What? The trainer is warming up.
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"Give me the ball later, I'll go one-on-one with him," Rommel said to his teammate, then sternly ran towards the frontcourt.
Defender Morris dribbled the ball forward and immediately looked for Rommel in the attacking third.
Rommel used one hand to block Qin Yu and raised the other hand to ask for the ball.
When Morris passed the ball to him, he half-turned, held the ball with both hands and drew a circle along the floor, turning to face the basket. Then he suddenly slapped the ball to the left, pretending to break through to the left.
The next moment, Rommel changed direction, switching the ball to his right hand. The transition was smooth, and the speed of the change of direction was also very fast.
However, Qin Yu had anticipated this and retreated in advance, using his speed to instantly move sideways and block the position.
"make life difficult for!"
Rommel frowned. He thought he could easily beat Qin Yu one-on-one, but he didn't expect that his crossover wouldn't work. He quickly changed his move, dribbling behind his back to his left hand, taking a step back, raising his center of gravity, and looking at the basket.
This is a fake shot, intended to mislead Qin Yu. As long as Qin Yu jumps or stands on tiptoe, Rommel can seize the opportunity to get past him.
However, he was disappointed once again.
"These feints won't work on me," Qin Yu said dismissively.
"Hmph." Rommel snorted coldly. Since feints were useless, he might as well go all out.
He suddenly accelerated and leaned against Qin Yu. He had a size advantage and could easily overpower Qin Yu with his body.
It must be said that Rommel's technique is quite outstanding. Even though Qin Yu quickly retreated and did not allow Rommel to completely close in, he still had other ways. He quickly gathered the ball, took a step to the side close to Qin Yu, and made it impossible for Qin Yu to continue dodging.
Furthermore, because the two were too close together, Qin Yu did not have enough space to jump and was at a height disadvantage, so Rommel took the opportunity to raise the ball to shoot.
However, at that moment, a figure suddenly rose into the air from behind Qin Yu, and a large hand like a fan was placed in front of Rommel.
"What?"
Rommel was taken aback and abruptly stopped his shot in mid-air. Using his core muscles, he twisted his body like a writhing maggot and passed the ball out.
He only managed to score because of his quick reaction and excellent physical attributes. If it had been a little later, or if it had been someone else, it would have been a sizzling block.
However, after all this maneuvering, most of the attack time had already passed.
The Wizards didn't have time to reorganize their offense. Darren Cooper, who received a pass from Rommel, dribbled the ball to the side to create some distance and immediately took a shot.
"Bang!"
The ball missed its target, bounced out, and was picked up by Aldridge. He quickly passed the ball to Barrett and ran towards the frontcourt.
Barrett shouted "GO!" and immediately launched a counterattack.
Meanwhile, the Wizards' players were also quickly retreating to their own half. Their defense was excellent, and their retreat speed was extremely fast. Almost in the blink of an eye, several players were back in their own half and had set up a defensive formation, which made Barrett somewhat disappointed, as he had to slow down and play positional warfare.
The ball was still passed to Taylor, and the Wizards continued their decisive double-teaming.
However, just as Taylor was about to pass the ball, Rommel moved to the side and stood between Taylor and Qin Yu.
The purpose of this was naturally to cut off the connection between Taylor and Qin Yu. If Taylor really passed the ball to Qin Yu, he would have a great chance to make a steal.
"really......"
Taylor wasn't stupid either; instead of passing the ball to Qin Yu, he passed it back to Barrett, who took a three-pointer but missed.
This made the home fans cry out in disappointment.
The opportunity had presented itself. Qin Yu and Taylor drew enough defense to create space, and Barrett had a wide-open shot, but he still missed.
"If Qin Yu had taken that shot, it would definitely have gone in."
"Nonsense, everyone knows Qin Yu's three-point shooting is accurate, would the Wizards team let him shoot?"
Some fans are discussing it.
Meanwhile, the game continued on the field...
Both teams managed to score in the next two possessions, but Wizards power forward Withers attacked the basket, drawing a foul from Dabert and making one of two free throws for a point.
Coach McKinnon frowned.
The score was 11-8 at the moment, which wasn't a big difference, but if they couldn't score and were forced to commit fouls on defense, the situation would become very troublesome.
"Play better, play according to our tactics," he shouted to the field.
Qin Yu and his teammates understood each other and executed a tactic after arriving at the frontcourt. Taylor would hold the ball, attract the defense, and then quickly pass the ball outwards, while Qin Yu would use his teammates' screens to get away.
However, the Wizards' defense arrived swiftly. Power forward Withers stood in front of Qin Yu, one hand raised high, a ferocious smile on his face, and said, "Kid, I told you to watch out..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Qin Yu suddenly started moving, his C+ level speed bursting out instantly, and he passed Withers by more than half a body length in one step.
Withers' expression changed, and he quickly turned around to chase after Qin Yu. He stayed close behind Qin Yu, bent over, and prepared to deliver a powerful block to Qin Yu.
However, when he jumped up, he realized that Qin Yu had actually retracted his layup motion and performed a reverse layup in mid-air.
"Whoosh!"
Goal!
Looking at Qin Yu's back, Withers's face turned very ugly. He failed to block Qin Yu and instead became a background figure.
In the next possession, when Qin Yu got the ball again, Withers instinctively moved closer to Qin Yu, his anger burning with determination, determined to block Qin Yu's shot.
However, this time Qin Yu did not choose to shoot himself, but instead made a bounce pass. The basketball bounced off Withers' feet and landed precisely in Aldridge's hands.
"Snapped!"
"beep!"
Foul! Whistle blows!
This time it was Wizards center Thabeet who committed a foul, which was extremely vicious, pulling Aldridge down and causing him to fall to the ground.
The home fans erupted in cheers and boos.
Some fans shouted at the players on the court: "That's an unsportsmanlike foul! Call it an unsportsmanlike foul!"
However, the referee ignored it and only called a regular foul, signaling Dabert to step to the free-throw line and take two free throws.
Perhaps influenced by the opponent's aggressive foul, Dabert missed both of his free throws after stepping to the free throw line, and possession returned to the Wizards.
After moving to the frontcourt, Rommel once again went one-on-one against Qin Yu.
This time, he didn't make any complicated moves. He simply relied on his physical strength to overpower Qin Yu and charged towards the inside. He wasn't afraid of Dabert's help defense and decisively drove to the basket.
"Snapped!"
"beep!"
The ball was swatted away by Dabert, but the referee blew his whistle, giving Dabert a defensive foul and signaling Rommel to step to the free-throw line for two free throws.
This time, not only the home fans, but also Dabert was not happy.
"I didn't commit a foul, why did you call it a foul?" He stormed up to the referee, ready to argue with him.
"Joe, calm down!" Qin Yu quickly hugged Barber.
He had seen it clearly just now. Rommel was aiming to draw a foul. His assistant hooked his arm around Dabert's arm, also trying to draw a foul on Qin Yu. But Qin Yu didn't fall for it. His arm was raised high and didn't come down at all. It was Dabert who couldn't control his movement.
Arguing with the referee in this situation is pointless—it can only be said that Rommel exploited a loophole in the rules, which was not honorable, but it was compliant with regulations!
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