basketball kingdom

Chapter 23 The Champion's Response
Sam Michel looked at Tyus Jones, who was a little frustrated, and first gave him a bowl of chicken soup, "Tyus, you defended well! Everyone will have a time when the hand feels overwhelmed, but this hand feeling It’s impossible to last the whole game, don’t doubt your defense! When you get back on the court, use more physical confrontation and don’t give Xu an easy chance to shoot.”

Tyus Jones nodded silently. Although he drank the bowl of chicken soup, Xu Tian's performance just now was still replaying in his mind, ruining his mood and making him unable to get excited for the time being.

Zach LaVine took the initiative to ask if he could increase his shot rights when the coach was arranging tactics, and Sam Michel gave him an affirmative answer.Now the Timberwolves have scored 7 points, and LaVine has scored 5 of them. It is right to give him a little privilege.

Kevin Garnett, sitting behind the Timberwolves bench, patted Towns on the shoulder with his right hand as Michele's tactical arrangement was about to end.

After Towns turned his head, Garnett said, "Carl, you can be tougher when you are in the paint. Give the Rockets' No. 15 some color!"

Downs nodded quietly and did not reply.The physical confrontation that Capela imposed on him was very strong, and he was somewhat disadvantaged in strength, so it was a bit difficult to position inside.

Garnett looked at Towns's polite appearance, and was a little annoyed. He said, "Carl, the restricted area is a battlefield, and you are the number one pick. Go and win this battle in the restricted area!"

Knowing that he couldn't escape, Downs cheered up and replied, "No problem!"

……

After the timeout, Bikerstaff spoke a few words briefly and gave Xu Tian more time.

"I feel good today, but I don't know how long this state can last. If they focus on defending my shots, you need to put more pressure on the opponent's penalty area." Xu Tian pointed Capela And McDaniels, with physical gestures that he said you were these two.

Harden and Howard were not far from the bench, listening to the tactical layout translated by the translator with great interest, and glanced at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Kenny Smith noticed the movement on the Rockets' bench and asked his partner next to him, "Is Xu planning a tactic?"

Barkley heard Kenny Smith's words, looked at the Rockets' bench, and said in surprise: "Wow! I've seen players give tactical advice, but it's really the first time for me to give the tactical arrangement to the players. See you later."

Kenny Smith turned his head and asked Barkley, "If you were Xu's head coach, would you give him this chance?"

Barkley laughed: "If it were me, I would give Xu more autonomy."

Kenny Smith laughed. "You're too lazy to even do your job while coaching."

Bickerstaff was completely undisturbed by the gazes around him. It was just a Summer League game. He didn't think it was a big deal to hand over the coaching rights to the players.

Capela looked at Xu Tian in disbelief. He didn't understand how Xu Tian could be so good when he was also a young man in his 20s.

After Xu Tian quickly explained to McDaniels, he said to Capela: "Clint, you are a key factor in winning this game. Don't lose to Towns in the penalty area!"

Capela finished his thinking and nodded to indicate that he had accepted the task from Xu Tian.

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The timeout ended and the starters from both sides returned to the field.

The Timberwolves were the first to attack. The sideline ball was sent to Tyus Jones.

Both Downs and Capela received orders to strengthen the offense and defense of the penalty area. In order to prove his strength, Downs decided to break through Capela's defense line toughly.

Post-up singles don't seem to work against Capela.

Towns thought for a while, and came up with a wonderful singles method, holding the ball with both hands and making a shooting action.

Capela reacted instantly, wanting to block Downs' shot.

But Towns' shot was just a fake move. His left foot was pivotal and his right foot stepped forward, successfully leading Capela's defense to the right.

Capela's lateral movement was fast, and he quickly appeared in front of Downs.

Towns moved his right foot again, took a step to the right, and opened a certain distance from Capela. At a place that Capela couldn't seal, he used his right hand to make a dexterous layup.

The Timberwolves fans at the scene saw Towns' beautiful footsteps and roared to cheer for their team's newly drafted No. [-] pick.Xu Tian's performance at the beginning was too strong, they didn't have a chance to cheer for Downs, and now they burst out the voices that had been pent up for a long time.

Capela still did not give up on defense, and jumped high to shoot the basketball that came above the basket.

The referee blew his whistle at the same time and awarded a defensive interference ball.

The goal was valid and Towns scored two points. (Defensive interference ball means that when the thrown basketball crosses the highest point of the arc and starts to fall or is above the basket, if the defensive player touches the basketball, it will be called a defensive interference ball, and the opponent's goal is valid.)
14-9.

"Fantasy footsteps! Karl-Anthony Towns had a bad time in the first few minutes. After a timeout, he finally played the performance that the No. [-] pick should have." Kenny Smith knew exactly what footsteps Towns used, and was amazed Started to praise the performance of the No. [-] pick.

Note: Dream shake was created by the famous Seattle supersonic star Jack Sikma, and became famous in the NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon, based on his moving footsteps and fake actions in the interior as a center player The combination of the two is very dazzling and effective, so the fans gave him the nickname Big Dream, and his footsteps are called dreamy footsteps.

Capela didn't care about the reaction of the audience and the commentator. He quickly served from the bottom line and gave the ball to Xu Tian.

Tyus Jones quickly posted it. In order to block Xu Tian's shooting, he tried his best to play a jellyfish-style defense.

Xu Tian handed the ball to McDaniels, and McDaniels dribbled the ball across halftime, facing LaVine at the top of the arc.

Even if Xu Tian was off the ball, Tyus Jones did not relax his defense.

Tyus Jones had lingering fears about Xu Tian's touch. If he was shot a few more times in a row, he would be ashamed today.

McDaniels passed a lob to Xu Tian and sent the ball back to Xu Tian.Before the timeout, Xu Tian's hand felt very hot. On the offensive end, Xu Tian should give priority to attacking.

Tyus Jones quickly posted it, struggling to use his body to fight against the erosion of Xu Tian's shooting space. He didn't want to give Xu Tian a chance to shoot at all.

Xu Tian looked at the referee on the sidelines, but didn't see his intention to blow the whistle. In other words, Tyus Jones' physical confrontation was within the referee's scale.

Tyus Jones also noticed this, tried to add a little confrontation, and watched the referee's reaction.

The referee looked at the two people who were entangled, but still had no intention of blowing the whistle.

Although Xu Tian understands that a crying child has candy to eat, he is still a bit unable to make him make exaggerated body movements to win the referee's penalty.

Xu Tian chose the most conventional way, trying to open up space with his left arm.

Tyus Jones immediately took an exaggerated step back, which naturally caught the referee's attention.

beep~beep~
The referee made an offensive foul, and Xu Tian's simple gesture of throwing his hands was called an offensive foul.

Ball transfer.

Towns made another fantastic move in the paint. This time he tricked Capela's thug into a foul, and scored two more points at the free throw line, turning the score into 11-14. The Timberwolves were only three points behind.

Tyus Jones took advantage of Xu Tian's dislike of acting, and once again imposed a tough physical confrontation on Xu Tian with a scale that the referee would not judge.

Bickerstaff pointed to Tyus Jones' loud complaints to the referee. As a coach, he must put pressure on the referee and not let the referee's penalty scale be too biased towards the Timberwolves.

Not only did this move not have a positive effect, but it also caused the referee to call Bickerstaff a technical foul.

Bickerstaff's eyes widened, he couldn't believe he got a T, and walked quickly to the referee's side to continue his theory.

The referee did not try to explain his behavior, but quietly listened to Bickerstaff's complaints. After Bickerstaff sweared, he made a T gesture.

"Oh! Bickerstaff ate two Ts in a row in the Summer League. He is going to be ejected. Now Xu Tian will be the real on-field coach." Barkley saw the referee's gesture and said with a smile. Explain this jokingly.

Xu Tian saw Bickerstaff leaving the stadium accompanied by the security of the venue, and did not understand what happened.

Throughout the Summer League process, Xu Tian was unfairly punished. Bickerstaff had put up with it before, and the same situation happened again this time. Coupled with the fact that he got a T, his emotions exploded.

When walking in the tunnel, Bickerstaff's anger subsided a little, and he was a little annoyed at his impulsiveness.

The security personnel walked beside Bickerstaff, saw Bickerstaff's somewhat depressed expression, and said, "Dude, you should calm down, there is absolutely no need to be so impulsive in the Summer League."

Bickerstaff understood that the security officer had a point and said, "Thank you, man! I won't get emotional and you can go back to your job."

After the security personnel said a few more words, they returned to the stadium. The first thing they did was look up at the scoreboard.

The current score is 16-14, and the Timberwolves overtook the score, leading by 2 points.

Barkley and Kenny Smith are still chattering about Bickerstaff being sent off just now, and both agree that Bickerstaff's move is stupid.

The game on the field continues.

After Xu Tian dribbled the ball for halftime, Tyus Jones wanted to repeat the same trick and gradually approached Xu Tian.

At this time, everyone's attention was on Xu Tian, ​​and no one noticed at all. Capela on the other side of the court had already started running, and at the same time he pointed to the sky with his right hand.

Xu Tian saw Capela's movement and gently pushed the ball out with both hands.

(End of this chapter)