Chapter 2205 Playoffs Second Round 2
Marshburn singled with the ball and Bryan defended. After a steady playing time in the second half of the season, Bryan's defense has improved to a certain extent, at least not as he was when he played against the Hornets at the beginning, and was directly shaken off by Mashburn.
Mashburn still started with his back to his back, holding Brian down step by step and walking inside.
Five seconds later, Mashburn was in his own range.
At this time, he made a turning motion. Since Marsh could have single-handedly held the ball, such a move was very deceptive, and Bryan directly followed the defense and turned and broke through.
But Mashburn didn't really turn around, his "turn" was just a shot, and after seeing Bryan leave his defensive position, Mashburn immediately turned back, took his left foot as the axis, spun around, and shot in the basket.
Such an empty shooting percentage should have been high, but when Mashburn turned around, something different was discovered, and Luke came!
Luke pounced like a hungry tiger, and Mashburn knew to be careful with the ball.
To defend the block, Mashburn turned the angle of his shot a little higher, so that the ball flew right above Luke's fingertips, much to Mashburn's relief. However, due to the increase in the angle of the shot, and sometimes the shot was rushed, and the shooting strength was not adjusted in time, the hit rate of the ball could not be guaranteed at all. The ball bounces off the basket, then it flies over the rebound, drops, goes out of bounds, and the ball is exchanged.
"Damn it!" Mashburn shook his fist fiercely, venting his frustration. Derek Coleman went back to defense with a blank face.
Originally, the ball just now. If Derek Coleman had just reminded Mashburn, it might not have been the case. When Derek Coleman reminded, at least Mashburn was mentally prepared in this way, in the face of Luke he was able to be more calm, to put it better, Mashburn is not without passing ability, if Derrick Coleman can remind in time, then Mashburn in the face of the bag is likely to pass the ball to Derrick Coleman, let Derrick Coleman make his own decisions, and there is only one defender on the inside. Derrick Coleman and his teammates can do whatever they want.
But Derek Coleman didn't do that. Derek Coleman didn't even make a sound. Ignoring the past defense of Luke, he quietly waited for Marshburn to pitch. Always be ready to grab rebounds. If you do that, you can't say anything about him.
But as a teammate on a team, it's a bit bad if that's the case!
But no one has noticed the difference between Derek Coleman. Now their more important task is to defend the 76ers' offense.
Defending is something that makes Derrick Coleman very unhappy. As a genius. I don't like the dirty work of defending. And Luke is an alternative power forward. Defending Luke has to pull out. This is quite disliked by Derrick Coleman, who is a traditional power forward. But there is no way, only to pull it out. Allen throws a mid-range shot and hits the iron. Elden Campbell, the center who was 5 centimeters taller than him and pressed the Hornets on the inside, grabbed the rebound, and the 76ers got another chance to attack. This made Derrick Coleman even more unhappy, he thought he would not let Big Ben take the rebounds so easily in the interior, and Eldon Campbell only symbolically resisted and gave up, which made Derrick Coleman very angry. So when the 76ers attacked again, Derrick Coleman went inside to grab the rebound. Derrick Coleman entered, and Luke on the outside was directly empty, and of course Allen and Reed would not be invisible, and directly called the ball in their hands to Luke's hand with a long pass. In the face of such an unguarded shot, Luke's shot needless to say, "Whew-", a three-pointer to end the battle.
"Really!" Baran Davis complained. "It was supposed to be well guarded! Derek, how did you slip through the cracks! β
"Alright, Balang, say no more!" Mashburn patted Barang Davis and said, "Attack! β
With that, Mashburn turned to Derek Coleman and said, "Derek, be careful, Luke's outside attack is quite tough!" β
"I don't need you to remind you!" Derek Coleman said as he ran to the frontcourt.
Eldon Campbell serves from the baseline, Barang Davis and David Wesley control the ball to the frontcourt.
At this time, Derek Coleman has pressed in. David Wesley just passed the ball over.
Derek Coleman, who received the ball, was ready to go it alone!
Derrick's basketry skills are quite solid. Whether it's pushing with your back, turning around suddenly, or feints, stuck in position. Simple dribbling, proper mid-range shooting ability. He will pass the ball. But now what he wants to show people most is his strength.
After playing hard at first, after so many years in the NBA, Derrick Coleman believes that his strength is still enough. But after squeezing for a long time, there was no squeezing, which made Derek Coleman very unhappy. After trying a few times, it still didn't move, and Derek Coleman was even hotter. But seeing that the time for back beating is approaching, there is no way, so let's think of other ways.
Turn around first, and then perform a step-back jumper that you haven't shown yet, believing that your height plus bounce plus arm span, so that the ball you shoot is nine times out of ten that the person who defends you on the opposite side can't cover it, so the shooting rate is also guaranteed.
So Derek Coleman went out with confidence.
First, he continued to lean on Luke for a while, and then used the reaction force to turn around, supported by his left foot, and prepared to shoot.
At this moment, the words of Mashburn suddenly came to mind behind him: "Be careful!" β
"Huh? What's going on! At this time, Derek Coleman glanced around and saw that someone was coming from behind, and it was not possible to stop at this time, so he hurriedly shot and the ball hit iron. Luke, who was closer to the basket, picked up the rebound.
The Hornets knew they had lost their chance and hurried back to the defense.
Seeing that the Hornets players returned to defense so quickly, the 76ers also slowed down, after all, there was no chance of fast break, and it was better to stabilize and play. Luke chose to slip the bottom line this time. Got straight out of Derrick Coleman's defense on the outside and rushed into the interior. Derrick Coleman was of course in hot pursuit, and then Luke went around Big Ben, used Big Ben as a human wall, blocked Derrick Coleman, and then slipped out again from the other side, so that there was basically no one to defend, and Reed just happened to pass the ball at this point.
"Oops!" Mashburn immediately sensed that the situation was not good, and immediately began to move closer to Luke. Eldon Campbell also let go of Big Ben and moved closer like Luke.
Undeterred, Luke stopped the ball in his chest and jumped.
"Damn! It's to shoot! I won't let you get away with it! Eldon Campbell and Mashburn followed suit, spreading their hands and intercepting Luke's shot. But they didn't even catch a single hair.
That's not right! Could it be that Luke didn't make a move? Ordinary people don't make such a simple mistake, at least throw the ball out, or pass it out......
Wait a minute! When he thought of this, Marsh regretted it, spread it, spread it! The man who Marshburn himself was supposed to defend is now completely empty.
I hope it's not him! I hope it's not him! Mashburn prayed secretly.
But sometimes that's the case, the more you don't want something to happen, the more it happens.
Bryan, who had missed Marshburn's defense, received a pass from Luke's back, stabilized it, and then immediately made a shot, three points, and the ball went in. βyes!β Brian shook his fist in a gesture of excitement.
Seeing Bryan score the ball, Luke also smiled, this trick was learned from Joe Bryant.
This kind of passing is a test of skill and imagination, as long as you have that imagination, plus enough technology, such a weird, tricky pass that deceives everyone can be made.
Seeing this ball, Joe Bryant, who has become the assistant coach of the 76ers on the sidelines, also clenched his fists tightly, such a pass shows that his hard work in the past few months has not been in vain, and it is valuable!
At this time, the Hornets called a timeout! (To be continued......)