One Guard - Chapter 238
Chapter 234 : Old guys
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“Peja Stojakovic, this guy’s defense made the Trail Blazers return without success! Gerald Wallace is still a little confused, he might not have thought that he would be covered by Peja. Trail Blazers Wanting to open the score, Peja poured cold water on McMillan and his players! Now, the Mavericks will have a chance to go ahead!”
At the age of thirty-four, he hit a three-pointer to equalize the score on the stage of a key playoff game and broke the opponent’s attempt to regain the advantage with a block. The playoffs are a perfect stage where good actors will become famous, and bad actors will be ruthlessly eliminated. There is no doubt that Peja, the 34-year-old veteran, does not want to be eliminated!
After Peja finished blocking, he immediately handed the ball to Yiyang. An opportunity to counterattack is in front of Yiyang, and he certainly won’t waste it.
This time, Yiyang didn’t suppress the rhythm, but attacked at full speed. When Yiyang started racing on the hardwood floor of the American Airlines Center Arena, a whirlwind seemed to blow across the entire arena.
No player in the Trail Blazers can match the speed of Yiyang, although Gerald Wallace is trying his best to catch up, although the old Miller is also running desperately. However, Yiyang was the first one to break into the restricted area, soar into the air, and unceremoniously reversed the score with a tomahawk smash.
At that moment, the entire “blue ocean” in the stands was tumbling. From Peja’s blocking to Yiyang’s dunk, everything that just happened is really very ornamental. And most importantly, the Mavericks finally reversed the score after being suppressed for six minutes!
McMillan did not hesitate and immediately called the game to stop. He needs to stop the Mavericks’ momentum by interrupting the game. This guy doesn’t want to wait for the team to fall behind too much before making adjustments.
“Jason, you play! Also, you play the second position! We continue to look for opportunities outside the three-point line, waiting for the Trail Blazers to spread defensively! Just now you did a good job, Peja, I look forward to you next Show a better performance!” While McMillan called a timeout, Carlisle also began to implement his own rotation policy.
With Kidd and Yiyang’s double point guard combination for the team, Carlisle believes that this is definitely enough to make McMillan clearly realize that his loss is not because of bad luck!
After the timeout, both sides made adjustments to the lineup. The Trail Blazers replaced Wallace with Batum, and the Mavericks replaced Stevenson with Kidd.
“The Mavericks have put up a double point guard formation, they want to strengthen their offense!” Kenny Smith saw Carlisle’s purpose at a glance. It seems that Carlisle and McMillan really don’t give each other a chance to breathe. Once they catch a gap, they will launch a fierce attack in an attempt to pull the score apart. The strategy of these two coaches is not to fight each other to the last moment, but to end the battle as quickly as possible! So, from the first minute, this game is destined to be very bloody.
Old Miller regained control of the ball. This time, the Blazers’ offense was not so impatient. Kidd wanted to steal Miller, but the veteran’s rich experience allowed him to avoid Kidd’s pressure many times.
Wesley Matthews confronted Yiyang, he suddenly accelerated with a reverse run, and opened half of his position with Yiyang. Afterwards, Marcus Camby tried to make an off-the-ball pick and roll for Matthews, but his pace seemed to be slower. If this continues, he can’t stop Yiyang.
In a hurry, Camby quietly moved a step when he had already done the pick-and-roll action. This step caused Yiyang to collide with Camby abruptly, and the huge impact force made Yiyang fall directly to the ground.
“Illegal cover!” Carlisle opened his arms and yelled into the arena, but the referee ignored it.
At the same time, Matthews, who had thrown away Yiyang, jumped directly, and Miller immediately took the ball and passed an air relay for Matthews.
When Chandler was transferred from the penalty area by Camby, Wesley Matthews caught the basketball with both hands firmly, buckled hard, and completed a wonderful aerial match with Miller.
A relay dunk in the air allowed the Trail Blazers to regain the score. Of course, it also gave McMillan a reassurance.
“A beautiful air relay stabilized the Blazers. Just now Marcus Camby was suspected of illegal cover. But the referee said it didn’t count, then the two points are valid!”
Carlisle held back his anger and screamed at Kidd, who was advancing with the ball. “Remember, hit three points, three points!”
The Blazers players thought they had stabilized the situation, but a more violent storm was approaching.
Kidd stopped his footsteps as soon as he took possession of the ball and waited for his teammates to run out of tactics. Yiyang immediately started, came out from the right bottom corner to the horn position, and received a pass from Kidd.
After receiving the ball, Yiyang did not stop, but continued to run along the three-point line.
When Yiyang ran to the top of the arc of the three-point line, Kidd also made a ball-free pick and roll for his rookie teammate.
“With the pick-and-roll cooperation on the back line, let us see what effect Yihe Kidd, the master and apprentice, will achieve!” Kidd is helping the Mavericks to train Yiyang, which is no secret. People want to see what kind of performances this old, one and two point guards can contribute in the playoffs.
After the pick-and-roll, Matthews was delayed, and Old Miller naturally quickly switched defenses to Yiyang. At the same time, Matthews did not stay in front of Kidd, but Chao Yiyang doubled over.
Yiyang is McMillan’s key defensive target, and Matthews’s approach is understandable.
Seeing the double-teaming, Yiyang spotted Peja who was standing outside the left three-point line and raised his hand to pass the ball.
People think Yiyang wants to throw the ball to Peja who feels right, even Peja himself thinks so. But Yiyang, who was going to pass the ball forward, suddenly threw the ball behind him, and the basketball quickly jumped into Kidd’s hands. At this time, there was no one in front of Kidd!
“A very confusing pass! Jason Kidd, he got an open shot!” Under the shout of Kenny Smith, Kidd made a decisive shot.
Everyone in the Trail Blazers can only look at this 38-year-old veteran and pierced their hearts with a three-pointer!
“Another three-pointer from the Mavericks came from Jason Kidd! The smooth rotation of the double point guards was fully utilized, and the cooperation with Kidd also tore the Blazers’ defense to pieces!”
A 34-year-old Peja, a 38-year-old Kidd. These two guys, both in their 70s, made the Trail Blazers passive again.
After an offense by the Trail Blazers, Aldridge used his tough back singles to turn over a jumper to renew the score for the team. But the Trail Blazers hadn’t gained momentum yet, they were suppressed again!
This time, Kidd’s sudden internal cut hit Old Miller by surprise. Yiyang’s precise pass like a scalpel cut through the Blazers’ defense and sent the ball to Kidd, who went straight to the basket.
Seeing someone hit the basket, all teams’ defensive formations will habitually shrink, and the Blazers are no exception.
But in the eyes of an organization master like Kidd, the basketball court is more than just the rim.
Kidd went inside, stared at the basket, and took off. But in the air, this guy flicked his wrist and passed the ball diagonally beyond the three-point line.
Kidd’s pass accurately found Peja, the “European cannon”, and the Frenchman Batum tried his best to pounce forward, but Peja’s high shot point and fast shot speed kept him undisturbed.
The three-pointer crossed the net again, bringing only a piece of “white waves”. The fans are crazy because they feel like they are back to the time when Peja was still playing for the Kings!
“Diffuse the defense and don’t give the Mavericks a chance to shoot three pointers!” McMillan was starting to get a little bit unable to sit still after three consecutive three-pointers. He decided to abandon the strategy of focusing on protecting the basket and build the defense beyond the three-point line. However, the black coach didn’t know that all of this was going according to Carlisle’s plan.
In the subsequent attack, the basketball was once again hit in the hands of Peja. Only this time, French striker Batum did not give Peja any space.
Defending a shooter is very simple, completely killing him and not giving him shooting space. No matter how accurate he is, there is nothing to do.
However, Peja is not a simple shooter. His cunning, cleverness, mobility, overall view, air cut, passing and adaptability are all easily overlooked.
Peja was not anxious after encountering a pressing defense, but raised the basketball high and twisted his waist left and right to avoid Batum’s steal.
Suddenly, the veteran Peja’s eyes beamed. He grabbed the ball with one hand, stretched his long arm to Batum’s waist, and hit the ground to send the ball out.
The basketball moves through the crowd, hits the wooden floor, and then rebounds. Yiyang just appeared, grabbed the ball steadily, and put the basketball firmly into the frame with a shooting action of horseback riding and archery.
“Peja’s pass! God! Who can tell me if the guy on the court is real Peja? Are you sure this guy is not from 2002?” Charles Barkley exaggerated yelling www . Before the start of this game, no one was optimistic about Peja’s performance. But now? The European has completed his all-around performance. It can be said that without him, there would be no lead of the Mavericks!
This goal made the Mavericks’ lead into 6 points. McMillan shook his head helplessly, and finally sealed the Mavericks outside the three-point line, but they frequently missed inside the three-point line.
Carlisle was proud, and the Mavericks’ performance today did not disappoint Carlisle. Yiyang is a magical guy, not because of his magical passing, but because that rookie can always make people around him glow…
Last time, it was Dirk who scored 18 points in the final quarter. Today, it is the low-key hero who is always ignored by people, Peja Stojakovic!
McMillan wants to take away a wish of victory from Dallas, I am afraid Yiyang will not let him come true…
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