One Guard

Chapter 191: The Croatian's debut

The performance of Yiyang and Wall in the first quarter did not disappoint the fans and commentators. The duel between these two people made this game without any two points extremely exciting.

While fans want to see a battle between the two guards, for Carlisle, victory is the only thing he desires. Now that the team has won four straight, there's no reason for that momentum to be ended by the Washington Wizards.

First of all, Carlisle naturally praised Yiyang's performance in the first quarter, but he couldn't do this for the whole break. After glancing at the bench, Carlisle beckoned, and a tall player stood up and took off his training uniform. His move has attracted the attention of countless photographers.

"Yi and Wall's performance in the first quarter was amazing. We not only saw the scoring battle between the two guards, but also saw the unusual organizational skills of these two young people..." Barkley was originally talking with Kenny Smith was talking about Yiyang and Wall, but when he looked at the big screen, the guy's voice stopped abruptly.

"Hey Kenny, look at the Mavericks bench!"

"What happened to the Mavericks bench Charles?"

"Peja Stojakovic, the legendary shooter is about to represent the Dallas Mavericks in the second quarter!" After that, he fell into a situation where he had no ball to play. But as a legendary striker, he can always contribute to his team. Especially, in a team with a good system like the Mavericks, Peja's role may be greater than in other teams!

"Are you ready, boy? Happy cooperation!" After taking off his training clothes, Peja smiled and extended his hand to Yiyang.

The two clapped hands lightly, and the Croatian striker was a little excited. Because he couldn't wait any longer and wanted to compete with a defender like Yiyang. After all, Yiyang's performance just now reminded the Croatian of that guy from the Hornets.

After the intermission, the Mavericks sent Peja and Yiyang, and the other three were the same as the starters. And Philip Sanders brought back the starting five of the Wizards. Yi Jianlian, who performed well in the first quarter, did not stay on the court.

Although Nick Young was on the field, the intermission was under the serious preaching of Sanders. This guy is now much more honest. He didn't ask for the ball blindly, but moved patiently according to the tactics.

This at least ensures that the Wizards' offense will not be completely messed up from the beginning. Wall stopped outside the three-point line. Instead of passing the ball, he reached out and called for a pick-and-roll!

Lewis and Blatche both mentioned high positions one after another, and the Mavericks' defense in the penalty area was emptied in an instant. With Wall's speed,

As long as the quality of the pick-and-roll is good, he can attack the basket with ease.

Two tall and strong men blocked Yiyang, one on the left and the other on the right. Wall switched hands twice, and suddenly one of them changed direction in a big arc and stabbed towards Lewis!

Yiyang immediately changed his center of gravity and quickly moved laterally, skilfully bypassing the pick-and-roll and then chasing back. At the same time, Nowitzki is also following Wall. If he does not delay the breakthrough of the No. 1 pick, the Mavericks will have no chance to make up the defense at his speed.

At this moment, Wall, who was advancing with the ball, suddenly patted the basketball on my crotch. The orange basketball passed through Wall's crotch and hit the ground back to Lewis, who was standing outside the three-point line.

"A wonderful story! Wall has eyes behind his back!"

Fans at the American Airlines Center Arena saw this scene and even felt a little familiar. Isn't this the offensive method used by Yiyang and Nowitzki after the pick-and-roll breakthrough? But now, Wall and Lewis have reproduced the past.

Although Yiyang tried his best to rush forward, Lewis's shot point was so high that Yiyang could not complete effective interference at all. "Mr. Billion" made a solid three-pointer from the open space. As soon as Wall came up, he used a wonderful pass to guide the Wizards to get a three-pointer!

"Obviously, when Wall has the ball, the Wizards' offensive efficiency is much higher than that of Nick Young. Maybe Young should change his style of play, otherwise we can't say whether the Wizards will choose for Wall's growth. Trade Yang." Barkley gave Wall an approving look, and at the same time, Yiyang had already caught the baseline ball and started counterattacking. How would you respond? kid.

Yiyang's advancing speed is very slow, he almost crossed the midfield line. Carlisle stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, and Sanders stood on the sidelines, but unlike Carlisle, he had his hands in his pockets. It seems that both coaches seem to have a plan in mind.

As soon as Yiyang's toes stepped on the three-point line, he immediately gave the ball out. People thought that he and Wall would have a wonderful singles duel, but after Ke Yiyang made a quick ball, the fans were disappointed again.

Stevenson stood outside the three-point line with the ball, waiting for his teammates to move. Outside of Chandler and Stevenson with the ball, no Mavericks player is standing still right now.

Just when people thought that Stevens would finally pass the ball to Yiyang, who was out of the baseline, the perimeter defender lobbed the ball high and passed it into Nowitzki's hands.

As soon as Nowitzki received the ball on the edge of the three-second zone, the Wizards' double-team came up! Saunders knew that whether it was Yi Jianlian or Lewis, there was no one in the Wizards who could bring pressure to Nowitzki. Double-teaming became the coach's only choice.

Nowitzki just turned around to shoot, but found that Blatche also raised his arms and forced him up. Suddenly, the Germans fell into siege. He twisted his body with the ball and tried not to let the opponent touch the basketball, but in this situation, the big player is still prone to turnovers.

At the critical moment, Nowitzki glanced at Stojakovic who was raising his hand for the ball. The German hastily played the ball and passed the ball a little high. But for Peja, who has excellent height and arm length in the third position, this ball is just right.

Peja, who received the basketball at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, immediately pushed the ball straight into the penalty area without waiting for the Wizards players to react!

The camera followed the fast movement of the basketball dragging afterimages, and a "yellow lightning" rushed up from the bottom corner to meet the orange "shooting star".

Yiyang, who cut in from the bottom corner, received this well-timed pass, and under the astonished eyes of everyone, he easily made a layup!

"Hoho! Peja's pass is as accurate as a scalpel! This through ball from the top of the three-point arc pierced through the weak defense of the Wizards!" Jae Yiyang made a successful hit Afterwards, Kenny Smith yelled excitedly, that guy Peja is completely a high point commander!

"Don't forget, the Croatian was also a product of the Princeton system. In addition to his precise three-pointers, this guy is also very good at passing the ball. With him on the court, the Mavericks' offense will be full of more possibilities!" Barkley Shaking his head, Peja may be a veteran who is useless in other teams. But in the Mavericks, this guy will shine again!

"Good run, kid. The next time you face an empty basket, just dunk it." Peja, who declared himself airborne in Dallas with a stunning assist, extended his hand to high-five Yiyang again when he retreated. Showing the ability to read the game did not disappoint the Croatians!

Although the Mavericks are only leading by 4 points now, the momentum is completely different.

In the next round, Wall and Lewis repeated their tricks. But Dirk was not fooled again, and made it up to "Mr. Billion" in time.

Lewis had no choice but to hand the ball to Nick Young. Nick Yang hadn't touched the ball for a long time, and if he got the ball again, how could this "baby" return to someone else's hands.

Nick Young started the singles mode in front of Stevenson, but how could Stevenson, who is known for his defense, be succeeded by Nick Young, a guy who is not very good at physical confrontation?

With 24 seconds of attack time running out, Nick Young suddenly stepped back and shot a jumper after breaking through. But the experienced Stevenson didn't give the Wizards' "ball bully" a chance. He jumped up and blocked in time, allowing Nick Young's shot to end with the sound of iron hitting.

"Boxing King" Tyson just jumped up and was about to grab the board, but found a force coming from behind. The old slippery man didn't hesitate, and flung himself forward exaggeratedly. The referee immediately blew his whistle, indicating that Blatche made a rebound foul.

Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, Sanders directly replaced Brac, who made frequent mistakes on the defensive end, and replaced him with "jumping man" McGee.

Although McGee is not as good as Brac on the offensive end, he has almost no ability to attack independently. But at least this guy is more reliable than Brac in protecting the frame and rebounding.

In the next round, the rhythm of the attack led by Yiyang was still unhurried. He first hit the ball to Nowitzki, but the Wizards' double-teaming remained firm.

Helpless, the German had no choice but to hit the ball again and give it to Yiyang, allowing the All-Star rookie to reorganize the attack.

Yiyang looked at the timer on the backboard, there was still more time, so don't worry. Yiyang raised his hand, and Nowitzki hurriedly moved to a higher position. Both Lewis and Wall became nervous. Yiyang was going to play a pick-and-roll with the German. This is the most difficult way for the Mavericks to defend their offense!

Nowitzki's feet just stood still! Yiyang suddenly broke through! I have to admit that Wall's defense is really good, maybe even better than Yiyang! He pressed his strong body against Yiyang, making it impossible for Yiyang to get up to speed at all.

Meanwhile, McGee has rushed back to the basket to wait. When the two sides played against each other in the summer league, Yiyang had already tried how hot the hot pot of McGee, the "jumping man", was. Even now, Yiyang still has some fears in his heart.

At the same time, Lewis has raised his long arm in front of Nowitzki, blocking Yiyang's return route.

Yiyang directly took three steps to take off, and Wall and McGee also jumped up one after the other. It seems that Yiyang has been cornered.

Just when McGee's palm was about to pat the basketball, Yiyang suddenly pulled the ball down and pushed the basketball out of the gap between McGee and Wall's bodies in the air.

The basketball got out from the crowd, but the target was not Nowitzki, but Peja who just got rid of Trevor Booker by running without the ball!

Peja catches the ball and shoots, and Wizards small forward Booker is also very active in supplementary defense. But the Croatian's extremely fast shot speed completed the shot before the opponent interfered. At this time, a name suddenly appeared in Yiyang's mind - Stephen Curry.

The reason why Curry's three-point shooting is difficult to interfere is because his shot speed is fast enough. And Peja's three-point shooting is very similar to Curry!

Peja didn't waste the wonderful pass that Yiyang sent for him. This three-pointer went straight into the net, and there was a "white wave".

Sanders suddenly found that replacing McGee to strengthen the Wizards' ability to protect the penalty area did not seem to have much effect. Because today's Mavericks can really kill you by shooting! And the yellow-skinned guy wearing the No. 1 jersey can just send the ball to every shooter's arms!

The appearance of Peja has made the Mavericks' tactics appear more possibilities. And this undoubtedly made the Wizards whose defense was already fragmented even more helpless to fight back.

Although Wall is still working hard, it seems difficult for the Wizards to compete with the Mavericks just relying on the No. 1 pick alone.

At the end of the half, the Mavericks had kept the point difference at 8 points. 47 to 55, if it weren't for Wall, the point difference would definitely be in double digits.

Although the two teams have gradually widened the gap, the performances of Yiyang and Wall are almost even.

After 24 minutes of fighting, the Wizards have fallen far behind, but it is by no means the end. The taciturn Yiyang knew it in his heart, and Wall, who stood frowning on the sidelines and was being interviewed by reporters, knew it too.

As long as the two of them don't compete, the suspense will not be lost in this match.

The gathering among "old friends" is not over yet.

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