basketball kingdom

Chapter 22
Capela obviously didn't eat Snickers today. He became hungry when he jumped the ball and failed to jump to the ball for the first time.

The basketball that was slapped by Towns into his own half fell into the hands of Tyus Jones, who dribbled the ball across the half court and initiated the first round of offense.

Tyus Jones is 185 centimeters tall. He is a short player even among point guards. Facing Xu Tian, ​​who is 16 centimeters taller than him, he felt the defensive pressure from Xu Tian.

"tomato (tmd), why is his arm so long." Even though Jones was protecting the ball behind him, he was almost broken by Xu Tian, ​​and couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

Jones knew that Xu Tianxia was able to contribute 2.7 steals per game, ranking first in the steal list (also known as the steal king), but at that time he thought Xu Tian was good at predicting the passing route and would not be dribbled. Okay what a bother he was causing.

Now that he really faced Xu Tian, ​​Jones realized that Xu Tian's long arms were too threatening.

Under Xu Tian's urgent defense, Jones finally couldn't dribble anymore and stopped the ball outside the three-point line.

Seeing that the situation was not good, LaVine hurried out to catch the ball.Because Xu Tian was right next to Jones, he ran directly behind Jones, and the two of them handed over the ball.

Towns fought Capela in the interior. In order to get a good offensive position, Towns tried his best, but the offensive space he got was still not ideal.

Because the coach's arrangement was to play Towns at the beginning, LaVine, who was holding the ball, passed a lob and handed the ball to Towns.

Towns began to play back singles, powerfully controlling the ball with his right hand, and crushing inward with his body.But the imaginary inward push did not appear. He was held in place by Capela, and there was no way to get closer to the inside line.

The audience was stunned. The No. [-] pick, Towns, couldn't push Capela!
Sitting on the bench, Bickerstaff looked at Capella whose feet seemed to be poured on the floor, and finally understood why Xu Tian said that Capella was a secret weapon.

With quick eyesight and quick hands, McDaniels came to the back of Towns and took the basketball directly from the hands of the No. [-] pick.

"A beautiful mistake, this is the answer sheet that Zhuangyuan Lang handed in for the first time in singles." Kenny Smith watched McDaniels give the ball to Xu Tian, ​​and then said, "I don't know what the No. 18 show will be this year kind of performance."

Xu Tian advanced halfway very slowly. He was waiting for the Timberwolves' defense to settle down. Since he wanted to do it, he had to do it with a big ticket!
McDaniels involved LaVine on the flanks and handed over the frontal battlefield to Xu Tian. He was very curious about how Xu Tian would perform in this game.

Jones settled into a defensive position, separated his feet, lowered his center of gravity, and adjusted to the best defensive posture.Xu Tian's attack was very threatening, and he didn't dare to be careless.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball with his right hand, and in order to show off his skills, he did a simple dribble behind his back.In the past, he would not add this extra movement, but now that he has come to the NBA, how can he do it if his style of play is not gorgeous.

After receiving the ball, without any additional actions, Xu Tian directly threw the basketball.

Jones quickly jumped up and tried to interfere with Xu Tian's shooting, but his hands only reached Xu Tian's chest, and he couldn't even use the blindfold method.

Xu Tian looked at the ball flying in the air, keeping his right hand in the same state as when the ball was thrown.

The referee made a three-point gesture and blew the goal whistle.

Xu Tian scored the first goal in this game, the Rockets 3-0 Timberwolves.

Barkley turned his head to look at McGrady in the auditorium, and said, "Tracey, did you see that? Xu's figure is very similar to yours when shooting. He seems to have stolen your shooting bag."

McGrady smiled lightly when he heard the words, but didn't reply.Xu Tian's shooting posture was indeed picturesque, but it was not to the point where he was excited.

Xu Tian’s three-pointer was replayed in slow motion in the Tencent live broadcast room, and Yang Yi explained the ball, “This shot is a pull-up jump shot that domestic fans often say. Today McGrady came to the scene, and Xu Tian was in a very excited state. This shot should be a tribute to Tracy McGrady."

Note: The pull-up jump shot, McGrady's famous skill, is simply to use his height and bounce to force a jump shot (that is, a strong shot), but because of the picturesque shooting posture of McGrady, the term dry pull jump shot was coined.

In the Timberwolves' offensive round, LaVine forced a breakthrough with the ball, causing Capela's thug foul.

LaVine made two free throws to make it 2-3.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball to face Jones, and Capela succeeded in grabbing a position at the basket. Almost at the same time, the basketball accurately arrived in Capela's hands.

LaVine was wary of Capela, quickly ran to the inside, and stabbed the ball in Capela's hand.

Throw-in, the Rockets continue to attack.

Xu Tian came to the right wing at 45 degrees, received the sideline ball with his back, and first felt Jones' defense with his back.

Jones used the most classic defensive back posture, lowered his center of gravity, and placed his right arm on Xu Tian's back.

Xu Tian's left foot is the pivot foot, and his right foot takes a step to the left, turning into an angle facing the basket. He bounces back and shoots.

The posture is still picturesque!
The basketball wiped the board and went into the net, Xu Tian scored two more points!
Rockets 5-2 Timberwolves.

"Turning back and jumping backwards! This move is Kobe's stunt. Now I believe the rumors that Xu and Kobe are training together." Barkley continued to exclaim.

Kenny Smith said: "Xu did not hit the basket uncharacteristically today, but started with the famous skills of two stars. This change has a lot of meaning. I think Xu wants to tell us that apart from breakthroughs and organization, he The same as his shot."

Xu Tian heard Kenny Smith's words just as he was retreating, and grinned at Smith.

Kenny Smith turned to look at Barkley, "Dude, did you see that confident smile on Xu's face just now?"

Barkley also laughed, "Wow! I just said that this young man is not simple, he is easy on the court."

The expression on Howard's face was not very happy. He had been teammates with Kobe in 12, and the relationship between the two was very bad.

Xu Tian saw Howard's expression, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and turned around to defend Jones who was bringing the ball.

Jones didn't dribble too much and lobbed the ball directly to Towns.Downs flicked around in the paint and scored two points with great difficulty under Capela's defense.

After the goal was scored, Towns complained to the referee twice. He thought the goal should be a 2+1, but the referee ignored him.

The Timberwolves coached Summer United was their assistant coach Sam Michel. He had won the honor of the NBA's best coach in the 06-07 season, but now the glory is gone.

Michel stood on the sidelines, yelling for players to double-team Xu Tian with the ball.

Xu Tian heard the word double-team (double-team), and knew that the Timberwolves were going to focus on his defense. When he came a step outside the three-point line, he got up and shot directly.

Basketball, hollow into the net!
The score is 8-4.

The fans at the scene smelled a hint of a big event happening. Although they didn't see the passionate dunk, the whole arena gradually became agitated.

The Warriors won the championship this summer. The two cores of their team, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, are both good at three-pointers, which makes this basketball technique a little exciting.

When McDaniels returned to the defense, he looked at Xu Tian who was retreating quickly, and his mind echoed what Xu Tian said before he came.

"This time I am not trying to prove my potential, but to let them see my strength!"

McDaniels suddenly felt that he couldn't understand this young man. Is he really just a rookie?
The game continues.

LaVine dribbled the ball quickly, and after coming to the frontcourt, he chased and made a three-pointer.

Hit the basketball board and make a steady hit!
8-7!

"Answerball!!! The expression on Zach LaVine's face seems to say, my strength is no worse than yours!" Kenny Smith's tone strengthened slightly, and he also felt the wind and rain coming.

Charles Barkley said: "I like the character of these young people. They have to fight against each other on the court. Only in this way can they truly grow."

Xu Tian dribbled the ball to the position where he shot a three-pointer last time, ignoring the defense of LaVine and Jones in front of him, and directly pulled up a three-pointer.

Double-kill, double hit!

The score is 11-7, the Rockets lead by 4 points!
The fans at the scene started calling LaVine's name when he was holding the ball. They wanted to see another answerball.

LaVine lived up to the expectations of the fans and pulled up a shot from beyond the three-point line.

Boom!

Shots hit the iron.

Capela got Tang Si stuck behind him, Xu Tian got up and took off the board easily, and quickly pushed to counterattack.

In order to delay Xu Tian's starting speed, Jones directly chose to press the defense with the whole court.He is also a rookie, and he doesn't want to lose too badly!

Xu Tian passed the ball to McDaniels on the other side of the court, and McDaniels dribbled the ball across the half.

Before Capela entered the inside line, he made a simple pick-and-roll for Xu Tian, ​​which delayed Jones' defense.

"Pass the ball!" Xu Tian's voice sounded behind McDaniels.

McDaniels turned around and saw Xu Tian, ​​his hands stretched forward, ready to catch the ball.He reacted immediately and passed the basketball straight to Xu Tian's hands.

Xu Tian dribbled away from Jones and moved laterally to the position where he made the first two three-pointers.

Collecting the ball, taking off, shooting, the whole set of movements is done in one go!
Harden and Howard have risen from their seats, ready to cheer on the goal.

Xu Tian turned around and opened his arms. He didn't look at the shot basketball. He knew that the ball would definitely hit, because today's basket was like the sea to him.

The audience in the venue erupted into a huge wave of sound, they were wantonly cheering for Xu Tian's three consecutive three-point performances.

"Bingo! Unstoppable! Unstoppable! Xu's hand feels hot today. He has scored 14 points in a row. If he continues to play like this, I don't know how many points he can score." Kenny Smith shouted excitedly , Three three-pointers in a row appearing in the Summer League, it is quite shocking.

Barkley said: "Sam Michel needs to do something! He can't just stand on the sidelines and watch the players on the field be ruthlessly blown up. He must adjust his tactics and find ways to limit Xu's performance."

Michelle seemed to have heard what Barkley said, and decisively called a timeout after Towns served.

Xu Tian looked at the scoreboard above the arena. At this time, the score was 14-7, and there were 7 minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)