Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Pick and roll."

Lakers possession of the ball.

After Holiday came to the frontcourt, he called a pick-and-roll, broke through, and then passed the ball back to Zubac. Zubac passed the ball hand-to-hand with Clarkson, gave the ball to Clarkson, and set a screen for Clarkson.

With the help of this screen, Clarkson got rid of the defense and then broke through.

With Holiday and Clarkson's consecutive breakthroughs, the 76ers' defense was further squeezed.

At this time, Zhuang Yu and Kuzma were already standing outside the three-point line, one on the left and one on the right.

swoosh

After Clarkson broke through, he passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

It was only at this time that the 76ers players reacted. They couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and rushed towards Zhuang Yu, but it was too late.

"Shh!"

Three point hit.

Several 76ers players looked at each other, feeling helpless. When they were defending the Lakers' three-pointers, Zhuang Yu kept breaking through and scoring with lobs. Now they began to shrink their defense and encircle them, but Zhuang Yu simply played without the ball and fired from outside the three-point line.

This... How else can we do this?

And when Zhuang Yu's three-pointers started to shoot, it wasn't just one or two.

In the following period of time, Zhuang Yu threw another 4 three-pointers, made two of them, and including the previous three-pointer, he made 5 of 3 shots, which made the 76ers feel nervous.

And it wasn't just Zhuang Yu who made the three-pointer.

Kuzma then hit a three-pointer, and Clarkson followed closely and also made a three-pointer before being substituted... In a few minutes, the Lakers made 5 three-pointers, which directly brought the score difference between the two sides to double digits.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Brown smiled bitterly and called a timeout.

......

In the audience, the home fans were very excited.

"Haha, after this wave of three-pointers, I think the 76ers players are about to cry."

"They probably didn't expect the Lakers to be so accurate in three-point shooting today. Who can handle five three-pointers in a row?"

"How many points did Zhuang Yu get?"

"It seems to be 18 points already."

"Wow, it shouldn't be a problem to get 20 points in that half. I have to get at least 40 points today, and it would be best if I could get +, so that the gap with Harden can be narrowed again."

The home fans are still wondering when Zhuang Yu's average points per game will surpass Harden and become the league's top scorer.

at the same time.

On the sidelines.

A group of 76ers players gathered around the head coach.

Coach Brown looked bitter. He didn't know what to do at the moment. Should he focus on defending three-point shots or defending breakthroughs?

To defend against a breakthrough, the opponent shoots a three-pointer. To defend against a three-pointer, the opponent breaks through. It is simply impossible to defend.

"Then let's just defend normally."

Coach Brown made a decision. He decided to change to normal defense as at the beginning of the game and use Simmons to defend Zhuang Yu. How much effect Simmons can have depends on him.

After hearing the coach's instructions, Simmons couldn't help scratching his head.

At this point in the fight, he no longer had the desire to compete with Zhuang Yu. The gap between the two was indeed quite large. Zhuang Yu was good at both offense and defense, while he could only defend and not attack.

But since the coach had given him the order, he could only bite the bullet and agree, "I will do my best to defend well."

Afterwards, Coach Brown also made some arrangements for the offense.

Before going on the court, he emphasized again that they must defend three-pointers well and not let the Lakers continue to shoot three-pointers.

This is so scary.

After a few three-pointers, the score difference was widened to double digits. What would happen if there were a few more?

......

The game continued, and the Lakers were already leading by 11 points.

The 76ers' offense is still mainly inside, but the outside players are also starting to exert their strength.

Simmons went to the frontcourt and called for a pick-and-roll. After getting rid of the defense, he went straight to the basket, very determined. After rushing in, he stopped and faked a move against Zubac's defense, then jumped up and hit the rebound with a time difference.

When retreating to the defensive end, Simmons saw Zhuang Yu and immediately stuck to him, sticking to him like a piece of taffy.

No matter where Zhuang Yu went, he always followed Zhuang Yu, not even looking at the ball, and was determined to keep his eyes on Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu was speechless and thought to himself, I haven't even got the ball yet, why are you like this?

The next moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly ran back with a burst of speed, instantly shook off Simmons and cut into the inside, and his teammate also passed the ball to him.

Zhuang Yu received the ball and jumped up immediately without any delay.

"court death."

Embiid stood in the paint and roared, then jumped up towards Zhuang Yu, waving his arms like a palm-leaf fan and fanning the basketball.

However, at this moment, he found that Zhuang Yu took the ball back, changed hands in the air, switched the ball to his left hand, and passed it under Embiid's armpit. With a light flick of his left hand, the basketball flew up and flew towards the basket...

"what?"

Embiid was confused by this operation.

He didn't hear any sound behind him, so he didn't know whether the ball had gone in or not. When he landed, he quickly turned around to look.

The Nets didn’t wobble.

But there was loud cheering from the audience.

"Did the ball go in?" Embiid was a little confused: "How did it go in?"

Simmons smiled bitterly and said, "That's how it went in." As he spoke, he gestured, stretched out his hand as if grabbing a basketball, and threw it towards the basket.

Now Embiid understands.

It turned out to be a lob, but it was too close to the basket, so there was no obvious sound of the ball going through the net.

Embiid cursed under his breath, feeling somewhat helpless. He had already defended to the limit, but Zhuang Yu could attack from both sides.

He could only come to the frontcourt and ask for the ball to fight back. He faced Zubac in the low post with his back to the basket, pressed Zubac into the inside with his butt arched, and then turned around and pushed Zubac away.

With a bang, Zubac hit his hand.

The referee blows the whistle.

Zubac raised his hand obediently, indicating that it was his foul. His purpose was to use the foul to stop Embiid's attack because he knew that Embiid would definitely want to fight back on the offensive end, so he deliberately did not let Embiid succeed and made Embiid uncomfortable.

Sure enough, Embiid's face turned very ugly.

Although this ball caused Anderson to foul and he had to stand on the free throw line to take two free throws, what he wanted was not two free throws, but to score the ball, or even dunk it.

That's right, he was going to dunk this time.

However, Zubac's plan ruined everything.

Embiid's mentality was affected. He only made one of the two free throws. He turned around angrily and glared at Zubac fiercely.

......

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter has come to an end.

At this time, the Lakers were still leading by 12 points.

There are only a dozen seconds left in the quarter and the Lakers have the ball.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Holiday first wasted some time, and then passed the ball to Zhuang Yu when there were only eight seconds left in the offensive time.

The 76ers did not double-team, but simply tightened their defense. Simmons rushed in front of Zhuang Yu to prevent his outside shooting, while the others were always ready to siege him.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu lowered his center of gravity, changed direction and accelerated to pass Simmons.

"Take up defense."

Simmons shouted to alert his teammates.

Embiid and Horford stepped forward together, one on the left and one on the right, blocking Zhuang Yu in front of him like two door gods, giving people a huge sense of oppression.

However, Zhuang Yu did not slow down or stop, but walked towards the two men.

Seeing that Zhuang Yu was about to collide with the two men, amid people's exclamations, he suddenly pushed the ball forward and passed it between Embiid's crotch. He then quickly turned sideways, passed between the two men, and reached out to grab the basketball.

"Wow..."

The audience was in an uproar.

All the fans stood up, some with their eyes wide open, some with their mouths opened so wide that a goose egg could almost fit in, with disbelief written all over their faces.

Even the players from both teams on the sidelines and the players on the field were all stunned at this moment.

"How on earth is this done?"

"Oh my God, this is unbelievable, this is even possible."

"Oh my god, is there a way to pass like this? This pass is so beautiful, I didn't even dare to think about it in my dreams, but now it really appears in front of me. This pass is so imaginative."

This is an imaginative human-ball transfer, like a juggling act.

It is hard for ordinary people to imagine, let alone see, that it is possible to play like this. And someone actually did it, in an NBA game.

At this moment, if we were to give a score to this performance, everyone would give it a full score of 10 without hesitation.

Whether it is the beauty of technology, the difficulty, or the imagination...it is perfect.

Swish!

A soft sound.

After catching the ball, Zhuang Yu made an easy layup and scored.

"This is definitely one of the top 10 shots of the day. No, that's not right. It should be one of the top 10 shots of the week. That's not right. It should be one of the top 10 shots of the year."

"Yes, this is definitely one of the top ten shots of the year, and if I were to choose, I would rank this shot first among the top ten shots of the year."

"Just for this goal, today's game is worth it."

At this moment, the audience was boiling.

People jumped up, screamed and cheered loudly, venting their inner excitement, feeling that it was worth coming today.

This one ball is worth the price of admission.

Holiday and others on the court were also very excited. They all rushed towards Zhuang Yu, surrounded him, and celebrated and cheered excitedly.

This ball is so beautiful and full of imagination. To use a phrase like this, it is a world famous painting.

When this ball was scored, there was only one second left in the second quarter.

The 76ers only had time to kick the ball out and then throw it at random.

Of course it was impossible to score, and the second quarter came to an end.

Several 76ers players looked frustrated and walked into the player tunnel with their heads down.

They didn't play badly in the first half, but the Lakers still had the upper hand, especially Zhuang Yu's wonderful goal at the end, which dealt them a huge blow.

Even when they walked into the locker room, Embiid and Horford still had dazed expressions on their faces, and they still hadn't come out of what had just happened.

Even they had to admit that the ball was really beautiful.

It’s a pity that they became the background.

"In the second half, I must regain my ground in the second half."

Embiid secretly swore in his heart that he must regain his position in the second half and earn back the face he lost in the first half.