basketball dreams

Chapter 115 Infighting
The game officially started, the referee served the ball in the midfield, and the centers of both sides came to the center circle to jump the ball.

Tristan Thompson played against Al Horford, there is no suspense. After all, Thompson is young and strong, and Horford's jumping is still somewhat behind him.

The Cavaliers won the first wave of the ball. After receiving the ball, Hill quickly held the ball and advanced. Today's start is different from the past.

Because there is a big difference between the Celtics under Stevens and other teams, that is, they control the rhythm of the start very well, and they can take the initiative in the game without knowing it. So when dealing with them, the first thing Yunchen did was to disrupt the rhythm at the beginning.

"Crack!" Yun Chen immediately caught the ball, and then Lu strode to the three-point line and went one-on-one with Jayson Tatum, who had just been promoted to the starting line-up today.

"Shua!" Tatum is [-] meters tall, about the same as Yun Chen, and has an advantage in wingspan compared to most small forwards, so when he saw Yun Chen approaching, he was right at all, and immediately set up his moves. Start defending.

However, Yun Chen didn't intend to have a face-to-face conversation with him at all. After coming over, he raised his hand and began to shoot three-pointers!

"Shua!" His movements were extremely fast, because he was full of energy in the first quarter, so his speed was much faster than before.

Tatum was obviously taken aback when he saw this. He naturally knew that Yunchen's shots were fast and he had done his homework before, but now Yunchen's speed still made him open his mouth in surprise.

"Crack!" Without any suspense, Yunchen hit a three-pointer against Tatum's defense. As soon as the start came up, he showed a very good competitive state!
0-3.Yun Chen took the lead.

The game continued and the Celtics served.

Power forward Marcus Morris served from the bottom line, and then Irving received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Owen seemed to glance at Yun Chen intentionally or unintentionally after receiving the ball, but then adjusted back.

Owen attacked and faced George Hill one-on-one.The styles of the two are exactly the opposite, one is good at attacking, while the other is mainly defensive.

At this time, the audience in the Quicken Loans Arena began to boo. Obviously, Irving's arrival was not very welcome. It was because of his departure last season that the Cavaliers struggled in the playoffs. Some can't let go of this grievance.

However, Yunchen didn't take it seriously. Owen has made countless contributions to the team in the Cavaliers for so many years. In the 16 finals, the Warriors won the O'Brien Cup. Just because he wanted to leave, he denied it. Everything about him is a bit too ungrateful.

The contribution of players should not be linked to the so-called loyalty.

Facing Hill, Irving crossed over and dribbled the ball, and then half-turned and swayed from side to side to try to shake Hill away, but Hill followed closely and did not lose his position. However, Owen is a master of ball control after all, and even caught Hill With the problem of being too tight, he dribbled the ball through the crotch and passed Hill, and scored a layup amidst the exclamation of everyone!
2-3.

Irving is still the same Irving, the strongest ball-handling master in the entire league. In this regard, Yunchen feels that no one can compare with him.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Cavaliers serve.

The first wave of attempts to win the rhythm was broken because of Owen's scoring, but the Cavaliers did not stop there. Don't panic.

Hill held the ball, and Yunchen pretended to be a pick-and-roll to attract the defense, and then passed inside to Love, who dunked successfully.

2-5.

They played very easily and freely, but the Celtics were very difficult to defend, because Li Yunchen gave them too much deterrence.

However, the Cavaliers did not really get the rhythm. Irving still became the most reliable person of the Celtics. Relying on his strong personal ability, he scored another goal and assisted teammate Marku in the next round. Smallis scored inside.

The two sides played back and forth, the hit rate was very high, and the scene was very beautiful.

In the next many rounds, both sides defeated each other's defense and scored very accurately.

It seems that they are evenly matched.

However, Yun Chen's face became more serious as he played down, because he knew that if he continued to play like this, he would still belong to the Celtics team, and they hadn't achieved their goal of making a head start.

"No, we can't play like this. We have to find a way to prevent the opponent from scoring." Yun Chen looked up at the scoreboard. At this time, the first quarter had been played for 4 minutes. The score of the two sides came to 12-13, and the Cavaliers led by 1 point. .

The Cavaliers attacked, and the ball came into Yunchen's hands again. He had already scored two three-pointers. The Cavaliers mainly played outside in the opening stage.

However, at this time the Celtics' defensive matchup changed and the defender opposite Yunchen became Morris.

Morris sneered at him as soon as he came up. The two sides have had a long-standing grudge, and a direct confrontation at this time is exactly what the fans want to see.

Yun Chen frowned. Morris was very tall. A quick three-pointer against him might not be effective, but breakthroughs were not his strong point, so they were very tricky.

After thinking for a moment, he passed the ball to Love on the inside and let Love single.

Love received the ball and singled Horford inside. He thought he could score steadily, but the basketball bounced out of the frame.

The Celtics counterattacked very quickly.

At this time, a situation happened. The point guards Irving and Tatum rushed to the front at the same time, and Irving was slightly ahead, but after the inside Horford got the rebound, he ignored Irving and handed it to Tatum. m.

Tatum caught the ball and barely made a layup between the two.

14-13.

This scene made Yun Chen stunned for a moment. Under normal circumstances, the counterattack should be handed over to the person running in front. After all, he can score with the fastest speed.

But Horford chose Tatum, who was a little slower, and almost missed a must-go goal.

"What does this mean? Didn't you see Owen?" Yun Chen was puzzled.

The game continued. In the following round, the Cavaliers handed the ball to the baseline center Thompson after running. The latter carried the defense of two people under the basket and forced a shot. He was blocked and the Celtics had the ball.

It was the Celtics who fought back again, but unlike the previous situation, this time the Cavaliers returned to defense quickly, forcing them into a positional battle.

At this time, the Celtics began to move around looking for opportunities to attack, and their offensive system was almost a quick pass and cut, and then shot after a screen.

However, at this time, Yunchen saw another behavior that he didn't understand.

As a point guard, when Irving held the ball, no one came up to help him cover, so Irving could only use his personal ability to break through many times.

Although Owen's personal ability is strong, Yun Chen still doesn't understand the point of not covering him.

"Internal strength?" He had some guesses. The entire Celtics team seemed to be rejecting Irving. , you can clearly feel the different attitude of the Celtics.

"Hehe, I have a solution..." After thinking about this, Yun Chen smiled.

(End of this chapter)