Chapter 383: Confrontation
"Judging from the scene, the Timberwolves still have a certain advantage." Barkley said after holding his headphones, looking at the statistics sent by the staff.
"But it's not that simple to win this game, the Mavericks are a big team in the league, and they have a group of experienced players in the team, and they will definitely make changes and fight back in the second half." Smith, on the other hand, carried on to his usual contrarian thinking, singing against Barkley.
The two represent two opposing supporters, supporters of the Timberwolves and supporters of the Mavericks.
That eight-point halftime difference doesn't mean much, the Mavericks don't feel like they lost the game like that, and the Timberwolves don't think that guarantees a victory.
So when the two teams rested in the locker room, they didn't dare to laugh and play, and the atmosphere was serious.
When Zheng Ke pushed open the locker room door and entered, everyone was sitting in chairs, surrounded by Thibodeau. Thibodeau, who was held by the stars, held a tactical board, drawing something and talking about something.
"Oh, Zheng is back!" Zheng Ke attracted everyone's attention, he smiled, waved his hand and said, "Everyone is busy!" ”
Then, under the gaze of Thibodeau and more than twenty other eyes, he found his own chair, moved over as if flying, and sat obediently on the periphery of the crowd.
Thibodeau paused, then continued.
"The Mavericks' tactical starting point is still more from Kidd, everyone pay attention to Kidd's and Nowitzki's blocking in the first half, Nowitzki finished dismantling, he took a step back, withdrew outside the three-point line, and then Kidd passed the ball behind his back and quickly found Nowitzki's point. On the right side of the arc, Nowitzki has a high hit percentage"
The NBA pulled the game apart, with the Timberwolves and Mavericks playing Game 1 of the second round and at the same time. There is one and only one such game.
So this match not only attracts fans of both teams. It also attracted the attention of a large number of NBA fans. Like having a box office miracle like Zheng Ke, the ratings remain high. Finish all the major sporting events held at the same time. And this point in China has almost formed a monopoly situation, and advertisers are drooling.
As the fans' patience was about to run out, players from both sides appeared at the entrance of the players' tunnel. Then I walked down the players' tunnel to the basketball court.
Home field advantage is a reflection of the stark contrast between the treatment of the two teams.
The Mavericks received the loudest boos from the crowds on either side, with a lot of expletives in between greeting their immediate family members in between. On the Timberwolves' side, there was a flood of applause, and the spectators on both sides of the tunnel struggled to send their palms to high-five the Timberwolves players. The arena is so clever that the Mavericks players can clearly hear the boos around them, and the Timberwolves players can also high-five every fan with their arms outstretched.
The referee, who had run for the entire first half, also regained his strength. The bald referee wiped the sweat from his head, then puffed out his cheeks and blew the whistle.
A sharp whistle sounded, and Zheng Ke turned his head to look. He took the last sip of water and threw away the paper cup in his hand.
"It's on, brothers."
"Drink!" The Timberwolves players standing on either side shouted in response, and Jordan Jr. raised his arms, made a strength bodybuilding pose, showed off his biceps, and then walked beside Zheng Ke like a god.
A bunch of dog-legged people hugged Zheng Ke, the bandit leader, and walked onto the field, and then Zheng Ke's chin was raised, his chest was straight, and he looked like he was looking at the world.
After the referee on the touchline handed the ball to Marion, he blew the whistle for the start of the second half.
As Kidd received the basketball, the hands of time began to turn again, and the twenty-four minutes of the second half officially began.
Kidd and Marion trotted through the half court together, and the Timberwolves players spread out in a one-on-one defensive formation.
Zheng Ke followed closely after Marion had passed half-time, and the two made their way to the flank.
Under Kidd's tactical command, Marion walked to the bottom corner and took Zheng Ke with him.
At this point, Nowitzki pulled up to the high position, hemmed his hands, and gave Kidd a very standard pick-and-roll stance. As soon as Billups delayed, he lost Kidd, who was not very fast.
Kidd didn't have a hard rush to Lefou, he hoisted the ball high and passed it to Nowitzki, who was stuck at the free-throw line.
Nowitzki's height of 2.13 meters is obviously half a head taller than Billups, who is only 1.91 meters, and Billups squats to stabilize his center of gravity, it seems that he can only reach Nowitzki's shoulders.
The opportunity was not to be missed, and after Nowitzki leaned back, the Golden Rooster made an independent step-back jumper.
"Huh!"
The high-arc basketball hollowed into the frame, and the Mavericks made the first shot of the second half, 51-57 to recover a two-point difference.
This kind of misplaced goal is the most unpleasant, and even Billups, who has always been calm, inevitably fluctuated in his heart, his eyes narrowed, and his eyes were not good when he looked at the Mavericks.
After half-time, Billups held out a finger.
The Timberwolves' air-cut running tactics, Afraro on the left wing and Zheng Ke on the right wing, both ran under the cover of their respective covering players to the basketball hoop.
Afraro and Zheng Ke, who ran face to face, met their eyes, Zheng Ke nodded slightly, and Afraro already understood.
Zheng Ke ran under the basketball hoop, waved his hands, and suddenly came to a standstill, instantly becoming an excellent empty-handed cover player! Afflaro ran past him, ran out of Marion's sight before Marion could react, and then walked past Lefou, who had just blocked Zheng Ke, and walked beyond the three-point line.
Terry, who followed under the basket, was blocked by Zheng Ke, and the three of them were huddled together, unable to move.
Billups, who knew everything, chose to make a pass in advance, and Afflalo received the pass just after getting out of the three-point line, and he slammed the ball of his foot on the ground, tapped the floor with his toes, and jumped into the air in style!
"Huh!"
Avlalo's hollow shot, which he has practiced the most in his offensive tactics in the previous three years.
60 to 51. "Well voted!" Zheng Ke from the bottom line ran out unhurriedly and stretched out his index finger to Afflaro from afar, signaling that he had made a good shot.
Afflaro also stretched out his index finger in response, then leaned down and assumed a standard defensive stance, his eyes looking at the "Jet" Terry in front of him, revealing a faint murderous aura.
Offense and defense rotate, and the Mavericks attack.
It's still the same set of tactics that pull away, Nowitzki is going to run to the top of the arc to block Kidd as soon as he swings.
"Coming back?" Billups' eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, and he suddenly stepped up and kicked his body, stuck in front of Nowitzki, and he and Kidd suddenly became entangled, and the two most wicked players in the league's No. 1 position met - old fritter vs. old fritter.
Kidd took a quick stop on the dribble, gave a simple crotch dribble to his left hand, and then switched to overtaking from Nowitzki's left.
Billups couldn't control the center of gravity of his body, and was hit headfirst by Nowitzki's body. His reaction was not slow, and after a scream of "ah~~", he fell to the ground. This kind of old guy who has practiced porcelain for many years is difficult to guard, and the performance is realistic and exciting.
The bald referee immediately blew the whistle and signaled Nowitzki to cover the foul.
"Is this a fake fall? You're blind" Nowitzki was furious, and the slap in the face by Love didn't make him so excited, he raised his arm and spread it out at the referee, and then the referee was dragged away by the coming Kidd before he was about to blow for a technical foul.
At this time, Billups stood up under the pull of Zheng Ke and Jordan Jr.'s outstretched palms.
Zheng Ke was still calm, and little Jordan's excitement was overflowing, he frowned at Billups from a position that the camera couldn't see, and he admired this old guy who specializes in pit others.
Billups patted the ash on his buttocks, his expression flat.
Zheng Ke walked outside the sideline, took the basketball from the referee's hand with both hands, and then handed it to Billups with a flick of his wrist
Two minutes later, Billups broke through to the outside lineman Zheng Ke.
Zheng Ke shook up Marion, who was pounced, made a mistake with his feet, flashed into the inside, and then in front of the twin towers of Nowitzki and Chandler, he made a layup in the air and hit the board into the frame.
The Timberwolves led by 10 points at 64-54.
49.8 seconds before the end of the third quarter, Zheng Ke received the ball from the outside player in the bottom corner, and after he moved two steps to the line, he suddenly changed direction in front of his body, handed his left hand to his right hand, and passed Marion in one step.
Zheng Ke moved too fast, and Chandler could only turn around to defend, not paying attention to whether Zheng Ke's three major steps had just started or had already been transported.
Zheng Ke took another step, passed Chandler on the bottom line, and held the basketball with one hand.
He spun in the air like a rocket thruster on his feet, spun in the air like a ballet dancer, grabbed a basketball with one hand in his right hand, and then looked back at the moon and rounded his arm to dunk the ball in.
"Bang!"
The Timberwolves led by 12 points at 77-65.
"Pretty!!"
The fans couldn't help but stand up, and they high-fived each other in celebration. Zheng Ke's slam dunk action of looking back at the moon was picturesque, stretched and chic, and the last "bang" added to its brilliance, giving fans an impact from all angles of vision and hearing.
Zheng Ke fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity and stumbled slightly. He also knew that he had just completed a terrific dunk, in fact, he could have made a pull-up jump shot directly after passing Marion, but seeing the emptiness of the Mavericks' interior line, the gods at that moment drove him to do so.
Zheng Ke answered this question after the game. Smiled slightly: "Luckily, I completed this dunk"