Chapter 23 Buckle (Ask for Subscription, Reward)
What Huang Jun didn't know was that because of his arrival, the other party's time in charge of Shuaiyin had increased.
As the Cavaliers head coach expected, when the halftime ended, the Cavaliers' bench lineup defeated the Wizards' main lineup, and at the end of the half, the Cavaliers led the Wizards by a large score of 65-44.
Arenas scored 20 points in the half, but it was scored in exchange for the number of shots, and after returning from the break, Arenas couldn't find any touch at all, constantly shooting, hitting the iron again and again, and occasionally scoring a goal, but there was no pressure on the Cavaliers.
The entire second quarter was played by the Cavaliers' bench lineup, and the starting lineup did not have any chance to play in the second quarter, which made Huang Jun really depressed, and he only played nine minutes in the twelve minutes of the entire first quarter, and he got four points and four assists in these nine minutes, and his performance was quite good.
It's just that he didn't expect that in the second quarter, the second set of the Cavaliers' lineup performed so well, and he didn't give the starters a chance to play at all.
It really made Huang Jun very depressed, but he also knew that the Cavaliers' bench lineup played very well during that time, and it was indeed a very wise choice for the head coach to keep them on the court, after all, it could give the main players more time to rest, and they could continue to widen the score difference in the game score, so why not?
"The Cavaliers' bench in this game is eye-catching, but the Wizards are too bad is also one of the important reasons," Smith said, in fact, he really didn't want to praise the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers' bench did perform very well in this game.
"Hehehe, Smith, I didn't expect you to praise the Cavaliers, but today's Cavaliers' bench is really worthy of your praise, but the Cavaliers' starters don't have much chance to cash, especially Huang Jun, who has just returned from injury, doesn't have many opportunities to prove that he has indeed fully recovered to 100% health, I don't know if the head coach of the Cavaliers will give him more opportunities in the second half, so that he can get back to a little bit of the game, after all, there has been no game for twenty days" Barkley looked at Huang Jun who was sitting on the sidelines and said.
"Hehe, do you mean Huang Jun, he has played nine minutes so far in this game, but the performance of the game can be said to be okay, four points and four assists in nine minutes is already very good for him who has just returned from injury" Smith said very seriously on the side.
Barkley smiled and stopped talking.
When the third quarter began, Huang Jun still appeared in the starting position, and at the beginning of the second half, the Wizards removed Blatche's starting position and replaced it with Nick Young.
Nick Young played the starting scoring position, allowing Caron Butler to return to his most familiar position as small forward. The head coach of the Wizards can only do this now, this lineup is the most powerful among the Wizards, whether he can chase the score back in the third quarter depends on this lineup, Eddie Jordan can only make a desperate bet.
When the third quarter began, Arenas, Nick Young, Butler and others suddenly played, swept away the depression and sluggishness of the second quarter, and in just three minutes of the third quarter, the three combined to contribute a total of 11 points to the team.
The Cavaliers, on the side of Huang Jun James, also scored nine points, and they were only chased back by the Wizards by two points in the score, and the Wizards were still as many as 19 points behind in the score.
However, the Wizards' lineup has already achieved miraculous results, and the offensive firepower is very full.
Arenas held the ball and looked at Huang Jun who was defending in front of him, and then didn't dribble much, and passed the ball directly to Butler on the outside, Butler who received the ball dribbled in the face of James's defense, Butler didn't have a little stage fright, although he was not a superstar like James, but he was also a first-line star.
Butler's continuous dribbling, using the cover of the inside, flashed a gap, a pull-up jump shot, hit a mid-range shot, and once again helped the Wizards recover two points, at this time the Wizards were still trailing by seventeen points, and the Wizards' players saw hope at this moment.
When Huang Jun came back to play Arenas alone, Huang Jun's eyes were very firm at this time, this was the first time he wanted to single Arenas in this game, and his determination at this moment was very firm, completely exceeding usual.
Arenas is really helpless in this game, I don't know how many times Huang Jun has been in this game, it can be said that no matter how defensive he is, the other party will always give him over, as long as Huang Jun has deceived his defensive focus, then he must have been over, and he can't catch up, because Huang Jun's speed is definitely above him.
Landry wanted to come up and cover for Huang Jun, but was directly rejected by Huang Jun, Landry had to give up the idea when he saw this, and Huang Jun started, a change of direction, a very simple change of direction, Arenas naturally could not have been given such an easy and simple change of direction, otherwise his defense was worse than Nash's defense.
Huang Jun naturally didn't take it for granted that his change of direction would give Arenas's defense, this change of direction didn't have any purpose for him, it was just a warm-up, and the next thing was the real show.
A dribble in the opposite direction, then a step back, then a dribble in the opposite direction, and then a dribble behind the ball while turning around to pass Arenas's defense, Arenas felt his eyes were very flowery when he was passed, because Huang Jun's set of actions were all completed in one breath, without any pause.
After passing Arenas's defense, Huang Jun held the ball to the basket, and then faced Heywood's defense, kicked hard with both feet, jumped high, and looked at Heywood with a warlike look.
Naturally, Heywood couldn't just stand motionless on the floor to block Huang Jun, so Heywood naturally jumped high, but Heywood's bounce power was really limited, and it couldn't be compared with Huang Jun's bounce power at all, but Heywood's height was far above Huang Jun.
Heywood's height and the slight bounce, the current height is about the same as Huang Jun's height, but this is already the highest degree of Heywood, and Huang Jun's height is still rising, but Heywood's defense is still very good, although it is not as tall as Huang Jun, but the defense in the air has brought Huang Jun a lot of trouble, very uncomfortable.
But although it is uncomfortable, it is impossible for Huang Jun to give up this attack like this, what he is thinking about now is not the confrontation with Heywood, but the durability, to see who lands first, so as long as Heywood is about to land, play a time difference, then it is still very easy to score, and Huang Jun is naturally above Heywood.
It's just that what Huang Jun didn't expect was that his jump this time made the fans on the scene very worried, because they didn't know the truth that Huang Jun had completely recovered, so they were very worried now, worried that Huang Jun's injury that had not completely healed would be aggravated again, and all the fans in the stands looked at the figure in the air with their eyes wide open, and the worry in their eyes was unobstructed.
Huang Jun naturally didn't know, he was almost at the limit after staying in the air for more than a few tenths of a second, and Heywood jumped later, so he slowly began to fall at this time, and Huang Jun felt that the other party's body was falling, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Huang Jun held the ball in one hand and slammed it towards the basket.
Boom, the sound of a violent dunk rang out at the scene, Huang Jun successfully blocked Haywood and dunked the ball, which will undoubtedly be one of the top ten dunks this season.
Heywood felt really embarrassed at this time, he was actually detained by college students from China, didn't he say that the physical fitness of Chinese is not good, how can the physical fitness of a small point guard be so good? He really couldn't understand that he was suffering the humiliation of life at this time.
After that, there were thunderous deafening cheers from the scene, cheering and celebrating Huang Jun's wonderful dunk, Huang Jun's face did not have any expression, and he said in his heart, "I really didn't expect my body to be really nothing, there was no discomfort at all, it seems that I am really completely healed, and I thought it was a dream."
Next, Arenas used the cover of the interior player to hit an unreasonable three-point again, and most of Arenas' offense today chose to shoot three-pointers, plus the score at this time has fallen so far behind, choosing three points is undoubtedly his first choice for offense now, which is also a choice that has no choice but to be completely passive.
After the goal, Arenas looked at Huang Jun and said in his heart, "This kid's single defense ability is really good, if there is no cover from his teammates, I will be very uncomfortable with him, it seems that I completely despised him before the game, and did not give him a little respect, there are so many newcomers who appreciate the news, how can it be as simple as I imagined." ”
At this time, the Wizards are still sixteen points behind the Cavaliers, and the sixteen-point weakness is still very sufficient in time, but they must not only maintain the offensive firepower of this game, but also put enough pressure on the opponent's defense to force the opponent's shooting rate to decline, and the mistakes gradually increase, so that it is possible to reverse, otherwise the hope of reversal is very slim.
Huang Jun controlled the ball and threw it directly into the air, the goal of the basketball was close to the basket, and when he was about to reach the basket, the speed actually dropped, and the height was also decreasing, is this a mistake? The fans at the scene couldn't help but have this question in their minds.