explosive dribbler

Chapter 27
When Payton received the ball, he led the Magic to launch the first offense, dribbled the ball halfway and passed it to Fournier.When Fournier received the ball, Vucevic stepped forward to pick and roll for him. Fournier dribbled the ball and tried to break through, but was pressed by Grizzlies power forward Green.

Fournier passed the ball with some difficulty. Vucevic could have had a big chance, but Green blocked the passing route, and Fournier had to pass the ball in another direction.

Simmons ran out to catch the ball, and there was not much time left in the attack. After a stride breakthrough and forced into the inside line, he missed a throw and was caught by Gasol for a rebound, and Conley launched a defensive counterattack.

Conley dribbled forward quickly, and the Magic's back defense seemed a bit unable to keep up with Conley's offensive speed. After all, this was the first time the Magic played a full game after three months, and there were still some problems.

Conley rushed inside and gave the ball to Chalmers on the three-point line in the bottom corner. Chalmers made an open three-pointer without hesitation, and made a three-pointer with a knife in his hand. The Grizzlies scored a blood.

"..." An Xiaonan clenched his fist and hammered his thigh, looking nervously at the field.

Gordon's back-up singles and turned back jumper also missed, but the Grizzlies' Conley missed a three-pointer, and both sides hit an iron once.

"See it clearly. Now Payton is launching a singles strategy around Gordon." Raymond's voice suddenly appeared in An Xiaonan's ear. An Xiaonan glanced at Raymond suspiciously, and then saw that the players on the field had already Started running.

"What you lack of Payton is not technology, but experience and understanding of tactics." Raymond said indifferently.

An Xiaonan carefully observed the running positions of the players on the field, and thought to himself: If I have a deeper understanding of tactics than Payton and a better execution ability than Payton, will the coach let me start?
An Xiaonan knew that a player who earnestly executes every tactic will definitely win the favor of the coach, at least he won't have a water cooler for ten thousand years.

Sure enough, after a series of passes, Gordon got the space for a low post, and successfully turned around and made a layup.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the shooting percentages of both sides were not high. It was obvious that they were looking for a match.With 7 minutes left in the first quarter, the Grizzlies took the lead in making substitutions.On the next dead ball, the Magic also replaced DJ Augustin and Biyombo.

An Xiaonan watched the two substitutes come on the field, and the envy and helplessness in his heart became more and more intense. He hated himself for being a loser.If you are a first-round lottery pick, you can play now.

"Don't worry, what should come will definitely come." Lei Meng saw what An Xiaonan was thinking, and patted him on the shoulder and said.

The score came to 14:18, and the Magic fell behind temporarily, with 4 minutes and 27 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

The Magic called a timeout.

"Come here, let's talk about the next play." The players surrounded the city, and Vogel squatted in the middle.

"An Xiaonan, you replace Augustin and play point guard." Vogel suddenly turned and said to An Xiaonan.

An Xiaonan stood up excitedly, pointed to his nose and said, "Shall I play?"

Gordon smiled and said, "Of course, your chance has come."

An Xiaonan couldn't believe it, he didn't listen much to the coach's tactics, he had been dreaming about it for so long, and finally he was going to step on the NBA field!I don't know how many days and nights I have been dreaming about this scene, but when this moment really came, An Xiaonan felt his limbs go weak, and his nervousness reached an unprecedented height.

"Du—" the timeout ended, Gordon patted An Xiaonan's shoulder, "Why are you in a daze, it's time to play, don't let me down!"

An Xiaonan nodded vigorously, slapped Gordon and walked onto the stage.

Vogel clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at An Xiaonan's nervous appearance, and said to himself: "Come on, let me see how far you can play as an undrafted pick."

The current list of the Magic team is: point guard No. 19 An Xiaonan, shooting guard No. 8 Mario Hezonja, small forward No. 31 Terrence Ross, power forward No. 11 Bismack Biyombo, center No. 5 Ma Liz Speights.

The current lineup will basically be the team's usual rotation lineup. Vogel sent An Xiaonan to the second army to observe whether An Xiaonan can integrate into the substitute system and whether he can be the point guard of the second team. .

No matter how mature and calm An Xiaonan is usually, when he really stepped onto the stage of his dreams, his mind was already blank.

"It's too nervous, it's too bad..." Gordon looked at An Xiaonan's nervous look, sighed and said worriedly.

"Is that guy a rookie?" Gasol, who was still on the court, looked at An Xiaonan's nervous appearance as he walked onto the court, and asked strangely.

"Since he's a rookie, let's show him some color." Small forward James Ennis said.

The Magic had the ball, An Xiaonan received the serve from Speights, and mechanically and stiffly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

"Hey, relax!" Speights, who was passing by, felt uneasy when he saw An Xiaonan's appearance.

"Ah? Oh!" An Xiaonan finally came to his senses, and his movements became more natural.

Opposing An Xiaonan is a guard named Andrew Harrison. Harrison is only 23 years old this year, and he is also a rookie who has just entered the league. Seeing An Xiaonan's appearance can not help but be a little funny.Kindly reminded: "My friend, you will die like this!"

An Xiaonan passed the ball in a hurry, without initiating any tactics at all, he just wasted nearly 6 seconds of halftime on the court, and then threw the blame away.

Vogel frowned, obviously dissatisfied with An Xiaonan.

"Dang!" The Magic team's attack naturally ended in a strike. The whole team was like a mess, not tied by a rope at all.

The source of this problem is An Xiaonan, who is a point guard. As a point guard, An Xiaonan failed to play his role in connecting the whole team in this offense.

"Hey!" Harrison saw that An Xiaonan's defense was full of flaws, and directly broke through An Xiaonan with a stride.Biyombo defended angrily, but missed Gasol. Gasol easily hit the board after receiving a pass from Harrison, extending the score advantage to 6 points.

"An Xiaonan!" Biyombo glared at An Xiaonan, "If you don't want to fight, go down!"

An Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, looked at Biyombo's angry eyes, and suddenly came back to his senses, looked down at his palm, "What am I doing? If you sleepwalk, you will be looked down upon by everyone..."

An Xiaonan looked at the bench with some concern, Vogel frowned, and Gordon looked worried.

(End of this chapter)