There was no suspense in the jump ball, and the ball was taken by the Vipers' Hassan Whiteside, who is 2.13m tall and has an excellent arm span and jump, while Eric Dawson is only 2.06m. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Terrell Harris possessed the ball to the halfcourt, and the ball was handed to Terrence Jones, the only player on the team who now has an NBA contract, he is undoubtedly a privileged player for the Vipers, after all, the Rockets are hoping to work on Jones by playing with the Vipers.

Defending Terrence Jones is Jermichael Green, the two are of similar height, Terrence Jones does not have much of an advantage in terms of body, and falling in the low post is not his specialty, Terrence Jones chose to attack with the ball in the waist and the basket.

After a slight shake off Jermichael Green's center of gravity, Terrence Jones dribbled with his left hand and broke through to the basket.

Terrence Jones is a trait of his ability to dribble well, and he can rotate between the three and four positions, and he can basically control the ball as a normal number three player.

With a breakthrough opportunity, Terrence Jones pressed Jermichael Green and rushed to the basket, and a left-handed layup helped the Rockets take the lead with 2 points.

The Austin Bulls have the ball in the hands of Corey Joseph as he and Nando De Colo arrive, and Justin Duntumon and another guard, Brad Wanamaker, are back on the bench.

After Joseph dribbled to the halfcourt, Jermichael Green, who served from the baseline, just ran outside the three-point line and made a block for Joseph.

With Green's pick-and-roll, Joseph avoided defenders and took a step inside the three-point line, perhaps trying to test his touch, Joseph didn't choose to continue to break inside, and a pull-up jump shot shot the ball.

"Bang!" the ball bounced out of the basket and landed in the hands of Hassan Whiteside, who was tall and arm-long.

Li Yang quickly retreated to the rear, Joseph chose to shoot so quickly a little unexpectedly, he was still outside the three-point line at that time, although he had the heart to rush to grab the front court, but the distance was still too far.

The Vipers were fast on the move and equally fast on the offense, with Andrew Goodlock scoring two points on a pull-up jumper from the free-throw line when the Austin Bulls weren't fully grounded.

At 11:2, after more than three minutes, the difference between the two teams was 9 points, and both teams wanted to play this game well, but it was clear that the Vipers performed better.

The Austin Bulls' style of play at the beginning of the game was mainly Joseph's control of the ball and two interior blocks, but because four of the five people on the court were not threatened outside the three-point line, only Joseph had three-point ability, and even Nando De Colo's shooting was not good, and the Vipers directly shrank the defense to make the Austin Bulls' offense completely impossible.

In contrast, the Vipers combined inside and outside, and the defensive counterattack played well, and the score quickly pulled apart, and Tyler Jenkins was forced to call a timeout.

Back on the field, Joseph passed the ball directly to Li Yang, who stepped forward to answer after controlling the ball to the halfcourt.

This is a change made by Tyler Jenkins during the timeout, with Li Yang holding the ball so that at least Joseph can be a threat from the outside.

The Vipers seemed to anticipate the Austin Bulls' change, and after halftime, the Vipers' defense was significantly larger than it had just been, especially after Joseph started running.

Li Yang controlled the ball, and in front of him was the Vipers small forward Chris Johnson who was on a defensive posture, Li Yang's performance in the past month or so has been very good, so before the game, Li Yang was also listed as the focus of the Vipers.

However, Li Yang's breakthrough is obviously not something that ordinary players can easily defend if they want to, especially under such one-on-one defense. Although Chris Johnson was very focused, he still felt powerless in the face of Li Yang's super-fast first step.

Holding the ball with both hands, he suddenly started and rushed to the right side, Li Yang's breakthrough was not fancy, but it was full of lethality, which made Chris Johnson extremely helpless.

One step to shake off Chris Johnson, Li Yang accelerated to the basket, and Terrence Jones on the Vipers side was busy abandoning the opposing Jermichael Green to rush back to the basket to make up for the defense, but he was still a step slower, and Li Yang, who rushed to the basket, took the first step to make a layup and scored 2 points.

The Vipers' offense was on the off board again, with Terrell Harris and Terrence Jones playing pick-and-roll combinations, Jermichael Green and Corey Joseph making mistakes in their defensive coordination, and Terrence receiving a pass from the left mid-range and hitting a mid-range shot.

"Rotate the defense faster!"

Tyler Jenkins, who saw this scene on the sidelines, immediately stood up and shouted, unable to defend against the Vipers' offense for several rounds in a row, and the Vipers could easily complete the offense with just a simple combination, which made Tyler Jenkins extremely dissatisfied.

Cory Joseph was listening to Tyler Jenkins, and Li Yang took the initiative to catch the ball in the backcourt.

Dribbling the ball to the front court, seeing that Jermichael Green seemed to be about to step forward to block and dismantle, Li Yang immediately waved his hand to signal the opponent to retreat.

Chris Johnson in the front eye is a guy who is strong and weak in offense and defense, and he shoots well, but he is not outstanding in terms of physical fitness, and Li Yang doesn't need the cover of his teammates if he wants to break through.

As if he understood that Li Yang wanted to force himself, Chris Johnson cheered up and bent down in front of Li Yang, leaving more than an arm's length to allow himself more time to react.

While dribbling the ball, Li Yang's eyes looked inside to observe the position of his teammates, he really didn't pay attention to Chris Johnson's defense, and strong defenders such as Kawhi Leonard must also have more than two arms to cushion, Chris Johnson's distance is definitely not safe.

Break through! Take a small half step forward with his right foot, and just when Chris Johnson was about to react, Li Yang dribbled with a low hand and changed direction and ran to the left side!

At the same time as completing the change of direction, Li Yang's speed also exploded suddenly, although this is not Li Yang's strongest speed, but it is enough to deal with Chris Johnson!

“shit！”

When Li Yang rushed past him again, Chris Johnson couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and he didn't know if he was scolding Li Yang for being perverted, or he was annoyed that he was powerless to fight back.

Chris Johnson was broken through, and Terrence Jones, who was outside the three-second zone on the right, immediately rushed over to make up for the defense, and seized the opportunity, Li Yang stuffed the ball to Jermichael Green, who was moving towards the basket.

When Jermichael Green received the ball, Terrence Jones was too slow to rush back to the defense, and he could only watch Jermichael Green's dunk performance.

"Pass beautifully!"

dunked the ball into the basket fiercely, and Jermichael Green immediately yelled at Li Yang excitedly.

Jermichael Green yelled with excitement, and there was another person who also yelled, and that was Vipers head coach Nick Nurse, but his yelling was not excitement.

"Shrink the defensive line, don't let that guy rush to the inside line easily, pay attention to the defense!"

Li Yang's two consecutive rounds of breakaways helped the Austin Bulls score points, and Nick Nurse immediately set about adjusting his defensive strategy.

The Vipers continued their very successful pick-and-roll play, with Andrew Goodlock and Hassan Whiteside pairing up for pick-and-roll.

Goodlock hoped to use Whiteside's huge body to block his defenders, but Whiteside's blocking quality was not high, Goodlock rushed to the three-point line with the help of the pick-and-roll to try to shoot directly, but Nando De Colo rushed up at the first time.

Spotting that Goodlock was about to shoot at Nando De Colo, Li Yang immediately rushed to the inside, Hassan Whiteside and Terrence Jones had a clear advantage in interior height, and Eric Dawson and Jermichael Green were not safe under the basket.

Li Yang's judgment was not wrong, although Eric Dawson and Jermichael Green worked the inside, but there was no advantage in physical confrontation, the ball had smashed into the basket and bounced up and began to fall, but the two were still doing hand-to-hand combat and were not able to jump.

"Smack!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the four were fighting, Li Yang, who rushed into the inner line, unceremoniously took the ball off.

The Vipers' retreat was fast, but Li Yang's advance speed was also not slow, and he fully exerted his impact, driving everyone to retreat quickly to the other half.

Li Yang couldn't prevent Chris Johnson at the start of the half, and Li Yang couldn't stop it after rushing up all over the court, and Li Yang left Chris Johnson behind him after a sudden acceleration in the middle of the three-point line.

Breaking through Chris Johnson, Li Yang did not get a direct chance to attack, and in front of him, two Vipers players were already in place.

After head coach Nick Nurse made the set-up, the Vipers were clearly more focused on defending Li Yang's impact.

With the two defenders in front of him, Li Yang didn't try to force the attack again, turned his head and found that Corey Joseph had found a chance to fall outside the three-point line, and Li Yang immediately passed the ball over.

Tyler Jenkins handed possession from Corey Joseph to Li Yang, in addition to giving Li Yang more opportunities to directly impact the interior to score, another role is to attract the defense and create opportunities for teammates.

Cory Joseph's chances of catching the ball were not bad, and although Terrell Harris also rushed back to the defense, it was too little impact on him.

However, Corey Joseph's hand today was really not good, the ball smashed into the basket after the shot, and directly bounced off the baseline.

"It's not a good shot. ”

Seeing this scene, Li Yang secretly shook his head, if there is no one on the outside to help share the burden of attracting defense, it is not easy for him to hit the inside line to score.