readytorunbook Chapter 552
Chapter 552
Chapter 552
Game start.
Cousins jumped the ball and dialed the basketball directly.
The Kings traded for Isiah Thomas, who performed well last season. Thomas Jr. dribbled the ball across half court and passed the ball to Cousins in the high position.
Cousins faced Nowitzki and directly broke through with the action of a guard.
Fast and powerful, Nowitzki did not defend.
After reaching the inside, Cousins made a layup, and Al Jefferson had nothing to do.
The talent gap is obvious.
After Cousins scored, he beat his chest at home to celebrate and turned to look at Qin Yang. Qin Yang glanced at Cousins and turned to catch the ball.
It was just a ball, Qin Yang didn't care at all.
The Mavericks attack.
Derek Williams is defending Qin Yang.
The Mavericks had dislocations in other positions, but Qin Yang did not pass the ball in a hurry, and played the first ball by himself.
Dribbling the ball behind his back, Qin Yang observed his surroundings calmly, and then suddenly lowered his body to speed up the dribble. Seeing this, Derek Williams directly took half a step back.
Seeing this, Qin Yang took the ball and jumped up.
Whoosh!
Three-point shot.
Derek Williams stepped forward quickly, but it was a step too late.
The basketball hits the net and the three-pointer is scored.
As the second pick selected by the Timberwolves, Derek Williams has not been recognized by the league. In fact, Derek Williams' defense is very average.
Derek Williams, who is physically fit, is poor defensively.
For rookies, a good team can make a big difference.
The Timberwolves are not a reliable team. They are basically a black hole of players. Potential rookies are likely to be scrapped if they are placed in the Timberwolves.
Derek Williams has a lot of physical fitness, but he is a bit nonsensical. This kind of player is Josh Smith when he plays well.
If you can't play well, no one wants blue-collar workers.
Practice good defense, fast break, shooting and practice the top three-pointer, this person will be able to hit it, but it is a pity that there is no such opportunity.
The Kings attacked, Cousins still attacked with the ball.
This is Cousins' style of play in the past two seasons. Every time he runs to the outside three-point line and plays singles with the ball, this style of play...is too poisonous.
The ball holding time is very long, the offensive efficiency is very low, and the turnover is high.
The only good thing is that the data is nice to look at.
In the first quarter, Cousins had 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers. The statistics are amazing.
And yet ... the Kings lost by six points.
Qin Yang scored 6 points and 3 assists in an easy and low-key manner. The Mavericks played very smoothly. Qin Yang occasionally took shots, but most of them were passed to his teammates after attracting the defense, allowing his teammates to attack.
Vince Carter and Nowitzki can still play well.
In the 8th minute, Qin Yang was replaced and Nowitzki led the team.
The Mavericks are very luxurious now. There must be at least one superstar on the court at any time, either Qin Yang or Nowitzki.
The lineup is good and willful.
The competition is still fierce.
Cousins is still fierce.
But 4 minutes into the second quarter, when Nowitzki jumped up to grab a rebound, he landed on Cousins' feet and fell to the ground.
Game interrupted.
Nowitzki was carried off.
When Nowitzki left the court, he had a very ugly expression, and just shook hands with Qin Yang on the way.
Coach Carlisle called a timeout.
"Dirk is injured, and the next game will be more difficult. Bruce, you will increase your playing time next time. The team wins this game first."
Coach Carlisle didn't wrinkle, and his tone was as calm as possible.
"it is good!"
Qin Yang nodded.
4 minutes in the second quarter.
Qin Yang came out.
But the game did not go as smoothly as expected.
The Mavericks inside became Gobert and Al Jefferson.
Gobert is talented, but he is only a rookie. When he played, in addition to helping defense and rebounding, he was missing one person on the offensive end.
Al Jefferson's defense is also a big problem.
In this way, it is difficult to play offensively and defensively.
It's hard to fight, but you have to fight.
Qin Yang came out, his face still expressionless.
On the first ball, Qin Yang went straight to the basket and made a successful European foul, but it was a pity that the basketball slipped out of the basket.
2 for 2 free throw.
The Kings attack, Cousins is strong directly at the basket, Al Jefferson is too slow and has an obvious height disadvantage, and Gobert is too weak.
Cousins has an absolute dislocation advantage no matter who he is facing.
One hit.
The Mavericks attacked, and Qin Yang was double-teamed.
Gobert is almost useless at the basket, Qin Yang is helpless when encountering double-teams, Qin Yang passes to Marion, and Marion makes a mid-range shot.Cousins gets the rebound.
The Kings attack.
Qin Yang made a steal, and Cousins' high-level support was unreliable.
If Cousins plays steadily, this game will be difficult to play, but the Kings are too stiff.
The Mavericks attacked, Qin Yang forced a shot in the double-team and hit a three-pointer.
But it was too uncomfortable to fight like this.
After Cousins scored again, coach Carlisle called a timeout and the Mavericks made a substitution.
The Mavericks' substitution was pure helplessness.
If the game continues like this, the game will really stop.
Al Jefferson was replaced, Gobert played center, Marion power forward, outside Casspi, Qin Yang, Corey Brewer.
This lineup is fast and accurate.
The Mavericks attacked and immediately started to speed up.
Qin Yang forced a breakthrough, encountered a double-team on the inside, passed the ball to Corey Brewer, Brewer caught the ball and made an air cut, easily put the basket and scored.
Immediately after Qin Yang made a steal, Cousins made another mistake.
Qin Yang passed to Casspi, and Casspi made a direct shot from outside the three-point line.
Looking back, Cousins' mid-range shot was interrupted by Marion, Gobert got the rebound, Qin Yang Casspi covered, and after passing the ball continuously, Qin Yang pretended to pass the ball to Gobert for a dunk.
In a wave, the Kings evened the score.
Cousins continued to work hard, hit the basket hard, and stabilized the situation.
But the Mavericks didn't panic at all. After Marion was tired, Thackeray played for 5 minutes, Gobert was a power forward, Seth Curry was injured, and Corey Brewer was off.
Seth Curry and Casspi played, and the outside line was completely defenseless.
But the perimeter offense will be at its peak for the Mavericks.
That's right, Seth Curry's outside shooting is outstanding, and Casspi is the same. The three-person combination of outside lines throws endless three-pointers.
Qin Yang attracts double-teams from outside, and the two of them will get a chance.
Similarly, if the two of them scored goals and attracted the defense, Qin Yang would be able to score in singles.
Such players all promote each other.
In just seven or eight minutes, the Mavericks not only did not fall behind, but opened up the point difference in one fell swoop.In the 8th minute of the third quarter, when Al Jefferson came up again, the Mavericks led by 7 points.
Al played, and Qin Yang could finally rest.
The Kings are still strong, and Cousins performed off the charts.
But the combination of Calderon and Al Jefferson played vigorously and was not defeated by a wave.
When Qin Yang played in the fourth quarter, the two teams fought again.
At the critical moment, Qin Yang turned on the MVP mode.
When they met the Kings from the outside line, they met the gods and killed the gods. They were violent and invincible, and directly blasted the Kings team from the outside line.
Cousins scored 41 points and 16 rebounds in the game. Except for the slightly embarrassing 6 turnovers, his performance was undoubtedly strong.
However, Qin Yang withstood the impact of Cousins with 51 points and 11 assists, overwhelmed the Kings and led the team to victory.
But the news after the game made the Mavericks players very dull.
(End of this chapter)