Chapter 231: Never Give Up
The home fans cheered, and Xiao Si's three points gave them hope of turning the tables.
After the goal, Xiao Si slapped his chest hard, releasing his emotions.
There is 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the clock, and theoretically, there are still five offensive opportunities, and the current Trail Blazers are leading by one point, and the initiative is in hand, and the situation is still very favorable.
Xue Ding advanced to the half court at a normal speed, consciously suppressing the rhythm, and at this time, time control was also very important.
Chandler asked for the ball on the inside, Xue Ding hung over, and as soon as the ball was played, Fry quickly wrapped it up, not giving Chandler the slightest chance to turn around and attack.
Xiao Si kept defending in the back, and Fry's height of 211 meters made Chandler's vision disturbed a lot.
Faced with a sudden inside attack between the two, Chandler was forced to stop the ball.
Frye was waiting for this moment, and immediately grabbed it with both hands, fighting for the ball in Chandler's hand.
The two were entangled together in an instant, fighting hard, both fell to the ground, still scrambling, and the referee's whistle sounded.
Penalty Scrum.
The two sides stood still, and the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball at the same time, and Frye bounced better and tossed the ball to Nash.
It's the equivalent of a successful defense.
The Suns scored a goal, defended it, and won the ball through scrums, which was equivalent to a complete victory in these two rounds.
Nash came to the frontcourt, and Xue Ding continued to press up, forming an oppressive defense.
The key characters focus on defense, and once Nash moves, the threat will be great, so Xue Ding will defend Nash in person.
As soon as Nash saw Xue Ding coming, he directly guided the ball to Hill, and quickly ran to the direction of the left bottom corner, Barbosa lifted it at the same time, and the two crossed a block, Barbosa hung Xue Ding, and Nash slipped past the bottom line with one step of acceleration.
Hill immediately directed the ball to Nash, who ran out of the open space, received the ball at the three-point line, and a shooting feint tricked Batum who came over to make up for it, took a step to the right to dribble, and hit a three-point shot.
Xiao Si rushed over excitedly and hugged Nash, and the other Suns players also rushed over excitedly to share the joy of the ball.
The home fans chanted.
“DENFENCE”
“DENFENCE”
“DENFENCE”
This goal is simply too crucial.
With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game, at 98:100, Nash's three-point shot helped the Suns overtake the score.
Xue Ding held the ball and became a key defensive target as soon as he passed the half.
As the most consistent scoring point for the Trail Blazers, at this final critical juncture, it was immediately focused on.
The Suns set up a 3-2 joint defensive formation, with Hill defending and defenders on both sides, stuck in the position between Xue Ding and his teammates, first cutting off the passing line, and then slowly shrinking as time passed.
Xue Ding slowly became very new and dribbled at the top of the arc, and he knew that the Suns were calculating the time, and within one to seven seconds, they would definitely come back to wrap themselves up.
Because at this point in time, if you are trapped, even if you pass the ball out, the person who receives the ball adjusts, and the time will run out.
Xue Ding dribbled the ball unhurriedly, and Chandler on the inside raised his hand and signaled for the ball.
Batum and Fernandez have been running between the left and right corners and 45°, with the cockscomb at the free-throw line, keeping the center axis in action.
Xue Ding changed direction in one step, accelerated past Hill, the cockscomb man immediately lifted up, and Barbossa, who was just about to cut across to make a wrap, was blocked, Xue Ding dribbled behind his back, switched dribblers, and went straight to the inside.
Under the basket, Chandler was completely stuck with Xiao Si, without any blockage, and Xue Ding jumped up and dunked his hand.
The score was 100:100, the two sides were tied, and the clock was 49 seconds left.
There was no timeout for either side and the game resumed.
The fans stood up, all focused on the last minute of the game.
There was one attack from each side and the next goal was crucial.
If the Suns can score that one shot, the pressure will run to the opposing side.
Nash dribbles, and the rare speed is a lot slower. ,
Xue Ding knew that Nash was also pressing the time, in order to play the success rate.
At this time, both sides did not dare to play too risky, for the Suns, if they scored, they had a psychological advantage, and if they didn't score, the initiative was handed over to the Trail Blazers.
Xue Ding continued to press closely, Nash quickly changed direction, and Frye came up with a block and hung Xue Ding, which was accelerating into the inside line.
Batum quickly wrapped up from the right side, Nash raised his right hand, a passing action intended to the right, directly deceived Batum, faced Chandler's defense, ran directly high, the ball crossed Chandler, Xiao Si jumped high, and dunked his hand with one hand.
“DENFENCE”
“DENFENCE”
“DENFENCE”
“DENFENCE”
^……
The unified voice of the audience made everyone feel like they were in a rough sea, and everyone's expressions were serious.
Two points behind with 26 seconds remaining.
Xue Ding signaled everyone to stay calm, the time is still sufficient, there is a great opportunity, being away from home, under such pressure, it is easy to lose balance in the mentality, but feeling Xue Ding's confidence, everyone has settled down.
Batum served from the bottom line, and as soon as Xue Ding received the ball, Nash hugged Xue Ding.
The Suns went straight to foul play.
The Trail Blazers teammates were a little confused, and the average team adopted this tactic when they were behind or passive, but they didn't expect the Suns to take this tactic directly when they were ahead.
Xue Ding walked to the free throw line very calmly, and the fans on the opposite side screamed, shaking the tools in their hands with both hands, and interfering as much as possible.
Shooting the ball, raising his hand, and pressing his wrist, Xue Ding was as accurate as a program, with two free throws and two hits.
The score is 102:102, and the tie continues, with 22 seconds left on the clock.
Theoretically, the Suns have the last offense.
As soon as the Sun served, all the players opened up, kept the space, and ran to their own half, and Nash also maintained a distance from Xue Ding in the backcourt.
Xue Ding understood as soon as he saw this posture that the Suns didn't want to be fouled and wanted to fully control the last 22 seconds.
First, use foul tactics to gain the initiative in the last attack, and then continue to play the starting bomb, open up space to move the ball, and pass the ball out before the opponent wants to foul, looking for an open space to shoot.
From this tactical point of view, it is still very correct, Xue Ding immediately let go of the pressing on Nash and defended normally.
Nash has been slowly dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, and it was a little surprising to see that Xue Ding did not press up as tightly as before, the original tactics were launched around Xue Ding, but Xue Ding didn't come up.
Xue Ding just relied on his own understanding of the game and made a judgment, and he didn't know what Nash thought, and inadvertently gave Nash a small problem.
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