One Guard
Chapter 80: The Magical Elbow
When the third quarter finally ended, almost everyone was complaining that the second half was not as good as the confrontation between the two sides in the first half. The fast-paced offensive game disappeared without a trace, and the Mavericks' defense completely killed Griffin and the Clippers' offense.
But for Vignali, who was sitting in the first row, the third quarter was the best quarter she thought.
The game between the two sides on offense and defense made this professional player who looks like a model watch with gusto. And Yiyang's several wonderful passes and divinely predicted steals made Vignali look at this guy in front of him with admiration.
When filming an advertisement at the street court yesterday, Vignali still felt that this dull and cold guy was a bit boring. But now, even in star-studded Los Angeles, Vignali has been completely attracted to the No. 1 guard.
During the break between festivals, the players on both sides can't be as leisurely as the audience. Clippers coach De Nagro arranged tactics nervously. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers trailed by nine points. If they can't play a wave of offensive climax in the fourth quarter and keep the result, then the team will swallow the three-game losing streak since the beginning of the season.
Although the Clippers have no performance requirements this year, De Nagro does not want to continue to lose with the No. 1 pick. Griffin himself, does not want such a thing to happen. He came to Los Angeles to lead the Clippers to win.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yiyang was put on the bench by Rick Carlisle, and a mixed lineup of starters and substitutes took the lead on the court.
The Clippers attacked fiercely as soon as they came up, expressing their determination to quickly equalize the score. After all, the problem for the Clippers now is not only the point difference, but also time.
But under the solid defense of the Mavericks and Kidd's smooth organization, the Clippers were unable to approach the score for a long time. The point difference has been hovering between 9 and 10 points, and it seems that the Clippers have no better way.
This situation lasted until five minutes before the end of the game. The Clippers had begun to put all their eggs in one basket regardless of the consequences. Their defense became more fierce, and even their offense was very aggressive.
Of course Rick Carlisle didn't want to make a substitution when the opponent launched a desperate fight. Others might be able to continue for the last five minutes. But Kidd...
Just thinking of this, first-year rookie Eric Bledsoe, who replaced Baron Davis, forcibly broke through Kidd and completed a layup. The point difference between the two teams was narrowed to seven points for the first time!
Seeing this situation, Carlisle immediately called a timeout. Carlisle first went to the "brothers" Yiyang and Terry. The intention was obvious. He needed to replace the entire backcourt!
Whether it was Barea or Kidd, they could no longer withstand such a fierce attack. Especially now, with the Clippers backcourt paired with two dynamic young men in Bledsoe and Eric Gordon.
"Also! After playing, you control the rhythm of the field! Slow down, slow down as much as possible for me! Also, be careful of that rookie Bledsoe who is at your level. He is not the old Davis. The guy's drive is very lethal!" Carlisle looked at the young No. 12 defender in the other half. His strong body and great athletic ability have allowed him to score six consecutive points on the tired Kidd.
Yiyang nodded seriously, but still didn't say anything. But Carlisle knew that Yiyang knew what he wanted to do.
The timeout expired and the final five minutes of play between the two sides began. The Mavericks replaced Yiyang and Terry, and the other four starters of the Clippers were still present, except that Davis was replaced by Bledsoe.
In the first attack after the opening, Yiyang controlled the ball and organized it. As soon as Yiyang crossed the halfway line, he saw Bledsoe pushing towards him with his arms outstretched. I have to admit that Bledsoe's strong body and more flexible mobility have indeed brought a lot of pressure on Yiyang.
Bledsoe defended very hard,
He was not just because he wanted to win for the team, but because he was still unconvinced that Yiyang was selected in the third place, but he fell to the eighteenth place!
As a star guard playing in Kentucky, Bledsoe has been living in the shadow of teammates Wall and Indiana's Yiyang. Bledsoe wants to prove now that he is no worse than Yiyang, or even Wall!
Looking at Bledsoe's terrifying muscles, Yiyang's scalp felt a little numb. But Yiyang is not the type to fight alone, no matter how hard Bledsoe defends, he can't hinder Yiyang's organization.
Yiyang hoisted the basketball directly to the inside lane, and Nowitzki had already determined his position near the three-second zone.
After receiving the basketball comfortably, the "German Chariot" turned over and shot, and Griffin, who was too impatient, jumped up to shoot. But unfortunately, Griffin's short hand made him unable to shoot the basketball, but hit Nowitzki's forearm. The most terrible thing is that the basketball is still refracted into the net after hitting the backboard.
"Three-pointer! Yi's passing is very accurate, and Dirk's shooting is even more accurate!"
Almost everyone's attention was on Dirk Nowitzki, who was shaking his fist, but Vignali remembered that, including the time just now, Yiyang had already scored 11 points and 8 assists. That Dallas No. 1 is infinitely close to his first double-double in his NBA career.
Nowitzki hit the free throw line, and even though the Clippers fans tried their best, Nowitzki's free throw was still not disturbed. With a steady free throw, Nowitzki scored a three-pointer, and the point difference between the two teams came to double digits in an instant.
Bledsoe wanted to repeat the same trick, using his strong body to crush Yiyang's breakthrough. Yiyang was indeed unable to withstand Bledsoe's impact, and physical confrontation was still one of Yiyang's shortcomings.
But Yiyang's slender arms also interfered with Bledsoe's dribbling rhythm. When the young No. 12 guard of the Clippers broke through halfway, Yiyang touched the basketball with his finger, and Bledsoe immediately slowed down and stopped the ball. Because if he didn't do that, the ball would have been stolen by Yiyang!
"This is a very embarrassing position to stop the ball!" Kenny Smith looked at Bledsoe who suddenly stopped halfway, and was worried for him. Sure enough, Nowitzki immediately double-teamed, and under the obstruction of Yiyang and the press and Nowitzki, Bledsoe passed the ball with difficulty. But unfortunately, the rookie guard passed the ball directly out of bounds, and no one could catch this ridiculously crooked pass.
Yiyang's defense is very successful, but Bledsoe is still not convinced. Yiyang, a cold guy, seemed to feel Bledsoe's heat, so in the next round of offense, Yiyang suddenly made a jump shot when he was halfway through the forced breakthrough!
Sure enough, Bledsoe, who only wanted to cover Yiyang, jumped up without reservation. Since Bledsoe wants to look good so much, Yiyang also sacrifices his life to accompany Junzi.
After Yiyang took off, he leaned directly towards Bledsoe, and Bledsoe slapped Yiyang on the face.
Naturally, this obvious foul did not escape the referee's eyes, and he immediately blew his whistle, indicating that the Clippers fouled No. 12!
"He did it on purpose! Damn it!" Bledsoe couldn't believe that he was being tricked, but what about Yiyang? He didn't cover his face exaggeratedly like other players, acting with the referee's whistle.
The guy didn't even change his expression, and walked to the free throw line in silence. Nowitzki assured that Bledsoe had indeed hit Yiyang solidly just now. That crisp sound is still echoing in Nowitzki's ears.
But Yiyang acted like a normal person, with an expression of indifference, this kid is really frighteningly cold sometimes.
Yiyang's performance at the free throw line has always been good. He spent countless nights honing this basic movement in college. Therefore, Yiyang made no mistakes, he made two free throws and continued to widen the gap!
"13 points and 8 assists!" Vignali silently remembered the data for that guy off the court.
"Get the ball running, run it!" Clippers coach De Nagro was obviously a little impatient, and he began to yell at Bledsoe in the field. How could a rookie start to look like Baron Davis.
Bledsoe really wanted to continue confronting Yiyang, but he had no choice. Under the order of the head coach, the rookie guard had to obey.
He put the ball into Gordon's hands, and Gordon tried to break through Terry, but Terry, the old ruffian, was not easy to mess with.
After several unsuccessful attempts, Gordon hit the ball into Griffin's hands again.
Griffin turned around with the ball, intending to break through the frame. But as soon as he turned around, he was greeted by Nowitz's big hand that was cut off quickly!
The experienced Nowitzki didn't let Griffin have a chance to break through. He slapped hard and took the basketball between Griffin's hands away!
After losing control of the basketball, Nowitzki hit the basketball into Yiyang's hands.
The Clippers quickly returned to defense, and everyone thought Yiyang was going to launch a quick counterattack! But Yiyang, who was under Carlisle's orders, did not forget that his coach asked him to slow down the pace as slowly as possible! What should be anxious now is the Los Angeles Clippers.
Yiyang's unhurried advance was so angry that De Nagro stomped off the court, watching the time go by, but his Clippers were powerless.
Yiyang was not in a hurry to play singles with Bledsoe, but reached out and called for a pick-and-roll. Immediately, Tyson Chandler responded to the master controller's call.
The strong Bledsoe is not afraid of this. The moment Yiyang and Chandler completed the pick-and-roll, Bledsoe squeezed out and landed in front of Yiyang in time.
Just when Bledsoe was secretly proud, Yiyang, who was looking at the basket, suddenly circled the ball behind his back and passed it.
Although it was a back pass, the basketball fell very accurately into the hands of Chandler who cut inside after the pick-and-roll.
Kaman, who came out of the defense, naturally couldn't keep up with Chandler's speed. This athletic center forward took two big steps, and with his long arms spread out, he dunked with one hand!
14 points difference, Yiyang 13 points and 9 assists!
"Good shot, rookie!" Chandler gave Yiyang a thumbs up after dunking, and Yiyang nodded slightly, still expressionless.
In the next round, the Clippers' offense came to an end with the sound of Kaman's shooting. Chandler, who grabbed the defensive rebound, did not give the ball to others, but gave the ball to Yiyang after the surrounding Clippers players dispersed.
After receiving the ball, Yiyang paused, as if he was planning to procrastinate. Just when everyone thought so, Yiyang suddenly started to accelerate! A yellow lightning flashed past Bledsoe, and Yiyang successfully broke through him!
"Defend! Defend!" De Nagro yelled heartbreakingly from the sidelines. Many Clippers players hadn't realized that Yiyang was already approaching extremely fast!
Yiyang was like a bullet that shot directly into the core of the Clippers. Once the final engine is hit, the Clippers will sink in the galaxy of Los Angeles.
Yiyang's speed is very fast, and his path to the basket seems to be open.
But the Clippers players didn't want to give up just like that, they immediately shrunk and surrounded Yiyang tightly.
While traveling at high speed, Yiyang suddenly circled the ball from right to left to the back, as if intending to pass the ball from behind to Terry, who was ambushing outside the left three-point line.
Gordon, who followed closely behind, waited for an opportunity to steal, but the audience in the stands saw the basketball suddenly fly to the right! Outside the three-point line in the right bottom corner, Dirk Nowitzki is unmarked!
The German raised the basketball high and Standard released it perfectly. After two laps on the rim, the basketball hit the net and hit a three-pointer. The Mavericks pulled the difference to 17 points! At this time, there is only 1 minute and 48 seconds left before the end of the game!
"It's impossible!" Kenny Smith stood up abruptly. He saw with his own eyes that Yiyang passed the ball from right to left. Why did the basketball fly in the opposite direction in the end?
At this time, the Clippers, who had been beaten all over their heads, called a timeout, and the big screen at the scene also showed a slow-motion replay of Yiyang's pass just now.
In the beginning, Yiyang passed from right to left, but when the basketball flew around Yiyang's back and was about to fly out of his control and ran towards Terry, Yiyang's right elbow jerked Hit the basketball. This time, the back pass completely changed its direction!
"Hand...elbow pass?" Kenny Smith was speechless after watching the replay. This kind of passing usually only appears on street courts. In the NBA arena, Kenny Smith has the impression that only the "White Chocolate" Jason Williams of the Kings did it!
At that time, White Chocolate's pass was only passed to the teammate who followed up with him, and the latter missed the shot.
But Yiyang's elbow pass went directly beyond the three-point line and helped Nowitzki almost kill the game!
Vignali sat in the first row and saw that unbelievable scene happening in front of her eyes. Gordon behind Yiyang even raised his hand to steal, but the basketball flew in the completely opposite direction!
13 points and 10 assists! Vignali did not expect that Yiyang's 10th assist would be so entertaining!
And Yiyang's elbow basketball also allowed the Mavericks to kill the game 1 minute and 48 seconds earlier!
Then, Rick Carlisle replaced Yiyang with Dominic Jones, another first-year rookie guard the Mavericks acquired this year. At this moment, Carlisle seemed to have lit his own victory cigar!
Blake Griffin and Bledsoe sat on the bench in frustration. These two rookies were both taken away by this year's No. 3 pick today.
Vignali decided to use her personal connections to enter the player tunnel, not to run into Kobe by chance. Instead, he hopes that later in the player tunnel, he can meet the No. 1 rookie who ignited the whole game again.
This piece of ice in Yiyang has become the cause of everyone's excitement today...
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