shooting guard era

Chapter 37. 42. Bite the Score
After the second-round pick comes out, the home team usually has to pay a bigger contract if they want to keep him.

Although there is an arenas clause, second-round picks usually have a 1+1 contract, plus a matching clause. If the player is not willing, he can temporarily not sign a big contract after the rookie contract expires. Years, that is, starting from the rookie season, after three years of playing, he can become a completely free agent.

Now many teams are waiting and watching. If Ye Han continues to perform like this, then when Ye Han's rookie contract ends, there will be a lively battle for talent.

Ye Han drank Gatorade, tried his best to regain his strength, and listened to Bickerstaff's tactical arrangements. He was exhausted from this game, but he felt more exhilarated than ever before!
Bickerstaff tried his best to arrange tactics. If he wins such a game, Ye Han's confidence will be greatly increased.

Those who run tactics are often players who use complex running positions to help the main scorer run out of scoring opportunities with simple running positions. This is called a truly effective tactic.

Bickerstaff is now trying to help Ye Han get one-on-one scoring opportunities.

"Ace, is your physical strength okay?" Half a year later, Bickerstaff already knew Ye Han very well. Fighting spirit, personality, basketball foundation, and physical fitness, Ye Han has the potential to become a superstar in these aspects.

But in Bickerstaff's view, Ye Han is a rookie who has just entered the NBA after all. He played only one-third of the NBA games in a year in college. injury.

Ye Han nodded and said he was fine, thanks to running from home to the arena every morning for the past few months, running back at noon, running back after eating, and running back again in the afternoon, these several times of back and forth every day can be regarded as training in terms of endurance.

After a short rest, Ye Han was full of energy again!

Pause back.

Clippers attack.

Simmons holds the ball and is fully focused.

He finally knew that it was not just luck that the kid in front of him could stand out all of a sudden.To score off this kid, don't hesitate when you get the chance, or he'll appear like a ghost and put his hands in your path.

Simmons used the pick-and-roll to take a step and two points and shot directly. This is the best opportunity.

hit!

Simmons' huge improvement this year does not seem to be due to luck. His shooting is a dimension better than last year, and he has gone directly from a player on the edge of the bench to a quasi-first-class scorer.

77 to 69, the Clippers led by 8 points.

The Bobcats attacked, Ye Han dribbled the ball sideways at a high position, Quentin Ross began to increase his defensive actions, Ye Han was not particularly good at dribbling, and Ye Han was always on guard against being intercepted.

This is the Clippers' home court, and the referee whistled more in favor of the Clippers. The referee ignored the Clippers' small defensive moves.

To score!If the goal is not scored the next time the opponent scores again, the point difference will return to [-] points, and the momentum that the Bobcats have accumulated with great difficulty will be extinguished again.

Ye Han observed the opponent's defense, and found that everyone on the opponent was looking at him, and his footsteps were always ready to help defend.

Ye Han moved.

Squeeze Quentin Ross straight to the inside.

Ye Han's movement was very sudden, and Simmons slammed half of his body into Ye Han's body. If it wasn't because he was at the Clippers' home court, he would definitely have been called for a blocking foul.

Sure enough, Ye Han just stepped into the three-second zone and Kaman and Brand double-teamed him. Ye Han threw the ball high and sent an alley-oop pass. Okafor easily put the ball into Li Nakuang.

71 to 77, the point difference continued to remain at 6 points.

"This kid is really difficult to deal with." Brand thought as he looked at Ye Han who was high-fiving Okafor.

The Clippers are attacking, and now the Bobcats have a lot of space on the offensive end. It is easier for Ye Han to break through and shoot, but his defense is too weak.

The pick-and-roll easily appeared in the gap, and Simmons took another step to shoot after borrowing Kaman's pick-and-roll.

The Bobcats were lucky to miss!
Ye Han defended the rebound!
Ye Han counterattacked with the ball, and the Clippers returned to defense quickly. Ye Han focused all the three-pointers of the opponent's return defense on him, and then passed it back to Kapono who was following up from the top arc, and the latter chased after him. three-pointer.

It's a pity I didn't enter!

but!

Ye Han leaped high, grabbed the offensive rebound over Simmons and Brand, immediately jumped up on the spot after landing, and dunked with both hands to score.

73 to 77, the point difference is only 4 points!

Brand picked up the ball and sent it to Langton, who advanced to the frontcourt.

The Clippers started to panic, and Langton panicked. The more he panicked, the more likely he would make a mistake, and was intercepted by Sly.

The Bobcats counterattacked in two lines. After reaching the frontcourt, Sly passed a cross pass to Ye Han, and Ye Hanfei made a layup.

75 is better than 77!

With 19 seconds left, the Bobcats chased the point difference to 2 points!
As the Clippers missed Brand's hook at the last moment, the three quarters ended, and the Clippers entered the fourth quarter with a slight advantage of two points.

"We have a chance to win, everyone cheer up!" Okafor began to mobilize.

Ye Han may be the best player on this team, but he is not good at these things. Of course, these things are done by Okafor, who was the team leader in college.

However, the response from the rest of the Bobcats does not seem to be so positive, except for a few players who can be sure to gain a firm foothold in the NBA this year, such as Gerald Wallace, Kapono, and Brian Knight, who are very positive. , Others, including Brezek, who was benched, are not very motivated.

Ye Han already felt that his teammates were unreliable, and he didn't expect too much from them.

The last section.

The time to decide the outcome has come.

The lineup that the Bobcats sent in the fourth quarter was Blevin Knight, Ye Han, Kapono, Gerald Wallace, Okafor, and they changed back to the starting lineup.

For the Clippers, Gittles really became a false starter, and five players, Langton, Quentin Rose, Simmons, Brand, and Wilcox, played.

Wilcox was the No. 02 pick in 8. His physical fitness is comparable to the bully Stoudemire's beast insider, but his skills are not very good, and the offensive end basically relies on second offense.

But his defense is very good, and the old Dunleavy replaced him to enhance the team's internal mobility.

Kaman's interior defense ability is stronger, but the movement is too slow and the offensive end is cumbersome.

The Bobcats go first and serve in the backcourt.

Blevin Knight advanced to the frontcourt.

After a few runs, Ye Han cut inside to catch the ball for a layup, but missed!
The Clippers counterattack!

Wilcox is indeed a beast, fast break inside!
Longton made a long pass to Wilcox, who dunked with both hands hanging on the basket!
79:75.

The Clippers' evolution made the Bobcats very uncomfortable.

The Bobcats had been playing counterattacks before, and the Clippers were playing steadily, but with Wilcox's sudden change, the Bobcats' defense had to be adjusted, and Okafor had to move with Wilcox.

As a result, the inside defense of the Bobcats has been greatly weakened.

(End of this chapter)