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Chapter 72 Takenori Akagi's Famous Quote



Chapter 72 Takenori Akagi's Famous Quote
On the evening of May [-]rd, Rose Garden Arena.

Amidst the cheers, McMillan received the best head coach trophy from David Stern, held it high above his head, and showed it around the arena.

Su Yang turned and walked away with a smile, Monty and other teaching assistants also moved away sideways, and the staff took away the trophy upon seeing this.

McMillan put his arms around Su Yang's shoulders, and excitedly said that he was just a representative, and the alliance would send it to him sooner or later.

Su Yang was noncommittal, but responded with a smile. The two of them reached a tacit understanding about the future.

The long whistle sounded immediately, and the game between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs was about to start, and the two teams started their preparations.

Su Yang walked up to the five of Roy, put his hands on his hips and said with a smile: "Boys, let me remind you again, you can try to grab more offensive rebounds later, you can jump higher and faster than the veterans on the opposite side, Remember."

Half an hour before the game, scout Bob notified the coaching staff that the Spurs temporarily changed their starting lineup, making Kurt Thomas the power forward and Duncan the center.Su Yang made a decision when he got the news, asking the team to grab more offensive rebounds.

That kind of decision does not require prior training or risk, because after Frye's offensive end lifts the top of the arc, Duncan will inevitably follow, which will lead to a larger space under the basket and greatly reduce the difficulty for players to grab offensive rebounds.

As for Kurt Thomas, who was traded by the Spurs in the middle of the season, he is a master of standing and has average speed.

Su Yang speculates that the Spurs' idea of ​​a temporary change is probably to use Kurt Thomas' characteristics to restrain Alder's straight-armed anti-aircraft guns, and at the same time use Duncan's mobility to delay his own breakthrough while taking into account Frye's occasional three-pointer.

Anyway, the game hasn't started yet, and the game has started ahead of schedule. Su Yang thinks this round of Western Semifinals will be quite exciting.

"Okay, Brother Yang!" Webster said "Brother Yang" in Chinese with a playful smile.

Hearing the sound of the play, Su Yang coordinatingly posed as Brother Crow, raised his hand and said don't make trouble for me.

The short whistle sounded immediately, the starting players of the two teams entered the field, and the referee walked to the middle circle with the ball.

Trail Blazers lineup, Blake, Roy, Webster, Alder, Frye.

Spurs lineup, Parker, Finley, Bowen, Kurt Thomas, Duncan.

Snapped!The Spurs won the jump ball and Parker advanced with the ball.

"Defend! Defend!" The fans shouted in unison led by the DJ, and the sound waves burst from all around the arena.

Parker dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, watched and waited for a while, and Finley picked up the ball from the right corner.

Parker then used Thomas to cover an inward cut and went straight to the bottom line of the basket, and Thomas then raised the ball.

In this typical zipper tactic, Parker will go around the baseline, use Duncan's cover to get rid of the defense and catch the ball again.

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled to remind him to change defenses. As soon as the words fell, Parker rushed to Duncan on the left waist.

The Blazers practiced flanking and rotation before the game. With Su Yang's voice reminding, Frye immediately switched defenses and intercepted. Roy and others also shrank from the outside to the paint area, instantly surrounding the player who took the ball again and tried to rush to the basket. Parker.

Parker didn't panic, and forced his way to the basket, luring Webster deep enough to pass the ball to the corner.

Bowen took the ball wide open, Roy immediately rushed over from the right waist, and Webster ran to the three-point line.The movement of the two is a basic rotation technique, because Webster, who is facing away from the right corner, will be slow to return to defense.

Bowen hurriedly passed the ball 45 degrees to the right, Finley just raised his hand to catch it, and Webster blocked him.

In a hurry, Finley threw the ball to the left elbow again, where there was Thomas who was temporarily open.

Adelaide did not rush forward, but took advantage of Thomas' low long-range shooting percentage, and first stood up to block Duncan's receiving route.The Spurs' offense suddenly stalled, Thomas hesitated for half a second, approached Adelaide with small steps and took off for a long shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Frye immediately turned around and stuck Duncan, and Webster rushed to the basket at the same time, jumped high and caught the rebound.

"Perfect!" Su Yang clapped his hands vigorously.

On the first offense and defense, Roy delayed Finley's move, Frye switched to Parker in advance, the four shrank to surround Parker, Roy and Webster changed defense tacitly, Alder interfered with Duncan's reception, and Fryeka protected the rebound. textbook level.

Between admiration, Blake dribbled the ball to stop at the top of the arc.

Roy saw the AI ​​CUT, ran from the elbow to the free throw line, and moved to the left with the help of Aldridge and Frye.

Such a movement successfully attracted the attention of the Spurs' defense, and Frye quietly covered Alder.

Ade took the opportunity to run to the right, easily shook off Thomas, and received a pass at the right elbow.

Facing Thomas, who had bypassed the screen and arrived, Adelaide raised the ball without hesitation and made a shot. He successfully flew Thomas, released the ball and rushed to the basket. .

when!The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, and sighs erupted in the arena. Frye, who followed up, jumped up and made a one-handed layup.

when!The basketball was interfered by Thomas, who was filling the position, rebounded and fell, and Frye bent his knees and took off, making another one-handed tip.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the circle and into the net, cheers resounded in the Rose Garden immediately, and the consecutive tip-ups were slightly enthusiastic.

"YOSH! Very energetic!"

Su Yang shouted with his hands on his hips, cheering for Frye's continuous point grabbing, and also happy that his strategy was working.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Parker ran across the center line with the ball, raised his hand and hit Bowen on the left wing, and went straight to the inside.

Meanwhile, Bowen passes the ball to Duncan at the top of the key, and Thomas rolls down the right wing for a screen.

"The Spurs' tactical arrangement must be a zipper tactic, stubborn!"

Su Yang sighed, Parker stopped in the paint, turned and ran to the right, and used Thomas to cover the outside cut.

Parker ran easily to the right wing, Duncan passed the ball from the top of the key, and then started to roll down, and the oncoming Thomas exchanged off-ball screens.Finley, meanwhile, had run to the right wing to set a screen for Parker, with Thomas covering.

Parker immediately used cover to get inside, Blake couldn't catch up, and Adelaide directly contracted from the top of the arc to pinch.

Seeing this situation, Parker suddenly stopped and turned sideways, raised his hand and threw the ball to the top of the arc, Thomas received the ball wide open.

Seeing this, Adelaide slowly stepped back to the defense, not afraid of Thomas shooting a three-pointer at all.

Boos exploded in the arena, Thomas turned left awkwardly, and threw the ball to Bowen, who was also open in the left corner.

Webster pulled back to the defense, Bowen raised the ball with both hands and passed to the left waist, and then walked the baseline to open up space.

Duncan catches the ball with his back, steps forward and turns to face the basket, and slightly bows to prepare for a singles play. Frye can't defend against it.

Roy immediately covered it, resolutely implemented the strategy of double-teaming Duncan formulated before the game, and emptied Finley.

But Duncan was tall and strong, turned his back to Roy and the two, and threw the ball to the left wing without looking at it.

Finley was really standing on the left wing, but when he received the ball, there were only 5 seconds left on the offense, and he rushed to shoot a three-pointer against Blake.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

"Good! kiegakadoru!"

Su Yang gave a thumbs up to Blake who ran to the sideline with the ball. The rotation just now was too beautiful.

But I don't know if it's the praise for giving too much courage, Blake ran to the top of the arc to use the cover, and directly rushed to the shot.

The basketball hit the iron, Parker grabbed the rebound and pushed for a fast break, and the Blazers quickly returned to defense.

Parker was forced to drop the position, dribbling the ball to stop on the left wing, his eyes fixed on the left waist.

With that appearance, it was obvious that he was going to pass the ball to Duncan.

Frye hurriedly circled forward to interfere, but did not dare to completely circle forward, worried that Duncan would retreat to catch the ball and layup.

Roy shouted to remind him to help, and Blake stepped back when he heard the sound, reducing the space for Duncan to receive the ball.Parker got an open shot, but instead of rushing for a [-]-pointer, he waited until Duncan got stuck, lobbed the ball, and then ran to the free throw line.

Frye was pushed away by Duncan just after he carried it, and Roy hurriedly double-teamed from the top of the arc.

Duncan immediately passed the ball to Finley, and Finley saw Roy return to the defense and slammed the pass back.

Duncan took the ball for the second time, turned around and started, grabbed the rhythm and rushed to the basket, carrying Frye with a strong hook.

Boom!The basketball hit the hoop and bounced out of the basket.

Frye took off to grab the rebound, landed with both hands firmly hugged, and waited until Duncan walked away before passing to Blake.

"A lot of experience..."

Su Yang thought back to the cooperation between Duncan and Finley, that kind of double-teaming was very useful, but it was a pity that Duncan was out of luck.

Thinking about it, Blake's breakthrough was blocked, he stopped at the free throw line, and turned around to pass the ball to Frye on the left.

The two had just completed the pick-and-roll cooperation, and Frye disassembled the outside and bounced to the left wing, with the purpose of opening up space.But when Blake passed the ball, Frye could only bend down to catch it, and Duncan rushed to grab it at the same time, and suddenly huddled together on the left wing.

The basketball was forced to roll to the inside, and Frye got up quickly, grabbed the ball first, and went straight to the basket.

The Spurs ran to intercept the two under the basket, while Frye jumped on one foot and made a throw on horseback.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Duncan, who was chasing after him, swooped and jumped, and Ade, who was jumping on the spot, collided in the air.

boom!The basketball was forced to fly to the top of the arc, Blake reached out to catch the ball, turned around and threw it to Roy.

The Blazers got a second chance to attack, Roy beckoned, and Adelaide received the ball from the left waist for singles.

Cheers erupted in the arena. To the embarrassment, Ade made some maneuvers and rushed to the basket to take off and make a long pass.

Blake received the ball at the 45-degree three-point line on the right, facing Parker who returned to the defense in time, turned around and passed the ball to the top of the arc.

Roy started straight to the basket, stopped and jumped at the free throw line, and made two points against Finley's defense.

when!The basketball bounced off the rim and flew far away.

Webster jumped up and caught the offensive rebound, and immediately passed the left 45-degree three-point line.

Frye received the ball wide open, but he seemed to hesitate in the face of Duncan, and the shooting opportunity suddenly disappeared.

Roy hurriedly rushed to the left waist to get the ball, pretending to force Finley, Duncan subconsciously shrank.

Seeing this, Roy passed the ball back, Frye still hesitated to take the ball, Su Yang shouted angrily: "Shoot!"

Frye seemed to be frightened, and hurriedly raised his head to aim at the basket, and raised his hand to score a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The fans shouted and cheered, and Su Yang pretended to stare fiercely at Frye and shouted: "If there is an open spot, we must vote!"

Frye nodded with a smile, and ran forward quickly and powerfully, as if breaking his inner demons and improving his realm.

The Spurs changed sides to attack, the basketball changed from the strong side to the weak side, and then from the weak side to the strong side, and finally it was given to Duncan.

Roy double-teamed as usual, Duncan scored the ball as usual, Blake defended as usual, and Finley threw the ball to Parker.

After passing the ball repeatedly, the Blazers had a relatively large gap in their rotation, and it was too late to replace Parker.

But Parker didn't shoot a three-pointer. Instead, he rushed to the free throw line and made an emergency stop to throw a shot against the siege.

when!Basketball clangs like iron.

Duncan and Thomas both took off, catching up with Adelaide and Frye, and the basketball was forced to jump out, jumping far away.

Finley, who returned to defense, picked up the basketball at the center line and threw it to Parker who came up to respond. The Spurs launched a second round of offense.

Parker raised his hand to indicate 1 high and 4 low positions. After a long time, with the help of Duncan's cover, he broke through on the left.

Frye didn't hesitate to grab the double-team, Blake followed closely behind, and Webster was also ready to help defend.

With nowhere to go, Parker jumped up and passed the ball to the left corner of the bottom corner. Bowen caught the ball and made a strong rush.

But Bowen's skill in holding the ball was too rough. With a bang, he dribbled the ball by himself.

Blake next to him stooped to steal the basketball, got up and rushed forward like a white lightning.

The other players followed suit, and Blake stopped at the free throw line and turned around, raising his hand and throwing the ball 45 degrees to the left.

Amidst the cheers, Frye received the ball wide open, unafraid of Bowen's lunge, and raised his hand to score a three-pointer.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The referee whistled at the same time, Popovich got up and entered the field cursing, and the Spurs requested a timeout.

With 8 minutes and 47 seconds left in the first quarter, the Blazers led the Spurs 8-0, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Su Yang looked up at the big central screen and found that the statistics showed that the team had grabbed 6 offensive rebounds.

"Very good, Takenori Akagi's famous saying is not out of date, controlling the rebounds can control the game."
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