Chapter 131: The Fourth Quarter of the Game
Gasol's intention to take the initiative to give way is very obvious, Wang Meng is not a fool, and he can naturally understand Gasol's meaning.
Wang Meng naturally knows that if Gasol wants to be the boss of the Hornets, with his personal influence, it will be very easy. But he seemed to give up the entire position to himself, and for a while Wang Meng was a little confused.
Gasol didn't say much, patted Wang Meng's shoulder, and temporarily ended the topic.
In the locker room, Monty, who already knows how to play in the future, no longer has to think about this headache, and Monty can only rely on the personal performance of Wang Meng and Gasol to solve this game, so he simply assigned the task of the second half.
"Wang Meng, Gasol, you two try your best to grab points, the other players all run around these two people, block and dismantle, if there is a vacancy, you can shoot, and when there is no good opportunity, just hand it over to the two of them in singles." Monty looked at the tactical board and arranged. This is also a helpless way, they are now facing the strongest defensive team in the league, if it is a team such as the Suns and the Warriors, they may be able to temporarily arrange some other tactics to play, but in the face of the Bulls' strong defense, even if they force some less skilled tactics, the effect may be worse.
Wang Meng and Gasol naturally have no objections to such an order, and the other Hornets players dare not say anything even if they have ideas, none of them can speak in front of the coach, even the biggest Okafor.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Wang Meng and Gasol both played at the beginning.
"Wang Meng, I thought of a good way." Gasol suddenly pulled Wang Meng and whispered something in his ear.
"Is that okay?" After listening to Gasol's method, Wang Meng was a little skeptical.
"Don't worry, I'll tell Okafor." Gasol smiled, "As long as you can guarantee the feel, it's fine." ”
"Then try." Wang Meng took the serve from Gasol and slowly controlled the ball through the half court.
Brewer had been waiting for Wang Meng for a long time at the halftime, and as soon as he saw Wang Meng coming, he immediately stuck to Wang Meng like a piece of rice cake, and at the same time, his two hands kept touching Wang Meng's body, it seemed that he had used his whole body to prevent Wang Meng.
This kind of tight defense made Wang Meng very uncomfortable, and he transferred the ball high to Gasol, and then immediately ran to the wing of the three-point line.
Brewer didn't follow the ball, and followed Wang Meng closely to the three-point line, wanting to completely stare Wang Meng to death.
Seeing this, Wang Meng slipped directly from the bottom line, and ran into the inside line of the bull like this.
At this time, Gasol had already begun to play back, because Boozer couldn't defend Gasol before, so he changed to Noah, who had a stronger defense, to mark Gasol one-on-one, and Boozer switched to Okafor.
Wang Meng ran behind Noah, and Brewer followed closely, "Want to get rid of my defense?" It's not that simple. ”
At this moment, a black and big black shadow blocked in front of Brewer, Brewer couldn't stop, and directly hit the black shadow, the black shadow did not move at all, Brewer took a few steps back and almost didn't fall.
"Damn it!" Brewer looked up and saw Okafor standing there smiling at him.
"Hurry up and make up for it! Wang Meng leaked! The Bulls head coach immediately jumped up.
Boozer, who defended Okafor, immediately chased the outside, but it was a little late at this time, Gasol's pass was very in place, Gasol was originally a player with a very high ball quotient, and it was also the most important part of Phil Jackson's triangle offense.
Wang Meng received a pass at the three-point line, without any hesitation, and jumped out directly.
"This ball is here!" As soon as the basketball flew out of Wang Meng's fingertips, Wang Meng had already determined.
As Wang Meng expected, the basketball hollowed into the net, increasing the number of Wang Meng's three-point shots by another one.
"Sure enough, they're good at pick-and-roll." Monty couldn't help but nod secretly when he saw this tactic they had laid out by themselves, "But it would be better if it could be paired with a small forward or scoring guard with offensive ability, like a player like the Bulls' Ruhr Deng."
Although he thinks so, Monty looks at his team's lineup and really can't think of anyone other than Wang Meng and Gasol who has trade value.
"Stare at Wang Meng! Don't let him get an open shot! Thibodeau exclaimed, how could it be that he found that his team didn't have a player who could prevent Wang Meng from scoring? The other party is just a second-year rookie, and he hasn't even participated in an elective rookie! "If you can't do it, you have to use a bag, you have to stop him from scoring."
A bag clip is a good idea, but if the opponent doesn't have the ball in his hand, does it still make sense?
Wang Meng, who had eaten the sweetness once, handed the ball directly to Belinelli this time, and took Brewer to start going around slowly. Gasol asked for the ball at a high level, and Belinelli naturally didn't dare not give face to this wasp quasi-boss and handed the ball to Gasol. This time, because they were afraid that Wang Meng would be like last time, Boozer and Brewer were extra careful, but this time Wang Meng did not catch the ball, and Gasol singled Noah, relying on his extremely long arm span, and easily sent the ball into the basket.
Thibodeau started to have a headache, the two guys took turns to fight, and the Bulls' previous defense seemed to be beaten like a sieve. But fortunately, the Hornets also can't prevent the Bulls' offense, although Wang Meng and Gasol's offensive efficiency is very high, but the scores of the two sides are still rising alternately.
"Whew!" Wang Meng sat on the bench, gasping for breath, in the Lakers, he had never attacked like this, most of the offensive pressure was on Kobe's shoulders, Wang Meng wanted to score is very easy, and now, this is not the case.
At this time, the fourth quarter of the game had just begun, but Wang Meng was exhausted, Montielu Gasol was struggling on the court alone, let Wang Meng get off the court and rest for a while, Wang Meng's physical strength after physical training was already very good, and the shutdown and the original holiday for a few months, Wang Meng was carrying out dual training in training space and reality, and the effect was naturally far beyond that of ordinary people. Now Wang Meng can say with certainty that his physical strength is no worse than James's, but it is still a little unbearable to maintain such an attack.
The Hornets' offense can be said to be to let Wang Meng or Gasol play alone, and the others are not saying that they have no offensive ability at all, but Monty will definitely not let them shoot a lot when the effect is very poor.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the score of the two sides was 74:77, and the Hornets only trailed by 3 points, which was entirely due to Wang Meng and Gasol. Wang Meng scored 38 points in the third quarter and got 4 assists at the same time, although it is not much, but it is not easy for Wang Meng, who focuses all his attention on offense, to have assists.
And Gasol has already got a double-double, 24+10, which is also a very beautiful statistic even in the whole game.
With the excellent performance of these two people, the difference between the two sides was not widened.
"The Hornets are now completely relying on the individual play of the stars." Barkley explained, "We can calculate, Wang Meng scored 38 points, Gasol scored 24 points, so that the two people together got 62 points, and the Hornets now score 74 points, which means that except for Wang Meng and Gasol, the others only scored 12 points in total, which is indescribable." But if you think about it carefully, if there is no Gasol and Wang Meng, the Hornets may have been reduced to a fish belly team similar to the Wizards, Cavaliers and other teams, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to compete with the Bulls with the strongest defense. ”
The Wizards have been at the bottom of the league all year round, and the Cavaliers have a worse record since the lack of James, and it is conceivable that if Paul pats his ass and leaves like James, the Hornets may end up even worse, because except for Paul, there is no difference between the Hornets and the Cavaliers' lineup.
It's not that the Wizards, the Cavaliers and other teams have no way to compete with strong teams like the Bulls, but that must be when the whole team feels very good, and people can't always keep feeling good.
"Wang Meng, when do you think you will be able to play?" Monty asked, looking at the game on the field.
"It's enough, it takes half a quarter before I have the strength to make the last fight." Wang Meng said.
"Half a section." Monty frowned, "Gasol also has to rest, in this case, the Hornets will not be able to resist the Bulls' attack." ”
Even so, Monty didn't have much to do.
A breakaway layup by Rose caused Gasol's fourth foul, and Monty took the opportunity to replace Gasol, who was already tired.
Rose also had 28 points and eight assists by this time, and after making those two free throws, Rose also scored 30 points.
"The stars of both sides scored very high in this game, Wang Meng now has 38 points, Rose is not to be outdone with 30 points, Gasol has 24 points, Ruhr Deng has 20 points, the scoring points are too concentrated, and the scores of others are not very good." Barkley shook his head and said: "There are only three people on the Bulls team who score double-doubles, and the Hornets are even worse, except for Wang Meng and Gasol, no one has scored double-doubles, and now that Gasol has also been played, how can yellow fans score?" ”
At this time, the Hornets attacked, Belinelli missed a three-point shot, allowing the Bulls to seize the opportunity, Rose broke fast, deceived Ariza's defensive dunk and scored, and the whole offense took only 4 seconds.
Then Ariza barely made a mid-range shot, and then Okafor was played by Boozer again, and Boozer, who received a pass from Rose, just shook Okafor off his center of gravity with ease, and Boozer scored an easy layup.
The Hornets, who lack a consistent scoring point, appear to be very decisive on every shot, and the shooting percentage is not high, while the Bulls always have a stable offensive point.
Rose and Boozer played for two minutes and then went off the court, even so, the Bulls still have two people on the court, Ruhr Deng and Noah, and the Hornets, Okafor, Ariza count?
A few minutes passed, without Wang Meng and Gasol, the Hornets only scored 8 points in a few minutes, but fortunately, Ariza defended well and did not let Lul Deng fully play, but even so, the Bulls still led the Hornets by a full ten points at 92:82.
At this time, the game was still six minutes away, just halfway through the whole quarter, Monty looked at Wang Meng and Gasol, "Play?" ”
Wang Meng and Gasol nodded at the same time.
"Whether you can win or not depends on this fight." Wang Meng stood up, moved his hands and feet, and thought secretly.
In the NBA regular season, winning or losing a game is very simple, and few people can care, but at this time the situation is different, this is the first game of Wang Meng and Gasol in the Hornets, and it also encounters a much-anticipated game like the Christmas War, no matter who will not be willing to admit defeat, let alone the highly competitive Wang Meng?
The Bulls also have this idea, as one of the strongest teams in the league, the Bulls, who had the second record in the league last season, did not lose to the Hornets in a game like the Christmas game.
Monty called a 30-second timeout and replaced all the main forces, which were actually Wang Meng and Gasol. It's the same with the Bulls, with Rose, Boozer, and others all on the court.
At this time, Wang Meng's defender has been replaced by Rose, and in the face of Wang Meng's running and blocking and dismantling style of play, Brewer, a defender who is not good at speed, is very difficult to defend, but Rose, who is extremely fast, is easier to defend.
"Hey, did you think you're going to win?" Wang Meng held the ball, faced Ross who was seriously defending, and suddenly asked.
Rose didn't raise his head, and he didn't reply, he was such a person, instead of wasting saliva, he didn't have more energy to prevent the opponent from dying.
Seeing that Ross didn't speak, Wang Meng didn't say much, and he didn't like to waste saliva.
Standing in front of the three-point line, Wang Meng jumped up violently and made a three-point shot directly, Rose was prepared, jumped high to interfere, but the basketball still obediently entered the basket, Wang Meng held the hand that shot high, and smiled.
"Wang Meng! Three-point hit! DJ immediately shouted passionately, after all, it was the home field, and the Hornets players had been attacking with pain for a long time, and they had already been weak, and now Wang Meng's ball undoubtedly wanted to give DJ a shot of stimulant, and he immediately came to the spirit.
Wang Meng [***] Rose one, Rose was also not to be outdone, successfully avoided Wang Meng's defense, burst into the inside, and threw and scored before Okafor came over to make up for the defense.
"Defend against their attacks, or you won't be able to win." Monty shouted from the sidelines.
This Wang Meng also knows, but it is already very difficult to prevent Ross at this time, Wang Meng has been on the court for nearly 40 minutes in this game, and most of the time is playing mainly, his physical strength has already bottomed out, and it is very reluctant to keep up with Rose's footsteps. Instant burst is an invincible skill, but the physical strength it consumes is also terrifying, Wang Meng feels that as long as he uses it again now, then I am afraid that it will be difficult to even stand up.
(The big chapter is 4,000 words, and I see that the book fans say that the training skills are not right in the forum, I haven't written for a long time because I went to school, and I forgot a lot of things I wrote before, and I can't take care of looking at it from the beginning, and now I really don't remember how many training projects there are, which student has the heart to put a post on the forum to count it, thank you.) )