Chapter 10: The Secret of the Champion Show
After suppressing the Pistons in the first quarter, in the second quarter, the Cavaliers switched to a second team led by Jamison and Davis, center Ryan Hollins, power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward Omi Casby, scoring guard Daniel Gibson, and playmaking guard Byron Davis. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info Of course, this lineup is only the basis of the second lineup, and Cavaliers coach Byron Scott will at least put one or two of Yuan Shu, Irving and Leonard in this lineup and go to the game with the second lineup.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Scott continued to keep Irving, who had a strong desire to perform, on the court, replacing Daniel Gibson's position and switching to shooting guard, leaving the task of organization entirely to Davis, completely unleashing Irving's offense.
After directly selecting two starters for the new season from this draft, plus the arrival of Omi Cosby and Byron Davis late last season, and putting Jamison on the second team, the Cavaliers' roster depth has suddenly improved dramatically, and it is no less than any other strong team in the league, and it has also gotten rid of the situation that the team's bench was weak last season, and some injuries had a greater impact on the team's record.
Irving made persistent efforts in the second quarter, scoring another 14 points in a single quarter, and had 24 points and 6 assists at the end of the first half.
Under Irving's outstanding performance, coupled with the overall strength of the current Cavaliers team, the Cavaliers in the second half still played smoothly, although the Pistons switched to the taller and more impactful Starkey to assist Knight in the package of Irving, but Irving suddenly changed the style of play in the second half, relying on his own containment on the court, frequently assisted teammates to score, and brushed 8 assists in the second half, can't help but be far ahead of Knight in scoring, and also beat the opponent in terms of assist organization.
Seeing Irving's performance on the court, Scott thought with relief in his heart: "This kid Kyrie is completely like an empty sponge, just watching a Byron Davis game, you know that the rhythm changes according to the situation on the court, this kid is definitely a genius." ”
Before coaching Irving, Scott had coached many talented defenders, Stephen Marbury, Jason Kidd, Byron Davis, Chris Paul and other star guards were trained under Scott in the early stages of his career.
Scott has seen many talented players, offensive sharp like Marbury, all-round skills such as Kidd, and control the overall situation like Paul, but their growth is step by step with time, but Irving has shown the potential of a superstar in the first two games, although the performance has been up and down, and there may be a big gap in a short period of time, but what Scott sees is Irving's ceiling, the ceiling of Irving's potential in the first few games of his rookie season, Let Scott look forward to Owen's future development and prospects!
By the middle of the third quarter, the score had been stretched to more than 20 points, and it looked like the game had entered garbage time early, Yuan Shu returned to the bench early to rest, and Irving and Leonard were responsible for leading the team against the Pistons in the second half.
119-90, the second game of the regular season, the away game at the Auburn Hills Palace Stadium, once again ended with a big win for the Cavaliers, at the end of the game, Irving's data was 34 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists, Knight only had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and the direct dialogue between the two ended with Irving's personal and team double victory!
When the referee blew the whistle, Knight was convinced and reached out to Owen friendly, Owen looked at Knight's hand, moved his gaze to the other party's face, stared at the other party's eyes like a torch and said: "Please remember, this year's champion show, there will always be only one, his name is Kyrie Owen." ”
After saying that, Owen ignored the embarrassed Knight, turned to leave, and hung the outstretched Knight on the ground......
After the game, Yuan Shu returned to the locker room and found that Owen had gone to the shower, but the nameplate hanging on his chest was placed in front of the wardrobe. Since the wardrobe position of Owen and Yuan Shu in this game is adjacent, Yuan Shu sat down, looked at the people around him, and found that no one paid attention to him, so he immediately took the nameplate in his hand, and then quietly opened the front cover and looked at the photos inside.
Originally, Yuan Shu peeked at the photo in Owen's nameplate, just to see what Owen's girlfriend looked like, because almost every day, Yuan Shu could see Owen staring at the photo in this nameplate affectionately at various times and occasions, so Yuan Shu thought that Owen's girlfriend must be very charming, so he became curious.
But when Yuan Shu opened the nameplate, it was a very ordinary female photo, judging from the appearance on the photo, about 27 or 8 years old, if it is Owen's girlfriend, he is a little older, after all, Owen has just turned 19 this year, but it is said that Owen's mother is too young, could it be Owen's aunt? But it's impossible to watch it several times almost every day, and hang it on your chest every day, so you love it.
"She's my mom."
Just as Yuan Shu was thinking wildly, Owen's voice suddenly sounded from his side, startling Yuan Shu.
Owen ignored Yuan Shu's embarrassed appearance when he was caught, gently took the nameplate in his hand from Yuan Shu's hand, and said to Yuan Shu: "Don't feel strange, she is indeed my mother, she left me when I was 4 years old, this is her last appearance." ”
Yuan Shu heard Owen say this, and suddenly didn't know what to say, Yuan Shu, who was originally talkative, was stunned for a long time, and didn't know how to open his mouth to comfort Owen.
Owen, who seems to be more mature than her peers, said: "My mother's name is Elizabeth, she is a classical pianist, and in the eyes of her relatives and friends, she is a perfectionist, and she always sees the little things, and then she will master them and improve herself. My father always told me how much I was like my mother, and even though she was no longer there, I would keep this talent alive and never allow myself to fail! ”
When he said this, Owen's eyes were full of determination, and after closing the nameplate, Owen took his big headphones and listened to the music while slowly getting dressed, not at all proud because of today's victory over the rookies of the same class.
And Yuan Shu, who learned the secret of Champion Yuanxiu, finally understood why Owen would play so hard in today's game, just because of Knight's words on Twitter, "Go back to your mother and cry".
If he could go back to his mother's arms and cry, maybe Owen wouldn't mind losing once, maybe he could lose many times, but Owen would never feel his mother's warm embrace again.
Yuan Shu looked at Owen who was shaking his head and listening to music with his eyes closed, and suddenly felt that his forehead tattoo was not a sign of aging, but a trace left after the years of tempering.