring, the ball market has been extremely hot. Tickets for this kind of focus games have been sold out as soon as they go on sale.

The starting lineups of the two teams are on the stage. The starting lineups of the Guangsha team are: Thompson, Yu Junkai, Li Meng, Zhang Nan, Ying Xiong; the starting lineups of the Liaoning team are: Bian Qiang, Liu Xiangtao, Yang Ming, Li Xiaoxu, Justin brown.

For the Guangsha team, there is no need to mobilize for this game. Everyone is still brooding about the loss in the first game at the beginning of the season.For Ying Xiong, he only got 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 turnovers in his first start in the CBA career. He was plagued by fouls and could only watch his teammates on the bench at critical moments. May be forgotten so quickly.

Wang Fei, coach of the Guangsha team, likes Ying Xiong's appearance at this time, focused and devoted.He knows that Yingxiong will devote 100% in this game, and try his best to end the regret of the first game at the beginning of the season in this game.The winning streak cannot continue indefinitely, and it will end one day, but it shouldn't be in this game.For this game, the Guangsha team does not want to lose.

As soon as the game came up, both sides were on routine defense.Even though Ying Xiong was in a hot state in the previous rounds, the Liaoning team did not attack and defend him too much.Still let Yang Ming personally harass, focusing on single defense.When the Guangsha team's inside big man covered Ying Xiong, the Liaoning team's strategy was to delay the return and try not to let the slower insider Justin Brown be exposed to Ying Xiong on the upper line.The rest of the cover is based on substitutions.

In the first few rounds of the first quarter, both sides had no touch on the offensive end, and they fought repeatedly.Ying Xiong came up not in a hurry to carry out a personal attack, but tried to connect his teammates.When his teammates felt bad, he began to increase the proportion of personal offense.

Here, Qiang missed a mid-range shot, and Ying Xiong quickly moved forward after receiving the rebound.As a veteran and strong team of the CBA, the Liaoning team ranks among the top of all CBA teams in terms of emphasis on defense.Even with Yingxiong's fast advancing speed, the Liaoning team still returned to the defense and did not give the opponent a chance to play more or less in the frontcourt.

Seeing that there was no chance, Ying Xiong slowed down his rhythm and did not deliberately increase his speed to attack.After starting more than a dozen games in the CBA, his control over the rhythm of the game has improved by more than one level compared to the beginning of the season.

Yang Ming returned to the defense and saw Ying Xiong slowly holding the ball at the top of the arc, so he came over to post the anti-harassment.

Facing Yang Ming's tough defense, Ying Xiong held the ball with his back to prevent the opponent from touching the ball.At this time, Li Meng mentioned a high position to cover him.With the help of Li Meng's cover, Ying Xiong pushed the ball to the other side.At this time, Justin Brown came over to delay, and then Yang Ming quickly bypassed the cover and returned to his defensive position.

The Guangsha team did not have a chance to cover this time.Ying Xiong held the ball at the top of the arc and faced Yang Ming.Since other teammates were firmly watched by the opponent one-on-one, and there was not much attack time left, he started singles at the top of the arc.

Yang Ming's defense is tough and smart.He knows that his height and wingspan are not as good as Ying Xiong's. If the defensive distance is long, it is easy to be shot from the top and can't be interfered with.Personal harassment is aimed at the opponent's high center of gravity, making it difficult for the opponent to handle the ball or shoot easily.Moreover, in order to prevent Ying Xiong from breaking through too tightly, he chose to harass and slow down, trying to disrupt Ying Xiong's dribbling rhythm and make the opponent speed up.

However, Yang Ming overlooked one point - Ying Xiong is no longer the same Ying Xiong at the beginning of the season.

Facing Yang Ming's defense, Ying Xiong was very calm, and his skillful dribbling made it impossible for the opponent to touch the ball.A huge change of direction in front of the body shook the opponent away, an acceleration, passed cleanly, and directly killed the opponent's hinterland head-on.

The Liaoning team opened their doors wide, and Li Xiaoxu let go of Thompson and came up to help defend.At this moment, Ying Xiong made a very concealed ground pass to Thompson under the basket, and the latter caught the ball and directly dunked with both hands!
"Wow——" the home audience in the stands were overwhelmed by Yingxiong's wonderful pass and Thompson's dunk, and couldn't help but let out a voice of admiration.

The strategy of the Liaoning team in this game is not to let Ying Xiong drive his teammates, and would rather give some one-on-one opportunities than easily attack.But the question is, let Yang Ming defend Ying Xiong one-on-one, can he really defend against it?
The Liaoning team's offense has also improved, and Bian Qiang made a mid-range hit.

Ying Xiong took the ball to the front court, and Yang Ming was still the main defense.Yang Ming was passed by his opponent in the last round, and he was suffocated. When he was defending, he had more physical confrontation.

Ying Xiong gave the ball to Yu Junkai at the top of the arc. The latter tried to pass the ball to Thompson in the low post after failing to make a strong pass. He almost made a mistake, so he had to hand the ball to Ying Xiong again.

Ying Xiong faced Yang Ming's defense with the ball and called Thompson to come up for the pick-and-roll.It was Li Xiaoxu who defended Thompson. He was young and fast, and he decisively chose to switch defenses.

Ying Xiong lobs to the misplaced Thompson.After Thompson held the ball, he singled out Yang Ming, but he turned his back hard...Yang Ming fell to the ground-offensive foul!
Thompson looked at the referee in surprise.

The Liaoning team attacked, and Bian Qiang made another mid-range hit!He feels hot!

Ying Xiong slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and continued to cover with Thompson.This time, he didn't lob the ball to make a big difference to Thompson's inside dislocation.Facing Li Xiaoxu's defense change, he changed direction and left.

After Li Xiaoxu's center of gravity shifted to the left, Ying Xiong suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, passed the opponent in one go, and easily reached the free throw line.

The members of the Liaoning team were afraid of Yingxiong's pass and did not dare to go up to help defend. At this moment of stupefaction, Yingxiong shot directly from the middle distance - an easy hit!
The Liaoning team was like this, allowing Yingxiong to play one-on-one.Ying Xiong was also not polite, and he didn't pass the ball, and played one ball at a time.His heads-up success rate is very high, whether it is a 3-point pull-up, or a mid-range and layup after a breakthrough, he is very sure.When there were more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, although Ying Xiong only sent 1 assist, he had already scored 12 points.

Fortunately, the Liaoning team's offensive success rate in the first quarter was not bad, so the score was not widened by much.Yang Ming received 2 fouls in less than half a quarter because of defending Yingxiong, and was replaced by Zhang Qingpeng.

Guo Shiqiang, coach of the Liaoning team on the sidelines, was not very satisfied with the team's defense and requested a timeout.

(End of this chapter)