professional shooting guard

Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Most of the 76ers are young players, and the older ones like Isaiah Cannan are not as strong.

Center Noel's skills are rough, his offensive methods are single, and his scoring points are only at the basket.

After all the calculations, the most powerful player in the 76ers team is this year's No. [-] rookie Zhang Zifeng.

This is also the reason why the 76ers began to let Zhang Zifeng take the position in their rookie season. There is really no one else to choose!

This is both an opportunity and a challenge for Zhang Zifeng.

After a quarter of adaptation, the Celtics have adapted to the 76ers.

This is a one man team!

Isiah Thomas replaced Avery Bradley at the start of the second quarter.

Although Thomas is only 1.75 meters, he has a tough style of play, strong impact, hard defense and fearless confrontation.

Thomas' playing career began amid doubts, and he was the 2011th overall pick in the second round in 60.After entering the NBA, he was abandoned by the Kings and the Suns.

Thomas joined the Celtics in the middle of the 2014-15 season. The Celtics management gave him full trust. His performance is getting better and better. In the 14-15 season, he averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 assists per game.

Thomas was entrusted with more important tasks this season. Seeing that the team was falling behind, coach Brad Stevens immediately replaced Thomas.

Thomas led the offense, and Smart focused on Zhang Zifeng.

After Thomas came on the court, he showed his offensive power. Thomas took the ball to the frontcourt, and Cannan forced him up.

Thomas sank and accelerated his breakthrough.

Cannan followed Thomas sideways.

But his short stature also has its advantages. Thomas quickly adjusted his center of gravity, changed direction, and accelerated, throwing off Cannan.

Facing Noel's defense, Thomas threw himself in the air, stuck the opponent, and scored the ball with a pull bar.

The 76ers serve the ball, and Cannan is still in possession of the ball, and he drives the ball forward.

When Zhang Zifeng just ran to the front court and was about to catch the ball, Smart walked around to prevent Zhang Zifeng from catching the ball.

Zhang Zifeng tried to run away from his opponent, but Smart followed Zhang Zifeng like a vicious dog.

Cannan is not the kind of Nash or Paul who can break through by himself, tear open the opponent's defense, and then accurately send the ball to Zhang Zifeng.

Seeing that it was difficult for Zhang Zifeng to connect the ball, Kannan broke through and attacked by himself.

Although Thomas is only 175, he weighs 88 kg.

Under Thomas' tough defense, Cannan attacked and hit the iron, and the rebound was grabbed by David Lee.

The Celtics played a fast break and Thomas made a one-stop layup.

Thomas played very excitedly today and played very well. He got to the inside line several times and got blue.

Thomas scored 6 points in a row and led the Celtics to a 17-2 counterattack climax.

Seeing that the score was stretched, Zhang Zifeng also became very impatient. Although it was only the second quarter, there was no way to go on like this.

But under Smart's full defense, Zhang Zifeng only got one shot and hit a ball.

半场前5分40秒时，凯尔特人队以38-28反超领先10分。

Coach Brown of the 76ers off the court couldn't stand it any longer. Although it's hard for a smart woman to have a feast without rice, the players are not as good as their opponents, and they can be forgiven for falling behind.But it's simply unforgivable to call it such shit.

Brown quickly called a timeout.

Yu Jia: "During this period of time, the 76ers did not perform well. Under Smart's defense, Zhang Zifeng had no good chances to score. At this time, no one in the 76ers can stand up and carry the big offensive chess. If you rely on Zhang Zifeng to attack alone, the opponent can safely and boldly adopt two or even three people to double-team. Even if Zhang Zifeng has three heads and six arms, it is difficult to deal with it. The 76ers need to make a change!"

Yang Yi: "Yes, when Zhang Zifeng is restricted by the opponent, some teammates should stand up and help share it. This will also relieve Zhang Zifeng's pressure. I think Coach Brown will not fail to see it, and will definitely make changes!"

Yu Jia: "Sure enough, Coach Brown has made a change. He will replace Hollis Thompson with Grant. Grant is an athletic forward with full explosive power. Coach Brown probably hopes to use him. The impact hits the Celtics inside and creates space for Zhang Zifeng."

Yang Yi: "Let's see the effect of Brown's change!"

Back from the timeout, Kannan dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, saw that he could not attack, and Zhang Zifeng was restricted again, so he passed the ball to Grant.

Zhang Zifeng and the others pulled away to give Grant space to play singles.

Grant took the ball straight to Claude, as fierce as a beast out of the cage!

"Want to break through? Don't think about it!" Claude rushed forward and shouted.

Grant suddenly made a 180-degree turn in front of Claude, and then accelerated and stuck Claude behind him.

Going inside, Grant made a dunk.

Su Qun: "Good shot, this shot is beautifully dunked. It should be played, and other players should stand up. Make more blooms, so that the offense will be a threat!"

Grant succeeded in consecutive singles against Crowder, leading the team to recover 4 points.

But his offensive skills are too single. After being reminded by Celtics coach Stevens, Crowder changed his defense strategy against Grant, not letting go.

With the nature of Grant's worst outside shooter, if he can't hit the basket, Grant is useless.

Under Crowder's defensive defense, Grant quickly fell silent.

Being overwhelmed by the Celtics, the 76ers relied on center Noel to make a tip, a single, and several fouls to barely maintain the score.

With Zhang Zifeng hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer, the Celtics led 51-40 by 11 points after halftime.

Thomas of the Celtics happily high-fived his teammates one by one when he left the court. The 76ers players were expressionless, as if they were used to being beaten like this by their opponents.

Except for Zhang Zifeng's unhappy face, no one was depressed or angry.

Zhang Zifeng looked at his teammates with a lifeless look, really speechless.

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Such a team is really hard to lead!

In the team locker room, Coach Brown yelled at his subordinates: "Defense! Defense! Where did your defense go? You let that boy Thomas break through you easily! The defense is bad, and the offense is also a mess. Except for Zhang Zifeng's singles , what else do you have, do you have to rely on a rookie to save you! Damn it, you are like a **** lying on the bed and letting others ride, you don’t even have the spirit to resist!"

These words scolded the entire 76ers team except for Zhang Zifeng.

The originally lifeless team was yelled at by the coach, and it somewhat gained some fighting spirit.

After yelling at the players once, the morale of the players was aroused, but this could not fundamentally change the difficult situation of the team.

After Brown inspected his men, he found that he couldn't find a player who could entrust him with important tasks.

My subordinates all have problems of one kind or another, either they can't attack, they can't defend, or they just sit on chairs in suits and leather shoes.

Brown inspected the bench and didn't know what he thought of. After a while, he turned his head, this time his tone was very calm: "Nick Stauskas, you come on, replace Cannan. Zhang Zifeng, you play point guard, it's up to you Organize the attack!"

I'll be the point guard? !

Zhang Zifeng was stunned for a moment, but nodded quickly. Since the coach said so, he had no choice but to follow suit!

Brown looked at the back of Zhang Zifeng on the field and sighed.

Cannan's offense is not good, nor is his defense. He was completely blown out by Thomas.

Grant was impactful, but he didn't shoot and couldn't pass.

Nick Stauskas has shots, but he has no impact, and he also needs the cooperation of the guard to break through to help him create shots.

Noel can only defend and attack at the basket. Therefore, in order to let the 76ers show their strength, Brown can only let Zhang Zifeng control the ball, hoping to make other players play their strengths through his involvement.

If possible, I am not willing to let a rookie have to bear so many burdens in his rookie season.

But the reality is that Brown has to be forced to do so.

I hope, you can resist, and stick to it!

(End of this chapter)