Chapter 329: Dream
"Wow, Zheng Ke's jump shot feels more and more perfect."
Today's ESPN guests are Magic Johnson and Chris Webb, and Johnson praised Zheng Ke's opening jumper: "Look at the coordination of the movement, the height of the shot, the beautiful arc, oh my god, I love Zheng Ke so much, his movements are gorgeous." โ
Chris Webber smiled and teased: "Erwin, you are going to freak him out by talking like this, Zheng Ke has a girlfriend, well, he has a cute son who is more than a year old." โ
Johnson couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you think I'm going to grab a man with Taylor?" I'm not interested in coming out at all. โ
The content of the chat between the two surprised the fans in front of the TV, but without Barkley's gag, Johnson and Webb actually talked about this slightly yellow topic, and the two enjoyed it. It can be seen that when these two old guys were players, they not only had a gorgeous style of play, but also had an extremely rich private life.
At this timeโ
The Spurs and Timberwolves on the court have been attacking each other for a few rounds.
It was an offensive battle, and Zheng Ke started with a very high shooting percentage, and then hit two mid-range jumpers to score six points in the period. And the Spurs are not inferior, people used to say that Ginobili was more efficient when he came off the bench than when he started, but now it seems to be complete nonsense, he controls the Spurs' ball and shoots inside and outside, has scored 5 points and 1 assist, which is also extremely efficient.
Zheng Ke singled Jefferson with his back, and the Spurs decisively wrapped up.
Billups on the outside of the ball. Billups tiptoed and raised his hands, ignoring George Hill, who grinned and pounced on the defense. Shoot high!
Also in it!
McDyce covered for Duncan, who received a through ball from Ginobili on the line of the box.
As soon as he dribbled, he held the basketball with one hand, his body staggered Gibson, and the two faced each other slightly in the air, and then Duncan pressed down the basket strongly, like a slam dunk on the spot. Pull the basket at a frightening angle.
Timberwolves players serve the ball quickly.
One step at a time, Billups carried the ball across the halfcourt.
Zheng Ke immediately got help from his teammates and received a pass from Billups near the three-point line at 45 degrees. He jammed Jefferson's body and swooped down the middle, immediately attracting the trio.
Zheng Ke took another step and picked up the basketball with both hands. A small European step. Rush to the basket.
Surrounded by a large hand covering the sky, it seemed that he could not escape.
Suddenly, however, Zheng threw the ball into the air, as if making a small throw that guards usually do, much to the surprise of Duncan under the basket.
The toss was a bit wide, skimming over Duncan's head.
"It'sโ" Duncan had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, in the next second, a black shadow appeared in the air on the other side, and he stretched out two thick arms. His hands slapped the basketball rolling in the air like a mosquito.
Then, slam down!
"Bang!"
Gibson lifted his left foot. His right foot landed on the ground, and his shiny bald head shone in the light. He bared his snow-white teeth, which made people feel his edge
Gibson was the first figure to emerge on the Timberwolves' playoff stage. During the time that Love played due to injury, Gibson's performance was obvious to all. Despite his lack of experience and the fact that he can make a lot of mistakes, no matter how he is ravaged by Duncan, he will always compete in the next second. His fighting spirit, his frontcourt rebounds, has become the most talked about topic among Timberwolves fans, and not everyone can do it with the shocking momentum of holding the basketball; That kind of passionate roar under the basket, not everyone feels to do it.
Even Popovich watched and admired his growth, and he had to admit that as a manager, his favorite is this kind of player.
The two teams fought to the death in this restricted land, in this blocked space. It's like the arena of ancient Rome, and there was only one person who could stand at the back.
Half a quarter later, it was time for the first timeout.
The two teams were so smooth that there was not a single timeout, and it was not until this moment that Zheng Ke rushed into the interior and caused Duncan to foul that the referee signaled to enter the timeout, and this timeout was counted on the head of the Timberwolves, who have the home court.
The players of the two teams walked off the field sweating, Zheng Ke picked up the Gatorade handed over by the staff, drank a few sips, and then wiped the sweat on his face with a towel.
During that period just now, Zheng Ke attacked fiercely and showed the momentum of the regular season scoring champion, which made his physical strength quickly consume.
"Yo, a lot of beautiful women came to cheer you on today!" When Little Jordan was bored on the bench, his little eyes looked around and saw that there were many beauties in the audience cheering for Zheng Ke, they were young and beautiful, which made Little Jordan envious in his heart.
"No kidding, the Spurs felt so good today that I felt a little bit tough." Zheng Ke frowned deeply, not caring about Little Jordan's words, he only cares about winning or losing this game now.
Although it was a long timeout, it was only 100 seconds, and such a short time passed in the blink of an eye.
The score on the court was 17-18 for the Timberwolves to trail by one point, and after the two teams came on the court, they found their opponents and began to prepare. At this time, the Spurs had already made their first substitution adjustment, Parker replaced George Hill and entered the Spurs' lineup.
As if the rhythm had been disrupted, after the pause, the feeling of the two teams suddenly dropped a lot.
Parker's first throw shot hit the iron, and Zheng Ke's side immediately hit the iron with a jumper from beyond the three-point line; The Spurs made a mistake on offense, and the Timberwolves were immediately whistled for an offensive three-second violation; The scorching game was tense and all sorts of problems arose in the game.
A complete game is not only about shooting, breaking, slam dunk, etc., but also about all kinds of violations and mistakes. Even a team like the Spurs, which rarely makes mistakes, in a two-and-a-half-hour game. There will always be mistakes, even in the NBA, the world's top major league, there will always be all kinds of low-level mistakes in the game. Sometimes, it can even be turned into a funny shot.
Towards the end of the first quarter, Zheng Ke made a dribbling error and was stealed by Parker.
Parker dribbled to the frontcourt, he turned his head to look at the players who were defending the Timberwolves, and found that Zheng Ke, the fastest, had only walked to the three-point line, and he was immediately relieved.
"It turns out that my brother's speed is still very fast!"
Parker was proud of himself, and he picked up the basketball and prepared to go to the basket. However, as soon as he lifted the basketball. The basketball was like a mischievous elf, and at that moment, Parker felt that the ball skin was slippery. And thenโ
Then a low-handed layup with nine out of ten was taken off by Parker, and the basketball unexpectedly flew out of the baseline.
Popovich was dumbfounded, and then caught by the camera. Hung his head helplessly.
The audience was stunned at first. Then there was a deafening burst of laughter, which was louder than the cheers of Zheng Ke when he scored, and wave after wave, which could not be stopped.
The Spurs bench couldn't help but laugh, and several young players were obviously holding back a smile, probably because they felt that it was a bit out of place to laugh on such a critical and serious stage as the playoffs.
Zheng Ke walked up to Parker, who was silently looking at his hands, and snatched the basketball with him
The first quarter was over. The Timberwolves lead the Spurs by one point 29-28, a score that has seen so many games between the two teams. A single quarter should be considered high, if converted into four quarters of the game, they have all broken 110 points, which is higher than any game between the two teams.
Zheng Ke scored 10 points, a single quarter score that was nothing more than ordinary for him.
Popovich's tenacity is incredible, as he has experienced the most playoff games of any man on the court, and he has the most knowledge. If the Spurs had played people 3-1 before, they would have won 80 or 90 percent of the opponent in the fourth game, which is not only an advantage in strength, but also a kind of psychological crushing.
However, the Timberwolves put all the pressure on Zheng Ke, and how strong the ability is, how much responsibility there is.
Zheng Ke has been holding on to the game since the third game, and his individual ability is so strong that he can even win the game on his own. However, this kind of strength can not be burst out in every game, in layman's terms, Zheng Ke has not yet been promoted to the full level, maybe the day of the Great Perfection is the time to become a god. At that time, maybe Zheng Ke could really achieve the point where one person was enough to level the world anytime and anywhere.
At the moment, he can't do it yet.
In the second quarter of the game, the substitutes clashed.
Five minutes later, Zheng Ke was once again in action. The Timberwolves still have a slight lead of 1 point, and Zheng Ke is grateful to these lovely teammates, especially Iverson, who is like the backbone of the second team, leading the Timberwolves' bench lineup to burst out with considerable energy.
Zheng Ke came on the court with a scalpel-like pass that penetrated the Spurs defense and handed it to Anderson under the basket.
The Birdman spreads his wings and presses the ball into the frame with one hand.
Popovich panicked, and before Zheng Ke could exert his strength, he quickly replaced Jefferson again, and he let Bogans and Jefferson on the court together to form the strongest outside defensive combination of the Timberwolves.
This can be regarded as the only one, Zheng Ke's personal ability is so strong that Popovich gave up the overall defense and switched to the super package of "double ghost shooting".
But this is only a stopgap measure, and Parker and Ginobili are always on board.
After a few rounds, Zheng Ke got another offensive opportunity, Anderson and Zheng Ke played excellent blocking and pick-and-roll, and Zheng Ke twisted his waist and wiped into the Spurs' interior.
With Bonner and Duncan standing on the side, Zheng Ke will not be stupid to be people, and he estimates that he can only dunk the basket when the dunk contest or the other party cooperates. So after a few changes in the trajectory of the dribble, Zheng Ke danced and changed to the right side of the free throw line.
This position was already very close to the basket, Zheng Ke took the basketball, stepped back, and made a gesture to shoot.
The movement was too fast and too fast, and Jefferson, who pounced on him, didn't have time to react at all, so he subconsciously jumped up, and when he jumped up, he suddenly found that Zheng Ke had disappeared.
Zheng Ke stopped, took a step near the basket with his left foot, took a step near the basket with his right foot, and held the basketball with both hands to make a shooting pose.
This dangling Jefferson's action was too chic, and when he missed it, McDyce also missed the link of thinking, and when he saw Zheng Ke's two-handed shooting posture, he flew up like that.
Zheng Ke was still a feint, he retrieved the basketball he had raised, drew an arc trajectory, leaned over, and released the basketball with one hand far from McDyce's armpit. In the air, McDyce struggled to reach out the hem of his arm, trying to stop Zheng Ke, but found that he couldn't reach it at all.
The basketball flew out of Zheng Ke's hand and fell into the basket after hitting the board.
Zheng Ke's dream dance steps, playing two generals! (To be continued......)