Chapter 863
Chapter 854 : Ultimate Form
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People thought that Marcus Smart would make Mudiay a good taste when he played, but it turned out that the Congolese made Smart take a big risk.
Mudiay is strong, strong and athletic. He has the basic conditions to be a good defensive player, but no one has taught him the real defensive habits before.
But now, next to Yiyang, the best defender in the league. Mudiay’s basic conditions and Yiyang’s guidance have improved his defense by more than one star compared to the Nuggets. In fact, Mudiay’s performance on the defensive end has been pretty good this season, but nobody cared about this guy before.
Today’s national live broadcast of the game is likely to make fans look at Mudiay with admiration.
Mudiay didn’t celebrate, or even made any expressions. He knew that basketball was just blown out of the bottom line, which meant that the defense was not over yet, and he could not relax his vigilance. He sticks to Smart’s side, sticking to him like brown candy. Originally Smart was not good at offense, and being posted by Mudiay would be even more at a loss.
Although the Mavericks entered the rotation lineup, they still played a tight defense. It is hard to say that the defensive weakness of the Mavericks on the field may be Kuzma at the fourth position.
Kuzma’s defensive habits and defensive skills are indeed not good, but this guy wins by being aggressive enough. Marcus Morris turned over to shoot a jumper, Kuzma actively jumped on, causing a huge interference to Morris’ shooting. The Celtics, who originally wanted to open the score in this half-round time, missed their first offense.
After a missed shot, the Celtics almost gave up on the offensive rebounds, and the team immediately retreated. Stevens knows very well that the Mavericks will not be able to run anyway. Let the Mavericks run up and fight, even the Spurs can’t stop the car.
Seeing that the opponent’s defense was so timely, Yiyang pushed forward calmly. While dribbling the ball, he gesticulated his teammates to move. The person who defended Yiyang changed from Jaylen Brown to Smart. In short, Stevens just didn’t give Yiyang a chance to face Irving.
Yiyang stopped at the three-point line, Smart lowered his center of gravity and let Yiyang a small step. He didn’t dare to go too far, because Yiyang’s three-pointers were equally deadly.
Hayward suddenly ran backwards and flung Tatum away and ran to the bottom corner on the right. Yiyang stared at Hayward, as if to pass the ball. In fact, Yiyang suddenly turned his wrist and knocked the basketball in the opposite direction of Hayward. He wants to break through!
Smart sticks tightly, but Yiyang also has its own way. He turned around to give Smart some confrontation, and then wiped out the defense. After a turn, Yiyang entered the penalty area, and the Celtics’ defense shrank!
At this moment, Yiyang sent the basketball out of the crowd and passed it to Mudiay, who was standing at the free throw line. When Mudiay received the ball, Owen jumped out crazy. This Congolese didn’t shoot well, as long as he was a little disturbed, he could easily guard the ball!
However, no matter how fast Irving is, it is impossible to rush from the penalty area to the free throw line in an instant. Mudiay took the shot calmly, and Owen only arrived after he shot all the basketballs.
Horford and Morris are stuck in position, hoping to grab this defensive rebound in the chaos! However, rebounds do not belong to either side, because no rebounds appear at all. Mudiay’s CIC, hollow into the net!
“Yi’s wonderful pass completely tore the Celtics defense. The Mavericks are two points ahead. Can the Celtics stabilize the situation?”
What people see is Yiyang’s sharp breakthrough and subtle passing, no one cares about Mudiay’s calmness and calmness when shooting, which is very different from before.
With the Nuggets as the core, Mudiay may indeed fail to meet the requirements. But after progressing, he became the sixth man, but he did not disappoint Yiyang.
After that, Irving and Smart played a pick-and-roll cooperation between guard and guard. Although he successfully broke through Mudiay, it took a lot of effort. If the Celtics scored in this way, Irving would be exhausted before half the game. The Mavericks now have no real defensive weaknesses, even Mudiay and Kuzma are not counted.
Stevens stood on the sidelines anxiously, but the Celtics never grasped the opportunity to rotate time.
Mudiay had 5 points and 2 assists. After his outstanding performance put Yiyang off the court, the Mavericks still stabilized the situation. In the past, the Mavericks lost the most points in rotation, and it was also the easiest time for other teams to chase points. But now, this obvious shortcoming of the Mavericks has disappeared.
After the first 12 minutes of the game, the Dallas Mavericks led by 30 to 26 by 4 points! Stevens’ plan was disrupted, and he obviously didn’t expect that a guy like Mudiat would let the Mavericks pass the rotation time safely.
After the start of the second quarter, the Celtics defended Yiyang more closely. A team that can defend Curry frequently has strong defensive skills. But what Stevens never expected was that Kelly Irving’s defense still encountered challenges!
It’s not that Yiyang frequently changes positions to play Irving, but Mitchell’s impact makes Irving a headache.
Mitchell, who was replaced early in the first quarter of the game, is now energetic, and he wants to vent all his strength. With the ball to break through, Mitchell can play. Mitchell is also good at cutting without the ball.
In the opening game, Mitchell first burst with the ball and forced a layup. If it weren’t for the referee’s loose standards, the ball might be a three-pointer.
After a round, Kuzma actively interfered with Tatum’s three-pointer. Yiyang personally grabbed the rebound and held the ball to break the ball. After reaching the penalty area to attract defense, he suddenly scored the ball. Mitchell, who cut in from the center, jumped when he caught the ball. Horford could only watch the No. 45 rookie soar into the sky, slamming the basketball into the frame with an unstoppable attitude.
“8 points behind, the situation is very unfavorable for the Celtics! Their defensive focus is on Yiyang, but Donovan Mitchell is obviously more active!”
With the next goal, Irving finally strengthened his defense against Mitchell, making it no longer easy for him to catch the ball. The Celtics weren’t dumbfounded, and their defensive strength was up again.
This time, even Yiyang had a hard time finding a gap. Passed the ball several times, but still failed to tear the Celtics defense. Finally, Gobert made a screen for Yiyang, and Yiyang took the screen and shot directly. Because at this time, the 24-second attack time was already exhausted, and Yiyang had no choice.
Horford’s defense was very quick and timely, and Yiyang’s shot just happened to pass Horford’s fingertips and was seriously disturbed.
“The Celtics’ defense this round is very good! They defended for 24 seconds!”
Yiyang, the basketball that was forced to shoot out, knocked out, Stevens let out a sigh of relief, and the team finally eased. As long as the defense does not collapse, you are not afraid of being taken away by the Mavericks.
But just as Owen was about to take off and collect the rebounds to end this round of defense, a dark figure jumped in from beside him.
Donovan Mitchell jumped into the air before everyone could react, grabbed the basketball that missed a hit, and hung the frame with one hand without waiting for it to land in the air, successfully making up the buckle!
“Boom!”
The basketball hoop was shaking slightly, and the entire American Airlines Center Arena was shaking. Irving looked dumbfounded. How high did that guy just jump? Your head is going to be **** flat!
“Donovan Mitchell! Incredible rookie guard, the last time he faced the Rockets, he made up his own shot! This time, he made up a shot on Irving at an incredible height! Let’s Look at the slow-motion replay, my God, his head is level with the basket!”
Looking at the scene of Mitchell making up the button, Yiyang got goosebumps, because he didn’t even think of it. Although this supplement can be successful, the main reason is that Horford was pulled out by Yiyang and did not rush back to the penalty area to protect the rebound, resulting in the Celtics not having a high point in the three-second zone. But even so, the deduction is scary enough. Before others started to jump, Mitchell had already grabbed the basketball and dunked directly.
Chris Paul’s favor, Yiyang may owe a bit too much.
“Mitchell scored 6 points in a row after the start of the second quarter. His momentum made the Celtics’ solid defense be forced out of a hole! Coach Stevens called to stop the game, let’s see He had a frowning expression. At the beginning of the second quarter, they were only behind by 4 points. But now it has only been less than five minutes and the point difference has been widened to double digits!”
Mitchell, Stevens didn’t expect it to be Mitchell. Facts have proved that the Celtics’ defense against Yiyang was very successful. Yiyang has already missed the ball many times under the active defense of the opposing team today. It is possible that only Stevens and his team in the league can limit Yiyang so much.
But the result? As a result, they let the Mavericks pull the score apart. There always seems to be someone on this team who can stand up. You can hardly watch one point, and the other point will give you a fatal blow!
After returning from a timeout, the Celtics continued to strengthen their defense. Mitchell was so embarrassed by Irving that he was still a rookie, and his personal abilities were not strong enough to beat Irving.
But with Mitchell’s restraint, Yiyang came alive again. Can Jaylen Brin really prevent Yiyang? The answer is obviously no. If Yiyang and Brown head-to-head, then Brown will definitely win. But head-to-head has never been Yiyang’s style.
After slamming his hips, Yiyang not only made a three-pointer, but also made a foul for Brown and succeeded in a four-pointer!
After that, Yiyang deceived Brown with a fake Buddha worship, and then killed the penalty area with one hand. The cool Al Horford, he became another heavyweight background board for Yiyang to dunk.
Yiyang is a player who relies on his brain to play. Jaylen Brown is not easy to lose his position. It is very difficult to shoot or break through his head. But Brown has a very fatal flaw, that is, he is too aggressive.
As long as you make a suspected shot, Jaylen Brown will take off and block without hesitation. To put it bluntly, it’s the type of flying at one point.
It’s hard to imagine that a defensive defender who can bite Curry and Durant so badly will have a problem like flying, but the fact is that Jaylen Brown is really easy to eat www. . com Stevens should make a hard and fast rule for Brown, not to take off when defending.
Yiyang observed this during the fight against Brown and used it to create a wonderful dunk. Others use their bodies to dunk, but Yiyang uses their minds.
The Celtics’ proud defense began to collapse gradually, Stevens waved his hand, and now only double-teamed!
The strikers began to double-team Yiyang, and Stevens was betting that Kuzma and Hayward would not score.
But the cruel reality once again made Stevens desperate. Not only can Kuzma cast, he can also break! Although the young man was a bit impatient, the score really went up.
Not to mention Hayward, after two three-pointers, the Celtics obediently gave up their intention to double-team. After Yiyang was clamped to death, the Mavericks’ two forwards were really not soft.
If it weren’t for the Celtics’ awe-inspiring talent and scored a lot of difficult goals on the offensive end, it might have been 20 points.
Fortunately, after the rotation time came, the Mavericks’ firepower was slightly “gentle”. But with Mudiay and Rudy Gay, the Mavericks’ offense will not be completely stopped.
At the end of the half-time game, Stevens hurriedly walked into the player tunnel. Behind by 13 points at halftime, this intermission will be very busy for him.
“The Dallas Mavericks actually completely suppressed the 15-game winning streak of the Celtics, 13 points difference, I don’t know whether the Celtics can catch it back in the second half! But I know very well, audience friends. This is the Dallas Mavericks. The ultimate form of horror!”
Kenny Smith couldn’t help but tremble. The team that lost the championship last season has really become too strong. (One Guard)