basketball hero

Chapter 73 The Chance of Rotation

Guangsha team coach John Newman said frankly after the last game that he will adjust the rotation, which is undoubtedly good news for Ying Xiong.Although it may not be possible to adjust the rotation and get a chance, if you don't adjust, you are destined to only appear in garbage time this season.

On January 1, the Zhejiang Guangsha team will sit at home and face the fringe team XJ Guanghui in the playoffs.In the first meeting between the two teams in the first half, the Guangsha team suffered a disastrous away defeat. In this campaign, the Guangsha team naturally hopes to get revenge.

The Guangsha team has won all games so far this season at home, so even though they have a poor record and little hope for the playoffs, the attendance at home is okay.Moreover, in this game, Guangsha coach John Newman intends to adjust the rotation, which also gave the audience some expectations, hoping to see a different performance of the adjusted home team.The audience has expectations, and the desire to buy tickets is relatively strong, all of which are also reflected in the attendance rate.

The starting lineup of the Guangsha team has not changed. This lineup has been stabilized for many games: Yin Kui, Zhang Weigang, Zhang Nan, Jia Nan, Jiabo; the starting lineup of the XJ team is: Xu Guochong, Zhu Feng, Gong Daming, Coleman , Ji Le.

At the beginning of the game, the Guangsha team showed the momentum to win, with decisive offense and active defense.Less than 5 minutes into the game, XJ team foreign aid center Coleman got 2 fouls.In contrast, the Guangsha team played very well offensively and kept leading the score.With 5 minutes and 35 seconds left in the first quarter, XJ foreign aid Coleman had already received 3 fouls. XJ team coach Wang Fei had to replace Xue Yuyang and Gong Daming with Douglas.

At this time, Guangsha's home stadium, Qiantang Stadium, remembered warm applause.In the applause, Ying Xiong, who had been playing garbage time before, was replaced by head coach John Newman, replacing Jia Nan.

Although Ying Xiong knew before the game that he had the chance to play, he never imagined that he would play so early.In his opinion, even if the coach can use himself, he will definitely not be in the first quarter.Maybe at the beginning of the second quarter, send yourself up to play for a while and then come down.

Ying Xiong was very excited, this is the first time he played as a rotation player, which has a completely different meaning from playing in garbage time before.Because of his excitement, his hands kept shaking when he took off his coat.

Assistant coach Chen Daohong noticed Yingxiong's nervousness, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him: "Don't think too much, just go up and play the usual training, don't be afraid of making mistakes, come on!"

Ying Xiong smiled gratefully at Chen Daohong and nodded, feeling a little calmer.

After Ying Xiong came on the field, he mainly defended against the opponent's sharpshooter Xu Guochong. Douglas, a foreign aid from the XJ team, dribbled over and slapped the ball on the spot at the top of the arc to find someone.Xu Guochong kept running without the ball, and with the help of his teammates, he managed to get out of the open space.

Ying Xiong knew that Xu Guochong's outside footsteps were fast, and he was very active in defending the opponent, preventing the opponent from getting an easy shot.

Douglas saw that Xu Guochong didn't run out of the open space, and the tactics were killed, so he held the ball in singles and missed the shot.Zhang Weigang of the Guangsha team grabbed the rebound and passed it to Yin Kui to advance with the ball.

The small guard Yin Kui is very fast, quickly advances to the frontcourt, and passes to the foreign aid Jiabo.Garber played singles with the ball, broke into a deep position on the left, and was double-teamed by the opponent.Without a chance to make a call, he could only pass the ball to Ying Xiong on the outside.

Ying Xiong faked a shot and tricked Douglas, who came to help him, but did not choose to shoot, and decisively passed it to Yin Kui, who was in a better position.

There was no one 3 meters in front of Yin Kui, and there was absolutely a big open space. He adjusted it and made a 3-point shot—a hollow hit!
Zhu Feng of the XJ team dribbled the ball, and Yin Kui forced the defense.Foreign aid Douglas stepped forward to catch the ball and wanted to pass a hand to Xu Guochong, but Ying Xiong defended too tightly and fouled.

The XJ team made a substitution, and Jin Lipeng replaced Zhu Feng.Douglas served from the sideline and passed it to Ji Le.Ji Le returned to Douglas, and Douglas chose to break through directly after getting the ball.The Guangsha team's foreign aid Jiabo followed closely and did not give the opponent a chance to make an easy shot.

Douglas had no chance after changing direction and passed to center Xue Yuyang who was pulled to the outside.Xue Yuyang catches the ball and throws it, but the ball hits the front frame and pops out——

Ying Xiong flew out with a diagonal stab and grabbed the rebound.Just when the members of the XJ team thought he was going to pass to Jia Bo or Yin Kui, they saw him suddenly speeding up with nitrogen in the backcourt—hitting the opponent by surprise...

Seeing that Ying Xiong went to the opponent's basket from his own half, worried that he would go straight to the basket, two members of the XJ team received the basket and jumped up to block Ying Xiong.

Just when the home audience thought that Ying Xiong was going to "overlord" a dragon, he made a clever pass behind his head and accurately passed it to Yin Kui, who was 45 degrees open on the right.Yin Kui, who had already hit two 3-pointers in a row before, received the pass and was very comfortable. Adjust it and make an open shot—continue to make hollow shots!
"Wow—" the fans at home of the Guangsha team began to scream.They didn't even know how Yingxiong spread the word.

After Ying Xiong came on the field, he had a 6-0 climax, and the head coach of the XJ team, Wang Fei, had no choice but to call a timeout.

The players of the Guangsha team were very satisfied with Yingxiong's two wonderful passes, and Yin Kui even came up to give Yingxiong a high-five.Ying Xiong is also very happy, he doesn't care whether he scores or not, as long as it can help the team win, he will not complain about what he is asked to do.

Back from the timeout, both teams made personnel adjustments. The XJ team replaced Xu Guochong, Ji Le, and Gong Daming with Mulati Atilijiang, Zhao Renbin, and Li Tao; the Guangsha team replaced Zhang Weigang with Ma Yukun.

The XJ team attacked, Jin Lipeng dribbled the ball and passed it to Douglas.Douglas singled Garbor with the ball, causing the latter's blocking foul. The XJ team continued to attack with a throw-in. Douglas held the ball and cooperated with Xue Yuyang in a pick-and-roll. The latter bounced out and the former cut in.

The Guangsha team's failure to switch defenses in time caused Xue Yuyang to have an outside opportunity. Douglas gave Xue Yuyang the ball, and Xue Yuyang made another shot-keep hitting the iron!Because center Xue Yuyang pulled out to shoot a three-pointer, the height of the XJ team's basket was not high enough, and Ying Xiong grabbed the rebound again.

The Guangsha fans in the stands clenched their fists and shouted, excited about Ying Xiong's aggressive and tough attitude towards the game.

Ying Xiong didn't advance by himself this time, but passed the ball to Jiabo.Garber held the ball for a fast break and rushed to the basket and caused a foul by the opponent.He made two free throws and the score continued to be widened.

In the last 1 minute of the first quarter, the two sides each scored 4 points, ending the first quarter of the game.When Ying Xiong left the stage, there was a lot of cheers and applause at the scene.

In the second quarter, Yingxiong didn't play, and the two teams played against each other, and the battle was basically a draw.Since the Guangsha team accumulated a lot of leading points in the first quarter, after halftime, the Guangsha team led by 14 points and entered the second half.

In the third quarter, XJ team coach Wang Fei had to let Coleman play again. The XJ team caught up to 59:52 at once, but Coleman received his fifth personal foul at the critical moment and was replaced by Wang Fei again.

With 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Ying Xiong was substituted again.At this time, the Guangsha team's lead was 8 points.After Ying Xiong came on the field, the task assigned by the coach was to defend the opponent's foreign aid Douglas.

In addition to defending Garber during team training, this is the first time Yingxiong has defended a foreign player in an official game, which made him very excited.Since the Guangsha team is fighting with a single foreign aid, the foreign aid Jiabo has to play for a long time. In order to save his energy and enable him to cope with the fourth quarter, the coaching staff can only arrange rookie Yingxiong to defend Douglas.Because in the team, except for Ying Xiong, no one among the domestic players can match Douglas in terms of physical fitness.

Douglas held the ball, and it was not Garber who defended him in front of him, but a young domestic player on the other side.Douglas smiled contemptuously, wanting to teach the opponent a lesson and make the opponent's coach pay the price of contemptuous of himself.

Douglas didn't even make a fake move, and directly broke through Yingxiong, trying to crush his opponent with strength and explosive power.But what surprised him was that Ying Xiong didn't have the slightest intention of backing down, and confronted him head-on, only to hear a "bang", and both of them fell to the ground.

Douglas looked at Ying Xiong in surprise, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the referee judged Ying Xiong to block the foul.In his opinion, although the young man in front of him committed a foul, his predictions were accurate and his courage was commendable.

Jin Lipeng sent the ball out of bounds, and after Douglas got the ball, other teammates opened up to him for singles.In order to save Jiabo's energy, the Guangsha team asked the rookie Yingxiong to defend Douglas. The XJ team members are not fools, so they naturally know it.The score was behind at this time, so they did this to let the foreign players in the team eat the opponent's rookie alone, and force the opponent to change their defense while chasing points.

Douglas didn't make a frontal attack this time, but did a few crotch dribbles, accelerated with a change of direction, and broke through to the left.Ying Xiong didn't lose his position, and he didn't strike rashly. His steps were quick and clean.Finally forced Douglas barely shot.

The ball was missed, the rebound was picked up by Yin Kui, brought to the frontcourt, and distributed to Jiabo.Jiabo's side also managed to make a breakthrough, attracting the help of the two men.He didn't score the ball, and continued to kill the basket to make an early foul. The opponent was not fooled, and a big hat was slapped out.

The ball was picked up by Ying Xiong, turned around and passed Douglas, and made a beautiful 3-step layup, forcing the opponent to help defend.Suddenly a ball was given to Yin Kui on the outside.The latter scored 3 points in the open space!
In the next two possessions, the XJ team made a turnover and missed a field goal.Yin Kui of the Guangsha team hit two consecutive 3-pointers, and the score was completely opened.After the third quarter, the Guangsha team's lead has been stretched to 22 points.

In the fourth quarter, the XJ team sent two foreign aids to make a final desperate fight.But when Ying Xiong caused Coleman to leave the field with six fouls and made two free throws, the game completely lost its suspense.In the end, the Guangsha team easily defeated the strong enemy XJ team at home and ended their two-game losing streak.Yingxiong did not play during the garbage time. He played 6 minutes in this game and scored 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steal and 1 block.

(End of this chapter)