The Fifth Point Guard

"If you and I each have three horses, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower according to the speed of the horses running, how can you guarantee that you can beat me in a best-of-three game?"

After listening to Shentong's question, Wagner lowered his head and thought for a moment.

"I will pay a lot of money to buy your rider, and then place a big bet on the outside. In this way, I can not only win back the money given to the rider, but also make a lot of money, and win the horse racing competition at the same time. What do I do?"

Shentong shook his finger and said, "If you can do this, of course I can too. I can pay more money to directly buy off the knights on both sides."

Wagner immediately said: "Then I will pay more than you!"

"Then I'll pay more than you."

"Then I'll pay double."

"I'll pay three times!"

"Four times."

"I'll pay ten times as much!" Wagner said aggressively.

STO took his time.

"No matter how much you pay, I will always be 1 yuan more expensive than you."

Wagner:"."

"Shameless!" Even James, who was watching the excitement, couldn't stand it anymore.

Shentong, who was led astray by Wagner, brought the topic back to the story of Tian Ji's horse racing.

"Da Juan, actually the way to win is not difficult. Since the three horses can be divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, it means that the gap between them should be quite obvious."

"Of course, a horse of a lower level cannot compete with a horse of a higher level."

Shentong nodded and said: "So, since it is three games, we only need to ensure that we win two games."

When Shentong said this, Wagner just nodded, but James was already thoughtful.

"So, we can use high-grade horses against their medium-grade horses, medium-grade horses against their low-grade horses, and low-grade horses."

"To their fine horses!" Wagner looked suddenly enlightened.

"That's right! Dahuan, you've learned how to answer quickly!"

"drop--"

The break is here and the second quarter begins immediately.

Shentong and James continued to play.

Wagner was rotated by Snow.

Sitting on the bench and recalling the best-of-three-game strategy just now, I couldn't help but be stunned.

No, after doing it for a long time, I feel like the inferior!

Shentong and Kidd, James and Carter, Wagner and Jefferson respectively represent the upper, middle and lower levels of their respective teams.

The matchup between Shentong and Carter is equivalent to superior versus average.

When James and Jefferson faced off, it was average vs. inferior.

In the matchup between Wagner and Kidd, Kidd will obviously win, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation.

However, it is not certain whether the matchup between Shentong and Carter can win as surely as Tian Ji's horse racing.

In the second quarter, Snow, Miller, Shentong, James, and Gooden formed the second team.

None of the Nets' trident rested.

STO encountered a tight double-team from the Nets in this quarter. Carter and Jefferson took turns defending on the wings, and their mobility and flexibility were indeed far superior to other teams.

Two fists are no match for four hands.

However, STO today has the super-S passing attribute assisted by the "Holy Fire".

Shentong broke into the penalty area and encountered a three-man attack from the Nets.

Shentong, who was in the air, saw Miller who was open on the outside at the moment when he was about to be locked up by the encirclement.

Grab the ball with one hand and deliver the ball under the Nets player's armpit.

Miller caught the ball and released it easily.

"Uh-huh."

Hollow hit.

Then, Shentong used exquisite passes to continuously provide assists to James and Gooden.

As for the method of breakthrough points, STO has often used it in previous games, but what is more surprising today is that almost all of STO's breakthrough points have been converted into assists.

In the live broadcast room, Barkley explained: "Shen has sent out consecutive assists in this quarter. Although the Nets have stepped up their personal double-teaming on him, Shen can always find the Cavaliers' open players on the court, and Score the ball.”

Smith said: "I don't know if you have noticed that although Shentong's passes today were wonderful, almost all of his passes turned into goals. In other words, the Cavaliers' shooters were very hot today."

Barkley said: "Indeed, but you have to know that they have a sharpshooter like Reggie Miller on the outside. Once they get the chance to take a shot, the shooting rate is as simple as a free throw."

Although TNT's two commentators noticed that the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency was very high, what they didn't know was that the reason why these players were able to convert all Shentong's passes into goals mainly came from Shentong's passing skills.

There is an essential difference between good passing and poor passing.

Shentong stepped down and dribbled, using the rhythm to pass Carter and break into the inside.

Jefferson and Collins had to step forward to double-team, so someone would inevitably be open.

Today's passing attributes exceeded 100, and Shentong could almost see the flames on his hands when passing the ball.

Shentong makes a move to the east and hits the west.

While looking at Miller, the ball was passed to Snow on the outside.

Snow took a long shot after catching the ball, and the ball hit the target.

From catching the ball to shooting, Snow didn't make any adjustments and just shot.

That's the quality of the pass.

Poor passing requires the player to adjust after catching the ball and then shoot. This not only delays the opportunity, but also affects the player's feel.

And a good pass does not require the player to adjust at all, as if it is like accurately filling the cannonball for the shooter who has set up the gun mount.

You only need to light the fuse to fire directly.

In the second quarter, although Shentong only scored 5 points, it sent 6 assists in a single quarter.

The Cavaliers team opened fire, scoring 30-19 in a single quarter, leading the Nets by 10 points in one fell swoop.

Entering the intermission.

Barkley commented: "I think everyone knows that this Nets team is very familiar with STO, so it will be very targeted in defense. If I remember correctly, last season, the Cavaliers' winning streak It was broken by the Nets. Players like Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Jason Collins are very familiar with STO. So in this game, we saw the changes in STO. What came was the overall explosion of the Cavaliers."

Smith agreed: "Yes, in the last game STO felt very good and set a record of three three-pointers from the outside, so he must know that the Nets will guard him tightly, so his style of play is very smart. Accurate passing became a wedding dress for other players, which resulted in a collective explosion of shooters, especially Reggie Miller. He hit 4 three-pointers in the first half, all thanks to STO's passing .”

Barkley concluded: "I think the Nets should think of ways in the middle to change their style of play in the second half."

It has to be said that since Barkley attended the Chinese commentary training class, his commentary professionalism has been qualitatively improved.

His prediction was not scoffed at by Smith.

The Nets changed their rhythm back to their preferred fast pace in the second half, with 2 points on defense and 8 points on offense.

Vince Carter was very simple and crude when facing Shentong's defense.

In the same position, even among the four major shooting guards, Carter is considered the strongest.

Pushing Shentong with his body, Carter, who came to the penalty area, used a move called Dapeng to spread his wings, trying to give Shentong a dunk!

The door of the forehead.

However, Shentong was not a vegetarian. He gave up defense as soon as Carter pushed him away.

Poor Gooden, who was on defense, but was dunked on the head by Carter!

After scoring the goal, Carter excitedly clenched his hands into fists, his biceps bulged, and he bent his arms in front of his waist and muttered: "I am the master here, and this is my territory."

Shentong looked at Jefferson standing next to him, and Jefferson happened to be looking at him.

"Isn't this your territory?"

Jefferson was about to speak when Shen suddenly put his hands around his head and threw him aside.

Kidd, who was standing behind Jefferson, said: "Let him be happy, but sooner or later, he is Vince Carter after all."

"Hey."

Shentong smiled, while Jefferson looked depressed.

After taking away Shentong and Martin, he still has no chance to make his mark. Now, he is not even qualified to be the second child.

Outside the court, some fans shouted at Shentong.

"Look, we have Vince Carter, the real dunk king, UFO, demigod, who are you?"

"I just followed Jason to win a championship, and then went to a small place like Cleveland to earn a high salary."

"A place like that hasn't had any sports champions for decades. Do you think you're really the savior?"

Finally, what was supposed to come came.

In the past, STO was very grateful to New Jersey and the fans here, but at least in today's game, STO was a little irritable in the face of these provocative voices.

How can I get them to calm down?

too easy.

Give them some color and see.

Just after Wagner dribbled the ball past half court, he saw the familiar flames coming from Shentong's eyes.

Hey, the Nets are going to be in trouble now.

Without hesitation, Wagner ignored James who ran out of space and handed the ball to Shentong, who was being guarded by Carter.

Hold the ball in one hand.

Sao.

Carter's defense is mainly about physicality and explosiveness.

In terms of defensive skills, Carter's level is actually not high, which is why Carter rarely enters the best defensive team like Kobe.

Sudden start after probing.

This time Shentong's speed was very fast. Even if Carter caught up immediately, he was already one position behind.

The leading Shentong made a pass to the baseline, where Reggie Miller was waiting.

No!

This is a fake move.

After distracting the defensive attention of Jefferson and Collins, Shentong recovered the pass and faced Kostic for a layup!

Kostic, who is not afraid of tigers even after he was born, rushed towards Shentong who had already fully taken off.

"Don't!"

Kidd's words came a little late.

"boom!"

As if sitting on Krstic's body, Shentong used an incredible riding dunk action to dunk the ball on the opponent's head and slam it into the basket!

The whole place fell silent instantly.

After being dunked by Shentong, Krstic was hit by Shentong's momentum and flew backwards.

Shentong hung on the basket with one hand for a while before falling down.

In the silence, Shentong made an "O~Yeah~" swinging back and forth motion and shouted loudly: "Now you are satisfied!"

The subsequent game turned into an aerial free fighting show between Shentong and Carter.

Carter received Kidd's pass and completed an alley-oop dunk, and Shentong immediately hit 2+1.

Carter blocked James in the air, and Shentong immediately shot a long three-pointer.

The two performed equally well on the court.

But one thing is different. Carter, who holds the ball for a large proportion of the time, almost locks the ball in his hands and becomes a strong player in singles with the ball.

Although Shentong has also greatly improved the time he holds the ball, he can be both an attacker and a passer.

In this way, the Cavaliers' offensive routines are much richer than that of the Nets.

On the sidelines, Paul Silas is confident.

Nets, although you have the ability to compete for the championship, you can't find a player in your lineup who can be both a finisher and an initiator like Shentong.

With 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the overall situation was decided.

As Reggie Miller hit his seventh three-pointer of the game, the score became 98-77.

A 21-point difference.

The two sides began to change their generals.

When Shentong came off the field, the audience was almost equally booed and cheered.

His scoring was relatively restrained compared to the previous games, with only 26 points, but he sent 14 assists, in addition to 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.

Although Carter is very eye-catching, his statistics are worse than STO.

24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

It can be said that the strategy of superior horses against medium horses was successful.

Then came James, who was completely outshone by Shen Tong.

As the second-in-command of the Cavaliers, James played his role well. While contributing 20 points, he also got 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and a game-high 5 steals.

Jefferson, who faced him, performed much worse.

15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 turnovers.

The tactic of mid-level horses against low-level horses was also successful.

As for the matchup between Wagner and Kidd.

Kidd scored another triple-double in this game.

With 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, he beat Wagner with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Obviously, Kidd outplayed Wagner.

But just like Tian Ji's horse racing tactics, the Cavaliers, who won two out of three games, finally won easily.

In fact, the real reason why the Cavaliers were able to pass easily in the away game came from Shentong's pass to Miller.

Old Miller's fuel tank was completely ignited by Shentong's life today.

He made 7 of 9 three-pointers and scored 21 points, leading the Cavaliers' bench to a 47-25 victory over their opponents in bench scoring.

The Cavaliers continue to maintain an undefeated record in the new season and extend their winning streak to 6 games.

However, at this moment in the TNT live broadcast room, Barkley's eyes were completely attracted by another game that was originally planned to be broadcast live.

The opponents in that game were the Rockets and Spurs.

The game with the Cavaliers ended almost at the same time. The Rockets scored 13 points in a row from Tracy McGrady in the last 35 seconds. With an incredible performance, the Rockets led the Rockets to complete an almost impossible reversal!

Barkley held his bald head with both hands and looked up to the sky and screamed: "Oh my God, are you kidding me? I didn't let me see STO's three-pointer in the last game, but McGrady's 35 seconds and 13 points in this game didn't let me see it. It’s so hard for me to miss it!”