Chapter 70: A stroke of genius

(PS: Thank you Brother Hua zjh for a lot of tips, and I'll add a more chapter for you later!)

After the game against the Raptors, there were no games for the next two days.

Shangguan Yu had enough time to practice and improve his mid-range shooting ability.

At the same time, looking for the feeling he lost some time ago, looking at his training results, Shangguan Yu was full of confidence in the next game.

The Bulls are currently 22-16 and remain a playoff contender, and this game is important for the Celtics to get a good playoff spot.

The Celtics now have the same number of wins, but have lost more, and their current record is 22-19.

Temporarily ranked 5th in the East, but halfway through the season, there is a good hope of making the playoffs.

However, the management's goal is not to make the first round of the playoffs, because the Celtics have reached such heights last year, so they want to go further. Therefore, getting a good playoff spot is still quite helpful for achieving the team's goals, so in this game, the Celtics will definitely go all out.

After three consecutive visits, he returned to the familiar arena again, and Shangguan Yu's brave state seemed to have returned.

At the beginning of the game, Bradley opened the scoring for the home team with a beautiful mid-range shot, and the Celtics gradually took the initiative and maintained a slight advantage.

But as the half quarter passed, the Bulls gradually approached the score, and the Celtics only led by one point 16-15, so Coach Stevens replaced Shangguan Yu on the court.

The Bulls also made adjustments and replaced Gibson with Mirotic, so Shangguan Yu was on the offensive end against Mirotic's defense.

Mirotic is 2.08 meters tall, slightly taller than Shangguan Yu, but his weight is a little lower than Shangguan Yu. Everyone is a technical front, and Shangguan Yu is not afraid.

And Shangguan Yu can run more than him, and he runs faster, as soon as he gets on the court, he keeps running without the ball and covering without the ball.

Sallinger moved sideways at will, but blocked Mirotic, and Shangguan Yu took the opportunity to run out of the empty seat. Thomas passed the ball out, and just got a good shot on the court, Shangguan Yu did not hesitate, half-turned and shot a three-point jumper. Mirotic didn't follow, and the three-point skill pack was triggered again.

Brush!

Beautiful posture, beautiful arc, the ball hollow into the net.

Helped the Celtics stabilize the situation on the court, 19-15, and the difference was extended to 4 points.

Mirotic sent in the baseline and Gasol was already in position at half-time, and Rose took the ball over the half-court to the inside, but it didn't work. However, Gasol turned and ran backwards to ask for the ball on the other side, and Butler passed the ball in the first place.

Sallinger couldn't interfere this time, but Gasol singled with his back and didn't push Sallinger away.

Although Gasol is tall and has long arms, Sallinger weighs 280 pounds, which is 30 pounds heavier than Gasol. So he had to pass the ball out, but Claude was quick and cut it off.

Crowder dribbled quickly to the basket, but with the interference of Butler, a defensive giant, Crowder stepped to the basket and missed.

Sullinger grabbed the rebound, but he missed his mid-range shot.

Although Shangguan Yu judged the right direction, he was robbed of the rebound by Butler, and Shangguan Yu did not return to the defense at the first time, but stopped Butler from playing the ball.

Mirotic has just played a fast attack, Rose also ran out of a good position, if Butler is allowed to play, it is easy to form a quick counterattack, and there are fewer opportunities to play in the frontcourt. Now the Bulls can only fall into positional offense, because the Celtics only have Shangguan Yu not in place, but he quickly found Mirotic.

Rose handed the ball to Mirotic, who wanted to eat Guan Yu with his height, but to little avail.

Shangguan Yu is not afraid of such a technical player at all, his strength is insufficient, his physical condition is average, and he is not flexible on his own.

Mirotic either forced his shot or passed the ball out.

Mirotic chose the latter, but Shangguan Yu saw through the passing path and copied the ball.

handed the ball to Thomas, and Shangguan Yu followed him to play a fast attack. Olynyk received the ball in the middle, pushed two steps forward, and had no chance, handing the ball to Shangguan Yu, who was following up.

At a glance out of the corner of his eye, he saw Thomas cutting in the air, and Shangguan Yu threw the ball out hard, such a fast half-high ball was very suitable for Thomas.

In the process of running, he received a pass from Shangguan Yu and hit the basket easily.

At 21-15, the Celtics continued to extend their lead, but the Bulls responded immediately.

Mirotic cut to the basket, received a pass from Gasol, faced Shangguan Yu's defense, and won the reverse blue.

21 to 17, Shangguan Yu has tried his best to play this ball, because his single defense ability is indeed a little poor.

And this ball Mirotic played very skillfully, using the impact of the jump, relying on his body to squeeze Shangguan Yu a little away, and find a good shooting space, so he could hit the shot.

Thomas broke through with the ball and attracted a two-man to the trap and had to give the ball to Olynyk.

Olynyk against Gasol under the basket, he didn't seem to be too sure, dribbled twice, and when he turned around, he didn't have a chance to shoot, but he saw Shangguan Yu who ran out of the air, so he handed over the ball.

Mirotic was still too slow, a little unable to keep up with Shangguan Yu's rhythm. Shangguan Yu braked suddenly, and after taking the ball, he suddenly started again, and then accelerated with a beautiful change of direction, and Mirotic actually slipped under his feet and sat on the ground.

Shangguan Yu is undefended, with a beautiful mid-range shot, a beautiful posture, and a beautiful arc of the ball.

Just like his thousands of shots, the goal still didn't go missed.

23 to 17, Shangguan Yu scored 5 points.

As TNT's commentator, since the last time he won once, Barkley has had a deep impact on Shangguan Yu, and his attention has increased a lot, of course, he knows that he has been performing average recently. However, seeing the goal this time, he couldn't help but praise: "Yu, wonderful dribble, beautiful mid-range shot, how much more does he have, what we haven't seen, I'm looking forward to it now." ”

After entering the league, Shangguan Yu rarely attacked with the ball, and this time he dribbled and passed, which really gave people a refreshing feeling.

However, Shangguan Yu's wonderful performance in this game is only from now on.

Mirotic may be in order to save face, and then stick to Shangguan Yu's defense more closely.

Shangguan Yu did not rush to take the initiative to attack, but his passing was still very threatening.

On the defensive end, a timely rebound, jumped high and slapped Gasol's shot down.

The Celtics played more and more smoothly, gradually expanding the score.

Due to Thomas and other main players going off the court one after another, Shangguan Yu took the initiative to stand up and hold the ball when the Celtics attacked the last time in the first quarter. First, a series of crotch dribbles and a nice change of direction accelerated, leaving Mirotic behind.

McDermott came over to make up for it, and Shangguan Yu dribbled with his right hand to break through from his left, but suddenly a back dribble turned the ball to his left hand, deceiving his defense.

Three steps up, lifting the ball, and about to make a shot, suddenly pulled the ball down.

In the face of Gasol's defense, while turning, the right hand was changed to the left hand again, and before landing, a beautiful low hand picked up the basket and sent the ball to the basket.

The last shot was a stroke of genius, and under the defense of the three, the ball was hit.