Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"No, it's only halftime and Zhuang Yu is almost going to get 20 points."

"I have concluded that if Zhuang Yu scores 20+ in the first half, then he will definitely score 30+. Once he scores 30+, the Lakers will have a winning rate of more than percent."

"Zhuang Yu must be restricted in this regard..."

"Nonsense, who doesn't know that he needs to be restricted? Everyone knows that he needs to be restricted, right? But the problem is that you have to be able to do it."

Fans are discussing.

On the big screen above the court, Zhuang Yu's current personal data was displayed. He had already scored 18 points.

Several Celtics players exchanged glances, and their expressions became extremely solemn. Don’t they know that they have to defend Zhuang Yu well?

Of course they know.

And did so.

But it didn't achieve very good results.

"Let me defend him later." Tatum walked to Brown and said to him.

"Do you think you can defend him?" Brown was a little unhappy. He still wanted to try harder to prove that he could defend Zhuang Yu. However, seeing Tatum's firm tone and his unquestionable attitude, he thought about it and nodded, "Okay."

When he came to the frontcourt, Tatum stretched out his hands to ask for the ball, and then he played one-on-one, dribbling between his legs continuously, and then took a step back, leaning back slightly.

Swish!

There was a soft sound and the ball was scored.

When they retreated back to their own half, when the Lakers players rushed over, Tatum quickly stepped forward, took a defensive stance, and stood in front of Zhuang Yu.

"Oh, it's your turn to defend now?"

Zhuang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't care.

Pick and roll!

Zhuang Yu first called a pick-and-roll, and then he moved to the left when his teammates came up. The Celtics players quickly stepped forward to delay, and Tatum also bypassed the pick-and-roll player and returned to Zhuang Yu's front.

Seeing this situation, Zhuang Yu waved his hand, indicating that others did not need to come over, and he directly played against Tatum.

You want to guard against me, right? Do you think it will be OK if you replace me?

Sorry, you are wrong.

Zhuang Yu first dribbled the ball between his legs, switched the ball to his left hand, lowered his left shoulder, tilted his body very much, and lowered his center of gravity, as if to break through to the left. Tatum subconsciously moved sideways and retreated, but Zhuang Yu then did a crossover and switched the ball to his right hand.

"not good."

Tatum quickly adjusted his steps and took another step back.

He knew that it was impossible for him to block Zhuang Yu's breakthrough route, so he quickly turned sideways, hoping to stay close to Zhuang Yu, at least so that he would not be completely passed by.

At the same time, the Celtics tightened their defense and some players came up from the inside.

When Zhuang Yu saw this, he immediately slowed down, then took a step to the right, jumped up and was about to shoot, but in fact he was passing the ball. After mobilizing the defense, he threw the ball towards the basket. A figure appeared, grabbed the basketball in the air and slammed it down.

It's Anderson.

"Damn it, someone was missed."

"What is Theis doing, he should be guarding the inside."

"No, Theis went up to help defend. Tatum failed to defend, so Theis had to go up to help defend. The inside line was not high enough, so..."

Some people are complaining, some are complaining, and some are shaking their heads.

It wasn’t that the Celtics didn’t defend well, but that Zhuang Yu’s threat was too great and he easily dismantled the Celtics’ defensive formation.

Moreover, Zhuang Yu not only has a strong scoring ability, but is also an excellent passer. He can switch seamlessly between shooting and passing, making him hard to defend against.

In the next round, Zhuang Yu faced Tatum again.

This time, Zhuang Yu did not pass the ball. Instead, he changed directions continuously and then suddenly accelerated. After taking a step forward, he took the initiative to confront Tatum, forcing Tatum to be unable to jump, and then he leaned back to shoot.

Seeing Zhuang Yu taking a fadeaway jump shot right in front of him, Tatum was helpless. He couldn't jump up to block the shot immediately and could only watch Zhuang Yu shoot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

"too easy."

“There’s not a single unnecessary movement, it’s really beautiful.”

This kind of ball seems too easy when played by Zhuang Yu.

You can't see any complicated movements, but if you observe carefully, you will find that every movement of Zhuang Yu is just right, and he has used every technique to the extreme.

Basketball is actually very simple, it’s just about putting the ball into the basket.

The game is also very simple, all actions are to create shooting space.

Many people know that there are various technical moves to finish on the basketball court, such as breakthrough, three-pointer, floater, turnaround, pull-up shot, hook shot, etc.

But in reality, these can all be counted as shots.

The essence of basketball is also shooting!

When a player can complete a shot at any angle and any position, he naturally has enough lethality - all he has to do on the court is to use various technical moves, positions, tactics, etc. to gain shooting space for himself.

As long as there is shooting space, all that remains is whether the ball can be made.

For an all-around shooter like Zhuang Yu, he has no weaknesses in shooting, so he does not need to use too many technical moves. He only needs to combine breakthroughs and shooting and use skills reasonably to create shooting space for himself.

Once space appears, the end is mostly complete.

"Damn it, why can't I prevent it?"

Tatum was annoyed.

Although his defense is not top-notch, he has sufficient defensive conditions, including height, arm span, jumping ability, etc. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not stop Zhuang Yu from scoring, even if he could predict what Zhuang Yu would do.

For example, he had already anticipated the ball just now.

But he was pushed and couldn't pounce on him immediately. He could only interfere as much as possible, but it was obviously useless.

A moment later, Zhuang Yu once again singled out Tatum.

This time Tatum was more serious. He always stuck to Zhuang Yu, interfering and confronting him physically. He would not let Zhuang Yu shoot again.

However, the next moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly dribbled the ball from behind, raised his center, and lifted the ball. Tatum subconsciously dived for it.

This time the pounce was swift and clean.

But when he jumped up, he found that Zhuang Yu did not jump.

At this time, Tatum was already in the air and had no time to dodge. Zhuang Yu jumped up, leaned against him, and threw the ball.

With a bang, the basketball hit the backboard.

As a result, the ball bounced back and penetrated the net again. The referee blew the whistle, calling a foul on Tatum and signaling Zhuang Yu to stand on the free throw line for an extra free throw.

Tatum is really depressed now.

"Requesting a timeout."

The Celtics called a timeout.

Several players came off the field, looking dusty and dirty, which made the head coach very depressed, and he could only sigh helplessly.

Before the end of the first half, Zhuang Yu's personal score had reached 20 points.

Moreover, he helped the Lakers expand the score difference to 8 points. If Zhuang Yu made the free throw, the score difference would be 9 points.

In this quarter, Brown and Tatum both tried to defend Zhuang Yu, but not only did they fail to do so, but judging from the looks on their faces, they were obviously hit hard.

"Smart will guard Zhuang Yu later, double-team him..."

After some arrangements, the pause ended.

Zhuang Yu stood on the free throw line and made the free throw steadily, widening the score difference to 9 points, and there was not much time left in this quarter.

In the following time, the Celtics were still trying to narrow the gap. They changed their strategy and asked Smart to harass Zhuang Yu and double-team him.

This did prevent Zhuang Yu from scoring, but it also meant missing out on other Lakers players.

The final result is.

When the first half ended, the Lakers led by 11 points.

This is not what the Celtics want to see, but there is nothing they can do about it.

A group of Celtics players were a little discouraged, as they found themselves no match for the Lakers after all.

The two third picks were beaten by Zhuang Yu one after another and were now in self-doubt. They thought they were strong enough to challenge the superstars in the league, but they were almost autistic after being beaten in just one quarter. The sense of disappointment was too great.

......

Soon, the game entered the second half.

In the third quarter, the Celtics' two rookies suddenly lost their form and basically did not play much of a role. Walker, on the other hand, played pretty well.

In just three quarters, Walker has scored 21 points.

However, it is obviously not enough to rely on him alone, because after three quarters, Zhuang Yu's personal score has reached 33 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led by 10 points.

Entering the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead, Coach Scott was naturally not in a hurry to send Zhuang Yu on the field and only used the rotation lineup.

It was not until there were only six minutes left in the fourth quarter that he sent Zhuang Yu up the field.

Of course, Lopez, Holiday, Anderson and others had already been sent to the court, and Zhuang Yu went up at this time to end the game.

The Celtics also know the Lakers' intentions.

So when Zhuang Yu returned to the court, they began to defend him tightly and tried their best to limit his scoring.

However, Zhuang Yu made a series of wonderful passes right from the start, and it seemed that he had no intention of scoring himself. Instead, he created opportunities for his teammates and assisted them in scoring.

As time went by, the game time became less and less, and the Celtics were still behind.

Now they were a little anxious.

Not only were they a little anxious on the offensive end, they also lost their patience and calm on the defensive end. They didn't dare to miss anyone easily and wanted to defend every ball.

But this is unrealistic.

Once their defensive attention is attracted by Holiday, Lopez, Anderson and others, it means that Zhuang Yu has an opportunity.

"Kyle."

Zhuang Yu ran back and quietly slipped to the left corner outside the three-point line and shouted at Anderson.

Anderson understood what he meant and immediately passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

At this time, the Celtics players reacted, and before they could rush forward, Zhuang Yu had already thrown the ball.

Swish!

The ball went in, and it was still a three-pointer.

This ball forced the Celtics to call another timeout.

But for them, there is not enough playing time.

And Zhuang Yu's scoring did not stop there. With one minute left in the fourth quarter, Zhuang Yu hit another three-pointer, helping the Lakers widen the gap to 8 points.

It basically killed the game as well.

In the last minute, seeing that time was running out, the Celtics had to resort to foul tactics, but unfortunately, the foul fell on Zhuang Yu.

When Zhuang Yu stood on the free throw line and made both free throws, his personal score reached 42 points, and the game completely lost its suspense.

When the game ended, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 124:114.

In this game, Zhuang Yu scored 42 points, plus 8 rebounds and 12 assists, almost getting a triple-double of 40+.

The highest scorer on the Celtics side was not the two third picks, but Kemba Walker, who scored 27 points, but it was in vain.

Tatum, one of the two third picks, scored 22 points, but his shooting percentage was not high. Brown only scored 17 points, plus 5 rebounds and 3 assists.