Chapter Seventy-Six: The Clown and the Harlequin
Simon was replaced by the Lakers. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Froman had a gloomy face, glared at Simon and said, "I don't know what happened on the field, but I should have told you countless times, ignore W." ā
"Coach, Iā" Simon stopped talking. Froman yelled, "That's it, do you know why I'm replacing you?" Because your expression has changed, I thought you would be ashamed, I overestimated you, you are no longer confident, if you don't have self-confidence, then you are not Simon Oliver, you are not qualified to be called the second Kant James. ā
"I'm not the second Kant James." Simon responded, "I'm the first Simon Oliver. ā
"Okay, you look good, but you still have to sit." Froman turned to look at the pitch, "I hope you can recover in the second half, if not, just sit like this." ā
The Kings made the same move as the Lakers and let Wang Weiyu go.
The same decision, different treatment, Simon was reprimanded, and Wang Weiyu took the towel handed by the head coach, which meant applause, and Herbert was satisfied with his performance.
"Rest now, we need your energy in the second half." Herbert said softly, Wang Weiyu answered, and sat down in his place, "You have been sitting for a long time." He said to Jing Qi. Jing Qi nodded, "Yes, I really want to play." "The coach has told you so many times that you don't want to go to the basket when you can dunk, why don't you listen to it?" Wang Weiyu asked.
"Before I could figure out what to do, my body went to the basket on its own." Jing Qi said depressedly.
"What a bad habit." Wang Weiyu said: "You still have to be ready, the coach can't let Merris take the overall situation alone, he still needs you to play in the second half." ā
Off the court, Nancy couldn't understand it again, "Merris came on, that Simon went down, why did the Imperial team replace Wang?" Wouldn't it be possible to score more points by keeping him on the field? And there is no Simon's containment. ā
"Yes, Nancy, you can already see that." Qin Wei asked playfully: "Is it because Merris often watches football games?" Nancy was anxious to know the answer, "You explain this to me first." ā
"Okay." Qin Wei said: "You should know that there are four quarters in the game, and now it's only the second quarter, even if Wei Yu stays on the court, the Imperial Team will gain some advantages, but it is not decisive, and there is still a second half." ā
"Wei Yu and Simon are the core of both teams, and the manager will definitely control their fitness in order to continue the game into the second half, so what you see happens, Wei Yu and Simon are both off the field, and they are resting to prepare for the second half." Qin Wei said. "I see." Nancy nodded as if she didn't understand.
The departure of Wang Weiyu and Simon made the offensive systems of the two teams collapse one after another, and the rules were greatly reduced, turning into a blind one-man fight, all relying on talent to win.
Compared with the talent of the players alone, only Merris is considered to be talented in injuries in the Imperial Team, and the rest of the guys are all functional players with obvious characteristics. Compared with Humphrey, Bender and others on the Lakers' court, it is a lot worse.
As a result, 70 percent of the Kings' next scores came from Merris' strong play. The Lakers have Humphrey and Bender as the core, and they should work together inside and outside to score quickly.
At the end of the first half, 59-52, the Lakers entered the second half with a seven-point advantage.
"After the core of the two teams is off the court, the offensive end is that the Lakers are even better, and the high-pick draft in successive years has allowed the Lakers to stock up on several talented young people who are more comfortable with this situation."
'It's definitely a quality game, it's going to be more competitive in the second half, I'm a little bit excited to watch, it's good to be young.'
In the lounge of the Imperial Team, the atmosphere was very cheerful. Raglan, the creator of the atmosphere, was already supernatural, "Did you see Simon's expression?" Now you know how good I am, I can not only shoot threes, but also attack their spirits. ā
"It's not because I cooperate well, my acting skills are at the level of an Oscar-winning actor." Dijol said smugly.
Merris agreed, "To be honest, it's the first time I've seen Simon's confused expression, Raglen, you've done a great job. "W, what do you think?" Raglan had a "begging for compliment" expression on his face.
"Well done." Wang Weiyu had nothing to say, and for the first time found that there were other ways to collapse opponents on the court.
In the second half, the Kings changed their starting line-up. The Lakers were similar, just swapping starting center Newman for three or four swingman McDonnell Randle.
From Simon's expression, it can be seen that he has let go of distractions and is concentrating on the game.
In this way, trash talk is useless.
Wang Weiyu muttered a few words in Merris's ear, and the two set the rules for the first attack. In the front court, Merris opened his broad body and built an impregnable wall for Wang Weiyu.
Simon was cut off, MacDonald's gaze obscured Merris's back, and when he saw Wang Weiyu burst in, he couldn't stop him.
Wang Weiyu broke into the empty basket and scored an easy layup.
"59 to 54, the Emperor's blocking and dismantling coordination is very clever, and Merris blocked Simon to death, and he can't keep up with W at all." "And it also confuses MacDonald's eyes, what a beautiful pick-and-roll, and these 2 Merris accounts for at least 1.5 points."
Simon called Bender to block and dismantle, Wang Weiyu had a lot of experience in this, and gave way in advance, but Bender did not block people, but fell into the trap.
In this way, Bender was empty, and with Simon's technique, he would not let the bag press to the wrong at all, and before that, the ball had been passed.
Bender catches the ball in the middle and shoots in the middle. As soon as he shot, he gave people a comfortable feeling, he had the same soft shooting touch as Jing Qi, and there was almost no possibility of missing a shot in this open position.
"Lakers down for two more points, rookie from Croatia, Bender Travovta!"
"You don't stand a chance!" Simon's defensive intensity is at the level of the finals, and such a fierce confrontation is tacitly approved by the referee, which means that the intensity of the game will go up a few notches.
Wang Weiyu's face was not afraid, he made a decision immediately, stepped out, seized the opportunity, Simon's body was attached, and the strong confrontation made the center of gravity shift a few points.
This level of confrontation is no big deal! Wang Weiyu was ruthless and resolutely killed under the basket. The Lakers' interior line, Bender and McDonald, have shrunk one after another, intending to teach him a lesson. Wang Weiyu noticed the change and played the ball with one hand.
Jing Qi caught the ball and slammed it on the ground, jumping up to dunk. Behind him, Simon closed in and cut the ball away before he could fully rise, "Our moment! ā
The imposing Lakers set off a ferocious counterattack, Na Simon took the lead and rushed extremely fast, Wang Weiyu fell too far behind and it was difficult to catch up. The Imperials only had Raglan in front of him and wanted to stop it with a foul, but Simon didn't give a chance at all, went to the free throw area, and made a European step.
Raglan gritted his teeth and let go out to force Simon to stop with a foul, however, he underestimated Simon's strength, this time he collided, he flew sideways, and Simon used that power to jump, dunk and score, and also caused Raglen's foul.
"Raglan!" His teammates ran over and pulled him up.
Raglan was bleeding from his mouth and was a little dizzy. Simon's face was indifferent and he sneered: "Your defense is worse than mine. "Goo," Raglan swallowed the blood from his mouth, "you compare yourself to me?" I'm the worst defender on the Kings, excuse me? You Aussie bastard! "You're just a clown." Not to be outdone, Simon replied.
"I'm a clown, you're the clown who gets teased by the clown, idiot!" To quarrel, ten Simons are no match for Raglan.
Seeing that he was about to start, Wang Weiyu dragged Raglan away, "Calm down." "That Bichi!" Raglan looked at Simon with hatred.
"Raglan and Simon are trash talking again, it's fun like that, it's a last century feel, and I love it." Barkley said with a look of nostalgia: "Enemies on the field, you can be friends off the field, if you have to be friends on the field, then why do we still have to play?" ā
"Chuck, if you keep talking, Mr. President will be unhappy."
"Whatever, I'm not playing in the league anymore."