Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"There are only about forty seconds left."

"Yes, there are only about forty seconds left, but we are still four points behind. One round is obviously not enough. We must seize the time and play one more round to have a chance to catch up or even surpass the score."

"It's difficult. There's not enough time."

"Damn, if there wasn't this 2+1..."

At this time, the home fans felt very uncomfortable.

It was clearly only one point away, and one goal would have allowed them to overtake the opponent, but now the difference had become four points. The key point was that the game time was running out.

A group of Rockets players gathered around Coach D'Antoni. Their faces were filled with anxiety and everyone frowned involuntarily.

Time is too tight.

What should I do?

Coach D'Antoni took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He spread out the tactical board and said, "We must grab one first and make an attack as quickly as possible to reduce the score difference to one goal. We must make this attack within 15 seconds, so there are still 30 seconds left. Even if the opponent uses up the 24 seconds of attack time, we still have a chance to attack."

"Remember, we have to score in this attack and then defend one. That way we have a chance to tie the game or even win the game."

Afterwards, Coach D'Antoni made some detailed arrangements for the tactics.

But at this time, tactics are one thing, and whether the players can execute them and score the goal is another.

at the same time.

Coach Scott of the Lakers was also making arrangements, but his arrangements were relatively simple.

That is to play good defense. He replaced Kuzma with Cunningham in order to defend the Rockets' attack as much as possible. As long as they can defend it, they will win.

"Just keep an eye on Harden and Westbrook..."

Just as Coach Scott opened his mouth, Zhuang Yu suddenly said, "Coach, let me interrupt."

Coach Scott was stunned, but he was not angry. Instead, he looked at Zhuang Yu and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Zhuang Yu said: "It will definitely be Harden or Westbrook who will take the shot. As for who will take the shot, I have my own opinion. I think if Harden is the first person to touch the ball in this attack, then Harden will most likely take the shot. And if Westbrook is the first to touch the ball, then Westbrook will most likely take the shot."

"Why?" Zubac asked subconsciously.

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "Although it seems that Harden and Westbrook have put aside their conflicts during this period, at this critical moment, the two will still act according to their instincts. They both want to take this kind of key ball themselves, so once either of them gets the ball, it is highly likely that they will not pass it to others."

Zubac was still a little confused and asked, "You mean, as long as we see who touches the ball first, we should focus on defending him, right? But if the opponent sees that we focus on defending him, will he stop playing and pass the ball to someone else? And we may not be able to adjust the defense in time, will we miss someone?"

Before Zhuang Yu could speak, Coach Scott smiled and said, "Under normal circumstances, this is possible, but now there are only 40 seconds left in the game, and the Rockets are still 4 points behind. This means that they must rush for this offense. They may only have 10 to 15 seconds to execute this offense, and the limited time does not allow them to make multiple passes."

Oh......

Now Zubac understood.

Coach Scott looked at Zhuang Yu with satisfaction and continued, "What Zhuang Yu said makes sense. We will focus on defending whoever gets the ball first, Harden or Westbrook. First, we need to defend the opponent's three-pointer. Even if it's Westbrook, we can't let him shoot. We must rush forward. But we need to be careful not to commit fouls."

"Once the opponent breaks through and attacks the basket, we must quickly shrink the defense line and go up to defend..."

With the suggestions put forward by Zhuang Yu, it became very simple to arrange defensive tactics.

After the tactics were arranged and the timeout ended, players from both teams returned to the court.

The Rockets also changed players, replacing Chandler with Eric Gordon, adding a scoring point to the field. Eric Gordon can shoot three-pointers, which can help the team open up space and facilitate Harden or Westbrook's breakthrough.

But just as Zhuang Yu predicted, this ball was still executed by Harden or Westbrook.

As for who will carry out the attack, Coach D'Antoni did not specify it. He just told the two who has a better chance to carry out the attack.

The Rockets throw the ball in.

Tucker is responsible for serving.

Several Rockets players scattered instantly. Tucker passed the ball and found Harden first, not Westbrook.

Harden got the ball and started attacking.

Just as Zhuang Yu expected, although Harden and Westbrook temporarily put aside their conflicts in this quarter, at this critical moment, the key ball, Harden never thought about passing the ball from the moment he got the ball.

He has to play this ball himself and complete the attack.

"Go up."

Zhuang Yu shouted and was the first to rush forward.

At the same time, teammates also came over.

Zhuang Yu was seen standing in front of Harden, with one hand raised, keeping a proper distance from Harden, not giving Harden a chance to shoot a three-pointer. Behind Zhuang Yu were Anderson, Zubac and others, who were ready to make up for the defense.

Harden silently calculated the attack time in his mind, glanced at the defensive situation, and then gritted his teeth and chose to break through. After a series of changes of direction, he forced forward. He still wanted to rely on confrontation to squeeze Zhuang Yu away, and then shoot after the confrontation.

Just when he was about to seek confrontation, Anderson suddenly pounced on him and formed a pincer attack with Zhuang Yu.

The next moment, Harden and Zhuang Yu bumped into each other, and both of them stopped involuntarily.

In this situation, Zhuang Yu couldn't jump up to block Harden. But Anderson was beside him, and when Harden raised the ball after the confrontation, Anderson had already jumped up, with his arms raised high above Harden's head.

"Pass the ball."

A voice came, it was Westbrook.

However, Harden did not listen. He forced a shot in the air and threw the ball into the basket with one hand.

Anderson is much taller than Harden. In this situation, Harden can no longer shoot with a normal shooting posture and can only use this method to avoid being blocked.

boom!

This ball is too difficult.

In the end, the ball missed the target and bounced out of the rim. Capela and Zubac struggled to grab the rebound, but Zhuang Yu had already rushed into the paint and grabbed the rebound first with his amazing bounce and speed.

He didn't wait for Coach Scott to call a timeout. After grabbing the rebound, he quickly launched a counterattack and rushed towards the Rockets' half.

"It's over."

"Not good, hurry up and chase after him."

"We can't let him score any more."

The home fans were lamenting in their hearts.

Seeing Zhuang Yu grab the rebound, people shouted and reminded the Rockets players to chase quickly and not let Zhuang Yu score again.

There are more than 30 seconds left in the game. As long as the Rockets can defend this attack, they theoretically still have a chance of turning the game around.

But if the Lakers launch a quick counterattack and further widen the gap, then it will be really over.

For a moment, several Rockets players ran as fast as they could, trying to catch up with Zhuang Yu.

The fastest among them was Westbrook. At the moment, he didn't care about being upset about Harden not passing the ball just now. He could only concentrate on chasing and catch up with Zhuang Yu as fast as possible.

Among the Rockets players, only Westbrook caught up with Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu and Westbrook were almost side by side, and they both stepped into the three-point line. Zhuang Yu didn't give Westbrook a chance to cut the ball, and directly hugged the ball and took three steps to rush to the basket.

Westbrook struggled a bit in his heart, but in the end he chose to jump up and try to block the shot, just as a gamble.

Because if he didn't block the shot, he would only be able to watch Zhuang Yu score.

After this goal is scored, the score difference will become 6 points, and there will not be enough time for the Rockets.

beep!

The whistle blows.

The ball goes in!

Westbrook was ultimately unable to stop Zhuang Yu from scoring, and not only did Zhuang Yu score the goal, he also caused Westbrook to foul.

"It's over. There's no hope now."

"Damn it, Westbrook was too impulsive. He shouldn't have fouled, but now he got a foul for it."

"It's not Westbrook's fault. He had a chance if he rushed up to try to block the shot. If he had watched Zhuang Yu score, the result would have been the same..."

The home fans were desperate, and some of them subconsciously complained, blaming Westbrook for being too impulsive.

Some people were rational enough to know that Westbrook had no choice but to rush forward and take a gamble, which would give him a chance. If they didn't take the gamble, the result would be the same.

It’s a pity that he still didn’t win the bet.

The score became 121:115. Zhuang Yu stood on the free throw line and adjusted himself slightly. Then he flicked his wrist and shot the ball. The basketball accurately went through the net.

This free throw made the score difference become 7 points, and there were only twenty seconds left in the game.

There is simply not enough time for the Rockets.

Coach D'Antoni still called a timeout. There was nothing much to arrange. He just shot a three-pointer and immediately shot it when he got to the frontcourt. He tried his best to save the situation.

......

After the timeout, Harden got the ball again from the Rockets. He dribbled one step and immediately took a three-point shot, but he was too hasty and missed the target.

The Lakers grabbed the rebound and the game lost its suspense.

The Lakers still have one more chance to attack, but they don't plan to take it.

"Beep..."

When the whistle sounded to end the game, the score was fixed at 122:115. The Lakers defeated the Rockets by 7 points and won the game.

When the game ended, all the players on the Lakers bench rushed to the court, surrounded Zhuang Yu, and celebrated and cheered excitedly.

Zhuang Yu's performance today was amazing.

He scored 55 points, plus 9 rebounds and 8 assists. His personal score of 55 points also set a new single-game scoring record in his career.

On the other side, neither Harden nor Westbrook spoke to each other, nor did they even look at each other. Westbrook didn't even say hello to Zhuang Yu. He turned around and walked into the player tunnel. The unhappiness on his face was visible to the naked eye.

He was very unhappy because Harden did not choose to pass the ball to him in the end, but forced a shot himself.

If Harden passed the ball to him, he would have a chance to score and narrow the point difference to one goal.

That way maybe they still have a chance of turning the tables.

Westbrook was sure that Harden heard his shout, but Harden still didn't pass the ball.

Does this mean that they don't trust him, or that they would rather throw the ball themselves than give it to him?

Westbrook scored 29 points today, plus 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and his performance can be said to be very good.

Harden's stats were also good, 34 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists.

The Deng-Wei combination scored a total of 63 points.

If you only look at the data, it is still quite outstanding, but it cannot be compared.

When compared with Zhuang Yu's 55 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists, the performances of the two players do not seem that outstanding.

What's more, they lost the game, which gave people the feeling that two people could not beat Zhuang Yu alone.