Chapter 67: I'll Shoot the Last Ball

At the last moment of the game, the sophomore outside group was collectively dumb, so the sophomore team was also more determined to play the inside, hitting Nowitzki, and after hitting a half-turn jumper on Posey's head again, Nowitzki has now scored 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"The first-year team is dangerous now." With 1 minute left in the game, Brand hit Reeve Lafrenz again, but was taken by Nowitzki, who rushed over to help the defense, and the sophomore team launched a fast break, Pierce dunked and scored, and the margin was stretched to 3 points.

There are 49 seconds left in the time, after Miller dribbled the ball past half court, he did not pass the ball directly to Brand as usual, but chose to break through by himself, after quickly breaking into the penalty area to meet Nowitzki's defense, Miller did not make a rash shot, but passed the ball to the ground and handed the ball to Meng Xu in the bottom left corner, after Meng Xu received the ball, he hesitated, because Meng Xu is not very good at 3 points in the bottom corner, especially the 3-point line in the bottom corner of the left corner, Meng Xu's 3-point shooting rate in the bottom corner is more than 10 percentage points lower than that near the 45-degree line and the middle line, but Miller doesn't know this, because Meng Xu's extremely high 3-point shooting rate of 4 of 8 in this game, coupled with Meng Xu's 3-point shooting rate ranked in the top 5 in the league, it also makes Miller trust Meng Xu more at this critical moment.

It was this moment of hesitation, Pierce pounced, lost the opportunity to shoot calmly, Meng Xu made a breakthrough action after dribbling, passed the ball to Szzambiak located at 45 degrees of the 3-point line, completely unguarded Szzambiak After receiving the ball, without the slightest hesitation, he hit a 3-point shot directly, 89-89, and the first-grade team equalized again with 38 seconds left.

After Szczebiak hit a 3-pointer, Meng Xu was also relieved, stepped forward and high-fived Szczebiak to celebrate, and quickly returned to the defense, this time the attack Mike Bibby directly hoisted the ball into the inside, and the sophomore team still resolutely hit Nowitzki's point, with his back to Nowitzki, and forgot the basket directly after receiving the ball.

Seeing Nowitzki backing James Posey again, Meng Xu gave up his defensive object Pierce, and quickly stepped forward to the flank pack, and Nowitzki, who met the pack, did not pass the ball, but as usual, was ready to force his back to turn around and jump shot.

"It's always this trick, don't you feel tired." Just as Nowitzki slapped the basketball and turned halfway there, he found that the basketball was gone.

After sandwiching Nowitzki with Posey for 6 minutes, Meng Xu finally managed to steal Nowitzki, and it was at this critical moment.

After Meng Xu stealed, he continued to accelerate and rushed to the basket, and the two dunk movements that Meng Xu learned before the game, only one was used in this game, and now it finally has a place to use.

Paul Pierce, who originally ran back to the side of the free throw line from near the bottom corner after Meng Xu wrapped Nowitzki, also quickly returned to the defense after seeing Meng Xu break the ball, and retreated into the penalty area one step ahead of Meng Xu.

Just when Pierce was in a good position in the penalty area and was about to block Meng Xu's attack, Meng Xu changed direction slightly to the right, and then jumped up to Pierce at a position of more than 2 meters to the right within the free throw line.

After Meng Xu jumped, Pierce had a bad premonition, but he still subconsciously jumped, wanting to block and interfere with Meng Xu, and soon the two collided in the air, Pierce's weight and strength were much stronger than Meng Xu, but Meng Xu also gained huge kinetic energy after a long time of acceleration.

With Peng's voice, when the two collided, the entire Oakland Arena was as quiet as suffocation, and then there was a burst of exclamations, Meng Xu and Pierce lost their balance at the same time, and endured the pain in their chests, Meng Xu exerted all his strength, grabbed the basketball's right hand and buckled it towards the basket.

After landing on the ground, the cheers of the fans in the audience sounded in his ears, and Pierce's brain was blank at the moment, he was actually blocked by someone, or by the yellow-skinned guy in front of him.

At this time, the reporter waiting behind the basket, picked up the camera in his hand and pressed the shutter quickly, and no one wanted to miss one of the best shots of the game.

"Meng, you're amazing, it's the best dunk I've ever seen." And several players from the first-grade team also rushed over from around the court, excitedly cheering around Meng Xu to celebrate.

"Small meaning, small meaning." Meng Xu rubbed his chest, which was still a little painful, and said excitedly that the two dunks he had worked so hard to learn had finally been used.

Meng Xu's seemingly modest words, in Pierce's ears, did sound sarcastic to himself, Pierce on the side clenched his fists, and walked to the bench with an iron face, after Meng Xu dunked, the second-year head coach Rick Callisley called a timeout, there were 27 seconds left in the game, 91-89, the second-year team was behind by 2 points, and after the pause, Rick Callisley began to arrange the last offensive tactics, although he was 2 points behind, but the ball was still in the hands of the second-year, and the final victory or defeat was still unknown.

After the timeout, Mike Biby slowly controlled the ball and slowly advanced through the halfcourt, and it was clear that the 2nd grade team was going to lose time, and after Bibby consumed about 16 seconds, Mike Bibby hoisted the basketball to Nowitzki on the inside.

"Do sophomores want a secure equalizer and then play extra time?" Regarding the conservative tactics of the second grade, there were also different voices in the commentary seat.

Seeing that 20 seconds have passed, Nowitzki is getting closer and closer to the basket, Brand, who was supposed to wrap Nowitzki, was blocked by Reeve LaFrentz, Meng Xu gave up Pierce and went to wrap Nowitzki, just when Meng Xu ran two steps in front of Nowitzki, the basketball in Nowitzki's hand was passed out, and after Pierce received the basketball outside the 3-point line, the basketball came out of his hand and hollowed into the net. With 4.5 seconds left in the game, Pierce hit a crucial 3-pointer to put the sophomore team up by one point.

After hitting the quasi-lore kill, Pierce yelled at Meng Xu loudly, and at the same time slapped his fist on the chest, this 3 points was the best response to Meng Xu's self-denial.

"Coach, it's my fault." After Pierce's quasi-kill, the head coach of the first-year team Jim Clemens quickly called a timeout, and after the game, Meng Xu took the initiative to take responsibility, originally this defense, Jim Clemens's tactics were formulated by Brand and James Posey to wrap Nowitzki, Meng Xu stared at Pierce, Szzczebiak defended Michael Dixon, while wrapping Nowitzki, but also to prevent the sophomore team's 3 points, let go of Reeve Lafrentz, this game Reeve Lafrentz did not have many opportunities, And the shooting rate is not high, even if he scores 2 points, he can still play overtime, if he is scored 3 points, it will really be over.

"Meng, it's not your fault." Jim Clemens glared at Brand as he spoke, and Brand, who was a little weak-hearted, also lowered his head slightly, if it wasn't for Brand being stuck by Reeve Lafrentz, Meng Xu would not have wrapped Nowitzki, and there would have been no Pierce's 3-point quasi-kill.

"Okay, now I'll make the last throw." Jim Clemens pulled out the tactics board and brought together several players on the field.

"Coach, I'll take this last shot." Meng Xu puffed up his chest and took the initiative to ask for battle, killing or something, I am the best at it.

"Well, it's up to Meng to make the last shot, Andre throws the throw-in, Posey pulls out to cover for Meng, and Wally stands by outside the 3-point line on the left." Jim Clemens slid his pen across the tactical board at a rapid pace, and as the whistle blew, the timeout ended and the final moments of the game began.