Looking at Stern's history of promoting players, it was obvious that he gave many of the players he promoted a lot of preferential treatment.
Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't have been called a six-step man back then. However, it must have had something to do with the last ball.
Stern didn't support Gu Yu immediately, but he would definitely give Gu Yu some preferential treatment. At the very least, the intensity of the green light was close to the playoffs.
Lu Kai had only won so many goals by relying on his defense. Maggette had found the wrong person to foul at this time.
At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics trailed the Clippers by two points, 18:20.
Although they had relied on Gu Yu, Tony, and Long to lock down Maggette, Tomcat, and the aliens, there was a problem with the inside line.
To begin with, Jackson was strong in offense and weak in defense. Olovokandi was a piece of cake against Brand and Kaman.
Kaman had also been selected as an All-Star in his entire career. At this time, facing the Clippers 'twin towers, Lu Kai's inside lane was blown up. Whether it was his rebounding or scoring, they were all crushed by the Clippers' twin towers.
"Position 1 is their weakness. I think we should start from position 1.”
"The No. 1 position is indeed the Clippers 'only defensive loophole, but how are you going to play against the twin towers?”
"I think it's time for a big and small lineup. I'll swing to the 4 position and the substitutes will take turns to deal with Maggette. If it doesn't work, I'll treat him to Lafite.”
The live camera was focused on the coach's seat. Gu Yu was holding a tactical board and talking to Rivers and Rondo.
"Da Yu is really too difficult. Not only does he have to organize himself, but he also has to cut points.”
"If you give me a big feather, I feel like I can also be the head coach of the NBA.”
"Instructor Zhang sure knows how to joke."
The audience in front of the television exploded. Because of Gu Yu's explosive style of playing and his identity as an Asian, the number of fans of the Flower Planters had simply increased explosively.
"Brother Yu is awesome!"
"Brother Yu is still a coach. Will the rich man give Brother Yu more salary?”
"With Brother Yu around, I feel like I can be a coach too.”
“......”
At this moment, Gu Yu did not know what the other side of the ocean was saying about him, but the second quarter had already begun.
Gu Yu didn't play at the beginning of the second quarter. Because of his physical strength, he usually played the first quarter to the fullest, rested in the second and third quarters, and played the last quarter to the fullest.
The substitutes led by West and the Clippers began to tangle with each other on the court. The substitutes of Green Kai were also focused on defense.
This had something to do with the manager's thoughts when the lineup was built, but it seemed that Gu Yu's substitute defense was enough.
Especially in the future, when the Big Three and the dual-core teams were competing for the championship, because of the luxury tax, the substitutes would be weakened. This could be seen by referring to the three giants of the Heat.
To Gu Yu, scoring and snatching points were the matters of superstars. It was enough for the substitutes to not lose any points.
Not every team had substitutes like Crawford and Ginobili. It was enough as long as the substitutes did not lose points.
After the substitutes played for four minutes, Rivers decisively switched to the starting lineup.
Jefferson swayed to the fifth position, Gu Yu was in the fourth position, and Ryan was in the fourth position. Gamus came to the third position.
Ryan Gomez was a short and strong swingman. He mainly swayed at the third and fourth positions, but the effect was not good. He could not keep up with the speed of the small forward and his height was not good enough for the power forward.
So Rivers didn't put him in the starting lineup, but Ryan. The only good thing about Gamus was that he had three points.
His career three-point shooting percentage was around 33%, and this season, it was a career high of 38%.
Bang!
Brand started to hit Gu Yu from behind, but Gu Yu's lower limbs were very strong. Brand was 206kg tall, but Gu Yu felt that he was about the same as him. He was 17kg heavier than Gu Yu, but he was indeed unable to withstand Gu Yu's attack.
Limited by the three-second rule, Brand had no choice but to attack.
Clang!
After Brand shot the iron, and after Jeff grabbed the rebound, Gu Yu held the ball.
"Brand, how tall are you?”
At this moment, Gu Yu was trash-talking as he held the ball and threatened three times.
In the next moment, he dodged Brand with a probing step. Gu Yu directly pulled out his hand and the basketball brushed past the net.
Brand was struggling against Gu Yu's Dpoy level Death Coiling. Although he was not bad, his hardware talent was there, and Gu Yu's movements were big.
At the same time, the trash talk did not stop. Brand was not a good-tempered person, and the smell of gunpowder gradually rose from both sides.
"I'm the top scorer. What's your ranking?”
"If I wasn't injured, do you think the top scorer would be a dog?”
"But you were sent to the Clippers despite being the top scorer. You really aren't the successor to Jordan that the Bulls have in mind!”
Gu Yu and Brand were spouting trash talk at each other, but their actions were very restrained. It should be said that they were very restrained within the rules.
Gu Yu could feel Brand elbowing him seven or eight times in the three or four rounds just now. Of course, Gu Yu elbowed Brand even more.
At this moment, as Gu Yu's death coil locked Brand down, the score between the two sides quickly closed. After half a game, the two sides tied at 44:44.
Gu Yu picked up the tactical board and began to share his thoughts with Rivers.
"I think we have to play fast in the second half!”
"Hit fast? Are you referring to the Suns 'run-and-gun tactics?”
Rivers wasn't stupid. He immediately understood what Gu Yu meant.
Although the situation on the battlefield was temporarily tied, that was because Gu Yu had locked down Brand.
But even the best defense had a limit. Kobe couldn't even score a single point against Artest, who was at the Dpoy level?
It was obviously impossible for him to not get a single cent.
If Brand and the others faked a few matches, Green Kai's situation would be quite passive.
In the end, there was still a big problem in the paint. Jeffersons were not good at defense, and Gu Yu had to defend Brand, the first scoring point on the other side, so he could not divert his attention to protect the basket.
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