The Basketball Court Swordsman

Chapter 569: : The Missed All-Star

Oladipo played with anger.

Oladipo has been brooding about not being selected to the All-Star bench.

During the regular season, people said he had been reborn under Henson, people said he was the most threatening substitute in the league, and people said he was the hottest candidate for the best sixth man this year.

However, after the All-Star Game really started, Oladipo discovered that the experts who had praised him hadn't considered himself at all.

According to NBA rules, the All-Star Game bench lineup is decided by the head coaches of 30 teams from among the players who lose the start. Moreover, the coach of the team cannot vote for the players of the team.

In other words, even if Oladipo averaged 17.2 points per game with the Pacers this season, the head coaches of the teams still did not pay attention to this depressed young man last season.

So after receiving Henson's encouragement, Oladipo made up his mind. From now on, he will let his opponents remember him!

After the game restarted, the Pacers first attacked. Henson removed all the main players in accordance with the previous rotation strategy. It seems that he did not increase the time of the starting players because of the anxiety of the game.

Brogdon steadily took the ball through the half court. He was not afraid of Irving. After all, Irving's defensive threat and offensive threat were not proportional at all.

While James was still trying his best to guard Bogdanovic, who was gaining momentum recently, Brogdon passed the ball. The object of the pass was not Bojan, but Oladipo.

Oladipo held the ball outside the arc, Korver opened his arms to defend. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Oladipo is holding the ball just for transition, but Korver has found something wrong in Oladipo's eyes.

I saw Oladipo made a three-threat action and didn't even need a cover, so he turned around and broke through!

Oladipo's explosive power is so strong that Korver is hard to match. As a white shooter, athletic ability has not been Korver's strong point.

With experience, Korver was delayed to Oladipo's first turn. But after turning around, Oladipo immediately took another and changed hands from behind.

"Two consecutive changes!" Mike Brin was attracted by Oladipo's beautiful movements, he was not a transition point at all. Oladipo came up today to "kill" Korver.

Sure enough, Oladipo's second change made him completely throw away Korver and speed up to the basket.

Derek Williams, who replaced Love at No. 5 in the 2011 ranking, was just about to make up his defense when he saw a dark figure jump into the penalty area. In the next second, Oladipo was already on the basket.

"Blast dunk! Victor Oladipo's breakthrough is very decisive. He played Korver with two beautiful consecutive changes. There is no doubt that he has booked one of today's top ten seats! I don't know Austria. Will the appearance of Radipo upset the balance of the game."

In the silent Quicken Loans Arena, Mike Brin's voice was very clear. Korver sighed, but quickly regained his confidence.

Just a ball, he still firmly believes that tonight will be another night of his career.

But soon, Korver discovered that he was wrong, and that he was wrong.

Korver is an off-ball shooter. In most cases, he doesn't hold the ball. Once he gets the ball, it means he is going to fire.

Today, even if Korver does not take the ball, Oladipo did not let him go. His mind keeps circulating with Henson's words: "First start with defense!"

As a result, Korver tried his best today, but couldn't even flash a chance to catch the ball, let alone shoot.

In the end, it was James who broke through Frye to make a layup, which allowed the Cavaliers to consolidate their 3-point advantage.

Although the defense failed in the end, Henson still sees what Oladipo did.

Korver, today is destined to be suppressed.

Subsequently, Korver increased his defensive strength against Oladipo. The look in this guy's eyes before the game was not accidental, Oladipo was a little bit wrong today.

Korver brutally prevented Oladipo from cutting inside, and his physical confrontation did not allow Oladipo to cut half a step.

Seeing how difficult it is to cut into the basket and James is staring at him at any time, Oladipo suddenly decided not to hit the basket.

After receiving Brogdon's basketball, Oladipo made a three-pointer against Korver who had let him go two steps away!

Oladipo has always been an "impact" defender in people's impressions. In college, Oladipo had the nickname "Little Wade". During the magic period, people also said that he was very similar to Westbrook.

This is how the outside world commented on Oladipo. In fact, he is telling everyone one thing from one side-this guy does not shoot three points.

Oladipo’s previous projection was indeed not stable enough. During the Magic, he averaged less than three three-pointers per game and shot less than 34%.

But this season, in Henson's system and tactics, Oladipo's three-point shots increased to 5.6, and his shooting percentage was as high as 36.4%.

36.4%, which is undoubtedly a three-pointer above the passing line. Oladipo has now become able to shoot three pointers, but many people have not realized it.

Korver didn't expect Oladipo to make a long shot suddenly, so he didn't react to Oladipo's shot.

Before Korver turned his head, there was a "brush" sound behind him.

The white shooter covered his head with his hands in annoyance, and was continuously scored by his own match-ups, which is not acceptable to everyone.

"Kyle, concentrate!" James yelled, and he clearly noticed that Korver's mood was a little wrong.

Korver smiled apologetically at James. He swears that he will let the young man who only knows no-brained rush to learn a lesson!

At this time, James was very tired. Ten minutes have been played in the first quarter, and Tyronn Lu is also about to replace James.

Now the game is just in the first quarter, so James does not plan to use up all his energy. So this time, James personally held the ball for halftime. His goal is not to score, but to organize an offense.

Korver started his performance on the offensive end. The guy flicked Oladipo a few distances with a reverse run, and then approached the receiving point with the off-ball screen.

James used his peripheral vision to see Korver's running, and when his teammates were in place, he sent the ball over!

Korver happily received the basketball and raised his hand to shoot! But he did not expect that Oladipo had already rushed to his eyes!

Oladipo's defensive ability is already outstanding, not to mention his anger is now added to the motivation.

Sometimes, anger can obscure a player's eyes. But under Henson, anger will only turn into motivation.

Korver raises the basketball and makes a shot, ready to break or foul Oladipo when he tricks Oladipo.

However, Oladipo did not eat his set at all. Instead of shaking Oladipo, Korver was also intercepted by Oladipo because he didn't protect the ball in time!

"Damn it!" Korver knew that he couldn't make any more mistakes. After a mistake, the opponent scores, which is very much behind the evaluation of teammates.

But he just turned around and wanted to foul early, only to find that he didn't even have a chance to foul. Oladipo ran through the half-court as soon as he slipped, and Korver couldn't match it.

A gust of wind blew by Korver, LeBron James began to speed up the defense! Now in this lineup on the Cavaliers field, only James' athletic ability can compete with Oladipo.

Soon, James chased Oladipo behind. While Oladipo took off, James also leaped high! Nail board big hat, this has always been a repertoire of James!

Just when James was about to block the basketball, Oladipo made a hand change in the air, just like the eyes on the back of his head.

James' eyes widened, and he fumbled. After changing hands, Oladipo lightly tossed the basketball into the net. At the same time, James, who was gliding in the air, hit Oladipo severely. His kind of body is not something you can take away if you want.

So Oladipo fell severely under the basketball hoop. The referee's whistle sounded, Oladipo scored a valid goal and a penalty!

The scene was exclaimed because Oladipo had just fallen heavily. But in the eyes of people's astonishment, Oladipo got up immediately, as if he had a body of steel and iron!

Oladipo was very excited, after scoring, he pointed to the floor and shouted. No one could hear what Oladipo was yelling, but based on his mouth, Henson guessed what Oladipo was yelling.

"All-star! All-star!" the young guard roared.

Yes, changing hands in the air after steals also caused extra penalties. Oladipo's performance is absolutely All-Star level.

James shook his head helplessly, then looked at Korver. His face is full of unhappiness.

Korver felt quite sorry, but there was no excuse. In a few minutes of playing, Korver scored a few points, and Oladipo scored 7 points.

No, if you make a penalty this time, you will get 8 points in a row!

Henson looked at Korver's expression, it was obvious that his confidence had been hit.

A shooter with an unstable mentality, but there is no way to hit 8 of 9 shots!

As long as Korver is no longer miraculous, Henson believes. It is not difficult at all to defeat the defending champion.

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