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Chapter 235 The Final Battle ([-])

Back on the sidelines again, Xu Hao saw the Blazers' starting lineup at a glance, and suddenly he raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.The opponent's starting point guard is actually Andre Miller. This veteran born in 1976 is 34 years old this year, and his physical function has declined in an all-round way. Although he can still contribute 14 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game this season , but his movement speed is much slower than that of his peak period, and his defensive ability has naturally dropped significantly. For Xu Hao, this is a good breakthrough.

In fact, the configuration of the Blazers at the No. [-] position has always made Xu Hao feel very strange. This season, they will either use Blake, who has almost no sense of presence, or a veteran like Miller who has begun to decline. I really don’t know what McMillan is thinking. What.But maybe he can't be the master either. The general manager has taken away the task of recruiting the team, so he can only try his best to match the lineup.

To some extent, Miller is a loophole in the Blazers' starting lineup. Maybe he can win against other point guards with his rich experience, but his experience is useless in front of Xu Hao.As far as Xu Hao is concerned, as long as he directly blows up the opposing Miller at the beginning of the game, he can attract the Blazers' defense as much as possible, thereby creating more scoring opportunities for his teammates.

Soon the referee signaled all irrelevant personnel to leave the field. The starting lineups of both sides stood in their respective positions, while Jordan and Camby went to the center circle to jump the ball.Compared with Camby, who entered the league in 1996, Jordan does seem a little immature, but his physical fitness is very good. He jumped in front of Camby and passed the ball to Xu Hao, and then went to the basket. Run.

Jordan rushes very fast and does not look like an inside player with a height of 2.11 meters.Xu Hao got the ball, turned around and avoided Roy's strange hand, flicked it without looking, and the basketball flew directly to the Blazers' basket like a cruise missile. At this time, Jordan was just in place. An easy alley-oop dunked the ball hard into the basket.

This was discussed between Xu Hao and Jordan in private before the game. They planned to beat the Blazers by surprise in the first round.The reason why Jordan is allowed to catch the ball is because he is the first in the starting lineup of the Timberwolves, and Camby’s speed is not as fast as him. As long as he receives a pass from Xu Hao inside, almost no one can stop him Complete a dunk.

Sure enough, the cooperation between Xu Hao and Jr. Jordan succeeded easily, and successfully ignited the atmosphere of the audience.Seeing the resentment and embarrassment on the Blazers players' faces, Xu Hao smiled slightly: Dude, welcome to our Target Center!

But the Blazers will not be depressed because of this conceded goal, they also understand the importance of this game.After clearing up his mood, Camby served the ball in the backcourt, and Miller got the ball and dribbled it through the half court, blowing the horn of their counterattack.However, Miller was entangled by Xu Hao as soon as he crossed the halfway line, and the basketball in his hand was almost stolen. As a last resort, he quickly handed the ball to Roy on the weak side.

While following Miller, Xu Hao thought, "Wayne, I'll leave Roy to you, I hope you can handle it..."

It's a pity that Ellington didn't meet Xu Hao's expectations, and Roy passed him cleanly. Originally, Ellington wanted to reach out to hold the opponent and use fouls to stop the attack, but found out embarrassingly that I can't even make a foul.The inside players of the Timberwolves obviously did not expect Ellington to be broken by the opponent so easily, and they were also caught off guard. Roy easily dribbled the ball to the basket, leaning on Love to score the ball. relay response.

Although Roy didn't make any provocative movements, Ellington's face was still flushed.Before the game, McHale gave repeated orders, asking him to stop Roy from attacking, no matter how much he interfered, but he lost his underwear in the first matchup, which was a great shame.Ellington also knew that Roy was superior to him in terms of fame and strength, but since the head coach made a request, he had to do it, otherwise he would become a loophole in the starting lineup, so how could the team win?

Others didn't blame Ellington, but he couldn't forgive himself.He secretly made up his mind that the next time the Blazers attack, it's fine if Roy doesn't attack with the ball. If he plays singles with the ball, he must defend him!
Xu Hao could see the flames burning in Ellington's eyes. In order to give more support to this rookie of the same class, he did not choose to attack with the ball this time, but passed the ball to the bottom corner after a pick-and-roll with Love. Let Ellington have an open shot.In the left corner, Ellington's shooting rate is very high, and he did not disappoint Xu Hao's pass, turning it into an assist.

This is Xu Hao's style. When he loses points on the defensive end, he will not immediately think about defending the next time, but immediately find the field on the offensive end.In his opinion, Ellington's self-confidence will be hit hard by Roy's easy breakthrough, but this three-pointer is a good way for him to complete the redemption, so that the shadow of the defensive failure just now will be Was dispelled a bit.

Ellington, who hit a three-pointer, really regained his confidence. When Roy faced him again with the ball, he could always judge the opponent's movements just right, and blocked Roy's progress in time On the route, it made him very uncomfortable.In the end, Roy had to take a forced breakthrough to barely break through Ellington's blockade, and he didn't get rid of him.

Although the Blazers finally scored in this round, it was not Roy who scored the goal. His layup was successfully interfered by Ellington, but Camby used his experience advantage to get stuck in the position ahead of time and scored the ball. basket.Even so, the teammates gave Ellington thumbs up one after another. As long as he continues to maintain this state, it is definitely not a problem to put pressure on Roy.

Roy was also puzzled by Ellington's sudden increase in defensive pressure. It was as easy as eating and drinking when he broke through for the first time. How did it become so difficult later?Could it be that the rookie opposite is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?Roy's golf quotient is very high, but this will also make him think a lot, and he will be bluffed by Ellington for a while.

Under such circumstances, Roy did not dare to break through Ellington's defense casually. Even if he wanted to get past the opponent, he had to show some real skills.And for him, the best way is to connect with his teammates. In Roy's view, if he continues to play alone, he never knows when he will be entangled by the opponent and lose all touch. At that time, the Blazers will be in bad luck. .

(End of this chapter)