Chapter 36: Is This Melon Sweet?
With Guago's re-entry, Wolves' counter-offensive momentum has once again fallen into a slump.
Although Luo Long is constantly using his arsenal of weapons to cause damage by surprise, the Wolves can't stop Guago's kaleidoscopic scoring methods.
The two teams alternated the score in this way.
By the time the second quarter came, the Wolves were already a full fifteen points behind.
With 25 minutes of playing time in the first half, Gua Ge has already scored 23 points, and it is not difficult for him to score more than 35+ points today.
During the interval, Hortman made a bold decision after careful consideration.
Let Luo Long keep an eye on Brother Gua!
This is no way, and the only person in the current Wolves team who may restrain Gua Ge is only Luo Long.
Jefferson is on the inside, while Love proves to be a speculative data brush, they are suitable for a tailwind, a tough battle like today, Hortman thought about it for a long time and found that only Luo Long alone reassured him.
After hearing Hortman's decision, Luo Long said with a smile:
"Coach, you really have a vision. And generally speaking, a person with vision will get a huge harvest that he didn't expect. β
When the third quarter began, both teams tacitly replaced their ace players off the court for a break, and both coaches were ready to fight in the fourth quarter.
And in this quarter, even if Love fought hard, Jefferson used all his strength to eat, and by the end of the third quarter, the Wolves were still 21 points behind.
The game has already been spent.
Hortman held back his anger and didn't attack, he could see the efforts of the players, it was really the strength of the Nuggets' strong lineup, so he couldn't train the players or anything.
Moreover, because this is the Plateau Arena, as the game time progresses, in addition to the local players in Denver, Luo Long and other Wolves players are sweating on their foreheads, and they all take oxygen to fight altitude sickness on the court.
It's a tough game.
Even Luo Long felt a hint of altitude sickness.
However, Luo Long didn't take this seriously, all he thought about was how to defeat the powerful Gua Ge, so as to make his reputation and popularity go to a higher level.
After Luo Long played again in the fourth quarter, he took the initiative to step forward to mark Gua Ge.
The society is naturally not afraid of any opponent, and the two motioned to their teammates to pull away, and they want to play alone.
"Listen, boy, you're still playing with mud when I play basketball."
Gua Ge's eyes radiated a look of disdain, and the rhythm of ball control in his hands became more and more calm.
"Yes, so it's time for me, a young man, to beat you."
Luo Long laughed wildly and went back without letting go.
"Haha, it's really bold, okay, let's see the real chapter under our hands."
Gua Ge seriously made a triple threat test step, trying to divert Luo Long's body center of gravity, but Luo Long's response was very decent, and Gua Ge didn't get too good a chance.
However, in the final analysis, Brother Gua began to look down on Luo Long in his heart, he has seen a lot of Chinese people, how can one of them be his opponent?
Gua Ge suddenly changed direction, and suddenly killed Luo Long's right side with a lightning burst speed.
Luo Long has been staring at the details of Gua Ge's movement, Luo Long, who was familiar with Gua Ge's extraordinary routines in his previous life, naturally reacted as soon as possible, and started to move horizontally in front of Gua Ge one step in advance.
The two bodies collided violently.
Then Gua Ge was surprised by Luo Long's not weak confrontation ability, and he didn't take advantage of the front bulldozer in the slightest.
So, in an instant, Gua Ge took advantage of the situation and turned around with a quick dribble to the right, and killed Luo Long's side to the basket.
Facing Jefferson's inside line, Guagoe was undaunted, and after making a feint in the air to shake Jefferson away, a lever went up again to throw the ball in the direction of the basket.
However, at this moment, he noticed that a figure behind him quickly rushed over, stretched out his long arm in the air and slapped the basketball hard.
"Smack!"
Luo Long gave Gua Ge a bloody hat!
The ball flew directly into the hands of the Wolves players outside the three-point line, and then the Wolves quickly began to counterattack, and the fast break was finally completed.
Wolves chased back two points again.
In the offensive link of the Nuggets in the next round, Gua Ge still chose to play Luo Long alone.
This time, Gua Ge didn't careless, he suddenly faked a breakthrough after a tentative step, and then made a quick stop jump shot after a side step, which surprised Luo Long.
However, Luo Long's arm span and speed are really good, and even a short time out of position can rush forward in time and successfully interfere with the trajectory of the basketball game.
"Boom!"
With Luo Long's efforts, this ball hit iron.
With the assistance of Jefferson, Luo Long picked up the rebound for the first time, and then suddenly started and rushed towards the frontcourt.
Gua Ge pursued closely with anger, but he was always equal to Luo Long in speed.
In the end, Luo Long staged a flying buckle again on Gua Ge's entanglement, and gave Gua Ge a shameful buckle.
In this way, under Luo Long's outburst, as time passed, the scores behind the wolves were recovered little by little, and the smell of gunpowder of the two teams became bigger and bigger.
The eyes of the social melon looking at Luo Long became more and more terrifying.
However, Luo Long always wore a mad smile, and in his eyes, Brother Gua's dangerous eyes were the best proof of his ability.
No one is jealous of mediocrity.
After Guago's top shot Luo Long hit the iron again, the Wolves, who got the rebound, immediately launched a strong fast offensive momentum again.
This time, Gua Ge retreated very hard, and finally chased in front of Luo Long when he reached the three-point line with the ball.
However, this time, Luo Long did not choose to play alone, but made a bewitching pass, assisting his teammates to make a layup and score two points.
Gua Ge wiped the sweat from his face.
He's not a Denver native either, and he's feeling some altitude sickness at the moment, but he's still playing for the sake of his team's victory.
Luo Long's strength was something he didn't expect.
When his physical strength began to drop significantly, his skill and shooting effectiveness were declining more and more, and he urgently needed a break at the moment, but at this time, where could the team leave him.
As long as Gua Ge is rested, then this Chinese man will be able to overtake the game and completely play the game.
With 20 seconds left in the game, Gua Ge finally realized that he still underestimated Mr. Fire Dragon, who has been very hot recently.
For more than ten minutes, Luo Long rushed to score points all over the court, and he had already led the Wolves with assists to erase the 21-point deficit to only one point left.
This is the last time Wolves attack.
Once the Wolves play once, then for the Nuggets, it is basically a loss.
At the final critical moment, Luo Long took over the game.
No one would have any objection to this result, and Luo Long's performance won over everyone up and down the Wolves team.
And Gua Ge didn't take it any bigger, and when Luo Long dribbled just after half the court, Gua Ge immediately defended it.
However, Luo Long was not in the slightest hurry, he carried Gua Ge inside and dribbled the ball from the midfield to the mid-distance position for more than ten seconds.
When there were 7 seconds left in the game, Luo Long's eyes burst out with an extremely dangerous aura, and then suddenly disappeared in front of everyone's eyes at an alarming speed.
Gua Ge's reaction was not slow, he immediately retreated and collided with Luo Long at the same time, trying to disrupt Luo Long's offensive rhythm.
What Gua Ge didn't expect was that this lightning breakthrough turned out to be a feint by Luo Long.
After successfully deviating the center of gravity of Gua Ge's body, Luo Long kicked his right leg with a quick stride and retreated, successfully opening up the distance between him and Gua Ge.
Then, under Gua Ge's shocked gaze, Luo Long calmly collected the ball and then quickly stopped and jumped to shoot.
When the basketball flies above the basket, the red light on the edge of the rebound comes on and the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game.
"Huh!"
"Toot ~~~~~~"
The entire Pepsi Center arena was silent, and many Nuggets fans left the court angrily.
It is conceivable that the Nuggets players and coaches who lost this game are estimated to be scolded by the fans.
And Luo Long didn't have time to celebrate this rare victory with his excited teammates before he heard the cold prompt sound of the system again.
γDing! Mission accomplished! γ
[The host's current special skill proficiency status: Jordan's special move is 30%, Kobe's special move is 30%, and Abdul-Jabbar's special skill is 30%. Permanently increases the host's speed stat by 15%. γ
[Hint: In the next game, a new special move mission will be released, and I hope the hosts will train hard!] γ
"Hahahaha......"
Luo Long really loves basketball as a competitive sport more and more.
For the strong, competition is the best way for them to be happy.