Salt Lake City.

A stadium filled with a murderous atmosphere.

Yang Yiming didn't expect to compete with Donovan Mitchell, who had just made a name for himself in the slam dunk contest, so soon.

The visitors, the Rockets, who have won 12 in a row, were the first to enter the game, and the Jazz came out next with Donovan Mitchell in the finale. He reversed his boxing steps, bumped shoulders with his teammates, and took the lead in shouting cheers after forming a circle, completely like the owner of the court. The spotlight flickered, and his toothy grin stood out brightly.

In the player area in the dark, Yang Yiming hid in the shadows, only he knew that this game was not about anyone, just a two-man duel between him and Mitchell.

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But obviously, Yang Yiming is not the only one who has such thoughts!

The Jazz took the lead, Mitchell ambushed the bottom left corner, and the French Gobert received the reverse transfer ball, half-turned and dropped it directly to Mitchell, who hit the first goal of the game.

Mitchell, who scored a three-pointer, made an OK gesture and shook the audience as if to say that everything was under control. Only Yang Yiming could read it, and it was reminding him, "I've scored, and where are you?" ”

Yang Yiming tried to suppress his feelings, he knew that the more anxious he was at this moment, the easier it would be to backfire. On the court, the score of the Rockets was gradually being pulled apart, but he tried to control his breathing, while lying on the floor and watching the game, he asked Yu Xiaochun to help him stretch and wait for the opportunity...

The opportunity is not long in coming!

Maybe it was providence in the dark, or maybe James Harden also sensed the tension between the two, and he attacked the interior after the score was behind, causing Mitchell to block two fouls in a row. Within five minutes of the first quarter, the latter was forced to take a break! And waiting for the Jazz's head coach Schneider to change back to Mitchell, it also happened to coincide with Yang Yiming's playing time!

The two rookies are directly opposed!

Just 1 minute and 12 seconds into the second quarter, Yang Yiming played against Mitchell!

Yang Yiming is 2.08 meters, and Mitchell is 10 cm shorter than him, but obviously the improvement of the latter's physical fitness is immediate, faster and faster! Before Yang Yiming could open his arms and assume a defensive posture, Mitchell made the first move. He dribbled the ball under his crotch continuously, and his teammates saw the opportunity to block and dismantle. Yang Yiming just saw the blocker out of the corner of his eye, and was thinking about whether to bypass the blocker and follow Mitchell by himself, or change the defense by his teammates, Mitchell was like a cheetah, kicked out a step, and took advantage of the unstable position to drill through the gap between the two!

Take off in one step inside the free throw line, and dunk the basket violently!

The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken, it is indeed an unbreakable truth!

It seems that in the rivers and lakes of Xiaoao, Ling Hu Chong saw the undefeated Dongfang who had cultivated the Sunflower Treasure Book for the first time - with a handle of the embroidery needle, he could fly to the sky and the earth, turn over the clouds and rain, and kill all the weapons in the world.

Just because he's faster than you!

Yang Yiming stared carefully at the No. 45 in front of him, as if he was looking at a monster that he had never seen before. He has an inverted onion hairstyle, neatly trimmed temples, and tiger eyes. He wasn't tall, but his shoulders were extraordinarily broad, and his white Jazz jersey looked like an out-of-size gym suit, about to be torn apart by his pecs. His limbs are not thick, but his calves are extremely powerful, and a pair of white and gold Nike combat boots are worn on his feet, constantly switching directions back and forth, left and right, like a restless vulture, ready to break free from the defensive cage built by Yang Yiming.

Mitchell is activated! He took a sharp step to the left, Yang Yiming stopped with his right arm, and the opponent immediately took advantage of the situation to turn around, like a ghost, he had cut to half of Yang Yiming's body!

The Jazz's Rubio hit the ball, and the ball just got into Mitchell's arms, and he didn't think about it, so he just pulled it out on the spot and shot it backwards to the basket!

Yang Yiming reached for it, but Mitchell's shot was extremely fast, the ball was thrown, and Yang Yiming's block caught up and hit Mitchell's shooter. Foul on the thug, two plus one!

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Mitchell, who was fouled, fell to the ground exaggeratedly, pointed his finger at the sky, and waited for his teammates to surround him before jumping up. The sideline Rockets called a timeout, and Yang Yiming thought he was going to replace him, but saw that the old coach Mike D'Antoni only replaced Ariza with Joe Johnson. "Singles Joe" returned to the Jazz's home court for the first time after joining the Rockets, and received a round of cheers and applause. In the midst of the uproar, Yang Yiming saw D'Antoni put his hands on his waist and gently pressed down in the air, as if he was comfortably adjusting the position of the cushion on the sofa. "Don't worry", the old coach's gesture seemed to say, Yang Yiming nodded, and returned to the field. He guarded under the basket and waited for Mitchell to make a free throw.

The free throw was a little shorter, and Yang yelled loudly, grabbing the rebound before Mitchell, who realized that the free throw was missed, jumped up. He jumped again and again, throwing the ball with both hands in the air to Chris Paul near the center circle, Paul crossed the half court and hit the ground to Joe Johnson, who had just come on the court, and Johnson finished the offense with the Jazz's most familiar mid-range shot!

Since I was given the opportunity to stay on the court, then this duel has not yet been decided!

Yang Yiming took a deep breath and carefully observed Donovan Mitchell's offensive stance. Although his last shot was scored, the gesture of shooting gave Yang Yiming an idea. Mitchell's shot is extremely fast, not inferior to the league's top shooters, but when he shoots backwards, his body is like a reversed bow, and his arms and feet are pointed in the direction of the basket, which is quite suspicious of using his waist and abdomen power to quickly push the ball out. Don't...

Yang Yiming couldn't help but think of the previous report to Mitchell in the "Ten Blocking Cheats", and the game between the Rockets and the Jazz happened to be the sixth of the ten. At that time, it was still December, Mitchell Shang became the top name of the Jazz team, and the tactical weight was certainly not as good as now, and he was only mentioned in a few words in the cheats: outstanding physical explosiveness, good core strength, balance, and agility, but the upper body strength was weak, the shooting action was unstable, the shooting range was short, and the defense was recommended to strictly prevent breakthroughs, and the mid-to-long range shot, especially the three-point shot, could be put ...

In this way, recalling Mitchell's inverted bow shooting posture just now, could it be that compared to his skyrocketing physical fitness in all aspects, his upper body strength is still a shortcoming?!

Yang Yiming decided to give him a try.

In this round, he deliberately let go of Mitchell two steps when defending, and the ball passed to him again. With the two goals just now, Mitchell's confidence obviously soared, and he saw Yang Yiming break through the defense, completely gave up the shooting defense, and simply didn't want to think about it, and pulled out three points on the spot!

This time, Yang Yiming saw it very clearly: sure enough, the "bow" was pulled fuller! If the step-back jumper at the free throw line just now is still a crescent moon, it has risen to the moon at this time!

His guess was right!

Mitchell's three-pointer hit the front line and bounced off the basket. But it is faith that helps him, and it is faith that harms him! Obviously, Mitchell didn't realize his shooting disadvantage, he continued to attack, this time learning the signature moves of Rockets boss Harden, dribbling the ball outside the three-point line to match the rhythm of the body, Yang Yiming simply like Jokic, the Nuggets who was teased the night before, with both feet on the ground. Mitchell thought that Yang Yiming was shaken to the point that there was no way to do it, so he took a step back, and then pulled his bow to shoot the moon!

But it's no one else who will be mistaken, it's Mitchell himself!

Mr. Jin Yong said that martial arts in the world, no matter what the moves, have flaws. As long as you see through the flaws, you will have the opportunity to come first, and you can win with no tricks.

What Yang Yiming is waiting for is this opportunity to come first!

When he saw Mitchell stretching his bow and arrows, and when the arrows had to be fired, he concentrated all his strength and flew up and stretched out his arms to block. Mitchell didn't expect this move at all, even if his bounce was outstanding, but at this time he still needed to overcome the 10 cm height disadvantage and his lame shooting posture, and the league's top bounce couldn't help him! Although the barely completed shot avoided the block, the arc and power had changed dramatically, and in the end only a balloon of air that touched the Nets was thrown.

The audience sighed.

It's as if their darling Mitchell was just unlucky.

The back of No. 45, who retreated, also shook his head slightly, as if he couldn't believe his performance just now. Only Yang Yiming, who was reluctant to follow him behind him, knew that in this two-person duel, the winner or loser was just clear!