Chapter 23 The second quarter appears!
The Clippers and Spurs game is about to begin!
Zhou Yuhang met a reporter again.
After the last game, not only did the Chinese journalist have one more, but even two or three more journalists from M country themselves have come to interview Zhou Yuhang.
This is mainly because his performance in the last two games is too outstanding.
"Zhou, you performed particularly well in the previous two games. Are you really planning to hit the best rookie?" This reporter was really straightforward, and it was a relatively sharp question.
Logically speaking, Zhou Yuhang has not received the system's task now, but he now hopes to carry out the next lottery as soon as possible, so he couldn't help but brew in his heart and then said, "Why not? Although everyone thinks that I'm just a joke, I'm very serious, that's true."
The reporters basically think that Zhou Yuhang's words are unreliable and are also a kind of verbal act. However, thinking about Zhou Yuhang's performance in the previous two games, he really has some inexplicable expectations.
"The Spurs are a team with strong defense." At this time, the reporter continued: "They can make different adjustments to the opponent's different styles of play. Do you think you can still have good performances in the hands of the Spurs?"
The reporter's questions are also pressing step by step.
"We in China have a word called adaptability, and I believe I can do it."
After Zhou Yuhang's words, the reporters actually felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in their hearts - right, this is your Zhou Yuhang! This is the style of you, a rookie!
Of course, Zhou Yuhang was not astonishing as he said today, and he still seemed a little humble, but overall he still let out a certain amount of verbal trouble, which made everyone not feel too disappointed.
Moreover, everyone is full of expectations for how the Spurs will deal with Zhou Yuhang in the future.
"I have to say that I think Zhou Yuhang is going to fall today!" This is what some fans said before the game started, and some of them were Zhou Yuhang's fans: "The Spurs, defending champions, often use any means to win, and always have a lot of pioneering defenses to win. When Zhou Yuhang faces this kind of defense, I don't believe he can still be arrogant."
...But some people think that the Spurs won't design a defensive system for such a rookie, so now everyone has their own thoughts.
The competition begins in this situation.
At the beginning, Zhou Yuhang certainly had no chance to play. In the first quarter, he was left to the main players of both sides to play.
The Clippers played hard to match the Spurs in the first quarter. The Clippers are also strong this season. Although their lineup has never reached the Western Conference Finals, anyone has to admit that the Clippers are also a strong contender for the championship.
The Clippers rely on Paul's control of the overall situation and Griffin's talent jumping and adding points to the mid-range shot. The two people connected most of the Clippers' offenses. In addition, although Reddick was a bug in the playoffs, he was still as fierce as a dragon in the regular season.
As for the Spurs, they are still their signature style of playing: they have a basis for advance and retreat, and their offense and defense are well organized. They use the cooperation of team and individual forces to curb their opponents.
By the end of the first quarter, both sides contributed a wonderful offensive and defensive battle to everyone, and a regular season game seemed to be a playoff.
The score is 19, and it can be seen from the score that the two teams are currently fighting fiercely.
Soon, it was the second quarter.
Zhou Yuhang originally thought he could take over the position of substitute small forward in this game and appeared at the beginning of the second quarter, but he did not.
Rivers asked Zhou Yuhang to sit on the bench and watched the Clippers on the court...being defeated!
Yes, it's just a failure!
Without Paul's leadership, the Clippers immediately became another team. They had played against the defending champions back and forth, and were soon beaten by the Spurs without any power to fight back.
Even if the Spurs are on the bench, they still feel like they have a complete range of eighteen weapons.
Soon, with 8 minutes left in the second quarter, the score between the two sides was already 29-20, and the Spurs actually beat the Clippers to a 10-1 shock wave!
At this time, the Clippers called out a timeout. Everyone knows that Rivers can't watch the situation continue to develop like this.
"Zhou, come on!"
He was straightforward and called Zhou Yuhang the first player. It can be said that after this period of time, he has truly begun to regard Zhou Yuhang as a relatively important part of the team.
"Play if you have the chance! Defend well! Grab the rebound!"
Rivers said to everyone, then pointed at Zhou Yuhang and emphasized: "Find a way to score, find a way to run to a favorable position! Play well!"
Although this last "play well" is just a few words, it is indeed a very solemn reminder for Zhou Yuhang, which also embodies Rivers' expectations for Zhou Yuhang.
The game continues.
The Clippers' lineup is Rivers Jr., Wilcox, Zhou Yuhang, Hawyce, and Jordan Jr.
Zhou Yuhang is also very familiar with this lineup. They are quite familiar with each other and can exert enough power.
The Spurs' lineup is:
Mills, Ginobili, Kyle Anderson, Els, Split.
If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Yuhang's direct opponent should be Kyle Anderson.
In fact, the defense of both teams is quite average. Although Zhou Yuhang faces Kyle Anderson 3 cm taller than Zhou Yuhang, for Zhou Yuhang, he will not be very afraid of such a player.
"When our mouth-brow rookie first met the league's iron-walled Spurs, I wonder how he would deal with such a strong enemy? Can he overcome the Spurs' offense and defense?"
At this moment, the live commentator on Country M began to say something.
In fact, this is also what many people expect!
At this moment, the Clippers began to attack!
Rivers Jr. began to rush into the Spurs' inside line, but eventually returned in vain. He dribbled the ball outside the 45-degree angle three-point line, but he didn't find a chance. Seeing that there were only 5 seconds left in the offensive time, he passed the basketball to Zhou Yuhang.
Zhou Yuhang has become accustomed to Rivers' way of snatching the buck. Now he is helpless, but he is not afraid of this ball at all when facing Anderson!
One cross step, one and a half turns, then another turns back, and the basketball takes action!
Kyle Anderson couldn't touch the corner of Zhou Yuhang's clothes at all!
"Bang!"
Unfortunately, the luck was not good, and the basketball hit the frame, but before Zhou Yuhang and the others were excited, they saw that Zhou Yuhang had already grabbed the rebound!
ps: I'm really sorry, there was a problem with the regular release. The previous chapter was missed, and now I'm making up for it!
Thank you for your support.
Chapter completed!