The dead-ball opportunity that Tyler Jenkins had been waiting for finally came, but in a slightly unexpected way when Vipers head coach Nick Nurse called a timeout. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 13:10, after Li Yang made two consecutive steals to complete the fast break, the difference had narrowed to 3 points, and Nick Nurse immediately called a timeout, he didn't want the Austin Bulls to get off the ground.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tyler Jenkins made a personnel change, replacing Nando De Colo at the shooting guard position and replacing Brad Wanamaker.

In the point guard position, Tyler Jenkins still let Corey Joseph stay on the court, although Corey Joseph's outside shooting touch today is not too good, but he has shooting ability after all, unlike Nando De Collo's outside shooting ability is too poor, so even if Corey Joseph has a bad hand, he believes that the Vipers will not dare to completely empty him.

In addition, although Corey Joseph has been inconsistent in playing time with the Spurs this season, he is much more qualified as a point guard than Justin Duntmon, which Tyler Jenkins is well aware of.

After a 20-second timeout, the players on both sides returned to the court, but the Vipers did not adjust the lineup, and it was clear that Nick Nurse did not see any problems with his lineup in the previous period, and he just used this timeout to remind the players to control their mistakes and also curb the momentum of the Bulls' counterattack.

However, Nick Nurse quickly paid the price for his idea.

After the Austin Bulls took care of their defense, the Vipers' offense was no longer as efficient as it was in the first few rounds. On the other hand, the Austin Bulls, after handing over the task of ball control and organization to Li Yang and adjusting the lineup, the offensive efficiency has improved significantly.

Breakthrough! Li Yang only does this one thing on the offensive end, after getting the ball, he either rushes directly one-on-one, or with the help of his teammates' blocking, Li Yang can always kill the inside.

If he is just a player to defend at this time, Li Yang can rely on his excellent body and already getting better and better layup ability to attack the basket directly.

After seeing Li Yang's lethality, the Vipers had to encircle and suppress Li Yang on the inside, and at this time, Li Yang's opportunity to assist came.

To be exact, Li Yang's passing ability is not excellent, and his passing vision needs to be improved, but in the case of being able to attract two or three people to wrap up, Li Yang has more options to pass the ball.

It's okay to be tall and long, and it's okay to bounce around, and Li Yang's pass can't be stopped by others.

Brad Wanamaker, who was substituted, felt good today, and twice received Li Yang's passes from outside the three-point line and hit the ball, which also made Li Yang's passes more lethal.

In the face of the combination of the Austin Bulls' inside and out, the Vipers gradually became at a disadvantage on the court, and when the Vipers called a timeout again to make adjustments, the Austin Bulls had overtaken the score.

At 24:28, after the first quarter, the Austin Bulls led by four points.

Although the Vipers did a better job on the defensive end after entering the second quarter of the game, and once overtook the score, the Austin Bulls still maintained a four-point lead after the first half.

In this quarter, Tyler Jenkins pushed Nando De Colo into the small forward position, not on the court at the same time as Li Yang, and arranged for Corey Joseph, Justin Duntmon and Brad Wanamaker to take turns on the outside line, and the offense was also playing well.

The second half was quickly restarted, with Tyler Jenkins simply putting Nando De Colo on the bench and Brad Wanamaker starting.

The Austin Bulls took the lead in attacking, and after Cory Joseph controlled the ball and came to the halfcourt, Li Yang, who was at the top of the arc, immediately ran towards Cory Joseph outside the three-point line on the right side.

Just when Chris Johnson was wary of Li Yang to catch the ball and attack, Corey Joseph was not as anxious to hand the ball to Li Yang as he was in the first two quarters, and Li Yang did not take the initiative to ask for the ball.

Blocking and dismantling, Li Yang and Corey Joseph played a blocking and dismantling cooperation, and with the help of Li Yang's cover, Corey Joseph dribbled and began to break through.

Chris Johnson and Terrell Harry, who defended Joseph, were both inside the three-point line at this time, so both subconsciously went to defend Cory Joseph.

Finding himself unexpectedly attracted to the two-man bag, Cory Joseph, who was still ready to continue to break through, immediately handed over the ball and threw it behind Chris Johnson and Terrell Harris.

Although the ball was thrown a little early, Corey Joseph was not worried that Li Yang would not be able to catch the ball. Indeed, when the ball fell from behind, Li Yang just arrived to catch the ball in his hand, dribbled forward, and Li Yang directly killed the basket.

Although at halftime, Vipers head coach Nick Nurse told the players not to blindly shrink the defensive line and pay attention to the defensive rotation on the outside, but at this moment, the Vipers players obviously forgot this.

When they saw that Li Yang killed the inside line without any blocking, several people immediately shrank to the inside line to prepare to defend.

"Watch out for the outside line!"

Nick Nurse saw this scene and immediately shouted from the sidelines.

With Nick Nurse yelling, Li Yang threw the ball to the perimeter, Brad Wanamakerk, who was the best shot player on the Austin Bulls in the first half.

Brad Wanamaker received a pass from Li Yang, and at this point, the Vipers' defender, Andrew Goodlock, known as the little mamba, quickly rushed back. Nick Nurse's reminder still worked, after all.

Andrew Goodlock's was not able to stop Brad Wanamaker from throwing the ball away, and Wanamakerk, who had a good touch in the first half, took a shot at Goodlock, who was a meter away.

"Rebound!"

However, as soon as the ball was thrown, Brad Wanamaker immediately shouted, and the hot hand of the first half did not continue, and as soon as the ball left his hand, he realized that the ball was going to be deflected.

Closer to the basket, the Vipers' two interior linemen, Hassan Whiteside and Terrence Jones, completely blocked the Austin Bulls' two interior players, but Chris Johnson apparently didn't realize the problem until he saw Li Yang, who was just near the basket, start rushing for rebounds.

"He's not going to have a chance. ”

Chris Johnson was quickly relieved that there were two big men on the team under the basket, and he didn't think Li Yang would have a chance to grab the rebound.

However, Chris Johnson obviously overestimated the rebounding ability of the two Vipers inside, and also underestimated Li Yang's rushing ability.

Under the basket, Hassan Whiteside held Eric Dawson behind him, arms raised high, and just waited for the rebound to fall into his hands.

But at this moment, Li Yang's figure suddenly came out, jumped high, and took off the basketball from the side and back!

"Well done, Yang!"

Jermichael Green, who was also blocked behind him and had nowhere to go, immediately shouted happily when he saw it, as if he had grabbed the rebound.

Li Yang didn't have time to pay attention to Jermichael's ubiquitous praise at this time - it was too difficult to stop this guy's mouth - and after grabbing the rebound, Li Yang immediately realized that he had a very good offensive opportunity.

Chris Johnson didn't follow up on the inside, the two inside lines of the Vipers were still fighting with their teammates, and Li Yang, who got the ball, was unguarded at this time.

A dodge came behind Eric Dawson, and Li Yang grabbed the ball without hesitation and threw it towards the basket!

Eric Dawson is a "good teammate" at the moment because he has completely blocked Hassan Whiteside, and of course, it would have been nice if he could have put some excitement or anticipation on his face.

A close-range one-handed throw to hit the board, Li Yang hit it steadily, leaving Hassan Whiteside, who had just flashed behind Eric Dawson, helpless.

"Let this guy score again!" At the same time, the eyes of all the Vipers players on the field looked at Li Yang.

Three NBA team general managers were present today, and the Vipers players were full of anticipation. In the first half, Li Yang's performance overshadowed everyone, and at halftime, several players of the Vipers team had reached a consensus that Li Yang would never be able to give Li Yang too many opportunities to perform in the second half, but what they didn't expect was that in the first round, Li Yang scored again.

Running to the other half, several players of the Vipers team glanced at each other, and then nodded slightly, from this moment on, Li Yang will become their focus on defense.