king of defenders

Chapter 754 Depressed Little Thomas

"Pull away."

Meng Yun made a gesture, and the others quickly pulled away. Coach Brad Stevens' face darkened. He was really direct. The game has just started, and he singled out Thomas Jr., which is a persimmon. Pinch it.

Little Thomas' face changed, he felt insulted, he really thought I was easy to bully, didn't he?

"Humph."

With an angry snort, Little Thomas didn't dare to act rashly. He quickly bent down and fixed his eyes on Meng Yun's shoulder, guarding against Meng Yun's breakthrough. Since he was pulled away, he probably wanted to break through.

Al Horford at the back was a little worried. After thinking about it, he took a step forward. If Thomas Jr. was passed, he would quickly make up for it.

Taking the opponent's reaction into his eyes, Meng Yun smiled slightly, lowered his center of gravity suddenly, dribbled the ball under his crotch, and switched the basketball from his right hand to his left hand, as if he was about to break through from the left hand.

Thomas Jr. is also poised to move right.

But at this moment, Meng Yun suddenly jumped up, just outside the three-point line, right in front of little Thomas.

"What?" Horford was taken aback.

"Damn it." Little Thomas was furious. This guy is too treacherous, and he made it clear that he doesn't take me seriously. I'm right in front of you, less than one meter away, and you dare to vote?

Thomas Jr. jumped up and stretched his arms to block the shot.

However, everything is in vain. The difference in height between the two is too big, a full [-] centimeters difference, and the difference in wingspan is even bigger. Even though Thomas tried his best, he still couldn't touch it. basketball.

In fact, Thomas Jr. couldn't even touch Meng Yun's hand. Of course, he meant the palm and not the elbow. He couldn't see the cover, so he could only block Meng Yun's sight as much as possible.

But it's too late.

Meng Yun had already adjusted the angle and was not disturbed by Thomas Jr. at all. He knew very well that Thomas Jr. could not block him. If he touched him, it would definitely be a foul, so he was very relaxed and did not rush to shoot. He waited until the highest point before shooting. , With a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew out from his fingertips.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

This is a three-pointer, the score is 3:0, and the Heat will go first.

Little Thomas was depressed and helpless, the height gap was too big.

Coach Brad Stevens stared at Meng Yun with a dark face, hesitated for a moment, but endured it, let's play like this first, after all, the game has just started.

The Celtics counterattacked. Thomas Jr. came to the frontcourt and faced Meng Yun. He looked at Meng Yun with unfriendly eyes, and Meng Yun grinned, showing his white teeth, and smiled.

This kid is even more annoying when he smiles!

Little Thomas thought to himself, changed direction, pretended to break through from the right side, then dribbled the ball behind his back, changed the basketball to the left hand side, and turned into a breakthrough from the left side, but a figure flashed in front of him, and Meng Yun blocked the front again.Meng Yun's speed is too fast, even faster than Thomas Jr., it is not easy for Thomas Jr. to pass him.

After another burst of depression, Thomas Jr. could only retreat and pass the ball.

After passing the ball a few times, the basketball was given to Claude. Crowder singled out Luol Deng and accelerated past Luol Deng with a change of direction. However, there was Whiteside defending behind him. After failing to score, Monroe took the rebound and the Heat counterattacked. Meng Yun's speed was very fast, and he rushed to the frontcourt in a blink of an eye, and singled Thomas Jr. again.

This time Horford went directly to help defend, but Meng Yun quickly split the ball and passed it to Monroe on the inside. Monroe grabbed the ball and dunked.

In the next few rounds, Meng Yun singled out Thomas Jr., and Thomas Jr. couldn't defend against Meng Yun at all. His own disadvantage was defense. He used to have an advantage in speed, but now against Meng Yun, he lost even the advantage in speed.

On the offensive end, it was difficult for Thomas Jr. to single Meng Yun. After two attempts, he also gave up. He began to use his teammates to pick and roll to find misplacement opportunities, or cooperate with his teammates to play without the ball and use the screen to get rid of Meng Yun. , catch-and-shoot outside.But the effect is not very good. He needs to hold the ball, and his strength will drop by half if he doesn't eat the ball.

You must know that Thomas Jr.'s foothold in the Celtics is not based on organization, but on offense and scoring. Otherwise, he has a reasonable foothold without defense and becomes the starter?

Restricted by Meng Yun at this time, Thomas Jr.'s role on the court immediately dropped sharply.

"laugh!"

Meng Yun changed direction to break through, Thomas Jr. moved quickly, his reaction was quick, Meng Yun couldn't pass him directly, but the two of them confronted physically, Thomas Jr. was not enough to watch, and was directly squeezed away by Meng Yun.

Horford made up defense from behind, Meng Yun stopped, Horford thought he was going to make a shot, and subconsciously took another step forward, but Meng Yun made a pass and threw the ball to the basket, Whiteside caught the cake empty-handed , very happy.

After a few minutes, the score became 14:6, and the Heat led by 8 points.

"Coach." The Celtics assistant shouted.

Coach Brad Stevens immediately said: "Call timeout, substitution!"

The Celtics requested a timeout.

When the players from both sides returned to the field, Thomas Jr. looked very ugly and depressed. It was really a disadvantage to match up with Meng Yun, and he suffered everywhere.

At this time, he really wished he could grow twenty centimeters longer, no, even if it was ten centimeters more, he wouldn't be so passive even if he was ten centimeters taller.

Coach Brad Stevens said: "Thomas off, Rozier (Terry Rozier) on. Also, Johnson off, Xiang Long on."

Hearing Xiang Long's name, the assistant coach frowned, and said in a low voice, "Coach, should we let Xiang Shang go at this time?"

Generally, Xiang Long didn't start until there were two or three minutes left at the end of the first quarter. Today seemed a little early, and his side was lagging behind now.

Coach Brad Stevens glanced at him and said indifferently: "Today is different. Against the Heat, we can't play according to the regular rotation."

The assistant coach nodded. That's true. It's a disadvantage against the Heat's back line. Basically, they can't take advantage of it.

Amir Johnson was at a disadvantage against Monroe. Thomas Jr. usually opened up and helped him feed the ball, creating opportunities and scoring some goals. Today Thomas Jr. was restricted, and he didn't score a point in the past few minutes.

It's okay to replace Xiang Long at this time.

"Okay." Coach Brad Stevens didn't explain anything, and spread out the tactical board, "Rozier, your task is to guard against Meng Yun."

"Yes." Rozier felt a lot of pressure.

Coach Brad Stevens said again: "In addition, other people also need to help defend and supplement the defense. Meng Yun is a very threatening point, and he must be restricted, even if it is double-teaming."

Others agreed.

"Offensive end" Coach Brad Stevens glanced at Xiang Long, quickly looked away, and said: "It is difficult for us to take advantage of the outside line. The offense is mainly on the inside. We need to play more inside and transfer more. The ball. Rozier, Bradley, Crowder, remember you stick to the ball, pass the ball."

The three of them were taken aback, looked at Xiang Long subconsciously, and nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)