Chapter 169: Veterans Don't Die

Anjie and Stoudemire, these two guys, for some reason, have already defined each other as the biggest opponents in this match. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Big Shark" O'Neal had a good first half, but he didn't deliberately make any moves to hurt Anjie. On the other hand, Stoudemire and An Jie have only been in opposition a few times, but every time the two meet, there will always be a little spark.

At the beginning of the second half, the offensive fire of both teams began to spread from the inside.

The over-excited Stoudemire kept asking for the ball, and even if Van Gundy sent Robert Swift, he couldn't restrain the extremely mobile "Little Overlord".

This time, Stoudemire's sudden start caught Swift off guard, and Swift may be able to limit those who are not fast-paced insiders, but there is no way for Stoudemire to hold a player of this type.

Stoudemire cut into the air, O'Neal immediately blocked Angel sideways, and Nash broke through with a delicate ground-hitting pass, which is a typical offensive tactic for the Suns.

All Stoudemire had to do was catch the basketball and dunk it on the move.

Simple, yet effective. With a point guard of Nash's calibre, Stoudemire can receive the ball comfortably.

Swift was naturally unwilling to let Stoudemire dunk on his head like this, and Swift secretly pulled his hand after Stoudemire jumped, but this action did not escape the eyes of the referee today.

Although he was given the opportunity to make a free throw, Stoudemire was still very unhappy. Under the entanglement of Anjie and this Swift, he didn't play a few smooth attacks today.

Either O'Neill takes up space on the inside, or he is violated again and again by these two unclean guys. Now against the Thunder team, Stoudemire simply hates it.

On the Thunder's side, the offense also starts from the inside. However, the Thunder's interior offense can also be seen as An Jie's interior offense alone.

After all, among the interior guards of O'Neal and Stoudemire, only Anjie has the ability to score in the three-second zone.

O'Neill's footsteps can no longer keep up with An Jie, no wonder this Chinese will be often mentioned by the "big dream" guy. Fighting with Anjie, O'Neill actually remembered the situation when he fought with Da Meng.

Anjie spun around in O'Neill's arms like a "loach", completely out of O'Neill's control.

Suddenly, he turned around and made a big hook outside the three-second zone, and although O'Neal reacted in time, he couldn't cover the hook that was quite high in An's hand.

The big hook is a technique that is no longer common in the NBA. But An Jie can rely on his soft touch, quick movements and the advantages of height and arm length to calmly complete this technical action.

The competition for the interior line is getting fiercer, with O'Neal and Stoudemire frequently scoring points in the three-second zone. Relying on An Jie alone, it is still difficult to stop such two good scorers on the inside.

And O'Neal and Stoudemire's interior defense also makes it more difficult for the Thunder's outside players to attack.

Fortunately, Durant's shooting on the periphery of this quarter was hot, and he and Anjie scored 9 points each, becoming the main source of scoring for the Thunder in the third quarter.

O'Neal scored 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting in this quarter, and Stoudemire, who had a high desire to attack, shot 3 of 4, but due to emotions, Stoudemire did not perform well on free throws in this quarter, only hitting one of four free throws, and O'Neal was not the worst free-throw man in this quarter.

With a score of 29-27 in the single quarter and a total score of 70-81, the Thunder still maintained the difference in double digits.

"Keep up this defensive intensity! The victory will be ours!" Although the scene was intense, the Thunder had a firm grip on the score from the second quarter. There's no reason for Jeff van Gundy to let his players slack, and there's no reason for the players to let the win slip away.

The game between the Jazz and the Cavaliers is also in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers temporarily lead by five points.

Deron and Boozer really didn't have a good time today, one shooting 3-of-7 and the other 3-of-9. James didn't play in the third quarter and didn't play much in the first two quarters. But even so, the Jazz couldn't take the lead.

The opportunity is in front of the Thunder, how the season will turn out, there is only one quarter left!

O'Neill sat on the bench and had already changed two towels to wipe the sweat from his body.

"Gatorade!" the big shark shouted at the staff, and immediately a glass of Gatorade was handed to him.

Pouring a full cup of energy drink into his stomach, he exhaled, and his heart was beating a little quieter.

"He's old and useless. ”

"It's just a return to the past and O'Neill has lost his dominance. ”

Kobe Bryant, the Celtics Big Three, Yao Ming...... Names have been put on his head, once he said that he would bring a championship to Miami, people said that the big shark was bragging again, and as a result, he did.

Now he doesn't have the courage he had back then. But is O'Neill, who is so strong, really so easy to admit that he is no longer good?

"Shit!" O'Neill's sudden spurt out of the word during the break drew everyone's attention.

"Shaq?" Gentry thought O'Neill was unhappy with the tactics he had laid out.

"Oh, I'm fine, please continue. O'Neal clenched his fists, No. 16 of the Thunder team, and he can't be sentenced to death for this!

And Stoudemire and Barbossa and others have a grudge against the Thunder for ruining their playoff dreams. These two guys will definitely burst out with great power in the last section.

Van Gundy thought that the Suns, who had lost their playoff hopes and were trailing by double digits, would give up their resistance in the final quarter, but surprisingly, the Suns played very well in the final quarter.

Barbosa took possession from Nash and went straight into the box, where he has been the biggest beneficiary of the Suns' bombardment this season. Anjie finally got rid of O'Neal and blocked Barbossa's breakthrough route, but Barbossa suddenly threw a shot, and the basketball grazed Anjie's fingers and flew to the penalty area.

"No, it's impossible, Barbossa couldn't have scored the ball in the face of Anjie's jump interference. Watching the basketball fly off the hoop, Kenny Smith shook his head at the anxious Brazilian guard.

Unexpectedly, O'Neill suddenly rose into the air, caught Barbossa's "throw", and pressed the ball into the frame with both hands.

"Relay in the air!Barbosa and O'Neal link!Oh my God, it's been a long time since we've seen O'Neill score a goal like this!"

"You've got to work harder, boy!" O'Neill stabbed An Jie with his elbow, not everyone can easily defeat themselves!

An Jie's interior defense is good, but in the face of the impact of several people at the same time, he still seems a little weak.

"Damn, why don't you quickly make up for it?" Morris watched the TV and spread his hands, Kostic's slow pace and weak consciousness made Morris look angry.

"You can see the whole game on TV, but it's not the same on the pitch, you should know that. Ricard understands all this, after all, the players who can gain a foothold in the NBA are not as unbearable as imagined.

Seeing their three teammates working so hard, how could Nash and Grant Hill give up their resistance.

Won the MVP three years ago.

Two years ago, he led the team to 61 wins.

The Big Sharks joined a year ago, and the entire Suns team looked aggressive.

Now, with a 46-win record being ridden by a bunch of guys who have only been in the league for a year or two, Steve Nash's heart seems to be burning.

"Nash broke through again!" he used his actions to show Westbrook that his body wasn't all there was to the defense!

Anjie still wants to stop Phoenix's "Son of the Wind" with a block, but Nash still makes a layup with a very low parabolic point, which still makes Anjie out of reach.

Due to inertia, Anjie failed to control himself and knocked the thin Nash to the ground again. Just as he was about to pull Nash up, Stoudemire pushed Angel away from behind.

This time Stoudemire didn't play on the spot, but because Anjie's rude collision could have cost Nash the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Yes, Nash likes to lie flat on the bench every time he gets off the court, not because he's lazy, but because he suffers from congenital progressive spinosal.

Stoudemire, don't allow anyone to hurt their core point guard!

Are the Suns dead!? No, now the Suns, must fight for their last dignity!

"Are the Thunder going to collapse in the final quarter!?" Kenny Smith doesn't believe the Suns, who have been muddy all season, will return to the final quarter.

"The Jazz are ahead! Push me up! Kostic, you can make up faster!" Van Gundy was no more relaxed on the sidelines than the players on the court.

"Barbosa breaks through and Nash makes a three-point shot!" Westbrook's interference is very timely!

"Grant Hill broke through Durant! fouled, Durant shouldn't have sent Hill to the free throw line!"

"Shaq! Beautiful! Anjie's performance in the first three quarters today will fall short!"

In the final quarter, everyone thought that the Thunder had one foot in the playoffs. Unexpectedly, the Suns, old and young, are still fighting like heroes!

"I don't know what Coach Gentry said to his players at the end of the third quarter! But we can all see that this Suns team is completely different from before! They have already decided to miss the playoffs this season, so they are playing this battle with the Thunder as if it were their own playoff game!"

Anjie, Durant and Westbrook, these three young men are working hard. But the pressure is all on them, and they carry a lot of pressure on the team to make the playoffs.

In the face of high pressure, the three young people became more and more cautious. Sometimes caution is a good thing, but sometimes it's not.

Don't dare to make a shot, make unnecessary and unnecessary passes. Don't dare to foul when you should be fouled, and make unnecessary fouls when you shouldn't. The young Thunder Sanshao completely lost their rhythm, and they showed their immaturity in front of the Suns, a once-glorious Western powerhouse.

In the final 1 minute and 46 seconds, 91-95, the Thunder still had a four-point advantage.

Steve Nash scored two more points on the second pass of Grant Hill.

Durant cut inside, received the ball from Anjie and jumped to the frame. Stoudemire took to the air and racked the ball out of the three-second zone to end the Thunder's offense.

Steve Nash had just dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line and immediately took a shot, and Thunder fans raised their arms in the air as they thought it was impossible to hit. Unexpectedly, the basketball hollowed into the net, and the Suns overtook by one point!

"The great 96 Golden Generation point guard, Westbrook wants to reach the height of Nash, it must go through a long period of precipitation!"

In the final 15 seconds, Nash broke through the ball and assisted Grant Hill for a three-pointer. At this moment, the score on the court became 99-98, and the Suns took a crucial lead!

On the other court, the Jazz trailed by three points in the final minute. If both the Jazz and the Thunder lose, then according to the head-to-head records of both sides, the Jazz will still advance.

If the Thunder want to make the playoffs, they have to win!

Westbrook controlled the ball and as soon as he reached the three-point line he passed the ball to Durant who ran out of position, all at the disposal of Jeff Van Gundy. Durant is his last choice!

Durant's hand slipped as he received the ball, and it took some adjustment to get the basketball firmly under control. By the time he was about to raise his hand to shoot, Stoudemire was already rushing towards him.

Durant still made a decisive shot, and the ball was decisive, but unfortunately the accuracy was a little worse.

O'Neal and Anjie are inextricably linked, and Stoudemire has just been taken to the outside by Durantra. Nash rushed towards the restricted area, ready to pick up the crucial defensive rebound.

When Nash took off, Westbrook jumped from behind him. The huge athletic gap between the two was vividly illustrated, with Westbrook overtaking Nash by a wide margin and grabbing the rebound from Nash's back.

Five seconds later, Westbrook immediately stepped back and made a jumper after landing on the ground, and Nash desperately interfered to prevent his efforts in the fourth quarter from coming to naught.

"Bang!" Westbrook threw the basketball and still didn't go in! The Thunder fans held their heads in their hands in disappointment, and Giardina's heart was pounding, and he was too nervous to speak.

"Anjie! He got an offensive rebound on O'Neal's head!" Kenny Smith grabbed Mark Feng and exclaimed, time is running out, and Anjie's handling of the last shot will determine whether the Thunder can get a playoff ticket!

O'Neill leaned towards An Jie with all his might, and now he didn't care that An Jie would wipe himself with his footsteps. He just wants to push An Jie out of the penalty area with all his might, desperate.

In three seconds, An Jie saw O'Neill's center of gravity move forward greatly, and he easily passed him with a turn.

Turning, jumper, An Jie repeated this action thousands of times in the training ground.

"Do you want to use this trick to kill again!?" Wu Hua stood up excitedly, and the entire Chesapeake Energy Arena stood up.

Although O'Neill was shaken away, his arm was unrelentingly in front of An Jie's eyes.

Stoudemire quickly made up for the penalty area and jumped up to block Anjie's shot.

An Jie looked at the other teammates, and the three outside lines did not run out of the empty space, although Kostic was empty, but An Jie did not pass the ball under such a tight block.

You can't pass the ball, you can only shoot!

With a wrist press and a flick of the finger, the basketball flew to the basket and past Stoudemire's fingers.

"The Jazz lost!" a fan in the stands shouted excitedly. This means that as long as Anjie scores, the Thunder team can step into the quarterfinals!

Hope, all pressed on the body of the Eastern Tower!

"Boom!" the basketball bounced around the circle, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the orange orb.

Eventually, the ball didn't crash into the net, but crawled out after a few bounces around the circle.

"Beep!" The red light on the rebound turned on, and the 08-09 regular season was officially over! )