One Guard

After the game, the messy locker room has nothing to do with the luxury fans imagined. There are jerseys, basketball shoes, socks and all kinds of things scattered all over the place, which will definitely make everyone hate such a place.

But this locker room doesn't have any "views" at all, and the women's basketball players who just came out of the shower look much better than the shirtless men.

Valentina Vignelli was wrapped in a bathrobe and was taking casual clothes out of her locker. Tonight, Lazio once again defeated their opponents at home, and Valentina also scored 13 points and 7 assists. Naturally, you can't compare the data of the Italian Women's Basketball League with the NBA. 13 points and 7 assists are indeed very beautiful data in the women's league.

After winning tonight, the women's basketball players have not had a game to play for the next four consecutive days. Therefore, Valentina's teammates also began to invite everywhere. I want to take advantage of these few days to relax and relax.

"Hey, Vig, after training tomorrow afternoon, let's go shopping. In the evening, we can also go to the French restaurant by the river for dinner. I really love the foie gras there." A teammate of Vignelli came up , sent an invitation to the main force of the team.

"I'm going to bed early tomorrow night, you guys go." The playful Vignali unexpectedly refused.

"Sleep? Then what are you doing in the middle of the night, are you dating a man?" The teammate joked.

"I go to bed early at night and wake up early in the morning to watch the live broadcast of NBA games. Tomorrow, there is an important game that must not be missed!" In Italy, NBA live broadcasts usually start in the early morning. Because Italy is 6 hours faster than the United States, the prime time on the American side is already early in the morning on the Italian side.

"Oh, so it's really a date! If I'm not wrong, it must be the Mavericks game." Vignali's teammate raised her eyebrows at her.

"That's right, the Mavericks game." Vignali said, taking off the towel wrapped around her body. Her model-like figure made all teammates cast envious eyes. The girl hummed a little song happily, with a faint smile on her face.

See you tomorrow morning...

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"How are you preparing for the game?" At 7:30 pm on November 15th, US time, in the American Airlines Center Arena, the Dallas Mavericks home locker room. Yiyang was talking on the phone with his mentor, young coach Brad Stevens.

"Everything is OK, the game will start soon." Yiyang's calm tone calmed Stevens down a lot.

"Listen, you must not play prestige in front of Paul. This guy's steals are excellent. As long as you are a little careless, the basketball will be out of control!" Stevens held the phone, as if he had returned to a year ago.

"I know the boss. Coach Carlisle explained everything yesterday. Don't worry, I won't let him succeed easily." At this time, the door of the locker room was pushed open. Seeing that Yiyang was on the phone, the stadium staff made a few hand gestures.

"Okay boss, let's not talk about it, the player introduction ceremony will start soon. Hey, how is Gordon's situation?" Yiyang remembered that for Hayward, today's game against "Elvis" Gerrard . Wallace game is also very important.

"Everything is going well with Gordon, the Jazz have taken the lead, and that kid is playing pretty well. Now, it's up to you."

"I will do my best." After Yiyang finished speaking, he hung up the phone and walked quickly to the exit of the player tunnel.

Outside the player tunnel, the lights of the entire court have been dimmed. Under the yelling of the DJ and the cheers of the fans, the starting five of the Mavericks stepped onto the court one by one to pay tribute to the fans. The player introduction ceremony, which was specially organized for the national live broadcast, can be said to have mobilized the atmosphere of the scene very well.

The camera scanned the faces of the starting five tigers of the Mavericks one by one, but in the end, it was fixed on the head of Yiyang who was wearing a training uniform.

The ESPN director immediately typed a line of words at the bottom of the screen, "Dallas' key to victory: Yiyang".

This young guard who did not enter the starting lineup is an important weapon for the Mavericks to stop the Hornets' winning streak today!

After the player introduction ceremony, the players from both sides stood up. Yiyang looked at the No. 3 guard who was wearing the Hornets away blue jersey on the field. This guy is currently the shortest person on the field. But after the game starts, he is bound to become the most terrifying existence in the audience!

At the beginning of the game, both sides played very steadily. In order to curb the powerful offense of the Hornets, Carlisle deliberately pushed Deshaun Williams into the starting line-up today, and let Jose Barea sit on the bench.

The effect of Carlisle's change is very obvious, although Stevens is not a perimeter defensive gate. But with his restraint, the Hornets' crazy high shooting rate in the past has been curbed.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, the two sides' play can be said to be unspectacular. This is definitely a huge blow to Vignali who got up to watch the game in the early morning.

The girl yawned in boredom, her eyelids seemed to be about to collapse. At this moment, the passionate Italian commentary lit up Vignelli's eyes.

"The two sides played very anxiously. Coach Monty Williams and Rick Carlisle seemed to intend to use substitutions to change the situation on the field! The Hornets replaced our Italian defender Marco Belinelli , replaced by Croatian Peja Stojavic." At this point in the game, many Italian fans sighed. Their Belinelli's performance today was very average, and now he was replaced by Peja after only five minutes in the first quarter.

But Vignali was extremely excited. If the Hornets make a substitution, then the Mavericks...

"The Mavericks replaced Kidd and Stevens with Yi and Terry. It seems that both sides plan to work harder on the offensive end!" Just as the Italian commentator fell, the electronic bee after the timeout ended The chime sounded.

Seeing the Chinese man wearing the No. 1 Dallas jersey stepping onto the court, Vignali's sleepiness was instantly swept away. Yiyang always surprises people on the court. Vignali stared at her big eyes. For her, the competition finally officially started!

Yiyang took the ball from the baseline and pushed forward slowly while directing his teammates to move with gestures. Paul didn't become impatient because Yiyang was a rookie. He lowered his center of gravity and opened his arms, as if he was waiting for this young boy to throw himself into the trap.

Nowitzki originally had a better position inside, but due to Paul's defense, Yiyang missed the best opportunity to pass the ball. The helpless Nowitzki had no choice but to withdraw from the three-second zone and seek opportunities again.

Yiyang took a step back, and then continued to face the frame to control the ball. If he keeps leaning sideways like this, Yiyang doesn't know how many opportunities he will miss.

Generally speaking, most defenders are afraid of Yiyang's speed. When Yiyang takes a step back, they will not continue to press forward. If he pushes forward, it is equivalent to giving Yiyang a chance to overtake in a straight line.

But Paul did not follow the routine. When Yiyang took a step back and tried to get the space to dribble. Not only did Paul pounce on it, but he pounced very fiercely!

"Opportunity!" Seeing this situation, Yiyang kicked his calf, intending to break through at top speed!

However, in the next second, what greeted him was not the joy of successfully passing the matchup, but Chris Paul's tough block!

"It didn't work! I was stopped by Chris!" ESPN's ace commentator Mike Brin yelled passionately. Paul's predictive ability taught Yiyang, a rookie, a good lesson.

Just as Kidd said, Yiyang's speed-based breakthrough is not applicable to everyone.

After being blocked by Paul, Yiyang knew that he had to play the ball quickly. If he continues to control, he will occupy the ball for too long, thus delaying the team's offense.

Therefore, Yiyang gave the ball to Terry, and Terry in turn played the ball to Nowitzki. Faced with David West's post defense, Nowitz Fund chicken succeeded in stepping back and jumping independently.

Although the Mavericks scored successfully, Yiyang felt very uncomfortable. This round, he was completely watched to death by Paul!

Changing Yiyang's defense, he was equally focused. Paul's ability had already revealed the tip of the iceberg in the round just now.

The No. 3 point guard had a calm expression, and was not intimidated by Yiyang's height, which was a full ten centimeters taller than him.

Paul came to Yiyang, raised his left hand, and called for a pick-and-roll.

The "boxing champion" Tyson who used to play next to Paul knew what Paul wanted to do. Instead of going out next to Emeka Okafor, he stayed behind and was ready to defend at any time!

Okafor's pick-and-roll was in place, Paul didn't do anything extra, just slapped the ball to the left, and successfully broke through through the pick-and-roll!

Yiyang immediately got rid of the entanglement with Okafor, turned around and ran wildly. In the three-second zone, Tyson Chandler was already ready.

Under normal circumstances, in the face of Yiyang and Chandler's back and forth attacks, most players' offenses will be blocked. But Paul is by no means in the category of the majority.

Paul stepped into the three-second zone with one foot, resisting Yiyang's pressure from behind, the No. 3 defender took off with one foot.

Seeing that Paul really wanted to attack the frame by himself, Tyson Chandler jumped up high, intending to block his former teammate's shot.

However, Paul's soft throw just passed the "boxing champion" Tyson's fingertips. Immediately afterwards, the orange-red basketball fell into the net hollow!

"Paul easily defeated Yi and Tyson. This is the level of a top point guard!" Kenny Smith applauded, and on the field, Paul proudly raised his hands to celebrate the goal. The feeling of the basketball going over the big man and falling into the rim is what Paul enjoys the most.

One defense, one offense, Paul has explained to Yiyang what is meant by the real top through this performance of offense and defense.

Vignali, who was watching TV in the early morning, couldn't help clenching her fists, don't give up, Dallas One!