The Thundering team made substitutions, Luo Gaozhan, Sun Changxing, Liu Dingding, Gong Zhengyang, and Yang Yaye frantically brushed points on the field.

They took full advantage of the high shooting percentage of open positions, and when the opponent deliberately released water, the scoring efficiency was not lower than that of the starting lineup.

The two sides have played back and forth, if you shoot a two-pointer, I will immediately return a mid-range shot, and if you shoot a three-pointer, I will also score one.

The most outrageous thing is that both sides are very polite and humble, if your three-point shot is "iron", I don't even bother to grab the rebound, let you take the ball and then continue to shoot until it is thrown.

On the sidelines, the audience was a little tired of this kind of non-confrontational game, and they didn't know what the meaning of their play like this was, and they began to clamor to strengthen the defense.

The head coach of the Utao team, who came to watch the game, was almost angry.

When he got up this morning, he was still complacent, thinking that the team might pick up a big leak and qualify first in the group.

He couldn't get angry, and ran to find the coach of the Shimen team: "Coach Li, can you still have a face?" Are the principles of fairness and justice in competitive sports fed to dogs? ”

The fat coach is polite and cranked the folding fan: "There is a saying, if you want to be fair, you have to participate in competitive sports; If you want absolute fairness, don't come to competitive sports. In the first game between the two of us, I gave you face, and you have to be content. ”

Coach Utao left the court scolding, and his words were extremely high.

The safe score line in the mind of the Shimen team, Director Li, is 80 points, and he can turn his face when he hits this score.

Therefore, when the game was halfway through the third quarter and the Shimen team led 80-77, Coach Li called a timeout for substitutions.

The coach of the Shimen team this time sent all the interior players who focused on defense, and these big tall men put on a two-three defensive formation, standing under the basket is like an iron gate level, which is difficult to shake.

Yu Yan and Long Xiaochuan glanced at each other, and at the same time scolded "old fox" in a low voice, and immediately replaced them.

You must know that the Shimen team originally held a 13-point lead in the first two games, and now it is difficult in advance, adding another 3 points to the difficulty of the Thundering team.

Long Xiaochuan not only has to lead the team to win, but also has to win the huge 17-point difference on the opposite side to compete for the first place in the group, which is definitely more difficult.

He thought about it for a while, and named Xue Zhuang, Du Gangnan, Pan Lei, and Shi Lang to play with himself.

This lineup is incomprehensible, and Yu Yan said with obvious skepticism: "Are you going to score two points?" I'm afraid I won't have enough time. ”

The Thundering team has suffered many losses, the friendly match with the Tomahawk team, and the game against the Utao team, the game only made a force at the end, and finally could not complete the reversal because of lack of time.

Long Xiaochuan signaled her not to worry, he first unified his thoughts to all the players: "The main task now is to narrow the point difference, and the benefit of defense is the greatest." We defended the opponent's attack and immediately scored a goal on the counter-attack, which was a four-point difference inside and out. So, use all your housekeeping skills and give them strength. ”

This sound of "intensity", the painting style of the two teams on the field suddenly changed dramatically.

First of all, the Thundering team attacked with the ball, and everyone added a lot of small actions in terms of ball protection, blocking, card positioning, etc., and added a lot of physical contact with the opponent.

Then there was the scramble for rebounds, and there was a scene of multiple people fighting under the basket and rolling to the ground.

At that time, Long Xiaochuan tried to shoot a three-pointer, but unfortunately the basketball bounced out of the basket.

The interior players of both teams were frantically grabbing rebounds, Xue Zhuang and Pan Lei's positions were not very good, and the center of the Shimen team touched the basketball first.

But before he could hold it steady, Xue Zhuang had already slapped it and plucked the ball to the ground.

Pan Lei didn't know if it was the wrong nerve or Sakuragi Hanamichi possessed, so he actually flew over and grabbed the floor ball first.

He twisted his body the moment his body landed, cushioned the ground with his back, and then used the tumbling to get up.

It's just that the two players of the Shimen team came up to grab the ball, so that he didn't have any space to play the ball, so he could only hold the basketball in his arms.

The players of the Shimen team dug left and stabbed right, and this state was still blatantly grabbing the ball.

Pan Lei sensed the crisis and shouted at the top of his voice: "Referee, isn't this a foul?" ”

The referee has been walking in the first half of the game, blowing the penalty scale is very loose, and Meng Buding is not very comfortable with this fierce competition and does not respond in time.

Pan Lei was furious, and his arms struggled left and right, first giving the person on the left an elbow, and then the opponent on the right a shoulder.

The two immediately covered their noses and lowered their chins.

In the hustle and bustle of the coaches and players of the Shimen team shouting fouls, Xue Zhuang took the ball from Pan Lei.

He doesn't care if there is a foul or not, anyway, as long as the referee doesn't blow the whistle, it's a good ball, jump vertically with both feet, and put the ball in the basket with both hands.

The referee, for the sake of balance, acquiesced to the validity of the goal.

His inaction this time laid the groundwork for the intensity of the next near-hand-to-hand fight.

This goal boosted the morale of the Thunder team.

Xue Zhuang smiled at Long Xiaochuan while retreating back to the defensive position: "No pressure!" ”

"Don't get too happy, everyone should pay attention to the number of fouls."

Long Xiaochuan reminded his teammates that if you look at it this way, you will have to use foul tactics to increase the number of rounds in the last few minutes, and I hope you will not be sent off in advance.

The ball was converted, and it was the turn of the Shimen team to attack.

They deliberately stalled for time and didn't make a move without dribbling the ball for 20 seconds.

Yu Yan watched and was anxious off the court, and loudly reminded Long Xiaochuan to play full-court pressing, and forced the opponent to make mistakes with high-intensity defense.

Long Xiaochuan shook his finger at her and continued to arrange for his teammates to play joint defense.

In the hospital ward a few kilometers away, Long Zaiyuan was watching the live broadcast of the game through the video account of the "Yellow Rubber Shoes Team", and slightly agreed with Long Xiaochuan's choice: "It's not time yet, the third quarter hasn't finished yet." ”

The Thundering team is more calm than ever, and they are not in a hurry to play positional battles with their opponents, and the Shimen team also has the disadvantage of delaying time, that is, they need to frequently pass the ball on the outside and turn it back.

The five players have to run without the ball, pass and receive together, and watch the timer when holding the ball to avoid 24-second offensive violations, which consumes far more energy and energy than the opponent.

They made a mistake in two rounds of high-frequency ball control and cutting, and Long Xiaochuan took advantage of the inattention of the opposite point guard, suddenly started to block the passing route, completed the mid-air interception and launched a quick counterattack.

The opposing point guard tried his best to chase the defense, but he was deceived by Long Xiaochuan's parallel step under the basket, and jumped high only to find that he didn't go to the basket.

When he landed, Long Xiaochuan hit the board with a jumper under the basket and scored easily.

The two sides played the last three minutes of the third quarter like this, and you went back and forth and made mistakes, and both scored. The Thundering team narrowed the gap with two counterattacks, rewriting the score to 84:85, surpassing the Shimen team by 1 point.