Chapter 401: Reggie Miller couldn't help it
It is necessary to play, but how to play, Mitchell has not yet made a decision in his mind, he dribbles along the perimeter like Smith, and at the same time keeps thinking about how to win this heads-up in his head.
"Heads-up is nothing more than three elements, one speed, two strength, three rhythm, I am definitely not as good as Zhang Feng than speed, and I should not be an opponent than strength, only I may have a little chance in rhythm, but ......."
While Mitchell was thinking, there were only five seconds left in the offensive time, and because he was slow to launch, the fans began to panic.
In the last 3 seconds, Mitchell suddenly started, he didn't make any fancy moves, just stepped out to the right, and began to hold the ball with both hands and start a three-step layup.
Anyone can see this layup, Mitchell tried his best, his face was bruised, his whole face was flushed, and there was only the basket in his eyes.
Zhang Feng's defense is also very good, he has his hands fully held high, his upper body is tightly pressed against Mitchell, and it can be seen from his slightly bent legs that he is borrowing strength through his legs.
The two rushed into the paint area with their front and back feet, Mitchell jumped into the air in the last step of three steps, and Zhang Feng also planned to jump, but he felt his shoulders sink, and it turned out that Tatum was blocking him.
With someone to help, Zhang Feng has no choice, he can only hope that Sabonis will succeed in making up the defense.
But when he turned his head, Sabonis had no intention of defending at all, and then Mitchell hit a tomahawk slam dunk.
"See? Mitchell was very good one-on-one, and it's really not a brag to say that he is talented," ESPN commentator Brin took the opportunity to show that what he said made sense.
"This Tomahawk dunk is also very exciting, is Mitchell making a preview for tomorrow's slam dunk contest?" Katie Rowland makes a guess.
"Maybe......" Miller still didn't want to say much.
After Mitchell scored, the fans applauded and cheered as usual, but in a blink of an eye, Zhang Feng assisted Bogdan to hit three points, and the difference between the two teams still did not narrow at all.
The U.S. team attacked again, Smith and Mitchell played hand-to-hand passes on the outside, and after changing defenses one after another, Smith faced Murray.
Without Zhang Feng's defensive pressure, Smith finally showed off, he rushed into the interior with a false swing, and then completed a big windmill dunk with the help of Tatum's card position.
The world team attacked, Zhang Feng dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Markkanen stepped forward to block and dismantle, Zhang Feng dribbled to the right, Smith chased the defense, Zhang Feng passed the ball to Markkanen with a backhand, and the latter hit a three-point shot without mercy in the face of Tatum's defense.
Simmons's recommendation was really reliable, Zhang Feng walked to Markkanen's side and high-fived to celebrate, but the American team took the opportunity to react quickly, Smith received the ball quickly, although Zhang Feng chased after him for the first time, but it was too far away and failed to catch up.
The unguarded Smith had a good time, throwing the ball to the board and then jumping to catch and dunk.
It was obvious that Smith's dunk was imitating Maddie, and it was done very beautifully, Zhang Feng couldn't help but nod his head in praise, and the U.S. team bench even got up and danced to celebrate.
The same mistake, or oversight, happened to the U.S. team, who celebrated Smith's dunk while Zhang Feng picked up the basketball from the baseline and made a long pass.
Sabonis received a long pass from Zhang Feng and did not pass it to the other World Team players again, so he simply made a posture adjustment and shot a three-pointer like Markkanen.
Still hits! Team World made six consecutive three-pointers in the second quarter, from guards to centers.
"The difference between international players and American players is still very obvious, and the basic shooting skills of international players are ......"
As a Pacers legend, Miller knows Sabonis better, and after this shot, he was going to talk about the difference between international players and American players, but before he could finish speaking, Brin interrupted him.
"Yes, I agree with you on this point, the average physical fitness of international players is not as good as that of American players, so they like to shoot, even forwards and centers like to shoot threes, but American players like to dunk, not only centers, but even guards like Mitchell and Smith want to dunk all the time."
Hearing Brin's remarks, Miller almost wanted to say MMP in his heart, he originally wanted to talk about technical differences, but Brin talked about physical fitness, but Bryn also added a sentence of 'the same view', I don't know and thought he thought the same way, fortunately, Brin added the word 'average' to the evaluation of the physical fitness of international players, otherwise he couldn't wash it when he jumped into the Pacific Ocean.
In the subsequent game in the second quarter, the main scoring method of the world team was to shoot three-pointers, and they did not hesitate to shoot whenever they had a chance outside the three-point line, but their luck and feel were really good, shooting 4 of 8.
On the other hand, the U.S. team played dunks, Donovan dunked, Mitchell dunked, Mitchell dunked and Tatum dunked in the air, and even the Hawks, who have never dunked much, joined in.
At the end of the two quarters, the world team relied on a 3-point advantage to lead the United States team by a large margin of 76:52.
Since the game was an exhibition game, there was not much time at halftime, and just two minutes later, the third quarter of the game between the two teams officially began.
In the third quarter of the game, the world team and the United States team changed back to the starting lineup at the same time, without Mitchell and Smith, the United States team's dunks were greatly reduced, but the style of the world team did not change, and it was still 3-point-based.
By the end of the third quarter, the world team had a 32-point lead, and the game between the two teams went into garbage time.
"Team World players are more serious, they treat this game as if it were a regular season, and the defensive intensity and attitude are very high......" After a pause in the interstitial period, Brin began to analyze the reasons for the large difference between the two teams.
"Yes, in contrast, the U.S. team is very relaxed, they are completely with a show attitude, watching threes can be seen every day, where can there be more ornamental than a dunk?" Katie Rowland chimed in.
The implication of the two of them is nothing more than to say that the world team does not understand the amorous feelings, and the American team loses points just because they play casually, and Miller finally can't help it.
"I very much disagree with your point of view, first of all, the dunk and the three-point look look you don't count, secondly, the U.S. team is far behind because the shooting is inaccurate and the defense is too poor, and finally the difference in the strength of the two sides of the lineup is too big, it is normal for the U.S. team to not win, you don't have to force the U.S. team to make an explanation"
Miller doesn't say it, just say it, it's a big paragraph, Brin and Roland were instantly confused, but Brin is an old man, he reacted quickly.
"Then why don't any of the players on Team World dunk?"
"That's because they won too easily, there was no need to dunk, if they wanted to, they could dunk the American team"