At the West Coast Arena, the game continues.

At the beginning of the second half, after Chen Mu's backward jumper failed, the Suns seized the opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks, instantly closing the score to within 10 points.

"We can't afford to waste any more opportunities."

Beaten into a fast attack by the Sun again, Chen Mu shook his head, knowing that he was wasting a good situation, he made eye contact with Lowry, no longer obsessed with the backward jump shot, and obediently ran after going to the front court.

In the field of vision in front of him, the scoring shooter badge in the corner began to dim, and the continuous misses made Chen Mu's hand feel cold, and the badge began to play a counterproductive role, and it could no longer help Chen Mu score easily.

On the other side, the badge that symbolizes one's technical ability echoes the badge of the state that has dimmed, and in addition to the badges that we are already familiar with, such as the tenacious rebounder, an unfamiliar badge also stays quietly on that side.

Reclining master, copper-coloured material.

This is the badge that Chen Mu exchanged for the title of World Youth Championship rebounding champion.

Although it is only a badge, it cannot change the weakness of Chen Mu's backward shooting, but he already has a good mid-range shot and back-to-back footsteps, with the help of the badge, if the hand feels better, it is still quite promising to score a few goals in a row.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Chen Mu used this unknown improvement to bring changes to the team and catch the Sun off guard.

To be honest, Chen Mu's backward jump shot is not such a mysterious new skill, it is just relying on the ability improvement brought by the badge, pulling the tiger skin to make a big banner, and fooling people. If the game continues, sooner or later it will be exposed, which Chen Mu himself knows very well.

But fortunately, the purpose of slowing down the pace in the second quarter was achieved, and Chen Mu felt good today, which once created the illusion that the Chinese kid had been able to step back and jump. In the eyes of fans, now Chen Mu's continuous misses are just because of the normal performance of ups and downs.

But the players are not so easy to fool in the past, on the backward jumper, Nash can let Chen Mu call grandpa when he comes on the court, Chen Mu's lame and disjointed posture, Nash knows how many pounds and taels there are at a glance, and it is just a matter of bullying and bullying Xiao Si, wait for Nash to remind him, the Suns insist on defense and do not change. After using Howard to knock Chen Mu to death, Chen Mu's backward jumper was not so effective.

Just like last season when he played the Warriors and used his strength to bully Murphy, Chen Mu's skills are actually far from passing, just relying on luck and things like hand feel to pretend to be garlic.

You have to step up your practice!

Chen Mu secretly decided in his heart that the main task of this season is to accumulate SP points, and then invest all the points in the attributes related to the backward jumper, so as to increase the accuracy of his backward jumper.

The current situation. Sooner or later, the whole world will know, and all teams will know that the Chinese kid's step-back jumper is just a show and can't stand scrutiny. Then it was time for everyone to let their guard down. Reuse the changes brought about by the attribute improvement to give everyone a reverse surprise that will be calculated, and the effect will be great!

Sometimes, Chen Mu is still quite "treacherous".

As for the game at hand. To change the situation and grasp the lead, you have to rely on the improvement effect brought by the reverse training camp.

The 76ers missed. The whole team returned to defense, Nash dribbled to the frontcourt, and the difference between the two sides was only 7 points.

Chen Mu's eyes were fixed on the basketball in Nash's hand, and the afterglow was always paying attention to Howard's movements, and he used his strength to entangle with Howard.

This is the benefit of defending Howard, Chen Mu doesn't have to worry about Howard suddenly holding the ball to make an invincible breakthrough in the frame, or to make such a mid-range shot, as long as he pushes him out of the three-second zone with all his might, and tries not to let him grab the rebound in the front court, which is much happier than defending Xiaosi.

At the same time, Chen Mu's energy can be more focused on assisting defense, rebounding and other aspects to contribute to the team's overall defense.

In addition to blocks, the help defense also includes......

Steals!

Nash's basketball came out of his hand, came to the wing, passed through Bell's hand, and passed into the hands of Xiao Si, who was in the position of the inside.

At the moment of Bell's pass, Chen Mu had completely judged the route that this ball would take, took the first step to shake off Howard, and stretched out his long arm before Xiao Si received the ball, and slapped it in the air.

Break it!

Throw the ball to the front court with a whoosh, Philadelphia fast attack!

Lowry's attainment in positional warfare is not yet comparable to Miller's, but pushing the fast break? That's what all little point guards do!

Holding the ball forward, hitting the ground and crossing, Chen Mu received the ball in place, and slapped the ball in the air with both hands without pause.

"Bang!"

Iguodala gets an empty dunk and yells excitedly.

9 points.

"Uh, Kenny, look at the data."

On the commentary stage, Barkley and Smith have ended the fight and returned to the normal state of commentary, but the two of them have a five-finger mountain on one face and two five-finger mountains on the other, which looks funny and miserable, and they have to suffer a physical blow when they are basketball commentators? Kneel down and beg the unit to buy insurance!

"Oh? What to look for? ”

"How many steals does the Chinese kid have now?" Barkley asked.

"Hmm......" Smith rummaged through and said casually, "three...... 3 ?!! ”

After reading it, Smith was also stunned.

Not long after the start of the third quarter, the Chinese kid had three steals?

If I'm not mistaken, the average number of steals per game of the Chinese kid last season should be less than 0.5, probably around 0.3, which is the standard interior player data.

But in this game, a little more time in the half, 3 steals?

Defenders don't always be able to do it!

"It's not about the data of this game, of course the 3 Lao Tzu in this game knows, I look at it and count it, don't forget that Lao Tzu is omniscient and omnipotent!" Barkley said angrily: "I mean, this season, if you don't count this one, how many steals have you made before?" ”

"Aren't you omniscient? You're pinching your fingers and counting! Smith will also be serious from time to time, but the movements in his hands still do not stop, continue to rummage, after reading the data, he also gasped.

17 pcs.

Chen Mu, in the ten games of the opening season, made a total of 17 steals.

That translates to 1.7 steals per game.

This is among the post players. Definitely an incredible statistic.

However, why did Chen Mu hit such strong data, but everyone had no impression? ?

"Probably because of the way he tackles!"

Hearing Smith's question, Barkley analyzed: "Generally speaking, if we have an impression of a steal, it will either come at a critical moment, such as 'Havlicek steals, everyone go home and feed', a key steal that determines the trend of the game. ”

"Or. It's a brilliant one-on-one steal, like Allen used to do, and Larry Hughes and stuff like that. ”

Barkley didn't go on here, but Smith understood what the partner meant.

The Chinese kid's steals are rarely face-to-face, and when the opponent is attacking with the ball, he steals from the opponent's hand. Of those 17 tackles, at least 15 of them, were broken by the opponent's midway ball.

This kind of steal. From a distance, it's just a player who happens to be in the opponent's passing lane, and then slaps the ball down. Stumbling over to his teammates, it doesn't seem to have any technical content.

Even, most of the mid-ball steals, the stealer himself can't get the ball. It just disrupts the opponent's pass, and finally the nearby teammates get the ball and launch a counterattack. However, in this case, steal the data. It will still be credited to the first player who touches the ball.

So, in front of the TV screen, and even on the sidelines, Chen Mu just happened to appear in that place at the right time, photographed the ball, Lowry or Iguodala desperately grabbed it, and then attacked. How can this kind of steal be eye-catching?

Is it luck?

Smith and Barkley, including Bale, who had just been cut off by Chen Mu on the field, were thinking like this in their heads.

Is it a dribble like he used to shoot backwards before?

Perhaps.

However, 17 steals in ten games......

This is not something that luck can explain.

In the third quarter, the Suns were always trying to push the tempo, wanting to play fast, stretch the court space, and create opportunities for the players.

On the other hand, Philadelphia is trying its best to press the rhythm and space, and the best defensive counterattack is only occasionally shown, and it is not used consistently.

The third quarter was almost over, the Suns still trailed by about 5 points, and the main players who had rested for a while in the middle all returned, Nash advanced, and Xiao Si blocked and dismantled high, and then the two went down from both sides of the cover point.

Bell pulled the run to the top of the arc on the outside, Hill ran around the baseline to the bottom corner where Bell was before, and Howard stepped forward to give Nash another cover, and Nash was only left with the basket in front of him.

"Whoosh!"

Nash just wanted to shoot, but Chen Mu's shadow in front of him flew high, raised it with one hand, and aimed for a block.

Nash's ball, where is it so easy to see through? Only at this moment, Nash has changed his hand shape, no longer reluctantly shooting, but making dazzling movements, the basketball went around his waist, and the last one came directly to the bottom corner outside the three-point line without looking at the back pass.

Hill catches the frame, Iguodala rushes to catch up with the defense, and Hill takes a shot.

But it's not a shot.

On the other side of the basket, Xiao Si was in place, and Hill's shot of the basketball was obviously low, grazing Iguodala's scalp and whistling, passing through the head of Nash, who had already landed, and heading straight for Xiao Si.

The sound strikes the west, and the inside-outside-inside cooperates.

Howard single-handedly used his tall body to contain two players in Philadelphia, Durham Porter had completely lost his position, and Xiao Si only needed to receive the ball, which was an opportunity for a violent dunk.

However, the damn arm appeared in the air again.

"Smack!"

Chen Mu landed, but his hand was still raised, he shook in the air, and accurately shot on the basketball, the pass was destroyed, Lowry didn't know where it came from, grabbed the basketball, turned around and ran wildly to the frontcourt.

"Even the magician's pass was broken to 60%, your passing route is too 'simple'~"

Recalling all the hardships he experienced in the reverse training camp, the corners of Chen Mu's mouth raised a smile.

In the frontcourt, Kyle Lowry hit a layup. (To be continued......)