explosive dribbler

Chapter 82

At 13:15, there are five minutes and 42 seconds left in the first quarter.Pachulia retired from injury, and Warriors coach Steve Kerr called the Warriors' first timeout.

An Xiaonan looked at Cole, and Cole was also looking at An Xiaonan.An Xiaonan suddenly felt something was wrong, as if this timeout was just for him.

An Xiaonan felt a little tired. He has played 6 minutes since the first quarter, but the amount of exercise is much more than before...

Back from the timeout, substitutions were made on both sides.The current players on the field are:
Golden State Warriors:

point guard shawn livingston
Shooting guard Klay Thompson,
small forward Omega Casspi,

Power forward Chasing Dream Green,
Center JaVale McGee.

Orlando Magic:
Point guard An Xiaonan,
Shooting guard Shelvin Marks,
Small forward Terrence Ross,

Power forward Marreese Speights,
Center Bismack Biyombo.

The Warriors kept two starters on the court, while the Magic only kept one An Xiaonan.The intention of the Magic's assistant coach Williams is obvious. Now that An Xiaonan's hands are exploding, he wants to make him the absolute core of the offense and let him score crazy.

But when An Xiaonan received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, he was stunned.

It's not the opposing Livingston who guards him, but Thompson.

Thompson defending An Xiaonan? !
An Xiaonan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he suddenly turned to look at Cole off the field.

Cole remained calm and stood on the sidelines calmly.

Thompson, most people think of him as one of the Splash Brothers, a super shooter who scored 60 points in a single game last season.

But An Xiaonan knew that, in fact, he was the strongest defensive point of the Warriors.

Whenever it comes to the critical moment of the game, he will always be sent by Cole to defend the opponent's strongest point.

Buddha's defense is no worse than his shooting.

An Xiaonan's brows gradually frowned. He didn't expect Cole to value his undrafted pick so much, so he sent Thompson to defend him.

On the side of the Magic, assistant coach William stood up immediately, and An Xiaonan was the only offensive strength on the Magic field right now.If An Xiaonan was blocked by Thompson... then the Magic's attack...

It would be great if Vogel was here at this time.

All the players think so.

An Xiaonan didn't dare to be willful, called Biyombo's pick-and-roll, and then passed the ball to Mark on the weak side.Mark received the ball and tried to break through, but failed, and passed the ball to Rose who was running over.

An Xiaonan also ran off the ball and cut to the bottom corner, but Thompson's strict defense left him with no space at all.

It's as tough as a dog's skin plaster.

Rose received the ball, and seeing that the attack time was approaching, he directly broke through and forced an emergency stop jumper.

Naturally not.

The Warriors' All-Star center McGee grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to veteran Livingston.

Livingston slowly transported to the frontcourt.An Xiaonan is now defending on the three-point line.It doesn't take much work to hit you Livingston because he can't shoot [-]s.But his fadeaway jumper... is as crazy as Kobe Jordan.

Livingston directly put on the posture of back hitting, and his height of more than two meters directly crushed An Xiaonan's head.However, An Xiaonan's strength was much stronger than that of Livingston, and he did not let Livingston enter the threat zone of the fadeaway jumper.

Livingston passed the ball quickly, and Green caught it and passed it to Thompson.

Thompson directly bypassed McGee's pick-and-roll to pass Mark, broke through and jumped to meet Biyombo and scored a layup.

At 13:17, the first quarter ends with 5 minutes left.

An Xiaonan came to the bottom corner again, this time Thompson was still sticking to An Xiaonan.However, An Xiaonan took a step back and ran back, using Speights' off-ball screen to run to the outside and receive a pass from Mark.

At this time, there are ten seconds left on the attack clock.

With Thompson down, An Xiaonan had no choice but to single him out.

"Let me see, how strong is Tang Shen's defense?" An Xiaonan smiled and approached Thompson with a dribble.

Thompson's foot is extremely stable. Although he is more than two meters tall, his footsteps are as flexible as An Xiaonan's.This made An Xiaonan feel very headache.

An Xiaonan dribbled the ball under the crotch, followed by a backhanded change of direction to break through, and then a butterfly crossing flower step to change direction.This series of actions can definitely shake the space, and the defense against the Buddha is no exception.

But the Buddha's legs were longer than An Xiaonan's. Just as An Xiaonan opened up the space and pushed in, he was blocked by the Buddha again.

An Xiaonan stopped in surprise and retreated. He was surprised that Thompson actually prevented his breakthrough.

Gordon stood up in surprise. Although An Xiaonan was only a rookie, it was the first time he saw An Xiaonan's breakthrough being blocked!

The time directly became only four seconds, which could have made some extraordinary moves.However, An Xiaonan was still inexperienced. Facing the double pressure of time and defense, he chose to force a three-point shot.

"Dang!" The ball bounced off the back frame and was caught by Green on the backboard.

An Xiaonan snorted, feeling very upset.

Once again, An Xiaonan faced Buddha Thompson.

This time, An Xiaonan made a step-down dribble, turned around to speed up the breakthrough, and then retreated to worship Buddha, but he was still blocked by Thompson.

damn it!
An Xiaonan shouted unwillingly, Thompson's defense was even more perverted than expected!
An Xiaonan could only pass the ball.But he just took up a lot of possessions for dribbling breakthroughs, and when he passed the ball, there were only three seconds left...

It was that the ball was not passed well under the pressure of the Buddha.Rose delayed receiving the ball for a while, and in the end he could only shoot one step away from the three-point line...

The result is three non-stick.

An Xiaonan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly understood his weakness.

In order to drive off the dribble, he has to do some fancy, deceptive moves.In this way, he has to take up a lot of possessions.Because he had no experience of being guarded before, An Xiaonan's weakness has not been exposed for a long time... But today, he was beaten out of the prototype under the defense of the Buddha.

The torrential rain outside the arena was still falling, and An Xiaonan had also...withdrew from the area of ​​focus just now.

An Xiaonan, who realized his weakness, did not cling to the ball too much after that.I dare not confront Thompson head-on...

For the first time since An Xiaonan entered the alliance, he confessed...

The Magic's substitute shooting was not very good. In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Warriors played a 15:5 offensive climax...

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic trailed the Warriors by 18 points at 32:[-].

Obviously the score in the first half of the quarter was still tight...

This is the role of the famous coach Cole. If Vogel was not expelled, he would definitely be able to come up with a countermeasure...

(End of this chapter)