The Fifth Point Guard

Shen Tong strode down the dribble, fusing Iverson's butterfly step, which made the opposing Stephen Jackson quite uncomfortable.

Jackson is a player who likes to play hard, so his style is destined to be incompatible with the steady Spurs.

But he also couldn't bear other people pretending to be coercive in front of him.

So when Shentong's dribble was dazzling, Jackson's heart was very restless.

He has an urge to play football, but rationally tells himself that he can't because he is playing basketball.

"puff..."

Jackson couldn't believe it and looked at his feet...

Just now, without the command of his brain, he raised his foot impulsively and kicked the ball that Shentong was dribbling out of the sideline.

The referee immediately whistled Jackson for the violation and stepped forward to give a verbal warning.

Knowing that he didn't have a good impression in the referee's mind, Jackson immediately nodded his head and admitted his mistake, and raised his hand to show that he didn't mean it.

Jackson's brain: Feet, can you be obedient? You can't kick the ball with your feet!

Feet: No, you want to kick.

Brain: ...maybe so.

......

Shentong did not cooperate with Jackson's performance.

When Jackson was still struggling, he didn't stay much longer, and threw away his opponent with one stride.

Shentong's speed was quite fast. Before the Pacers' players hadn't reacted, they had already rushed inside and made a layup in front of O'Neal.

Barkley exclaimed: "Wow, Shentong's speed is so fast. It seems that every movement is half a frame faster than the Pacers, and the players including O'Neal have not had time to react. Shentong has completed this time. attack."

Smith said: "The media reported that Shentong did not rest after participating in the Athens Olympics, but held an All-Star training camp at home. Looking at it now, it should be true. Look at his speed, which is definitely higher than last season. ."

......

O'Neal got the ball inside, turned around to drive Gooden, and was about to pick the basket. Who knew that as soon as his hand was raised, the ball was shot down by Shentong.

After the agile Shentong got the ball, he quickly launched a fast break.

James left, Wagner's right, and three arrows were fired.

"Shen, LeBron, and Da Juan remind me of the three Musketeers of the previous Nets, Kidd, Shentong, and Jefferson." Smith said.

As soon as the voice fell, the Cavaliers had reached the Pacers' half-time three-pointer.

Artest, who had returned to defense, was extremely clear at the moment.

"Go forward and post Shentong!"

In another distant half, Jackson gave his opinion.

However, Artest did not adopt it at all.

If you defend as you said, doesn't it mean that we think in the same way?

That definitely won't work.

I have to prove myself, and you are not the same type of player.

Thinking of this, Artest's eyes quickly turned left and right.

It is more likely to be passed to James. After all, he has a body? Can he carry me hard.

But it is also possible to pass to Wagner? After all, he is faster? Can break through me to complete the layup.

Yeah...the brain is burnt too...who should you bet on? !

Just when Artest was thinking about brainstorming? Shentong gave the answer.

He passed the ball to the rebound...

During the fast dribble advancement, Shen Tong took the ball with his left hand and threw it towards the backboard.

Artest watched Shentong pass the ball "off his hands" and couldn't help laughing.

Who knew that Shentong's footsteps didn't stop? He flew up to meet him.

Artest froze in place.

Shen Tong resolutely jumped up? His legs were like springs? Bounced from the ground.

Artest only felt that a big stick was poking into his cheek? And getting closer? Couldn't help but bend down? He lowered his head.

Shen Tong had jumped very high, and he wanted to catch the rebounding basketball to buckle Artest? Who knew that the opponent actually bent down and dropped the height.

So Shentong immediately changed his strategy, and took advantage of Artest's head to go over? One-handed dunk the rebound ball into the basket!

The ball seemed to explode on the Pacers' basket!

Artest, who was crossed by Shentong over his head, opened his eyes, and saw James push to Shentong's chest with a "overwhelming" move? Then Wagner rushed out from the other side? A "welcoming man" came with Shentong. Passionate hit the chest.

What's the matter?

Artai Zhanger couldn't figure it out.

In the live broadcast room, Barkley was laughing.

"This guy? I don't even know what happened just now, oh? Let's see, the replay just now was broadcast on the big screen in the center of the venue. Look at Ron's expression. This is really funny, his The expression seemed to say, oh, this must not be true, is this a prank?"

Smith also laughed and said: "It's a slam dunk. It's still a leap dunk. This ball is much more difficult than the dunk that Vince Carter leaped over French center Wes. If it's on someone else, maybe. Because of this goal, his career is over, but fortunately Ron, he may not particularly care."

At this moment, Shen Tong returned to half-court defense surrounded by his teammates.

Artest shook his head and walked forward, muttering something in his mouth. Jackson came to Artest's side and patted Artest's back kindly.

The detained Artest originally felt a little depressed, not to the point of sadness. After all, he was originally big-hearted, but when he saw Jackson, whom he despised, came to comfort him, tears almost came down.

......

To say that Artest was also a tough guy, he wanted to respond immediately after understanding what had happened just now.

Holding the ball in his left hand, hitting James with his back, he kept chiseling hard.

After hitting the left side, change the ball to the right hand, then turn around and hit the right side.

Originally Artest’s move was no disadvantage at the small forward position, even facing Pierce whose feet were almost sucked on the floor, but today, no matter how he twists, James behind him remains motionless.

Artest's dribble was a little slow, James immediately went forward and saw the ball with his left hand, successfully stealing the ball from Artest!

Barkley exclaimed: "What's wrong? The defense of the two teams seems to have been adjusted compared to last season. The Cavaliers have successfully tackled twice in a row!"

After James grabbed the ball, Artest couldn't bear it and resorted to a tactical foul, holding James' left arm with his right hand.

"drop---"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

But Artest's right hand still did not let go.

James's left arm was held tightly by Artest, with a pained expression on his face.

The referee put down the whistle and verbally asked Artest to let go.

But at this time Artest pretended to be stunned, as if he didn't understand what the referee was saying, and instead showed off a wave of acting skills.

It seems to be saying, look, it's our arms entangled together, it's not my fault.

The awkward acting made Anderson Varejao, who was sitting on the Cavaliers bench, laughed directly.

However, James' painful expression was not fake. The nearest Wagner stepped forward and tried to break Artest's arm, but Artest seemed to be stubborn at this time. No matter how Wagner broke, he just didn't let go.

"Cack!"

As soon as Shen Tong shot, Artest retracted his arm.

But this time, an expression of pain appeared on Artest's face.

Freed from the shackles, James dropped his left hand and walked straight to the bench. The team doctor didn't dare to be careless and immediately stepped forward to check.

"Oh, my God, God," James yelled, squinting.

"What's the situation, LeBron, where does the left hand hurt, do I need to go to the infirmary?" the team doctor asked with concern.

"I'm just a little thirsty and want to drink water."

"..."

On the field, Artest saw that it was Shen Tong who had "violently" to him just now. He originally wanted to go forward and fight when he was angry. Later, he thought that he was from China.

Oh, Chinese Kung Fu!

So Artest complained to the referee, saying that Shen Tong just poked him.

The referee ignored it and awarded Artest a technical foul.

Now Artest was not happy, shouting and rushing to the referee, Jackson and Tinsley immediately stopped.

"Quite the fire, Ron, we can't be arrogant!"

Artest took a look, it was Jackson who said this, and he almost drew him over.

......

The game enters a timeout.

On the way back to the bench, Wagner asked Shentong: "Shen, what did you do to Ron just now? Why did I use the strength of the boss just now and I couldn't let Artest loose his hand, but you got it all at once. , How did you do it? Did you really poke him with something?"

Shen Tong did not answer, but raised his right hand, placed it in front of Wagner's nose, and then extended his index finger.

"What are you doing?" Wagner wondered.

"smell."

Concise and concise.

Wagner sniffed.

???

What smell?

Seeing Shen Tong's wretched smile, Wagner reacted immediately.

vomit...

This taste is so sour and refreshing!

......

After the timeout, the game restarted.

Artest was replaced to rest.

After James drank the water, it was fine, but Paul Silas replaced him with a rest and replaced him with Reggie Miller.

When Miller played, the audience once again showed two very different extreme reactions.

But Miller loosened the waistband of his trousers and sorted it out, but there was no reaction on his face.

In the live broadcast room, Barkley explained: "After Reggie came to the Cavaliers, he helped the Cavaliers too much. Paul also had more options for substitutions. From the perspective of the players themselves, Reggie can play three or four. The number position, Shentong can also, so when LeBron or Shentong come off the court, Reggie can come up at any time, these three are basically the Cavaliers' wing rotation this season."

On the field, Shentong's breakthrough attracted the Pacers to double-team.

The ball went to the outside, Wagner did not pause after receiving the ball, and immediately distributed it to Miller on the other side.

Crosill just wanted to make up his defense, but he was stopped by Gooden.

With the addition of the big Z who was just carried to the line to make a pick-and-roll for Shentong, when Miller shot the ball, the Cavaliers' inside line was almost in a vacuum!

In other words, this tactic almost completely gave up rebounding, and simply opened up space for Miller to play the ball.

This shows the team's full trust in Miller.

Reggie Miller did not live up to the expectations of Silas and his teammates and made a steady shot from the outside.

Although the shooting posture is far inferior to that of Shentong, the stability of shooting the ball from the chest with both hands is better.

When Miller's shot crossed his hands, the ball went into the basket.

After the goal, Miller made a signature gesture of raising his right hand to celebrate.

Smith commented: "Even though Reggie is wearing a Cavaliers jersey, it is still Reggie, just like when he first entered the league, there was no slight change."

......

In the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers led the Pacers by 8 points 28-20.

In the second quarter, the Pacers at home began a fierce counterattack.

O'Neal, Artest and Jackson took turns to succeed.

They improved the toughness of the defensive end, and offered a full press.

Wagner had made 3 turnovers in the first half of the second time, which directly led to the opponent's fast break score.

As a result, Paul Silas took the initiative to make substitution adjustments.

Pointing to the bench, the point will play.

Eric Snow got up from the bench.

"Oh, the Cavaliers made a substitution. Eric Snow, who came from the 76ers to the Cavaliers, played. It seems that the Cavaliers want to organize the offense." Smith explained.

After Snow came on the field, there was no fancy dribble and no fast advancement, but he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt with one glance, and under the harassment of Tinsley, the very determined performer Silas' tactical arrangement.

After Snow made the gesture, James first stepped forward to cover Shentong, and then immediately slipped to the bottom line and ran to the bottom corner on the other side.

Just when Jackson was about to catch up, Gooden once again stood in front of Shentong and blocked his way.

Shen Tong, who got the empty seat, just stepped on the spot, and Snow's pass was delivered just right.

Very comfortable pass.

After Shen Tong got the ball, he didn't need to make any adjustments and directly raised his hand to throw a three-pointer.

The ball passed Gooden and Jackson in front of him, and smashed into the basket accurately like a shooting star.

The successful Shentong gave Snow a thumbs up, indicating that this is a good pass.

Snow just smiled and immediately plunged into the harassment of Tinsley.

This is the first time Shentong has received such a comfortable pass after leaving the Nets.

When was the last time this kind of pass was received?

It was when Kidd was the Nets point guard.

Under Snow's organization and pass, Shentong opened fire in the second quarter.

Shooting inside and outside, scored 12 points in a row and pulled the score of both sides to 20 points in one fell swoop!

At the end of the first half, Shentong had already scored 25 points.

The score between the two sides was 59-44, and the Cavaliers took the lead.

......

"Damn it!" Rick Carlisle kicked off the bench of a player in the locker room team.

"What were you doing in the first half? A collective sleepwalking?" Carlisle yelled, "Do you know what Reggie Miller thinks at the moment? "Oh, my God, luckily I left this group of fools, they It's too weak. "Yes, that's right, you are a bunch of cowards, look at the technical statistics, Shen has scored 25 points! Do you want him to score 50 points in the game? You want to be in the media Did you see the news that "Shentong scored 50 points on the Pacers in the first game of the regular season"?!"

Jackson's face was very ugly.

Artest also frowned and said nothing.

Carlisle took out his tactical board and said loudly: "Come over and listen to me. The defense in the second half is arranged like this..."

......

On the other side, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers' locker room was warm.

Miller scored 3 three-pointers in the first half and scored 9 points. Miller looked very relaxed.

"Their boos have no effect on me. To deal with this kind of pressure is a small case." Miller returned to his big mouth in the dressing room.

The best performer, Shen Tong, sat in front of the locker, feeling the power of "Nebula Flowing Water".

Every step in the action, you can immediately "sense" the movements and position changes of other players in the court.

This is why Shentong is always half a beat faster than defensive players.

"Guys, we will continue to play in the first half in the second half and strive for a good start in the first game!"

As the captain, Shen Tong stood up and encouraged the morale of the team in the locker room.

"Roar!!!"

At this moment, the Cavaliers are full of morale.