Chapter Two Hundred and Seven: Portland Villain
The Portland Rose Garden was bustling with people, shouting and whistling loudly, creating a chaotic and boisterous atmosphere.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
The Trail Blazers, who are back in the playoffs, have faced the strongest opponent in their division, and the Timberwolves have become the biggest obstacle in the path of the Trail Blazers, and at the moment, it seems that this obstacle is somewhat insurmountable.
With the Timberwolves leading by 25 points after three quarters, not a single fan left the court in front of the Rose Garden, and many fans wore the Trail Blazers logo on their faces and folded their hands in anticipation of a miracle.
God heard their prayers.
Roy unleashed a frenzy of the Trail Blazers' counterattack and chased the deficit to just 14 points.
But at this moment, the Great Demon King appeared.
Zheng Ke is the big devil, he plays the villain of Portland, and his appearance calmed down the somewhat flustered Timberwolves players on the court, and assisted Love to complete a slam dunk.
Roy knows that the Trail Blazers want to achieve higher results, whether this year or next year, the Timberwolves are a hurdle that must be crossed, and the Timberwolves' superstar Zheng Ke is the enemy he must take down.
Roy dribbled closer to Zheng Que step by step, and Zheng Ke opened his hands and put on the most standard defensive stance.
The noise is getting louder
Roy began to dribble skillfully under his crotch, not expecting to shake off Zheng Ke, but his instinctive way of dribbling.
Zheng Ke has always kept a proper distance from Roy, which allows him to interfere with Roy's shot in time, and can keep up with Roy's sudden breakthrough.
Roy dribbles under his crotch to his left hand. The basketball spun in the palm of his left hand, and the whole person made a feint to break to the left. Without waiting for Zheng Ke to react, Roy quickly dribbled the ball to the floor a few times. Returned to right-handed possession.
Zheng Ke's center of gravity did not change, but Roy had quietly shifted his center of gravity in the process of dribbling, and suddenly, a bright light radiated from Roy's black eyes.
The next moment, Roy stepped out of his right foot like lightning, and the whole person broke through diagonally to the right!
"Hmph, it's not that simple."
The corners of Zheng Ke's mouth curled slightly. With the fastest reaction speed, he blocked Roy's way forward. But right away, Zheng Ke's face became ugly because Roy disappeared from front of him!
Roy pulls the ball around his back with his right hand. Switched to left-handed possession of the ball and began to break to the left. Zheng Ke struggled to adjust his center of gravity, barely keeping up with Roy's pace, and the two leaned on each other to kill inside.
Zheng Ke's powerful power is on full display at this moment. Roy couldn't squeeze Zheng Ke out of the way at all. The breakout line is more and more off the basket.
The speed of the two is not fast, but no one dares to come over to disturb, this is a duel between kings, everyone wants to see which is stronger and which is weak.
Two steps later, Roy took a big step to the left with his left foot, then moved his feet slightly on the floor and floated like a harrier, raising the basketball with both hands. It was a step-back jumper.
As soon as Roy withdrew, Zheng Ke felt the disappearance of additional power. He reacted immediately, moved in small steps, and reached for Gayroy.
But Roy's jumper was still too large, and even though Zheng Ke defended well, it still couldn't cover Roy.
"Huh!"
The 2-pointer hit and Roy hit the ground, his face was calm, but there was fire burning in his eyes.
Zheng Ke turned around and saw the upturned white net flower, he didn't speak, took a deep look at Roy who was sitting on the ground, and then turned his head and ran towards his half.
"In! A difficult step-back jumper. Barkley, who saw the two going head-to-head, was particularly excited, grabbed the microphone and finished the shot with a voice that almost roared.
"Brandon has always been the most accurate mid-range jumper in the younger generation, he is nicknamed "Yellow Mamba", and in a certain sense, Brandon's mid-range jumper is as lethal as Kobe. Roy completed a difficult "bukkake" on Zheng Ke's head, which made Smithton feel energetic, and he began to gush about Roy's skills and compare Roy to Kobe.
"Yes, but Zheng Ke's mid-range jumper is also very good, and this season, Zheng Ke's step-back jumper has become a super scoring tool for him, and many players in the same position have a headache for it." Barkley still has a clear lineup and has been praising Zheng Ke without being sensitive.
"It's like most players meet your big ass back then, right?" Smith laughed and teased Barkley.
"Almost." Barkley rolled his eyes upward, not ashamed.
Zheng Ke asked for the ball with his back, although he took the initiative to defend Roy, but the Trailblazers would not use Roy to defend Zheng Ke, after all, the height and strength gap between the two was too big. Defending Zheng is still Batum, the tall and long-arm French small forward who has been ravaged by Zheng Ke in this series.
"Wrap him, wrap him!" As soon as Zheng Ke took the ball, McMillan jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail, yelling for people to wrap Zheng Ke in.
Zheng Ke dribbled the ball very fast, and after hitting Batum with his back a small step, he directly turned around and switched to the left hand to dribble, and then used his left foot as the axis, his right foot exerted force, and he threw a backward jumper.
I don't know how many times Zheng Ke has practiced such a move, and with such a good sense of rhythm, Zheng Ke's shooting rate is extremely high.
"Huh!"
The basketball went through the heart, and McMillan's heart twitched as if he had been shot. Time is running out, and if Zheng Ke attacks so easily, even if the Trailblazers can ensure a hot touch, it will still be difficult to recover the score.
Whitman, on the other hand, waved his fist, and if he wins this one, then this series can basically be won.
Roy quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and now every minute and every second has to be saved, and the more offensive rounds there are, the more hope the Trail Blazers have of a comeback.
Aldridge covered Roy, and Zheng Ke was delayed by Aldridge's small movement and failed to keep up with Roy. Love didn't also save Roy, he felt that Roy should not dare to throw a three-point shot at such a critical time.
But Roy made a shot, a single block cover shot, leaned forward slightly, and the arc of the basketball was very low.
"Rebound!" Lefu turned his head and yelled.
But the basketball smashed into the rim of the hoop and entered the hoop with a "bang".
13 points! Only 13 points away!
The scene immediately erupted, and the enthusiasm of the audience gradually increased, and under the organization of the DJ, they shouted in unison "Defend, defend." ”
"Let's not rush, it's only more than 6 minutes!" Zheng Ke shouted, boosting the morale of his teammates.
The Timberwolves gave up their usual quick offense and started a positional battle in a disciplined manner. Zheng didn't receive a pass from beyond the three-point line until just before the end of the 24-second mark.
"!" He secretly scolded the cheating father, and pulled out his hand directly from the three-point line.
The basketball flew out of his fingertips, and unlike Roy's low flat arc, Zheng Ke threw the basketball with a very high trajectory, soaring, and then plunged into the hoop amid the curses of more than 20,000 spectators in the audience.
"Hey" cheered for a while, and the whole court let out a sigh in unison, such a three-point shot, and the score was stretched to 16 points, which seemed to be a big difference.
Three minutes later, Zheng Ke was still in this place, still at the end of 24 seconds, and a high-arc three-pointer once again stretched the score to 20 points.
The crowd shook their heads and looked helpless, and most of the fans began to leave the stadium. There was only a small group of die-hard fans left in the stadium, and the cameras captured their faces, many of them were teary-eyed, and there were even quite a few female fans, their eyes were confused and painful, confused about the future of the team, and painful about the team's loss.
McMillan replaced his main player and announced his surrender.
Zheng Ke high-fived the substitute Brewer in celebration, he ran back to the bench and was greeted by all the players, everyone surrounded him, scratched his head, patted his chest, and everyone's face showed a completely different expression from the Trail Blazers players, which was a happy expression of enjoying the victory.
In the end, the Timberwolves beat the Trail Blazers by 22 points 113-91.
Zheng Ke played 38 minutes, 14-of-25 shooting, 5-of-8 three-pointers, 10-of-10 free throws, 43 points and 9 assists, he completed 40+ in 2 of his 3 career playoff games, setting a record of N more, and once again shocking the world.
Maybe in a few years, Zheng Ke's fourth-quarter and Roy's heads-up scene will become a classic picture in the memory of countless fans, and maybe a few years later, when people mention this playoffs, they will still remember the blue No. 17 who dominated the Rose Garden. But at this moment, Zheng Ke has become the biggest villain in Portland.
Zheng Ke is very open to this, after all, he has pushed people into the fire pit with his own hands, and if Portland fans like him, then he will feel strange. (To be continued......)