Chapter 255: Intractable
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the main forces of the two sides came on the court and launched the final showdown, although with an 11-point lead, but in the face of the Trail Blazers, the 76ers did not dare to have any carelessness.
The Trailblazers possessed the ball, Xue Ding dribbled past half court, Green just caught up, Xue Ding accelerated with a change of direction and rushed directly to the inside, Brand was just about to make up, Xue Ding passed the ball through Chandler.
Chandler received the ball and scored with both hands with ease, and the score was narrowed to 9 points.
After William Moss connected the ground line to serve, he went straight to the front court, and before his teammates were fully in place, he accelerated directly to the inside line, but Batum followed closely in front of him, and the weight difference between the two was too much, William Moss couldn't get rid of Batum's blocking for a while, and reached out in a hurry, and Batum fell directly to the ground.
The referee's whistle blew and the offense was fouled, and Xue Ding stepped forward and pulled Batum up and praised him for his defensive strength.
As soon as Xue Ding passed the half, Green came up, Xue Ding continued to dribble under his crotch and dribble behind his back, and Green stuck his right strong side with his body, forcing him to go only from the left.
Xue Ding did not hesitate, directly dribbled with his left hand and accelerated to get rid of Green, and rushed directly to the inside line before Williams could wrap it up.
Seeing the menacing Xue Ding, Brand didn't even think about it, he stepped forward and raised his hands, Xue Ding threw the ball to the basket, and Chandler easily dunked his hand.
The score was 61:68, and there was only a 7-point difference.
The 76ers immediately called a timeout, and during this time, they have not found a way to deal with the connection between Xue Ding and Chandler on the inside, and they must adjust.
After the timeout, the 76ers' ball possession, Williams dribbled past half court, and still used his speed to pass Batum, but he didn't go inside, and directly made a jump shot.
Xue Ding responded, and after half the court, he directly pushed the shot, but he didn't hit, which was the first time that a three-point shot in this game was missed.
Smith grabbed the rebound, and the ball was handed to William Moss for the first time.
William Moss passed the half, Iguodala stepped forward to block and dismantle, William Moss accelerated and rushed straight over, taking away two defenders, Iguodala received the pass back and made an easy jumper.
The score is 61:72, and the difference is 11 minutes again, with 6 minutes and 55 seconds left.
Xue Ding just passed the half, Green still came up directly, and Iguodala also wrapped it up, completely forcing Xue Ding to pass the ball.
The continuous crotch dribble took a step back, widening the distance between him and the defender, and the two continued to want to wrap up, Xue Ding accelerated, rushed over from the distance between the two, jumped in one step, and rose directly into the air, Smith moved sideways to block, but it was too late.
Chandler jammed Brand, and Xue Ding dunked vigorously, bringing the first dunk of the game.
Although there was no cheering from the fans, the rest of the Trail Blazers knew that Xue Ding was about to launch a counterattack.
In the next few rounds, under the leadership of Xue Ding, the Trail Blazers directly launched a full-court pressing, suddenly changing the defensive strength and rhythm, and the 76ers did not adapt to it, and there were passing errors one after another.
Under the leadership of Xue Ding, the pioneers seized the hand of the mistake and counterattacked again and again, and played a wave of 8:0 small climax, which was tied at 71:71.
With 4 minutes and 55 seconds left, the two sides are back on the same track again.
William Moss dribbled the ball across the half, Iguodala stepped forward to receive the ball, Brand came up to block and dismantle down, Ade did not follow, and instantly formed a two-on-one situation inside, Chandler stepped forward to make up for the defense, and Smith took Brand's pass, which was a violent dunk.
Looking back, Xue Ding dribbled to the left side of the 45° stand, Ade immediately mentioned the high position, Xue Ding passed the ball for the first time, Ade received the ball and threw it backwards, ignoring Smith's interference, and hit it directly.
"NICE", Xue Ding couldn't help cheering, the number of assists came to 16, and it would be nice to need 4.
The score was tied again at 73:73.
attacked again, pushed the ball to the halfcourt, and directly surrounded the three people on the outside, Xue Ding knew that this was his own random ultra-long three-pointer, which made the 76ers jealous.
So I'd rather let myself break through, I'd rather let myself pass the ball, than shoot easily, Xue Ding was very happy in his heart, this was the situation he wanted.
It was still a continuous change of direction, a sudden acceleration, breaking through Green's defense, facing Iguodala Xue Ding who was moving sideways without slowing down, but at the same time as a realistic breakthrough, the ball passed back to Fernandez outside the three-point line behind Iguodala.
Fernandez received the ball and shot directly with three points, and the sound of "clang" iron sounded.
Xue Ding was also helpless, he was afraid of such a situation, but he also knew that this was not something he could control.
The 76ers' counterattack formed a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt, Iguodala, Smith, and Green passed the ball to each other, and finally Iguodala in the bottom corner made a three-point shot and hit again.
The score was 73:76, with 3:12 left on the clock, and the Trail Blazers trailed by 3 points.
Xue Ding dribbled at high speed, and Green's three-man bag came earlier, just now the ball passed, and Fernandez missed the empty shot, which gave the three of them more confidence, so they wrapped Xue Ding early.
Xue Ding quickly passed the ball to Ade, if in normal times, according to Xue Ding's personality, he must break through and counterkill the defender's sharpness, but the time is limited, and when he is still three points behind, he can't delay the offensive time too much.
Ade held the ball, Smith took a step away and didn't keep up, Xue Ding knew that Ade's position was a bit high, close to the three-point line, in this position, Ade didn't have much confidence in his mid-range shot.
Xue Ding accelerated and cut in, and Green was completely left behind, the familiar rhythm, jumping into the air, catching the ball in the air, and dunking with one hand.
The tacit passing and cutting cooperation of the two narrowed the difference to 1 point, the score was 75:76, and the time was 2 minutes and 55 seconds.
William Moss received the serve, did not advance as high speed as before, and then quickly broke through, although the overall situation is not very good, but after all, the experience of the game is still very rich, the score of the two sides is very tight, and the success rate of the attack is the key in the case of a short time.
After half-time, the ball was handed to Iguodala and then down to the bottom corner.
At the critical time, the ball was given to Iguodala, and in the face of Fernandez's defense, Iguodala directly chose to rely on the play, the proportion of the two was too different, and after Iguodala was in a deep position, he directly turned over and hit a jumper.
There are still 2 minutes and 42 seconds in the time, 3 points behind, Xue Ding is a little impatient, after all, the task has not been completed, and when there is not much time, he is still behind, and there is a possibility that both things cannot be completed.