basketball dreams

Chapter 28 Killer No. 0

The Timberwolves' away game against the Trail Blazers continued after the intermission in the second half. In the second half, Thibodeau adjusted the team's starting lineup.

Yuan Junjie was mentioned as the starter, with four star players.

As we all know, Thibodeau admires Yuan Junjie very much and wants him to be the team's starter, but due to Gibson's overreaction, it doesn't matter.

But now, he is obviously deliberately creating opportunities for Yuan Junjie, so that he has the opportunity to familiarize himself with the main players.

However, Yuan Junjie didn't seem to appreciate this. He once again hid his personal ability and passed as soon as he could on the offensive end. As long as he could not score, he resolutely refused to shoot.

No one knew what he wanted to do, and he sent the message like he didn't want to start at all.

This situation lasted until 8 minutes into the third quarter. Thibodeau couldn't stand it anymore, and directly replaced Yuan Junjie, and Gibson went into battle again.

At this time, Yuan Junjie's data is 7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. People who don't know this data may think that he is a point guard or a small forward.

After Gibson came on the court, the team stepped up their offense on the inside. Gibson's personal ability is not weak, and he quickly entered the state after playing and directly scored a mid-range shot. 63-61.

Immediately afterwards, the Blazers returned Lillard's three-pointer. 63-64.

As the only man in the league other than Thompson who can match Curry for three-pointers, Lillard's performance is as stable as ever. He has scored his 21st point before the three quarters are finished.

But the Timberwolves seem to be determined to hit the inside. Even Wiggins stopped shooting from the outside and broke through crazily.

This is already the fourth year of Wiggins' career. If no changes are made, his career may disappear.

So now he is playing extremely hard, just like James in the Cavaliers and Kobe in the Lakers, he used his personal ability to force the opponent to change his defense!

The two sides entered a stalemate. After Gibson came up, the team's offensive speed slowed down, while the Blazers wanted to speed up. The two sides had completely different styles.

But this time, the Timberwolves successfully controlled the rhythm. Because the opponent's inside line had to worry about Towns, Gibson was liberated and made consecutive mid-range shots to help the team maintain the lead.

With 2 minutes left in the third quarter, the game entered an official timeout, the score was 79-75, and the Timberwolves led by 4 points.

After Gibson came up, he turned out to be the key figure who broke the balance between the two sides, and his performance completely exploded Yuan Junjie.

During this timeout, Thibodeau rotated normally, Gibson was off, and Rose and Yuan Junjie were replaced at the same time.

Yun Chen couldn't help but sweat for Yuan Junjie at this time. Thibodeau clearly stated that he would compete for the starting position, but now his performance was completely overwhelmed by Gibson.

The game continued, and the Blazers also came on the bench at this time, leaving Evan Turner and CJ McClemore in the starting lineup.

The Timberwolves have the ball and Rose has the ball.

Rose has yet to score 1-for-0 from the field today, but has already recorded 6 assists. It seems that he is determined to carry out the organization offense to the end.

In this attack, he was still the same as before, using Yuan Junjie's cover to break through, and the opponent's small forward Collins came up to defend.

Divide the ball and give it to Yuan Junjie who went down after the pick-and-roll on the other side.

If it was like the first quarter of the third quarter, Yuan Junjie should break through to attract a wave of defense and then distribute the ball to Wiggins who has already ambushed from the outside.

But this time, he actually changed his choice. After breaking through, it was the opponent's power forward Ed Davis defending him, but he was not afraid at all, and even made a tough layup directly against the defense!

"Crack!" The opponent took off too early and was shaken by Yuan Junjie's slow-paced layup. He didn't avoid Yuan Junjie's body when he landed, and the shot was fouled!
"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle and made two free throws!

There were bursts of boos at the scene, and Yuan Junjie's toughness made people's eyes shine, not at all like at the beginning of this section.

The next free throw, 2 of 2 free throws, 81-75.

The Trail Blazers served, and McClemore showed his super personal ability at this time. He directly dribbled the ball and made a layup. 81-77.

Offensive and defensive transitions, Rose continued to hold the ball.

At this time, Yuan Junjie's position on the inside line was very high against Ed Davis.

After seeing it, Rose lobbed it in.

Yuan Junjie caught the ball and hit back.Ed Davis didn't take the shoulder shaking feint, but then Yuan Junjie turned directly to face him, and then started to lean on his body to break forward!
"Shua!" A sideways layup and a small throw shot scored! 83-77.

Yuan Junjie seems to have changed, and has become that offensive kaleidoscopic existence again, no matter what kind of defense he faces, he is not afraid.

In the remaining minute or so, he completed all three offenses of the Timberwolves by himself, which seemed to be the banner of the team's offensive end.

At the end of the third quarter, 86-79, the Timberwolves led by 7 points.

此时，袁俊杰13分8篮板4助攻，吉布森10分10篮板1助攻。

It seems that if Gibson is not playing well, Yuan Junjie will not be good either, but once Gibson's touch breaks out, Yuan Junjie will definitely catch up.

In the fourth quarter, Yuan Junjie played at the beginning, and only a few minutes later, he turned into the one who didn't dare to attack again, and became a passer again.

Helpless, Thibodeau had to make a substitution, and Gibson played again.

After Gibson came on the court, he was relentless and continued to use Towns' deterrence to do whatever he wanted in the middle distance. The Blazers still had nothing to do with him.

However, Lillard is not prepared to give up the game just like that. He started the personal scoring mode, and he has arranged almost all the team's offenses since the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Three points, three points, three points again!

Lillard's touch has exploded, no matter whether someone is defending or not, as long as his teammates give him the ball, he will score a three-pointer!

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, thanks to Lillard's superb performance, the Blazers finally took the lead, 97-101.

At this time, Gibson seems to have reached the limit of his physical strength. After all, he is really not young, and his mid-range shooting rate has obviously begun to decline.

Wiggins and Downs each scored a goal at this time to help the team stabilize the situation, but Lillard was still unstoppable. After being double-teamed, he kept assisting his teammates to score inside.

Gibson's slow pace was also exposed at this time, and Ed Davis scored four points in a row.

In the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Thibodeau had to replace Gibson due to the situation.

Yuan Junjie played again.

Sure enough, after coming back this time, he returned to the killing god mode, and the offensive end was even crazier than before.

His footwork is more flexible, and the speed of the ball's transmission is by no means comparable to Gibson's, so he directly disrupted the opponent's defensive formation.

They dared to put Gibson in the mid-range shot, just betting on Gibson's touch and physical strength, but if Yuan Junjie was in the mid-range, the Blazers would never dare to guard against it.

In the summer league, Yuan Junjie's mid-range shooting percentage was as high as 65.7%, which is an extremely terrifying shooting percentage.

So Ed Davis on the inside can only come out to defend, which frees Downs inside.

One-on-one, there is really no insider in the league who dares to say that he can stop Towns!
"Bang!" He can almost do whatever he wants in the paint!In the last few minutes, the team also cooperated to give the ball to Towns, and Towns lived up to expectations and scored 3 goals in a row!
Victory seemed to be in sight. The Trail Blazers' weak inside line was beaten by the Timberwolves with no power to fight back.

But at this time, Lillard is still the one who beat the Rockets this rookie season!

"Shua!" A three-pointer shot with an extremely perfect arc, scored!At this point the score was 108-109!

There are 46 seconds left in the game!
It can be said that this is an extremely critical goal!
The pressure returned to the Timberwolves in an instant.

If you want to say who the most reliable scorer here for the Timberwolves is, it must be Towns, Butler or Wiggins, but in this key goal of overtaking the score, these three people did not even touch the ball.

Teague passed halftime, Yuan Junjie wanted a position inside, and Teague passed without thinking.

Still facing Ed Davis, Yuan Junjie held the ball with his back. He was confident to score the ball, but the opponent's center immediately came to double-team, and Yuan Junjie's shot space was compressed to very small.

At this time, it should be called a timeout or a pass, but Yuan Junjie didn't have that idea at all, so he pulled it up directly!
Flip back jump shot!This classic action of Kobe and Jordan was done by a power forward at this time!

"Shua!" Enter!The score is overtaken! 110-109!

"Wow..." The hearts of the audience rose to their throats!

Blazers head coach Stotts didn't say anything, and directly made a time-out gesture to the referee.

This timeout seemed particularly long. Yun Chen, who was watching the game, couldn't help breathing a little short of breath. It is rare to see such an intense fourth quarter in the regular season, and the intensity is no less than that of the playoffs.

Pause back.

At this time, there are only 16 seconds before the end of the game. Logically speaking, the opponent should try to grab a two-pointer, and then arrange tactics according to the situation.

but……

After Lillard received the ball, he didn't break through.

He spent time dribbling the ball outside the three-point line, and he didn't mean to grab it at all.

He wants to kill!

Butler and Teague immediately went to double-team when they understood his intention, but he passed to McClemore on the side of the three-pointer.9 seconds left.

This time the Timberwolves did not choose to double-team, and they all retreated to defend near the three-point line.

6 seconds left!
Finally, McClemo moved, and he suddenly accelerated and broke through!
Butler and Teague immediately shrunk there. McClemore's breakthrough ability was very strong, and he would be scored if he didn't pay attention, so he had to increase his defense.

But at this time, after encountering the defense of two people, he chose to break through!
"Crack!" Lillard, who had been waiting outside, received the ball!
At this time Teague was too late to return to defense, he was attracted too deeply by McClemore.

There is one second left.

At this moment, Yunchen felt as if he had returned to Game [-] of the Trail Blazers-Rockets series that year.

Lillard catches the ball, stands still, presses his wrist and arm, and makes a shot...

"Shh!"

"Beep!" The final whistle sounded...

(End of this chapter)