Chapter 123: Shrink the Defense

Tyrone. Corbin frowned vigorously, his arms folded around his chest, and a hint of annoyance crossed his eyes.

In less than three minutes into the opening period, his main center received his first foul, and basically the Kings had a hard time dealing with the games in which this happened. Tyrone. Corbyn's biggest concern is DeMarcus. Cousins got into foul trouble, or his bad temper caused the referee to be unhappy with him.

The head coach whistled to the court, signaling Cousins to calm down and asking Derrick to calm down. Williams shared more of the basket protection for Cousins.

There's no way around it, Cousins is an uncontrollable unstable factor, and God knows when he'll explode like a powder keg on the field......

Addison stepped onto the free-throw line, and the boos in the Arco arena shook the eardrums of the Chinese rookie. There were even people in the audience he was facing who were shirtless and had strange drawings painted on them, trying to use this image to interfere with Addison's free throws.

The Heat point guard gathered his mind, threw the basketball in his hand, and hit it steadily.

“Yes! Okay!! Lin Xiaoxiao, who was far away in S City on the other side of the ocean, sat on the sofa and screamed happily, clapping softly with his hands holding the pillow.

The girl occupies the high-definition TV on the large screen in the living room on the first floor, hugging a pillow to concentrate on the game on the screen, and the tips of her jet-black double ponytail sway lightly with her joy.

"Our TV can now receive the signal of the live broadcast in North America?" Lin Yanmo heard her sister's cheers in the study on the second floor, "Your daughter is not watching a live game in the United States now, and TX didn't choose to broadcast this game live." ”

"Now that the network is so developed, what signal can't be received? And you're also my daughter, have you forgotten? The middle-aged man sitting opposite Lin Yanmo smiled, if you look at his still black hair and energetic face, I am afraid that he is just over 40 years old.

Lin Yanmo rolled her eyes: "Then why did you call me up so mysteriously?" What is there that you don't dare to say in front of Xiaoshino? ”

"Ahem...... Haven't you noticed that your sister's interests have changed too quickly lately? I don't even know when she liked the basketball game! Father Lin frowned slightly, "Didn't this girl not be interested in these things before?" ”

The corners of Lin Yanmo's mouth curled, with a somewhat teasing look of watching a good show: "So what? What else did you find? ”

"I was ... Passing by Xiaoxiao's room that day, this kid didn't post a lot in the room before... Quite a little that...... That ...... in Korea"

"You mean EXO, right......?"

"Yes, yes, yes, there are a lot of EXO posters! But that day, I found out that Xiao Xiao had now replaced all those posters with a young man playing basketball...... You should know each other, right? ”

"I don't know," Lin Yanmo shrugged her shoulders, "I've also interviewed him." ”

Father Lin nodded, his face a little complicated: "Xiao Xiao is now a fan of that young man?" ”

There was another crisp cheer in the living room, Lin Yanmo couldn't help but smile, she pouted in the direction of downstairs: "What do you say?" ”

"The American side...... Most of the athletes from major league sports have very rotten private lives," Father Lin gently put one hand against his jaw, "In your opinion, how is this young man's character?" If his reputation is not good, it's best not to let Xiao Xiao get too close to this person. ”

Lin Yanmo thought for a while with half-squinted eyes: "Let's put it this way, although in terms of basketball, I don't think this guy is as amazing as the domestic media boasts." But in terms of personality alone, he is very good. In the NBA's mixed dye vat, his personality is very conservative, and he seems to have a subconscious fear of the approach of strange women......"

"So...... Do you think it's okay for Xiao Xiao to come into contact with this person? ”

"If it's just normal contact, I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Lin Yanmo spread out her hands, and her smile became a little sly, "But if it's a further contact...... It depends on Xiaoxiao's own thoughts, and I don't want to interfere with this. ”

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? I'm an enlightened father! Xiao hasn't finished high school yet, so I'm just asking about it a little bit. By the time she goes to college, I'm going to let her fall in love free. "Father Lin's words sounded like he was defending himself.

Lin Yanmo sneered: "When I was a freshman, I don't know who sent someone to beat up the senior who had confessed to me downstairs in the dormitory...... That senior is still confused when he talks about it. ”

Father Lin's face first turned red, and then darkened: "At that time, you were not yet 19 years old, girl, I was worried that your worldview was immature and that you were deceived by others...... That senior of yours isn't a good guy at first glance! ”

***

"Drip !!" Another hurried whistle reached the ears of everyone on the pitch.

Cousins, who retracted his arm, turned around to plead his case to the referee, but it was impossible to change the decision. Although Whiteside's forced basketball failed to score, the Heat center still high-fived his teammates excitedly.

“Sh*t!!!” Tyrone on the sidelines. Corbin couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and quickly put Ryan on the bench. Hollins shouted and told him to get ready to play.

The first quarter had just been played for about 6 minutes. Cousins had already received his second foul, and the head coach had to take him down for the sake of the next three quarters.

However, this also exposed a flaw in the Kings lineup, they don't have a good center bench, and a guy like Hollins, who averaged 3.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in his career, is already Cousins' first bench. Tyrone. Corbin can fully imagine what the team's box will look like when Hollins comes on the court.

But he couldn't do anything about it...... Derek can only be removed by the way. Williams, replaced by Reggie, who is more capable of fighting for rebounds. Evans, but Evans is 34 years old and it's hard to say how much more form he can play.

Spoelstra also made adjustments, and James. Ennis was at rest, he had just finished marking Kobe Bryant the day before, and he was the most physically exerting on the team. Daniel. Granger comes on the court to increase the outside firepower, and after Cousins goes off the court, the Kings' defensive formation will definitely shrink to the inside, and this is the opportunity for the Heat's outside shooters to shine.

Standing outside the three-point line waiting for Whiteside's free throws, Addison found that in addition to the inside, the Kings also had a person, Mario Brown. Chalmers.

Tyrone. Corbin looks to Darren. Collison was very unhappy with his defense, so he switched to functional point guard Chalmers and wanted him to limit Addison as much as possible. Corbin also knows that the biggest threat to the Heat is this Chinese point guard, and as long as he can be contained, the Miamins' offensive firepower will drop by at least half.

This task is certainly something that Chalmers can't ask for, and he was known for his defensive ability when he was with the Heat, so Chalmers is confident that he can defend against Addison.

"As I said before, rookie, get ready, don't let anyone else bear my wra......th for you," Chalmers, who walked on, whispered into Addison's ear as he wanted to defend the rookie in front of the Heat's uniform team in retaliation for trading him for no reason.

Addison just smiled noncommittally, but when he looked down, there was an extremely sharp cold light in his eyes. He is not the character who will not respond to repeated provocations, and the paranoid Addison never thinks of himself as a good man.

Whiteside made one of two free throws, but the free throw was the second, leaving no chance for the Heat to attack again.

The Kings' offense was handed to Rudy. In Gay's hands, Chalmers still can't be an offensive candidate with the ball, and can only look for opportunities through running.

Guy turned his back and singled Ruhr. Deng, his offensive skills are more comprehensive, and his ability to attack with his back is also good. But Ruhr. Deng Gao's body had a strong restraining effect on Guy, and finding that he couldn't find a vacancy, Guy had to turn and move towards the free throw line area with the ball.

Reggie. Evans ran over in time to cover him, and Guy hit a brilliant two-pointer with a strong dash from the free throw line and a quick step-back jumper.

The Kings fans immediately erupted in enthusiastic drumming, and after Cousins went off the court, Rudy Bush. Guy's singles prowess is their best hope. The Kings will be very difficult on the court during this time, and we can only expect Guy to bite the score with excellent individual ability.

Chalmers ran back to halfcourt and stood one step in front of the three-point line, waiting for Addison to dribble over, feeling that he was in very good shape, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit.

“Come on, good boy! Let's try to play me alone! I'll give you a wonderful ending! Chalmers' voice rolling out of his throat was muffled, but Addison couldn't have known what he was trying to say.

In this regard, Addison just wants to say that I am too lazy to play a heads-up game with you, and finally got Cousins down, and if you don't beat the water dogs at this time, when will you wait?!

Whiteside briskly ran out from under the basket to block Chalmers, and Addison neatly used the cover to get inside.

The Kings' defensive formation really shrank inward. McLemore retracted from the flank to block Addison, while Chalmers struggled to get rid of the block and chase after the Chinese point guard.

Addison faced a contractionary defense and slapped the ball from behind his back to the left with his right hand, while making a significant lateral movement to the left, drawing McLemore further away from the right-hand three-point line. At this time Daniel. Granger quickly ran from the 60° area on the right towards the bottom corner.

Just as Addison was moving to the free throw line, he suddenly made an overhead pass from McLemore with both hands, not to Bosh on the inside, but directly to the bottom right corner of the three-point line!

The direction of the pass was not at all the route McLemore had expected, and his interception was completely unresponsive. The basketball was given to Daniel with precision. In Granger's hand, the veteran jumped up in a proper rhythm and threw the ball out with a light stretch of his arm.

"!!Shh The sound of the basketball falling into the bag is so crisp and pleasant!