158 Rookies who can stand up at critical moments
Score: 68-64.
End of the third quarter!
In the first three quarters, Zhang Chen played a total of 19 minutes, shot 6 of 10, and scored a total of 16 points and 1 rebound, which is quite decent for Zhang Chen. Today, as usual, there are some experts who came to observe the results, and they are responsible for putting forward some evaluations about Zhang Chen, and providing written evidence for the selection of some awards.
"Hey, Jos, the third quarter is over, and the Suns are four points behind. It's a great game! A tall-looking guy in a black suit said to a man in his forties next to him.
The Jos nodded in agreement: "Yes, it was a very anxious game, we saw the effort of the players on both sides, they all desperately wanted to win, they can do a lot to win. So, it's a great game. "Joss is funny when he speaks, and he doesn't look like a reviewer but more like a narrator.
"Our main purpose today is to evaluate the Suns number six, and I think we should shift some of the conversation to him...... Let's put it this way, I think the number six is doing very well, he can control the tempo of the game, he can score some clever goals every once in a while, he is always as unpredictable as a loach. I think that's why a lot of teams have a lot of headaches for him but can't find a way to restrain him, his shooting is incredible! ”
"yes, I doubt he's even able to hit every goal with ease, even when he's upside down, he's shooting really good, one of the best I've ever seen...... With the help of this kind of shooting, he has more options after breaking through. ”
"Coincidentally, that's what I do!"
After the two reviewers said a few things, they couldn't help but put their discussion on the rookie selection.
Jos: "There's no doubt it's going to be a good fight, and I think Six should be able to find the chips that will silence those who are against him, and he will be able to shut them up with his own offense...... It's so easy for him! We don't even have to judge too much, because everybody has long eyes, and we know what he's done. ”
"I kind of disagree with you, in fact I've seen Kevin play, he's a very passionate player, he's always able to do things that people can't imagine, he's got the ability to put every basketball in the basket, he's always able to do miracles! There's still one final quarter in the Suns and Jazz game, and I think we need to wait until they're over before we really talk about the number six! ”
"Maybe it would be a better decision." The man in the black suit shrugged, then spread his hands in agreement.
-- The fourth quarter of the game has begun!
Zhang Chen is still sitting on the sidelines to rest, and he needs more time to maintain his physical strength, so that he can continue his performance and physical adaptation on the basketball court at all times.
The game between the Suns and the Jazz is still very anxious, and the players on both sides are fighting hard, but the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll system is getting stronger and stronger, and they use blocking tactics to impact the Suns' basket again and again.
Although the Suns' offensive efficiency is not too low, they have begun to fall behind in points under the opponent's strong defense and pick-and-roll attacks. Four minutes into the third quarter, the score was 76-70 and the Suns trailed by six points.
If the Suns don't make adjustments in time, then they will really hang in the air in this game.
D'Antoni took the player off the court after a timeout, pointed to the tactical board and began to explain his tactics, while also making some verbal encouragement, and now the Suns have reached a critical moment. If they continue to be tepid like this, unable to catch up with the score, and not allowing the other side to stretch the score too far, then the Suns will definitely fall under the Jazz.
The atmosphere on the Jazz side is more jubilant, and every player walks off the court has to high-five their teammates to celebrate, you must know that the Jazz are now six points ahead of their opponents, and it seems that the Suns are always unable to get their score closer.
Sloan spread out his tactics board and said, "Guys, you guys just did a great job, you stopped your opponent's attack with your offense, and I guess they're getting a little angry right now." So we need to work harder in the next games, we can't let the opponent overtake us in the score, we have to use offense and defense to take out the Suns! ”
Both teams re-entered the basketball court with the idea of killing each other, and their eyes were now murderous, and they wished that they could completely finish off their opponents in a matter of minutes.
The Suns are still trailing by six points with seven minutes and 48 seconds left on the game clock.
"Hey, Chen! You have to play to your scoring prowess, and now the team needs your scores, try to make it impossible for the opponent to grasp your score! D'Antoni whispered next to Zhang Chen's ear.
Zhang Chen naturally nodded his head one by one, and then stepped into the basketball court with everyone.
The first ball was the ball of the Suns, seeing Zhang Chen return to the court, I don't know why, Nash suddenly felt more confident in his heart, he slowly controlled the ball through the half court, and then commanded everyone to settle down with his hands.
When there are six points left in the score gap, there is no doubt that the three-point shot is crucial, and if it can be perfectly controlled, it will definitely be a devastating blow to the opponent.
Nash searched the crowd and soon found Zhang Chendi's figure. Zhang Chen is now facing off again with Brewer, and both of them want to blow each other up.
"Hey, Jos, the Suns are back on the court at No. 6 and we have more opportunities to see how they play...... The Suns are still a couple of points behind right now, and I think it's crucial for a player to scout at a critical time like this. ”
'I think so too, this kind of key moment is often the most vivid and reasonable consideration for a player.
After the two of them said this, they began to look at the situation on the field with their eyes.
In the audience next to the basketball court, Sean was also having a more in-depth discussion with the old man next to him: "It's definitely a good idea to let Chen play at this time, I think Chen should be able to accomplish some things that we dare not imagine." ”
The old man nodded, and everyone's eyes shifted back to the not-so-large field.
On the basketball court, the players on both sides were re-rattling, Zhang Chen was also stuck by Brewer, this time he finally failed to run out of his seat, the basketball was picked up by Marion on the inside, and then, he made a layup, the basketball deviated from the basket, and was grabbed into the arms of Boozer, who had been waiting for a long time.
Failure on the offensive end! The Suns were in an awkward position in an instant, and if the Jazz were to fight back now, the Suns might have to fall on this one ball. Marion is also regretful now, and he also showed his 100% defense against the Jazz.
The Suns' hands can't be considered bad under the full effort, but under the opponent's sharp blocking and dismantling cooperation, they are still vulnerable, and the Suns have no choice but to achieve another offense under the opponent's blocking and dismantling cooperation.
"Oops!" D'Antoni secretly thought in his heart, he didn't expect the Suns to return to the court to catch the opponent off guard, so that their chances of winning will be less and less, and now there are only 7 minutes and 20 seconds left.
With the Suns back in possession, Nash was more careful this time, and if they made a mistake at a critical moment, they could quickly give the opponent a head start.
"Pull away!" Nash made a gesture to pull away, and the Jazz team didn't dare to be careless at the moment, and they all shared their attention with Nash, since Nash wanted the opponent to pull away, the biggest possibility was that he had to go it alone to provide survival space for the team.
However, having said that, they also had to move outside with the Suns' own defensive players, because almost all of the people on the Suns' basketball court now have relatively strong shooting ability, and if they accidentally let Nash swing together, the opponent can immediately shoot and score without any scruples.
So, one by one, the Jazz players also pulled some distance to the outside.
Nash took advantage of this little time to get rid of DeLong's defense, and the speed and firepower were turned to the maximum, and he rushed into the interior under the cover of his teammates.
"Not good!" Zhang Chen saw the flaw in Nash's ball, his current speed is not able to completely dodge all the defenders, and his forward path may just allow the opponent's power forward Bill Sapp to make a correct response, and when the time comes, with Nash's physical fitness, this ball will have to be lost.
However, this goal is crucial for the Suns, and if they can't score again, then they will miss out on the opportunity and the score gap will be in double digits. There were only six minutes left and the score was still more than 10 points away, so it would be quite difficult not to lose.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen didn't dare to stay any longer, but instantly opened fire, bypassed Bell, and rushed in an arc towards the inner line.
Zhang Chen's running is vigorous, the opponent is now pulling away again, and he has to take care of his own defenders, and no one can stop his forward path for a while. As for Brewer, Zhang Chen had just let his opponent fall into his own running trap the moment he bypassed Bale, and he couldn't catch up for a while.
In such a situation, Nash from the right side of the basket, Zhang Chen from the left side of the basket, the two of them, one left and one right, went hand in hand in the direction of the basket.
Nash really ran into the kind of trouble that Zhang Chen expected, Millsap blocked him in front of him and put him in a dilemma, and now Nash is difficult to shoot and layup, but the arrow has to be sent, Nash still soared into the air and threw his body high into the air.
However, even though his body was already in the air, Nash still didn't find any chance to make a move, and it wasn't until the moment his body began to fall in the parabola process that he saw Zhang Chen running down from the other side of the basket out of the corner of his eye, and no one noticed him now.
"Good chance!" Nash was secretly happy and tossed the basketball high in the direction of the left side of the basket.
That's what a top point guard is capable of, and even though he's unsteady in the air right now, he's still able to get the ball to the target with precision.
Zhang Chen also saw the basketball flying towards him as he wished, and after a loud roar, his body had already risen into the air, grabbed the basketball with both hands in mid-air, and flew towards the basket not far away.
"Bang!"
The basket was buzzing and trembling as it drove the rack, and the basket seemed to be unable to stand the pressure and let out a long hiss.
"It's dangerous~~"
Zhang Chen secretly screamed a fluke, just now, the ball on the opposite side, Buzeer had already seen the flight path of his body, if Boozer arrived in time at this time, even if it was just to let his body fly up and make a show, Zhang Chen would probably have to be rushed back again.
This is the lack of physical fitness, James can use his strong impact to go straight into the inside, open and close, and there is no one under him. But he can only do his best, try his best to find the empty space, and then carefully avoid all possible interference, because that could be the end of his own ball and even his career.
Fortunately, his physical fitness has been improving day by day recently, and the team's trainer Aaron has been admiring Zhang Chen's rapid improvement in physical fitness, and under such progress, Zhang Chen does not need too much time to have a strong body.
"Smack!" Nash came up and gave Zhang Chen a fierce chest bump salute, and the chests of the two people made a strong crashing sound in the air. In fact, Nash is also secretly calling it a fluke now, if Zhang Chen hadn't followed him just now, he might have to waste a more important offensive opportunity like this. If that happens, the Suns' situation will be even worse.
Nash and Zhang Chen's aerial relay cooperation made the score gap between the two sides become 6 points, and now the score between the two sides is 78:72 "Cheer up~~ Defend this one!" Nash began to greet his teammates, and Zhang Chen also stared at Brewer opposite.
With only 7 minutes and 5 seconds left, the Suns must be completely focused.
However, although Zhang Chen had used his best defense, he still couldn't stop the attack of the guy in front of him, Brewer used his gorgeous ball control skills, and finally stepped past Zhang Chen's defense, quickly came to the free throw line, and then made a quick stop jump shot.
At 80:72, the Suns trailed by eight points.
Zhang Chen hurriedly raised his hand to signal that the ball was his own leakage, but no one came to accuse him, on the one hand, Zhang Chen's defense was not very good, everyone knew it. On the other hand, it's a crucial moment in the game, and no one has time to pay attention.
With 6 minutes and 46 seconds left, the Suns have the right to the Earth.
Zhang Chen was also taken care of, and his run just now instantly regained the morale of the Suns, especially the spectators on the side of the basketball court cheered at the moment, as if they had won the game.
The influence of Zhang Chen and Nash's air relay cooperation can be seen.
The three-point and dunk at the critical moment are quite able to arouse the morale of the players on both sides, and now the people of the two teams are facing each other again, and Zhang Chen is even more dead.
Nash saw that the Jazz shifted a large part of their attention to Zhang Chendi, and finally seized on a defensive hole in the opponent's other players and passed the basketball to Bell on the outside.
Bell makes a jumper and hits. Unfortunately, his right leg accidentally stepped on the three-point line at the last moment.
At 90:74, the Suns still trailed by six points.
The crowd cheered even hotter, and everyone went out of their way to cheer for the Suns.
However, the score is still a sharp sword on the Suns' head, although it has not been tried yet, but it can already make people feel the cold and piercing of the hair-blowing and broken hair above. People are always worried that the sharp sword will one day come down until it cuts people all over and shatters them.
From 6 minutes 21 Bell hit a jumper to 2:33 back, the Suns couldn't get close to the score even though they had used all their strength. Zhang Chen made a mid-range shot during this time, which didn't help the Suns much.
Now the score gap between the two sides is still just the right six, and now it's the Jazz Earth right.
There are still two minutes and thirty-three seconds left in the clock, and even a few spectators have already left the game early, because in their minds, the Suns really can't overtake the score, and the Jazz have pressed the score too hard, so that the Suns don't have the slightest respite.
Now the basketball is in the hands of the Jazz inside, and the clock has 2 minutes and 18 seconds left.
Boozer and Smalls began a primitive battle on the inside, and the two men were battling it out with their muscles and their solid basket skills. Whether or not to score is crucial for the Suns.
If the ball goes in, the score becomes eight points again, and their hopes today are less and less, and if they don't score, they grab the rebound, and the Suns will have a chance to overtake.
Boozer finally shook Xiao Si away, and then faced the basket not far away with a blank face, and gently flicked the basketball out.
"Rub~~" Uncle Ma was more powerful at the critical moment, he jumped up to make up for the defense, although he couldn't change the ball, but he rubbed it lightly at the bottom of the basketball. There was an immediate subtle relationship between the basketball and the basket, and the basketball bounced off the basket and flew out again.
"Rebound!" Uncle Ma yelled at his teammates the moment he interfered with the opponent's shot. Then his body also fell from the sky, staring closely at the orange-red basketball.
Marion, Smalls, Millsap, and Boozer have expressed a strong intellectual curiosity about the ultimate destination of basketball. But Smalls had already heard Marion's yell, and now he just grabbed the rebound, and without looking back, he threw it to Nash accurately. After so many years, the tacit understanding between the two is quite sufficient.
After seeing the four big insiders grabbing rebounds and staggering some attention, Brewer turned his head and found that Zhang Chen had not been found for the time being, and suddenly he secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. Looking back, sure enough, Zhang Chen's No. 6 back had already jumped towards his own half.
When Nash received the ball, he saw Zhang Chen who was running towards the opponent's half, and he immediately threw the basketball to Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen received the pass, and his speed immediately slowed down a little, but although he was a little stagnant at this time, it was impossible for him to be caught up by the opponent's people so quickly, so after he dribbled two steps, there was already an open basket in front of him.
(To be continued)