one-handed ball

Chapter 27 Halftime
The Mavericks have deep pockets and plenty of talent on the bench.There was Stackhouse, who scored 57 points in a single game, Dampier, who was known as the "No. [-] center in the Western Conference", and Diop, a "translator" who could speak five languages.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves' bench is full of talents. Except for Anthony Walker, who was once an outstanding product of the 96 golden draft generation, no one has a slightly higher reputation.

But playing basketball well does not depend on fame. The Timberwolves have no big names, but they have a bunch of young people who are full of energy and passion.

The luxury division built by the Mavericks at a sky-high price was overwhelmed by the soy sauce man on the Timberwolves bench with a combined salary of less than 2000 million. The head coach of the Mavericks, "Little General" Johnson, was very dissatisfied with the performance of the team's bench.The Mavericks' team substitute didn't make any achievements after playing in the second quarter, and was stunned by the Timberwolves' 12-0 spurt!
In desperation, Johnson had no choice but to send Terry to abbot the overall situation on the field.

Jason Terry is a master of chaos. He is very good at three-point shooting and long-range two-pointers.The offense is sharp and the pass is sophisticated, but there are deficiencies in defense.In addition, he is also good at floaters in the paint after the pick-and-roll.

Terry's playing strengthened the firepower of the Mavericks' substitute. It didn't take long for him to make a contribution. He broke through the Timberwolves' restricted area and made a throw, and at the same time caused a foul on the Timberwolves' substitute insider Mark Madsen. Reduced the score gap to 7 points.

The Mavericks' bench strength is still higher than that of the Timberwolves. Especially after Terry joined the bench rotation, the Mavericks gradually took the initiative on the field. The Timberwolves' original advantage of up to 10 was gradually eroded by the Mavericks. After coming up in rotation one by one, the Timberwolves regained the rhythm of the game.

Drop~
The Timberwolves fouled on the 17th push!
Zheng Ke raised his hand helplessly. He didn't have anything to defend. Indeed, as the referee ruled, Zheng Ke blocked Harris for a foul.Although he is fast and has the advantage of height and arm length, Harris is still a little faster than him and quite flexible. Zheng Ke spent a lot of effort to defend against him, and Harris frequently made breakthroughs , Zheng Ke received his third foul of the game towards the end of the first half.

The Timberwolves still led by 47 points with a slight advantage of 44 to 3. After Harris made a free throw, the Timberwolves only led by 1 point.

Zheng Ke looked at the bench on the sidelines.In the nba, after an important player receives 3 fouls before the end of the first half, the coach will usually arrange for him to rest.But today Whitman made another one. He waved his big hand to signal Zheng Ke not to worry and continue to participate in the competition.

Zheng Ke boldly bullied Harris after receiving instructions from the head coach.Zheng Ke is a smart man. He understands that the reason why the coach kept him on the court is because the first half is coming to an end, and the other reason is that no one in the team can prevent Harris except him, at least in the first half of Harris' physical strength. Can't stop when it's full.

So Zheng Ke was under more pressure from Harris to hold the ball.

There is still 1 minute left before the end of the first half.

Harris chose to cooperate with Nowitzki in the pick-and-roll. This time the driver's cover was in place. Zheng Ke did not keep up with Harris, but Jefferson had already gone to defend, so Zheng Ke had to keep up with the driver.Seeing that Jefferson was defending very tightly, Harris quickly passed the ball behind him, and the ball was successfully passed to the driver. Seeing this, Zheng Ke stepped forward quickly, trying to put pressure on the driver. After laughing, that was the driver , with my height, if the distance is too far, then the driver will probably hit a three-pointer as easily as if he was picking something out of a bag.

Although Zheng Ke took a step forward to interfere, the driver is the driver. After he received the pass from Harris, he found that the big man defending him, Jefferson, was gone, and the one who changed defense was a "little man" who was half a head shorter than himself. He’s tall,” he didn’t hesitate, he hurriedly threw the ball like eating and drinking.

But before he could make a move, he saw a big hand appearing in front of his eyes, covering his sight.

"boom!"

The iron was struck, and the rebound was collected by Jefferson, who was stuck in the main position in the interior.

Turning around, it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack, and Telfair was in command at the top of the arc. Gosman slipped to the bottom line and then ran back. Zheng Ke, who gave him an off-ball screen at the free throw line, ran out of space and successfully received Telfair. Hall's pass, in the absence of defense, he hit the machine's long-range mid-range shot like usual training.

The Mavericks were not discouraged. They quickly sent the baseline ball and wanted to play a fast break.The Timberwolves returned to defense a little slower, and the Mavericks formed a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt.In the frontcourt, Zheng Ke and Telfair chose to shrink the defense to prevent the three players of the Mavericks from laying up.

Harris, who was in control of the ball, stopped unexpectedly. Instead of passing the ball, he stopped and shot a jumper near the free throw line.

squeak~~
The sneakers rubbed against the floor and made a screeching sound. Zheng Kezhen was worried that Harris would be reimbursed for his knee immediately if he played like this, but he didn't have to worry because Harris hit the ball.

The Mavericks scored two more points, and the Timberwolves only led by one point 49-48. ,
In the first half, it was almost only possible to implement the last attack. The Timberwolves chose to hand the ball to the team's star Jefferson to solve it.Jefferson receives a pass from a teammate outside the right box.He took the ball with his back, raised the ball high with both hands, pouted his buttocks, and tested the defensive pressure of the person behind him.

With time running out, Nowitzki's defense remains impeccable.

The 24th second is about to come, and Jefferson still has no chance to break through to the basket. He finally made a turnaround jump shot to the left after swaying to the right. Nowitzki quickly stepped forward to keep up, just like Zheng Ke defended That ball of his, that long arm he stretches out, interferes with Jefferson's vision.

The ball hit the iron.

The basketball hit the rim and jumped up. Just as people were looking at where the rebound belonged, a black shadow rose from the ground, like a flash of lightning. Before everyone could react, they grabbed the basketball with one hand. , snap it back into the box.At this time, there are only 3.9 seconds left, which can be called a buzzer deduction!Who added it?
It's Zheng Ke!
Zheng Ke bypassed Josh Howard who was defending Jefferson when his boss made a shooting action. He cut in from a 45-degree direction. He didn’t expect God to favor him so much. After the basketball rebounded, he jumped in this direction. He originally just wanted to He wanted to pick up a rebound, but there was not enough time. Zheng Kexin thought that after grabbing the rebound, he would have no time to attack, so he gritted his teeth and chose a more difficult dunk, but he did not expect to make it.

The suddenness of the supplementary dunk stunned the audience. They even subconsciously let out an exclamation, but when they realized it, they realized that it was a player from the visiting team who had completed the dunk, so they hurriedly let out a "woohoo" Boos, to express disdain for this goal.

The audience was stunned, but the players did not become dull, especially a team like the Mavericks with many veterans and rich game experience.Nowitzki didn't change his face, picked up the basketball and quickly sent it to Terry.

After taking the ball, Terry dribbled a few quick steps, and then pushed the ball out like a woman's shot.

It's a pity that the ball didn't go in, it was far away, and it didn't even hit the rebound.

The first half is over!
(End of this chapter)