one-handed ball

Chapter 312 Anxiety
"We need to constantly move the ball to create opportunities, this side and this side, the Timberwolves' offense is just a few routines, play our aggressiveness, seek physical confrontation, and the victory is still ours!" Popovich Tactics were drawn on the tactical board, and he was spitting to express his tactical adjustments to the Spurs players.

All the Spurs players stood upright and formed a circle. Duncan and other main players were the players closest to Popovich. Bogans and Bonner were in the outer circle. As for Mahinmi , Tamber, and unknown players like Alonzo Key can only guard the drinking fountains from farther away.

The cruelty of the NBA can be seen.

Even an extremely united team like the Spurs can sometimes appear to have distinct layers. This is not someone who can decide, but professional competitive basketball has always been like this.

Back from the timeout, the fans increased their shouting.

The Spurs handed over the first wave of balls to Duncan on the inside for control. Duncan was at the free throw line, which turned out to be a high support area.

Before the Timberwolves' coaches could react, Duncan made a wonderful pass to Parker who was running back.

Parker hit two points for a layup.

70:66.

Occasionally playing high-level support, Duncan is also handy.The passing ability of this so-called strongest power forward in history has always been underestimated. Although he can't average more than 5 assists per game like Garnett in a season, he still plays extremely smoothly with his support.

In modern basketball games, there are very few insiders who fall into the low post, play with their backs one at a time, and then carve out a space.Most of the inside lanes are getting faster and faster. They can run and jump like a small forward. Most of their scoring methods are face-up. Occasionally, a small hook that turns around is already amazing.Although this kind of development is in line with the evolutionary trend of NBA basketball, it always makes people feel less.

It lacks the charm of the traditional inside line, the kind of indifference that does not change when the mountain collapses in front of it, the kind of domineering that seems to be able to calm the world with one ball in hand.

No player can achieve the level of Russell, O'Neal, and Duncan.

The Timberwolves have no such player. Although Love has outstanding statistics, he is more like a rebounding version of Nowitzki. His outside touch has become softer and softer. He has controlled the three-pointer in the second year of his career. The big killer is unimaginable for the effect of opening up the space.

An attacking maniac like Zheng Ke with the ball, loves the flanks that break through. What he likes most is to quickly find open players after pulling away, and then make a good assist.

Zheng Ke pouted his butt, turned his back to the card owner Jefferson, and asked for the ball from Billups outside.

"Snapped!"

As soon as Zheng Kegang took the ball, he closed his hands and patted the basketball, and there was a sound all over his body. Then he turned around with the ball, took a tentative step, and tapped in the air.

Without waiting for Jefferson to react, Zheng Ke took back the basketball, took a step back with his left foot, followed by his body, and then quickly shot with a backlash.

A step-back jump shot from the face-up.

The basketball hit the frame and flew, but the rebound was grabbed by Active Gibson.

After Gibson got the rebound, he didn't rush to attack. He grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it directly beyond the three-point line. Billups there jumped lightly and caught the cannonball-like pass.

Billups was no longer in a hurry to attack. He looked at the time and stood still outside the three-point line.

After grinding for a while, Billups dribbled again and ran to the top of the arc. He called Pekovic to set him a pick-and-roll, and then he himself attacked the basket along the center line.

Someone rushes in and someone wants to help defend.Billups stopped abruptly, kicked his old leg, and shot high without waiting for the defenders to arrive.

hit!

72:66.

This is a head-to-head game. The Timberwolves have strong offensive firepower, and the Spurs are also feeling hot. It is rare to see such a performance on the stage of the playoffs.In other words, in recent years, the Spurs, who are known for their defense, have rarely seen such an offensive play. The fans were stunned, and they didn't even dare to go to the bathroom during the timeout, for fear of missing some wonderful shots when they came back from the timeout.

After three quarters, the Timberwolves led the Spurs by 83 points 79 to 4.

Zheng Ke scored another high-scoring game. In three quarters, he scored 20 points with 35 shots. This efficiency should be considered normal for him.It's just that the team's tepid lead over the Spurs made him a little anxious, because no one can guarantee victory until the last moment.

Sure enough, just 2 minutes after Zheng Ke came off the court to rest in the fourth quarter, the Spurs played a wave of 8-0, leading the score in an instant.

The speed was astonishing. Zheng Kecai drank water and took a break. When he looked up, his team was behind the Spurs by 4 points. He thought he was wrong, rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, and found that it was still the same.

This situation is helpless. No one expected the explosion of the bench. Compared with the laughter and laughter of the Spurs players, the atmosphere on the Timberwolves bench is a bit dull and dignified.

"Let me do it."

Zheng Ke thought about it and volunteered.

"No, you need to rest."

Contrary to Zheng Ke's expectations, Whitman rejected Zheng Ke's request. When he was transferred on the court for the first time, he rejected Zheng Ke's suggestion, as if to prove that he could do without Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke's face was changing, he didn't understand why Whitt made such a choice.

"This is your latest statistics. You are too tired and need to rest. Now you, even if you return to the field, you will still not be able to guarantee [-]% combat effectiveness at the last moment, so we will continue to fight." Repeat the mistakes of the second game." Whitman handed Zheng Ke a piece of statistics, which is the statistics of Zheng Ke's third quarter.

In the second half of the quarter, only 5 of 1 shots was made.

Zheng Ke squeezed the paper, then remained silent.He disapproved of Whitman's judgment in his heart. How could the player's state be guessed with technical statistics?But in fact, he has no idea in his heart. What if he really loses his state at the last moment as Whitman said?Didn't he become the team's sinner instead?

With Zheng Ke's hesitation, other Timberwolves players have already played.

Popovich counted the players on the field, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he murmured, "Zheng Ke was not replaced? What's going on? Have you changed your character?"

Without Zheng Ke, Popovich felt much easier to command, and many tactics could be executed better.Unknowingly, Zheng Ke has become the biggest pressure on the Spurs. Without this pressure, it is like a fish jumping in the sea and a bird flying in the sky.

After returning from the timeout, the Timberwolves' bench status recovered a bit.

Veteran Mike Miller hit a three-pointer that stepped on the line to help the Timberwolves recover two points.

From leading the opponent to chasing points behind the butt, the speed of the change is somewhat unacceptable.Fortunately, the Spurs didn't lead much, and the Timberwolves fans still saw the hope of victory. They waved plastic batons, shouted the names of the substitute players, and exuded their enthusiasm.

Zheng Ke reappeared in the 8th minute. At this time, the Timberwolves drew with the Spurs with 92 points.

"give it to you."

Iverson and Zheng Ke clapped and encouraged, just like passing the torch of a generation of scoring champions. At this moment, this honor has passed to Zheng Ke.The camera flashed frantically, capturing the sympathetic exchanges between the two generations of heroes. Looking at Zheng Ke's young appearance, Iverson couldn't help but sigh with emotion that time has passed, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Zheng Ke's playing caused a domino effect, and the Spurs then replaced Richard Jefferson.

Another minute later, the Spurs replaced Duncan and Parker, and the Timberwolves replaced Lowry and Billups. So far, the lineups of the two teams for the final decisive battle have almost been adjusted.

Crotch dribble, cross step swing.

Zheng Ke faced Jefferson with the ball, constantly changing his center of gravity, which made Jefferson somewhat unpredictable Zheng Ke's preference.

"Damn it, shake your sister."

Jefferson cursed inwardly, but his eyes were rounded. He held his breath, not daring to take a careless step, for fear that Zheng Ke would play magic and suddenly disappear from his vision.

"呲~"

The friction sound of the sneakers and the floor made people's ears hurt, but Jefferson's hairs stood on end when he heard the friction sound, his nerves reacted quickly, and his tense muscles made an instant judgment, and he was keeping up with Zheng Ke's pace.

Zheng Ke chose a forced breakthrough on the right.Sometimes he breaks back like James, looking for space, sometimes he makes a huge change of direction like Wade, and sometimes he confuses opponents with dazzling footsteps like Iverson.This time, it was a combination of the three, but the effect was mediocre, allowing Jefferson, an old opponent, to see the movement, sticking tightly to his body, interfering with some small movements from time to time.

Two steps later, Zheng Ke made an emergency stop, his right hand holding the ball paused briefly in the air, dribbled the ball under his crotch, and closed his body.

This rapid state to forbidden state is surprising.And Jefferson, who was still immersed in small movements, couldn't hold back this inertia, and staggered forward.

"It's over!" Jefferson couldn't help closing his eyes.

Sure enough, Zheng Ke kept his body shape, kept his left foot still, retracted his stepped right foot, and then stood on the spot, making an extremely easy high-position spot-up jumper.

"Shh!"

The harsh sound pierced Jefferson's ears, causing him pain.He didn't need to think about it to know that he was on today's official NBA top ten ball, and maybe some unscrupulous media and newspapers would use some photos from various angles as the front page headlines tomorrow.

After scoring this goal, Zheng Ke couldn't help the excitement in his heart. He turned back to defend, raised his chin, and raised his hands upwards, signaling the surrounding fans to increase their cheering voice.

Sure enough, the fans were all emotional. Stimulated by Zheng Keyi, they screamed one after another. They looked crazy like religious fanatics who had been brainwashed.

The game got more intense.
(End of this chapter)