Chapter 8: Five Minutes Crazy
"Well? We saw Ricard make some adjustments to the lineup on the court. This is...55 and five!? This is really a bold attempt. Ricard coach Yi brought all his players up in a tone. Wouldn't he worry about his players being exhausted in the second half? The remaining time of the game is not two minutes, but a full five minutes! But now maybe this is the only way to restore the decline. "Philips didn't stop talking when he was pausing.
"Remember, double-team, watch him die!" After the timeout, when the Wildcats players came on the court, Chris yelled below, reminding the players of the tactics he had just arranged.
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After the timeout, An Jie received the ball again in the inside line. The person who was defending him from behind was still Martins. He was specially replaced to defend An Jie.
When An Jie was about to chisel into the basket, he found that in addition to the center behind him, there were also more defensive players in front of him. The Wildcats actually used double-teams on himself!
"No one knows who this Asian big man was before the game, but now he has become the strongest attacking point of the Tornado team. See, Chris actually used the double-team tactic on this unknown guy. Now everyone present knows that the high center named Anjie is not easy to mess with!" The commentator continued to tease.
Anjie was not panicked in the face of double-teaming, and he calmly passed the ball to Anthony. Ben. After Anjie passed the ball out, the small forward who double-teamed the opponent immediately returned to the position, not giving Ben a chance to break through at all. Ben did not let the basketball stay in his hands for more, and he decisively passed the ball back to Taylor and asked him to reorganize the attack.
After taking the ball, Taylor raised his hand to signal his teammates to run the position quickly, while others accelerated the pace and degree of running as Ricard said. The tired Wildcats players felt a little overwhelmed, and the loopholes in the defense became bigger and bigger.
After playing an unball pick-and-roll cooperation, Cruze, the Cyclone's shooting guard, ran to the right of the three-point line forty-five degrees and got an open shot. Cruze's ball control and athletic ability are not good. The reason why he can win this shooting guard is because of his accurate shooting. Tony Cruze, a standard mobile turret.
Taylor was quick-witted and quickly. After seeing the open position, he sent the ball to Cruze in time. Facing the defender who was still three steps away, Cruze did not hesitate and made a decisive three-pointer. The basketball fell into the basket gracefully, and only white waves appeared.
A three-pointer hit! The Tornado instantly narrowed the gap to only five points left!
"It's another damn pick-and-roll!" Chris was furious when he watched below. The Tornados' pick-and-rolls were too frequent and clever. They had lost points more than once because of the opponent's success in pick-and-roll.
While the defensive loopholes are getting bigger and bigger, the offensive quality of the Wildcats without Beasley is also terrible. Either the shooting is out of the box, or they are blocked by Angel or Morris after breaking through. Until now, Beasleyyi is playing alone. Without him, the rest of the Wildcats have forgotten how to attack.
"Maya, Maya, Maya! Body confrontation, body confrontation!" Ricard shouted the secret codes that only the players of the Tornado team could understand. He was not afraid that the players would forget their arrangements, but wanted to use continuous shouting to stimulate the nerves of the players on the field and keep them in a highly nervous state at any time.
Starting from the baseline ball, the players of the Tornado team used the full-game press. They kept entangling with their opponents to squeeze out your already exhausted physical strength.
Angel and Martins even started a contest near the middle circle. They kept colliding with each other and pushing each other. Martins just wanted to run through the half, and Angel didn't let him feel relaxed.
"Damn it!" Martins, who was irritated by the harassment, was so angry that he pushed Anjie to the ground with force.
An Jie accepted the "gift" without hesitation. He fell backwards slightly exaggeratedly, then spread his hands and looked at the referee innocently.
"Occurrence foul, exchange ball rights!" This is the referee's final penalty.
"What!" Martins went up to argue with the referee, but what's the use? He was the first to push people first, although Anjie added some performance elements when he fell to the ground.
"If the opponent pushes you too hard during the inside hand-to-hand combat, you can find a way to amplify his push you appropriately. Anyway, he is indeed pushing you, you just add some materials to the basis of him pushing you. If you can create an offensive foul and get the ball for the team, then what's so shameful about this? If I want to say, this is also the defense part!" This is the "unique skill" taught to Anjie when Morris and Anjie were chatting with him. Unexpectedly, Anjie learned and used it so quickly.
"Haha, this kid doesn't show that he's still a little bad." In the audience, a middle-aged bearded man admired An Jie's performance just now.
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In the subsequent attack, An Jie was still double-teamed by the Wildcats in the inside. However, this is no longer meaningful, because except An Jie, the Tornado team can be said to be blooming more points now. Facing the Tornado team's fast running position like a whirlwind, the Wildcats' defensive players have begun to lose their hearts.
Mike Taylor dribbled past the match and made a jump shot.
Morris forced himself to take the inside line, easily pushed the overdrafted counterattack, and scored with a hook.
Cruze fired again from outside the three-point line, and the basketball turned three times on the ring and fell into the basket
Anthony Ben completed his wonderful dunk as he wished, and double-teamed An Jie in his own match. He couldn't let An Jie die in vain. The audience all dedicated the cheers to this defensive outside line who was silently dedicated.
Anjie easily completed a turn and shot before the opponent's small forward came. Martins behind Anjie had no choice but to jump to interfere with it symbolically. However, this still could not stop the Tornadoes team from hitting the fifth consecutive goal.
"Blow him!"
"Are you scared? Wildcats!"
"Martins! An will beat you so hard that you can't find Bei!"
The Tornado team made a yiyi-bi-o offense, which completely ignited the enthusiasm of the fans. The shouts were endless on the court, either cheering for the Tornado team or putting pressure on the Wildcats.
Now there are still half a minute before the end of the half game, and the score on the field has become 4o to 43, and the Tornado team scored three points.
"I want to play!" Beasley had been unable to hold on the bench.
"We have twenty minutes to play in the second half. I hope you can end the game with a strong physical strength!" Chris rejected Beasley's request for play.
"The overall nature of the Tornado team is too strong. The players on the court are always willing to share the ball with each other and cooperate very well. After all, there are no stars in this team. If they want to win, they have to rely on the joint efforts of the five people on the court. On the other hand, the Wildcats, without Beasley, are completely different. It seems that without Beasley, the remaining four players on the Wildcats don't know how to play." Philips praised his hometown team.
"But Paul, Coach Ricard's move is also very risky. He fought with others in the first half. Can his players still play in the second half?" Bill questioned Ricard's substitution for five and five and the pressing tactics he used early.
"Although Coach Ricard is young, he is a clear-minded and creative coach from the current situation. I don't think you have to worry about this problem at all. Coach Ricard must have made a plan in his mind. Maybe we will see something even more crazy in the second half."
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Martins kept waving to the ball in the inside. From the beginning, he said he would do a good job of this yellow-skinned boy, but he was the one who was humiliated so far.
The Wildcats' point guard also had no idea of organizing offense. In the previous game, his only task was to pass the ball to Beasley and then flash to Yi's side. Sometimes Beasley himself even dribbled the ball through the halftime, and even passed the ball to Beasley. Now, he saw someone asking for the ball, and passed it over without thinking. He was used to this rhythm of the game.
After Martins got the ball, he was impatient and wanted to score, but he had no superb skills. All he could do was push back hard. The frizzy Martins pushed back symbolically twice, then turned around and wanted to make a layup.
Angel did not miss the second "gift" that Martins gave him. He calmly observed Martins' movements to prevent himself from fouling. Then, when Martins thought he had pushed away the thinning Anger, he started to layup, Angel jumped gently and slapped the ball in Martins' hand out of the baseline.
It was really not difficult to cover the ball, and An Jie felt that he couldn't be excited. But Martins next to him was completely collapsed. He was concealed by this unheard of Chinese today without any chance.
If a player loses confidence in himself, how can he perform well?
With Taylor hitting another half-bass, the referee finally blew the whistle to the end of the half-game.
The Wildcats players all lowered their heads and walked towards the player channel. They were favored before the game but are now five points behind. In the last five minutes, they were beaten by their opponents. They felt very ashamed and did not dare to look up and fear being photographed by media reporters.
Chapter completed!