19. The Cleveland Cavaliers
In the morning, Yang woke up from his sleep. After feeding Barrett food, he took it out of the house.
Today is the start of the second preseason game. Since the 76ers did not play Young in the first game, his debut in Philadelphia was postponed to this game.
Today's opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers. Of course, they are the Cavaliers without Eastern Conference supremacy LeBron James.
home team locker room
There have been completely different changes from more than ten days ago, because some people came and some people left.
Among the few people who came, only former Bulls player E'Twaun Moore was exchanged for Kanaan. There were a lot of people who left. Kanaan left, Aldemir left, Pierre Jackson left, and J Tok
Tuo left,
The Philadelphia 76ers, who originally had 20 players, now have only 17.
Before the game officially started, Brett Brown, who had never shown his true qualities as a coach, began to lay out the strategy for this game.
"I won't make too many demands on you on the offensive end of this game. There is only one principle: think about whether you should end this offense. If it's your turn to end it, you can do it yourself. If you shouldn't end it, then go back.
Let Young be redistributed; I don’t ask for much on the offensive end, but on the defensive end I hope you can follow the basic strategy of giving priority to protecting the penalty area and defending at the three-point line, destroying the opponent’s easy scoring opportunities.”
"Then the starters for this game are point guard: Young, shooting guard: E'Twaun Moore, small forward: Robert Covington, power forward: Jerami Grant, center; Nerlens Noel"
As the starting lineup started, Young came to the court to warm up; he soon discovered that there were many Philadelphia fans wearing his No. 22 jersey on the sidelines.
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As the warm-up ended, look at the Cavaliers' starting lineup given on the big screen: g: Mo Williams, sg: Dellavedova, sf: James Jones, f, Richard Jefferson, c Sasha Kao
kindness
Young pulled Moore, Covington, and Noelle aside and whispered into their ears.
Faced with a jump ball duel with Sasha Cowan, Noel easily defeated the opponent.
After Covington got the ball, he immediately handed the ball to Young at the No. 1 position. After all, his skill package did not include holding the ball through half the court.
"Dlavedova is very aggressive defensively. It seems he wants to give the No. 1 pick a try." After halftime, Dellavedova began to harass Young's dribbling.
"It's so high, I don't believe I can't stop it." After being harassed several times, he decided to give his own steal data 1
"What?"
"Beep, the red No. 8 thug committed a foul." The referee's whistle sounded very promptly.
"7, your eye saw a foul on me. Could it be that you and that white face..." Dellavedova didn't know whether it was because he was hot-headed or because he didn't get a chance to take a nap, but he actually started talking trash to the female referee.
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"Beep, red No. 8 technical foul," the female referee, who felt very uncomfortable, unceremoniously threw out her first technical foul.
"Just wait, rookie, I will definitely let you pay for the first year's reimbursement to atone for Matthew's technical foul."
I was very angry when I remembered the remarks made by the old but undead thief a few seconds ago, about Yang serving a sideline ball on the sideline.
1,2,3,4
When the sideline referee was about to count to 5, Yang, who was looking for an opportunity, finally found the best opportunity, so he hurriedly threw it high to the basket.
"Bang"
As the dunk sounded, the audience and cameras on the sidelines were stunned.
Because Jerami Grant pressed his left hand on Richard Jefferson who was trying to intercept, and completed an alley-oop dunk with his right hand.
The cameraman who reacted immediately started working frantically
"Click"
"Click"
"Click"
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Although the first few minutes of the first quarter were full of tension between the two sides, neither team had an outburst and chose to play hard.
until
Time has come to the last two minutes of the second quarter,
At this time, the 76ers, who had the next wave of ball rights, led the Cavaliers' second team by 7 points, 61 to 54.
"Robert, cover." After the timeout, as Stauskas came on the court, the closing lineup of three shooters and one end shoe gave Young the ability to "call his name" at any time.
The First Knife, Richard Jefferson
Since the previous double attack did not solve the problem, Richard Jefferson, who had old arms and legs, was forced to switch to Young.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
The appetizer for Richard Jefferson was five consecutive crotch dribbles with super speed and long strides.
Encouragingly, Richard Jefferson did not have any adverse reactions to the appetizers.
The moment the ball returned to Young's right hand, he started at full speed and rushed towards Richard Jefferson's left hand.
Although he had old arms and legs, his reaction was still enough. He quickly adjusted his center of gravity and steps to intercept Yang's breakthrough.
But then he...
Before coming into contact with the old guy, Yang connected with a crossover with excellent speed and amplitude.
"Bang" The floor of Quicken Loans Center was hit by gravity for the first time this season.
Facing Jefferson who was already lying on the ground, Young directly withdrew from the three-point line.
"Shua"
Faced with a vacant seat, there is no reason not to advance.
Cavaliers attack round
Facing the high-speed rotation of the ultra-high-speed sweeper, the Cavaliers generals could not find a chance and received the fourth 24-second timeout violation of the game.
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"Moore, come up and cover."
Pushing Young to the Cavaliers' half, Moore brought Richard Jefferson, who was hiding next to him, to the top of the key again.
The second sword is still Richard Jefferson
"Old guy, it's you again. Surprise or not, surprise or not." When they met again, Yang started talking again, which he couldn't stop talking about during the game.
"Just come if you have anything. Anyway, you are a weak team and you will only value this kind of meaningless game."
Faced with an old guy who is not as good as himself but dares to talk back to him
Young was not polite. He shook his shoulders and started a cross dribble while the opponent was talking.
Within a few clicks, Jefferson's center of gravity went to some Java country; Young, who seized the opportunity, immediately activated his speed button.
Adhering to the concept of "if I don't let you "die", you will let me "die"
He immediately decided to add fuel to the fire and send this old guy to the "crematorium"
After a strong breakthrough to the right, a crossover was used that allowed Yang to score 100 points.
"Boom"
"Bang" The poor floor encountered a gravity attack in a short period of time, and it was the same piece just now.
Facing Jefferson who was already on the ground, Young broke into the three-point line and decisively threw a long-distance high throw before the help of defense arrived.
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Seeing that Jefferson was still not getting up, Cavaliers assistant coach Tyronn Lue quickly requested a timeout.
"It hurts, it hurts. I feel like I'm done. I'm afraid I can't continue with you." Faced with the team doctor who ran up to check, Richard Jefferson expressed his feelings with tears.
"No, no, you'll be fine." Before the MRI, the team doctor couldn't say anything and could only comfort him.
"Stretcher." He couldn't get up, so the team doctor had to call for a stretcher.
"Either the patellar ligament or the cruciate ligament is ruptured. I can feel it after playing basketball for so many years."
With Jefferson's dismissal, Young also received the treatment of a meritorious veteran again in the second half: rest.
Although he did not play in the second half, Young's 18-point advantage accumulated made the game lose its suspense.
In the end, the 76ers defeated the Cavaliers 127:108. Young, who played 17 minutes in this game, scored 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.
That night, at ten o'clock
One of the best reporters in the league: woj Two latest news appeared on Twitter:
After an MRI, Richard Jefferson was diagnosed with a ruptured patellar ligament and a partial tear of the cruciate ligament. He will undergo surgery in the near future.
Richard Jefferson decided after careful consideration:
Chapter completed!