Chapter Eighty-Six: Wang Zhuo's Psychological Warfare
"Ball or fight? If you want to fight and rush at me, I'll accompany you at any time! ”
When the referee's whistle blew, Anthony hurried over to inquire about the situation, Porzingis clutched his arm, the expression on his face was full of pain, Anthony was furious, pushed Valanciunas away, and yelled at him in anger. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Valanciunas did not mean it, but he also took it, raised his arms high, and retreated to a meter away from Antony, neither returning his mouth nor resisting.
About 3 minutes passed before Porzingis, supported by his teammates, slowly got up and limped back to the bench, apparently falling hard.
The referee watched the footage carefully and decided that Valanciunas was unintentional and unanimously ruled that it was a common foul, with Porzingis awarded two free throws.
"Are you blind? Is it possible to blow a malicious foul only after beating someone down! ”
Anthony's anger has not subsided, and when he heard the referee's decision, he added fuel to the fire, and yelled directly at the referee, he even regretted stopping Afflalo, if Afflaro pushed DeRozan a few times just now as a warning, the Raptors players would not be so arrogant.
The referee unceremoniously blew a "T", Anthony doesn't care, a fine of tens of thousands of dollars is not a problem for him at all, as the boss of the team, he should have the demeanor of the boss, and he can't let the opponent bully his teammates and stand by.
"Kristaps, is there a problem?"
Wang Zhuo ignored Anthony, let him put pressure on the referee, put a hand on Porzingis's shoulder, and asked.
The game is played to the level of hand-to-hand combat, the referee will become a key factor on the court, the Knicks are playing away, and they must put pressure on the referee to force the referee to balance the penalty scale, Anthony risked eating a technical foul and yelled at the referee, Wang Zhuo was privately supportive.
"It's okay, it's no big deal!"
Porzingis rubbed his injured shoulder on the other side, pursed his lips, and replied in a firm tone.
Wang Zhuo nodded, thinking about something in his heart, the game continued, Porzingis went to the free throw line, hit the first free throw, missed the second free throw, and obviously the side fall affected the feeling of the free throw.
However, Lopez pressed Valanciunas and Patterson to grab the offensive rebound, and Wang Zhuo made a gesture to the referee in advance, signaling a long timeout and rearranging the tactics.
Wang Zhuo replaced O'Quinn and Grant to replace Calderon and Porzingis, however, Wang Zhuo still prefers Porzingis to return to the court and play the return of the king, which is very helpful to enhance the momentum of the Knicks and fight the Raptors, of course, provided that Porzingis is injured and does not affect the state of the game.
After Porzingis got off the court, he went directly back to the locker room, casting a shadow on the hearts of Knicks fans who sat in front of the screen and watching the game, and his palms were also sweating for him.
Just now Anthony ate the "T", DeRozan hit a technical free throw, the score on the court was tied 5-5, the timeout was over, the Knicks served in the backcourt, Grant received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, Lowry stepped forward to mark, Grant dribbled and changed direction, threw off Lowry in one step, and went directly into the restricted area, holding the ball hard, Valanciunas symbolically raised his arm and watched Grant send the ball to the basket.
"Jonas, what are you doing, defending!"
Casey was very dissatisfied with Valanciunas's defense, put his hands to his mouth, and yelled at Valanciunas.
Valanciunas was affected by the foul just now, and his psychology was a little unbalanced, Wang Zhuo grabbed his psychology, replaced Grant, and resolutely impacted the Raptors' interior, and sure enough, Valanciunas had some scruples, and the defensive end became cringe.
Looking back, the Raptors made a mistake on the offensive end, Lowry's pass was cut off by O'Quinn, Anthony dribbled fast, played a block and split with O'Quinn on the left side, and once again held the ball and burst into the interior, Valanciunas seemed to be woken up by Casey, and hurriedly stepped forward to make up for the defense, but he made a mistake in the busy, and when he raised his arms to block Anthony, his footsteps were still moving, and he seemed a little unstable.
Anthony crashed into Valanciunas's body, and both of them fell to the ground, Anthony relied on his individual ability, before falling to the ground, he threw the ball in the air, the ball smashed in the middle of the rebound, and bounced into the basket.
"Beep!"
The referee signaled that the goal was valid, blocked the foul, and there was a chance to add a penalty.
Boos erupted around the arena, and many fans shouted "offensive fouls", Casey covered his head, completely unable to imagine what was happening, of course, the penalty has been decided, and it is impossible to change the sentence.
Wang Zhuo put his hands under his armpits and stood on the sidelines, a treacherous smile flashed on his cheeks, he not only guessed Valanciunas's psychology correctly, but also successfully used Anthony to put pressure on the referee to force the referee to change the penalty scale on the field.
In fact, the ball can be judged as an offensive foul or as a defensive foul, Valanciunas is in a reasonable collision zone, his body has stood up straight, his feet together and Anthony jumped almost at the same time, such an ambiguous situation, no matter how the referee decides, is very controversial.
Valanciunas has a history of injuring Porzingis, and the referee's whistle will be slightly biased towards the Knicks when awarding a penalty, which is in line with people's normal thinking, so Wang Zhuo dared to throw out psychological tactics to try to change the initiative on the court.
Anthony stood at the free throw line and hit a solid shot, and the Knicks played two waves of offense, and the score became 10-5, and the difference was stretched to 5 points.
Casey called a timeout, replaced Valanciunas, and sent Biyombo, Valanciunas was affected by psychological factors and would only play a negative role on the court, in Wang Zhuo's view, Casey's on-the-spot adaptability was not as bad as rumored by the outside world.
Biyombo played a role when he first came on the court, stuck with O'Quinn and hit a one-handed layup when DeRozan missed from mid-range.
"What a tricky guy!"
Wang Zhuo stood on the sidelines and sighed secretly.
If it weren't for Wang Zhuo's strange moves, sacrificing a five-small lineup, and turning Biyombo's advantage into a disadvantage, I'm afraid the big score would have been 3 to 1.
Wang Zhuo knew in his heart that he couldn't repeat the old tricks, after the lessons of the last game, Casey must be on guard against the five-small lineup, and he can't take risks for the time being, and look at the trend on the field before making a decision.
The Knicks launched an offense, with Biyombo guarding the interior, and breaking through was no longer a good option, so he could only try to shoot more and find the touch of the outside.
In the offense, Afflalo ran back on the right side, got an open shot opportunity near the 30-degree angle, pulled up directly, and the three-point arrow pierced the cloud and hit the heart, and the Knicks continued to increase the score.
The Raptors relied on Biyombo's interior support, and the offensive end was also wide open and closed, biting the score tightly, the Knicks felt good on the outside, the two sides went back and forth, and played until the end of the half, and the score did not pull away further, 56-52, and the Knicks temporarily led by 4 points.