Chapter 476 An unexpected pass, a new round of competition
“What?”
After Simavici expressed his guess, Duncan looked at the opposite Trail Blazers with a look of surprise.
Could it be that this is true?
Is the one on the other side really so sinister?
The fact is that Simavici thought too much. Sorry, Terry Stotts really didn't think so much.
So, when the timeout ended and the two sides returned to the court, Terry Stotts almost had a short-circuit in his mind when he saw the opponent put Tim Duncan, the core of the team, on the bench.
No, it’s because the other person’s brain is short-circuited, right?
Facing the critical moment when the Trail Blazers were about to take off, the Spurs actually chose to give up using Duncan. Don't they know that the defensive pressure created by the Spurs with Duncan and without Duncan on the court is completely different for the opponent?
In front of the Spurs bench, after seeing Terry Stotts focusing on his most proud disciple, Simawicz became even more sure of his inner thoughts.
Yep, if you want to use a mere Garnett to match up with Duncan, just dream on it!
In this way, until the end of the first half, Simawicz never brought Duncan back to the court, even though the Spurs' lead was being eroded step by step by their opponents...
At 11.7 seconds before the end of the first half, the ball belonged to the Trail Blazers on the last attack.
After Lillard caught the ball in the backcourt and quickly overtook the lead, he directly found Wang Zelin in the low post and quickly handed the ball over. Then, he and three other teammates pulled away, leaving Wang Zelin with ample room to play.
The whole process took less than 5 seconds.
At this time, the score on the timer showed 54:51, and the Trail Blazers were 3 points ahead of the Spurs. If they scored this goal, they could enter the second half with a 5-point advantage.
As we all know, in a basketball game, 5 points is a small threshold, and 10 points is a larger threshold. When the opponent scores 20 points tomorrow, it can basically be declared that the game has entered garbage time.
Therefore, the Trail Blazers have the strength to score this goal. After all, entering the second half with a 5-point advantage and entering the second half with a 3-point advantage are not the same level of pressure on the opponent's morale.
Therefore, they naturally chose the strongest player on their team to handle the final attack.
Soon, with only 5 seconds left on the countdown to the end of the first half, Wang Zelin finally made a move.
As soon as he moved, the Spurs responded quickly, which was:
Double team!
Yes, this is Simavici's arrangement for the final defense. The Blazers' tactical arrangement for the final attack is too obvious. Everyone can know that the ball will definitely be handed over to No. 36 in the end.
With a clear defensive strategy, the Spurs double-teamed extremely quickly and decisively. As soon as Wang Zelin took a step closer to Split, Diaw had already rushed over.
The sudden double-team made Wang Zelin stunned for a moment, with less than 3 seconds left!
Yes!
Seeing this scene, Sima Weiji secretly encouraged his wise spirit in his heart.
"snort!"
But Wang Zelin's reaction was extremely timely. He half-turned around and jumped up high to face the two men's defense.
Are you going to vote?
Of course...no!
After jumping up, Wang Zelin instantly found Garnett in the air, who was completely free. After Garnett received the ball, he quickly took action without any hesitation.
At this moment, no one could guess why Wang Zelin gave the final shot to Garnett. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the basketball spinning in the sky.
When the ball flew into the air, a circle of red light flashed around the Spurs backboard, indicating that the first half of the game was completely over, but the Trail Blazers' final attack was not over yet.
Time, at this moment, became extremely slow, so slow that it seemed like a century had passed...
"Whoosh!"
A crisp sound came through the net, and Garnett lived up to expectations and hit the buzzer-beating goal in the first half for the Trail Blazers.
At 56:51, the Trail Blazers successfully entered the second half with a 5-point advantage.
The game enters halftime.
It wasn't until all the players on the field returned to the bench that the home fans in the stands reacted and let out one after another wails and regrets.
Although we defended so well in the front, we still lost at the last second.
Why would the proud Blazers No. 36 choose to give the ball to his teammates?
Logically speaking, let alone a two-person double team, even a three-person double team, the guy would probably dare to throw the ball.
What's going on today?
In fact, it wasn't just the Spurs, but also the Trail Blazers. Back in the visiting team's locker room, the teammates cleared up their doubts.
"Why was it passed to KG at the last moment?"
When asked this question, Wang Zelin shrugged his shoulders and said matter-of-factly: "KG is a big open position and has a much better opportunity than me. Why not give it to him."
Many teammates chose to believe Wang Zelin's reply. In their opinion, Wang Zelin has never been a selfish player who has a strong desire to control the ball. On the contrary, he is often willing to share the ball.
However, there are a small number of people who are always dubious about such responses. For example, Garnett just hit the buzzer-beater and received hero treatment after coming back.
In fact, the dubious attitude of this small group of teammates, led by Garnett, is correct.
Although Wang Zelin is happy to share the ball, sometimes his personality resembles the old-school players of the past.
He stubbornly believes that as a team leader, he must have the courage to take responsibility and stand up at critical moments to help the team achieve a reversal.
At the same time, that doesn't mean he won't adapt.
In his opinion, the team is in the lead anyway. Since it is not on the verge of desperation and has not reached the moment when it has to answer for the superstar ball, sometimes it is a wise move to choose to trust your teammates.
Of course, it's still the same sentence.
Deep down in his heart, Wang Zelin actually prefers the old-school style. If the moment comes when the team is one point away from reversal, he will never give up the ball to others like he did just now.
The outcome is life or death, the team wins or loses, he prefers to control it all by himself!
This is his way of basketball!
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The intermission was not short. During the intermission, Wang Zelin also accepted an interview with Yu Jia and Zhang Lili. During the interview, they also asked the same doubts.
and Wang Zelin gave similar answers.
Soon, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Duncan returned to the court and played the 5th position.
I finally waited for you, but fortunately I didn’t give up.
Seeing that Duncan was back and about to confront him, Wang Zelin subconsciously licked his dry lips.
As his strength becomes stronger day by day, under the current league system, there are only a handful of inside players who can make Wang Zelin excited.
However, Lao Shifo is one of them, and he is still the kind of person who fights one battle and loses another.