Chapter 330: Confrontation
It's a dreamy move that Pierce has done in the past, and Zheng has changed his usual style of rampage and shown people how flexible his body is for the first time.
The audience cheered with great satisfaction, and people never got tired of watching this picturesque action.
Sometimes, the classics are formed in this way of continuous replay, and there are many memorable pictures in a player's life, and such an action is worth collecting for all fans.
Zheng Ke, who returned to the half, looked indifferent, and still couldn't see whether his heart was fluctuating.
The Spurs trailed the Timberwolves by three points at 43-46, with three minutes to go until the end of the first half.
Parker stretched out four fingers, meaning the Spurs No. 4 tactic. He calmly directed the Spurs players on the court from a position on the wing, then forced Billups twice and played a pick-and-roll with Duncan in the elbow area.
It's obviously an ordinary pick-and-roll, but when Parker and Duncan use it, it becomes extremely terrifying, Billups has a hard time with people, and Gibson, who switches defenses, warms up with Billups to form a bag for Parker.
With a hidden shake of the hand, he hit the ground and passed.
Duncan received this pass when he was unguarded, and he lifted the basketball and threw it to the basket with one hand, like a hook, like a shot. The movement is not standardized, but the basketball falls into the basket with precision.
45 to 46.
"Good pick-and-roll, clever coordination. The Spurs' offensive tactics are always so simple and effective, obviously just ordinary tactics, but in every tactical coordination move that is accurate to the extreme. Their strength was brought to the fullest. Johnson spoke to the TV audience, talking.
By halftime, the Timberwolves had a two-point lead over the Spurs at 53-51.
Zheng Ke walked back to the player's tunnel. was intercepted by an ESPN reporter.
Zheng Ke looked at her, she was an ordinary-looking middle-aged aunt wearing a pair of full-rim glasses, although she was wearing heavy makeup, she could still see the traces of time on her face. Zheng Ke was suddenly interested, he still preferred the big-breasted girl who came to interview him last time, after all, he could feast his eyes. It also looks eye-catching.
"You scored 21 more points in the first half and scoring seems like a normal thing for you, even against a team like Spurs. So. What do you think your final score will be in this game? The aunt cleared her throat and took out the questions that she had already prepared, and she struggled to raise the topic, for fear that Zheng Ke would not be able to reach it.
Zheng Ke smiled crookedly. Bowed his head understandingly. Then he said to the camera, "I don't care about individual scores. You know, we're already behind, and even if I get 100 points, if the team loses, it's going to be meaningless, so I don't care about how much I get now and how much I get in the future. ”
"In the pre-game interview, Minnesota fans were mostly satisfied with the team's performance this season. The fans also understand the team's difficulties (referring to the injury to Lefou), so. They even put up banners in support of you, do you have anything to say to the fans? ”
"Yes, I'm grateful to the Timberwolves fans, we wouldn't be where we are today without your support. We've had a lot of difficulties this season and I'm grateful to the fans for that understanding. You know, the Timberwolves never flinch in the face of difficulties, and so do we, so in the second half, we will definitely try our best to sweat a drop of sweat. ”
After the two questions, Zheng Ke nodded and left the place, turned and walked into the players' tunnel
The fifth game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, the ratings continue to improve after the start of the game.
The two teams can be called the strongest representatives in the west. Despite their average record in the regular season, the Spurs have never questioned their ability and are the most successful team in the NBA in more than a decade. And the strength of the Timberwolves is undoubted, as the defending champions, they have kept an extremely complete roster, which is the most powerful proof.
The two hardest bones were handed over in the first round.
Many teams in the East and West are secretly snickering, like the Lakers and Suns, the Timberwolves, always hoping that their biggest enemy will be killed by the Spurs immediately.
By the time the second half began, the ratings had broken through to become the highest in the playoffs this year.
Zheng Ke and the others rested for 15 minutes, and then walked out of the players' tunnel in turn. On both sides of the tunnel were fans who stretched out their hands to applaud the Timberwolves players, and Zheng Ke and others opened their hands and high-fived the fans.
"Ah, I got it!"
A little girl at the top of the passage screamed excitedly, shaking her shoulders frantically at the female companion on the side: "I slapped Zheng Ke's palm, I high-fived Zheng Ke!" Gosh, is this true? ”
The NBA is indeed a master of business, and the price of tickets in these places is not low, and in order to be able to get close to their idols, fans still eat them.
After a brief warm-up by the players of both teams, the referee walked onto the field and signaled that the second half of the game was about to begin.
Zheng Ke tightened his shoelaces and put the arm guards he had just taken off back on his hands. Then I did a few movements to move my elbows, and when I bent it, I accidentally exposed my strong biceps, and the bulging appearance contained a huge amount of force at a glance, which made many girls who were good at the second way let out an intoxicating scream, and almost fainted.
The referee blew the whistle, Zheng Ke served the ball to Billups, and the two trotted to the front court together.
"Do you want to play singles?"
Billups dribbled the ball and asked Zheng Ke.
"No, let's slow down and drop low, you can play two for Aaron [Afflalo] first, and his ball-handling attack has also improved a lot."
Billups nodded in understanding, then turned to the left side of the Spurs' half-court three-point line.
Zheng Ke ran to the right side of the three-point line, all the way deep, and ran directly to the bottom corner of the three-point line on the right side of the Spurs.
In the distance, Billups and Pekovic played a pick-and-roll, drew the pack and distributed the ball to Afflaro in the bottom left corner.
Afflaro made a gesture with his right foot and Ginobili pounced.
As soon as Ginobili rushed over, Afraro stepped out with his right foot, and his body swooped down towards Ginobili's right side like a sturdy leopard. Because of inertia, Billups couldn't brake, and was directly passed by Afraro.
The Spurs were empty inside, and Afflaro hit the board directly after a few steps and hit a ball.
At 55-51, the Timberwolves led by four points.
This kind of breakthrough with a sense of time and rhythm is one of the most popular breakthroughs in the NBA right now, and it focuses on grasping the timing.
Offensive and defensive transitions, offensive opportunities for the Spurs.
Ginobili was just crossed by Afflalo, and after getting the ball here, he also dribbled with two cross-steps, and then dribbled with his left hand and broke through from Aflalo's left side.
His speed wasn't particularly fast, but his pace was huge, and he always had a strange feeling. It is clear that he has only taken one step, but it gives people the feeling of taking two steps, which affects the normal judgment of the defender.
That's exactly what Anderson did, he took two steps and jumped straight up, only to find Ginobili take another step and run to the left side of the basket.
Ginobili then held his long arm and put the ball in the basket in a way that almost let it go.
"Let's go!"
Anderson looked at the referee, his hands clenched into fists, rolling like a wheel, and motioned for Ginobili to take the ball. But the referee ignored him, turned around and walked away. Anderson was bored with himself, and walked out of the baseline line and gave Billups the baseline ball.
Billups dribbled the ball and ran across the half.
Billups is 34 years old, and the average player is at the end of his career at this age, but Billups is still in his prime. It seems that the growth cycle of point guards is particularly long, and many of them get older and more coquettish, and in the regular season, Billup averaged 17 points per game, making him the second-highest scoring player for the Timberwolves besides Zheng Ke.
And after entering the playoffs, he was not as good as he was in the regular season, especially in the defensive aspect where he became famous, and he made a big discount against the incredibly fast Parker Billups. But on the other hand, Parker's defense is also very average, at least in front of the tall and powerful Billups, who is often eaten hard, forced and bukkake. It doesn't feel like the work of an older player.
This time, Billups hit Parker twice and then went around Gibson's pick-and-roll and went straight from the left to near the right-hand free throw line area.
Billups took a quick stop and jumped up to shoot.
Hit!
The Timberwolves lead the Spurs 57-53.
Then the Spurs took control of the offense, Parker burst forward with the ball, and the small sports car circled around the paint area, unable to find space to shoot and pass the ball.
Distribute the ball to the outside line Ginobili.
Ginobili tiptoed, jumped slightly, and supple the basketball out of the box
The basketball rolled in the air, plunged into the hoop, and waved a snow-white net. The Spurs clawed back three points to trail by one point, 56-57.
Scorching game, intense atmosphere.
Back at home, the Timberwolves finally played a little bit of last season's feeling, and the Timberwolves players played with great passion amid the tsunami cheers of the audience. Zheng Ke's several breakthroughs were extremely beautiful, with strong and hard bursts, huge changes of direction, fancy feints, and powerful blocking and dismantling by teammates.
With four minutes left in the third quarter, Zheng Ke got the ball from Billups outside and got the basketball near 30 degrees from the three-point line.
He hit his third three-pointer of the day, bringing his overall score to 31 and helping the Timberwolves lead the Spurs by six points at 70-64.
After the goal was scored, the Spurs called a timeout, as it was already the biggest margin between the two teams so far in the game, and Zheng Ke's rampage made Popovich deeply troubled, and he decided to call a timeout to make adjustments. (To be continued......)