Chapter 257: Missed
'Brush! With Dundee Jones' shot, the score was tied on both sides, 97-97! The Pacers struggled to tie the score, and the game was not over at this time, and both the Hornets and the Pacers still had a chance to win.
Deng Tai Jones just played 2 + 1 This ball is very good-looking, this ball does not need to be said to know, it will definitely be selected for today's five best balls, since Zhang Kong joined the Pacers, the Pacers have had a lot of opportunities to enter the five best ball performances out of thin air, the air relay on the inside, and the buk-shot three-point shooting on the outside, all of which have made the Pacers' offense evolve to the extreme.
Looking at the situation on the court, Jeff Ball had to call a timeout with a gloomy face, and now both sides have fought to the bottom of the white.
Now it's not about technique to attack, it's more about awareness, as long as you don't admit defeat, anyone has a chance.
However, Jim O'Brien did not dare to make substitutions, and now the Pacers maintain a balance of power, which makes Jim O'Brien dare not take risks, so even Murphy and Al Jefferson can only sit on the court at such a critical moment to cheer up their teammates, in all fairness, the current Pacers' lineup is still very good.
Hibbert and Milicic on the inside have an absolute height advantage, so that David West and Okafor, who have been playing well in front of the opponent, can only stay on the court in frustration, and the absolute advantage of height makes them unhappy on both the offensive and defensive ends.
can only rely on the outside Paul's tandem and offense to revitalize the entire team's offensive line, Peja relied on his own experience, hit the shot, and stabilized the current situation of the Hornets, but since the Pacers' hand has recovered somewhat, it is not so easy to contain their offense, the Hornets still follow the previous defensive strategy, and put the focus of defense on Zhang Kong's body, as long as Zhang Kong is cut off from the contact with others, it is not so easy for the Pacers to live, Of course, for Zhang Kong's defense, he can only relax at this time and face a player like Zhang Kong.
If you defend against his offense, you will not be able to stop him from playing in series, but if you want to defend his passing, you will inevitably let him go.
And Jeff Ball has already tried, Zhang Kong's personal scoring ability is not better than expected, but it is not so good that even the Hornets are afraid, so Jeff Ball waved his hand, and the Hornets still maintained their previous defensive momentum.
The game entered a stalemate, the Hornets and the Pacers continued to alternate scores, and the score continued to be tied at 2 points, and 2 points were tied back and forth, and at this time Zhang Kong had scored as many as 32 points, which is rare.
With only one minute and 21 seconds left in the game, the Hornets used another timeout, and Jeff Ball wanted to take out the Pacers, but the Pacers still used their tenacity to bite the Hornets firmly on his tail and didn't let him escape at all.
It looks like the Hornets will have a hard time stopping the Pacers from remaining in a stalemate in the final moments.
This is the second time in Zhang Kong's career that he has scored more than 30! The last time was in November, but this time Zhang Kong is obviously stronger than the current one! Looking at Zhang Kong on the field, on the court stage, Director Zhang had already cheered.
As Director Zhang's words have not fallen, countless Chinese fans have also celebrated, although they vaguely feel that Zhang Kong's 30+ is not a good thing now, because it will be said to be the team's poison, but all Chinese viewers are willing to see Zhang Kong's appearance when he turns the tide, the game officially entered the last minute, the Pacers are 102-100 behind the Hornets by two points, the Pacers' possession, now they are not without a chance to win this game, as long as they do a good job defensively, Then maintain the attacking efficiency for the last period of time, as long as they score the ball, they still have a chance.
Zhang dribbled the ball to face Marcus Thorton, Thorton is a rookie and hasn't played too many games yet, but the rookie has a benefit, it is very obedient, and now it has entered the final stage of the game, Jeff Ball has finally adjusted his defensive strategy, and now all the Hornets need to do is to deliberately slow down the pace and then play the success rate! The pace is of course the faster the Hornets pass, the happier they are, because they are still leading the way.
There is a very noticeable height difference between Paul and Zhang Kong, so Marcus Thorton is on top of the defensive position.
However, a rookie wants to defend against Zhang Kong, which is simply an impossible task, Zhang Kong dribbled the ball with a simple step, and then directly broke through Thorton's defense, rushed directly to the basket, leaned on Okafor, and gently threw the basketball into the basket.
Suoton's strength is not as good as Zhang Kong, his speed is not as good as Zhang Kong, and even his experience is not as good as Zhang Kong, so how can he prevent it?
However, a rookie like Thorton has an advantage, that is, he admits death, since the coach asked him to defend Zhang Kong, then he will not be polite to Zhang Kong, although the ball hit, but the Pacers also consumed as much as 21 seconds of time.
Although the score was tied, the remaining time was only enough for the Pacers to attack again.
The next Hornets offense will determine whether the Pacers' final offense is a three-pointer, a two-pointer, or an overtime.
The Hornets were under Paul's control, and when eight seconds just arrived, he dribbled the ball past the halfcourt, and then slowly pressed towards the Pacers' half, and after the same twenty seconds, Paul faked a real pass, hoisted the ball from the top of Zhang Kong's head into the inside, and handed it to David West, David West, who has scored 22 points today, is the most scorer on the Hornets' side.
At this point, David West held the ball to face the big worm Milicic, shook his shoulders slightly, and then prepared to burst into the interior to make a layup.
At this time, Milicic had the disadvantage of not playing for too long for many years, and his physical strength was insufficient! He just stumbled under his feet, and let West break through like this, looking at David West who rushed into the inside, Hibbert shouted and pounced directly.
But West didn't go straight to the basket as Hibbert thought, but turned the ball in his hand and handed it back to the outside, at this time there were only 3 seconds left before the offensive time, Paul didn't touch the ball at all after receiving the ball, and directly threw the ball to the left 45-degree angle, where I don't know when a player has appeared, Peja! What about Granger?
When Zhang Kong started looking for Granger, Granger also regretted it, because after he saw West break through Milicic, he wanted to go inside to make up for it, and the ball had already turned to this position as soon as he left his own defense.
Although Granger desperately wanted to block the opponent, Peja's steadiness as the former three-point king still played out at this moment, looking at the basket in front of him, Peja jumped high and threw the basketball out of his hand...... At the moment when the red light sounded, the basketball smashed right on the neck of the basket, which was not a 24-second violation, and the basketball that smashed on the belly of the basket did not fall out as the Pacers players and fans had hoped, but bounced high and fell into the basket.
"Who's special!" Looking at the basketball in front of him, everyone couldn't help but curse, three points, at such a critical moment, Pee actually hit a three-pointer, Jim O'Brien immediately called a timeout, he needed this timeout to arrange tactics.
With only 13 seconds left in the game, it was arguably the Pacers' last shot, as they had no timeouts to use, and as the electronic bell rang, the thirty-second timeout was over and the Pacers were back on the court.
Now the two-point shot doesn't make sense for the Pacers, now they only need three points, and the three-point shot can play overtime.
If you don't score three points, then there is no point in continuing the game! This time Jim O'Brien changed all the three-point shooters to the court, Murphy, Granger, Dunleavy, Zhang Kong, Watson, the players on the court all have a good three-point hand! And Jim O'Brien put the final responsibility on Zhang Kong's shoulders, there is no way that others feel really bad today, under the referee's whistle, Mo Mo received the referee's ball, and the ball was high up for the first time.
The position he is targeting is Zhang Kong, and now it is Paul who is guarding Zhang Kong, and Thorton can't keep up with Zhang Kong at all, so there is no way.
And Paul has a fatal weakness with Zhang Kong, that is, he is too short, Zhang Kong jumped high and took the basketball off Paul's head, but as soon as he took it off, he felt a strong wind blowing under his hands...... "Paul's kill!" These five big words flashed in Zhang Kong's mind, and he didn't calculate that Paul would use nirvana at this time, and the only thing Zhang Kong could do now was to hold the ball with his greatest strength.
Sure enough, when Zhang Kong landed, Paul's big hand also patted over, but the force of Zhang Kong's grip on the ball was too great.
Although Paul slapped the ball from Zhang Kong's hand, it did not fly away as he hoped, but fell directly to the side, although Zhang Kong was photographed by Paul, but his reaction was always on the basketball.
The first time he bent down to pick the ball back up, and just wanted to shoot, only to find that Marcus Thorton was already standing in front of him.
And Paul behind him formed a bag clip for himself at the first time, and time passed minute by minute, Zhang Kong's side wanted to break through the two bag clips without starting speed, which was almost an impossible task, even if Kobe Bryant used a must-kill.
"Pass the ball!" Watching the time pass slowly, Zhang Kong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had to pass the ball at such a critical moment, and the basketball big Thorton and Paul passed out in the encirclement, and the person who received the ball was none other than Earl Watson.
Watson was stunned after receiving the ball, because he was a guy who attracted firepower on the court, and he didn't arrange for him to shoot just now.
The plan didn't change quickly, and there was no room for Watson to hesitate there at this time, and before the red light came on, Walter threw the ball high above the three-point line...... 'Bang!' The basketball smashed on the neck of the basket, and the last player hit Peja here!
And this time, Watson's luck was clearly not as good as Peja's...... The basketball slowly fell out of the frame......
(To be continued)