basketball hero

Chapter 190 The first 3-pointer
The Milwaukee Bucks raced back to Milwaukee after a road loss to the Boston Celtics for their home game against the Phoenix Suns a day later.

In this game, "Shaquille" Shaquille O'Neal will usher in a comeback, which is not good news for the Bucks.Although the shark is old, after all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and it is more than enough to bully the Australian champion Bogut.

For the Bucks, the team boss Michael Reed will continue to be injured, which makes the strength comparison even worse for them who are already inferior to their opponents in terms of book strength.The back-to-back battles also made the home court advantage no longer obvious.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Bucks at home is the same as the previous game.Luc Crednour still firmly occupies the starting point guard position.According to sports media people who pay attention to the Bucks, the purpose of the team to use Sessions, who is more capable of scoring, as a substitute is also to ensure the offensive power of the substitute lineup to a certain extent through his offense.

The starting lineup of the Phoenix Suns in the away game is: center Shaquille O'Neal, power forward--Amal Stoudemire, small forward--Grant Hill, shooting guard--Raja Bell, point guard-- Steve Nash.

The gap in talent and popularity between the two teams in the starting lineup is extremely huge.Of course, although the Suns' starting lineup is surprisingly famous on paper, O'Neal and Hill are no longer at their peak. Otherwise, this lineup... the Bucks can surrender directly.

Ying Xiong is very excited to see O'Neill, Nash, Stoudemire and Hill with his own eyes.Although he knew that he might not have the chance to compete with them, just watching their match up close was already a very exciting thing for him.

The first quarter of the game started. "Shaquille" Shaquille O'Neal turned on the offensive mode as soon as he came up, releasing all the abilities accumulated during the truce.Also expensive as the No. [-] pick, Bogut has no advantage at all in the contest with the elderly O'Neal.This fully shows that there is a difference between the No. [-] pick and the No. [-] pick. No matter how old O'Neal is, Bogut cannot be compared.Villanueva, who performed well in the previous few games, was completely at a disadvantage in the head-to-head confrontation with brutalist power forward Amar Stoudemire.

If it weren't for Richard Jefferson and Charlie Bell's excellent touch, the Bucks would be opened by their opponents in the first quarter.

Yingxiong replaced Richard Jefferson with 1:03 left in the first quarter.The task assigned by the coach when he played was to try to limit the "Brazilian Lightning" - Leandro Barbosa.

Barbosa's speed is very fast. In order not to be thrown off by the opponent, Ying Xiong increased his concentration and kept an eye on the opponent's movements.

Goran Dragic handles the ball at the top of the key and runs a pick-and-roll with Robin Lopez.Barbosa kept running around, trying to get away from Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong followed the opponent closely, feeling the speed and cunning of the opponent's movement, and secretly said that the opponent was difficult to deal with.

Diaw catches the ball and hits Elson with his back and misses a fadeaway jumper.

Mbah a Moute received the rebound and handed it to Sessions to advance.

Ying Xiong galloped forward and got his chance, but Sessions didn't pass it to him.In desperation, he could only sink to the left corner to open up space for his teammates while waiting for an opportunity.

Sessions holds the ball at the top of the arc, breaks through with the help of a screen, attracts double-teams and distributes it to Mbah a Moute on the outside.After receiving the ball, Mbah a Moute divided Yingxiong in the bottom corner.

After Ying Xiong received the ball, he jumped with both feet, and the various 3-point shooting skills of the sharpshooters in the video appeared in his mind.He threw the ball decisively - the ball hit hollow!

——This is Ying Xiong's first 3-pointer in the NBA regular season!Although it was just an ordinary 3-pointer from the corner in a game, it meant a lot to him.This ball has improved his confidence in long-range shots from the outside, which is immeasurable.

But the fly in the ointment is that the Suns turned around and Barbosa broke through and scored a goal.The ball was still under Ying Xiong's defense.

Ying Xiong thought that his defense was in place, and he didn't give his opponent an easy layup, but the opponent scored a goal in the end.

With Sessions missing the buzzer, the first quarter ended.

Although Ying Xiong made the first 3-pointer of his NBA career, he couldn't impress the head coach. In the next three quarters, he didn't get playing time.

Ying Xiong didn't know why he didn't get more playing time, but the fact was that he was put on the bench by the coach.

In the end, the Suns easily defeated the Bucks in the away game with O'Neal's 29 points and 11 rebounds and Stoudemire's 24 points.

Ying Xiong played for 1 minute and 03 seconds, made 1 of 1 shots and scored 3 points.For him, investing in this 3-pointer is indeed something to be happy about, but playing time has become less, which has discounted the excitement.

Although he firmly believed that he deserved more playing time, Ying Xiong did not complain behind the head coach's "time limit" on him, and still actively faced the game and training, worked hard to improve his skills, and carefully studied the game video.

Not only domestic fans of Yingxiong are filled with righteous indignation at the Bucks for not giving him enough playing time, even the local fan forum in Milwaukee has been discussing that the team should give more trust to the No. 8 pick in the team .In the eyes of the fans, the head coach Skiles is too conservative. Even if he is unwilling to take the record as a bet and give Yingxiong more possessions, he should be allowed to play for a while on the court.In fact, his plus-minus value on the court is not low, and the current team's bench lineup is very lacking in scoring points and vitality.

Three days later, the Bucks went to Cleveland, Ohio to challenge the Cavaliers led by "Little Emperor" LeBron James.

Ying Xiong is very excited to have the opportunity to compete with the Cavaliers, because his draft template is James, and James is currently the hottest superstar in the league.Of course, he knows that it is almost impossible for him to have the opportunity to compete with James on the court, because according to Skiles' previous employment strategy, he probably will not score more than 3 minutes of playing time.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Bucks in the away game is the same as the previous game. The team boss Michael Reid continues to miss due to injury.

The starting lineup of the Cavaliers at home is: center - Zaidrunas Ilgauskas, power forward - Ben Wallace, small forward - LeBron James, shooting guard - Delonte West, point guard -- Mo Williams.

Mo Williams, who is now playing for the Cavaliers, played for the Bucks last season.

(End of this chapter)