Chapter 229: Slowdown Strike.

Frye stepped forward to catch the ball, Batum kept an eye on the defense, and Xue Ding followed Nash closely, preventing a convenient opportunity to catch the ball.

Xiao Si ran up from the basket position, Chandler quickly followed, Xiao Si received the ball, a shooting and catching feint, shook Chandler, and after the ball, he accelerated, and strode down the basket.

Two steps together, grasping the ball with one hand, jumping high, a black shadow flew straight from the left bottom line.

Xiao Si, who was in the air, felt a huge force coming, the ball came out, and Xiao Si's descending body struggled to maintain balance in the air.

Chandler took the rebound.

Xue Ding, who landed on the ground, roared and waved his right arm.

Angry Xiao Si got up and rushed towards Xue Ding.

Chandler stretched out his left arm to block Xiao Si, Xiao Si angrily shook Chandler away, Xue Ding raised his hands high and looked at the referee with an innocent face.

The referee hurriedly rushed over, stopped Xiao Si, and kept verbally warning.

Frye hugged Xiao Si and continued to comfort him in his ear.

Xue Ding looked at Xiao Si with a smile on his face, I like to see you unhappy with me, but you can't help me.

Xiao Si's angry hands swept away Frye, rushed over like a leopard, the referee whistled, and a T-shaped mark in his right hand was given to Xiao Si, and at the same time looked at Xiao Si with a serious face, his cheeks bulged, ready to do it again.

Nash hugged Xiao Si and kept shouting at him.

Seeing Nash speak, Xiao Si stopped his impulse and looked at Xue Ding fiercely.

Xiao Si also knows that if he doesn't control himself, he will be expelled, even if he is at home, has violent tendencies, and ignores the referee's warnings and penalties, he will be severely punished by the NBA.

The game continued, Xue Ding held the ball, and after half time, Fernandez mentioned receiving the ball in the high position, and Xue Ding ran to the right in the low post to jam Hill and continued to ask for the ball.

After Fernandez handed the ball to Xue Ding, he pulled it to the left 45° position and took Nash with him.

Seeing that Xue Ding was going to play with his back again, Xiao Si kept grabbing positions, wanting to stand in the direction of Xue Ding facing the basket, if Xue Ding broke through, he could still make up for the defense.

Xue Ding holds the ball in both hands, with his back to Hill, and keeps enough space on his lower body.

Hill pressed Xue Ding tightly with his arm, not daring to relax a little.

Xue Ding swung left and right, suddenly turned around, quickly got off the ball, pulled back, opened up space, and hit a two-point jumper.

The action is realistic and the shot is neat.

Hill's center of gravity was deceived and he almost fell.

The score was 81:81, and the two sides were tied.

Xue Ding scored 6 points in a row to tie the score.

Gentry immediately called a timeout.

On the Trail Blazers bench, Pritchard held the tactical board and excitedly carried out the tactical arrangement.

"Xue, do a good job, you have to play a little deeper, play more aggressive"

"Batum, don't stay still in the bottom corner, move and get your people moving."

"Tyson, protect the rebounds and don't let them rush inside easily"

"Everyone, press all over the court, suppress the opponent's advancing speed, don't lose your position"

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Both coaches have deployed for the situation on the field.

As soon as the Suns came up, they changed their strategy, and Hill controlled the ball past half court and then handed it to Nash.

But the Trail Blazers' full-court pressing still worked, and the Suns couldn't play a seven-second offense.

Nash received the ball at 45 degrees on the right, Hill blocked and dismantled, Nash accelerated from the weak side of the block and rushed to the inside line with a reverse breakthrough, and Xue Ding quickly turned around and chased after him.

Xiao Si stuck Chandler tightly, not allowing a chance to move sideways.

Nash leaned close to Xue Ding, dribbled and started directly, picked up the basket with one hand, tilted his body and leaned back, and scored the ball.

With the score of 81:83, the Suns took a temporary lead, and the fans in the audience shouted loudly.

“DEFENCE”

“DEFENCE”

“DEFENCE”

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Xue Ding dribbled the ball past half court and continued to hand it to Batum, Batum stood high on the right, Xue Ding stuck Hill in the low position, and the ball was hoisted in.

Hill kept a half-step distance and stuck Xue Ding, who noticed that Frye was beginning to shrink the distance between him and wanted to form a bag.

It seems that these singles have given the Suns a trap tactic.

Xue Ding was not in a hurry to get off the ball, and Fry did not dare to come over too early.

Continuous back play, not playing three points, is also to reduce the speed of the Suns, once it is not scored, the rebounds will fall into the Suns' joint defense circle, counterattack together, and they can't catch up.

Xue Ding is well aware of the coach's intentions, which is to maintain offensive efficiency, reduce speed, and disrupt the rhythm of the Suns.

There were still 14 seconds left, and Xue Ding kept shaking from side to side, adjusting his center of gravity.

Hill kept adjusting his position with Xue Ding's movements, and saw that Xue Ding was still looking for space, so he lowered his center of gravity directly, and opened his legs to stick to Xue Ding.

As soon as he felt Hill's move, Xue Ding immediately got off the ball and stayed away from the basket to avoid giving Hill a chance to cheat and foul.

This kind of defense that completely lowers the center of gravity and completely jams the attacker's lower handicap, the advantage is that the card is very dead, and the attacker cannot continue to advance, if you rush forward, as soon as the two fall to the ground, an offensive foul will easily come.

The shortcomings are also obvious, the attacker gives up and continues to carry his back, and it is easy to break the dribble and walk away.

But this is what Hill wants, if Xue Ding is going deeper, then he will only have to wait to be violently deducted.

There are 10 seconds left in the clock.

Xue Ding watched Frye move his footsteps up, he knew that Hill must be coming from behind at the same time, and he was going to form a trap on himself, and both sides were fighting a time war.

Seeing that Frye was still one step away, Xue Ding turned right to dribble and leaned on Hill, who had just come up, and Frye quickly ran to the strong side of Xue Ding's ball holder.

Xue Ding turned left and threw the two of them to his side at the same time, took a step across, jumped up and shot in the middle of the shot, and hit it steadily.

The score was 83:83, and the two sides were tied again.

Under the pressure of the Trail Blazers, the Suns continued to transfer through the ball, and when they came out of the open position, regardless of whether the interior line was in place, they directly pulled out three times, not in a comfortable rhythm, and all three shots hit the iron.

Chandler accepted the rebound and found Xue Ding as soon as possible, Xue Ding changed his previous violent counterattack style, slowly and leisurely advanced, seeking positional warfare.

He drew a bag through a single, assisted consecutive outside shots, and led the Trail Blazers to a nine-point lead with consecutive three-point shots.

The score was 92:83 with 4 minutes and 30 seconds remaining.

Gentry called a timeout again.

The tactical arrangement was effectively targeted by the Trailblazers, the situation was suppressed, and if the score was opened, there would be no time to turn the tables around.

After the coaches of both sides laid out the tactics, the game continued.

The adjusted Suns started the team's crazy running mode as soon as they came up, and as soon as they served, they all pulled out the running position, and when they encountered pressure, they immediately transmitted the ball.

The ball was transmitted at high speed, and the effect was achieved in an instant, and after a few conductions, the space was opened.

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