Chapter 10: Five Best Balls! (Above)

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Li Shihao changed his strategy, no longer trying to contain the Nets' offensive line, and began to concentrate on organizing the team's offense.

Under Li Shihao's needle lead, the Timberwolves played a small climax of 8-2, overtook the score, and successfully made two fouls by making foul tactics, forcing the Nets to replace him.

In this way, Lefou's pressure in the penalty area is greatly reduced, and he can control the rebounding ball well, provide the team with a second offensive opportunity, and can also give the team great support on the offensive end.

As a senior fan and die-hard fan, Mr. Zhang Reasonable naturally thinks that Li Shihao and Yi Jianlian can play excellent performances, making this game full of highlights and a veritable Chinese derby!

But Yi Jianlian received two fouls early and was replaced, and can he watch the game happily!

The game then fell into a stalemate, with Devin Harris feeding the ball to the interior of Lopez, who put on a stunning performance on the offensive end, dunks, hook throws, and constantly displayed his offensive arsenal.

Lopez has only played in the league for two seasons, but his progress is rapid and his strength should not be underestimated, and at 2.13m, he has a solid interior offensive approach, coupled with his smart way of playing, which makes him an increasingly powerful threat in the box.

As a tall and athletic white center, although there are problems such as slow footwork and insufficient rebounding protection, he can cause low-post kills in the restricted area, and his mid-range shooting is also extremely accurate, such a technical style can be said to be very similar to Yao Ming, and even many people think that he is a weakened version of Yao Ming, and even have great expectations for him.

In this game, not only was Yi Jianlian in hot condition, but even Lopes also played a perfect performance on the offensive end, and during the time that Yi Jianlian was off the field, he made up for the lack of interior offense.

As the game time continues to pass, the scores of the two teams are constantly rewritten, although Li Shihao tries his best to control the team's offensive rhythm and constantly organize attacks to catch up with the score, but he still can't make up for the team's internal shortcomings.

In this game, the Timberwolves' interior line can be said to have been blown up, Al Jefferson has just recovered from a hip injury last season, his athleticism has decreased greatly, and the defensive and offensive ends have shrunk a little, resulting in the inability to contain Lopez's offense on the inside, and even Lefu has been affected.

If Lefu is a person who defends Yi Jianlian, he will naturally have no problem, but when Al Jefferson becomes an invisible hole, his situation under the basket becomes grim, and he has to resist the pressure on the offensive end, and he will face Yi Jianlian and Lopez's bag attack on the defensive end, and Jefferson can't give him much help!

This has led to the Timberwolves not being able to open the situation on the inside for a long time, and can only rely on outside scoring to maintain the score. When the outside feel gradually cooled down, the Timberwolves fell into a scoring drought!

?91:98！

The Timberwolves are now seven points behind the Nets, but the game has reached the end of the fourth quarter, and there are only 2 minutes and 47 seconds left before the end of the game.

McHale had no choice but to call a long timeout for the last fight before the end of the game!

He clapped his hands, looked at everyone, and rebuked in a stern tone: "What's wrong with you guys, it's the New Jersey Nets on the other side, not any playoff team in the East, you guys are so embarrassed by them, look at our offense, look at our interior, I want to know, are you ready to give up this game!" Hmm-"

McHale was extremely angry, and his words couldn't help but carry a strong smell of gunpowder, this game that could have been won safely, but it turned out to be this situation, which he did not expect before the game.

Li Shihao gritted his teeth and said, "Head, leave it to me, I think I can save the team with points!" ”

McHale was stunned when he heard this, staring at Li Shihao!

If you say who is the most tired in this game, it is undoubtedly Kevin Love and Li Shihao, who withstood the pressure of two people on the inside line and minimized the team's loss of points in the penalty area, which is undoubtedly a huge credit!

But McHale deeply understands that the pressure on Li Shihao is no lighter than Lefou, as a rookie this year, he was identified as the outside core by the Timberwolves early, and the pressure and doubts on him are unimaginable to others!

In this game, it can be said that the performance against Devin Harris is not bad at all, and even a few points better than Harris!

But the team's interior line was suppressed, and Li Shihao could only try to control the offensive rhythm to avoid the score being further expanded!

But now, at a crucial time in the game, is it really reassuring to hand over the key team's offensive rights to a rookie?

Rao is McHale is also a little hesitant, although Li Shihao is a rookie he personally selected this year, he has always been very optimistic about him, but he is also a little hesitant about such a bold move.

When he saw Li Shihao's determined eyes, he sighed, reached out and knocked on the tactical board, and said loudly: "In the later games, give the ball to Bruce, and in the last time, you try your best to create offensive opportunities for Bruce!" ”

Surprise flashed in everyone's eyes, but they still nodded, Li Shihao's performance in this game was seen by everyone, and it was okay to put the ball in his hands!

After Li Shihao controlled the ball after half court, a sprint, past Harris's defense, and directly stopped the jump shot, because the shooting was a little hasty, the arc of the basketball was a little oblique, fortunately, Li Shihao's muscle memory of constantly practicing jump shooting for a long time was still there, and the three-point shot fell steadily into the Nets.

The Timberwolves clawed back three points!

Devin Harris then organized the offense and passed to Contney Lee, who cut in quickly on the right side, who made a layup, but got out of the basket with Love's best efforts, and the rebound was easily picked up by Love.

Li Shihao quickly rushed through the half, received a long throw pass from Lefu across the halfcourt, held firmly at the three-point line, and shook his body to deceive Harris who was chasing after him to jump and block, and Li Shihao threw a backward jumper!

A crisp "pop"!

Then, the beautiful sound of the basketball rolling up the net and a sharp whistle sounded at the same time, and the referee signaled for a foul on Harris, and the three-point goal was valid.

Li Shihao took a deep breath, steadily hit the free throw, and successfully scored 4 points, 98:98, and the score was leveled!

The entire target center was jubilant, countless Timberwolves fans began to cheer and cheer, and at the end of the game, Li Shihao hit two key three-pointers in succession and successfully tied the score.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the head coach of the Nets quickly called a short timeout and began to arrange offensive tactics at the last moment.

At this point, there are only 48 seconds left before the end of the game, and the suspense is left!