Chapter 173: The Final Counterattack! (3rd Update)
"Tick!" The Pelicans called a timeout again, whether it was because the Kings had closed the score to just nine points, or because the Kings were too aggressive at this time, the Pelicans had to call this timeout.
On the sidelines, Monty Williams' face was full of iron at this time, and the team's performance really made him too angry, with a 37-point lead, 11 minutes, but now he was chased to only 9 points, and the 28-point advantage had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Damn, what the hell are you doing on the field, sleepwalking? Three people can't grab one of the other party, and they actually let them grab the rebound in the front court? ”
Roaring at the three players who were grabbing rebounds on the court just now, Wilcumes immediately pointed the finger at Holiday and said, "And you, why did you let the other party run to such a big vacancy?" Do you need me to come on the field and help you defend! ”
"28 points! Do you know how many points you've lost in the last 11 minutes, 28! The old lady next door to my house is doing a better job of defending than you! ”
"Take a good look behind you, the home fans are being disappointed with your performance. 37 points, after having a 37-point advantage, you bastards actually let the game regain suspense after the start of the fourth quarter! ”
Monty Williams scolded wildly, and after making sure that all the Pelicans players had fully woken up by this time, he began to slow down, he knew that now the Pelicans players had been disrupted by the King's aggressive offense, so it was useless to blindly scold.
'Now we have to do it not panic, we are still ahead, but we need to play as if we were not leading by one point, Anthony, Eric, play ......"
It was a 60-second timeout, and after a lot of yelling, Williams set out to stabilize the team, putting all five starters on the court and resetting his tactics.
As for the Kings, they didn't make too many adjustments, first, Adelman wanted the main players to continue to rest and cope with the final moments of the game, and second, after the start of the fourth quarter, this lineup directly chased 5 points, and he didn't need to adjust.
Just as the match between the two sides started again, this match that looked extremely dramatic began to attract more and more fans' attention.
"Hurry up, turn on the computer!" In a university dormitory in China, a boy wearing Li Tian's jersey shouted after rushing into the dormitory.
"What are you doing?"
"Watch the King's game." While answering his roommate, the boy turned on the computer.
"Damn, I thought it was a big deal, I lost 30 points in the first half, and I still look at a fart!"
"What do you know, I watched the text live just now, and it was just a minute into the fourth quarter, and the king was already chasing only 9 points, it looks like there's a play!"
"It's really fake, come to me, my computer is on."
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This is happening in many parts of China, and of course, among Kings fans in other regions.
The Kings trailed by 37 points, but it only took one quarter to chase down by just nine points, and the news quickly spread among Kings fans.
The Kings fans who had left the screen because of the poor performance of the Kings in the first half sat back in front of the screen one after another, and those fans who didn't know what had happened before also asked their companions.
"Wasn't it 30 points down in the first half? In the third quarter, the Kings were stretched to a 37-point deficit? How did you chase it back. ”
"The 37:9 scoring climax, the whole team of the Kings is exploding, it won't really be a big reversal."
"Let's take a look at what the biggest comeback in the NBA is...... 36 points, on November 27, 1996, the Jazz reversed the Nuggets after trailing by 36 points, the largest point margin reversal in NBA history, I damn it, if the Kings reversed this game, this would be a record! ”
"I think there is definitely a play, you don't know, the three-point rain that the king just now...... I'm sure the pelicans are blinded! ”
The more we discussed, the more excited the Kings fans became, especially those who had just been watching the live video, talking to their friends about what had happened on the court in the past few years.
And those Kings fans who didn't watch the game were also full of anticipation after knowing these things, and they finally knew that when they were 37 points behind, the Kings fought to catch up and open up on the outside, and they still had the upper hand on the court at this time.
While the fans on the sidelines were having heated discussions, on the field, the game restarted.
Monty Williams' arrangement finally paid off, and after coming to the court, Anthony Davis and Anderson played two inside games, and Anderson made a layup inside, so that the difference between the two teams returned to 11 points.
However, the frenzied Kings also completed the attack again, this time with McClymer, who broke through after receiving Iguodala's ball and then hit a mid-range pullup jumper.
The Pelicans still haven't been able to limit the Kings' offense well, but the only thing that made the fans at the scene secretly relieved was that the Pelicans' own offense finally picked up. Davis and Anderson used their height advantage to either attack directly on the interior or make fouls, which finally helped the Pelicans stabilize the situation.
And with the return of the two big men, their protection on the interior is also better, and it becomes difficult for the Kings players to break in and score the ball, because the Pelicans' outside players are not involved in the interior defense and supplementation at all.
After seeing this, Adelman also quickly made adjustments, sending Cousins and Thompson to replace Middleton and Robinson, who had been on the court for a long time.
The court has become a contest between the insiders, and the scene has become stalemate, and such a situation is really rare for this game, because whether it is the king being suppressed by the pelicans in the first half and not fighting back, or the king's counterattack in the second half, there is always a team that has the absolute upper hand on the court.
After the game reached a stalemate, Adelman then brought Evans on the field, and of the starting five, only the less physical Li Tian rested off the court, waiting to come on in the final moments to add to the team's comeback.
And this situation is undoubtedly very anxious for the fans, although the game is lively at this time, but it is not the situation that the fans of both sides want to see. Pelican fans hope that the team can once again suppress the Kings to reopen the score and truly seal the victory, while the Kings fans hope that the team they support will continue the previous scoring momentum and overtake the score in one fell swoop.
However, it is clear that the fans of both sides cannot change the situation on the field, because the game still depends on the players on the field.
"Tick!" Seven minutes into the fourth quarter, Adelman called a timeout after the Kings defended an attack from the Pelicans.
At 88:95, although the king did not play a scoring climax, he still narrowed the gap slightly, and the difference between the two teams was only 7 points.
After the timeout, fans on both sides immediately noticed the King's adjustment, Thompson and Terry were replaced, and Li Tian and Middleton returned to the court.
"This is the lineup where the Kings played a scoring climax in the third quarter, and the Kings are going to make the final counterattack!" After seeing such an adjustment of the king, the king fans in front of the screen suddenly became excited.
“De-fence!” “De-fence!”
The Pelicans fans also seemed to feel threatened, shouting defensive slogans all over the court, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, as if the whole air was filled with tension!
(PS: I send it to the third more, but ...... It doesn't seem to have reached the 10,000-word update I said yesterday, so there will be a ...... tonight Fourth Update! )