Chapter 823: Rejecting three kills, the end of a single month
"Do you want to call a timeout?"
Feeling the sudden change in the atmosphere, the Kings assistant looked at coach George Karl nervously.
George Karl waved his hand and refused to call a timeout.
First, because the point difference between the two sides is still within single digits, and the Kings still have a chance to recover; second, because calling a timeout at this time would undoubtedly be a sign of weakness to the opponent, which is a cowardly act.
Basketball has never been just a competition on the strength level, but also a competition on the spiritual level.
The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will!
Although George Karl has most likely never heard of this old saying from China, as one of the few coaches in the NBA, he also understands a similar truth.
Back on the court, the Kings attack.
Wang Zelin got to the free throw line and directly missed the basket.
If the Kings want to win tonight, their only hope is that the outside pitchers can shoot away. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on the inside team of Casspi and Coopers to come back.
He shouted to his teammates: "You are trying your best to block the passing routes of Wiggins and Seth Curry. I will not allow them to catch the ball."
"Yes, boss!"
Beverly and the others stood up and replied.
"Give me the ball!"
Costa Koufos, who entered the league in 2008, has undoubtedly reached the peak of his career. Although he is just an ordinary NBA insider averaging 7.5 per game, he was let go by Wang Zelin when he was young and vigorous.
How could there be no fire in my heart?
Yes, I am indeed not as good as you, Wang Zelin, and I was slapped by you just now, but this is not the reason for you to treat me like nothing.
"Give me the ball!"
Koufos, who was completely left empty, cut into the paint and shouted to Rondo, who was one step away from the top of the arc.
At this time, Seth Curry moved on the left wing and suddenly pulled toward the three-point line in the bottom corner.
"To whom?"
Rondo made a mental calculation and quickly passed the ball to Seth Curry.
After all, Seth Curry is the one in the best shape among the Kings' defenders today. Although Beverley, who mainly defends him, has strong defensive ability, there is a certain height gap between the two.
After experiencing the last ball, he didn't believe that Seth Curry would be interfered by Beverley in the air this time.
Wang Zelin noticed that Beverley did not follow Seth Curry, so when he saw Rondo passing the ball, he immediately started and pounced on Seth Curry.
As soon as Seth Curry caught the ball, he immediately encountered Beverley's close defense and did not get any space to take action.
He first hit with his back, then suddenly turned around and retreated, widening the distance between him and Beverly, and jumped decisively.
At this time, Wang Zelin's defense assistance was already in place.
As soon as Seth Curry turned around and took off, he was pushed down by a giant hand that descended from the sky and was even dribbling the ball. Under the imbalance of his body, he didn't even stop taking two steps back. With a bang, he fell to the ground.
above the floor.
"Oh ho ho ho! Another blood cap is born!" the home commentator roared excitedly again.
Beverly quickly grabbed the ball that rolled to the side and played it down like crazy.
Wang Zelin ignored the attack and challenged Seth Curry, who had just gotten up and wanted to return to defense: "Give up, kid! Compared to your brother, you are still far behind! Even your brother can't beat me.
Do you think you can do it?"
Seth Curry, who had just rushed to the center circle, suddenly stopped because Beverley had successfully completed the dunk. He looked back at Wang Zelin and remained silent.
But his clenched fists revealed his inner unrest.
Not as good as brother?
This may be the case now, but I don't believe that I have always been inferior to him, and I will use my efforts to change everything.
Just wait, sooner or later, I will subvert your knowledge!
Seth Curry roared crazily over and over again in his heart. However, he never realized that his mentality had changed due to the recent iron blows.
He was becoming more and more impatient!
As a marksman, he has to keep a calm mind at all times. When his mind is confused, the work on his hands will naturally not be as detailed as before.
Sure enough, in the next three or four minutes, Seth Curry took two more shots, and without exception, they all failed.
For the Trail Blazers, this is a very good signal!
When the Kings' only reliable shooter loses his accuracy, Rondo and Wiggins have average shooting abilities without breaking out. As a result, they can only rely on a lot of attacks to the basket and mid-range shots to maintain their ability.
Offensive firepower.
But unfortunately, the Trail Blazers have a top-notch rim protector and help-defense master in history standing under the basket.
After halftime, the Trail Blazers and Kings were tied at 59:42. While the Trail Blazers relied on Wang Zelin's super offensive and defensive dominance to score 20 points in about half a quarter, the Kings were completely lost.
After the official timeout, the entire team only scored a pitiful 6 points. Among them, Seth Curry, No. 30 of the Kings, who scored 19 points in just over a quarter and a half, is also on the Trail Blazers.
Under the constraints of the overall defensive system that combined internal and external forces, he completely lost his accuracy, and all of his next five shots were shot.
When the magic of this amazing player disappeared, the morale of the Kings also dropped to the bottom.
Entering the halftime break, players from both teams returned to the locker room.
In the same arena, different people feel different joys and sorrows.
The previous depressing atmosphere on the Trail Blazers side has been wiped away, and all the students are talking and laughing in the locker room.
In the visiting team's locker room, the atmosphere of the entire Kings team was extremely depressing.
"With such a team, how could we beat them twice in a row before?"
Willie Cauley-Stein, the Kings' rookie this year, said something out of the blue and stopped everyone.
well!
They all sighed and spoke, no one knew how to answer.
In just half a quarter, the gap in overall strength between the two sides was clearly revealed. This feeling of intention but powerlessness is so desperate.
Including Wiggins, who has always been cheerful, he didn't know how to comfort his teammates at this moment.
In this time and space, Wiggins has not embarked on the path of "Mamba". When the team acquired Rondo this season, he is also actively learning from the latter how to become the leader of the team.
However, for this "Canadian Jordan" who has just turned 21 years old, although his scoring average has reached 23 points per game, which is infinitely close to the ranks of active first-line small forwards, he still has a lot to do if he wants to become a true leader.
A long way to go.
After all, not every rookie can reach the peak of his career like No. 36 of the opposite Trail Blazers. Not only is he very strong, but he also becomes a leader at an alarmingly fast speed.
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109:85, this time the Kings finally failed to perform the miracle of defeating the strong and defeating the strong again. They had no choice but to suffer a 24-point defeat in the away game.
As for the Trail Blazers, the significance of winning this game may be more important, because they finally wiped away the depression of losing to the Kings twice in a row, which was a small knot in their hearts.
At this point, the Trail Blazers' March schedule is completely over.