The sophomore team requested a timeout. As soon as Zhou Xuan was on board, the rookie had a reversal trend. All sophomores and coaches don't want to lose.

Michael? Malone had asked Howard to arrange tactics before, and now he has done it himself. He drew a few times on the tactics board and said, "Defend together, but don't let go of defenders easily, and if they break through, take it in moderation." After blocking and dismantling, pay attention to Zhou Xuan's passing route, he hasn't scored too much so far, the main thing is to pass, and pay attention to the side defense when the field is misaligned. Thaddeus comes on the field and defends at the top of the arc. ”

Thornton has strong athleticism, but is prone to feints, and Malone replaced Thaddeus Young at the top of the arc to ensure that he would not be hit casually after misalignment. At this time, they need a pitcher to break the first-year bag, but Malone is usually in charge of defense in the Cavaliers, and he doesn't know much about his own gang, so letting Starkey continue to play, in fact, it will be better to replace Chalmers.

In the first grade, even Beasley felt that Zhou Xuan was very good, and he played on the court. His passes are always in the right place. He even thought that if the Heat had such a passer, maybe they wouldn't be playing the way they are now. Chalmers is unplayed, and the outside line is all up to Wade. And Wade is also based on his own offense, supplemented by passing.

Rose, Westbrook and others are all thinking about what is the difference between themselves and Zhou Xuanbi? Then they found that the main thing was the passing, and there were some opportunities that they couldn't see, but Zhou Xuan could see.

The first-year squad remained unchanged, with Fernandes getting a lot of playing time in this game despite being selected as a substitute for Oden, while Beasley played the longest at more than 30 minutes, as previously predicted. Both Lopes and Gasol Jr. can only play as center forwards and cannot play together.

At the beginning of the game, the first year continued to compress the defense, Scola covered Durant, Durant broke through, and Zhou Xuan helped Beasley with a shrink bag at the top of the arc. In the Rookie Challenge, there was a rare bag in which Durant saw Starkey being let go.

Durant guarded the ball to the perimeter, and Starkey felt like he was insulted, and he immediately shot an open three-pointer, but the ball still bounced out of the frame.

Gasol Jr. grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the first-year immediately fast-break, Zhou Xuan passed to Gordon, who in turn passed to Beasley. Beasley showed super individual ability, dribbling to the inside and passing Green with speed, who could only foul.

It's okay to do that in the regular season, but it's not right in the rookie game because the rules are different. The Rookie Challenge is a two-half format and only lasts 40 minutes. When a team has committed 10 fouls or the second foul within 2 minutes before half-time, the opponent will be awarded a free throw.

Now that the sophomore has committed 10 fouls, Beasley has been sent straight to the free-throw line. After hitting both free throws, it was 112-113, only one point away.

In the second-year offense, Starkey was focused on training in the Pistons, but he is really not a point guard seedling, with bad passing awareness, basically no three-point shots, and is only good at breaking through. The sophomore compressed the defense and didn't give him room to break through. On the periphery, except for Scola, everyone received the ball once, and none of them could break through. In the end, it was still for Durant.

Durant singled out Beasley, got rid of the pull-up jump shot under the cover of Scola and Gasol Jr. was slow, but his defensive awareness was not bad, and he saved to interfere, putting pressure on Durant, and the ball did not go in.

As soon as the big man came out, the interior lost protection, and Thaddeus Young grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt and succeeded in the second offense. 112 to 115. Zhou Xuan judged the direction of the ball, but his physique really couldn't compare with Thaddeus Yang, who could play the No. 4 position, and he was knocked down and fell.

The referee didn't blow for a foul, but the crowd erupted in boos. Thaddeus Young had already had a vicious foul today that left a bad impression on people. Fortunately, Zhou Xuan got up and continued to fight, nothing happened.

Zhou Xuan took half the court, waved his hand to let his teammates pull away, Beasley, Fernandez and others all went to the periphery, and Zhou Xuan distributed the ball to the left low post to Gasol Jr. He didn't need to think about it to know who the person with the greatest advantage in the dojo was. Scola is a good offensive player and has proven himself on the offensive end in the NBA and internationally. But he is not a good defensive player, he does not have outstanding speed and athleticism, and he is only 206CM, which is basically impossible to block. He usually plays as a power forward, but now he is a guest center.

Gasol Jr. is 216cm tall and weighs 130 kilograms, chiseling inward, and pushing into the three-second zone in two strokes. Thaddeus Young let go of Zhou Xuan on the side to assist the defense, and Gasol Jr. attracted the defense and passed the ball out of the line.

Zhou Xuan got an empty space 60 degrees on the left side, and he shot after receiving the ball. It was only his second shot, and he took his chance, hitting a three-point shot to make it 115-115.

"Beautiful!"

"It's beautiful! It's up to you on the inside. Zhou Xuan and little Gasol clapped their hands.

Both are good team players and look at each other very well. Gasol Jr. admires Zhou Xuan's consciousness and feels that he can also play well in Europe.

Zhou Xuan thinks that Gasol Jr. must have a future in the future, his playing style is very stable, he knows what he should do on the court, and his interior defensive ability is better than Horford and Lopez, although he has no speed, but his awareness is great, he can interfere with shooting, and he can resist people in the low post, such a big man, no one wants to easily break into the basket.

If they can't break through, they will be in big trouble in the second year, and the person they are sure of three points is a Durant.

The sophomore still didn't bring in Chalmers, which is the sadness of the defensive coach, who doesn't like people who don't defend well, and Starkey gets a lot of appearances. Howard, an assistant coach, knows the importance of pitchers, and if the Magic weren't for a group of outside pitchers, they wouldn't have maintained a top-three record in the East. However, he is not a coach material, and the pause is at most a painless encouragement to the players, and he can't do a good job of arranging tactics.

Durant made a three-point shot from the outside, he shot 4 of 7 before, and the shooting rate was very high, but this time it was also deflected under the interference of Fernandez, and the rebound was obtained by Beasley and passed to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan slowed down the rhythm, if he counterattacked quickly, Gasol Jr. was too slow to help, and the opponent preferred to counterattack. And if you slow down the success rate, the opponent will have to follow the positional battle, which will be more of a headache. His choice was completely correct, and the five second-year students felt uncomfortable watching him slowly walk through the halfway.

Scola is still on the pitch. Zhou Xuan first covered with Beasley in the half, and then passed to Gasol Jr. in the low post after observing the defense.

This time, Gasol Jr. took a step with his back to the middle, showing his ability to plan the offense, and handed it to his national team teammate Fernandez who cut to the baseline from close range, who relied on his explosive power to rush to the basket and beat Scola for a backhand layup. 117 to 115.

Zhang Li shouted: "It's overtaken, the first grade is now back in control of the situation, Zhou Xuan doesn't shoot much, but it works as soon as he gets on it." ”

Yu Jia smiled: "The close-up of the camera just happened to give Mayo, Rose, and Westbrook. All three of them are high-ranking guards, so they can only sit on the bench at this time, and I don't know what kind of mood they are in. ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "Looking at the individual offensive ability, maybe they are better than Zhou Xuan, but looking at the passing and team cooperation, it can't be compared, they played really messily before." Now that Zhou Xuan is on the board, little Gasol, who can't jump, has begun to play. Spectacle aside, the floor stream players are really no worse than the black players in the United States who have good bounce. ”

The two chatted hard, and the sophomore finally made a substitution, Scola pulled down, and Horford, who had only played 14 minutes, came on. However, Horford is only 208CM tall, and he plays center in the Hawks because he is not big, and he is also suitable for a power forward. Chalmers was still sitting on the sidelines, and Malone was ready to let Starkey fight to the end.

The ball went to the front court and handed it to Durant, and this time Durant chose to block and cover with Horford, broke through with the ball, and rushed into the three-second zone Beasley hit a foul. Durant hit both free throws to score his 42nd point and tie it at 117.

Zhou Xuan held the ball to the front court, looked to the right with the ball in his left hand, and beckoned to Beasley in the low post. Starkey immediately thought that he wanted to rely on the pick-and-roll again, and was always blocked by the coverer, he had had enough, and took a big stride and reached out for a steal. Zhou Xuan observed Starkey with the rest of his eyes, and as soon as the opponent moved, the second plan was immediately implemented. The left hand dribbled behind his back and handed it to his right hand, turning to the right side of the breakthrough.

A back-dribbling completely passed Starkey, he dribbled with his right hand, pulled the ball up three steps, rushed to the basket to attract Green's defense but didn't force himself, jumped up and passed the ball back, Beasley, who was originally going to block the dismantle, turned around to follow up from the middle and received a one-handed dunk from the basketball.

Green turned around and defended Beasley, it was good not to turn back, Beasley was super physical, it was difficult to stop, he reached out in the reasonable collision area and the referee blew a foul, Beasley also scored the ball, resulting in 2+1, 120-117 after hitting the free throw, and the first grade led by 3 points.

Beasley's personal 29th point, although not as good as Durant, is also very eye-catching.

After a few passes in the sophomore year, he made another wrong offensive choice, Horford received the ball in the low post and hit Gasol Jr., although he shook off the shooting space by stepping back, but the shot was wide under the interference, and the rebound was again obtained by Beasley.

Zhou Xuan controlled the tempo, the goal was to use up 24 seconds, and launched an attack in the last 7 seconds, passing to Gordon, who had just come off the bench. Gordon is a small man on the court, only 190cm tall. At the critical moment, he was not soft at all, and his feints shook Durant's pull-up jump shot. 122 to 117.

The misalignment is two-sided, and Durant's tall guard will also have some difficulties.

After Green's three-point shot missed, there was not much time left for the sophomores, and in desperation, they adopted foul tactics and sent Zhou Xuan to the free throw line.

Zhou Xuan hit two free throws steadily, 124-117. The win was sealed.

ESPN commentator Van Gundy commented: "Although this is a rookie challenge, Zhou Xuan, Mark? Gasol and the two played like veterans and controlled the tempo on the field. The sophomore lacks a good playmaker, and perhaps the coach should let Chalmers or Brooks give it a try. ”

"Magic" Johnson laughed: "It's a pity that they don't have time to try." ”

Sophomore Green hit a three-pointer, but unfortunately fell too far behind and stopped fouling and gave up the game.

124 to 120. The second-year rookie's winning streak was ended.