Chapter 119: The Last Moment
Kenny Smith saw Curry's performance at the critical moment and shouted excitedly: "Audience friends, did you see it? Curry's three-point ability is really terrifying! No one can stop him from scoring! ”
After Curry's goal equalized the score, with only two minutes left before the end of the game, Popovich was not ready to call a timeout, believing that the five players on the court were capable of winning the game. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's the Spurs' turn to attack, and now everyone is under great pressure, after Curry's three-point shot, the Warriors' morale is like a rainbow, and the Spurs must have someone to step up if they want to save morale.
Thinking of this, the other four people of the Spurs looked at He Dong in unison.
Will Ho Dong be the key man for the Spurs tonight? The answer is yes.
Controlling the ball to the frontcourt, facing Thompson's defense and Curry who was eyeing him on the side, He Dong did not hesitate, and used his teammates to cover the Warriors penalty area, and after attracting McGee's defensive attention, he passed the ball to Ade who was standing in the low post with a flick of his wrist.
Ade smiled slightly, opposite him was Iguodala, who was shorter than him, and he couldn't keep up with the strength confrontation, and Ade was completely in a crushing advantage.
Back to the advance, "Brother Yi" was completely unable to stop for a moment, Ade crushed into the penalty area, and then turned around and hooked his hand to hit the board, giving the Spurs a 2-point lead.
Everyone at Spurs breathed a sigh of relief, if Ade hadn't scored this goal, everyone was afraid that their morale would have been crushed.
At critical moments, every shot is a psychological test.
Seeing the weak defensive ability of "Brother Yi" on the court, Kerr shook his head, turned to look at Green, who had calmed down a lot, and waved to him: "Drummond, I need you to play, are you ready?" ”
When the latter heard the head coach speak, he suddenly seemed to have a god, and "Whoosh!" from the bench. He stood up and shouted, "Everything is ready!" ”
Before Cole could continue to speak, Green had already arrived at the tech desk for a simple stretch.
The former immediately called a timeout and let Green play the final game.
With Green on the court, then Ade can no longer score easily, and the interior defense on the court can also be improved to a notch, although the usual interior defense is not very outstanding.
Green rested off the court for a long time, and at this time he was very energetic, and he came to the court very actively to block and cover.
With Green's high-quality cover, Curry immediately entered the interior line, and then passed the ball to Green who followed up from the crotch of Tie Lin, who came to make up for the defense.
The latter received the ball and did not stop, and with a glance, McGee had cut into the basket and jumped high.
Green threw his hand and McGee completed the empty connection in the penalty area.
The score is tied again.
As the end of the game drew closer and closer, the two sides still did not decide the winner, and every attack became crucial.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, it was still He Dong who controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and Curry shouted at the Warriors: "Mark the whole court!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the five players on the Warriors court began to mark the person they were responsible for defending.
The person in charge of defending He Dong is Thompson, who is the Warriors' outside defensive gate, and his defensive ability is very reliable.
Thompson's body was close to He Dong at this time, not giving him any chance to accelerate and start, but Thompson knew how fast He Dong's speed was, once he was allowed to accelerate, ten horses would not be able to pull it.
Ade pulled to the free throw position at this moment to block and cover, and He Dong immediately used the cover to get rid of Thompson like kraft candy.
Green immediately stepped forward to help defend, and Ho Dong then passed the ball to Ade, who rushed down to the basket.
The former reacted very quickly and defended as soon as Ade received the ball.
Ade began to try to push forward with a back hit, but after a few hits, he didn't move at all, Green's strength was too strong, and Ade couldn't push him.
As the Warriors' defensive axis and a contender for the best defensive player, Green would not have been able to do it without strong physical fitness.
At the critical moment, he couldn't make a hasty shot, and now Ade was still far away from the basket, so he immediately chose to pass the ball to Tie Lin who was standing in the bottom corner.
It was Curry who was responsible for defending the latter, and after taking the full-court mark, Tielin was stuck to Curry and couldn't get an open shot.
After receiving the ball, Tie Lin did not hesitate, shook his hand, and passed the ball to He Dong, who was standing at 45 degrees of the three-point line.
After passing the ball, he didn't hesitate, Tie Lin rushed to the vicinity of He Dong to set up a blocking and dismantling action to cover him.
By covering, He Dong killed the Warriors' basket and faced Green who was making up for the defense in the restricted area, at this time Thompson was chasing the defense, and He Dong was about to face the two of them.
Without dribbling, He Dong immediately chose to turn around and throw a jumper.
Under the defense of Thompson and Green, the basketball smashed into the basket, bumped a few times, and then fell in under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes from the court.
He Dong scored 2 points for the Spurs at a critical moment, and the score took the lead again.
“wooooo!”
The audience cheered again, and the audience cheered for Ho Dong's crucial goal just now.
Green's face was gloomy with a little anger, if he had tried a little harder just now, he might be able to block He Dong's shot.
At this time, there was only 1 minute left before the end of the game, Kerr looked a little nervous, he didn't expect the game to be so stale, if it was in the past, the Warriors would have won this game a long time ago, but he didn't expect the Warriors to have a new star in China, and He Dong dragged the game to the last moment.
Standing on the sidelines, Popovich looked pale, with his hands on his chest, his left hand grasping the tactical board, and his right hand holding his chin, no one knew what he was thinking.
Kerr called a timeout and he needed to rearrange his defensive strategy in the final moments.
Bringing the Warriors together, Kerr spoke about his defensive setup in the final moments.
Curry is still defending Tielin, McGee is guarding the basket, and Durant is defending Leonard.
The focus of defense is on He Dong, Thompson is the main defense, and it is necessary to be tight all over the court, Green has the greatest pressure on defense, in addition to defending Ade, he is also responsible for supplementing He Dong, and the two are required to prevent He Dong from shooting.
The timeout ended and the game entered the final 1 minute of action.
The Warriors attacked, Curry quickly dribbled to the frontcourt, used Green's cover to block and pick and roll, burst to the free throw line and hit the ground and passed to Green who cut outside.
The latter received the ball, made a good block and pick-and-roll action again, and stood at the three-point line to hand the ball to Curry.
Curry received the ball, faced Tielin, who came to make up for the defense, made a backdribble, and then made a lightning-fast three-point shot.
This three-point shot once again made the hearts of the audience raise their throats, staring straight at the basketball in mid-air, praying in their hearts that the ball would not be scored, as long as Curry scored three points this time, then the Warriors could still surpass by 1 point.