Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"this......"

Simmons was stunned.

What's happening here?

No, why is there someone behind Zubac?

There was a cry of surprise from the audience. People widened their eyes, stood up, and looked in astonishment at the figure that soared into the air above the court.

It’s Zhuang Yu!

This is Zhuang Yu's block.

Just when Simmons thought there was no more obstruction after the confrontation with Zubac, he didn't know that Zhuang Yu was already standing behind Zubac.

Moreover, he jumped after Simmons jumped, creating a time difference.

After Simmons and Zubac confronted each other, their bodies began to fall. Zhuang Yu then jumped to the highest point and gave Simmons a hot pot.

If it weren't for the time difference and the 10-centimeter height difference between the two, it would have been difficult for Zhuang Yu to block Simmons.

Simmons also didn't see Zhuang Yu. How could he know that there was someone behind Zubac?

But this is exactly the effect Zhuang Yu wanted.

He chose to hide behind Zubac in order to hide himself, and accurately predicted Simmons' rhythm, which led to this wonderful block.

"Wow..."

This block is amazing.

There was an uproar in the audience, and amid the fans' exclamations, Holiday grabbed the flying basketball and immediately launched a counterattack.

He just rushed to the front court and scored a layup.

The score became 12:10.

"Huff, huff..." Simmons gasped angrily.

Horford came over and said to him, "Don't be angry, that's Zhuang Yu, just be more careful next time."

Simmons also listened to the advice. He nodded and reorganized the attack.

This time Simmons didn't insist on answering the ball, but called a pick-and-roll, then broke through and passed the ball to Richardson. Richardson took the ball and shot a three-pointer, but missed.

Fortunately, the 76ers had an advantage in the interior. Embiid grabbed the rebound and pushed Zubac with his butt, then jumped up and scored the ball.

The score is 14:10.

This made Coach Brown on the sidelines breathe a sigh of relief, and the score difference widened to 4 points again.

However, turning around, the Lakers immediately returned a three-pointer.

This time, it was Zhuang Yu who broke through with the help of a pick-and-roll, then passed the ball to Holiday, assisting Holiday to hit a three-pointer.

Score 14:13......

......

Although the 76ers had an absolute advantage in the interior, the gap between the two sides was never widened, which made Coach Brown a little unhappy.

After a few minutes, every time Embiid or Horford scored, the gap widened by a few points, and the Lakers were able to quickly fight back.

Of course, the Lakers still score more from the outside.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Brown called a timeout.

In the end, he was the first one to lose stability.

After several players came off the court, he spread out the tactical board and made some new arrangements, emphasizing defense, especially the defense against the Lakers' three-pointers.

After the timeout, both teams returned to the court.

The Lakers replaced Cunningham with Kuzma.

Seeing the Lakers' substitution, several 76ers players couldn't help but sneer, saying, "We knew you would still be able to shoot three-pointers, but we have to strengthen our defense on three-pointers later."

The 76ers have also studied the Lakers' recent games and know that the Lakers' substitution of Kuzma means they will shoot more three-pointers. Just now, Coach Brown emphasized that they should strengthen their defense against three-pointers, so they are not panicked at all.

After the 76ers players came to the frontcourt, they still passed the ball to the low post. Embiid asked for the ball on the left, but he did not play a single shot with his back to the basket. Instead, he chose to face the basket and made a tentative step. Seeing that Zubac, who was defending him, was unmoved, Embiid simply pulled up and made a mid-range jump shot.

Swish!

This ball was also a sure hit.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu immediately discovered that the 76ers' defense had been significantly adjusted compared to before, and their defense line was expanded larger than before.

"It seems that they want to focus on limiting our outside shooting." Zhuang Yu turned his head and winked at Holiday.

Holiday understood what he meant and first called for a pick-and-roll, and then broke through, just to test whether the 76ers would shrink their defense.

The result is not.

Of course, Holiday did not get a chance to score directly this time. He passed the ball to Anderson. Anderson passed the ball to Zhuang Yu, who first faked a shot and then broke through to the basket.

The 76ers still did not choose to shrink their defense. Even Embiid did not stand in the interior. Only Horford stood in the interior.

He raised his hands high to block Zhuang Yu, but did not dare to act rashly for fear of committing a foul.

Zhuang Yu grabbed the basketball with one hand and threw it over Horford's head. The basketball flew high, passed Horford and finally fell into the net.

When the 76ers do not shrink their defense, Zhuang Yu only needs to face one player who comes to back up for defense after breaking through. In a 1-on-1 situation, his jump shot success rate is very high.

The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score a goal. This is no joke.

This is true for almost everyone.

Look at Ben Simmons. He basically doesn't dare to shoot beyond the three-point line, but he still dares to shoot near the basket, and has a good hit rate.

Techniques like lob shots are very close to the basket, but the closer you are to the basket, the more defensive players you will encounter, which limits the effectiveness of the lob shot and affects its hit rate.

However, when the 76ers expanded their defense, the inside became empty, and there were no more players to surround and interfere with Zhuang Yu.

Under such circumstances, Zhuang Yu's finishing efficiency would of course be very high.

He doesn't even need to care who is defending in front of him, and the same thing happens if Horford is replaced by the taller Embiid.

If you can't reach it, you can't reach it.

In the next few rounds, Zhuang Yu made consecutive breakthroughs and finished with a jump shot after entering the inside.

Sometimes it was Horford in front of him, and sometimes it was Embiid, but the result was the same: a goal.

"Zhuang Yu's throw was so accurate today."

"Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen him lose it."

"Do you know why?"

"why?"

"Haha, because the 76ers are stupid. They expanded their defense to limit three-pointers, and the inside became empty. They probably thought that leaving one person inside to defend would be enough to limit Zhuang Yu's scoring after his breakthrough. After all, Horford and Embiid are both very strong in defense. But they didn't expect Zhuang Yu to use floaters every time, leaving Horford and Embiid helpless."

Even the fans in the audience saw it and couldn't help but mock the 76ers, saying that Coach Brown's move was a stupid one.

Is it okay now?

Got beaten up.

The 76ers were indeed beaten. Within a few minutes, the Lakers not only reversed the score, but also led by 4 points.

Coach Brown's face turned a little dark, and he was more annoyed. He found that he was indeed a little naive.

Why didn’t you expect that Zhuang Yu also has a lob shot?

In fact, Zhuang Yu has used jump shots a lot this season.

Because he is consciously honing his lob technique, when he completes a breakthrough, he will more often choose to finish with a lob near the basket rather than other methods.

But a competition is a competition after all, not training.

Many times, Zhuang Yu still has to choose the scoring methods that he is better at and has a greater grasp of, such as three-pointers and fadeaway jump shots.

Compared with these two, Zhuang Yu's jump shot is not so valued by opponents.

Of course, under normal circumstances, when Zhuang Yu breaks through, opponents will choose to shrink their defense to surround him, and the 76ers actually did so today.

......

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Brown called a timeout.

Several players all looked at Coach Brown, which made him feel embarrassed and annoyed. He had to put on a stern face and said, "Substitute later..."

At this time, the first quarter was already halfway through and both sides began to replace their rotation lineups.

Compared with the main lineup, the 76ers' bench lineup is obviously more than one level lower.

Alec Burks, Furkan Korkmaz, Shake Milton, James Ennis... Among these people, only Furkan and Alec have performed well this season, averaging more than 10 points per game, while the others are just average.

In order to ensure the competitiveness of the rotation lineup, Coach Brown kept Richardson and Simmons on the court and let them play with three substitute players.

Richardson played quite well for the Heat before, averaging 16.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game last season.

However, after joining the 76ers this season, his statistics have declined to a certain extent, averaging only 13.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

This is related to his role change. In the Heat, his tactical position is higher and he has more ball possession, so his statistics are better.

After coming to the 76ers, his role became more like a blue-collar player and he did not have much ball possession.

However, at this time in the rotation lineup, he has become the team's scoring responsibility, because Simmons still does not score much, but is more focused on creating opportunities for his teammates.

This has achieved quite good results.

Simmons' organizational skills, Richardson's scoring ability, and Alec and Furkan's occasional goal, at least the 76ers played well on offense, fighting back and forth with the Lakers and even having a slight advantage.

Seeing this situation, Coach Scott just frowned slightly and did not make any personnel adjustments. After all, his side was not much different.

In a blink of an eye, the third quarter ended.

The score is 33:32, with the 76ers leading by one point.

Although the Lakers were behind, the fans were very calm. It was only the first quarter of the game, and they were only one point behind. They had confidence in the team.

......

really......

Entering the second quarter, the Lakers sent out Holiday, Clarkson, Korver, Kuzma and Nance Jr.

This lineup has no defensive advantage, but it is much stronger than the 76ers on offense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Clarkson hit a three-pointer from the outside, and then Holiday used a breakthrough to attack the basket to score two points. Then he made two beautiful passes in succession, assisting Korver and Kuzma to hit the shot.

For a while, the Lakers made an 11:4 run, not only overtaking the score, but also leading the 76ers by 6 points.

The 76ers requested a substitution and began to replace their main players.

The Lakers also made substitutions, replacing Holiday with Zhuang Yu, Anderson and Zubac, while Clarkson and Kuzma continued to stay on the court.

After this substitution, the 76ers did not expand their defense to focus on defending the Lakers' three-pointers like they did in the first quarter. Instead, they appropriately contracted the defense line and surrounded Zhuang Yu when he broke through.

Let’s not talk about the past, at least in this game, judging from the first quarter, Zhuang Yu’s jump shot was very lethal.

Seeing the opponent adjust their defense, Zhuang Yu couldn't help but smile and gestured to his teammates.

Then he simply changed to playing without the ball, leaving the organizational work to Anderson and the ball-handling breakthrough work to Clarkson, while he and Kuzma became two three-point turrets on the left and right.