dognovel Chapter 589 Trae Young, the one with cheat codes!
Chapter 589 Trae Young, the one with cheat codes!
As the basketball was tossed into the air, Capela and Towns leaped high, reaching for it.
With a snap, the basketball was the first one Capela touched.
Jaylen Johnson caught the ball and immediately passed it to Trae Young.
Trae Young faced Westbrook's defense, dribbled the ball up the court, used his footwork and speed to create an opening, and then quickly launched a three-pointer.
Swish!
Goal!
Wang Xiucheng looked back from the other side of the arc and saw the basketball fall to the floor.
Wang Xiucheng then looked at Trae Young, who was backing away while blowing on his fingers.
Trae Young got hot so early, this game might be a bit difficult!
Just then, Trae Young also looked at Wang Xiucheng.
Their gazes seemed to collide briefly in the air.
The next moment, both of them looked away.
The competition has only just begun, but the contest between the two sides has already started.
Towns picked up the ball and passed it to Wang Xiucheng.
Dejongtai Murray was defending Wang Xiucheng.
His defensive strategy, like most players in the league, was to give Wang Xiucheng some space.
With Towns providing cover, Wang Xiucheng easily made his way to the frontcourt.
After bringing Dejongtai to the sideline, Wang Xiucheng passed the ball to Towns, who had switched to defend DeAndre Hunter.
Towns didn't hesitate, pulled up and shot, the basketball slammed against the rim with a thud, and was immediately grabbed by Capela, who then passed the ball to Dejounte who came over to receive it.
Wang Xiucheng immediately stuck it on, which made Dezhangtai hesitate.
Dejontai, who only dribbled the ball once, eventually passed it to Trae Young.
Facing Westbrook, Trae Young still managed to get past the mid-court line using his speed and rhythm.
He passed the ball to Capela in the paint, and then Trae Young shook off Westbrook and went inside.
After receiving the ball back from Capela, Trae Young dribbled twice and then flicked the ball into the air.
With a bang, Capela slammed home an alley-oop dunk!
The Hawks started the game with a 5-0 lead, fueled by cheers from their home crowd.
Wang Xiucheng picked up the basketball, dribbled it twice to check its inflation level, then went to the baseline and passed the ball to Durant.
Durant received the ball and moved back a little, just as Wang Xiucheng entered the court and began to advance the ball.
Some players are very sensitive to things that seem completely unimportant.
For example, Curry can sense whether a floor is flat just by tapping it with his racket.
As for Wang Xiucheng, he could feel the inflation level of each basketball.
Although the referee will check each basketball before the game to try to keep the inflation of the basketball within a certain range.
But the more air a basketball is inflated, the faster it will bounce.
Although this speed is difficult to detect with the naked eye, it still makes a difference to Wang Xiucheng.
His speed is limited to some extent by his dribbling speed!
If the basketball is inflated more, Wang Xiucheng's dribbling and change of direction will be faster.
At this moment, Wang Xiucheng arrived at the front court. Facing Dezhangtai, Wang Xiucheng attempted to break through with a probing step. Dezhangtai remained unmoved, simply extending his hand in the air to prevent Wang Xiucheng from suddenly pulling up and shooting.
But the next moment, Wang Xiucheng suddenly broke through to the right side to make a run down the right flank.
Dezhangtai barely saw the basketball leave a blur before it was back in Wang Xiucheng's hands.
Wang Xiucheng also took advantage of this moment to move a step, creating some distance between them.
Dejounte immediately followed, but bumped into Towns.
Wang Xiucheng released the ball, and the basketball flew out the moment his feet left the floor.
With a whoosh, Dezhangtai heard the beautiful sound of a basketball going through the net behind him.
The Nets finally scored their first point of the night.
The Hawks and Nets actually have somewhat similar offensive styles.
Both sides have a guard with an extremely long shooting range.
Therefore, it was believed before the game that the key to victory might be three-pointers.
In fact it is.
With just over a minute left in the first quarter, the Nets trailed the Hawks 30-39.
Hawks' star player Trae Young has taken five shots, all of them three-pointers.
What's even more terrifying is that all five of his shots were three-pointers, and he even made four of them!
With those four three-pointers and one free throw, Trae Young has already scored 13 points.
Wang Xiucheng scored 5 points and had 3 assists, but his performance was unremarkable.
After receiving Claxton's serve, Wang Xiucheng dribbled the ball while glancing at the time.
With Claxton providing cover, Wang Xiucheng made his way to the frontcourt.
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to draw a foul from the Hawks.
But Bogdanovic, who was defending him, simply wouldn't reach out. Wang Xiucheng made several feints, but Bogdanovic didn't even jump.
With no other option, Wang Xiucheng could only throw the ball when there was very little time left on the shot clock.
With a whoosh, the basketball went into the basket.
"Guaranteed Three-Point Shot Card" activated!
There are 44 seconds left.
Under normal circumstances, both sides will each have one complete attack.
Trae Young, who, like Wang Xiucheng, did not rest in the first quarter, dribbled the ball past half-court.
Wang Xiucheng thought that he would also waste some time like him, but unexpectedly, Trae Young, in order to seize an offensive opportunity, actually took a double step back and shot at Oubre.
The shot looked rushed, and Wang Xiucheng also thought it wouldn't go in.
But then, with a whoosh, Trae Young's shot went in!
42:33.
The Hawks still lead by 9 points.
As Trae Young nodded, he retreated slightly behind Wang Xiucheng with a smug look on his face, and even waved three fingers in front of him.
Wang Xiucheng was astonished. Did Trae Young also have a cheat code?
Otherwise, why would he have made 5 out of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter?
With 37 seconds left, there was no time to think. After receiving the serve from the baseline, Wang Xiucheng slowly headed towards the frontcourt.
Should we grab one too?
Wang Xiucheng quickly rejected the idea.
Trae Young's shooting touch was a bit scary tonight, but he's different from me.
Trae Young will inevitably have periods where his shooting percentage drops.
He just needs to get through this period when he's on fire.
How to get through it?
Just let him receive the ball as few times as possible.
This is the same principle as other teams dealing with their own "time of the king".
Without the ball in his hands, "King's Time" poses no threat.
Similarly, Trae Young is no threat without the ball.
Wang Xiucheng began to understand what it felt like for his opponent to be in "Wang's Time".
When the time was almost up, Wang Xiucheng threw down another three-pointer.
With a thud, the ball missed!
Wang Xiucheng gave a wry smile.
Last season, during "King's Time," my overall three-point shooting percentage was as high as 67%, which is equivalent to making two out of three shots.
This season's score should have been higher, but the one who didn't make it happened to be the one I met at this time.
Capela tipped the ball out, carrying Claxton on his back.
Bogdanovic collected the ball and passed it to Trae Young, who came over to ask for it.
Wang Xiucheng immediately followed and stood in front of Trae Young.
With 13 seconds left, every extra second Trae Young can waste in the backcourt will reduce his offensive time in the frontcourt by one second.
Wang Xiucheng used his body and speed to hold Trae Young in the backcourt for 8 seconds.
Almost as soon as time was up, Trae Young reached the frontcourt under Capela's cover.
There were less than 5 seconds left.
Trae Young has not yet gotten rid of Wang Xiucheng.
Capela stood in the center circle, trying to block Wang Xiucheng.
However, Wang Xiucheng kept dodging, wasting another 3 seconds before I could block him.
Trae Young then took a step to the side, his back foot still on the Hawks logo, and casually tossed the basketball out.
With a whistle, the first quarter ended.
Wang Xiucheng immediately turned around and looked in the direction the basketball had traveled.
The basketball traced an exaggeratedly large arc before finally falling into the basket from the air.
Swish!
The basketball went in!
Wang Xiucheng stared wide-eyed. How could the ball have gone in again?
You still say you didn't cheat!