Chapter 48: The Last 2 Minutes

The Suns called a timeout, and at the same time, D'Antoni also looked at Wang Chao.

"Wang, how are you recovering from your strength?"

Wang Chao played a lot of hard work in the first three quarters of the game, everyone can see it, and D'Antoni also knows that his physical fitness is seriously overdrawn, so he is not in a hurry to arrange Wang Chao to play.

But now the situation is critical, and it will be up to you if you can't do it.

Unconsciously, Wang Chao has become one of the important scoring points for efficiency and stability within the Suns.

At this most critical time, Wang Chao's appearance will significantly increase the success rate of the Suns' scoring.

"Hmm."

Wang Chao nodded.

Counting the various times of timeouts, free throws and dead balls, Wang Chao has been resting off the court for nearly 20 minutes.

This time is not short, and it is enough for Wang Chao to recover some of his physical strength slightly, and the last 2 minutes are completely enough to fight with all his might.

"Very good, Wang Chao will be replaced in a while, and we will ...... according to the No. 3 tactic"

After the pause, the two teams returned to the court, and the Mavericks saw Wang Chao on the court, and they immediately became a little vigilant.

Wang Chao, who scored 30 points in the third quarter, is the Suns' current highest-scoring player and their biggest threat. Howard continued to stare at Wang Chao and did not give him an easy chance to shoot three points.

The Suns had the ball, Nash received a pass from his teammates and ran quickly across the half court, and in the final two minutes of the game, his offensive rhythm was still extremely fast, and it did not slow down.

The Mavericks have already settled in advance of the position, followed by Josh who is standing at the bottom corner of the three-point line. Howard's heart tightened.

"It's coming!"

I saw that Wang Chao, who was standing in a fixed position, suddenly shook his body and ran towards the bottom corner of the other side along the bottom line.

The first three quarters of the game have been walked by Wang Chao countless times. Howard, of course, knew that the other party was going to start running again.

He immediately followed Wang Chao without hesitation, but with this action, Howard's heart couldn't help sinking.

Wang Chao ran a lot faster than he imagined, and he couldn't keep up for a while!

It's no surprise that Wang Chao was able to sit on the sidelines for a full ten minutes in the fourth quarter of the game. Howard can't, he's the Mavericks' second-leading scorer and needs to help Nowitzki score together.

Therefore, although Howard's physical strength is better than Wang Chao's, there are only 2 minutes left in the game, and his physical strength is already on the verge of limit.

On the other hand, at this time, Wang Chao has run a total distance of more than 5 kilometers in this race, and the third stage of the long-distance runner's talent has begun, and Wang Chao's running speed has been increased by 10% compared with the beginning.

Under the bonus, Wang Chao's speed of 74 can play an effect no less than 85 or even higher in running.

With one increase and one subtraction, it is natural that Howard will have difficulty keeping up.

Seeing that the two were already a little far away when they passed under the basket, and when Wang Chao ran over the basket, Josh. When Howard gritted his teeth and chased closely, Marion, who was standing around the penalty area, also saw the opportunity to cross and made a no-ball cover for Wang Chao.

Howard was immediately separated by Marion's pick-and-roll.

Seeing this, Nowitzki didn't have time to think about it, and immediately chased after Wang Chao.

But as a result, the Mavericks were in disarray, and Nash took the opportunity to rush inside and pass the ball to Marion, who scored on a layup.

At 115:115, the two teams returned to the same running line of the deuce.

Although this goal was not Wang Chao's score, it was indeed his behavior, pulling away the Mavericks' defense and making the team's scoring easier.

Offense and defense switched, and the ball came to the Mavericks' side.

Playing seven inches, the Mavericks also know that at this critical moment, they have to attack the opponent's weakness, Nowitzki has scored 50 points, and his physical strength is close to the limit, and Marion has followed the whole process, which cannot ensure a stable score.

So the basketball was handed over to Josh. In Howard's hands, after all, he is facing the weakest point of the Suns' defense on the surface - Wang Chao.

To be reasonable, Wang Chao's defense may be a little worse than Nash, and he can't prevent the ball from breaking through at all, so he can defend some shooters who are mainly projection-based like him, and he can still have some effect with his excellent height and arm length.

In the first four games, Josh. Howard has received countless points on Wang Chao's head, but at this moment, he is also a little powerless.

Standing in front of Wang Chao with the ball, and after struggling for a long time, Howard still decided to break through with the most secure ball.

But when he was also a little overdrawn in his body, the lethality of his breakthrough with the ball was far less than before, and he was actually stopped in front of Wang Chao first.

After a bit of ink, 24 seconds of attack time was running out.

Finally Josh. Howard could only end the offense with a tentative step jumper, Wang Chao's defense was very good, his palm completely covered the opponent's vision, and the shot naturally missed the frame.

It's just that......

Nowitzki plucked onions under the basket and pressed Marion to grab an offensive rebound and hit a rebound.

117:115! The Mavericks regained a two-point lead, and Nowitzki's individual score moved to 52.

"Damn...... Can this guy still score? ”

Wang Chao remembered that Nowitzki should only score 50 points in this game, and this is about to end, and he still has to be a moth.

Fortunately, there is still 1 minute and 21 seconds left in the game time, and there are still many opportunities!

Suns fans, who thought they would soon be able to catch up with the two-point difference, watched with their hearts as the Suns failed to score a mere two points in the next few rounds, and even Nash failed to shoot the ball in a particularly good mid-range shot.

The only fortunate thing is that the Mavericks are in a similar situation to the Suns, who also failed to score in these rounds, and even took few shots, most of which were forced to steal and make mistakes.

But such a stalemate is obviously extremely bad for the Suns, because they are the ones who are down by 2 points, and the rest of the game does not have the capital for them to waste too many chances.

Soon, the game time of 1 minute and 21 seconds became 27 seconds.

The Suns possessed the ball, and the score was still 117-115.

D'Antoni called a final timeout and devised what could be the final attack.

With a difference of 2 points, with only 27 seconds remaining, then you have to fight for three points!

As long as they can press down as much as possible to make a three-pointer with 24 seconds of offensive time and turn the score around, then the Mavericks who only have 3 seconds of offensive time left can score a goal and win the game.

D'Antoni wasn't ready to settle for a two-point fight in overtime.

And this person who is responsible for shooting the most critical quasi-three-point shot is, of course, Wang Chao, who is the most sure of three-point shots.