241 Tearing Lightning!
At the beginning of this game, Zhang Chen swept away the decline of the first two games, and hit two shots in a connection, which made the audience addicted, and they all felt that Zhang Chen was back. He still has razor-sharp speed and a brilliant shot, and his shot is beautiful and precise, like a meteor streaking across the sky, bright and beautiful.
The Nuggets were helpless again against Zhang Chen's jump shot, and Zhang Chen's repeated jump shots at critical moments in the last game have made all the Nuggets feel quite fierce, but although Zhang Chen's shooting percentage was quite scary in the last game, he didn't use too many opportunities to water his score. But this game is different, Zhang Chen has already scored five points shortly after starting the game, and anyone can see that Zhang Chen is a little different today.
Zhang Chen, who hit two balls in a row, didn't have much performance on his face, but this should not be in line with the calmness of a rookie, but made Smith grit his teeth in his heart - this guy is really disgusting and extremely hypocritical! It's just that Zhang Chen's unparalleled accuracy of hitting rate really shocked him, and he realized that maybe he might face a disaster today, an inevitable disaster.
However, even if he knew that he was going to encounter a disaster, Smith did not have the right to back down, and under the witness of all Nuggets fans, he did not want to embarrass himself, which made him more and more difficult, how should he stop Zhang Chen? How do you stop his lightning speed and his unrivaled precision shots?
In the midst of this thought, Smith somewhat unconsciously followed the team back to the halfcourt, and another offensive attack by the Nuggets began, and the Nuggets still gave their best and played 100% of their strength, after all, they didn't want to lose this game in front of the audience.
After a few transitions, the basketball came to Martin on the inside, and it happened to meet Anthony at this time and cut directly to the bottom of the basket! Martin also caught Anthony's fast air cut in his afterglow, so he threw the basketball in his hand lightly, just came to the hands of Anthony who quickly cut straight down, Anthony did not stop in the face of a good situation, and directly ended the attack with a slam dunk.
The two sides have just started the game, and the shooting percentage is extremely high, and now the score of the two sides is 5:4, and the Suns have a one-point lead over their opponents.
Offense and defense switched, the ball was in the hands of Nash, Nash controlled the ball very steadily, and slowly walked through the halfcourt, but at this time, Iverson, who was quite vicious in his eyes, suddenly turned into a white lightning, and in an instant his right hand stretched out towards Nash's basketball quickly! At this moment, his right hand was like a tricky poisonous snake, as fast as lightning!
"Smack!" The basketball was touched by the tip of Iverson's middle finger, and it bounced back behind Nash in an instant, and Iverson's figure quickly chased after him. Fortunately, Nash fully reacted at this time, immediately turned his body and grabbed the basketball with his right hand, and Iverson also changed his direction and continued to pounce on Nash.
Nash didn't hold the ball steady, and suddenly the basketball was touched by Iverson again, and it looked like it was about to be completely out of Nash's control, and now both of them were on the edge of the basketball court, and the basketball was about to fly out of the baseline if they were not careful. Seeing that the situation was not good, Nash immediately picked up the basketball in the air, and the basketball ran towards the half court with a sharp wind, and Iverson, who was waiting to come, also completely pounced.
The basketball came in the direction of Zhang Chen, and the position he was in now was two steps outside the three-point line, and when he saw the basketball rushing towards him, he quickly turned his body and used his speed to grab the basketball in front of Smith. Then, Zhang Chen quickly began to dribble and stabbed beyond the three-point line.
Zhang Chen's speed was fast, and he was about to break through Smith's defense, Smith didn't want to be a sinner anymore, so he immediately took a big retreat behind him, and then looked at Zhang Chen's breakthrough route again. He looked at Zhang Chen's sharp speed, and estimated that this guy should choose to break through, and immediately opened the distance between him and Zhang Chen, so that his breakthrough failed. However, Zhang Chen didn't expect to break through, and when he came to the three-point line, he immediately jumped high, and his body suddenly bloomed in the air.
Smith woke up from a big dream, and immediately ran in the direction of Zhang Chen, chasing after him closely, but the time difference between the two people could not make up for it, and the moment he just came to Zhang Chen's front to let his body squat down and accumulate strength, Zhang Chen's body had already reached the highest point. When Smith just jumped up and started to take off, Zhang Chen had already shot.
With Zhang Chen's supple feel, the basketball arched a high arc into the sky, this arc is extremely weird, it has been climbing, but after reaching the highest point, it almost falls vertically, so the landing point of this ball is extremely accurate, and it almost didn't fly into the net at all. He didn't even make a sound, which made some fans laugh dumbly and think that Zhang Chen might have thrown an air balloon.
Only the players on the scene really saw the whole process of this player, from the basketball leaving Zhang Chen's hands to the whole process of the basketball flying into the basket. The accuracy of this basketball is such that the Nuggets players are secretly stunned and swallow a mouthful of saliva.
By the time Smith reached the top, Zhang Chen had landed on the ground, and then he confidently looked at the distant basket, and then the basketball fell straight into the net bag as he had imagined, and the basket welcomed the basketball in such a way as to open its arms.
In the opening 1 minute and 50 seconds, Zhang Chen scored an astonishing 8 points in this minute and 50 seconds! The audience who watched it felt a little dry, Zhang Chen scored an astonishing 8 points after the first 1 minute and 50 seconds in the third playoff game of the Suns this season and the third playoff game of his career, sweeping away the decline, allowing everyone to see a real Zhang Chen, a Zhang Chen who really opened the scoring state.
Even if the opponent scored, some spectators couldn't help but applaud, this guy was really amazing today, although the two sides were not on the same position, but this could not stop the fans from appreciating Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen hit the second three-pointer of the game and took all the team's scores, but there was no clue on his face, and he still calmly retreated to the halfcourt. Suddenly, Sun Zhenping in the studio said: "This goal was scored neatly...... Zhang Chen's shooting was as accurate as ever, and after the first two games, some people questioned Zhang Chen's performance in the playoffs, thinking that he was a regular season player, so they must be able to see Zhang Chen's true strength from the three balls in the beginning of this game. In fact, he should have become a trump card for the Suns by now, and whoever wants to beat the Suns now has to consider his presence. ”
"Yes, Zhang Chen's game is getting more and more interesting, in fact, after the start of this match, we can see that his speed seems to have improved a little more. As you know, Zhang Chen's speed is already relatively good, and we have done this analysis before, and we feel that his speed is at least at the peak of the league, and now his speed is on a higher level, and his speed can basically step into the top three in the league...... This may not surprise us when placed on a black defender of 1.8 meters, but when this speed is put on Zhang Chen, who is 2.03 meters long, this can only be an incredible! And he's still a yellow physique, and it all seems a little unbelievable, but it really happened. Moreover, a spirit that I can often see in Zhang Chen is his general's demeanor, as if every goal is a pampering for him, this kind of general's demeanor, although a little less passionate, but can reflect his calmness, at critical moments, only calmness can help the players. ”
The spit of the two Zhang Chen's fans in the studio was starry, and although the Chinese audience was a little irritated by their words, they were still relatively convinced of what the two men said, and Zhang Chen's performance did return to the level of the regular season - no, it should be said that he had reached a new level. He's basically scoring unstoppable points now.
This is the Zhang Chen they like!
Regardless of whether Zhang Chen on the other side of the ocean can hear this, Zhang Chen's Chinese fans still shouted cheers for Zhang Chen in front of the TV.
The first quarter of the game really kicked off with Zhang Chen's three consecutive hits. The next game was a bit surprising - the Suns didn't launch a crazy attack on the momentum of this three-dimensional hit, but instead they got into some problems in the next offense. Compared to the Nuggets' offense, they have always been able to find the Suns' defensive weaknesses and attack them, and the game has reached this point where the Nuggets have no way to retreat.
Under the Nuggets' mourning victory, the Suns' defensive line was torn apart by the Nuggets again and again, followed by the Nuggets' stormy offense, and the Suns' offense had a little problem, so although Zhang Chen's three consecutive hits took the lead, the Suns' offense in the first quarter was mired in a quagmire.
Seeing that the situation was basically within the range of their hopes, the more than 18,000 spectators at the scene cheered for the team more and more, and they were more satisfied with the performance of the Nuggets today, and even cheered harder. In this development, the first quarter of the game is also coming to an end.
The double-serve, or rather the Nuggets, played a rare super-score in the first quarter, with the score of the two sides at 31-24 with thirteen seconds left in the first quarter, the Suns trailed by seven points, and the Nuggets' 31-point super-score also made everyone feel a little jaw-dropping. This also proves the madness and efficiency of the Nuggets' offense from another aspect, and compared to the Suns' offense, the Suns' best performance in the first quarter was Zhang Chen, who has scored 12 points so far, which accounts for half of the Suns' scores.
With 13 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, it was now the Suns' offensive possession, Nash immediately dribbled the basketball across the half court, six seconds passed, and there were seven seconds left, and the Nuggets didn't want the Suns to hit this last shot, they would definitely try their best to block it and not let their hard-earned strength fall apart.
At this time, Nash suddenly passed the ball to Zhang Chen, and suddenly everyone on the Nuggets felt their pupils shrink - this guy has already scored 12 points! He scored 12 points in just one quarter! Suddenly, everyone turned their dissatisfied eyes on Smith, but Smith also felt quite wronged, just now Zhang Chen suddenly used acceleration and feints to shake himself off, how could he keep up with his painful speed? Therefore, in his sigh, Zhang Chen has already fought his way out of the encirclement and found his own vacancy, and the cooperation between Nash and Zhang Chen is already familiar with the way, and he immediately passed the basketball over.
There are 4 seconds left in the time, Zhang Chen received the basketball and started to jump without hesitation, so far his three-point shooting rate is still as high as 100%, and this ball is also full of confidence when he is in the air!
The basketball flew directly into the net with the sound of the wind, making a crisp sound, the whistle sounded, and the goal was valid.
Score: 31:27, the Suns chased back three points in the final moments, and Zhang Chen also made his single-game score rise to 15 points after this jumper, which made everyone feel a little surprised - Zhang Chen once again replicated his legend of more than 15 points in the first quarter, and his scoring was quite consistent, scoring 15 points in the first quarter.
Smith drooped his head, finding that he still had nothing to do with Zhang Chen, and he was ready to return to the bench to be criticized by the coach, but the coach did not blame him too much, but began to plan to use limited strength to start the plan to block Zhang Chen's shooting and shooting space. Under this plan, the Nuggets immediately regained their morale, and the person who really made them feel difficult in the first quarter was Zhang Chen, and if they could plug Zhang Chen's gap, they could get more offensive efficiency.
Zhang Chen didn't care too much about his score, he didn't even look at his technical statistics, just returned to the bench, he immediately raised a glass of Gatorade and poured it into his stomach, and suddenly the refreshing feeling came out of his chest and lungs, and his limbs were comfortable.
D'Antoni came over with a smile and patted Zhang Chen's shoulder and said, "Hey...... Chen, you did a good job in the first quarter, you used your offense to fend off the Nuggets' offense, and you used your offense to attack against offense...... There's not much you can do about it, and then you're going to have to do it and use your score to make them scared! That's the kind of attacking spirit we need...... You know, the current Nuggets can only be described as crazy - they are all going to be crazy people today, but I want to say that as long as we can play at our true level, then there is always a way for these crazy people to do nothing! ”
D'Antoni's words were later said to everyone, after doing this lecture, D'Antoni also opened his notebook and began to explain the next tactics to everyone, it is worth noting that he gave Zhang Chen many more opportunities to shoot, and at the same time, this tactic also began to tilt towards Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen has become more of a finisher on the Suns' offensive end, and in this case, Zhang Chen's role in the Suns' tactical system has been further improved.
The second quarter of the game kicked off, the two sides sent their own bench lineups, but Iverson was not worried about the performance of the substitutes, he himself followed closely, after all, this game is important to him is self-evident, he does not dare to let the team take risks, he is 32 years old, he can't afford to wait.
Iverson's stay on the court gave the Nuggets more options, but even so, the Suns' bench team still played in style and at a level, and they launched a wave of counteroffensive frenzy against the Nuggets in a limited amount of time, and they completely destroyed the Nuggets' scoring advantage. The Nuggets couldn't sit still this time, so they had to redeploy their main forces, and finally beat the Suns back to their original shape, leaving them behind once again. It's just that before they could laugh out loud, the main players of the Suns are on the court again.
The Suns' main players on the court gave the Nuggets a catastrophe, they were already at the end of the crossbow, they didn't last long in the face of the Suns' main counterattack, and Iverson was really tired, he had paid too much for this game, so in the end he still couldn't fight to the end of the second quarter, and the back injury and physical exhaustion made him have to sit on the sidelines and watch in pain as the Suns began to slaughter the Nuggets.
At the end of the second quarter, the Suns led the Nuggets by 6 points into the second half of the game, at which time the Nuggets once again desperately found that the Suns were on fire.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Zhang Chen also began to play, and his appearance immediately caused the Nuggets to be a big enemy, and their attention to Zhang Chen was also quite high, and Zhang Chen sensed the sense of defensive pressure from the opponent as soon as he came on the court. On the one hand, the Nuggets' interior line has once again become a hard defensive lineup, Zhang Chen can't break through at all, and the Nuggets have also found a way to contain Zhang Chen from one aspect, which makes Zhang Chen's shooting very easy to be interfered with by opponents and finally deviate from the basket.
Of course, in the face of Zhang Chen's ten-level shooting, these interferences are not often able to play a role, but Zhang Chen is still affected by some of their defensive methods, so his performance in this quarter is not as stunning as in the first quarter. It's just that Zhang Chen's limitation is an opportunity for other players on the Suns, so Nash and Bell frequently fired on the inside, which caused a lot of trouble to the Nuggets, and they had to shift the defensive focus on Zhang Chen to Nash and Bell, but in this way, Zhang Chen's three-point shot came again...... It was in this depressed situation that the Nuggets ended the third quarter of the game, although they were unable to contain the Suns' offense, but their offense did not fall behind at all, and they also recovered some scores from the Suns in this quarter.
It took three quarters to reach the point that some teams needed to score in four quarters: 81:79, with the Nuggets trailing by two points.
The final quarter of the life-and-death duel is about to begin.
(To be continued)