Chapter 370: Assist Feast
After the end of the losing streak and without much time to celebrate, the Celtics are heading to Indiana for the second game of a back-to-back against the Pacers.
Shangguan Yu was on the plane, savoring it, and feeling a lot after using Nash's "Passing Master Experience Card". But more needs to be experimented in the arena and training, so during the journey, Shangguan Yu took advantage of the rest time to train well in the sleep system.
This gave him a little more confidence for the evening game.
The Indiana Pacers also have a lot of personnel changes this summer, from the Hawks to trade former All-Star point guard Jeff Teague, 3 years and 30 million to sign the Hornets starting forward Al Jefferson, and then to trade to Thaddeus Young, and Jeremy Evans.
But this is not to strengthen the team, but to make the decline in the strength of the team not so obvious.
Because of last season's three hills, all chose to leave. Solomon Hill joined the New Orleans Pelicans for 52 million in 4 years, Jordan Hill defected to the Timberwolves for 8 million in 2 years, George Hill went to the Jazz in a three-way trade, and Ian Masimmy switched to the Wizards for 64 million in 4 years.
The four people who transferred to the team, Teague and Jefferson, have all declined.
Although Thaddeus Young had the best season of his career with the Nets last season, averaging 15.3 points and 9 rebounds per game, the Nets were completely rotten last season, and this data is more or less watery. He's not bad, and he's a qualified striker.
However, of the four who left the team, George Hill and Masimmi were the team's absolute starters last season. The other two are also the main rotational forces.
The overall strength of the team has not improved much.
What's more, George Hill, that was the good brother who was with George and angry at the Big Three of the Heat.
The operation of the team's management made the team's boss Paul George very unhappy and took the initiative to ask to be traded.
The former Pacers are also the giants of the East. If it weren't for the three years in a row, when they met the Heat, who had the Big Three, and all fell at their feet, maybe they would have won the championship. But since the 13-14 season, the Pacers have languished, and the main lineup that was once the runner-up in the Eastern Conference Finals has also fallen apart.
After that, he never touched the floor of Dongduel again. The team's uniform team didn't do much, and Paul George, who was getting better and better, was carrying the team forward alone, and he longed for a powerful teammate, but he never looked forward to it.
In the offseason of these two seasons, there were trade rumors about him, and the rumors were even worse when he was eliminated by the Raptors in the first round last season, but now Paul George is still on this team. But today, he missed the battle due to injury, giving Shangguan Yu a strong opponent.
The Pacers lineup Teague, Monta Ellis, CJ Myers, Thaddeus Young and Myles Turner, except for the two players in the backcourt, the players in other positions are not very well-known in the league.
Crowder and Horford missed the game due to injury, and the Celtics still started the game.
Shangguan Yu is the starting power forward, and the opposite is Thaddeus Young. This is a left-hander with excellent physical attributes and is more than capable of playing the role of a swingman.
However, when playing against the big forward, he is still thin and short, although he is very dexterous, but when he is in the opposite position with Guan Yu, as long as he has no advantage in height, it is difficult to prevent him.
It's just that after the game started, Shangguan Yu didn't have many chances. The first quarter of the game was between two All-Star caliber guards on both sides. Against the strongest 175 on the surface of the league, who is eager to prove himself, Teague is also very aggressive.
Although both of them didn't feel good, they repeatedly hit the inside to make kills, and the score of the two sides slowly increased under the free throws of the two.
It wasn't until this section of the game, 8 minutes and 52 seconds, that Shangguan Yu got a good chance in singles.
Take the ball in a high position, in the face of Saidadis Young's defense, Shangguan Yu is not in a hurry to attack, facing the basket, protecting the ball around his waist, swinging in a three-threat posture, and taking a tentative step with his left foot, everyone thinks that he wants to come by himself for this ball.
Olynyk understood this, and he was about to take cover, but he suddenly ran back, leaving Turner behind.
I saw Shangguan Yu, a light send, a beautiful hanging pass, sent the ball to Olynyk's hand, stuck in the position, easily strengthened, not only scored the ball, but also caused the opponent's beater to foul.
This time the pass was just right, Thomas couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and he whispered in Shangguan Yu's ear: "The next attack is for you to organize." ”
A ball in hand, I have it in the world.
Whether it's giving an assist or scoring yourself, you need to have the ball. Shangguan Yu didn't expect that he would get enough ball possession so easily, he knew that this would be the case, why did he waste so much time and energy to grab the ball with him?
However, since you trust me so much, please enjoy my feast of assists.
The Pacers opened the offense well, and with Teague's strings, the offense was impressive.
Teague used the cover to break through to the basket, attracted the defense, and stuffed the ball to Myles Turner on the baseline, who received the ball and turned around, used his body to resist Olynyk, and let the basket win.
It was Celtic's turn to attack, and after Thomas advanced to the halfcourt, he really handed the ball to Shangguan Yu.
Shangguan Yu, who took the ball in a high position, observed the running position of his teammates while playing with his back.
Thaddeus Yang did not lose his position, and Shangguan Yu's continuous turn did not deceive him.
But his open legs gave Shangguan Yu a great opportunity to assist.
A diagonal pass that hit the ground, passed through Thaddeus Young's block, and went straight to Thomas, who cut to the penalty line, and took the ball, Thomas finally hit his first open goal of the game.
Shangguan Yu's two passes were very exquisite.
made Thaddeus Young's defense a little overwhelmed, and in the next two attacks, Shangguan Yu took advantage of his defensive mistakes and hit shots one after another, which made him even more unable to touch the north.
The rhythm of the game was completely controlled by Shangguan Yu.
Fast-break tossing passes, assisting teammates to catch them empty.
Take advantage of the change of tempo, get to the basket, hit the ground beautifully in the bag, and assist your teammates to complete the shot.
Move the ball wide and assist teammates to hit three-pointers......
Passing behind the head, passing under the crotch, passing behind the back, fancy passes are endless, a beautiful pass, it is a visual feast, even if it is an away game, but the fans at home also gave Shangguan Yu warm applause.
He gave 10 assists in the half, and there were one or two assists, and the assists of today's top 10 goals were presented.
This is completely an assist feast staged by Shangguan Yu, and that second pass that looks like Nash makes fans seem to see that elegant figure in a trance.