At the beginning of the second half, after the third quarter, the intensity of the competition between the two teams gradually increased from the regular season level to the playoff level.
At the same time, the referees in this game have become more cautious in their decisions.
Spurs attack.
GDP was on the court at the same time, with Parker and Ginobili on the outside taking charge of the attack. Ginobili hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up.
"The Spurs are going to fight to the death! Ginobili exploded when he came up!"
On the first goal of the second half, Ginobili scored a three-pointer over Conlett Lee. In the live broadcast room of Chaoting TV, Yu Jia exclaimed.
"It's really a desperate situation to watch the demon sword!" Xu Jicheng said.
At this time, the Trail Blazers attacked, with Splitter guarding Jokic, Duncan guarding Wang Zelin, and Ginobili guarding Batum. Danny Green suddenly dropped Connett Lee and double-teamed Lillard with Parker.
The Spurs are preparing to improve their defense to gain opportunities to steal and counterattack.
Seeing Danny Green's action from the high post in the frontcourt, Wang Zelin turned around and blocked Duncan, reaching for the ball.
Lillard reacted very quickly. Before the double-team was formed, he smashed his hands and passed a long pass to Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin caught the ball with one hand, then dribbled the ball and leaned back, pushing Duncan, then turned right and entered the paint area.
Under the basket are Split and Jokic, both of whom are competing for position.
Wang Zelin grabbed the ball with his right hand, jumped up in two steps, and smashed the ball wildly.
Split and Duncan went in tandem, jumping to block and chase shots at the same time.
Snapped--!
Split slapped Wang Zelin's right hand, a vicious foul that caused the ball to fly out immediately.
Immediately afterwards, several people under the basket also fell on their backs.
Beep——!
The referee's whistle sounded, and he pointed at Split, who was lying on the ground, and made the action of a thug foul and two basketballs.
"Five fouls! Splitter of the Spurs has committed five fouls!"
Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.
Wang Zelin made two free throws, 60:54, and the Trail Blazers still led by 6 points.
However, Simawicz had no intention of substituting, and the Spurs continued to organize the attack.
This time Ginobili made another three-point shot and missed. Jokic blocked Duncan. Wang Zelin picked off the rebound over Splitter and the Blazers attacked.
Wang Zelin personally took charge and pushed forward with the ball. When they reached the free throw line in the frontcourt, Duncan and Ginobili decisively double-teamed Wang Zelin.
However, they all underestimated Wang Zelin's ability to control the ball. The latter made a cross-step to avoid Ginobili's steal, and then accelerated to attack Duncan from the right.
Duncan also wanted to grab Wang Zelin's arm, but the latter elbowed him away. The pain made him grimace and he could no longer maintain the calm look on his face.
After breaking the double team and passing through two people, there was only one Danny Green left under the carriage basket. This time Danny Green did not lose his mind. He did not intend to use his body to block the beast's collision and decisively stepped aside.
In the end, facing the unguarded basket, Wang Zelin held the ball with one arm and smashed it towards the basket.
"boom!"
The next moment, with a loud noise, the Spurs basket was exploded again. Wang Zelin was hanging on the basket, looking down at Danny Green on the side.
After being stared at by a very aggressive gaze, Danny Green couldn't help but feel pressure rising sharply, and sweat broke out on his back.
"Oh ho ho ho!!!!"
Seeing Wang Zelin add two more points to the team, the Trail Blazers bench and more than 3,000 away fans instantly became excited.
"Absolutely a god descending to earth! Absolutely unstoppable!"
Yu Jia also completely fell into madness.
After landing, Wang Zelin and Lillard high-fived and began to return to defense.
Beep——!
This time, the Spurs finally called a timeout. After the timeout, Splitter was replaced, and Aron Baynes took over at the No. 4 position.
This guy was an undrafted player in the 2009 draft. He was not signed by the Spurs until the beginning of 2013 with a two-year minimum salary. In the past two years, his performance on the bench was acceptable, so this summer, the Spurs officially announced another contract with the Spurs.
He formally signed a contract renewal ceremony. The contract is for a period of time and is worth 2.1 million yuan a year.
Compared to Split, Baynes is a pure blue-collar player. The main goal of replacing him is to shoulder the arrogant Wang Zelin for Duncan.
After all, we can't expect the 38-year-old Duncan to be able to defend Wang Zelin all the time on the court. This is unrealistic.
So, can Baynes afford the responsibility of defending Wang Zelin?
"boom!"
Under the Spurs basket, Wang Zelin singled out Baynes and rolled over the latter to complete a turn and dunk. At the same time...
Beep——!
The referee blew his whistle and pointed at Baynes.
Defensive foul, Wang Zelin added a free throw.
"Another foul! Another foul! At the beginning of the second half, Wang continued to find kills in the paint. Split left the field with five fouls and Duncan committed three. The New Zealander who had just been replaced also scored his second foul of the game.
foul……
The Spurs are in danger!
The Spurs are about to collapse inside!"
On the TNT commentary stage, Barkley roared with great emotion.
Wang Zelin high-fived his teammates and walked to the free throw line.
Take a deep breath, raise your head, catch the ball, and take a shot...
"Whoosh!"
The extra penalty is a sure hit.
At 65:54, with Wang Zelin's burst, the Trail Blazers' lead reached double digits.
On the big screen in the dome, Wang Zhilin's scoring data so far in this game were also given in a timely manner:
37 points!!!
Only a few minutes after the start of the third quarter, Wang Zelin quickly scored 7 points in a row, and also accounted for all the Trail Blazers' scores so far in the second half.
No surprise, after trailing their opponent by double digits for the first time in this game, the Spurs took another timeout.
In fact, to be honest, if you still can't find a way to limit Wang Zelin, the result will be the same if you don't suspend it now. Because the Blazers will definitely continue to attack the Spurs' inside line until they completely defeat the Spurs!
Now Simawei can't replace Duncan, nor can he replace the other two GDP players. He can only gamble that when the team faces a desperate situation,
Someone will explode in the gdp trio.
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Parker dribbled the ball in the frontcourt to control time and patiently organized the offense.
Ginobili stepped out to catch the ball.
Connett Lee and Batum rushed forward madly at the first time. For such a crucial ball, they would rather let go of Danny Green than let go of this monster from the Spurs.
However,
There is a saying that has been circulating in the NBA: "In good times, look at the sports car, in bad times, look at the stone Buddha, and in desperate times, look at the demon knife!"
This is not just a rumor, it is real.
After receiving the ball, Ginobili never thought about taking a direct shot. He threw the ball to Duncan in the high post. Just when the Trail Blazers were returning to defense, he suddenly made an air cut, and then changed his direction to the bottom corner.
Run to the location.
A move to the east and west!
Duncan is tall and has a broad vision. The key is
The tacit understanding of the GDP trio is at a historical level. They pass the ball without looking at anyone and pass it to Ginobili in the corner.
The moment his feet just stepped outside the three-point line, Duncan's pass had already arrived. After receiving the ball, Ginobili directly took the shot.
The fans at the scene held their breath.
Swish——!
The basketball goes through the heart and into the net.
It seems complicated, but in fact, the Spurs have run this tactic countless times. In the end, Ginobili hit the key three-pointer with his hand and reduced the point difference to single digits. This set of tactics was implemented.
It can be said to be a flowing cloud.
In the first half, Ginobili made 2 of 7 shots and 1 of 3 free throws. He only got a 3-pointer. After returning from the second half, he quickly adjusted his condition and hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside. He also won the game.
9th point!
65:57, the Spurs regained hope of chasing points.
Trail Blazers offense.
Lillard missed a three-pointer, Jokic grabbed the rebound, and was slapped in the air by Duncan during the second attack.
The ball bounced out of the paint area and onto the free throw line. Batum, Danny Green, Parker, and Lillard rushed forward at the same time.
In the midst of the chaos, someone poked the ball with someone's hand, and the basketball flew straight to the left sideline.
At this moment, Wang Zelin rushed out of the three-point line, jumped up, took the ball into his arms, and threw the ball towards Lillard before falling to the ground and exiting the line.
Lillard received the ball at a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line. Without thinking, he immediately took off and with a shake of his hands, the basketball flew toward the basket.
"Whoosh!"
The water splashed and he hit a three-pointer.
Speaking of which, Lillard's touch today was also very average. In the previous 10 shots, he only hit 3 goals, including 1 of 4 three-pointers.
But at the same time, he also has the same big heart as Ginobili. The more critical the moment, the more decisive he shoots, and he really dares to score!
This goal was very crucial and successfully stopped the Spurs' rising morale.
"Yes!!!"
In the stands, the away fans were in a climax again.
"Hurry up!" Simavic shouted from the sidelines.
Duncan picked up the ball, rushed to the baseline, turned around, and smashed the ball toward Parker.
Parker jumped high, grabbed the ball in his hands, turned around in mid-air, landed, and advanced quickly.
Beside him was Connett Lee, who was returning to defense. The two rushed to the free throw line one after another.
The next moment, another figure came out from the flank and chased Parker. However, at this time, Parker only noticed Connet Lee behind him and did not realize that the real danger was coming.
After Parker in front entered the paint area, he suddenly jumped into the air, and soon felt the wind on his head behind him. He instinctively ducked to avoid Connett Lee's block.
It's now……
Parker was secretly happy and sent the ball to the basket.
But what came immediately was not the expected goal, but...
"Snapped!"
Wang Zelin, who took advantage of the delay, took off immediately after Parker, saw the opportunity, and nailed Parker's layup to the backboard.
"oh!"
The whole audience exclaimed.
"King! King! King..."
Among the silent Spurs fans, the away fans cheered.
Yu Jia yelled like a madman: "It's so incomprehensible! It's so crazy! It's so shocking! Here comes the king's body-chasing hat. He completely dominated the field today!"
After picking up the melon behind his head to block Parker, Wang Zelin collected the rebound and turned around for a fast break.
Just after halftime, Jokic was found in an open position, grabbed the ball with one hand, raised it above his head, and smashed it.
"Good news!"
Xu Jicheng said in surprise.
Under the basket, Jokic received the pass, pulled out the green onions directly, and dunked.
70:57, the score difference suddenly reached 13 points!
Sima Weiwei stood up and roared wildly. After much hesitation, he still chose to give up and pause.
The benches on both sides are adjacent, but they show completely opposite states.
There was dead silence on one side, with only the sound of breathing left. Looking around, the morale of everyone was completely gone.
The team was excited, cheers were everywhere, coaches and players were all celebrating enthusiastically.
Kenny Smith said: "14 shots were taken, no one hit, and he scored 37 points... Wang was so abnormal today, the Spurs really can't stand it!"
"To be honest, Manu has tried his best, but unfortunately, their opponent tonight is a king who is destined to be impossible to defeat!" Barkley explained excitedly.
The score difference was getting further and further behind, but the Spurs never called a timeout, but let the situation continue like this.
In fact, it's not that the Spurs don't want to call a timeout, but that the Spurs are now at the end of their rope.
Even the GDP has been put on the court. If there is still no hope of chasing points under this situation, then Spurs coach Sima Wei will be completely at his wits end.
Soon, at the end of the third quarter, Wang Zelin scored 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists, helping the team to score 9 points more than the Spurs in a single quarter at 31:22.
After three quarters, 89:73, the Trail Blazers lead the Spurs by a full 16 points!
In the past quarter, the Spurs' best performer was Ginobili, who hit 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, plus 3 of 4 free throws. He scored a team-high 12 points.
On the verge of despair, the demon sword was unsheathed as promised!
However, facing the younger and more powerful Trail Blazer No. 36, the 37-year-old Yaodao was inevitably defeated in the end.
Or, to be more precise, he was defeated by time!
But no matter what, it cannot be denied that the opposite Trail Blazers No. 36 played incredible dominance on the court tonight.
Crazy statistics of 43 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 assists and 1 steal in three quarters!
Every Spurs fan at the scene could count them all. In their impression, no player has ever been able to perform like this in just three quarters on top of the Spurs.
Kobe, who was as strong as he was back then, pales in comparison to this data.
Could it be that that guy is really going to score 50 points tonight?
This terrifying thought suddenly appeared in the minds of all Spurs fans.
At this time, it will be useless to say other deceptive things.
The facts are before our eyes, the number 36 opposite is really possible to achieve this feat tonight!
The pause ends.
Entering the final quarter with a nearly 20-point lead, the Trail Blazers still had the first offense.
In the frontcourt, Wang Zelin received a pass from Lila in the low post and hit Duncan with a back-up.
Almost at the moment of catching the ball, Baynes on the other side had already abandoned his defender and rushed towards Wang Zelin.
Bottomless double team?!
Yes, the Spurs team doctor adopted a crazy double-teaming strategy against Wang Zhilin when he came up.
The Spurs coaching staff and players were never willing to just watch Wang Zelin score 50 points at their home court.
What's more, Wang Zelin is very likely to score 50 points with a 100% shooting rate...
This is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to them and must be stopped!
However, Wang Zelin was more decisive than they thought. He gave Duncan a push and made a hook from the middle distance.
It was impossible to score with such a hasty shot?
An inexplicable thought flashed through Duncan and Barnes' minds, because in their opinion, this was simply an unreasonable move.
"Whoosh!"
There was a crisp sound of entering the net from behind.