Vol 5 Chapter 420: Decisive moment

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Wei Shao had a depressed expression on his face. Just one round before, he failed to break through Zhang Guan three times, and Zhang Guan successfully scored two points in one breakthrough. ??≠ From the result point of view, in this round of competition, Wei Shao lost to Zhang Guan.
"Damn it!" Wei Shao's face was full of anger, and Zhang Guan was the second. The key is that Zhang Guan also used a street ball to excel, which is equivalent to showing Wei Shao's face fiercely, any one nBa's defender will be unhappy if he is caught by the opponent's show, let alone the young and powerful Wei Shao.
"I thought Zhang Guan was only relying on degree and strength to make breakthroughs. I didn't expect him to know the technology of breakthrough! Why? The degree and strength are better than me. What technique can still break me! I don't agree!" There was a hint of unwillingness in Wei Shao's eyes.
Wei Shao tried again to break through. He wanted to return a ball, but was still hindered by Zhang Guan. In desperation, Wei Shao passed the ball to Durant. Durant jumped, but the basketball missed the basket.
"Don't shoot, Durant has missed three consecutive shots! It seems that this period of time, Durant's feel is more general!"
"If Durant's shooting percentage is better, he won't play the fifth overtime at all."
"I think Durant's shooting behavior is a bit deformed, it should be affected by lack of physical fitness."
"Should coach K replace Durant and take a break."
"It is estimated that the American team is afraid to change Durant to the end. The American team needs a leader to be present. If Billups is still there, it may be able to replace Durant's leader, but now Billups and Otto Mudu's physical strength has been exhausted, so he can only rely on Durant!"
"What about the rest of the U.S. team? Granger, Iguodala, and Rose are also the bosses of their respective teams?"
"Iguodala and Granger are not qualified leaders, otherwise their team's record is more than that. As for Rose, it is still too young to lead the US team at this critical time."
On the court, Zhang Guan once again broke through with the ball, and it was still the difficult Sam Gaud.
"It's Sam Gold again! Westbrook and Rose are being played by Zhang Guan again. It is now 138 to 134. The Chinese team leads by 4 points, which is a safer score."
Durant's expression is solemn, he knows that he must score the next goal, otherwise, the Chinese team is likely to open a six-point lead. Overtime is no worse than regular time. A six-point lead in overtime is more difficult than the six points in regular time.
"With my current feel, I shouldn't continue to shoot." Durant thought. If it is in a general game, he may still choose to shoot to find the feel, but the importance of this game today is self-evident, which makes him dare not to be sloppy in every decision.
This time, Durant chose to break through.
Suddenly more physical energy is consumed, which is a burden for Durant now, but the breakthrough shooting rate is obviously higher, it is really not a foul, and can also score two points by free throws.
"Durant, forcibly break through! This ball is there and scored two points!"
I saw Durant throwing off the pace, and in the blink of an eye, he passed through between the two defensive players and then faced Zhang Zhaoxu, who was 2 meters 21 in height, with a pull rod action to put the ball into the basket.
"Due to Durant, in the face of the Chinese team's strict defense, it can still break through to the basket to complete the layup! Huh? What happened to Durant?"
There was a cries of surprise in the surrounding auditorium. Durant landed on the ground after making a layup. Instead of running, he grinned and limped.
"Durant is injured!"
The players of the American team immediately gathered, and the referee also terminated the game.
"The leg cramps!" Durant said, gritting his teeth.
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Leg cramps during the game can be large or small. Some people will do it twice, while others may feel pain for several days. However, for a player with a strong body such as Durant, fighting for leg cramps really shows that the physical exertion is too much.
Leg cramps are actually not a serious problem. We normal people also have leg cramps. Under normal circumstances, calcium supplementation is just fine. But for athletes, this kind of leg cramps caused by excessive physical exertion, if you do not take a break, the next step is likely to occur muscle strain, which is much more serious than leg cramps, even in nBa There are no fewer players who have fallen due to a small muscle strain.
For example, LeBron James, who often chooses to take a break after a leg cramp, or even leaves the field for inspection, the purpose is to prevent muscle strain. Today's Durant, after experiencing a leg cramp, obviously can't continue to stay on the court. Even if he doesn't leave the field to be checked immediately, it is impossible for him to continue the game.
The United States replaced Durant, and Rudy Gay replaced Durant.
As the leader of the team, Durant's end is a major blow for the American team, and the five people on the court suddenly seemed to have lost their backbone. For example, Iguodala, he is indeed a very good player, but he is not suitable for being a team leader; for example, Ross, he would like to play the role of leader, but young he does not have that prestige, Can convince everyone else.
Durant is also a restriction on Wei Shao on the court, so that Wei Shao will not make a blind shot. After all, in the Thunder, Durant is the big head, Wei Shao is the second head, so it is Dream Nine In the team, as long as Durant is present, Wei Shao will not play very unrestrained. Now that Durant is off, Wei Shao immediately starts the "Sahuan" mode, regardless of whether the shot is reasonable or not.
Wei Shao's scoring ability is indeed exaggerated. In terms of scoring ability, Wei Shao is better than Ross, and the reason why Wei Shao's data is not as good as Ross is more because Durant's presence has too many points. The right of the ball, but Ross is the boss of the Bulls. After Durant left the Thunder in the future, Wei Shao averaged 31 points per game, which also proved that his scoring ability was not weaker than Durant.
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"Westbrook, a three-pointer, 139 to 14o, the US team chased by only 1 point. There are 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game, it seems that the outcome of this game is still unknown!"
Wei Shao looked very excited after scoring a goal, he roared loudly, venting his emotions, and the difference of 1 point also made the American team see hope.
Deng Huad hesitated and chose to call a timeout to cool down the feel of the American team.
In the nBa game, each overtime will have two short timeouts of 2o seconds. In the rules of the World Championships, there is only one timeout for each overtime, and the timeout is 1 minute. So after Deng Huad called this timeout, at least in this overtime, there was no chance to call another timeout.
There was 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game. The Chinese team had the ball and Zhang Guan chose to break through. This breakthrough attracted the defense of the three players of the US team, including Love at the center position. Zhang Guan passed the ball homeopathically. Zhang Zhaoxu was inserted into the basket and Zhang Zhaoxu scored two points with a dunk. After all, he has a height of 2 meters and 21. Although his muscle strength is a bit sorry for his height and his offensive technique is also very rough, he has excellent mobility and a quick jump on the spot. The direct dunk under the basket is still stable.
He was very excited after scoring a goal. This was his first time scoring in this game. As a purely defensive blue-collar player, he basically has no ability to score in singles and can get the head of the US team. Two points, and at such a critical time in overtime, every point is precious, this time the dunk is enough to remember him for a lifetime.
"The American team seems to be surprised. They should not have thought that Zhang Guan will choose to pass. The current score is 139 to 142. There is a gap of three points. There are 52 seconds left in the game. In theory, the American team still has two offensive opportunities, and The Chinese team has another chance to attack! The next American team's attack will be very crucial. If they can score, they still have a chance to maintain a difference of less than 3 points, and if they don't score, maybe the difference is 3 minutes."
The 3-point difference can be tied with one ball, while the 4-point difference requires two to tie. This is obviously a big difference.
Everyone on the American team knows this very well. At this time, their expressions are extremely serious. Although few of them broke into the second round of the nBa playoffs, they have regarded this game as the total of nBa. The last moment of the seventh game of the final.
Although Wei Shao's expression was serious, his eyes flashed with confidence.
"Let me rescue the American team!"
After receiving the ball, Wei Shao jumped three points without any pause.
"Grab a 3-pointer! Westbrook! Oops! Unfortunately, the vote was missed!"
Although Wei Shao is good at scoring, his three-point shooting rate is indeed a slag. His rookie season's three-point shooting rate was only 27%, and last season, his three-point shooting rate was even reduced to 22% , So it was once regarded as the famous "blacksmith" in nBa. In Wei Shao's entire career, his average three-point shooting has just reached 30%, which is obviously unqualified for a top guard.
Although the three-point line of the World Championships is nearly one meter higher than that of nBa, the three-point line is still not the offensive method that Wei Shao is good at. On the last goal, Wei Shao shot with a good feel. After a 1 minute timeout, his feel slowly cooled down, and he naturally lost the shot.
When the basketball missed, Love was struggling to rush over, and it was Zhang Zhaoxu who was fighting for this rebound.
"Where did the Chinese team come from so many big guys!" Le Fu clearly felt that the opponent was more than ten centimeters taller than himself. Although the opponent's strength was more general, he couldn't withstand himself at all, but this big guy could jump up.
"This ball is not easy to grab!" Love knew that he couldn't catch the rebound, and with one hand, he moved the ball to the direction of the bench.
Iguodala jumped violently and caught the ball before going out of bounds. Then he used a fake move to shake off Ding Jinhui who went forward to defend, took a step forward and chose to shoot.
"Swoosh!" After hitting the board, the basketball bounced into the basket and scored two points!
"141 to 142, the American team has another point!"
As soon as the narrator's words fell, the Chinese team had already put the ball out, and Zhang Guan luck rushed to the frontcourt with the fastest degree.
"Be careful of fast break!" Iguodala who just scored stepped forward immediately, preventing Zhang Guan from advancing.
However, Zhang Guan has fully mentioned that Iguodala has been unable to stop Zhang Guan using conventional means. He did not hesitate at all and stepped forward and went directly to Zhang Guan. The next moment, the two collided together.
An irresistible impact suddenly hit Iguodala on the ground and slid to the billboard next to it.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, which was clearly a foul by Iguodala.
At the same time the whistle sounded, Iguodala's head also hit the billboard.
"Iguodala fouled, Zhang Guan was about to take a free throw!" the commentator said.
In the rules of the World Championships, overtime is a continuation of the fourth quarter, so the fouls in overtime and the fourth quarter are cumulative, which means that if the team fouls in the fourth quarter reached the number of free throws , Then even the first foul in overtime will send the opponent to the free throw line. The rule in nBa is that within the first 3 minutes of any quarter of overtime, there is no limit of 3 full team fouls. The team will be allowed to have a full team foul without additional penalty in the last two minutes. .
Iguodala climbed dizzy from the ground and saw Zhang Guan standing on the free throw line. This only reflected it. The rules of the World Championships are different from the rules of nBa. He is used to playing nBa, thinking that the team still has the number of fouls that do not require free throws. In fact, Iguodala was too late to think so much.
If the foul does not require a free throw, then using one foul to delay Zhang Guan's action is obviously worthwhile, but the foul requires a free throw. That is tantamount to giving the opponent two points and losing one foul.
Zhang Guan scored both free throws, and the US team struggled to catch up with the score and was pulled away again.
The United States played a quick two points and once again reduced the score to 1 point, but left the Chinese team with 23 seconds of offensive time. This is an embarrassing number. The Chinese team can completely maintain a one-point lead and spend the last 23 seconds, so next, the US team will inevitably use foul tactics.
However, the United States still hope to steal, they took a tight defense of the game.
Ross stopped in front of Zhang Guan, hoping to stop him from catching the ball, but Zhang Guan made several consecutive emergency stops and changed direction, and easily drove away Ross, ran out of his seat, and then successfully received the ball.
Ross saw Zhang Guan taking the ball and knew that the press of the audience had no effect. He did not hesitate to choose to foul Zhang Guan and then sent Zhang Guan to the free throw line.
At the critical moment, Zhang Guan did not have a soft hand and made two free throws. The score became 143 to 146. The US team was still three points behind.
At this time, with 21 seconds left before the end of the game, Shashevsky finally called for a timeout.
Twenty-one seconds are enough for the US team to play a tactical match. If it is in the nBa field, there may be a coach who will first try his luck with a two-pointer, but in the World Championships, there is only one overtime timeout, and there is no front court after the timeout, so Shashevsky decided to arrange the final attack.
Now, only a three-pointer can save the US team and score a three-pointer. The game will enter the sixth overtime. The US team still has a chance, but if it does not score, the US team can only be runner-up.
"Less than Billups and Odom, and two fewer first-pointers. Ross and Westbrook's three-pointers are not reliable, and the Chinese team will also target targeted three-pointers. You can only gamble!" Shashevsky thought of it and turned to look at Stephen Curry, who was standing on the outermost edge.
"Steven, you will perform the last shot!" Shashevsky said.
"Me?" Curry stunned. In this game, he didn't even get 1 minute of playing time, even less than Guo Da at the very end of the Chinese bench. But now, the US team has reached the most critical moment of life and death, Shashevsky chose Curry!
Compared with other teammates, Curry played nBa for only one year and was a pink newcomer to the Mengjiu team. However, in the rookie season, he made a total of 384 three-pointers and made 168 hits. The three-point shooting rate reached 43.7%, which is also the highest three-point shooting rate of the Dream Nine team.
Only listen to Shashevsky said: "This ball, the Chinese team will focus on defensive three points, they will go against Andre (Iguodala), will go against Danny (Granger), I will defend against Kevin (Love) and Eric (Gordon), but the Chinese team absolutely can't think that the last attack will be completed by you who didn't get the chance to play! You appear on the court, The Chinese team will definitely not be vigilant, they will despise you, and even relax their markings, and this is precisely our chance to make a comeback!" (To be continued.)