Start without the ball

Chapter 23
The rest time ended quickly, and the second quarter began.

For the Thunder, Donovan replaced Paul George who played the first quarter with Ferguson, Schroeder returned to the court, and Patterson replaced Grant.

For the Clippers, the poor performance of backup point guard Alexander made Rivers very dissatisfied, and Beverly returned to the court.

The Clippers had the ball, and Beverly rushed to the frontcourt after receiving the ball. Lu Wei was at the top of the arc, and Li Haoyu was still close to Lu Wei.

Mbah a Moute used Scott's screen to catch the ball at a 45-degree left on the baseline.

Beverly passed the ball to Mbah a Moute and ran to the top of the arc to cover Lu Wei.

Beverly approached Li Haoyu from the left side of the field.

Li Haoyu thought that Lu Wei would use the cover to go to the left 45 degrees to find Bamote for a hand.

This is a conventional running idea.

The moment Beverly caught himself, he made a back turn to the left.

When Li Haoyu turned around, he didn't see Lu Wei.

Now Li Haoyu realized that something was wrong.

Looking back, I saw Lu Wei making a catch from the free throw line.

Rivers' tactics successfully deceived Li Haoyu. According to common sense, Lu Wei should go to the left to do hand-offs.

Li Haoyu made a prediction based on the idea of ​​running positions, but Rivers made a prediction.

When Li Haoyu turned his back and walked to the left, Lu Wei went straight to the free throw line.

Predict my prediction?

That old bastard Rivers has something.

The score was 19 to 28, and the Thunder attacked.

Li Haoyu came to the bottom corner on the right, and Lu Wei came to the side and said, "Sure enough, you are predicting my running position."

Li Haoyu: "So what if you know? We can do it if you score."

Lu Wei: "You sure."

Before Lu Wei finished speaking, Li Haoyu ran to the free throw line, and bumped into Grant when he was about to catch up.

Li Haoyu received the ball at the free throw line, and Scott defended him.

Li Haoyu hit the ground pass to Noelle, and Noelle made a dunk.

21:28.

"Shit, this rookie is too cunning."

Lu Wei couldn't help complaining, Li Haoyu posted it again when he was about to rush to the front court.

Lu Wei: "Are you sure you want to post it again? Aren't you afraid it will be the same as before?"

Li Haoyu: "How many sets can Rivers design for you during the break? You still can't get the ball after running out of tactics."

Lu Wei: "...you are disgusting."

Lu Wei and Li Haoyu sank to the left corner together, along with Mbah a Moute and his defender Ferguson.

Beverley handles the ball at the top of the key.

Lu Wei and Mbah a Moute stood in a row, facing the bottom line.

Li Haoyu and Ferguson could only stand in a row, facing their defenders.

Mbah a Moute is on the top line, and Lu Wei is close to the bottom line.

Lu Wei moved and ran towards 45 degrees.

Li Haoyu turned his back and bypassed Bamott to follow Lu Wei, thinking that Rivers' tactics had failed, he smiled triumphantly.

However, after seeing Ferguson also ran 45 degrees with Lu Wei, Li Haoyu couldn't laugh anymore.

When Lu Wei ran to 45 degrees, Ferguson couldn't see that Li Haoyu had turned his back and bypassed the cover, and his sight was blocked by Ba Mote.

For a moment, he was not sure whether Li Haoyu could keep up, but since he was on the line, it was easier to chase Lu Wei, so he followed.

The two went to chase Lu Wei, and Barmot in the bottom corner was empty.

Mbah a Moute speeds up to the basket, and Beverly lobs the ball.

"Bang~"

Mbah a Moute scored another 2 points for the Clippers with an empty dunk.

21:30.

Rivers' tactics worked again.

Li Haoyu complained to Ferguson: "Why are you chasing Louis, I have already followed!"

Ferguson was also very annoyed: "My line of sight was blocked at the time, I didn't know you could keep up."

Li Haoyu thought about it, the situation at that time was indeed difficult to judge, and Ferguson could not be blamed for this.

Because Li Haoyu was absent from the preseason, the running-in was not enough, so the defensive tacit understanding could not be achieved.

Li Haoyu hammered Ferguson's chest: "Forget it, next time you have to believe that I can keep up. Let's go, let's pay them back a ball."

Ferguson nodded.

When rushing to the front court, Li Haoyu clenched his fist with one hand and signaled Schroeder's tactics.

Schroeder nodded, and at the same time directed the other players to take their positions.

Li Haoyu is at 45 degrees to the left, with Noelle in the low position on the left.

Schroeder was at the top of the arc, and the ball was given to Ferguson at 45 degrees on the right.

Li Haoyu stepped forward to cling to Lu Wei, took a step to the right, and at the same time shifted his body's center of gravity to the left.

Lu Wei has already felt Li Haoyu's running ability, and he knows that Li Haoyu will use running as a fake action.

The right step should be a fake action, and the direction in which the body's center of gravity moves is the real intention.

Lu Wei moved to the left, and when Li Haoyu saw Lu Wei moving, he ran to the right with his left foot on the ground.

Lu Wei was tricked away, and Li Haoyu cut to the basket.

Lu Wei hurriedly adjusted, chasing Li Haoyu one step behind.

Noel raised from the low post to the free throw line and blocked the chasing Lu Wei.

Li Haoyu got the ball on the right side of the three-second zone.

Clippers center Scott saw that Lu Wei was blocked, so he switched defenses to cover Li Haoyu.

Li Haoyu saw Scott coming over and threw the ball to the basket.

Noel turned around behind Lu Wei's back, kicked his feet on the ground, soared into the air, received a pass from Li Haoyu, and slammed into the basket hard.

"Bang~"

The Thunder also responded to the Clippers with an empty pick!
23:30.

After Noel and Li Haoyu high-fived, they posted Lu Wei again.

Lu Wei took Li Haoyu with the pendant, and sank to the corner of the autism with a livid complexion, motionless.

Li Haoyu: "There is no strategy."

Lu Wei: .
Li Haoyu: "Then just wait patiently."

Lu Wei: "Can we discuss it?"

Li Haoyu: "Don't think about it, just show it off."

Lu Wei: (﹏)
Beverly dribbled the ball to the front court and ignored Lu Wei. He also knew that Lu Wei would not be able to catch the ball without tactics.

At this moment, a certain super sixth man has become a waste.

Beverly observed it and called Harrell to play a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Beverly made a mid-range shot and hit the iron.

Noelka was in a good position and took off the rebound.

After Li Haoyu saw that Noelka was in a good position, he resisted the urge to run to get the board.

He found that he had gradually become addicted to this kind of thing, no wonder Brother Gui was so happy.

The Thunder attacked, Schroeder called a double screen, and Noelle and Patterson came up.

Noelle cut to the basket after blocking, and Patterson ran to 45 degrees.

The Clippers chose to shrink, and Patterson was empty.

Schroeder passed the ball, and Patterson caught and threw it.

"boom"

Patterson got a shot.

Scott is nowhere near as physical as Noelle.

Noelle stuck in position, took off the offensive rebound, and passed it to the more reliable Li Haoyu.

After receiving the ball, Li Haoyu made a shot.

"boom"

Li Haoyu's physical fitness affected his shots, and he also struck iron.

In the next two rounds, the two sides played iron one after another, and the score remained at 23 to 30.

With 8 minutes and 42 seconds left in the second quarter, Patterson fouled for rebounds in the backcourt, and Donovan requested a timeout.

Li Haoyu was replaced, and the main lineup returned to the field.

Li Haoyu, wearing No. 7, scored 7 points in 7 minutes.

There are seven meanings in the dark.

(End of this chapter)