Chapter 7: Wasp VS Mavericks (3)
"I only ask you to ......," Carlisle said confidently,
"It's about pestering him, no matter what moves Iverson uses against you, you have to try to stand between him and the basket, even if he scores, OK, it has nothing to do with you. You remember that Iverson runs wherever he goes, you have to follow him, don't let him catch the ball casually, try to let him run off the ball as much as possible. ”
Although he didn't know what medicine was sold in Kidd's gourd, Baria nodded in agreement.
After the timeout, Boubois came on for Dominic Jones in the No. 1 position, while Barria was moved to the No. 2 position.
Barria faced Iverson, trying his best to harass him, no matter how Iverson shook and tricked, Barria never pulled out the ball, just pressed the defensive position, and at the same time pressed Iverson's catch, trying to let Iverson run without the ball, Barria has almost the same size as Iverson, and he doesn't suffer too much in speed, so Barria can keep up with Iverson's speed, and run after him all over the court, trying to consume Iverson's physical energy.
At the beginning of the timeout, Iverson could still score two goals, but as time went by, under the fierce physical confrontation, the older Iverson was also a little unbearable. Sweat soaked Iverson's headband.
This has fallen into the trap of the Mavericks.
Hornets head coach Monty Williams called a timeout, Bellinelli replaced Iverson and Thornon was pushed to the No. 1 spot.
The current lineup of the Hornets should be the lineup that gives full play to Thornton's greatest power, but so far in the game, Thorton, who has only made two shots in total, is obviously not in shape, and he has not hit a few hasty shots. And Barria of the Mavericks saw that Bailineri seemed to see the Hornets' shot, and suddenly became powerful, hitting two three-pointers in a row from outside the three-point line!
Wasp 90:84Mavericks!
In the last six minutes of the game, both sides sent their starters, and the time of the bayonet really began!
The Mavericks' lineup is No. 1 Kidd, No. 2 Terry, No. 3 Marion, No. 4 Nowitzki, No. 5 Haywood, while the Hornets No. 1 is Paul, No. 2 Thorton, No. 3 Ariza, No. 4 West, and No. 5 Okafor.
Nowitzki's left rib singled West in the low post, West desperately resisted Novitzki's attack, Nowitzki pushed twice behind his back, suddenly turned around and stepped back, supported the ground with his right foot, raised the bow with his left foot in front of him to open up offensive space for himself, and the shot was slightly backwards, West was not tall enough, and he was not good at physical fitness, so West could only stare at Nowitzki's move "Golden Rooster Independence".
"Huh!"
Hollow into the net!
Nowitzki's shot has a high arc and a flinch that the average person can't block at all.
Wasp 90:86Mavericks!
In the next round, Paul dribbled West to block and dismantle, Paul passed the ball to West, Marion stepped forward to defend, West saw the opportunity, and wanted to pass the ball to Ariza who was ambushed in the bottom corner, the pass was a little careless, Marion just relied on the oddly long arm to intercept the ball and pass it to Kidd, Kidd quickly whipped up and rushed to the Hornets basket, with a glance in his eyes, Ariza had retreated in place, and the risk of being hated again, so Kidd ran around the baseline again outside the three-point line, Nowitzki rushed to the three-point line, outside the three-point line, Kidd passed, Nowitzki three-point shot!
Nowitzki's shot had a super high arc, so the basketball flew in the air for nearly a second, and then as if a tracker had been installed, the basketball landed precisely into the net bag.
"Huh!" Another crisp sound.
Wasp 90:89Mavericks! There are only four minutes left on the clock.
The Hornets asked for a timeout.
Monty Williams saw that the situation was not good, and immediately let Iverson, who had only rested for three minutes, put on the game again and replaced Thorton, who was sleepwalking for the whole game, walked down without saying a word.
The Mavericks replaced Barria with DeSean Stevenson. Carlisle touched Barria's head, laughed, and exclaimed, "Good job, boy, you've got an extra five minutes of playing time for your next game." ”
As soon as Iverson came on the court, Paul became a spectator, only to see Iverson holding the ball, and Stevenson with a gangster face standing opposite, Iverson is old after all, and his skills are not as good as when he was young, plus this game was consumed a lot by Barria, so Iverson's two legs are as heavy as lead, but Iverson's character is destined to be a stubborn and stubborn player, the greater the difficulty, the more I want to play!
Iverson didn't shake off Stevenson several times in a row, and the latter stuck to Iverson like a piece of gummy, Stevenson shouted, "I've seen you back then, shaking Jordan's All-Star Game, but now, you're old, you can't pass me, pass the ball out!" ”
Stevenson kept teasing Iverson with words, Iverson didn't say a word, suddenly turned to the right side to break through, Stevenson tightly clinged to Iverson's offensive line, so that Iverson circled around the penalty area and had no chance to shoot, offensive time was running out, Iverson had to give the ball to Paul who was located outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, Paul was also stunned when he received the ball, this position is not the offensive position he is good at, but the time is only two seconds, there is no time to pass, he has to grit his teeth and shoot.
Paul just shot the ball out of his side, and a figure appeared in the oblique stab, this person has a face like a giant ape, a body as light as a swallow, and what is even more exaggerated is that his long arms are like long-legged spiders, and he fans the basketball out of the court like a volleyball in the air! The audience sitting on the sidelines let out a burst of admiration and surprise, it was "hacker" Marion!
After giving Paul a hot pot slap, Marion raised his arms and roared!
Paul looked helpless.
In the Mavericks' offensive round, Trinowski played a double-layer block, which means that Terry blocked Nowitzki, and Nowitzki was also blocking and dismantling Terry, and the two of them were divided and combined, constantly looking for opportunities to shoot in the open position, and in the end, the multi-level blocking and dismantling stunned Iverson, and Terry found space and hit a three-pointer with his hand outside the three-point line at the top of the arc!
Wasp 90:92Mavericks!
The Hornets' offense is still initiated by Iverson, and now the Hornets' tactics are very simple, as long as Iverson dribbles past half court, the remaining four people will immediately pull to the weak side, leaving space for Iverson to play alone!
The basketball in Iverson's hand is as fast as a meteor shining in the night sky, but anyone can see that Iverson is really old, although he never admits it, he still persistently believes that he can beat everyone standing in front of him, but from his heavy legs, it can be seen that Iverson's peak has passed, if time goes back two years ago, Iverson like Stevenson can leave him behind with a single arrow, but now Iverson no longer has such ability, Whether you admit it or not, this is a fact, a fact that cannot be changed.
With three minutes left in the game, Iverson broke through again, and with the help of West's block and shot into the basket, Mavericks center Haywood jumped to his feet! Straight to Iverson with both hands!
"I want to score a goal! You have to ask me first! Heywood yelled!
"Smack!"
The basketball didn't touch it at all, but Heywood's hands smashed it Iverson's face, Iverson screamed, and the basketball in his hand was thrown out, but his body fell from a high altitude like a kite with a broken string, and then he just listened, "Bang"
Iverson's body slammed to the floor!
In an instant, the audience fell silent, and the sound of the quiet heel needle on the ground could be heard clearly!
Iverson was face down, unable to see his expression, and the audience of nearly 20,000 could only see Iverson's writhing body on the ground through the big screen above the arena!
"Toot toot!"
The referee awarded Heywood a malicious foul! And Heywood spread out his hands and made an innocent expression, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with him!
Paul Ariza and the others went to check on Iverson's condition, and the hot-tempered West and Okafor went directly to Heywood to fight! Nowitzkitri Marion Kidd had four men in the middle, three separated.
Heywood's face was bruised, his eyes widened with rage, and he chattered trash talk with West.
After a long time, Iverson finally stood up, twisted his neck, and there was a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth.
It didn't seem like a big problem, but the corners of the mouth were broken, and blood was gurgling.
The referee looked at Iverson and motioned for him to be taken off the court, according to NBA regulations, players need to be treated with any form of bleeding, and they can't stay on the court to continue playing, even a small blood streak must be covered with a band-aid to cover the wound.
Iverson glanced at the referee, then tapped the corners of Tian's mouth with his tongue, cleaned the blood, and said, "That's fine!" ”
The referee was stunned.
Iverson got up and walked past Heywood, without glancing at Heywood, the kingly aura of years of fighting in his body spontaneously, which made Heywood breathless.
The game continued, the Hornets executed two free throws and one throw, Iverson hit both free throws, the team score was tied at 92, and then the Hornets asked for a timeout, Thorton replaced Iverson, although Iverson looked fine just now, but it needs to be checked by the team doctor, compared to a regular season victory, the player's health is obviously more important, and Iverson also needs time to buffer.
Ariza served to Paul at half-time, Okafor landed on the right rib, received a pass from Paul, and singled with his back!
In fact, Okafor's ability to play singles on his back is only average, with strength, but he is short, and he usually only occasionally uses it in the fourth quarter when the opposing players have no physical strength, but this time is different, first, Heywood's blocking of Iverson just now is a little unclean, which successfully ignited Okafor's anger, and furthermore, the pre-game player reports all wrote that Heywood's knee has an old injury and can't be strengthened.
Physically, Okafor is only 208 cm tall, while the opposite Heywood is 213 cm tall, Okafor is one less pointed head than Heywood, and in terms of weight, Okafor is 116 kg and Heywood is 119 kg, Okafor still can't take advantage of anything, but the injury on Heywood's right knee is his fatal weakness!
I saw that Heywood desperately resisted Okafor behind Okafor, but his right leg was not strong, and he was defeated all the way, and finally was forced into the penalty area by Okafor, and turned around to squeeze Heywood behind him, and then bent his legs, jumped up, and scored with both hands!
Okafor waved his arms and roared!
Wasp94:92Mavericks!
After being "abused", the basket was still "squeaking", and the audience suddenly boiled as if it had exploded.
There are still two minutes left in the time, Butler controls the ball and is about to kill inside, Okafor stands up, if Butler rushes up, it will be an offensive foul directly, Butler hurriedly passed the ball out, Kidd outside the three-point line received the ball in the air, and before he landed, he found Nowitzki on the left rib, his body was still suspended in the air, and then he dialed the ball to Nowitzki!
Nowitzki hit a mid-range shot and scored two points!
94 draws! There's a minute and a half left!
In the next round, the Hornets attacked, or Okafor singled Heywood, the Hornets grabbed this point and beat hard, and several hard resistances allowed Okafor to press Heywood into the penalty area again, Okafor was also ready to do the action just now, turned his back and squeezed Heywood behind him, and got up to dunk violently!
How can it be so simple!
Annoyed and angry, Haywood didn't jump at all, but directly pushed with both hands, pushing Okafor who was still in the air out of the court, and the unprepared Okafor's right leg supported the ground on one leg, and then the audience on the sidelines only listened to the sound of "bang", like a sledgehammer hitting the road, Okafor's left hand held his right knee, and his right hand was clenched with both fists, constantly pounding the floor, looking painful!
Looking at Okafor's posture, it should be not lightly injured!
This malicious foul made West furious, and West, who was behind Heywood, pushed Heywood three meters away, and Heywood had an angry expression after doing something bad! Turn around and spew trash talk again with West, chest to chest, face to face! Not to be outdone!
Kidnowitski pulled Heywood, and Paul Ariza pulled West, but no matter how many people pulled them, they couldn't pull away from the two men who were carried away by anger.
West and Heywood confronted each other for about five seconds, and West was furious, reaching out and pressing Heywood's neck, ready to fight!
A "big war" is about to break out!