against the front

Chapter 220
"I'm afraid this game will have to be played until the last minute, and the winner will be determined in the last round!"

"Now it's less than 2 minutes before the end of the game. The Trail Blazers are leading by two points and have possession of the ball. Therefore, the situation on the court has a certain advantage for the Trail Blazers for the time being. Of course, it won't be until the end of the game." At the last moment, no one can predict the final outcome."

"Kenny, although the Blazers have an advantage, they also have great hidden dangers. Marcus Camby has fouled four times, and LaMarcus Aldridge has fouled five times. The number of fouls in the four quarters has exceeded four times, so the last few minutes are also a very big test for the two insiders of the Blazers."

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yan Hua brought the king's substitute lineup on the stage and scored 5 points with extremely high efficiency in less than 14 minutes, helping the kings to tie the score. After that, Brandon Roy scored 6 points in a row, helping the Blazers to establish a lead again, but after that, neither the Kings nor the Blazers were able to hit a climax, and the Blazers could not continue to expand the score. And the king had no way to equalize the score again.

The game has been played so far, every offense and every defense is crucial, and the Blazers who are leading the score are also deliberately killing time, so the pace of the game on the court is getting slower and slower. The point guard Andre Miller, after slowly controlling the ball at the top of the arc for more than ten seconds, began to move laterally while calling for Marcus Camby's pick-and-roll.

After successfully completing the pick-and-roll, Andre Miller used the dislocation advantage to get rid of Yan Hua's defense, and then hit a mid-range jumper, 95 to 91, and the Blazers led by 4 points.

After Andre Miller made a jump shot, Yan Hua ran to the basket with a blank face to serve the baseline ball. Although in normal training, Yan Hua has been pulling Tony Allen, Zhu Holiday, Small defenders such as Benno Udry singled out themselves to enhance their ability to defend big and small misplaced defenses. However, after practice, Yan Hua has not made much progress. It was better in the regular season. In the game, every short board and weakness of yours will be caught by the opponent, and they will be chased and beaten. Now the Blazers have seized the weakness of Yan Hua's big defense and lack of ability, and repeatedly used small guards to misplace Yan Hua in singles. magnificent.

In the two series against the Trail Blazers, whether it was a very anxious game or the last game of the Trail Blazers, they used pick-and-rolls to pull Yan Hua to a high position, and then let Andre Miller displace singles Yan Hua is one of the regular routines of the Blazers on the offensive end, so when Yan Hua was successfully singled by Andre-Misplacement again, he was a little numb.

"Yan, don't hesitate, believe in yourself." Yan Hua, who was running towards the frontcourt after serving the baseline, suddenly heard the shout of coach Reggie Toyce.

At some point, Reggie Toyce had already run from the king's bench to the technical table in the middle of the court. After shouting at Yan Hua, Reggie Toyce was standing next to the staff on the sidelines. Reminded, he returned to the king's bench in resentment.

Insufficient defensive ability is Yan Hua's only shortcoming now, but there is no way around it. An insider who is 7 feet tall and weighs more than 250 pounds is absolutely in an absolute position when defending those little fast spirits. At a disadvantage, even Dwight Howard, who is good at defense, may not be able to perform so well when facing those small guards.

So after Yan Hua was once again misplaced by Andre Miller, Reggie Toyes wanted to remind Yan Hua, don't take it to heart, don't affect his performance on the offensive end because of this trivial matter. If you lose points, you just need to get them back on the offensive end. Whether defense wins the championship, or the rebounder wins the world, after all, basketball is a game of scoring more points. Only by overwhelming your opponent in scoring can you win the game.

After Reggie Toyce's call, Yan Hua also threw away all his thoughts. After quickly reaching the frontcourt, Yan Hua fought for position with Marcus Camby, trying to get as deep as possible into the basket. At the same time, he was also staring at LaMarcus Aldridge, who was not far away from him and was ready to rush over to double-team at any time.

Yan Hua, whose back was facing Marcus Camby, saw that the basketball had been transferred from the hands of Zhu Holiday at the top of the arc to the hands of John Salmons on his side, and turned to the right. A big step forward was taken, and John Salmons passed the ball tacitly when Yan Hua stepped forward.

After Yan Hua received the pass from John Salmons, he immediately turned around and shot, and Marcus Camby, who was defending behind Yan Hua, also immediately rushed to Yan Hua's right side Going over, he was going to block Yan Hua's shot space after turning around. As for LaMarcus Aldridge, who was three meters away from Yan Hua, he also rushed over immediately, ready to face Marcus Camby Yan Hua double-teamed the defense.

However, just after Marcus Camby, who was behind Yan Hua, rushed towards the right side of Yan Hua's body, Yan Hua suddenly took a step back, and at the same time turned left and glanced behind him.

"Fuck, you got caught again!" After shouting in his heart, Marcus Camby quickly retreated, preparing to turn left behind Yanhua, and LaMarcus Aldridge, who had rushed over Create double-team opportunities.

Just after Marcus Camby and LaMarcus Aldridge formed a tandem double team, Yan Hua, who turned right and turned left, turned to the right again after a feint , and jumped up against LaMarcus Aldridge who was double-teaming.

"Beep beep beep" Yan Hua jumped in the air, just threw the basketball in his hand, when the referee standing on the baseline blew his whistle, and LaMarcus Aldridge made a defensive foul.

"What!" Aldridge, who had just rushed over to double-team, was called a defensive foul by the referee, looked at the referee with an aggrieved and puzzled face. This was his sixth foul. After the foul, Aldridge was about to leave the field, so Aldridge also looked at the referee with an aggrieved face, and pleaded to him, indicating that he hadn't fouled just now.

And the referee who blew Aldridge's defensive foul looked like a fool. You didn't foul just now?So what do you mean to say that I misunderstood and wronged you?If it weren't for Aldridge's six fouls, the referee on duty would have given Aldridge a technical foul.

"This is a foul that can change the trend of the entire game!" Although Yan Hua only made one of two free throws, the end of LaMarcus Aldridge also means that the Blazers will never be able to cause damage to Yan Hua. Bonded player, Marcus Camby?Joel Przybilla?Juwan Howard?Even if Nate McMillan sent all three of them on the field, they probably wouldn't pose any threat to Yan Hua.

After LaMarcus Aldridge made six fouls, the Blazers coach Nate McMillan on the sidelines also began to shake his feet and rub his hands back and forth. Nate McMillan It seems to be very nervous, but it is very normal to be nervous at the current level of the game.

It is basically consistent with what Charles Barkley said. LaMarcus Aldridge's sixth foul is indeed a foul that can change the trend of the game. For the Blazers, it started to develop out of control, because Juwan Howard, who replaced Aldridge, had no impact on Yan Hua at all on the defensive end, especially when Marcus Camby led After the fifth personal foul, for the Blazers, the situation has deteriorated to the edge of being out of control.

Fortunately, it was less than 1 minute before the end of the game. Nate McMillan called a short timeout, comforted the players on the field, and the game continued.

With 42 seconds left in the game, after Brandon Roy got rid of Kevin Martin with the ball and failed, he gave the basketball to Nicolas Batum on the weak side and received a pass from Brandon Roy. Nicholas Batum hit a jumper, 101 to 99, and the Blazers still led by 2 points.

With 29 seconds left in the game, Yan Hua, who was double-teamed, did not choose to force a shot, but distributed the basketball to point guard Serge Ibaka, because Yan Hua's current physical condition did not allow him to Continued to attack under the double team.

And Serge Ibaka, who received Yan Hua's point, made his first three-pointer in this game and the only three-pointer. However, this three-pointer helped the Kings overtake the score. After Serge Ibaka hit a three-pointer, the Arco Arena was boiling instantly. Although the king played very difficult in today's game, the tenacity and resilience of the king exceeded everyone's expectations .

In the last 27 seconds, both sides had a chance to attack. Nate McMillan used the last long timeout of the Blazers. He kept making downward gestures, signaling him to slow down and suppress the rhythm of the game. Don't worry, don't be nervous. The Blazers have enough time to complete the final attack.

During the timeout, Kings coach Reggie Toyce also replaced Kevin Martin with Tony Allen in a very targeted manner, preparing to let Tony Allen limit the time limit at the end of the game. Brandon Roy, so while Andre Miller was wasting time near the top of the arc, Tony Allen would hang on to Brandon Roy, never giving him a chance to connect.

After standing still for more than ten seconds, Andre Miller, who was in possession of the ball, glanced at where Brandon Roy was, and then quickly moved laterally with the ball towards the left side of the field. , But this time, Andre Miller did not call Marcus Camby's pick-and-roll, but was going to directly eat Zhu Holiday.

Originally, during the timeout just now, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Nate McMillan, arranged for Andre Miller to attract the defense, and Brandon Roy took the last shot. As for Andre Miller, he just The option to execute the last shot, but now it seems that after Brandon Roy is entangled by Tony Allen, this last shot must be taken by Andre Miller .

In Andre Miller's career, there were also games where he hit lore shots and quasi-lore shots, so when he was about to execute the last shot, Andre Miller was still very calm. It is also very sufficient, so after using the speed to get rid of Zhu Holiday, Andre Miller directly stuck to Zhu Holiday, preparing to use his back to get rid of Zhu Holiday's defense up.

Andre Miller's post-back technique is definitely one of the top ones at the No. 1 position. Andre Miller, who is 34 years old this year, played against the Mavericks in the regular season , under the defense of Jason Kidd, scored a career-high 52 points, relying on the very outstanding post-up attack. In that game, Andre Miller used the back-up attack to control the Jason Kidd had no temper at all, forcing the Mavericks to double-team him to prevent him from scoring.

Jason Kidd couldn't guard Andre Miller, let alone the rookie Jrue Holiday, so after sticking to Jrue Holiday sideways, Andre Miller pouted After arching his buttocks back, and easily squeezed away Zhu Holiday behind him, Andre Miller quickly turned around, passed by Zhu Holiday's side, and then made a sudden stop to shoot a jumper.

The moment the basketball was released, Andre Miller was full of confidence, thinking that he would definitely make the shot, just like his previous lore and quasi-lore, at the moment the basketball was released, Andre Miller Andre Miller already had a very strong hunch.

"What?" After the basketball was released, Andre Miller, who hadn't landed on the ground, saw Yan Hua who had rushed towards him at some point, stretched out a big hand and jumped up in front of him. Yan Hua, who was obviously a bit late, failed to block Andre Miller's shot, but Yan Hua's fingers still touched the rising basketball.

"Marcus, basketball!" Andre Miller, who had already had an ominous feeling in his heart, yelled at Marcus Camby who was still under the basket before he landed, hoping that the distance between Marcus Camby, closest to the basket, was able to grab the offensive rebound.

"It's over!" When the basketball was thrown by Andre Miller, under Yan Hua's interference, it hit the front of the basket, bounced to the left side of the court, and was snatched by John Salmons, Andre Miller, Juwan Howard, Marcus Camby, LaMarcus Aldridge, the Blazers on and off the court, and Blazers head coach Nate McMillan at the At this moment, it was like falling into an ice cave.

Andre Miller missed a jumper, the Kings led by 1 point and had possession of the ball. With nearly 10 seconds left before the end of the game, the balance of victory had tilted towards the Kings, and the Blazers Also completely lost the initiative to win.

(End of this chapter)