Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

All the players from both teams have come out. Zhuang Yu first came to the sidelines, hugged Xiao Nuomi and gave her a kiss, then put Xiao Nuomi down and said hello to Yuan Feng, Han Hui, Zhao Yuanhao and others.

Xiaoya naturally knew Zhuang Yu, because Zhuang Yu was so famous.

He has become very popular. Even people who don't know much about basketball have heard of his name or seen his commercials.

Just like Yao Ming back then.

Many people in their forties and fifties who have never been exposed to basketball know what Yao Ming does, what he looks like, and can even shout out "The Great Wall of China".

"You must be Xiaoya." Zhuang Yu said with a smile, "Hello."

"Hello... hello." Xiaoya felt a little numb and her voice was trembling.

Zhao Yuanhao put his arm around Xiaoya's shoulders and said, "Don't be nervous. Zhuangyu is my good brother."

Zhuang Yu laughed, reached out and patted Zhao Yuanhao on the shoulder, and said, "Don't leave after the game is over. Let's have a meal together. It's been a while since we got together."

Zhao Yuanhao agreed, but in his heart he was thinking whether he should buy a gift after the game was over. An Xin gave Xiaoya such an expensive gift, so he should at least give her a gift in return.

But what to buy?

He had a headache.

......

Soon, the players finished warming up and the game was about to begin.

Players from both teams returned to the sidelines.

Here, Coach Scott made some simple arrangements, then looked at Zhuang Yu, signaling with his eyes whether he should give him the ball later.

Anyway, this is just a preseason game, winning or losing is not that important.

If Zhuang Yu wanted, he would ask the players to give him all the balls and let him perform.

This is in China after all.

"No need, just fight the way you should." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

At his current status, he no longer needs special care. On the other hand, I wonder if the head coach of the Nets will take care of Zhou An...

Once the setup is complete, the competition begins.

The Lakers still have their regular starters, including Lopez, Anderson, Korver, Zhuang Yu, and Holiday.

The Nets sent out center Jarrett Allen, power forward Zhou An, small forward Kevin Durant, shooting guard Joe Harris, and point guard Kyrie Irving.

The Nets attached great importance to this China game. Both Durant and Irving played, and they also gave Zhou An enough care and respect, arranging for him to start.

Last season, Zhou An was always a substitute in the Nets. Before this season, the Nets had played a preseason game, and Zhou An was still a substitute. Obviously, the reason why he started today was because this was the China game, and the head coach took special care of him.

Seeing players from both teams coming onto the court, with Zhuang Yu and Zhou An both starting, the fans in the audience immediately became excited and cheered excitedly.

"Zhou An is also a starter, that's great."

"Yeah, I was worried that I wouldn't see Zhuang Yu and Zhou An on the court at the same time. After all, Zhou An was a substitute before, and by the time he came on the court, Zhuang Yu might have been replaced. Now, Zhuang Yu and Zhou An are both starting."

"Haha, I haven't seen such a scene in many years."

I have to say that the Nets head coach's approach was very popular. The fans at the scene were all very happy and watched the game with anticipation.

Zhuang Yu and Zhou An high-fived each other and smiled at each other.

Then the game officially started.

First there was a jump ball, Jalen Allen touched the basketball first and kicked it to the backcourt. Irving controlled the basketball and began to move forward. After reaching the frontcourt, he first took a look at the situation on the court, then retracted his gaze and made a gesture to his teammates.

Allen came up for a screen and Irving used the screen to get rid of Holiday. Seeing Lopez rushing over to delay him, he immediately made a change of direction and broke through.

Many people only see that Irving's technical moves are extremely gorgeous, and his dribbling is even more amazing, but few people realize that he is actually very fast.

He made a fake move to the left, then did a crossover, switched the ball to his right hand, and accelerated past Lopez.

The Lakers quickly shrank their defense, but Irving had no intention of passing the ball. He jumped up after entering the three-second zone, first holding the ball in the air, but did not rush to shoot. Just as Anderson jumped up to block the shot, Irving took the ball back, bent his knees and tightened his abdomen in the air, and dodged in the air. His body floated to the other side of the basket with inertia, and with his back to the basket, he made a light pull-up shot as if he had eyes behind his head.

Swish!

The basketball bounced off the backboard and spun into the net.

Zhuang Yu had to admit that Irving was really amazing. He could make a simple layup look so good that it caused screams from the audience.

No wonder so many fans are obsessed with Irving, his playing style is so entertaining.

Watching him play is truly a pleasure.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked.

Although Zhuang Yu said that the game should be played the same way, Holiday passed the ball to Zhuang Yu as soon as he pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

Because he knew that the fans would definitely want to see Zhuang Yu make another move.

When the fans saw the ball being given to Zhuang Yu, they all became excited and shouted loudly, cheering for Zhuang Yu.

Listening to the cheers from the audience, Zhuang Yu smiled and felt embarrassed to disappoint the fans, so he decided to just give it a try.

At this time, the person facing Zhuang Yu is Joe Harris, who is a three-point shooter and has a height of 198cm. He is not at a disadvantage in terms of height, but he is not a player with particularly outstanding physical fitness, and he is not very strong in defense.

Harris is somewhat similar to players like Korver and JJ Redick.

At this time, he could only defend his three-pointer as much as possible, and seeing that the opponent was defending so far forward, Zhuang Yu immediately broke through. First, he took a tentative step, then broke through, and accelerated to the right to pass Harris by half a body.

Of course, the other players of the Nets did not expect Harris to be able to defend Zhuang Yu.

Someone came up to defend immediately. Allen took a step forward, bent down, stood in front of Zhuang Yu, and raised one hand, ready to block Zhuang Yu at any time.

At the same time, the others also contracted their defenses and began to encircle Zhuang Yu. The next moment, they would be able to surround Zhuang Yu and block all of his space to attack.

However, Zhuang Yu was not panicked at all. After passing Harris, he held the ball and took a step forward, while lifting the ball up at the same time.

“Is this a vote?”

"No, this must be fake. I can't jump."

Alan was struggling in his heart, finding it difficult to judge whether Zhuang Yu was going to attack directly or it was just a feint.

Once he jumps, he might be shaken off.

After a struggle, Allen still chose not to jump. He thought it was a fake move and Zhuang Yu would definitely take another step forward. By that time, he would have taken two steps and all he could do was shoot or pass the ball. At that time, he would jump up again and use his height and wingspan advantages to block Zhuang Yu's shooting space. Even if he could not block Zhuang Yu's shot, he could still force him to pass the ball out.

However, the next moment, Zhuang Yu threw the ball away.

"What?" Allen was stunned, and then reacted, "Oh no, this is a lob shot!"

Suddenly, Allen became anxious and turned around quickly, but to his surprise, the basketball flew straight towards the basket.

It wasn't a pass, it was a shot.

How could this happen? Did I guess wrong again?

Allen was a little confused. He thought Zhuang Yu was definitely faking a move and not really going to shoot, but he actually shot. But when he thought he was going to pass the ball, it turned out not to be the case... His judgment was completely wrong.

Swish!

The next moment, the basketball fell into the net with a crisp sound.

Allen was a little depressed. Harris came over and patted him, saying with a smile, "You'll get used to it. You can't judge a player like Zhuang Yu by common sense."

"Yeah." Alan took a deep breath and tried to adjust his mentality.

His teammates didn't blame Allen, after all, he was facing Zhuang Yu.

Not to mention him, it would be the same even if it was someone else.

Zhuang Yu's shot was so abrupt that there was no sign of any preparatory action at all. It was difficult to tell whether it was a pass or a lob.

In fact, if you look closely, you will find that Zhuang Yu is not staring at the basket at all, he just glanced at it briefly.

In this case, how do you judge his true intentions?

Can't judge!

"pretty."

"nice shot."

The fans cheered loudly.

The score was tied at 2:2.

......

The ball returned to the Nets, and Irving pushed the ball to the frontcourt and called for a pick-and-roll, but this time there was no chance to attack the basket directly. He passed the ball out, and after two passes, it was given to Durant.

If we were to say who is the leader of the Nets today, it is undoubtedly Kevin Durant, not Irving.

People always say that Durant is the "eternal runner-up". He has been competing with James but has always been at a disadvantage and can only be regarded as the second best in the league.

The possibility of becoming the "second best player in the league" is enough to prove Durant's strength. His absolute ability is stronger than Irving.

There is no doubt about this.

So this Nets team is obviously built with Durant as the core. Durant is the boss of this team, and Irving can only be second.

When Durant got the ball, everyone's eyes were on him.

Durant lowered his center of gravity, put the ball very low, and suddenly stepped forward with his right foot, first making a tentative step. Seeing that Korver, who was defending him, was unmoved, Durant took his right foot back and bent his knees, raising his center of gravity, as if he was going to pull up.

At this time, Korver could no longer remain indifferent. He subconsciously stood on tiptoe and rushed forward.

As a result, Durant's move was still a fake. He just hit the ball to the left and accelerated past Korver.

Lopez immediately stepped forward to defend, but Durant did not give him a chance. After passing Korver, he immediately stopped and jumped up.

A simple pull-up jump shot.

But Durant's height and wingspan are there, even if Lopez rushed over in time, he could do nothing but watch him shoot...