Chapter 591: Not Just Victory
It wasn't the final kill, but it was enough to get the Trail Blazers' lads excited. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Needless to say, Roy, who completed the single-quarter duel, lifted his shirt and roared, and even the restrained Ade was able to push Roy hard, which shows how crazy the whole Trail Blazers team is.
There is no failure in being young, being young is the need for passion!
84:83, now the trouble is on the Eagles' side.
It would be stupid to say that you would give up the game when it comes to this one.
Forced to this position by the young Trail Blazers, if the defending champion ends up losing the game, not to mention whether he looks good or not, if he loses morale and leads to being surpassed in the regular season after that, then it will be a big problem.
Ruan Erniu didn't interject, he is not a superman, the people of the Celestial Dynasty have done their best in the third quarter, with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists in a single quarter, which is dazzling enough.
At the end of the third quarter, Ruan Erniu had already scored 25 points, 22 rebounds, and 7 assists with a quasi-triple-double data, and he had done it to the extreme.
Now, it's up to Mike Woodson, who wants to be the first coach in NBA history to win the best coach, whether he really has the decisiveness.
There are only two paths in front of Woodson now:
First, the final quarter of the game continued to be ruthless to Erniu and Embarrassed, or at least one of them.
In this way, the Eagles can have a consistent scoring point on the court.
Although the veteran Bibi was the second scorer tonight, he scored more under the cover of Erniu and Embarrassing Son, and it was obviously not safe to put the offensive pressure on Bibi.
Second, decisively hide Erniu and Embarrassment, let the Hawks twin stars get enough rest, believe in the strength of other substitute players in the team, and put the means of victory at the critical moment.
This was the moment to test Woodson, and Egghead gritted his teeth and made his choice.
At the beginning of the final quarter of the game, the Hawks sent substitutes and put Ruan Erniu and Yu Yusen, who played the entire third quarter, off the court at the same time.
Breakthrough!
This is definitely a breakthrough for Mike Woodson!
Although such a choice does not appear in the more critical playoffs, being able to fully believe in the strength of the whole team and replace the main players in the regular season that he cannot afford to lose is enough to prove that Woodson has improved in the past season or so.
Woodson, a hard-hitting, old-school coach, has finally begun to trust more rotation, a shift that is no less than the reform and opening up of the Celestial Empire.
Zaza Pachuria, Josh Smith, Steve Novak, Ronald Murray, Mike Bibby.
This is the Hawks' lineup for the final quarter, and the Trail Blazers have significantly fewer people to use in comparison, at least Aldridge has to top up for two minutes first, and then rest for a period to win the game in the final minute.
On the offensive end of the Hawks, Bibby passed the ball to Murray, the president held the ball into the restricted area, and the layup was blocked head-on by Ade, but the eclipse cleverly grabbed the rebound in the front court and made a rebound.
Steve Blake possessed the ball past half of the court and immediately sent the ball to the safest scoring point on the field - Aldridge's hand, Ade received the ball in the corner, pressed the lunar eclipse into the penalty area, hooked his arm widely, and hit the ball.
Bibi controlled the ball over half court and immediately threw the ball to Novak, who kept the ball in his hand and hit a three-point shot against Fernandez!
A classic action with a gold belt, appearing in the Rose Garden.
Novak has only one way to survive - catch the ball and throw it in!
Nate McMillan couldn't sit still, and just over a minute into the final quarter, he sent Brandon Roy back on the court.
In the final quarter, Woodson finally outscored McMillan in terms of internal strength, because Egghead didn't immediately send Ruan Erniu and Embarrassing Sen to the idea.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the depth of the Hawks' roster.
Roy, who had just come on the court, had no intention of forcing the attack, and he chose to break through the ball many times to create scoring opportunities for his teammates.
And on the Trail Blazers' side, there were people who did step up to share the burden for the boss, with Spaniard Rudy Fernandez bursting out, making three of three shots from beyond the three-point line to score points for the home team.
However, the Hawks' bench players also showed their ability to score points, with Fernandez blowing up Novak on the offensive end, but on the offensive end of the Hawks, Fernandez also failed to prevent the NCAA three-point leader's three-point rain.
Novak hit two 3-pointers in a row to hold the Hawks the only slight advantage in the critical moment.
Woodson was calm and breezy on the surface, but in fact, his clenched right hand still exposed his nervousness.
It took a lot of courage and wisdom to dare to continue to rotate the Hawks twin stars in the final quarter after being caught up by the opponent in the second quarter because of the delay of the main players.
Mike Woodson did it!
Nearly four minutes into the fourth quarter, Woodson waved his hand to send Ruan Erniu and Yu Sen back on the court.
At this time, Ade had just rested for about 1 minute, and Roy was the only one left in the core offensive point of the Trail Blazers.
On the offensive end of the Hawks, Erniu held the ball in the low post, and Dragic, who came on as a substitute for Bibi, delivered the ball to him accurately.
Behind the two bulls is Travis Oterlo, who is also 6-foot-9, while Purzbilla is misplaced to defend Birdman Anderson, who came on as a substitute for Eclipse.
The corners of Ruan Erniu's mouth flickered, and he raised his hips and chiseled in, Otero couldn't resist this brute force at all, and was forced to retreat again and again, unable to stand up at all.
One step, two steps, sideways, virtual shaking, feints swaying, facing the defensive dunk, the referee's whistle sounded at the same time, the basketball smashed into the basket.
Long-time Portland fans should remember this scene vividly, at the beginning of the 21st century, when the Lakers dynasty began, Shaq O'Neal used this offensive method to turn the interior of the Trail Blazers upside down again and again.
Erniu is not as big as a shark, but he is doing things now, almost exactly the same.
After playing three quarters of basket offense, Ruan Erniu finally did his old job and forcibly cut through the interior defense of the Trailblazers with his back.
Brandon Roy and Ade, who only rested for two minutes, won't give in.
However, the defensive intensity of the Eagles in the final moments still showed the skills of the defending champions.
After the Birdman withstood Ade in the low post, Ruan Erniu's large-scale defensive speed made it impossible for Ade to shoot close to the basket, and once he was away from the basket, Aldridge's shooting percentage at critical moments dropped significantly.
Roy struggled alone, and while he had a number of hits on the offensive end, and even a misplaced performance that went straight to Salmons, it wasn't enough to help the Trail Blazers withstand the Hawks' attacking frenzy.
After Erniu repeatedly succeeded in the low post, Embarrassment was also liberated, and in the face of Batum's main defense, Embarrassment also staged wonderful offensive skills many times, using kaleidoscope attack skills to put the ball into the basket again and again.
Woodson was right!
While the younger Trail Blazers became heavy on their feet and limited in physical strength, the Eagles took advantage of ample rest to adjust their form and achieve their tactical goals in the final moments, gradually retracting the reins around the Trail Blazers' necks over multiple rounds.
115:108, the score difference of 7 points is not large, but the result is the same.
After losing to the Lakers, the Hawks stabilized the situation and won two consecutive road games against the home team.
And in the showdown with the new giants in the west, what they gained was far more than just a victory.