Chapter 420: The Decisive Moment
Wei Shao had a depressed expression, in the round just now, he failed to break through Zhang Guan three times, while Zhang Guan successfully scored two points in one breakthrough. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Judging from the results, in this round of the competition, Wei Shao lost to Zhang Guan.
"Damn!" Wei Shao's face was full of anger, being passed by Zhang Guan was secondary, the key is that Zhang Guan also used a street ball action to pass people, which is equivalent to showing off Wei Shao's face fiercely, any NBA guard will be unhappy when he is caught by the opponent, let alone the young and vigorous Wei Shao.
"I originally thought that Zhang Guan only relied on speed and strength to make breakthroughs, but I didn't expect that he also knew how to break through! Why? It's just that the speed and strength are stronger than me, how can the technology still up! I'm not convinced! Wei Shao's eyes flashed with a hint of unwillingness.
Wei Shao tried to break through again, he wanted to return a ball, but was still hindered by Zhang Guan, in desperation, Wei Shao passed the ball to Durant, Durant jumped shot, but the basketball was off the basket.
"No shots, Durant has missed three shots in a row! It seems that this period of time, Durant's feel is more average! ”
"If Durant had a better shooting percentage, he wouldn't have played fifth overtime."
"I think Durant's shooting movements are a little deformed, which should be affected by lack of physical fitness."
"Shouldn't Coach K replace Durant and take a break."
"It is estimated that the American team does not dare to change Durant now, the American team needs a leader to be present. If Billups is still there, he may be able to take the place of Durant's leader, but now that Billups and Odom have exhausted their physical strength, they can only rely on Durant! ”
"What about the rest of the U.S. team? Granger, Iguodala, and Rose are all bosses of their respective teams, right? ”
"Iguodala and Granger aren't good leaders, otherwise their teams wouldn't have had a much better record. As for Rose's words, he is still too young to lead the U.S. team at this critical time. ”
On the court, Zhang Guan once again broke through with the ball, and it was still a difficult Sam Gold.
"It's Sam Gaud again! Westbrook and Rose were teased by Zhang Guan again, and now, the Chinese team has a four-point lead, which is a relatively safe score. ”
Durant's expression was solemn, he knew that he had to score the next shot, otherwise, the Chinese team was likely to open a six-point lead. Overtime is no better than regular time, and a six-point lead in overtime is much harder to catch than a six-point lead in regular time.
"With the way I feel right now, I shouldn't be shooting anymore." Durant figured it out. If it were a normal game, he might still choose to shoot to find his touch, but the importance of today's game is self-evident, which makes him dare not be sloppy in every decision.
This time, Durant chose to break through.
Suddenly having to consume more physical energy, which is a burden for Durant now, but the shooting percentage of the breakthrough is obviously higher, and it is really not enough to make a foul, and he can also score two points on free throws.
"Durant, force a breakthrough! The goal is there, and two points are scored! ”
I saw Durant throw off his pace, pass through the two defenders in the blink of an eye, and then face Zhang Zhaoxu, who is 2.21 meters tall, and put the ball into the basket with a pull rod action.
"It is worthy of Durant, in the face of the Chinese team's stern defense, he can still break through to the basket to complete the layup! Hey? What happened to Durant? ”
There was a cry of surprise from the surrounding audience, and Durant landed on the ground after a layup, but instead of running, he grinned and limped.
"Durant is injured!"
The U.S. players immediately gathered around, and the referee stopped the game.
"Leg cramps!" Durant said through gritted teeth.
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Leg cramps during the game can be large or small. Some people will be fine with two strokes of activity, while others may be in pain for several days. However, for a physically strong player like Durant, fighting until his leg cramps really shows that the physical exertion is too great.
Leg cramps are actually not a serious problem, we normal people also have leg cramps, and under normal circumstances, calcium supplementation is good. But for athletes, if you don't rest, there is a high chance of muscle strain in the next step, which is much more serious than leg cramps, even in the NBA, there are no longer a few players who sink because of a small muscle strain.
For example, LeBron James, after leg cramps, often chooses to go straight to rest or even leave the court for a check-up, in order to prevent muscle strain. And today's Durant, after suffering a leg cramp, obviously can't continue to stay on the court, even if he doesn't leave the court immediately for inspection, it is impossible for him to continue playing.
The U.S. team replaced Durant with Rudy Gay in Durant's place.
As the leader of the team, Durant's departure from the court is a major blow to the American team, and the five people on the court seem to have lost their backbone for a while. Iguodala, for example, is a good player, but he is not suitable to be a team leader; Another example is Rose, who wants to take on the role of leader, but he doesn't yet have the prestige to convince everyone else.
Durant is on the court, which is also a restriction on Wei Shao, so that Wei Shao will not shoot blindly, after all, when he was in the Thunder team, Durant was the big boss, and Wei Shao was the second leader, so in the Dream Nine team, as long as Durant was there, Wei Shao would not play very unrestrained. Now that Durant is gone, Wei Shao immediately turned on the "Scatter" mode, no matter whether the shot is reasonable or not, cut the score first.
Wei Shao's scoring ability is indeed exaggerated, purely in terms of scoring ability, Wei Shao is better than Rose, and the reason why Wei Shao's data is not as good as Rose is more because the existence of Durant has taken away too much of the ball, and Rose is the boss of the Bulls. After Durant left the Thunder in the future, Wei Shao's average of 31 points per game also proved that his scoring ability was not weaker than Durant's.
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Westbrook hit a three-pointer, and the U.S. team was just one point away. With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game, it looks like the outcome of this match is still uncertain! ”
Wei Shao looked excited after the goal, he roared loudly, venting his emotions, and the one-point difference also gave hope to the American team.
Deng Huade hesitated, but chose to call a timeout to let the American team's hand cool down.
In NBA games, there are two short timeouts of 20 seconds in each overtime, while in the World Championships, there is only one timeout in each overtime with a one-minute timeout. So after Deng Huade called this timeout, at least in this overtime, there was no chance to call another timeout.
With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game, the Chinese team had the ball, Zhang Guan chose to break through, and this breakthrough attracted the defense of three people from the American team, including Lefu in the center position, Zhang Guan passed the ball to Zhang Zhaoxu, who inserted it into the basket, and Zhang Zhaoxu scored two points with a direct dunk. After all, he has a height of 2.21 meters, although his muscle strength is a little sorry for his height, and his offensive skills are also very rough, but he has excellent movement ability, fast jumping speed on the spot, and he is still stable when he catches the ball and dunks directly under the basket.
He looked very excited after the goal, this was his first score in this game, as a purely defensive blue-collar player, he basically has no ability to score alone, he was able to score two points on the head of the American team, and at such a crucial time in overtime, every point is precious, this dunk is enough for him to remember for a lifetime.
"The U.S. team seems to be surprised, they probably didn't expect that Zhang Guan would choose to pass, and now the score is a three-point gap, and there are 52 seconds left in the game. Theoretically, the U.S. team has two more chances to attack, and the Chinese team has one more chance to attack! The next attack of the USA team will be very crucial, and if they can score, they will have a chance to maintain a three-point deficit, and if they don't, maybe more than three points. ”
A 3-point difference can be tied with one ball, while a 4-point difference requires two balls to tie it, which is obviously a world of difference.
Everyone on the U.S. team knows this, and their expressions are extremely serious, and while few of them have made it to the second round of the NBA playoffs, they have already treated this game as the final moment of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Although Wei Shao's expression was serious, there was a flash of confidence in his eyes.
"Let me save Team America!"
Wei Shao did not pause after receiving the ball, and directly jumped for three points.
"Shoot three points! Westbrook! Ah! It's a pity that it was missed! ”
Although Wei Shao is good at scoring, his three-point shooting rate is indeed relatively scummy, his three-point shooting rate in his rookie season was only 27%, and last season, his three-point shooting rate even dropped to 22%, so he was once regarded as a famous "blacksmith" in the NBA. In Willis' entire career, his three-point shooting average has only just reached 30%, which is obviously unqualified for a top guard.
Although the three-point line of the World Championships is nearly one meter closer than the three-point line of the NBA, the three-point shot is still not the offensive means that Wei Shao is good at. In the last goal, Wei Shao felt good and threw in, and after a 1-minute pause, his hand slowly cooled down, and he naturally lost it.
The basketball was off, and Lefu struggled to pounce, and it was Zhang Zhaoxu who fought with him for this rebound.
"Where did the Chinese team get so many big men!" Lefu obviously felt that the other party was more than ten centimeters taller than himself, although the other party's strength was relatively average, and he couldn't stand himself at all, but this big man could jump.
"It's hard to grab this ball!" Lefou, knowing that he couldn't grab the rebound, flicked the ball in the direction of the bench with one hand.
Iguodala jumped to his feet and grabbed the ball before it could go out of bounds. Immediately afterwards, he used a feint to shake off Ding Jinhui, who stepped forward to defend, and chose to shoot after taking a step forward.
"Whoosh!" The basketball bounces into the basket after hitting the board, and two points are scored!
The U.S. team has scored another point!"
As soon as the commentator's voice fell, the Chinese team had already sent the ball out, and Zhang Guan's luck rushed to the front court at the fastest speed.
"Watch out!" Iguodala, who had just scored, immediately stepped forward to stop Zhang Guan's advance.
However, Zhang Guan had completely accelerated his speed, and Iguodala was unable to stop Zhang Guan using conventional means, and he did not hesitate at all, stepped forward and rushed directly to Zhang Guan, and the next moment, the two collided together.
An irresistible force knocked Iguodala to the ground and slid towards the billboard next to her.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew, and it was clearly a foul on Iguodala.
At the same time as the whistle blew, Iguodala's head hit the billboard.
"Iguodala fouled, Zhang Guan is about to make a free throw!" The narrator spoke.
In the rules of the World Championships, overtime is a continuation of the fourth quarter, so the fouls in overtime and the fouls in the fourth quarter are cumulative, which means that if the number of fouls committed by the whole team reaches the number of free throws in the fourth quarter, then even the first foul in overtime will send the opponent to the free throw line. The NBA rule is that if the team does not have a full 3 team foul limit in the first 3 minutes of any overtime period, the team will be allowed to have a team foul in the last 2 minutes without a free throw.
Iguodala got up from the ground in a daze and saw Zhang Guan standing at the free throw line, and then he reacted that the rules of the World Championship are different from the rules of the NBA. He was used to playing in the NBA, thinking that the team still had the number of fouls that could be done without free throws, so he took the initiative to foul, but he forgot that the World Championships were not like this. In fact, Iguodala didn't have time to think about it so much in a hurry.
If the foul does not use free throws, then it is obviously more worthwhile to use a foul to delay Zhang Guan's action, but if the foul is a free throw, it is equivalent to giving the opponent two points and paying for a foul.
Zhang Guan scored both free throws, and the score that the U.S. team had worked so hard to catch up with was once again pulled away.
The U.S. team played a quick two-point break to narrow the score to one point again, but left the Chinese team with 23 seconds to attack. This is a very embarrassing number, and the Chinese team can fully hold on to a one-point lead and spend the last 23 seconds, so the next step is that the American team will inevitably use foul tactics.
However, the U.S. team still wanted to make tackles, and they adopted a full-court tight defense.
Rose stopped in front of Zhang Guan, hoping to stop him from receiving the ball, but Zhang Guan made several consecutive emergency stops to change direction, easily shook off Rose, ran out of the open space, and then successfully received the serve.
Rose saw Zhang Guan get the ball and knew that the full-court pressing was no longer useful, so he chose to foul Zhang Guan without hesitation, and then sent Zhang Guan to the free throw line.
At the critical time, Zhang Guan did not relent, scored two free throws, and the score became, and the American team was still three points behind.
With 21 seconds left before the end of the race, Šašewskiy finally called a timeout.
21 seconds is enough time for the U.S. team to play a tactical match. If it was in the NBA, there might be a coach who would try his luck with a two-point shot first, but in the World Championships, there was only one overtime timeout, and there was no frontcourt serve after the timeout, so Shashewski decided to arrange a final attack.
Now, only a three-pointer can save the U.S. team, and if a three-pointer is scored, the game will go into the sixth overtime, and the U.S. team still has a chance, but if it doesn't, the U.S. team will only be relegated to second place.
"Missing Billups and Odom, missing two first-three points, Ross and Westbrook's three-point shots are unreliable, and the Chinese team will also defend three-pointers in a targeted manner, now, you can only gamble!" Thinking of this, Šašewski turned to look at Stephen Curry, who was standing on the outermost side.
"Stephen, you'll take the last shot!" Shashewski spoke.
"Me?" Curry was stunned, in this game, he didn't even get 1 minute of playing time, and he was not even as good as Guo Dashao at the end of the Chinese team's bench. And now, the American team has reached the most critical moment of life and death, and Shashefsky actually chose Curry!
Compared with other teammates, Curry has only played in the NBA for one year and is a pink newcomer to the Dream Nine team. However, in his rookie season, he made a total of 384 three-pointers and hit 168 of them, with a three-point shooting rate of 43.7%, which is also the highest three-point shooting percentage in the Dream Nine team.
I only heard Shashewski say: "This ball, the Chinese team will definitely focus on defensive three-point, they will defend Andre (Iguodala), Danny (Granger), Kevin (Lefou), Eric (Gordon), but the Chinese team will never think that the last attack will be completed by a person who has not got a chance to play in the whole game!" If you appear on the court, you will definitely not be vigilant by the Chinese team, they will definitely despise you, and even relax their marking of you, and this is exactly our chance to turn the tables! (To be continued.) Your support is my biggest motivation. ):44:36