basketball dreams

Chapter 116 Against Tatum

In the 6th minute of the game, the score between the two sides came to 20-16. The Cavaliers fell behind by two points, and Tyronn Lue called a timeout.

The Cavaliers had a lot of problems on the defensive end, and he wanted to rearrange his defensive tactics.

At this time, Yunchen walked over and told him what he had just observed and guessed.Of course, these were whispered between the two. After all, his meeting with Irving alone let his teammates know that the impact was not good.

Tyronn Lue was full of disbelief when he heard the words. In his impression, Irving was a very mild-tempered player, and he shouldn't have fallen into a situation of being isolated.

"Are you sure about your guess?" Tyronn Lue asked with a frown.

Yun Chen nodded: "It should be almost the same. I observed their four counterattacks just now. Irving appeared open three times to ask for the ball, but his teammates didn't give it. But on the other side, Tatum will pass the ball no matter whether he is open or not. In the past, that was obviously what they negotiated."

Hearing this, Tai Lue lowered his head and did not speak for a long time.

At the end of the timeout, after discussing with Tyronn Lue, Yunchen finally formulated a defensive tactic that they had never played before.

"Is this tactic...really possible?" Le Fu and the others were speechless after hearing this tactic.

The tactic is very simple, that is, to give up defending Irving and cut off Tatum's receiving route.

Giving up defending Irving, judging from these few words, almost everyone thought Yunchen and Tyronn Lue were crazy. For such a superstar player, not defending him would be suicidal.

However, Yun Chen was confident: "It's okay, you just do what you want, when did I lie to you, right?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone stopped saying anything.

The game continued, neither side did personnel rotation.Before the rhythm ownership of the first quarter is decided, they will not easily make substitutions.

The Cavaliers have the ball, and the offensive end is still the same as before, focusing on the outside. If the outside has no chance, then find a way to get points from the inside.

In the end, Yunchen made a long-distance two-pointer with a step-back jumper inside the three-point line and scored his eighth point in this quarter.

20-18.

The Celtics have the ball, and the opponent did not reject Irving on the baseline serve, and let Irving hold the ball.

Irving advanced with the ball and faced Hill again.

Afterwards, he handed the ball to his teammates. He had already played a lot of singles in this quarter, so he had to save his energy, otherwise it would be difficult to last until the fourth quarter.

Morris received the ball in the middle distance. After he got the ball, he faced Love's defense. He was not sure about winning it. He turned his head and wanted to pass it back to Tatum who ran to the top of the arc.

But at this time, by observing the opponent's formation changes and trends, Yunchen got stuck between Morris and Tatum in one step, and cut off the passing route between them very precisely.

Morris was taken aback for a moment, and immediately changed the direction of the pass, passing the ball to small forward Heywood on the opposite three-point line.

In this game, Haywood's sense of presence was very low. I don't know if it was because of his own state, or he was isolated like Irving. He had very few touches.

He didn't want to attack by himself after getting the ball, but immediately went to Tatum, wanting to go in his direction and hand the ball to Tatum.

However, as soon as he passed the ball, there was a "snap" on the court, and the ball was intercepted by Osman halfway.

Fight back!This is a good show for everyone in the Cavaliers. Yun Chen took the lead and rushed to the front. After receiving the ball, he quickly ran over to dunk.

But at this time, he saw Love running over with him, so he consciously gave up scoring and threw the ball high into the air instead.

"BANG!" Love jumped up to catch the ball and made a dunk.

20-20.

After returning from the timeout, the first wave of defense ended in a complete victory. Yun Chen was right. The opponent was indeed creating opportunities for Tatum to suppress Irving.

"Stevens is really impatient, and he wants to help Tatum up right now!" Yun Chen sneered, disgusted with the other party's actions.

He doesn't care about the players' thoughts and future, but unilaterally chooses to give up others only for his own plans. Such a head coach will not be respected by him at any time.

"You still want me to go to the Celtics? Dream on you."

The game continued, and the Celtics attacked again. Maybe it was because of a mistake in the last round, so this time they didn't rush to find Tatum, but let the ball run in the hands of others for a while before thinking about it. Go find Tatum.

However, as long as you are going to find Tatum to end this round, it must be in Yunchen's calculations.

"Crack!" Without any surprise, Morris wanted to throw a long pass by surprise and hand the ball to Tatum, but was directly stopped by Yunchen in the middle.

Counterattacking again, Yunchen handed the ball to Hill, who was fast down, and the latter made a layup. 20-22.

6-0, relying on Yunchen's defensive tactics, the Cavaliers played a small climax, restricting the system of Tatum and the Celtics to death.

"Beep!" At this moment, Stevens finally couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout to call the player back to the bench.

However, the decision he made during the timeout surprised everyone. He actually put Irving, who performed well, on the bench and Rozier.

This is the only personnel change they made, as if to say to the outside world that the problem lies with Irving.

Yun Chen immediately rolled his eyes when he saw the opponent's choice, and the last bit of affection for Stevens, the head coach, completely disappeared in his heart.

He is indeed very smart and a competent head coach, but he is an unscrupulous person to achieve his own goals, which is unacceptable.

The game continued, and the Celtics without Irving came to the court.

Morris served from the bottom line, and Rozier, who just came on the court, pushed forward with the ball. Like Tatum, he is also a player that Stevens is very optimistic about, so there is no situation where no one will help him cover. After coming over, use Morris's cover Going directly to the inside, he is very strong and wants to score when he comes up.

However, of course, Yunchen would not allow such a "recommendation" player to be domineering in their territory. Without a word, rushing over was a big hat, and mercilessly shot Rozier's layup away. go out.

The ball was not within his defensive range, but he just couldn't understand Stevens' approach, just wanted Rozier to play better than Irving.

The ball was shot out of bounds, and there were enthusiastic cheers at the scene, and the home audience was excited because of his block.

However, the Celtics' offense was not over yet. After receiving the ball from the sideline, Morris took advantage of the unsteady foothold and quickly passed it to Tatum for a three-pointer from the outside. The latter forced a shot against Osman's defense.

This is his first shot in this quarter, and he has been restricted from getting the ball before.

"Bang" However, he didn't grasp the only chance, hit the iron, Thompson protected the defensive rebound under the basket, and the Cavaliers organized an offense again.

Yunchen was naturally happy to see such a situation, and it was the best result for Tatum not to live up to his expectations.

In this game, unless Stevens let go of his prejudice against Irving, from Yunchen's personal point of view, the Celtics must lose!
(End of this chapter)