15 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in the half, such data is enough for Yiyang to be selected by ESPN as a key player in the half. Under Holiday 's excellent performance, the light that Yiyang bloomed was somewhat obscured. But when ESPN listed the half-game data of the two defenders, it turned out that the two were still very different.

With 17 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds, Holiday seems to be very versatile, but when the two have played about the same amount of time, Yiyang is still slightly better.

Holiday is averaging 14 points per game this season, and today he undoubtedly exceeded his scoring task. The picture of him dodging Yiyang and Chandler with a hand-to-hand layup is still repeated by major TV stations. But what is clear is that even if Holiday has played so well, he is still not as good as Yiyang.

That Dallas No. 1 guard is like the top kid in the next class when you were in school, you always feel like you've worked hard, but you can never beat him!

"The excellent performance of the two young defenders made the first half of the game very interesting. Of course, it is not difficult to draw a message from this. The two teams that have won three in a row after the All-Star break will not easily throw in the towel. In this game, it is very likely that the winner will be decided until the last minute, and the possibility of a killer goal is not even ruled out. If you were to make the last shot, who do you think would be more likely to kill the game, or Holiday or Holiday? "Reggie on the commentary stage. Miller has already begun to warm up for the second half of the game between the two sides, and his partner Chris Murphy has begun to warm up. Webb organized his language and replied.

"If you want to do the killing, of course my old teammate Peja is the most sure." As soon as Webb finished saying this, he and Miller burst into laughter.

"Haha, just kidding, to be honest, both Yi and Holiday belong to the kind of guards whose projection is not very stable. If you really want to carry out the last attack, the two defenders will definitely choose to have a more graspable way, such as a breakthrough! But Holiday was more often under the basket to finish the offense, and he had a good pull-up jump shot and step-back shot. So if the game does come to the last minute, I think the 76ers will be more than lucky. If I were Coach Collins, I would have allowed the team to establish an advantage early. ”

Chris. Weber's idea is exactly what Collins has in his head right now. He didn't want to spend time with the Mavericks to the end, and since Holiday played so well in the second quarter, he would set up more tactics for Holiday in the third quarter to keep the sophomore guard open to play. Taking advantage of every opportunity to open the scoring is the strategy of Collins now.

After a fifteen-minute break, the players have recovered a lot. It stands to reason that they should have played better in the third quarter. But a fifteen-minute interruption of the game will not only give the players a chance to rest, but also the possibility of dampening the players' hot game feelings......

When Holiday took the baseline ball to start the first attack of the second half, everyone watching the game at Phu Quoc Center Arena held their breath.

Holiday slowed himself down from beyond the three-point line and began to alternate dribbles with his hands, and the game seemed to be a heads-up between him and the opposing No. 1, but no one objected, and the kind of game was supposed to be a contest between the best players.

Holiday straightened up suddenly, as if intending to speed up. But just as the arrow was about to go off the string, Holiday paused, and then quickly changed direction in front of his body and stabbed towards Yiyang's left side.

"Stuck position, stuck foot, stuck route, before the game keep in mind the offensive habits and habitual movements of each opposing player, and you will be able to make top-level predictions when defending!" This is a sentence that Kidd, who has been selected to the NBA defensive first team 4 times and the NBA defensive second team 5 times, often says to Yiyang. Why is Kidd's anticipation so good on the defensive end? It's not because Kidd can see the future, it's because Kidd does the hard work underneath that people can't see.

As a student of Kidd, Yiyang naturally remembers every lesson of this historic point guard. For Holiday , although Yiyang has not studied so deeply, he has basically mastered some of Holiday offensive habits. When Holiday seems to be about to take up but pauses, it means that this guy will definitely break through to the other side!

Holiday is indeed a jack-of-all-trades that can be used with both hands, but that doesn't mean there aren't rules to be found in Holiday.

So, Holiday made a breakthrough with confidence, and was easily stopped by Yiyang! The 76ers' No. 11 guard immediately changed hands behind his back, intending to repeat his old tricks to get past Yiyang. But Yiyang, this guy, won't allow Holiday to tease himself twice in the same way!

He saw the right time, predicted the trajectory of the basketball behind Holiday and suddenly made a move! After Holiday changed hands behind his back, the basketball did not change from his left hand to his right hand, but was cut off by Yiyang!

Yiyang reached out and poked the basketball successfully, but did not fully control the ball.

The basketball bounced on the hardwood floor, and it looked like it was a basketball that each had a 50% chance of competing for.

Did you just make a mistake? No!

The young Holiday was competitive, and he secretly worked Yiyang next to him, hoping to push Yiyang away from the "route" and buy space for himself to get the basketball first.

?? But he didn't expect Yiyang to move, Holiday seemed to have hit a huge stone wall, and almost let the reaction force push him down, staggering, but fortunately quickly held the balance again.

Neither guard could interfere with each other, and almost at the same time, both of them threw themselves to the floor in an attempt to reach the basketball!

Yiyang and Holiday are both 1.93 meters tall, and the two of them hit the ground almost at the same time. But when the two of them stretched out their arms on the hardwood floor, Yiyang's slightly dominant arm span allowed him to touch the basketball first!

Yiyang knew that if he held the basketball in his arms, Holiday would definitely immediately grab a ball with him. Instead of giving the opponent a chance to fight for the ball, it is better to turn this opportunity into an assist.

So after Yiyang reached the basketball, he didn't catch it, but used his strength to push the basketball forward again!

Stevenson was going to pounce and compete with Yiyang for basketball, but seeing this, the experienced warrior directly sped up, ran past the two guards who fell to the ground, and picked up the ball that was bouncing forward!

After Stevenson picked up the basketball, Jodi. Meeks immediately followed. It's a pity that Meeks is not a good blocker. It's almost impossible to see him play after Stevenson from behind.

Stevenson easily dunked the ball into the basket with one hand, and the game was a tight match at the start of the third quarter! And Stevenson's dunk also sent a signal to Collins that the Mavericks would not easily let him establish an advantage!

"Also! He threw himself on the ground and gave a nice assist! It's an unbelievable pass, but he's just able to get the ball to his teammates in all sorts of weird situations! ”

Collins shook his head, although Holiday and Yiyang had been evenly matched so far in this game. Moreover, both have great potential. Holiday may be a solid rock to carry the 76ers' revival plans. But Yiyang, he can turn from a rough stone into a brilliant diamond! Collins can see that there is still a gap between the two young defenders.

In the first round of the third quarter, the two sides fought on their backs. But Yiyang still completed the assist, and Holiday soon had another possession of the ball after being tackled.

This time, the 76ers' No. 11 shot early and did not entangle with Yiyang. But don't think Holiday is organising the attack, in fact, he's still creating chances for himself. Now, the offensive core of the entire 76ers team is him Holiday !

Yiyang was close behind Holiday and Collins set up two tiers for Holiday with no ball alone. Just got rid of Brand, but Yiyang still had a Hoyce in front of him.

Holiday borrowed the off-ball block to the mid-range position and then received the ball again, and then rushed to the basket before Yiyang's defense was in place!

Chandler didn't hesitate and immediately made up for the basket. But Holiday is well aware that his teammate Hawes is an alternate No. 5 who relies on jump shots as his primary offensive tool. Chandler made a layup, which meant Hawes got space!

Holiday turned his head and prepared to split the ball. But when he saw Hoyce, he found that the big white man who was not actively running had been completely killed by Nowitzki and had no passing route. Nowitzki's counterpoint, Brand, was too far away from Holiday at this time, with several Mavericks players in between, and it was too dangerous to pass the ball.

There's no way, the passing route has been completely locked, and all Holiday can do now is find a way to dodge Chandler's block in the air!

Holiday's foot kicked violently, and the whole body was sent into the air. At the same time, the "boxing king" who was guarding the penalty area also jumped high and straightened his arms, as if he was about to smash the ball.

Changing hands in the air, Holiday decided to use the old trick against Chandler. But this time, although Holiday dodged Chandler's palm, he couldn't dodge Chandler's body.

The two collided violently in the air, and the strong Chandler didn't feel anything, but Holiday was choked up enough by being as thin as Yiyang.

Under this extremely strong physical confrontation, Holiday did not control the basketball well. He did a great job of changing hands, but he couldn't take advantage of the opportunity when he made a layup at the end.

The basketball bounced twice on the hoop and eventually slid out.

"Rebound!" Chandler shouted in the air, knowing that if he waited for him to hit the ground and then jumped for it again, the rebound would have been snatched away. He can only use his own roar to remind his teammates to pay attention to protection.

Nowitzki and Brand both jumped at the same time, but they interfered with each other, causing neither of them to rebound.

The basketball was clicked, then fell again. This time, Yiyang jumped with all his might, and finally grabbed the basketball firmly before Nowitzki and Brand.

"He also grabbed the defensive rebound, and he directly controlled the ball and pushed forward!" Reggie. Miller pointed to the stadium and shouted, he vaguely felt that the Phu Quoc Center Stadium was about to be "electrocuted"!

After Yiyang got the basketball to the ground, he pulled his legs and ran wildly to the half court of the 76ers, yes, it was a wild run, full speed rush!

"What a terrifying explosiveness!" Seeing that Yiyang raised the speed almost instantly, Chris. Webb's mouth also opened wide.

Yiyang's extremely fast advance made the 76ers players rush back to defense. Holiday spread his arms near the halfway line, intending to stop Yiyang. Yiyang slapped the basketball to the left, as if he was planning to break to the left.

Just when Holiday turned around and was about to block to the left, Yiyang's left hand quickly hit the basketball, allowing the basketball to return to his right hand! A cool breeze blew on Holiday back, and he was passed by Yiyang!

"Don't slow down and change direction! My God! I thought that only Deron and Rose could make such a move in this league! ”

After passing the first man, Yiyang advanced beyond the three-point line. Jodi. Meeks pounced with his teeth bared and clawed, and the Kentucky-graduated guard was excellent offensively, but defense was not his strong suit.

Yiyang's upper body shook a shot, making Meeks unclear which way the Chinese would break through. Just when his center of gravity became chaotic, Yiyang suddenly slapped the ball behind him, successfully changed hands, and completed the overtaking!

At this time, Iguodala has already arrived at the basket, and he is also the last barrier of the 76ers at this moment.

Yiyang did not hesitate, and jumped directly with the ball in both hands. Iguodala intends to finish the defense without fouling, and the outside guard doesn't believe a rookie guard can score an easy layup on his head.

The two players who jumped high met in the air, but Yiyang was like a loach, twisting his body in the air, using Iguodala as the axis, completing an aerial turn!

Dodging Iguodala's defense, Yiyang threw the basketball onto the rebound. The basketball grabs the rebound and goes into the net with precision.

After landing, Yiyang staggered a few steps, then tried to maintain his center of gravity and turned back to defense.

At this time, the Phu Quoc Center Arena seemed to be quieter than before the game began...... 8)