The Way of the Center

Austin Rivers, the son of current Celtics coach Doug Rivers. Speaking of which, this guy was also born in a basketball family.

In high school, he and Anthony Davis represented the highest level of American high school basketball. In college, Rivers' performance was equally dazzling. After the Hornets won Davis with the No. 1 pick, they also picked Rivers with a tenth overall pick. By recruiting two hot young players at the same time, the Hornets' potential is really terrifying.

This season, the two rookies Rivers and Davis have won the starting positions. Only in order to prevent Venezuelan Vasquez from being overkill, the Hornets made him and Rivers form a double point guard lineup.

Only in the face of extremely high talent, Rivers just saw with his own eyes how terrifying the truly overwhelming strength is!

As the strongest high school student who stood alongside him at the time, Rivers knew his strength very well. But just now, Anjie was like playing with a child, and easily gave Davis a **** attack. That scene made Rivers stunned.

"Hey, Austin, what are you in a daze! The offense is on, and we are starting to counterattack!" Hornets coach Monty Williams yelled at Rivers from the sidelines. The two goals just lost have already been lost. Williams's face was ugly.

"Damn it." It's not that Rivers doesn't want to work hard, it's just that this "dual point guard" combination actually exists in name only.

Vasquez is always the guy who controls the ball, because Monty Williams obviously likes to use the more experienced Venezuelan to control the overall situation. And what about Rivers? He is a guy who likes to have the ball in his hand to attack. Poor outside shooting percentages and inexperienced off-the-ball running make him look extremely embarrassed by Vasquez.

In another attack, Rivers didn't even touch the ball. And Anthony Davis hooked and hit the iron under Anjie's active defense, and the Hornets once again missed the opportunity.

After the game, it has been spent in the passive of the Hornets. Davis has rarely shot since then, because he already has a shadow created by An Jie in his heart.

Where is Rivers? He also has no chance of performance. The entire Hornets relied on Vasquez's mid-range shot to survive, until Ricard finally "showed mercy" and gradually replaced the entire set of starting. The Hornets' decline has finally eased.

But the Hornets did not have any advantage in the duel between the two teams' second team. Because of Aldridge's injury, Ricard had to put Hickson in the starting lineup, and he was replaced on the bench by 33-year-old veteran Jared Jeffries.

The inside line guarded by Jeffries and Leonard must have many loopholes. But the connection between Fischer, Batum and Courtney Lee did not make the Hornets take advantage.

In the end, the first quarter of the game closed with 19-25. The Hornets looked the same as the fans imagined, with almost no fight back.

During the break, the Trail Blazers talked and laughed easily. The Hornets' bench was lifeless. All the players were silent, with their heads buried, as if they had accepted the "fact" that they were doomed to fail.

"What the **** are you doing!? The game only lasted for 12 minutes, and it only lasted for 12 **** minutes! Look up to me, who! Admit that you are a coward and a weak one!" Monty William Ms does not expect the Hornets to perform miracles, but he does not want to see his players lose hope in the game so early.

"Austin!" Little Rivers was shocked when he heard the head coach calling his name.

"In the second quarter, you control the ball!"

"What!?" Little Rivers thought his ears were broken.

"I said, in the second quarter, you will control the ball! Is there any problem!? Duke top student!" Williams repeated dissatisfiedly.

"No...no problem! Boss!" Rivers is gearing up. Now that the team can't open the situation, his chance has finally come!

In fact, Williams doesn't expect Rivers to help the Hornets turn the situation around, but Vasquez's excellent touch makes him more efficient in running open shots. As for Rivers, as long as he doesn't make the old problem of sticking the ball too much, he is still more creative on the offensive end than Vasquez, who is on the job. I hope Rivers can bring some surprises to Williams, and I hope this group of Hornets don't give up on themselves.

Subsequently, Williams picked up the tactical board and drew. Ricard took those pictures in his eyes. He knew that in the second quarter, either the Hornets would be in a mess, or they would cause big trouble to the Blazers!

"Be careful guys, you have annoyed the little wasp, and he might come over and sting you desperately." As soon as Ricard finished speaking, the timer buzzed. At the beginning of the second quarter, he wanted to see what other methods the Hornets could do to bring himself back to life.

"Is this your arrangement?" When Ricard saw the Hornets switch to small Rivers to control the ball, he even wondered if he was a little too nervous. The rare problem between the Hornets and the Blazers can be solved by a little Rivers?

Since Lillard, who was the last off-court starter in the first quarter, is still resting, the person facing Rivers at the moment is the old Fischer.

Although Little Rivers' ability to control the ball is not outstanding, the first step is still quite threatening. It just so happens that now Fischer is most afraid of defenders who play fast.

Without hesitation, with the help of good buddy Anthony Davis' pick-and-roll, Little Rivers quickly flashed to the left with a crotch, and so easily threw Fischer behind him.

But Rivers' breakthrough did not make everyone on the Trail Blazers too nervous. They all know that this thin guy has a terrible finishing ability. Just a little pressure can make him taste the pain.

In the process of Rivers' breakthrough, Davis pulled to the middle distance, Vasques began to slip the bottom line, and Aminu quickly cut inside. Rivers has many choices, but there is one person who has never been taken seriously.

Emergency stop, take-off, shooting, wrist movement change, basketball shot. Rivers used an emergency stop fake shot to pass the basketball back to the outside.

"Outside!? Oops!" Ricard suddenly frowned, and the breakthrough of Little Rivers and the movement of the other members of the Hornets made Ryan Anderson's anti-aircraft gun missed completely!

This softer inside line is likely to be unable to do dirty work well on the court, after all, the current blue-collar inside line is too strong. But this guy can only rely on his precise three-pointers to have a place in the NBA!

It wasn't until the camera lens was pointed at him that people discovered that this guy with a very low sense of existence actually got an open shot. Rivers' passing is not a good one, but it is indeed harder to predict than the well-behaved Vasquez.

Anderson takes his shots unhurriedly, even from beyond the three-point line, this guy's shooting height is still very short. But this does not affect the orange basketball falling into the net at a standard angle of 45°!

Anjie looked at Hickson. Hickson just stretched out his hand helplessly and attached a sentence of "sorry".

However, dozens of seconds later, Ryan Anderson scored again.

This time, Rivers tried his best to finally get Anthony Davis to get the basketball. Anthony Davis did not hesitate and continued to use his mobility advantage to play Anjie. Davis' impact made Hickson involuntarily lean towards the basket a few steps. However, it is the distance of these few steps that gave Davis the opportunity to send the ball to Anderson.

J.J. Hickson dared to take a few steps to the basket because he knew that the shooting speed of big shooters is usually slow, and the adjustment time after receiving the ball is longer than that of guards. And this period of time was enough for Hickson to feel in front of Anderson.

However, when J.J. Hickson turned his head back and ran halfway with confidence, Ryan Anderson had already completed the shot at the bottom corner!

"Impossible!" Hickson saw with his own eyes that Ryan Anderson's shot speed was almost as fast as a defender! He could only watch the basketball hollow into the net with the same arc.

"Top shooting type insider! Ryan Anderson helped the Hornets tie the score!" This time, Kevin Harlan has finally had the opportunity to praise the Hornets player.

"J.J.! People who pay attention to you!" This time, An Jie no longer just reminded Hickson with his eyes. As the team leader, he yelled at Hickson to tell him to pay attention to his problems. Being scored three-pointers consecutively by the opponent is the most taboo thing in a game.

"There is no next time, I promise!" Hickson was also coming, and Ryan Anderson disappeared in the first quarter. What was suddenly wrong in the second quarter?

Only Ricard knows that Williams' change of possession for Rivers is not to rely on Rivers to win the game, but to rely on him to let the Hornets play something different.

Now, his purpose has been achieved. A series of butterfly effects happened after little Rivers took possession of the ball! ,

Subsequently, although Anjie assisted Iguodala again and scored a goal. But coming to the Hornets' offense, Rivers also broke through Fischer again, and when Hickson didn't dare to cover the defense easily, he easily made a successful mid-range shot.

Because of the precise shooting of Ryan Anderson and Vasquez, the players of the Trail Blazers dare not easily cover the defense. Now, Rivers is really able to get a lot of opportunities~www.NovelMTL.com~ and the elderly Fischer Er, became the target of Rivers's operation.

He was on par with Davis at the time, but he was gradually forgotten by people during his college years and after entering the league. Now, it's time to make yourself the focus of people's mouth again!

"Damien! Get him done for me!" Ricard patted Lillard on the back angrily. He wasn't dissatisfied with the veteran Fischer, Fischer had worked hard enough. He just doesn't like it very much, a guy with mediocre ability, wanton and reckless in his own territory!

Yes, the ability is mediocre, this is Ricard's true evaluation of Rivers. If Little Rivers knew that he was no one in the hearts of others, would he not know whether he would be frustrated or angry?

"Leave it to me, this kid, it's not difficult." Lillard smiled and walked to the technical stage ready to play and change the situation? No, you are not qualified!

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