Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Chapter 51 Entering the Rotation

With only the last 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics took the lead in requesting substitutions and replaced all the main players.

"Hey, Rondo, Ray Allen and Pierce have all played more than 30 minutes. After the last quarter, the playing time cannot exceed 40?"

The Celtics fans on the sidelines looked at Pierce, who took the stage again after a short break at the beginning of the final quarter, and asked uneasily:

"Leather Team is 32 years old, can he handle it?"

His companion said with some disdain:

"Hey, what is our spirit? We are tough. Our opponents must be more difficult than us. Look, they still leave a substitute and a rookie on the court!"

It turned out that although Pacers head coach Vogel replaced West and Hibbert, the other three players Hill, Qitian and George were not replaced. Even Granger sat on the bench with a smile on his face.

Resting at the table.

"We can definitely defeat them!"

Celtic fans looked at their opponent's lineup and were filled with confidence.

Assistant coach Brian Shaw saw that the head coach was not in a hurry to replace Granger, and his heart moved. He turned to look at the court and thought to himself:

Paul, Qi, the coach obviously wants to see your performance, but you must be careful!

Especially Seven, as long as you succeed, you can enter the rotation!

At this time, Rondo attacked with the ball from the outside and stopped at the top of the key.

Hill already knew that the man in front of him was weak in shooting, so he took a step away, took the time to observe the opponent's movement, and prepared to double-team.

"Isn't this looking down on Rondo too much?"

The Celtics fans on the sidelines were annoyed and shouted toward the court:

"Rajan, give him some color!"

Rondo waited expressionlessly for his teammates to move, and then handed the ball to Pierce in the high post.

George immediately fought without any physical effort. When his opponent turned around, he immediately followed up and jumped to interfere with Pierce's jump shot.

"clang!"

Pierce, who had already made 3 of 13 shots, hit the target again and the basketball jumped out of the frame.

Hibbert effortlessly picked off the rebound over the opponent's center and turned around and handed it to Qi Tian.

"Quick attack!"

Hill and George on the outside instinctively ran out first and headed for the opponent's basket.

Rondo showed a strong basketball intelligence and judged that his opponent wanted a fast break. He quickly rushed out from the other side and reached out to steal the opponent's dribble.

He has long seen that the opponent's striker only appears as a space point and defensive player. He is also a rookie. He will inevitably panic when encountering high-intensity defense. When the time comes, it will be his chance to counterattack the opponent!

When Qi Tian got the ball, he instinctively wanted to pass it to Hill, but Hill ran too fast and the distance between him and him was getting farther and farther. Qi Tian could only dribble to break through.

"Watch out for steals!"

Hibbert was running slowly, and when he saw Rondo running towards Qitian, he immediately issued a warning.

Qi Tian was startled and saw the figure flashing towards him. He instinctively hid the bouncing basketball in his hand behind his back, dribbled the ball behind his back, and decisively avoided Rondo's steal!

"What?!"

Rondo originally thought that running over to steal the ball would inevitably interrupt his opponent's dribbling rhythm. He was careless and did not expect that his opponent would have this trick. He was about to turn around and chase after him, but Qi Tian had already mentioned it after dribbling.

With such speed, he ran through half the field and handed it over to Hill in the high position.

Hill caught the ball and turned around, making a gesture, and George quickly rushed towards the basket.

"no!"

Ray Allen quickly caught up with the defense, saw Hill passing the ball, and immediately turned to face George.

Facing Ray Allen's defense, George did not press forward, but once again threw the basketball in his hand.

"It's a return message!"

Ray Allen instinctively turned his head to look at George Hill, but only saw his pace slowing down and turning his head to look to his right.

"left?"

Ray Allen was confused and turned his head to the left blankly.

Qi Tian broke through from the right, received George's pass, jumped up and dunked easily.

"71-60."

The score difference reached 11 points, and Rivers could only call a timeout.

"oh!!"

The Pacers fans off the court cheered as Qi Tian and others walked down, but they saw Granger standing up and preparing to appear.

"Replacement?"

Their questions were answered, the timeout ended, Granger finally returned to the court, and he replaced Qi Tian.

"Is there any mistake? Qi played well, didn't he? Why did he substitute?"

"Do you think Danny shouldn't appear?"

This sentence was very lethal and immediately left some angry fans speechless.

"But he's playing pretty well, right?"

There were still people who wanted to avenge Qi Tian, ​​and someone next to them immediately replied:

"He played very well and was a substitute. Now that the opponents have replaced their main players, should the Pacers' substitutes be allowed to play with the opponents until the end of the game?"

Assistant coach Brian Xiao patted Qi Tian on the shoulder who had just sat down and said:

"You performed well today."

"It's not too good either."

Qitian took a sip of the energy drink and replied.

The assistant coach turned to look at the coach who was focused on the field, and whispered to Qi Tian:

"You are about to enter the rotation, isn't that great?"

"Really?"

Qi Tian was overjoyed.

He originally felt that he performed well, but was replaced by the head coach. Although Qi Tian did not complain because he was replaced by Granger, he was still a little frustrated.

Brian Shaw's voice went even lower:

"It's only the beginning of the season. Just make sure you have the strength to rotate. There will be plenty of time for you to perform in the regular season!"

"Besides, your position is small forward, do you really want to push George down?"

Qi Tian also knew that this was unrealistic and said:

"I think it's good to be a backup shooting guard."

In fact, players who are unwilling to play specific positions due to height restrictions are not uncommon in the NBA, but they are not uncommon. Such cases are more common among forwards and even post players who are over 2 meters tall.

The more famous people are Bosh, Durant, and the Celtics just opposite, Kevin Garnett.

It is said that Garnett's height is much higher than his reported height of 211 centimeters, but no matter how tall he is, he can only play center. But Garnett didn't want to play, so he was reported lower.

Brian Shaw grinned and said:

"To play a guard, your shooting ability must be reliable. You can't say that you are like Jordan, Kobe Miller, or even Allen on the opposite side. The worst shooting percentage is bad, but you have to be like Artest, right?"

Artest is the starting forward of the current Lakers team. In addition to defense and iron elbow, his shooting is also at an elite level. His field goal percentage can reach 40% and his three-point shooting percentage can also reach an elite level of 35%.

In addition, one season, his three-point shooting percentage was close to 40%.

Brian Shaw speaks without intention, but listens with intention.

Yes, shooting ability is the main means that allows him to enter the rotation stably and even adapt to the future development of basketball.

In the future, I need to strengthen my outside shooting training, especially three-pointers.

Qi Tian secretly made up his mind.

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