explosive dribbler

Chapter 34

On October [-]th, at [-] pm, the Magic started their game against the Heat at home.

After two preseason games, each of the major websites began to predict the ranking results of the regular season in the new season. One of the websites predicted that the Magic would be ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference and face Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs.

An Xiaonan didn't care about these at all.The playoffs, which will begin after an 82-game long regular season.What An Xiaonan has to do now is to play well in every game so that his strength can be fully improved.

The game went to the last 3 minutes.

The Magic trailed the Heat by two points at 94:96.

An Xiaonan was left on the court. Now he has played 18 minutes and scored 9 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds. The rest of the statistics are 0, including turnovers.

It seems that An Xiaonan's performance in this game is tepid compared to the previous game, but this is almost an impossible statistic for an undrafted pick.

Growth is not a one-step thing, this is An Xiaonan's third match.

Vogel was very relieved to let An Xiaonan execute this attack, and Dragic stood in front of him. Dragic is a top ten point guard in the Eastern Conference, definitely no worse than Conley.

This was the second time An Xiaonan faced the pressure of such a critical moment. He was clear-headed and knew what he was going to do.

Vucevic picks and rolls, An Xiaonan breaks through to a high position, Dragic and Whiteside switch defenses.

Small fight big, and this kind of situation has formed, it can be said that An Xiaonan's strongest offensive method is not breakthrough or shooting, but small fight big.

As the team's statistician, Lei Meng counted An Xiaonan's small hits in the first two preseason games.

A total of 6 times, An Xiaonan successfully hit 4 of them, two two-pointers and two three-pointers.

The hit rate is quite impressive.

An Xiaonan continued to dribble the ball under his crotch, pulling Whiteside beyond the three-point line.Whiteside is tall and long, and his defensive ability is at the bug level in the entire league.Facing An Xiaonan's small fight big, he chose the front position to prevent shooting.

Can such self-confidence block my breakthrough? You are the first!
An Xiaonan thought with disdain in his heart, and suddenly accelerated to come in front of Whiteside, stepped down to dribble, and directly accelerated to break through.

Whiteside was taken aback, he didn't expect An Xiaonan's breakthrough speed to be so fast!
Can you keep up with my speed!
An Xiaonan got rid of Whiteside's defense and went to the paint area. Suddenly, he felt the huge pressure of Whiteside's long arms coming from behind.
The corner of An Xiaonan's mouth twitched, he suddenly stopped his breakthrough, and jumped up on one foot. There was another Heat player in front of him.

cast!
An Xiaonan made a quick small throw and successfully avoided Whiteside's block.In Whiteside's heart, he was called a mother-in-law.

The ball bounced twice on the rim, and then made a solid hit.

At 96:96, the two sides tied and An Xiaonan scored in double figures.

"Swipe!" Dragic hit a key three-pointer above An Xiaonan's head!
An Xiaonan frowned, he found that he couldn't limit Dragic's scoring.Dragic's state is really good. In normal games, he scored eight of 21 shots, scored five of eight three-pointers, and scored [-] points efficiently.

This is by no means that An Xiaonan's defense is not good, but that Dragic is in really good condition.This makes An Xiaonan feel that every point guard facing him will go crazy. Is this a curse?
"Dang!" After all, An Xiaonan failed to resist the pressure brought by the critical moment again, and missed a mid-range shot.

But Gordon grabbed the offensive rebound and put in a two-pointer.

It's so risky... An Xiaonan secretly heaved a sigh of relief. There was only more than a minute left in the game, and he was one point behind.

Even in the face of tremendous pressure, An Xiaonan still did not flinch, and chose to take the responsibility on himself.In other words, at this time, he is a personal hero.

If he makes a key goal, he is a hero praised by thousands of people.

If he didn't invest in it, he would become a bear that everyone sprayed.

But this is really too difficult for a rookie with little game experience.Except for Kobe, there are basically no rookies who dare to take the burden of key balls on their shoulders.

"Dang!" An Xiaonan's choice was not rational. He wanted to pay Dragic a three-pointer, but Dragic saw through it and successfully interfered with An Xiaonan's shooting.

"Ann, what are you doing, if it doesn't work, let us deal with it! No personal heroism!" Peyton said accusingly.

An Xiaonan's pupils shrank a little. It was not a good thing to be criticized by his teammates at this time. He was in a bad mood when he missed a key shot. The self-confidence accumulated in the game has also evaporated.

Vogel saw that the situation was not good, and quickly said to Fournier beside him: "Evan, replace An Xiaonan!"

"Huh?" The players on the bench looked at Vogel, who was frowning, in surprise.

Vogel said anxiously: "An Xiaonan was hit hard!"

"Beep—" Vogel called a timeout.

"An Xiaonan, come down and rest, you've done a good job, now it's time to accumulate experience." Vogel comforted.

An Xiaonan lowered his head, bit his lower lip with his teeth, and was hit hard by Peyton's sentence "Don't be personal heroism".

Did I do something wrong? An Xiaonan struggled in his heart.

Maybe I swelled before.

"An Xiaonan." Lei Meng pressed his hand on An Xiaonan's head.

An Xiaonan raised his head and looked at Lei Meng in confusion.

Raymond said: "Don't ask yourself to do too much, you are only 19 years old."

An Xiaonan's pupils suddenly shrank, and Lei Meng's words were full of encouragement, not accusations.

"Vogel didn't give up on you. Isn't there a saying in China that you can't see a rainbow if you don't experience wind and rain? Now it is wind and rain, and soon there will be a rainbow." Raymond smiled.

"Kobe also made lore mistakes." Raymond said again.

An Xiaonan was relieved now, and said, "Frank didn't accuse me of missing key shots?"

The players walked onto the field after the timeout, and Vogel came to An Xiaonan's side.

"Lessons have to be bought." After leaving these words, he frowned again and looked at the field.

Whiteside squeezed into the inside with a back attack, causing a foul by Vucevic.

"brush!"

"brush!"

Whiteside's free throw percentage is definitely one of the best among centers, making two free throws steadily and widening the point difference to three points with 42 seconds left in the game.As long as they defend against this attack, they will win.

"Dang!" Gordon missed the mid-range shot, which basically declared the defeat of the game.

(End of this chapter)