Chapter 590: The Pioneer's Confidence
The fact that the manager was able to say this is a testament to the confidence of the team. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Is the Trailblazer's self-confidence overdone?
It's really hard to say!
First of all, the youth army has always had the ability to play a magical game in the middle of the trend, and once they go crazy, who knows what they can do.
More critically, the Hawks are now under significant pressure.
Woodson's delayed substitutions are ostensibly to allow Ruan Erniu and Yu Yusen to get enough rest time, but in fact, the deeper consideration is to ensure the team's endurance.
Since repeatedly discussing the possibility of breaking the 72-win season with Erniu, Woodson has become more and more conservative, and he seems to understand that blindly pursuing the record will most likely end up losing the game.
It's fair to say that after the All-Star break, the Hawks' difficult schedule has just begun.
The second half got off to a fast start with both sides returning their starting line-ups to the pitch.
As is customary, the Hawks will show their untouchable demeanor in the third quarter, using waves of high-impact offensive and defensive transitions to get the opponent out.
Ruan Erniu held the ball in a high position, broke through Purzbilla's defense with his speed advantage, and after making a beautiful lateral move in the air, he dodged Ade's help defense and smoothly sent the ball into the basket.
In the second quarter of the game, Erniu and other main players rested for a long time, and their physical strength was sufficient.
Roy received the baseline ball and did not pass it to Steve Blake, but dribbled the ball directly across the half, and the core players controlled the ball, which was a harbinger of strengthening the individual attack.
Roy, who scored 12 points in the first half and had 4 boards, was actually still semi-invisible, and Huang Mamba had not yet shown his fangs.
Roy, who controls the ball from the outside, carefully observes the situation on the court, Roy's style is like this, in the case of reading the game well, rationally using his body and technique, and then combining the man and the ball to complete the fatal blow in an instant.
According to the data analysis, when Embarrassment confronted Roy, most of the cases were comprehensively superior in data.
It's no wonder, after all, Embarrassment has more experience in the game, just like 06 years ago, in the record of Maddy and James, Maddy often broke James's existence, but with the growth of KING and McGrady's injury, after 06 years, James became the existence of Maddie.
Embarrassment hasn't suffered a Maddy-style horrific injury, and his style of play has been far less physically draining, but Roy is in his heyday.
"Whoosh!"
ROY DIDN'T USE ANY COVER, TWO CROSSOVERS IN A ROW SHOOK OFF THE EMBARRASSMENT AND ENTERED THE PENALTY AREA, ERNIU POUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THE TWO MET IN THE AIR!
"Where's the ball!?"
Roy's speed into the danger zone may not seem fast, but the whole attack process is also between lightning and flint.
Not to mention that Ruan Erniu, who was flying in the air, failed to grasp Roy's shot, even if it was a wonderful replay by the camera, it failed to let the audience understand how the ball fell into the basket at one time.
The on-site commentator watched the replay footage again, and realized that Roy, who was jumping up with a basketball in his hand, shook his fingers and completed a fingertip basket at a certain moment.
That's Brandon Roy!
This is the Yellow Mamba!
On the offensive end of the Eagles, Bibby passed the ball to Embarrassment, who broke through the ball and handed the ball to the Eclipse, who felt that the opportunity was not good and gave the ball to Salmons, and the salmon hit the ground and sent the ball to Erniu.
Nguyen Er Niu instantly drew Potzbilla and Aldridge to the sidelines, and the Celestial Empire managed to compress the Trail Blazers' defensive line before putting the ball back into the hands of Mike Bibby.
Bibby shot from outside the three-point line, and the big heart shooter hit the three-pointer steadily.
Even though the Trail Blazers are excellent on the offensive end, the Hawks still have the advantage overall.
On the home side's offensive end, Roy once again chose to break through with the ball, and after hitting the inside, he also compressed the Hawks' defense, and then the yellow mamba distributed the ball to Ade, who lived up to the pass, stepping back from 10 feet to send the ball into the basket.
The eclipse couldn't keep up, but in this position, even if his defense was in place, it would generally be difficult to contain Aldridge, who was hot.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE ON THE OFFENSIVE END, THE CROSSOVER BEAT ROY AND HIT A 20-FOOT LONG-RANGE SHOT TO ADD TWO MORE POINTS TO THE HAWKS.
Roy, in turn, responded with a step-back pull-up jumper and hit a long-range 2-pointer.
There were times when the two sides hit the iron one after another, but for most of the third quarter, both teams held on to the score, and the margin never reached double digits.
To be able to play this role with the defending champions is a testament to the progress of the Trail Blazers this season.
Purzbilla and Blake were then replaced by Travis Outlaw and Rudy Fernandez.
Outlaw, as a three-and-four-capable forward, averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 boards per game last season, and is only 6'9" tall, but he still has some shooting ability in the middle range.
Nate McMillan's substitution is obvious, increasing the offensive intensity is to rush to the end with the Hawks!
For the youth army, there is nothing more important than self-confidence!
Only self-confidence can allow them to overcome obstacles and turn all the impossible into possible.
Last season's Hawks did just that, and so did the Trail Blazers this season.
After receiving Roy's pass, Batum shot directly outside the three-point line, and he had a bad hand in this game, but in the face of the open space, the Gaul still chose to make a brave shot.
"Bang!"
Courage is not a substitute for strength, iron strikes!
Ade flicked the ball and the ball flew to Rudy Fernandez in the back.
In this All-Star Game, the Spanish Flyers had the opportunity to participate in the slam dunk contest, but the league finally chose Ruan Erniu, who had a bigger gimmick, but Fernandez himself was not convinced, he felt that he deserved such an opportunity.
Fernandez got the rebound on the wing, dribbled a step and jumped high to attack the basket directly, and the lunar eclipse is also an amazing bounce guy, of course, it will not give the Spaniard a chance to perform.
Rudy Fernandez in the air knew what to do, and immediately turned the dunk into a toss, dodged the cover of the lunar eclipse, and sent the ball out with a backhand.
Ruan Erniu, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately flew up, and a big hat slapped the ball on the rebound.
"Poof!"
Just when everyone thought the Trail Blazers were running out of offensive and couldn't fight anymore, LaMarcus Aldridge squeezed into the box and took advantage of his height and reach to put the ball into the basket.
The Hawks have defended to the extreme, but the Trail Blazers have also played beyond their level on the offensive end, and they just have a way to get the ball to the basket.
As the third quarter of the game draws to a close, the Hawks will look back at the big screen:
84:80, after a full quarter, the score of the two teams is still 4 points, and the ball of the last attack is still in the hands of the Portlanders at this moment.
Roy slowly held the ball through the half, embarrassed Sen did not dare to be careless, he and Erniu did not rest for a minute in the third quarter, but only tied with the Trail Blazers.
Eight seconds later, Roy holds the ball in the center circle.
In 5 seconds, Roy took a tentative step, followed by recycling, and opened up the breakthrough space.
The Hawks' defense came, and Bibby chose to let go of Batum and guard Roy.
In 4 seconds, Roy passed Bibi and Misery.
In 3 seconds, Bibi and Missen, who were sandwiched one by one, blocked Huang Mamba's way again one step outside the three-point line.
With 2 seconds to play, Roy stepped back to pull the ball while shaking off the Hawks' outside defense.
1 second, Roy leans back and shoots!
The red light at the end of the quarter lights up, and the basketball falls into the hoop with a spin and a wave of spray.