Chapter 597: Equalizing the Score
At the beginning of the third quarter, Xiao Yao was once again arranged by the coaching staff to play.
When the players from both sides came on the court, the audience found out that Xiao Yao, who had performed at halftime, did not know when he had changed back into his jersey and sneakers, and quietly returned to the bench of the Eastern Celebrities. Seeing Xiao Yao appear, the audience at the scene let out a loud cheer.
The Eastern Celebrity Team fell behind at halftime, and at the beginning of the second half, they also lined up a relatively strong lineup. Big man Ben Scour, fast Will Foster, Rita Mitchell, Xiao Yao and assistant coach Joey Bilsa had five players.
The Western Celebrities have a good lineup on their side as well. Among the former pros was Robert Foden, who played at the back, and the four amateurs were Quincy Beasley, Scott Carr, Bill Justin and Zhuo Zhiyuan.
The third quarter was still teed off by the Eastern Celebrities. Joey Bielsa stood outside the sideline and passed the ball to Xiao Yao and quickly ran to the opponent's half, or let Xiao Yao hold the ball to organize the attack.
After Xiao Yao received the ball, a player from the Western Celebrities team was close to the defense. The opponent who defended Xiao Yao was actually a former professional player, and it was Robert Foden, who played as a defender.
After bringing the ball to the top of the arc outside the three-point line in the opponent's half, Xiao Yao did not force the former professional player in front of him. Seeing that Ben Scour under the basket pressed Zhuo Zhiyuan behind him and occupied a more advantageous position, he passed a high lob ball and gave the basketball to Ben Scour, who was inside.
Ben Scour received the ball and leaned back hard with his upper body, then turned and shot directly under the basket. This time, Zhuo Zhiyuan's defense was very tough, he raised his left arm to protect his chest and resisted hard, raised his right hand and jumped up.
Zhuo Zhiyuan's move did not cover Ben Scuul, but it also interfered with him. Ben Scour's shot didn't even touch the rim and fell straight to the other side of the rim.
"Good shot! Zhuo Zhiyuan defended it well, successfully interfering with Ben Sculll's shot and defending the ball. Li Jun in the commentary table shouted.
"Maybe I don't want to see Xiao Yao play alone, I think Zhuo Zhiyuan came up in the second half, and he obviously played stronger than in the first half. Zhang Yuan commented.
Regardless of whether these two Chinese commentators know that Zhuo Zhiyuan does not have a big deal about his nationality, at least Zhuo Zhiyuan is Chinese and has developed in China, of course they hope that the two stars from China will have wonderful performances.
Scott Carr on the touchline quickly retracted to catch the falling basketball, then threw the basketball towards the opponent's half court with a flick of his arm.
Robert Foden, who was on the outside, immediately rushed towards the opponent's half, ready to catch the ball to complete the fast attack.
Robert Foden, who had run two steps, glanced back and was about to adjust his course to catch the ball, only to see a figure jumping in the air behind him, intercepting Scott Carr's fast-break pass.
"Xiao Yao cut off Scott Carr's fast-break pass!" shouted Li Jun from the commentary bench.
The interception of this long pass was none other than Xiao Yao, who was in the opposite position with Robert Foden and ran back with Robert Foden.
Xiao Yao got another steal. Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
The place where Xiao Yao broke the ball was already in his own half. After landing, Xiao Yao did not dribble again, but passed the ball directly to Joey Bielsa who was 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the left side.
Such a quick switch of possession also made the formations of both sides on the pitch scatter a little. As soon as Joey Bielsa received the ball, he raised his arms and made a gesture to shoot. Quincy Beasley, who was defending Joy Bilsa, was a little far away from Joy Bilsa, and had no choice but to raise her arms and jump towards Joy Bilsa.
When Joey Bilsa saw Quincy Beasley pounce, he immediately lowered his arm again. After shaking Quincy Beasley away completely, Joy Bilsa slapped the basketball to the floor and walked inside.
Zhuo Zhiyuan, who was on the inside, originally turned around and sprinted to meet his teammates' fast attack, but as soon as he ran a step, he found that his teammate's pass was cut off by Xiao Yao. At this point, he was no longer under the basket, and had rushed to the edge of the three-second zone. Seeing Joey Bilsa break through to the inside after shaking off Quincy Beasley, Zhuo Zhiyuan immediately made up for it. Scott Carr went close to defend Ben Scout under the basket.
Joey Bielsa saw Zhuo Zhiyuan blocking in front of him, and did not accelerate the breakthrough, but turned around and dribbled the ball on the spot with his back to Zhuo Zhiyuan.
When Zhuo Zhiyuan was thinking about whether Joey Bielsa was going to slash his back and play hard, he saw Joey Birsa who was dribbling the ball suddenly throwing the basketball to his left side.
After Xiao Yao finished passing the ball, he immediately ran to the opponent's half. When he reached the top of the arc, Joey Bilsa had already swayed past Quincy Beasley and slowed down a little, and when he saw Joey Bilsa stop facing Zhuo Zhiyuan, he immediately accelerated and rushed to the opponent's basket. As soon as Xiao Yao moved, Joey Bielsa passed the ball. The basketball that Joey Bilsa passed to his left side happened to fall into the hands of Xiao Yao, who cut to the opponent's basket from the front.
At this time, Quincy Beasley had just turned around and was about to pinch Joey Bielsa, and Robert Foden was still behind Xiao Yao, who was temporarily unguarded in front of Xiao Yao, and after receiving the ball, he started with the trend. However, this time, Xiao Yao did not jump up and dunk, but jumped up lightly, and sent the basketball into the basket steadily by going to the basket.
"Good shot!" On the way back to defense, Joey Bilsa smiled and stretched out his palm to Xiao Yao, "But I thought you would dunk again!"
"Slamming a dunk is very physically demanding!" Xiao Yao slapped his hands with Joey Bilsa and shook his head with a smile.
"You~" Joey Bilsa rolled her eyes helplessly.
Switching offense and defense, the Western Celebrities were dribbled by Robert Foden through the half. In the first half, Xiao Yao played point guard when attacking, playing forward when defending, guarding the bottom corner of one side and taking care of the basket by the way, and the task of defending the opponent's point guard at the top of the arc was handed over to others, but this time, Xiao Yao took the initiative to switch positions with Will Foster and took the initiative to mark the opponent's Robert Foden.
In the face of Xiao Yao's defense, Robert Foden paused for a moment at the top of the arc, then suddenly accelerated to start, without even making a feint, and directly made a hard breakthrough.
Robert Foden has only been retired for about two years and has maintained his shape and form well. But after all, he is a retired former professional player, and his ability in all aspects is still incomparable with the peak of his career. Although Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed by Robert Foden's strong attack, the adjustment was timely, and he didn't lose his position and barely followed Robert Foden.
Seeing that Xiao Yao was not completely shaken off, there was still the opponent's interior defense under the basket, and he did not play strongly, and after attracting Will Foster on his side to move his feet to prepare to make up for the defense, he threw the basketball to Scott Carr, who was empty on the outside, in the process of breaking through.
Scott Karl, who was outside the three-point line, adjusted slightly after receiving the ball and jumped up to make a three-point shot.
Scott Carr's three-pointer missed, and the basketball bounced off the front of the rim. The basketball bounced a little far, out of the control of Ben Scout and Zhuo Zhiyuan, and fell outside the three-second zone on the right. This place was in the control of Xiao Yao and Robert Foden, and Xiao Yao jumped up quickly to grab the rebound before Robert Foden.
Seeing Xiao Yao grab the rebound, Rita Mitchell, who was the most active in fast attack on and off the court, immediately turned around and rushed towards the opponent's half. Xiao Yao looked up and found that Bill Justin followed Rita Mitchell back to defense, not far from Rita Mitchell, and did not pass the ball rashly, but dribbled the ball towards the opponent's half.
Xiao Yao rushed, and Robert Foden naturally followed immediately. On the other side, Quincy Beasley, who was defending Joey Bilsa at the 45-degree angle three-point line on the left side, also quickly returned to the defense and rushed to Xiao Yao from the side. What is more rare is that after Quincy Beasley ran away, Joey Bilsa, who played "Old Ball", actually ran to the opponent's half after several people.
"Carl missed three points, Xiao Yao grabbed the rebound, and directly dribbled the ball to the fast attack!" Li Jun said excitedly.
"This fast break looks like a three-on-three stance. Zhang Yuandao.
Quincy Beasley is a sprinter, and after half time, he almost caught up with Xiao Yao, and after Xiao Yao entered the three-point line, he posted it from the side.
After Rita Mitchell rushed to the basket, seeing that Xiao Yao did not pass the ball, she immediately pulled away to the left side and gave Xiao Yao the position under the basket.
After Xiao Yao stepped into the three-point line, he put his left shoulder against Quincy Beasley, and glanced his head to his left.
Quincy Beasley knew that Bill Justin was defending Rita Mitchell, and was not disturbed by Xiao Yao's movements at this time, but just concentrated on defending Xiao Yao. He knew that he must not be able to compare to Xiao Yao who could dunk in terms of jumping, and when Xiao Yao turned his head, he squeezed forward again, and came to Xiao Yao's side, and at the same time in the process of defense, he used his upper body to resist Xiao Yao and prevent him from jumping smoothly.
Xiao Yao felt the pressure from Quincy Beasley and took the initiative to reduce his speed, changing from sprinting to jogging. After taking a step, Xiao Yao did not shoot the ball on the ground after catching the bounced basketball with his right hand, but swung from behind him to his left side.
"Behind the pass?" Quincy Beasley unconsciously shifted his weight to the right, and at the same time subconsciously stretched out his right hand to intercept. But Xiao Yao is passing the ball from behind, separated by a body, where can he intercept it?
After Rita Mitchell pulled away to the left, Bill Justin followed suit. Robert Foden, who was behind Xiao Yao, ran between Xiao Yao and Joy Bilsa behind him, and also took care of the defense of Joy Bilsa by the way. At this time, seeing Xiao Yao's pass from behind, Robert Foden immediately threw away Joey Bielsa and ran between Xiao Yao and Rita Mitchell, trying to cut off Xiao Yao's pass to Rita Mitchell.
“o~”
Robert Foden, who pounced on Xiao Yao and Rita Mitchell, not only did not cut off Xiao Yao's pass, but also didn't even see the basketball flying in front of him.
“hatTheFack!” Robert Foden turned his head to look in Xiao Yao's direction, only to see Quincy Beasley, who was defending Xiao Yao, burst out with a foul mouth with wide eyes. Robert Foden looked further away and was surprised to see that the basketball was in the hands of Joey Bilsa outside the three-point line on the right side of Xiao Yao.
The unguarded Joey Bielsa jumped up and shot from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball made a graceful arc and landed accurately in the basket.
“Yeah!” Many spectators raised their hands and cheered.
"Xiao Yao passed the ball behind his back, and the ball arrived... In the hands of Bielsa on the right, Bielsa hit a three-point shot!" Li Jun on the commentary bench laughed loudly, "It's this unbelievable reverse pass again!"
"This is Xiao Yao's original way of passing," Zhang Yuan also smiled, "The last time I saw this kind of passing was at the Charity Star Game that year." It's a pity that his teammate's shot didn't go in, and this time Bielsa successfully turned Xiao Yao's wonderful pass into an assist!"
Before the Western Celebrities kicked off, the referee blew the whistle and made a timeout gesture, pointing in the direction of the Western Celebrities bench, which turned out to be the Western Celebrities calling a timeout.
"The Western Celebrity called a timeout. Li Jun introduced, "After the start of the second half, the Eastern Celebrities scored five points in a row, and now the score on the court is 40-40, and the Eastern Celebrities have tied the score." ”
"One layup, one assist, the five points scored by the Eastern Celebrities in the second half are all related to Xiao Yao. Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "After Xiao Yao came on the field, the effect was immediate!"
When the two commentators were talking about Xiao Yao, the on-site director also took advantage of the pause to play a slow-motion replay of the ball just now on the big screen at the scene. This replay is not a solo shot by Joey Bielsa, but from Xiao Yao's pass.
Seeing that the ball just now was replayed on the big screen at the scene, many viewers who didn't see the details of the ball just now and were puzzled looked up at the big screen at the scene. Even the coaches and players on the benches of the two teams temporarily interrupted their tactical arrangements and looked up carefully.
On the big screen at the scene, after Xiao Yao pushed out the basketball with his right arm behind him, he bent his left arm and stretched it behind him, swung from left to right, and accurately knocked the left side of the basketball with the elbow of his left arm.
After the slow-motion picture of the "o~" pass was broadcast, a huge exclamation rang out from the scene again.
Except for the two Chinese commentators in the commentary seat, Joey Bielsa and Zhuo Zhiyuan on the bench of both sides, and Zhao Rui and others in the audience, almost all of them had incredible expressions.
"hatThe...," Quincy Beasley glared again.
When he was on the court just now, Quincy Beasley was in front of Xiao Yao, and he couldn't see the situation behind Xiao Yao, only saw Xiao Yao's right hand swinging to the left, but the basketball flew to the right inexplicably, and he couldn't help but burst out in surprise. At this time, after watching the slow-motion replay and knowing how Xiao Yao passed the ball to the right, the degree of surprise was also not small, and he once again had the urge to burst into foul language.
"Young, you can still pass the ball like this?" After the surprise, the people on the bench of the Eastern Celebrity Team surrounded Xiao Yao.
"Is that guy a monster? Can you pass the ball like this?" Several people on the bench of the Western Celebrity Team looked at each other. Same words, but in a completely different tone.
This time, no one suspected that the ball was accidentally hit by Xiao Yao when he passed the ball, and everyone thought that it was a deliberate pass by him.
'It's not something he came up with on the fly, he's passed it in games before. Zhuo Zhiyuan stood up and said.
"Alright!" Camon Blunt of the Western Celebrity Team clapped his hands, "no matter how incredible the pass is, it's just a pass, let's focus on the game!