The three-point line is really too close

Chapter 41 Terrible Scoring Explosive Power!
Zhang Bolong stood on the free throw line, staring at the basket.

At this moment, Staples Center ushered in the quietest time tonight.

It was like a quiet undercurrent surging before the magma erupted.

He made a steady shot and made a free throw, drawing a perfect end to the first "3+1" of his career.

Amid the cheers of the Lakers fans, SuperSonics head coach Bob Hill decisively requested a timeout.

Although the entire team covets the talents of Oden and Durant, it is not enough to start the season with two stars.

That's really shameless, how embarrassing are the fans in Seattle?
In the previous life, the Sonics did not start to show their strength until the middle and late stages of this season, especially in the sprint at the buzzer stage in the last ten games. This team achieved an amazing 1 win and 9 losses, which laid a good foundation for the second pick in the future Foundation.

Back from the timeout, the Supersonics' tactics changed. The team's main control changed from Lewis to Ridnour, and Ray Allen and Lewis also started to move more actively.

This made Zhang Bolong more vigilant. Once the two move, they are likely to use the opportunity of running out to make a lot of shots.

Sure enough, Lewis caught the pass and pulled up directly in the next round, facing Walton's defense and made a three-pointer, and the basketball spun into the net.

"Two to one."

Zhang Bolong silently remembered the number in his heart. According to the average hits of the two, scoring five three-pointers in a game is already an extraordinary performance. The number of hits is always one more than the two.

On the Lakers side, Kobe was still finding his shooting touch. After receiving a pass from Zhang Bolong, he shot a three-pointer from the top of the arc and missed. It was given to Lewis in the bottom corner.

Lewis shot again, but failed to continue his good touch and hit the ball.

Kobe didn't believe in evil. He dribbled the ball for half court and shot a long two-pointer one step behind the free throw line. The ball hit the back edge of the basket again.

Zhang Bolong turned back and ran for two laps, but failed to get a chance to make a shot, and Ray Allen was probably more depressed than him.

As the team's number one star, his score in the opening 5 minutes was still eye-catching zero. If this is in the game, I'm afraid he has already hung the snowflake logo that symbolizes the cold feeling.

Just as Zhang Bolong was thinking this way, Ray Allen used a cover to throw a three-pointer in the next attack, and the slap in the face came so quickly...

After handing over the ball to Kobe, Zhang Bolong continued to dodge in the paint, using Wharton's cover to get out of the three-point line.

It's just that he just ran out, and saw a picturesque performance: Kobe hit his back, turned around with a feint left and right, threw the ball forward after shaking Ray Allen, and the basketball bounced mischievously on the rim After two strokes, he reluctantly fell in.

"nice shot!"

Zhang Bolong waved his fist and hurried back to the half court to defend.

……

At 31:25, the Lakers temporarily led by 6 points in the first quarter.

In this quarter, Kobe took 7 shots and only hit two of them, because the efficiency was very low because he had just come back.

Zhang Bolong scored 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. All of his six shots were outside the three-point line, and three goals went into the net, including the amazing "3+1".

On the other side, Lewis of the Sonics scored two three-pointers, while Ray Allen felt cold, and only one three-pointer was recorded.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lewis scored a three-pointer in front of Wharton's defense. Jackson saw that Wharton really couldn't deal with him, so he sent Turiaf, who had shown his power in the previous game, on the field. Odom moved to small forward for matchup defense.

But this kind of matchup was quickly cracked. The Sonics also referred Lewis to the inside, using the pick-and-roll to create one-on-one opportunities with Turiaf. His flexibility made a pure insider like Turiaf very good. It is tricky, and continues to guarantee the Sonics a little matchup advantage.

At the same time, Hill also sent Nick Collison to strengthen the defense inside. This white power forward has a tough style of play, excellent rebounds, and a very tough game, which can well make up for the lack of hardness inside.

After seeing the tricks, Lewis hit another three-pointer, increasing his number of three-pointers to four.

Zhang Bolong, who was sitting on the bench, cursed secretly. Before, he felt that Ray Allen's hip stretching reduced the threat to him, but looking at it now, it was precisely because of Ray Allen's poor state that Lewis was able to act like this. There are many opportunities to attack, which makes him very passive.

If Zhang Bolong was Curry in the MVP period, then such a task would be easy to handle. If he can shoot recklessly in a game, the regular season record of 14 three-pointers may have been broken long ago.

But now he is just a rookie. If he doesn't shoot three-pointers blindly according to the tactics, he probably won't have to play in the next game.

Lakers, it doesn't mean you're right...

With the timer above the rebound, the Lakers were recovered by two points, leading by 52 to 48 by four points to end the first-half contest between the two teams.

At the beginning of the second half, Ray Allen, the killer who had been silent for half the time, finally drew his sword and began to wake up.

He first received an assist from Ridnour and soared into a three-pointer, and then drifted a three-pointer into the basket from the bottom corner, helping the Sonics successfully overtake the score.

His outburst was what Zhang Bolong wanted to see. To a certain extent, the two guns fired to disperse each other's firepower. After all, there is only one ball, and each round can only be shot once.

However, Zhang Bolong not only wants to complete the task, he also wants to win.

And to win beautifully.

Holding the ball at the top of the arc, facing Ridnour's defense, Zhang Bolong once again displayed the old hooligan style of play, pushing into the three-second zone like a bulldozer, and threw the ball into the sky before Wilcox's supplementary defense was in place. , assisting the little shark to complete the alley-oop.

Then, Zhang Bolong took advantage of Heaney's mistake to fight back, dribbled the ball to the three-point line and shot directly!

Swish!
The ball is hollow into the net!
"Although it is still uncertain who is the best rookie of the year, the scoring explosiveness that Long showed in the first three games of his career is undoubtedly historical." Kenny Smith commented.

"Explosive scoring? You mean the kind where McGrady scored 35 points in 13 seconds? This kind of adjective shouldn't exist." Barkley disdainfully said, "You know, Kenny, it's all about luck. As a result, scoring really depends on the strength of steady and steady play, not explosive power."

As soon as Barkley finished speaking, it seemed that he was responding to something, and the goal was scored again.

Zhang Bolong dribbled the ball, he chose to take a sudden shot from outside the three-point line, and the ball hit again!
"You see, sometimes it's not all luck..." Smith spread his hands, "at least I've never seen a player like him."

(End of this chapter)