Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Pursuit

"I originally wanted you to be the coach of this month before leaving, but now it looks like you are killing yourself!" Looking at Reggie Cias on TV, Ma'rouf gritted his teeth and clicked, and his plans were all ruined by him.

With the addition of Zhang Kong, the Kings' defense line was instantly rebuilt, and it was more solid than before, Zhang Kong's offense may not work, but the defense is definitely the top existence in the league.

Dent Green dunked violently, and then added three points with free throws, and Udri made another fast break to complete 2+1......

In the space of six minutes, the Kings scored a full 20 points, raising the score from 25 to 45 points, while the Knicks, because of the fact that they were choked by Zhang Kong, only scored 12 points in the final minute from 53 points to 65 points.

43 points in the first quarter, only 22 points in the second quarter, although 22 points is not a lot, but it has allowed the Kings to recover a big cut, with Udri missing three points in the final moment, the half game is officially over.

And after the end of the half, the momentum of the Kings has rebounded, Zhang Kong covered the Knicks 5 layups in six minutes, the Knicks played a run bomb, so their offensive speed and speed are extremely fast, and it is precisely because of their extremely fast offense that Zhang Kong is given more opportunities, compared to the violent dunk, the counterattack after the block, has a better effect on improving morale.

"Well done!" When the electronic bell rang in the middle of the game, Zhang Kong just wanted to go back to the locker room alone as before, but who would have thought that Yudri ran over first and high-fived Zhang Kong to celebrate.

"Uh......" looked at Yudri who stretched out his hand, Zhang Kong was stunned, he really didn't know how to get along with people.

"Hehe, really well done, we still have a chance now!" Yudri looked at Zhang Kong stunned there, picked up one of Zhang Kong's hands, slapped it with his own hand, and then ran back to the locker room with a smile, leaving only Zhang Kong with a sluggish face, Zhang Kong looked at his hand and couldn't help but smile, he came here just to make money......

But just now, his mind has changed, in fact, it is not impossible to play a good game!

The six-minute assault allowed the Kings to keep their hopes of victory, and looking at the Knicks' Dantony Tieqing's face, he knew that after returning to the locker room, it was inevitable that there would be another bombardment, and the situation on the Kings' side was completely different, and the atmosphere was a little delicate.

"I don't know how long I can stay in this position, but I want to leave with a win!" It was a quote from Reggie Cias to all the players at half-time, and although it was tragic, it boosted the morale of the whole team.

After the start of the second half, the Kings' offense was sharper, and after the Kings had Zhang Kong's defensive gate, the attack was more comfortable, and more responsibility for defense was handed over to Zhang Kong, and Zhang Kong began to expand his tasks.

Originally, he only defended Nate Robinson Jr., but now he has also started to supplement or assist other players, and while blocking Nate Robinson, he has also expanded his defensive targets to the outside.

David Lee, Chandler, Harrington, as long as you dare to hit the inside, and Zhang Kong was also nearby at that time, you just wait for the hat, the Kings began to rage at the beginning of the third quarter, four of the first eleven balls were dunked violently, and there was a full 20 points at halftime, but when there were 2 minutes 05 seconds left before the third quarter, Thomplin scored a layup, and the score was chased to 70-79, and the difference between the two teams was only 9 points! At the critical moment, the Knicks began to play the way.

David Lee and Harrington also stopped drilling inside, and they also knew that the little man next to him really had a set of blocks.

So far, Zhang Kong's blocks have reached 11 points, and it has also caused two offensive fouls by the Knicks.

In other words, now Zhang Kong has earned as much as $650,000, and Harrington has learned this time!

He didn't play inside, but stood directly outside the three-point line, no matter how strong Zhang Kong was, it was impossible to run outside the three-point line to cover him, and after receiving a pass from David Lee, he hit a three-point shot...... Then he used the pick-and-roll to open the air and make a layup.

There is nothing Zhang Kong can do about such a big man's dismantling, and the Kings can only rely on Salmons and Bobby Jack to learn to score by fouling, and 32 seconds before the end of the third quarter, Harrington made another three-point shot, and he has scored as many as 33 points at this time...... And with Duhon's last three-point hit, the third quarter of the game officially ended, the score of the two teams at this time was 93-81, the score of the two teams was still 12 points apart, and there was still time in the final quarter for the Kings to chase the score.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Knicks significantly strengthened their defense, although the pace of their offense slowed down, but the Kings wanted to attack not as easy as before, the two teams began to compete on defense, but after all, the height of the Kings side is superior, plus there is the advantage of the home court, the two sides are still difficult to solve, with Williams scoring 2 + 1, the score of the two teams finally entered more than ten points, and there are still seven minutes and 22 seconds before the end of the game.

The score of the two teams is 100-91, and the lineups of both teams at this time have the Knicks point guard Chris Duhon, scoring guard Nate Robinson, small forward Wilson Chandler, power forward David Lee, and center Al Harrington.

For the Kings, point guard Benno Udri, scoring guard Zhang Kong, small forward John Salmons, big forward Dante Green, center Jason Thompson, such a lineup has been chasing the Knicks for a long time, and the big hole dug in the first quarter needs to be filled in slowly, and the shooting rate of the Knicks is obviously much higher than that of the Kings.

And the Kings must not give up lightly, both sides are collapsing a string, whoever breaks the string first, will hang first.

Now there are more than seven points left in the game, nine points apart, anything is possible, just see who makes the mistake first.

As things stand, it looks like the Kings are the first to make the mistake...... The core point guards of the two teams, although they are not too famous, but Du Hong is more famous than Yu Dry after all, although the two entered the NBA in the same year, Du Hong is the ninth in the second round, and Yu Dry is the twenty-eighth in the first round, but if it is proposed, there are many more people who know Du Hong than they know Yu Dry, just like today, although Du Hong has nothing to show off, but he is stable.

At this time, Yudri made a mistake...... After he broke through to the basket, when he split the ball, he didn't reach a consensus with Salmons on the outside, Salmons was going to the left, and he was passing the ball to the right, just like that, the basketball grazed Salmons's shoulder and flew out, and at this time, the potato, Nate Robinson had already rushed out like a house cat that had been waiting for a long time.

A basketball was picked up, and it rushed towards the half court of the Kings, under such a mistake, if it was scored by the opponent, it was very demoralizing, and now the Kings are still in a state of chasing points, if they are scored at this time, the gap of 11 points is not as easy as nine points to chase, although it is only two points short, but the gap in mentality is huge.

Wilson Chandler next to him also ran towards the Kings' frontcourt at the first time, and he and Nate were about the same speed, like two blue wave lines, and pounced on the last white court, while Zhang Kong was the only one in the Kings' half at this time.

Two to one in the front court, and the others gave up, but for Zhang Kong, this is his favorite point to see, because he can see who is playing, if this ball is successfully sealed, the blow to the opponent will be huge!

Nate Robinson dribbled the ball while observing Chandler's movement, for him, he didn't want to face the man in front of him, although he also wanted to score a goal in front of him, but since this man came on the court, he didn't score a point, he wasn't Kobe, he didn't get to that level, although he only played half the court, but he was really a little afraid of opening up now, so he decided to spare the open...... Two to one in the frontcourt, unless there is a mistake on your side, otherwise, it is decided!

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