rpbooks Chapter 198 Accidental or Inevitable
Chapter 198 Accidental or Inevitable
Chapter 198 Accidental or Inevitable
Duncan's shooting is not as accurate as Nowitzki's, and his offensive methods are not as rich as him, but Duncan can use too many moves under the basket, such as hooks, strong kicks, fouls, Duncan under the basket is full of fake moves , Sometimes you know it’s a fake move but you have to guard against it when he makes it, because once you don’t eat it, his fake move will turn into a score in an instant. The only thing you can do is to let Duncan Try to catch the ball as far away as possible, and don't let him be so close to the basket. After all, Duncan's only weakness may be shooting. When he participated in the draft, basically all his scouting reports pointed out his free throws. Question, so maybe letting Duncan choose to shoot near the free throw line is a better defensive option.
Dior, the "French magician", knows very well that he can't defend Duncan, but there is no player on the team who is more suitable for defending Duncan than him, so he can only make physical contact with Duncan desperately, trying to make Duncan receive the ball as much as possible. Stay away from the hoop.
There are still ten seconds left.
Seeing that Duncan hadn't reached the best position, Parker hesitated for a moment, but he knew he couldn't wait any longer when he looked at the timer. To a certain extent, Duncan had to take a step back in order to receive the ball smoothly. At this time, Stoudemire at the free throw line was ready to move, constantly confusing Duncan with his footsteps, and creating an illusion of assisting defense for him.
Although Stoudemire doesn't like to defend, he knows that he must defend at this critical moment, otherwise the game will really be lost.
D'Antoni watched nervously as Duncan rolled over from the horns to hit Diaw to the free throw line, and then his heart skipped a beat. Everyone watched as the ball passed Diaw's fingertips to almost parallel to the hoop. The arc hit the backboard, and the ball bounced into the basket amidst the exclamations of everyone. Duncan completed the quasi lore and the Spurs led by three points.
With three seconds left in the game, D'Antoni requested a timeout.
He didn't say much. Amidst the heavy panting of the Suns players, De'Anton arranged a tactic similar to that of the lore Lakers with the ball, but the difference from last time was that the Suns wanted a three-pointer this time, so Gao Tian Can only shoot a three-pointer.
Everyone knows that the last ball must be for Gao Tian, but this does not mean that Nash and Lagabel can't prevent them from catching the ball. The receiving point was actually Nash, not to mention how shocked the Spurs players were, but Popovich's legs trembled when he saw Diaw's serve directly to Nash. The sun deceived everyone?
Seeing Nash's fake shot and then passing the ball around the screen to Gao Tian beyond the three-point line, Popovich raised his heart just as he was about to let go. Unexpectedly, D'Antoni used a fake screen to deceive him. Everyone finally handed the ball to Gao Tian.
The faces of the Spurs fans changed instantly when Gao Tian caught the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right and made a three-pointer. The arc of the ball is perfect. Do you want to play overtime?
Watching the ball fall straight into the basket, the Suns players just wanted to celebrate but saw the ball spin twice on the basket and then slowly rolled out. At this time, the AT&T Center was dead silent, and everyone thought that The ball was about to be scored, but it finally came out, as if the goddess of luck had favored them, and for a while they were only lucky to survive the disaster.
The Spurs players and Popovich looked at each other, and they all saw the happiness in each other's eyes. To be honest, there was nothing wrong with the ball, but it was just a little bit of luck that everyone thought was missing, and only Popovich knew That's not luck, it's a trap he has set up for Gao Tian for four games. In these four games, he would rather let the Suns outside and other players force Gao Tian to stand on the sidelines and watch the game. The four games hardly played If Gao Tian received the ball at the last moment and still made a hit, then Popovich can only say that Lady Luck is really unfriendly to the Spurs, but in the end it was just a little bit worse.
The failure of the first two games was due to the high scores of other Suns players, and this little bit of luck is the result!
It all depends on human effort. Popovich painstakingly built the iron wall for Gao Tian and finally allowed the Spurs to tie the total score 2:2. In the eyes of everyone, the Spurs and the Suns returned to the same starting line, but Popovich knew that the Suns had fallen downwind!
His plan doesn't stop there.
Gao Tian was a little silent. When he shot the last ball, he didn't feel like he usually felt, and he knew that the ball was gone.
If he can shoot more three-pointers in the game, he is very confident to make this goal. He has not shot a three-pointer in the game, and he will make this key shot in less than two seconds at the end. There is no confidence, but the Suns have no more suitable players than him, and it is impossible for him to let others take over the burden that originally belonged to him.
It was his fault for not making the goal.
When D'Antoni entered the locker room, he saw the dull crowd. D'Antoni sighed in his heart when he saw the players who were very disappointed. In the first two days, they still led by a big score of 2:0, but in a blink of an eye The opponent overturned two rounds in a row, and the total score was tied. Who is to blame for all this?
Is it Gao Tian's fault for not making that three-pointer?
No.
Are the players not playing well enough? ,
Nor is it.
It's all his fault.
After seeing Gao Tian miss the three-pointer, he instantly understood a lot of things that he couldn't understand before. The Spurs would lose so easily in the first two games, which was almost like giving away two victories for nothing. Naively thought that it was just Popovich's test, he didn't expect the sun to be so accurate, now he knows it, it's just a bait.
Lures that lure fish into the bait.
And he is like a silly fish in the lake, thinking that what he eats is delicious, but in fact what he has to pay in the end is its life!
In the four games, Gao Tian only took 22 shots in total, which was less than Stoudemire's shots in one game. After more than half of the series, the team's strongest player had the fewest shots among the team's starters. It's not even as good as the number of shots taken by the substitute players. What a terrible signal this is!
But at that time, they were all blindfolded by the victory, and no one noticed the undercurrent hidden in this abnormal situation. In other words, some people noticed it, but they dare not say it. All good.
Who would have thought that the situation is taking a turn for the worse now, and after all, it is another old fox's way.
D'Antoni was silent, and now Popovich gave him another choice, continue to believe that other Suns players should give up the style of play that the Suns players have become accustomed to in the first four games, and choose to give Gao Tian a lot of possessions to let Gao Tian feel .
The former option is that although the Suns may lose, they still have great hope. After all, the Suns are playing at home, and the crazy Suns are fully hopeful that they will explode with the Spurs on the offensive end and even win the game. The second option The choice is full of unknowns, the risk is so great, and it is even possible to lose the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain.
Mike, how do you choose?
(End of this chapter)