inspire-indiana Chapter 388 A Showdown at a Critical Moment
Chapter 388 A Showdown at a Critical Moment
Chapter 388 A Showdown at a Critical Moment
Seeing this scene, Paul Westphal was also very helpless.
In the supersonic attack, Wang Hao took over the ball from the backcourt, and he dribbled the ball across the half court.
Seeing Wang Hao holding the ball, Lagabel suddenly cheered up and left to follow the defense.
Wang Hao was also polite, and directly pushed away Lagabel and dribbled the ball across the half.
He first gave the ball to Gary Payton, and after Gary Payton responded, he returned the ball to him.
Just such a small action, Lagabel is also constantly entangled.
It can be seen that this guy's experience and strength are not enough, but his tenacity has already taken shape.
Wang Hao faced Lagabel with the ball and kept moving the basketball without giving him a chance to make a move.
At the same time, his eyes are constantly scanning the Quartet, reading the Mavericks defense.
Well, the Mavs' defense doesn't really need reading.
Seeing Wang Hao's movements, Lagabel quickly took a step back. He didn't dare to let Wang Hao break through.
Wang Hao didn't talk nonsense, and simply waved at PJ Brown.
The pick-and-roll has always been the easiest way to attack, but it is also the most effective attack.
After blocking, PJ Brown rushed inside immediately.
Lagabel has no choice but to keep up first. It is impossible to let PJ Brown hit the basket.
No way, Nowitzki has been pulled beyond the three-point line by Lewis, and he can't take care of the inside line at all.
Facing Lavlenz, Wang Hao suddenly exerted force on his feet, and his speed increased.
It felt as if he had wiped Lavlenz in front of him and scored an easy layup.
91:90
Wang Hao scored two more points and the score was reversed again.
"Nice, brilliant goal."
"Did you see, Wang Hao's breakthrough is not just brute force, he just swipe it, and he went straight in."
"Have you seen him play? He is so smart. Facing different opponents, he has different strategies.
We also all know that facing different defenders, sometimes different strategies need to be adopted.
But sometimes, thinking of it may not be possible, which requires strong technical support.
And Wang Hao, he can do it. "
You can't help but notice that there is one less Weiping Bryant and one more Hao Chui in this world.
Under Zhang Lili's wonderful commentary, the game continued, and Nowitzki singled Lewis again.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Lili was not calm for a moment.
"Lewis has to get tough, he's already given Dirk Nowitzki too many points.
On the basketball court, you can have what you are good at, and you can't be useless except for it.
Otherwise, your weakness will only be targeted by your opponents over and over again. "
"Lewis, get tough, he's about to break through, stop him!"
Seeing that Nowitzki was about to break through again, Gary Payton reacted extremely quickly and chose to double-team the first time.
It had to be him, who had a very clever timing and double-teamed Nowitzki when he dribbled.
Nowitzki briefly lost control of the basketball, and when he caught it, Gary Payton was already in place to help defend.
Gary Payton deserves to be a glove. At the moment Nowitzki made a homeopathic pass, he was touched by him.
The basketball deviates from the flight path and flies directly out of the sideline.
Although there was no direct steal, it also destroyed the Mavericks' offense with only 12 seconds left.
Taking advantage of the dead ball, the Supersonics immediately substituted.
Reggie Evans replaced Lewis once again, which seemed like the right move.
After all, Lewis' defense is indeed a loophole.
Of course, it's not that Lewis is not important. In fact, in most cases, he is an important member of the Sonics.
It's a pity that in today's NBA, especially in the West, there are several powerful power forwards.
In the same position, Lewis is not enough.
Such a substitution undoubtedly caused a lot of commotion, after all, this is Lewis!
This season, Lewis has performed well, and even has a tendency to replace Gary Payton and become the second head of the team.
Even, there are already local media assignments in Seattle, and next year will be Lewis' breakout year.
It's not just about data, it's about honor.
In fact, as early as this season, many media felt that Lewis should be an All-Star.
His personal performance is not bad, and he is a member of the championship team, so he deserves such treatment.
It's a pity that Gary Payton was selected in the end.
And Lewis, because the Supersonics have already had two All-Star selections, he was unable to enter.
However, next year should be fine.
However, under such circumstances, Lewis actually came off the bench at the last moment in such a crucial game.
Don't talk about others, Lewis is also a little unbelievable.
In fact, Paul Westphal had already hinted at such an arrangement, but unfortunately, Lewis did not react.
Facing Lewis who was walking off the court, the head coach patted his arm to express his encouragement.
It's a pity that Lewis didn't respond much, just nodded.
Paul Westphal must understand that he must not be happy to replace Lewis at this time.
However, he is also very clear that if the team wants to win, they must make such adjustments.
Just like the Mavericks, only one of Nash and Nick Van Exel can play.
The other playing position must be reserved for Lagabel, so that Lagabel can limit Wang Hao as much as possible.
The game continued, Nowitzki sent a sideline ball and immediately squeezed into the inside, trying to catch the ball.
However, at this time, he seemed to realize that the person guarding him had changed.
Of course it has changed. Lewis, who defended him just now, has been replaced and is now sitting on the bench.
If this is the case, Nowitzki will not be surprised.
Because standing behind him now, it is not Reggie Evans who just played to defend him, but PJ Brown.
As soon as PJ Brown came up, the defense became obviously different.
Nowitzki relies on PJ Brown for the ball, just as he has no time to deal with Lewis.
And PJ Brown is obviously more experienced.
At the moment Nowitzki received the ball, he decisively pushed Nowitzki out a step.
Although it was only one step away, it made Nowitzki very uncomfortable. This is not his singles position.
Every offensive player has a very comfortable offensive position.
Don't look at the small influence of being comfortable or not, in fact, the defense is pieced together bit by bit.
The distance is too far, Nowitzki can't play singles with his back, and can only choose to attack face-to-face.
PJ Brown is obviously not letting go.
No way, he defended Nowitzki one-on-one, leaving only Reggie Evans inside.
Reggie Evans is good at rebounding, but when it comes to defense, he is too easy to be swayed.
Sure enough, Nowitzki chose to shoot.
"Bang!"
It's a pity that the basketball bounced out of the frame.
Lavrentz immediately noticed that the shot was a little bit off, and immediately wanted to stop the position of the basketball first.
However, at this time, he discovered that Reggie Evans had already succeeded in blocking the position first.
Lavrentz's reaction was also quick. He immediately chose to grab the position and interfered with Reggie Evans.
"Bang!"
The basketball hit the rim and was bounced, and Lavlenz quickly judged that the basketball had landed.
He suddenly discovered a piece of good news, the basketball bounced a little far away, and it was heading towards him.
He's already somewhat sure of grabbing the rebound.
He tried hard to judge the position of the basketball, as long as it dropped a little bit, he would shoot.
However, at this moment, a figure suddenly flew up.
Who else could it be if it wasn't Reggie Evans?
Lavlenz was confused, and smiled knowingly, little rookie, you danced too early!
However, what followed was a scene that Lavrentz couldn't believe.
Reggie Evans seemed to be sitting on a rocket, constantly rising, and abruptly took off the rebound.
The moment he took off the rebound, he didn't hold the basketball stupidly, but was already looking around.
After landing, Lavlenz didn't even react, he had already passed the ball.
When Wang Hao saw Reggie Evans grabbing the rebound, he subconsciously moved, planning to catch it.
Sure enough, Reggie Evans made the pass.
Wang Hao received the basketball without any delay, and immediately ran away with the ball all the way.
Lagabel maintained a very high degree of concentration, and he also returned to the defense immediately.
Unfortunately, he was the only one.
On the other side of the basketball court, Gary Payton has quickly followed.
Seeing that Lagabel was going to press up, Wang Hao didn't delay, and directly gave the ball to Gary Payton.
But at this time, Lagabel took it back decisively, as if his press just now was just a fake move.
But, none of this matters.
In the two-on-one fast break, if they can't score, Wang Hao and Gary Payton can hit their heads on the tofu.
Gary Payton found the right time and threw the ball directly into the air, and Wang Hao also jumped high.
"boom!"
A wonderful alley-oop, the Sonics scored two more points.
93:90
It's just a three-point difference, it's nothing, a three-pointer can solve the problem.
But the question is, can the Mavericks do it?
After entering the final moment of the decisive battle, the Mavericks failed to defend consecutively.
With their strong scoring firepower, they can always maintain the score and score.
But once an attack is missed, the point difference will be widened.
More importantly, there was only 1 minute and 24 seconds left in the game.
In the Mavericks' offensive round, the Sonics directly increased their defensive intensity to the highest level this time.
As soon as Nash received the ball in the backcourt, he was about to face Gary Payton's full court defense.
Although Nash brought the ball to the frontcourt, it also consumed a lot of time. He almost stepped on the half of the illegal time.
If the referee favors the Supersonics, the ball can be blown past the halftime violation.
It's not that Nash didn't want to pass the ball, but that others were stared down.
Nowitzki and PJ Brown got entangled and couldn't get a position at all. Nash could only give the ball to Michael Finley.
Facing Wang Hao's defense, Michael Finley didn't really want to play hard, so he simply asked Nowitzki to help with the pick-and-roll.
It's a pity that facing Nowitzki's pick-and-roll, Wang Hao decisively took a step faster and squeezed past.
The pick-and-roll is also a perfect combination of technique and body. A person like O'Neal is just a good pick-and-roll.
Because the defender can't squeeze him, it will take more time to bypass him.
The pick-and-roll around other people is just around a post, and the pick-and-roll around O'Neal is around a wall.
If the body is not good, then the choice of pick-and-roll time or position is very important.
Unfortunately, Nowitzki is not good at this.
The pick-and-roll failed, and Wang Hao was still standing in front of him. Michael Finley had no choice but to bite the bullet and play singles.
It's just that, after a little confrontation just now, Michael Finley seemed extremely uncomfortable.
He opted for a step-back shot.
A step within the three-point line, a step-back shot, and a huge fallback, this is really difficult.
"Bang!"
Sure enough, the basketball hit the rim.
This time, PJ Brown protected the rebound.
As long as one more goal is scored, the Supersonics have a great possibility of directly securing the victory of the game.
Wang Hao also knew the key to the ball, and directly & Gary Payton hit a pick-and-roll.
This time the quality of the pick-and-roll was very good, Nash was completely blocked by Wang Hao, and Gary Payton quickly pulled away.
At this time, Wang Hao also quickly cut to the inside.
In this case, Lagabel can only keep up with Gary Payton first, and let Nash defend Wang Hao.
Gary Payton reacted quickly and immediately gave the ball to Wang Hao.
It's just that the Mavericks are ready again, and Lavlenz has already double-teamed the first time.
Forced defense will inevitably lead to missing people.
Looking up, Wang Hao saw Reggie Evans, but this guy was obviously a little far away from the basket.
After thinking about it, he still passed the ball to Reggie Evans.
It's not that Wang Hao thinks that the middle-range Reggie Evans can make the ball, but that there is no better choice.
As long as Reggie Evans can pass the ball, the Sonics still have a chance to attack.
However, this guy is really reckless.
After getting the ball, Reggie Evans shot directly from the mid-range without any hesitation.
That resolute and confident look is simply amazing!
But the problem is, this guy's shooting movements are extremely stiff, like a robot.
Sure enough, the hand that grabs rebounds is not suitable for shooting.
Wang Hao is still a little strange. Reggie Evans is very good at rebounding. Why didn't he become famous in the NBA?
Now, he understood.
Apart from rebounding, there's really nothing this guy can do.
That's right, otherwise it's another Ben Wallace, or Rodman the bug.
Wang Hao was ready right away, he directly leaned his back against Lavlenz, and stood firm.
Being robbed of the rebound position again, Lavlenz also panicked and wanted to squeeze Wang Hao away.
However, after the confrontation, he realized that he managed to grab a little position, but he couldn't squeeze Wang Hao away completely.
At this time, the rebound has also fallen.
Almost at the same time, Wang Hao and Lavlenz took off at the same time to compete for the rebound.
Lavlenz gritted his teeth, looking like he wouldn't stop until he got a rebound.
However, when the two jumped up at the same time, he realized that the 10 cm height advantage seemed not enough!
Seeing that Wang Hao was about to hit a rebound, Lavlenz didn't care too much, and instinctively pushed with his left hand.
"what!"
Wang Hao naturally sensed Lavlenz's movement and yelled to attract the referee's attention.
(End of this chapter)