basketball kingdom

Chapter 34 First Appearance
The players on the field have not played for a long time, and they feel a little tight.In the few minutes after Martin made two free throws, the two sides fought back and forth, but because Hibbert couldn't guard Towns, it was the Timberwolves who had the upper hand after all, leading 15-11.

With 5 minutes and 48 seconds left in the first quarter, Clarkson fouled Rubio and entered an official timeout. on the home team, the next official time-out is on the visiting team).

Lakers assistant coach Mark Madsen went to the scorer's table to submit the list of substitutions. After the timeout ended, Xu Tian will be on the NBA court for the first time.

Xu Tian has already handed over the training clothes to the equipment manager Carlos Maples, this chubby black guy who is in charge of all the equipment for the Lakers.

Byron Scott stood in front of the bench. After saying a few words, he looked at Xu Tian and said, "Xu, I won't arrange tactics for you. You can decide how to play on the field."

Xu Tian touched the bracelet on his right wrist, and nodded slightly.He was a little nervous in his heart now, afraid that this emotion would be overwhelmed when he opened his mouth, so he just nodded.

The 100 seconds passed quickly, and Xu Tian stepped into the court and started his debut.

This time the substitution was five-on-five, and he was partnered with shooting guard Louis Williams, small forward Ryan Kelly, power forward Larry Nance Jr. and center Tarek Black.Except for Louis Williams, this lineup is not particularly powerful in attacking with the ball, which means that Scott basically gave Xu Tian all the possession of the ball.

The Timberwolves played Rubio, LaVine, Wiggins, Tayshaun Prince and Towns. Several rookies were young and strong, and they continued to play the next game.

"Tariq!" When Black was about to go to the baseline to defend, Xu Tian called out to him.

Black turned his head and saw Xu Tian's nod, walked towards him with some puzzlement, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Tian put his arm on Black's back and said, "I need you to do two things, one is to defend the rebound, and the other is to pick and roll. This is very important!" Since Scott has the ball on the field If it was given to Xu Tian, ​​he would set an example.

Black nodded, expressing that he understood Xu Tian's instructions, and then went to Towns at the bottom line, ready to start his own defense.

The Timberwolves served the ball, and the Ruby Olympic ball passed halftime.

Rubio's shooting is not accurate, and his shooting speed is very slow, so when defending him, Xu Tian took a step.

Tayshaun Prince moved up and set a screen for Rubio, and they were going to use the pick-and-roll for this offense.

The pick-and-roll is the simplest coordination tactic, (the representative combination of this tactic is Jazz legend Karl Malone and John Stockton, both of them used this tactic to play countless records and two evergreen trees in the league. ) If both the blocking person and the dismantling person have offensive capabilities, this tactic will have a very powerful combat effectiveness.However, Rubio's offensive ability was a little anxious, which affected the power of this tactic a little.

Nance Jr. and Xu Tian made a defense change, Nance Jr. went to follow Rubio, and Xu Tian defended the "Prince" Tyshawn Prince who had run out of fuel in the tank.

Lou Williams and Ryan Kelly both followed their defenders, leaving LaVine and Wiggins unable to receive the ball.This kind of defense is to force Rubio to attack by himself, or to pass the ball to Towns inside.

Sure enough, Towns received a pass from Rubio and faced Black in the paint.

Xu Tian left Prince, who was defending him, and came behind him when Downs didn't notice.

"Hey!" Rubio yelled, trying to remind Downs to pay attention to what was behind him.

But Black's reaction was faster. He saw Xu Tian, ​​who was coming to help defend, and imposed a strong physical confrontation on Downs, leaving Downs no time to react.

Xu Tian successfully stole the ball from Towns, but instead of launching a fast break immediately, he let the Timberwolves player slowly dribble the ball across half court.The purpose of his doing this is to slow down the rhythm of the game so that Rubio cannot play at the rhythm he is good at.

Rubio's weak offensive ability determines that he has little threat when playing positional warfare. As long as the rhythm is lowered, the Timberwolves' offense and defense can be greatly restricted.

Kobe quietly looked at the five people on the field who were not in a mess at all. He had no other emotions in his heart except satisfaction. Now he was more convinced that his choice was not wrong.

After halftime, Xu Tian controlled the ball with his right hand and made a tactical gesture with his left hand.This is a blindfold. He has only practiced with his teammates once, and he has never studied any tactics at all.

Before Rubio could react, Xu Tian accelerated past him.

The strength of Rubio's defense is the destruction of the dribbling rhythm and the prediction of the passing route. In the face of the opponent's strong speed, he has no way to defend.This is why Rubio was always unable to guard against Lawson in the early years.

Prince has an excellent defensive awareness, and he left his defensive Nance to delay Xu Tian's breakthrough.

Xu Tian turned his head to Xiao Nance during the march. This action made Prince's defense hesitate, and he stopped unconsciously.

Prince's long-range defense did not cause any interference to Xu Tian at all, and he continued to accelerate towards the inside.

Towns' defense wasn't very good. When he saw Xu Tian rushing over, he didn't even stand still with both feet.

"He doesn't even want to make an offensive foul!" Xu Tian couldn't help thinking, but he didn't stop, and threw the ball near the basket.

Nance Jr. took off, caught the flying ball with his right hand, and dunked the ball vigorously into the basket.

At the moment of the goal, Thackeray stood up from the bench holding a towel, wantonly cheering for his teammates' wonderful performance.

No matter when, Thackeray will not abandon his passion, which is the reason why he can gain a foothold in the league.

The fans at the scene also released their passion and cheered for Nance Jr. who scored the goal.

Xu Tian didn't pay attention to the sound that seemed to knock off the roof of the stadium, and quickly started to retreat.

Outside the three-point line in his own half, Nance Jr. ran over and gave Xu Tian a high-five.

This kind of scene reminded Xu Tian of the scene of Xia Lian's first show, but at that time, it was Capela who cooperated with him.Shaking his head, Xu Tian threw away the redundant thoughts in his mind, and looked at Rubio who hadn't come yet.

Rubio was a little dissatisfied with Downs' defensive attitude. After receiving the serve, he whispered a few words to Downs.

Downs didn't make a sound, and ran to the frontcourt silently.His personality is relatively gentle, except when talking to the little man on his shoulder (Downs created a virtual little man "Karlito," which he said he imagined as a friend sitting on his shoulder. Sometimes, Towns will mutter to himself and talk to this virtual character.), otherwise he doesn't like talking on the court.

After halftime, Rubio also made a tactical gesture with his left hand (in order to avoid the opponent's insight into the offensive tactics, each team has tactical special gestures, which are basically incomprehensible to outsiders), and then handed the ball to the runner. LaVine.

Xu Tian peeked behind him and found that Prince had set a cover for Wiggins near the free throw line. He quickly understood the meaning of this tactic-the Timberwolves wanted LaVine and Wiggins to cooperate.

However, according to his understanding, Wiggins' organizational skills are not strong, and it is difficult to pass the ball out of his hands.

Xu Tian moved again. No matter how complicated the Timberwolves' moves were, they were either attacking by LaVine or Wiggins this time.If LaVine is attacking, his help defense is meaningless, but if Wiggins is attacking, he can double-team Wiggins with Kelly.

LaVine saw Xu Tian's defensive movements, glanced at Rubio outside the three-point line and Wiggins at the waist, and then at Louis Williams who was defending him.This rookie with abnormal jumping BT chose to shoot directly with a dry pull.

"Count it, and a foul! (2+1)" Mike Breen no longer talked about Xu Tian, ​​but used his usual commentary to explain LaVine's goal.

Garnett stood up from the bench. He was the most passionate person on the Timberwolves lineup, so it was up to him to speak up for the young man.

When LaVine walked to the free throw line, Xu Tian looked up to watch the score, but suddenly found his camera on the big screen above the stadium.

Although Xu Tian didn't show much yet, the audience cheered generously when they saw this close-up shot.

Xu Tian waved his hand and looked at the scoreboard. The current score is 17-13.

LaVine's extra penalty made the score 18-13.

After halftime, Xu Tian threw the ball to Louis Williams, the best sixth man (the best substitute player) last season, and his single-handed offensive ability will not be weaker than the so-called "single king" Nick · Yang.

Just now LaVine hit Lu Wei in a single, and now the best way is to answer the ball, so Xu Tian didn't do a screen, but signaled other players to move away to let Lu Wei (Louis Williams) single.

Lu Wei lowered his center of gravity and made a sharp change of direction (the English name is more fashionable, called crossover), starting from LaVine's left side and making a strong push to the inside.

LaVine's defense was not good, and Lu Wei passed him cleanly, so he could only try to give Lu Wei a hand.

When the whistle sounded, Lu Wei threw the ball. The ball bounced a few times, but failed to hit.

Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders came to the scorer's table, told the scorer they were making substitutions, and then replaced Rubio and Towns, who had been on the floor, with Gorgui Dieng and Andre Miller.

Xu Tian looked at Andre Miller who entered the court from beyond the three-point line. He did not expect that the 39-year-old veteran would even get a chance to come off the bench.

Lu Wei made two free throws to help the Lakers chase the score to 15-18.

Andre Miller dribbled the ball slower than Rubio across the half court. This veteran point guard who is good at post-up singles has rich experience in playing positions.But like Rubio, he is not very good at shooting.

Xu Tian has already lowered his center of gravity, ready to meet the impact of this veteran.

(End of this chapter)