basketball task

Chapter 138
With five-and-a-half minutes left in the second quarter, the score was 52-49 and the Philadelphia 76ers were still three points behind.

Avery Johnson was very unhappy that the bench lineup, which has always been unrivaled in firepower, failed to further widen the point difference, so he waved his hand and re-appointed Nowitzki, Kidd and other starting lineups to let Terry rest for a while .

Cheeks also made personnel adjustments accordingly. Miller and Iguodala returned to the battle. Korver was chased by Terry due to repeated mistakes on the defensive end, so Cheeks took him down a long time ago. , and Miller's partner in the backcourt is Willy Green who is good at defense, rookie center Smith dares to fight, so Cheeks still chooses to let him stay on the court, which also makes Dalembert feel sorry for his reduced playing time Even more dissatisfied.

But what made Billy King uncomfortable was that Channing was still on the court.

Except for the rest period of about 4 minutes in the second half of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, Channing has been on the court, playing the most time among all players, and, in just ten minutes, he has already brushed out 18 points!
It's more than halfway to the 30-point bet!And it's less than half time!Channing didn't even take a break, this damn Cheeks was obviously helping Channing score points!

Billy King gasped. He didn't expect that Channing would actually be able to play with the ball. If he had known it, he would have scored 81 points!I don't believe he can directly break Kobe's record.

After the main lineup returned, Channing briefly returned the offensive ball to Iguodala. After all, with such a high playing time, he had to defend Dirk Nowitzki and give back and forth to his substitute teammates as much as possible. In order to supplement the defense, the firepower output of the substitute must be shouldered, and the stamina bar is already about to bottom out.

If you want to become a combination of offense and defense and the core of tactics, you must face physical strength problems. After all, physical strength madmen like Kobe and Jordan are very rare. Most stars must learn to reserve strength reasonably in the game. There is enough physical energy to burst out. Negative examples such as Yao Ming, the whole court is consumed by various double-teams and strong confrontations. It is easy to encounter physical bottlenecks in the fourth quarter. This is why many fans criticized Yao Ming for his lack of key ball ability. a reason.

Here Nowitzki still maintains a hot touch under Channing's high-pressure defense. Over there, Iguodala finally realized that he is the current boss of the 76ers. After taking over the ball, he scored consecutively and the halftime ended. , the two sides drew and returned to the same starting line.

Scoring 4 points easily in 8 minutes, Iguodala smiled slightly after leaving the field, and picked up the wolfberry cup. Up to now, he finally sweated a little today. With Channing's outbreak, Iguodala no longer needs to Carrying the team forward exhaustedly, he only needs to play the second in command next to Channing, usually do a good job of defense, and when he needs to attack, he can play for three to five minutes. This is what Iguodala is used to way of playing.

"It seems to be back to the way it was when I first entered the league! Those days are really nostalgic!"

Thinking of this, Iguodala has no dissatisfaction with being seized of power, but is full of longing for the relaxed days of clocking in and off work in the future.

Billy King finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Channing scored 18 points in ten minutes of playing time, fortunately he didn't score a point at the end of the second quarter, and the ball returned to Iguodala. , made Billy King very happy, and he still had a slight expectation of winning the bet.

"Look, after Iguodala dominated the offense, Philadelphia was able to tie the game. That's the right way to win."

"During most of the time when Channing was in charge of the offense, the team was falling behind, and he was the only one scoring points. Can such a statistic brush make him the boss?"

Billy King lowered his head and whispered to 76ers owner Ed Snyder, trying to give this guy who didn't know the ball some ecstasy.

The head coach Cheeks, who was leading the players back to the locker room to rest, happened to see this scene. Billy King’s shameless behavior made Cheeks very angry. At this time, the four eyes are facing each other, full of passion.

Taking advantage of the intermission between the two sides, Barkley and Reggie Miller also seized the time to comment on the first half of the game:

"The Eastern team was able to tie the Western powerhouse in the first half. Such a first half can be said to have surprised us."

"Indeed, the difference in strength between the two teams did not seem to be shown on the field. The Mavericks did not have too many problems on the offensive and defensive ends throughout the first half. The defense is still unstoppable scoring momentum, the problem is that Philadelphia's offense is very different from usual."

"That's right, Philadelphia scored 60 points in the first half, which is much higher than their average score of 48.5 points in the first half. Iguodala only scored 8 points, and Channing, who had always been a blue-collar position before, was much higher. Suddenly broke out, scored 18 points, and alone accounted for 3% of the team's points. It can also be said that it was Channing's outstanding performance on the offensive end today that drove the offensive level of the Philadelphia 76ers, allowing them to keep up with Dallas. Fight against each other."

In the Mavericks locker room, everything was silent. The old guys like Dirk Nowitzki knew very well that the inseparable fight with the Eastern Conference in the first half, and sometimes even being suppressed, had already made head coach Avery Johnson very angry.

Kidd and the others watched their noses and noses, waiting for the head coach's firepower output.

"Where is Azeroth? Has anyone seen our chief scout expert Azeroth?"

"Hurry up and ask us, Azeroth, who has 50 years of work experience and read countless people, to explain, what does it mean that a fucking has no offensive means? What does it mean that a fucking only eats cakes?"

"Channing, who scored 18 points in the first half and beat our striker, you call him a blue collar? How did you become a scout?"

Angrily throwing Channing's scouting report on the ground, Avery Johnson put his hands on his hips, waiting for Azelis to come and die.

He yelled several times in a row, but no one responded. The staff on the side told Avery Johnson secretly that Azelis had quietly left the arena before the last timeout of the first half. It is said that the sow raised at home gave birth suddenly. , he wants to take maternity leave to go back to take care of her, and he won't be able to return to work within a week.

"This old and cunning thing!"

Avery Johnson scolded fiercely. Because of Azelis' scouting report full of mistakes, he knew nothing about Channing's abilities and characteristics before the game, and he didn't arrange targeted defenses. Ning broke out unexpectedly.

(End of this chapter)