dognovel Chapter 643 Mitchell: If you're so good, then you do it!
Chapter 643 Mitchell: If you're so good, then you do it!
With a bang, Wang Xiucheng made a seemingly ordinary dunk from the free-throw line, scoring his fourth point of the night!
Instantly, the fans at Barclays Center stood up, turned around, and began to dance the Poznan dance.
Lin Yun'er grabbed Kim Tae-yeon beside her and turned around, joining the Poznan dance.
Lin Yun'er kept looking back at Wang Xiucheng. When she saw Wang Xiucheng walking back, Lin Yun'er immediately turned around and reached out her hand.
Not only her, but the other top stars also reached out their hands, wanting to have a close encounter with Wang Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng smiled and reached out his hand, patting the hands of these celebrities as if on an assembly line.
But when it came to Lin Yun'er, Wang Xiucheng scratched her palm again with his hand.
Lin Yun'er blushed and withdrew her hand, but a sweet smile graced her face.
But the next moment, Lin Yun'er still lowered her head and sat down awkwardly, afraid that Kim Tae-yeon next to her would notice.
Wang Xiucheng scored four consecutive points at the start of the game, putting the Barclays Center fans at ease.
For the fans, as long as Wang Xiucheng can score, the game is invincible.
Seeing Wang Xiucheng score consecutive points, Cavaliers head coach Bickerstaff made a gesture.
Then Wang Xiucheng discovered that the person defending him had changed from Garland to Mitchell.
Compared to Garland, the physically stronger Mitchell was clearly the better defender.
Having Mitchell guard Wang Xiucheng presents two risks: firstly, the risk of being tricked into committing a foul by Wang Xiucheng; and secondly, Mitchell would have to shift more of his energy from offense to defense.
Furthermore, there is a potential problem with Bickerstaff doing this.
Swish!
Towns received a pass from Westbrook and made the first three-pointer of the game.
At this moment, Wang Xiucheng was still squatting in the corner.
Wang Xiucheng did not participate in this attack at all; in fact, he didn't even move.
Meanwhile, Mitchell stood motionless in front of Wang Xiucheng.
Garland, who was guarding Westbrook, found it difficult to pose much of a threat to him in terms of physical contact, which gave Westbrook an opportunity to pass the ball to Towns.
Bickerstaff scratched his head.
This is the Cavaliers' hidden danger.
The regular season is fine, but once the playoffs begin, the opponent is likely to exploit Garland's weakness.
For example, this time, Wang Xiucheng took Mitchell away from the battlefield, and Westbrook faced off against Garland, but he didn't suffer any losses.
If it weren't for Garland's continued contribution to the attack, Bickerstaff would have loved to substitute him.
Even so, after the timeout in the sixth minute, Bickerstaff temporarily substituted Garland with Georges Niang.
This was a routine substitution, so Bickerstaff wasn't worried about its impact on Garland.
In fact, he knew he had changed his personnel too late.
At this point, the Nets were leading by 5 points.
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Sure enough, the defense improved after Georges Niang came on.
However, Giorgio Niang's attacking ability is nowhere near as good as Garland's.
Therefore, the Nets intentionally left George Niang unguarded on defense and double-teamed Mitchell, the main ball handler.
This allowed Mitchell to focus more of his energy on physical confrontations.
At the end of the first quarter, Wang Xiucheng made a buzzer-beating three-pointer and drew a foul from George Niang, earning him free throws.
With those 4 points, the Nets led 33-24 at home by 9 points.
The match didn't seem as difficult as I had imagined.
At the start of the second quarter, Wang Xiucheng and Towns rested, while Durant and Westbrook led the team.
The Cavaliers opted for Garland to travel during off-peak hours.
The two sides fought to a draw.
After Wang Xiucheng and Mitchell returned, the two suddenly began to engage in physical contact.
The referee initially acquiesced, and Wang Xiucheng was hit in the chest several times by the Cavaliers, and Mobley even scratched his face.
Later, Dillon became the main character.
Dillon first slapped Mobley, along with the ball, down in the paint, earning a technical foul.
Mobley lay on the ground for a full minute before he recovered.
Then, just before the end of the first half, Dillon and Mitchell had another head-to-head confrontation during a defensive matchup.
Mitchell and Dillon both reached out to grab each other's necks, and in the end, both of them received technical fouls one after another.
Dillon was also ejected from the game due to two technical fouls.
After this incident, the referee became stricter in his calls regarding the defensive actions of both sides.
In the third quarter, Wang Xiucheng took advantage of the referee's officiating to frequently attack the Cavaliers' interior, causing injuries.
The Cavaliers committed a total of 11 fouls in this quarter.
Wang Xiucheng scored 8 points solely from free throws.
When the final buzzer sounded at the end of the third quarter, the Nets were leading by 14 points at home.
The Nets scored 33, 30, and 31 points in the three quarters, respectively, showing great consistency and average performance.
The Cavaliers' scores were 24, 27, and 29, which seemed decent.
And the Cavaliers' scoring continued to climb.
However, the Cavaliers lost to the Nets by a few points in each quarter. It didn't seem like much, but it added up to a total of 14 points.
This score was not going to make the Cavaliers surrender, so Bickerstaff kept talking non-stop during the break.
After explaining the tactics, they would give motivational speeches, and after giving motivational speeches, they would continue explaining the tactics.
They even shouted things like, "You guys can't even beat an undrafted player?"
However, this incentive did not work.
Mitchell glanced at his head coach, as if to say, "Undrafted player? If you're so good, then you play!"
Soon, when the fourth quarter began, Bickerstaff discovered that Wang Xiucheng had not rested and was still on the court. He wanted nothing more than to go over and slap Udokka a few times.
Are you doing this on purpose?
Could you give me a little time to catch up on some points?
Westbrook is resting on the bench this time.
Wang Xiucheng started playing the number one position.
With Westbrook and Dillon out, and Towns resting on the bench, only Wang Xiucheng and Durant were on the court at that moment.
The shooting guard position is Oubre, the small forward position is Royce O'Neal, and the center position is Claxton.
If you replace Oubre with Westbrook, this would be the Nets' starting lineup from last year.
However, this year, most of the players in this lineup can only play as substitutes.
Upon reaching the frontcourt, Wang Xiucheng feinted with his footwork while simultaneously bumping his shoulder into Mitchell, causing Mitchell to stumble.
Wang Xiucheng rushed in immediately, and Mitchell turned around and followed him.
To prevent Wang Xiucheng from staging an accident by braking, Mitchell deliberately kept a distance.
However, this also means that Mitchell could not stop Wang Xiucheng's throw.
With a whoosh, as Wang Xiucheng passed the free throw line, he secretly tossed the ball into the net without taking his feet off the ground.
The Cavaliers had possession of the ball. Mitchell passed it to Garland, who then made a three-pointer.
Although Garland found an open space this time, he was unlucky and the ball still didn't go in.
Claxton grabbed the rebound.
With Allen resting, Mobley is playing center in the Cavaliers' current lineup.
For Claxton, Mobley was actually easier to deal with than Allen.
Claxton held off Mobley to secure the rebound and then passed the ball to Oubre.
Oubre intended to dribble the ball himself, but when he looked up, he saw Wang Xiucheng approaching.
Although Wang Xiucheng didn't reach out, he still passed the ball over.
Wang Xiucheng reached out and caught the ball, then turned and passed it, just past Garland behind him.
Galan tried to pull Wang Xiucheng back, but not only did he fail, Wang Xiucheng's speed caused his own fingers to rub raw and ache!
Wang Xiucheng's speed was slowed down a bit, but he still rushed out.
Soon after crossing half-court, Wang Xiucheng took two big strides to the three-point line.
Everyone stood up, eager to see how Wang Xiucheng would handle the ball.
The answer came quickly: Wang Xiucheng, outside the three-point line, actually leaped high into the air with the basketball in his hand and flew towards the basket!