basketball dreams

Chapter 118 Bullying Heywood

The two sides started the offensive battle, and the score has been rising alternately. However, because the defense has improved later, the score has not risen particularly fast.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was 51-49, the Cavaliers trailed by two points, and the suspense of the game was saved until the second half.

During the intermission, players from both sides returned to the locker room.

Yunchen was replaced in the last 4 minutes of the second quarter. He wanted to conserve his energy and figured out a way to deal with it in the third quarter.

"Coach, how should we deal with their backcourt combination?" Hill was a little impatient at this time. He lost his temper after being beaten by Irving, and desperately hoped that someone could help him solve this problem.

On the other hand, Seth Curry's thoughts were similar to his, and his face was not very good when he was smashed into a sieve by Jaylen Brown.

But Tyronn Lue's brows were so wrinkled that water could come out. Although he had coached Irving and knew his style and skills well, he was still powerless to stop him.

"Li, what can you do?" In the end, everyone turned to Yun Chen, who was still the brains of the team.

Yunchen was sitting in his seat at this moment with his head bowed in thought, and he was not idle. After he was off the field, he had been on the bench observing the opponent's offensive routines, but what made him uncomfortable was that they were playing singles, and Owen With Jaylen Brown's personal ability alone, there is no tactics at all.

Unless you have a way to limit this backcourt combination, it's all for naught.

"Li?" Seeing that Li Yunchen didn't reply to his words for a long time, Tai Lunlu called him again.

After a long time, Yunchen finally turned around, and Brick looked at Tyronn Lue: "Same as in the first quarter, we gave up defending one person, double-teamed and strangled Irving to death, Jaylen Brown still defended alone, and he turned over alone. There will be no storms."

This is the tactic he came up with, because he observed that Brown's ability to score is largely due to Irving's strong attraction, and he has always been able to get small open opportunities. If he wants to prevent them, he can only find a way to strangle Irving.

"Then...who should we let go?" Tyronn Lue shook his head, the opponent's abilities in the five positions were too average, no matter who he let go, it would not be a good choice.

"If you don't let anyone else go, just let Heywood go! Hill and I will double-team Owen, you will guard his horizontal, and I will guard his vertical!" Yun Chen said very firmly.

"Haywood?" Everyone had disbelief on their faces when they heard the words, exactly the same as when they heard Irving was going to be released in the first quarter.

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The second half of the game started on time, and the players on both sides did not change. Although Stevens wanted to help Tatum and Rozier play, he still did not dare to change players casually in front of the team's victory.

At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics had the ball, Marcus Morris returned to the court, and all Celtics starters except Tatum returned.

Irving pushed forward with the ball. He still wanted to use his singles to open up the second half as in the first half, but the expression on his face froze as soon as he came over.

Because Li Yunchen and Hill surrounded him from left to right, they were so fast that they didn't even give him a chance to get into the three-point line.

Double team?This thought flashed in Owen's mind. He has encountered countless double-teams so far in his career, so he didn't panic at all, and stopped to observe the situation on the court in a leisurely manner.

On the right side of the three-point line, Haywood had a large open space. Yun Chen gave up his defense, leaving no one within two meters of him.

"Shua!" Irving reacted quickly, jumping up and passing the ball at the first time. Although his teammates seldom passed the ball to him, he still played normally as before and would not change his style of play due to personal problems.

"Crack!" Heywood received the pass, and there was no defense in front of him. At this time, he can take two steps to make a mid-range shot, and he can also shoot a three-pointer.

There was a surprised expression on his face. So far this season, it was the first time he was let go by the opponent, and he was not used to it for a while.

Although he didn't play well in this game, he still felt shameless when he was let go.

Perhaps out of revenge, in the end he did not choose the more stable two-pointer, but shot a three-pointer, but his three-pointer ability is among the best among small forwards, so it is understandable to have such a choice.

"Shua!" He jumped up and shot the ball unhurriedly. The basketball drew a long arc in the air.

He deliberately glanced at it because he knew he was in a bad state.

However, the ball was already wide from the very beginning.

"Bang!" The sound of the blacksmith was very loud, and the entire audience could hear it clearly. They burst into enthusiastic cheers. The absence of the star of the opposing team is the best situation for the fans.

"Crack!" Under the basket, Thompson grabbed the defensive rebound without saying a word. In this game, he and Love played a great advantage in the opponent's interior.

He passed to Hill, who pushed forward quickly.

Everything was within Yunchen's expectations, and Haywood was as bad as he thought. In this game, he made 4 of 0 shots and only scored two points from free throws. This is why Yunchen decided to let him go.

The overall strength of the Celtics must be much stronger than that of the Cavaliers. It must be said that Yunchen and the others are very lucky to be able to play like this.

This attack was finally shot by Yun Chen. He stepped back and made a two-pointer from mid-range, 51-51, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

Going back to the Celtics' offensive round, the Cavaliers still had a clear purpose, double-teaming Irving and cutting off his other passing routes except Haywood.

In the end, Irving had no choice but to pass to Heywood again. The latter seemed a little unbelieving, and made another open three-pointer.

However, the ending is still the same, the basketball hits the iron, and the shot is already crooked.

"Fxxk!" Heywood, who has always been silent, swears at this time. He has made 6 of 0 shots, and his shooting percentage is terribly low.

The referee seemed to hear his voice and immediately turned to look at him.

The Cavaliers attacked, and they didn't grasp the attack this time. In the end, Osman missed a mid-range shot, Horford scored a defensive rebound, and the Celtics failed to counterattack and fell into a positional battle.

The past few days have made the Celtics very uncomfortable. The only one who has room to shoot is Haywood, but he feels so bad that he can't make any shots. He can only waste opportunities.

Owen also wants to try to pass to others, but because there is always one more person who can run to help defend, no matter how they play, they will be 1 vs 2, and they will not have any advantage.

Time passed quickly in the third quarter, and there were very few fouls on both sides. In the 7th minute, the score of the two sides came to 57-66. The Cavaliers took a 9-point lead, and Haywood was bullied very badly. , 9 of 1 shots, and became the biggest backer for the Celtics.

In desperation, Stevens could only ask for a timeout to make a substitution, but he hesitated because Tatum's condition was also poor, and the effect of the substitution would definitely not be good, and the Cavaliers had restricted Having lived with him, he didn't have any chance.

At this time, the star-studded Celtics had no one to use. Stevens' face sank, watching the group of players in front of him in silence for a long time.

(End of this chapter)