basketball kingdom

Chapter 15 Harvesting Victory
Xu Tian understood Bickerstaff's words, took off his training clothes, and came to the technical stage, ready to play when the next ball was dead.

Delon Wright is responsible for advancing with the ball. The Raptors coach means to let him play the first quarter to see how good he is.

After halftime, Wright saw Xu Tian on the sidelines and knew that this difficult guy was going to play again, but he didn't need to think about it yet.

Wright was facing the small guard of the Rockets at this time. This man was completely unable to stop him. After changing his dribbling rhythm again, he still accelerated his breakthrough on the right and rushed towards the inside line that was not guarded by Capela.

Xu Tian stood on the sidelines, thinking about a strategy for a while.Regardless of his physical fitness, he has one more natural disadvantage than these blacks on the court, and that is physical fitness.In high-speed sports at the NBA level, the physical consumption will be very large.

The speed, jumping and endurance of blacks are generally far superior to whites and yellows, so they tend to have better results in track and field and basketball.

When Liu Xiang won the Olympic champion in Athens, the post-match interview said, "Who says people of yellow race can't win the top eight in the Olympic Games? I must prove to everyone today that I am the Olympic champion."

There is no special meaning in citing this sentence, it is just to demonstrate from the side that the physical fitness of the yellow race is indeed not good.At that time, Liu Xiang's goal was to be in the top eight, but what he won was the championship.

Among them, physical fitness is the foundation of supporting speed and jumping. If he wants to continue his performance on the court, Xu Tian must play smarter.Fortunately, Xu Tian's position is point guard, so he can choose to retain his physical strength.

The point guard is relatively the easiest position on the court, but this position requires more basic skills and ball quotient, and not everyone can play point guard.

Seeing Wright hit another layup, Bickerstaff yelled at McDaniels, "Dash the paint and try to get a foul."

There is no limit to the number of substitutions or the number of substitutions on the basketball court, but the substitution must be on the premise that the ball is dead, because Wright's offense scored, Xu Tian still needs to wait.

After all, McDaniels is a player who has played official games. In this offensive round, he directly used his body to force his body, causing Delon Wright's thug foul.

After the first free throw was made, Xu Tian returned to the court again, with 2 and a half minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

McDaniels made two free throws and rewritten the score to 22-28, still leading by 6 points by the Rockets.

Xu Tian didn't lead the whole court to defend Wright. He didn't know the level of the Raptors' backup guard, but he knew very well that his backup couldn't guard Wright. It is likely to be reversed by the opponent.

Wright faced Xu Tian again, and his dribbling position was lower than before, which could reduce the risk of being intercepted.After seeing Xu Tian's stealing ability, he didn't dare to take it too seriously.

The big man of the Raptors came up to cover for Wright, and Wright used this cover to force the inside again from the right.

The Rockets' backup center came in from the paint, and Wright gave the ball to the blocker with a ground pass.

Xu Tian's speed was a little faster, just in front of the offensive players.

A huge force hit Xu Tian's body, causing him to fall down.At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded and Xu Tian was sentenced to a blocking foul, and the Raptors' inside players scored 2+1.

The audience at the scene offered their cheers for the Raptors inside, and his wonderful goal deserved the applause.

"Ouch! Xu Tian probably wanted to make an offensive foul with this ball, right? But he was standing too far inside." Wang Meng couldn't help but said after seeing Xu Tian's foul.

Su Qun also groaned, but said quickly: "This shows that Xu Tian's defense is hard enough. If you don't work hard to defend, you will never be dunked."

Being dunked is a rather embarrassing thing. After all, Xu Tian is his own player. Su Qun wants to help him find some reasons to divert the attention of the audience.

McDaniels pulled Xu Tian up from the ground. Xu Tian looked at the shaky basket and knew that he was not only dunked by the opponent's inside line, but also paid for a foul.

When the opponent made a free throw inside, Xu Tian pulled McDaniels aside. He learned some words during the ten days of training with Corbett, and said to him: "Give me the ball and take you home!"

After hearing this, McDaniels asked: "It is said on the Internet that you are training with Kobe. I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it."

"Okay!" Xu Tian didn't understand what McDaniels said, but judging from his friendly expression, it shouldn't be anything outrageous, so he replied with an OK.

McDaniels is a small forward, standing back near the free throw line, and he needs to fight for rebounds that may come.

Inside players need to experience high-intensity physical confrontation, and their muscles will remain tense most of the time, so their free throws are generally not good.There are exceptions to this, but not many.

The free throw missed, as if set, and the rebound came to McDaniels.

Xu Tian is near the middle circle, and only Delon Wright is beside him.

McDaniels was curious about how Xu Tian wanted to play, and the first time he got the rebound, he passed the ball to Xu Tian.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball past the half court. He didn't directly make a fast break, but waited for the Raptors' defensive players to settle down.

Just as McDaniels was about to ask Xu Tian, ​​he saw Xu Tian waving to him.This is a common gesture for calling a pick-and-roll. After seeing this gesture, McDaniels immediately understood what Xu Tian was thinking—he wanted to fight back.

On this basketball court where every inch of space is contested, after being dunked, Xu Tian's blood was already on his face, and he completely forgot about the idea of ​​conserving his strength.

Wright wanted to bypass McDaniels' screen and chase Xu Tian from behind, but when he actually bypassed the screen, he found that Xu Tian had reached the free throw line.

The inside players of the Raptors stood with both feet outside the reasonable collision zone, and also wanted to make Xu Tian an offensive foul.

Seeing his actions, Xu Tian's eyes lit up.In order to increase the success rate of dunks, Xu Tian took two more steps from the free throw line, received the ball with his right hand, and took off violently.

"Good shot! Xu Tian's ball is tough enough. He was dunked just now, and he immediately dunked it back in the next round." Wang Meng's commentary voice raised a little, and it could be seen that he was very excited.

Su Qun also laughed, thinking in his heart that he was worthy of finding words for Xu Tian, ​​and he really gave Xu Tian a face, and said smoothly: "This is a typical answer ball. What method do you use to score on me? You have to use whatever method to score on your head. In the early years, Jordan and Kobe both liked to use this method to destroy the psychological defense of defensive players."

The fans at the scene were excited again. What they liked to see was this tough response. When Xu Tian stood at the free throw line, they even called out his surname "Xu".

This tough response to the ball made Xu Tian seem to be the star of the game in the eyes of the audience.

Li Lang was sitting in the auditorium, and he managed to maintain his composure now. Xu Tian's dunk just now was so beautiful that even his blood boiled.

Alice didn't dare to exaggerate too much, and only shouted MVP (Most Valuable Player, the highest personal honor on the basketball court) when Xu Tian made a free throw.

Wright felt the change in the attitude of the audience on the court, and turned around to try to force Xu Tian, ​​but his layup was blocked by McDaniels, who was helping to defend.

Xu Tian steadily accepted the rebound, threw out the full-court guidance at the beginning of the game again, and finished with a dunk by a fast break player.

In the next offensive round, Wright missed a shot, and Xu Tian quickly counterattacked and scored another two points.At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets extended their lead to 11 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Xu Tian still didn't rest, and played both inside and outside with Capela. With Capela's inside defense, the Rockets hit an 8-0 spurt and expanded their lead to 19 points.

After Delon Wright came on the court, he counterattacked with the ball and hit a layup. Then Xu Tian made two consecutive emergency stop jumpers, and the Rockets led by 21 points.

When the Raptors fouled Capela again, Bickerstaff replaced Xu Tian.

Capela began to show his dominance, hitting triples in the inside, including a 2+1.

Wright has added individual singles, but in the case of insufficient physical strength, his efficiency is not high.

Xu Tian reappeared after a 5-minute break and continued to suppress the Raptors. At the end of the halftime, the Rockets extended their lead to 30 points.

In the third quarter, Xu Tian played for 2 minutes and was replaced after scoring two assists.

With the Rockets' lead growing, the game entered garbage time. (When there is no suspense about the outcome of the game, the two sides will send players who usually do not play to play. Fans generally do not like to watch this kind of matchup, commonly known as garbage time)

ESPN's columnists have already written the manuscript, and when the game is over and Xu Tian's data comes out, they will fill in the data on the manuscript and send out this column.

The key to news is newness. Whoever can release news faster will have the upper hand.

"Xu Tian probably won't be back on the court in this game. Let's take a look at his stats. In 21 minutes, he scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals. He made only one turnover." Today's data, Wang Meng read out this set of data.

Su Qun said: "This is a standard double-double. If it is converted into 36-minute data, it is a quasi-quadruple-double."

As the final whistle sounded, the Rockets won the first Summer League victory without bloodshed.

Almost at the same time, ESPN published a column titled "Underrated? Xu Tian is the perfect court commander." Touted his performance this time.

Xu Tian didn't know what was going on off the court at all, he was just enjoying the joy of the first victory.

(End of this chapter)