Chapter 20: The Home Massacre
After escaping from the arena, Ye Xuan and Shen Wei had a good dinner. At noon the next day, Ye Xuan came to the tactics room to discuss with Frank about the playing time for the next few games, "Ye, if nothing else, I will replace you after the first TV pause, it may be the same as before, you replace Lance, play with the starters for a while, or you may replace Hill, and use your breakthrough to help the team to cause damage." After that I'm going to bring in the bench and you play with the bench until all the main players come back. And then I'm going to have you play off the bench in the second half of the third quarter and the first two minutes of the fourth quarter, and if the game gets hot, I'll probably put you on the court in the final minutes as Hill, because your defense and three-pointers might work wonders in the final moments. Well, do you have any other comments? ”
"No problem sir, your arrangement is perfect, I think it will not only allow me to practice with Paul, but also allow me to use my full strength."
"Very good, then you go and prepare for today's game, the opponent Jazz, there is no threat, but we can't be too careless."
Ye Xuan heard this, walked out of the tactics room, and came to the court, where Pickled Pepper, Hibbert, and Ma Xinmi were already training. The four of them practiced shooting separately for a while, and then got together and played 2 V 2 for a while.
"You know Paul, I envy you, you are the core of this team, the soul of this team, and I am just an outsider who joined halfway."
"What the hell do you want to say, Ye, you should know that I am not disgusted by your joining, I am tired of losing, last year in the Eastern Conference Finals, Wade and James we can always only prevent one, this year with you, our hopes of winning the championship have increased greatly, I don't want any intra-team conflicts to affect all this."
"Don't worry, Paul, I won't deliberately provoke conflicts within the team, I'm an easy-going person, we're nine out of ten champions this year, with me and Reims, we can watch the other two key players at the same time, and also, I'm not used to playing without the ball with you for the time being, so I've applied to play as a substitute, I'll tell you in advance, so you don't misunderstand."
After making his position clear to Pickled Pepper, Ye Xuan was also relieved. There's no other reason than because he doesn't want to clash with the current boss of the Pacers, and he doesn't want to resent the main players because of a little ball possession.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the game to begin. "Let's give a warm welcome to our hero, the Black Great Wall--- Roy Hibbert" "Oooo "There was a cheer," David West !! ”
The cheers were still the same, and it was Ye Xuan's turn to cheer "Our newcomer Wang YE XUAN" The cheers were even more enthusiastic, and there were some little fans at the scene who shouted "Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan." Feeling the enthusiasm of the audience, Ye Xuan also knew that his excellent performance in several consecutive games had moved these audiences.
Speaking of which, the Jazz are not in a good situation either, and this season, the Jazz are definitely a big change. With management determined to reuse the team's young players, the likes of Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Mo Williams, Jamal Tinsley, Earl Watson, Randy Foye and DeMar Carroll have all left the team to give way to youngsters who need playing time to prove themselves.
Next season's new starting line-up of Trey Burke, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derek Favors and Enes Kante will be on the rise and shine in the future, but they may have to go through a series of defeats before they can enjoy victory.
The Utah Jazz look bright for the future, but they are likely to lose a lot of games this season. After all, it is really too difficult for such a young army to compete with teams with a lot of experience and veterans.
That being said, the young team will get better and better in the coming years, and there's a good chance they'll get another talented player in the 2014 draft. But for now, this team of many young people clearly can't cause problems for the Pacers, the favorites to win the championship.
Sure enough, the Pacers opened the game with an 11-0 shockwave in the opening stanza, and after that, except for Haywood and Favors who scored one each, the Jazz still couldn't find the direction of the offense.
When it was Ye Xuan's turn to play, the score had already come to 19:6. After Ye Xuan came on the court, he was not polite at all, and even shot suddenly, scoring 7 points in 1 minute, and at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Pacers not only scored a season-high 47 points in the first quarter, but also prevented the Jazz from scoring only 19 points in the entire first quarter.
In just one quarter, a 28-point lead was achieved. At the beginning of the second quarter, Ye Xuan was still not prepared to show mercy, although after the coach's guidance and encouragement during the pause, the Jazz players finally found a direction. But Ye Xuan, who was full of firepower, still led the substitute lineup to continue to open the score, and when the starting lineup returned to the court again, the score had come to 78:39.
"Eh, I said we're going to be a little too cruel?" During the intermission, Ye Xuan said in the locker room, and Pickle Pepper answered on the side, "Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself." ”
"Wow, let's be a little more cruel if we say that."
"Appeal !!!" The teammates looked at Ye Xuan, who was cheap, and cheered one after another.
That being said, not long after the start of the second half, the Pacers replaced all their main players, and even Donald Sloan, who usually barely gets a chance to play, was given a long chance to play. At the end of the game, the Pacers easily won the game 120:88, Ye Xuan only played 2 minutes in the entire second half, played 14 minutes in the whole game, and scored 19 points and 4 assists efficiently.
After the game, the media unanimously affirmed the strength of the Pacers, but also criticized the Jazz's tactics and professionalism. It was clear that the Jazz's attitude in the first two quarters of the game was very frustrating to the media and pundits, and it was also very disappointing for fans to take a negative approach to play when they were behind the score.
On the contrary, on the Pacers' side, when the main lineup is still strong, there is one more Ye Xuan who can lead a group of benches to score efficiently during the main break, which has improved the media's evaluation of the Pacers by another section, if before, the Pacers were just a team that was expected to cause a little trouble for the Heat, but now it has become a seeded team that is very likely to kill the Heat, successfully break through to the East, and enter the Finals.