Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Until the start of the second half, the fans in the audience were still discussing with relish the wonderful goal scored by Zhuang Yu at the end of the second quarter.

The big screen above the stadium replayed the game over and over again.

These voices reached Embiid's ears, making his face even uglier.

"Hmph, it's just a ball, what's the big deal." Embiid snorted unhappily, then went to the left and asked his teammate for the ball.

When his teammate passed the ball to him, he first held the ball at his waist, took a tentative step with his right foot, and then raised the ball as if to shoot directly.

Zubac is still too young, lacks experience, and is impatient. Although he was not tricked into jumping directly, he still subconsciously stood on tiptoe.

At this moment, Embiid pushed the ball forward and broke past Zubac.

Although he often likes to play like a guard, he is, after all, a center who is over 2.1 meters tall. In terms of agility, he obviously cannot compare with a real guard.

So he only dribbled forward one step and then hugged the basketball, then took three big steps and rushed into the inside like a heavy tank.

Bang!

There was an explosion.

Embiid made a two-handed dunk. After dunking the ball, his hands were still hanging on the basket. The huge force made the whole basket shake, and the photographer under the basket was scared into a cold sweat.

Embiid let go of the basket and pounded his chest hard, like a gorilla from Africa, and roared at the audience.

This was his response to those harsh voices and his counterattack against Lakers fans.

Then he turned his head and looked at Zhuang Yu, with provocation clearly in his eyes.

He was using his eyes to tell Zhuang Yu that the game was not over yet and that he, Embiid, was about to start losing his temper.

"This guy is too arrogant."

"Is he provoking Zhuang Yu? Haha, did he not watch our game against the Bucks and know what happened to Antetokounmpo? He actually dared to provoke Zhuang Yu."

"I have a feeling that Embiid is going to be unlucky."

Seeing Embiid being so arrogant and daring to provoke Zhuang Yu, the players on the Lakers were not worried at all. Instead, they all laughed. They really wanted to see how Embiid would cry later.

......

Lakers offense.

When Zhuang Yu came to the frontcourt, he ran back to ask for the ball, and it was still Simmons who came up to defend him.

Zhuang Yu made a gesture and Zubac came up for a screen.

Zhuang Yu moved to the left, and Embiid immediately rushed over to delay him, with one hand raised high and across in front of Zhuang Yu.

He is over 210 centimeters tall, so it might be a little difficult for him to defend against Zhuang Yu's breakthrough, but he believes that as long as he stands in front of Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu will definitely not dare to shoot a three-pointer.

The next moment, Zhuang Yu lowered his center of gravity and dribbled the ball between his legs to switch the ball to his right hand. He lowered his right shoulder and pretended to break through to the right.

"really......"

Embiid thought to himself, "Sure enough," and a smile appeared on his face. He shouted behind him, "Get ready to defend."

He expected that Zhuang Yu would definitely break through him, and knew that it would be difficult for him to stop Zhuang Yu's breakthrough. But it didn't matter, he had teammates behind him, and they were ready to surround Zhuang Yu.

However, this time Embiid guessed wrong.

Zhuang Yu only took one step forward, then immediately dribbled the ball back with a reverse cross-leg dribble, tapped his toes on the floor, and retreated to one step outside the three-point line.

During the whole process, Zhuang Yu's heels did not touch the ground. After pulling back, he moved his toes and jumped up immediately.

"what?"

Embiid was stunned. He didn't expect that he guessed wrong.

At this time, it was too late for him to jump, so he could only stretch out his arms and use his height and arm span to interfere as much as possible.

However, Zhuang Yu retreated directly to a step outside the three-point line, greatly widening the distance between him and Embiid.

At this time, he was not afraid of Embiid's long arms interference, and threw the ball towards his defense...

"Shh!"

The ball goes in.

A crisp sound came from behind him, and Embiid froze completely.

"It's actually a three-pointer. He's actually going to shoot a three-pointer..."

Embiid is proud.

Embiid did not play basketball in his early years until he was 15 years old, when he was attracted to basketball by chance. Due to his physique advantage, he quickly showed excellent athletic talent and became a star on the basketball court.

At the age of 17, Embiid learned about the American basketball overseas draft and decided to go to the United States to join the University of Florida basketball team.

As a freshman, he averaged 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.6 blocks per game, which was not amazing.

However, his outstanding basketball talent still made him stand out in the draft, and he was selected by the 76ers and entered the NBA.

Moreover, it took him only two seasons to perform at an All-Star level and was successfully selected as an All-Star.

Embiid's growth experience can be regarded as a legend.

He is an absolutely talented player.

Such a player is proud, but today when facing Zhuang Yu, his pride was hit again and again, making him furious.

So, when he came to the frontcourt, Embiid asked for the ball again.

Then a shocking scene appeared: he actually called for a pick-and-roll.

"what?"

Shake Milton was completely confused. He looked at Embiid in astonishment, thinking he had heard it wrong.

Embiid is a center and I am a guard. The center actually asked me, the guard, to set a screen for him?

What a joke.

But then he yelled at Embiid again: "Come over and pick for me."

Well, he didn't hear it wrong. Embiid really asked him to come over and screen for him. He really wanted to say to Embiid, "Are you crazy?"

But he didn't dare. After all, Embiid was the leader of the team. Since he asked him to come over and screen for him, then he would do it for him.

Milton came up for a screen and Embiid moved to the right.

This created a mismatch, with Zhuang Yu and Embiid facing off against each other.

Everyone understood the situation as soon as they saw it. Embiid obviously wanted to retaliate against Zhuang Yu and play one-on-one against him.

"Fuck, this guy has no moral principles."

"I've really opened my eyes today. A center actually asked the guard to set a screen for him. This is too outrageous. The key is that he called for a screen and wanted to play one-on-one against the guard Zhuang Yu. Damn, is this guy really a center?"

"Apart from his body shape, I really don't see how he looks like a center. He is simply a disgrace to centers..."

In the audience, fans were complaining wildly.

However, Embiid didn't care about all this. After switching defense, he started to play one-on-one against Zhuang Yu.

Why did he play one-on-one with his back to the basket instead of breaking through? Because he has no confidence. Even though he seems very brave now and even dares to play one-on-one against Zhuang Yu, he himself has no confidence in himself when it comes to him getting past Zhuang Yu face to face.

"I'm a center. When a center plays against a guard, of course he has to post up."

Embiid comforted himself in his heart, but he never thought about how his playing style was not like that of a center?

Well, in the United States, even gender can be customized, so what else can’t be customized?

Embiid leaned his back against Zhuang Yu and pushed him towards the inside. There was a big difference in their size, so Zhuang Yu could only retreat.

At the same time, Zubac returned to the inside to help Zhuang Yu with defense.

"Humph."

Seeing Zubac coming, Embiid snorted coldly and didn't care at all. He was ready to take another step back and make a dunk.

Well, just one more step and we'll be almost there.

However, at this moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly took a step back, preventing Embiid from getting close. Embiid's heart skipped a beat, but fortunately he still had some strength left and steadied his steps in time, so he was not called for a traveling violation.

But at this moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly made a shot and cut the basketball while Embiid was about to pass the ball.

"Oops."

Embiid felt his palms empty and his face changed drastically.

When he looked down, the ball was gone. A strong wind blew past him, and a figure flashed by. Zhuang Yu rushed out from his side and grabbed the basketball, then left Embiid behind in two steps.

There was an exclamation in the audience.

Several 76ers players reacted and quickly gave chase.

However, Zhuang Yu was too fast and he quickly left them behind. He rushed to the front court, soared into the sky, and made an explosive one-handed slam dunk.

Of course he knows what Embiid wants to do. You want to score over my head and get back at me, right?

Oh, did you ask me for consent?

"Bang!"

There was an explosion.

Zhuang Yu slammed the basketball into the basket.

This was another explosive slam dunk that was worthy of being one of the top ten plays. The audience was boiling, and the cheers and screams of the fans were like thunder, resounding throughout the entire stadium.

"I...Fuck."

Embiid held back for a long time before uttering a curse word. His expression became even uglier, his eyebrows drooped, and he looked aggrieved and wanted to cry.

But for some reason the home fans just wanted to laugh.

Haha, hahaha...

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Brown shook his head and called a timeout.

After several players came off the court, he first comforted Embiid, asking him not to be affected by his emotions and to calm down quickly.

Coach Brown actually disagrees with Embiid's actions just now. As a center, even if you want to fight back, you can just single out Zubac.

Why do you have to go to Zhuang Yu for a one-on-one talk?

It's really unbearable to watch Milton, a guard, set screens for you.

Coach Brown thought to himself, I have never arranged such a tactic. You are trying to trick me. People who don’t know might think I asked you to do this.

Am I that unreliable?

Of course, if it is really a one-on-one situation between Embiid and Zhuang Yu after switching defense in the low post, there is nothing wrong with Embiid backing up against Zhuang Yu.

First of all, Embiid was not asking for a back-to-back defense against Zhuang Yu in the low post, but was launching an attack in the high post; secondly, he couldn't score the ball because it was intercepted by the opponent.

The key is that it didn't work out, that's the problem.