Chapter 45: The Inner Axis

Inside the Instant Loan Arena, the game continues.

LeBron James's expression was calm, and he came to the free throw line after Gooden's blocking, and took advantage of the 76ers' interior defense to make up for it and made a shot.

"Tsk......"

As soon as this shot was shot, LeBron frowned and felt that it was not good.

Although this season, LeBron James has evolved again, averaging a career-high 31.4 points per game, but the level of his shooting has not yet reached the level of the amazing level in the later period.

"Rebounds are my ......!"

Chen Mu flew up, wrapped his hands in the green ring, firmly grasped the rebounding ball in the palm of his hand, but did not put the ball down after landing, but quickly raised his eyes and saw Iverson who was running at a glance, and without hesitation, he made a long teleportation.

The basketball flew out at high speed, and Chen Mu's long pass was extremely accurate, passing through the entire defensive line of the Cavaliers and accurately falling into the hands of Iverson.

"Good pass!"

Iverson chuckled, then sprinted to the basket and scored a light layup.

"7 to 2! The 76ers played a wave of 7-2 small **! ”

On the commentary bench, Kenny Smith was dumbfounded, watching Chen Mu grab two rebounds and deliver three assists within a minute of coming on the court, and he was almost jumping up with excitement.

"The Chinese kid is evolving at a rapid pace! Look at his passes! Take a look at his vision! Look at his amazing judgment! This is a rare on-court control among the new generation of NBA! ”

Kenny Smith was not stingy with praise words, and Barkley was also completely convinced, shaking his head and saying: "I said before that he was a black hole in the court, and it seems that he heard it, this is to prove to me that there are still many weapons in his arsenal that have not been used!" ”

Back on the court, the continuous offense was frustrated, and the 76ers played a classic counterattack, the Cavaliers were a little impatient, point guard Alex Noe handed the ball to Larry Hughes, the steal king hurriedly shot a two-point miss, and it was Chen Mu's rebound!

"Back to the defense! Back to defense! ”

LeBron has already seen the clue and immediately reminded his teammates to quickly return to the defense and stop pestering Chen Mu in the front court.

With one-handed passing skills, Chen Mu is no longer the rookie who will delay the fighter as soon as he is pressed.

Feeling LeBron's attention, Chen Mu was secretly refreshed in his heart, and said to himself: "It's worthy of being a superstar, and the reaction is really fast enough~"

Iverson controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, Chen Mu received the ball again at the waist position, his eyes glanced around, feeling the not-so-strict defense of Gooden behind him, and started a new round of offensive planning.

"Bottom line cover!"

The 76ers have implemented the tactical ideas of head coach Cheeks very well, except for Chen Mu, the rest of the players are constantly running without the ball to involve the defense.

"At a 45-degree angle on the left, there should be a chance in three seconds!"

In Chen Mu's eyes, the basketball court has become a digital virtual world, and his spirit has returned to the virtual training ground, constantly searching for traces of teammates and opponents.

In the later stages of the Insight Eye Challenge, Chen Mu continued to work hard, and after many failures, he finally found the clue.

Practicing beside a master like a magician, Chen Mu's passing techniques and feel have made a qualitative leap, and the passing success rate has continued to improve.

In the second half, the system began to increase the difficulty as always, in addition to the virtual teammates who were constantly running, virtual opponents also began to appear, interfering with Chen Mu and the magician's passes.

"It's not enough to just send the ball to the right place, you also need to predict the position of teammates and opponents, find gaps, and send the ball out with the most accurate method, so that teammates can directly attack the basket after receiving the ball, or easily instigate the next wave of attacks, which is the best choice!"

Chen Mu is very clear in his mind, organizing the attack, not just sending a wonderful assist, after a pass of the ball, whether he can pull the opponent's defense, drive his own attack, and let all the players participate in it, is the highest level of organizing the attack.

Historically, there have been many masters who have assisted a lot, but many of these people have been called "passers" rather than "playmakers".

What is the difference between these two titles? Chen Mu has already realized the truth in it.

"If after passing the ball to A, A can't directly attack the basket, but because of A's catch, B can run with the trend, and the opponent's defense will be flawed, and A only needs to do another conduction, you can create a killing opportunity, which is a really smart pass."

"The assist stats only prove a player's instantaneous judgment on attacking opportunities, and the real eye of insight requires not only assists, but also control of the overall situation!"

Chen Mu kept paying attention to his teammates' running, Iguodala had come to the top of the arc, and there were two seconds left!

"Even if you can't create the so-called 'indirect assist', but just rely on the pass to run the attack, change the opponent's defensive center of gravity, and then pass and share the ball to create a killing chance, it is still a good pass!"

One second!

Iguodala and Korver at the top of the arc switched positions, Webber went down to Chen Mu's left side and reached out for the ball, and behind him, Ilgoskas chased after him, waving a pair of long arms, constantly interfering with Chen Mu's judgment.

"If you give the ball to Webb, you can really go straight to the basket, but Ilgoskas is interfering, and Gooden behind me can turn around at any time, and Webb will be uncomfortable with the ball in that position."

It's time!

"It's now!"

Chen Mu made a pass, and everyone thought that Chen Mu would pass the ball to Weber, but the basketball drew a strange arc and accurately came to the hands of Iguodala at a 45-degree angle.

"Uh-huh......?!"

Iguodala was stunned for a moment when he received the ball, then he understood, and when he raised his eyes, Chen Mu was pulling to the side, and Gooden had turned back to defend Webb.

A split second of the gap created a defensive mistake for the Cavaliers.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball sprinted with the sound of the wind, Chen Mu received the ball smoothly outside the three-second zone, there was no one around, and only the basket was left in front of him!

"Huh!"

The classic and elegant mid-range shot, the basketball enters the frame, and Chen Mu scores!

"CIC! Finally see it! The Chinese kid's mid-shot score! BAM! Crisp and clean! ”

Barkley already has a tendency to become a fan of Chen Mu, laughed and followed Chen Mu to make a shooting move, and after doing it, he was also stunned, and then frowned slightly and said to himself: "This shooting posture, how does it feel a little familiar......?!" ”

On the court, the morale of the 76ers was greatly boosted, the players chanted non-stop, and Iguodala ran over excitedly and patted Chen Mu's head and laughed.

"It's quite easy to fight like this~"

Iverson was also smiling, in a good mood, after Chen Mu came on the court, Iverson rarely held the ball and broke through, and the two points he got were also easy fast-break layups, and the burden on his body was lightened a lot.

"Alas......!"

The Cavaliers sighed, except for LeBron, the rest of the players blamed themselves for not defending well.

"Don't be discouraged! It's just a wave of 9 to 2, the score gap is not big, we must withstand it in the first quarter! ”

James shouted loudly, made tactical gestures, and after some coordination, Snow finally scored on a layup under the basket.

"Get it back right away!"

Chen Mu's fighting spirit was undiminished, and he rushed to the frontcourt, Iverson dribbled like an elf, shook Snow and came to the three-point line, and suddenly jumped up to shoot.

"Don't think!"

LeBron James slapped his horse and arrived, jumped high, and the whole person flew in the air as if he had escaped gravity, and with his left hand stretched out, he was about to shoot the basketball.

But Iverson, who came to the highest point, suddenly turned his head to look to the side, and the shooting action in his hand changed, and a straight plug was sent to the basket.

"Don't look at people passing!"

The wonderful streetball-like action caused the fans to be a little excited, the basketball roared to the basket, and a yellow-skinned figure stepped up from near the three-second zone, reached out to grab the basketball in the air, and then ......

“BAM!!!”

As Kenny Smith shouted, Chen Mu received the ball with a low hand in the air, then raised his eyes to look at the basket above his head, pulled his hands violently, and caught it with a folding back buckle!

“WOW! WOW! WOOOOOOOW~!!! ”

Barkley has been watching it with great joy, Chen Mu's current offensive end play, the ornamentation is too high, mid-range shooting, violent dunks, and wonderful passes, all of which are impossible. Except for the killer feature of not having a heads-up with the ball, it can almost be said that there is no one to beat in the half!

“BR**O! BR**O! ”

Kenny Smith couldn't help but applaud and admire, in this wave of stormy attacks, the 76ers, who were still 11-14 behind before Chen Mu came on the court, instantly overtook the score, and the first quarter was about to end, the 76ers were 22-18 away, and took a 4-point lead!

"Beep"

As the referee's whistle blew, Cavaliers coach McBrown finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout.

"Well done, Chen!"

Back on the bench, head coach Cheeks praised Chen Mu and said with a smile: "Keep up the attack, personnel rotation, Allen and Chris, you can rest for a while, before the end of the first quarter...... No. ”

Speaking of this, Cheeks turned his eyes to look at Chen Mu and said, "Including the first half of the second quarter, the focus of our attacks is on Chen's body!" ”

The timeout ended, both sides made personnel adjustments, and the game continued!

Back on the court, the Cavaliers thought of many ways to deal with Chen Mu, but due to the temporary rest of the main players and the limited strength of the substitute players, the restrictions on Chen Mu were never in place.

Catch the ball, and assist with a wonderful pass.

Take the ball in the middle and fly to score with a dunk.

The tentative step made way for the space, and the simple mid-shot was successful.

Collect frontcourt rebounds and score free throws.

In the first and first half of the second quarter, for a total of about five minutes of play, Chen Mu turned into an all-round warrior and dominated the offense like a magic in the restricted area, and the 76ers gained a nearly 10-point lead.

After the pause, the two sides made substitutions, the main force came on, and Chen Mu rested.

With Chen Mu's wonderful performance in the transition section, the team ran smoothly, although LeBron found his touch and continued to score inside and outside, but the 76ers maintained a strong offensive end and firmly grasped the lead.

At halftime, the 76ers led by eight points, 52-44. Soon after, the treacherous second half of the game is finally about to start ......!