Chapter 558: At the critical moment, four in a row
The Mavericks switched to a defensive lineup.
Francesca Garcia, Sean Marion, Gobert, Cory Brewer, Qin Yang.
With this lineup's defense, the Grizzlies can only rely on the interior offense.
The Mavericks attacked, and Qin Yang could only hold the ball and play alone.
In this lineup, there is only Qin Yang who can attack with the ball, so the only option is to play alone with the ball.
Marion took a cover, and Qin Yang broke through directly.
The Grizzlies wrap up, Qin Yang retreats to the top of the arc on the right, Cory Brewer stepped forward to cover, Qin Yang went to the bottom corner and passed the ball to Cory Breuer.
Corey Brewer took the ball and passed it to Qin Yang who was running, and then Corey made a cover for Qin Yang.
After covering, Qin Yang shot directly.
In this position, there is no way to wrap it.
Sou!
Three-pointers scored.
This kind of small-scale cooperation is a strategy of the Mavericks, and in the past, when Nowitzki was on the court, this tactic did not make much sense.
With Nowitzki and Qin Yang here, two natural mismatch opportunities, the Mavericks don't need complex tactical coordination to score easily.
But now, this tactic is very useful.
Cory Brewer's ball quotient is very high, continuous running to cover, and Qin Yang shoots easily.
Grizzlies offense.
Outside Kunit Lee, McConley and Tony Allen didn't find a chance at all, and the Mavericks' perimeter defense was too strong.
Eventually, Conley passed the ball to Marc Gasol.
Marc Gasol singled Marion, Qin Yang quickly pinched, Gasol saw this and passed the ball out, but the Mavericks quickly changed defenses.
Qin Yang once again assisted in the defense of Kunit Li.
As an old teammate, Qin Yang and Kunit Li are very familiar with each other, this ball, Qin Yang jumped at the right time, and his fingers touched the basketball.
Under the basket, Sean Marion reacted quickly and got the rebound.
Mavericks offense.
Qin Yang attacked with the ball again.
Defending Qin Yang was Kunit Lee, and Tony Allen was eyeing him from the side, not relaxing at all.
If Qin Yang shoots, Kunit Lee can interfere in place, and if he breaks through, although Tony Allen is ready, so, no matter how he plays, it will be difficult for Qin Yang to attack.
But at this time, the gap comes out.
Qin Yang dribbled the ball with his body, continuously crossed steps, and after lowering his shoulders, he broke through to the right side with a feint, and then turned to the left unhurriedly.
After the breakthrough, Qin Yang faced Tony Allen's back-to-back single, and after turning around and breaking through, he stepped back and made a quick stop jump shot.
Tony Allen stepped back and didn't defend at all.
This ball, Cunit Lee and Tony Allen are both backdrops.
Qin Yang's speed was not fast, but the whole attack was extremely smooth, and he scored goals with ease.
At critical moments, you have to look at the superstars.
If Qin Yang is allowed to play like this in the whole game, Qin Yang will be exhausted. This style of play looks easy and freehand, but Qin Yang concentrates, accelerates and changes direction, stops and retreats sharply, and consumes a lot of physical strength.
This style of play does not last.
If it lasts, something will definitely happen.
But at critical moments, it's okay to play like this for three or four minutes.
The Mavericks used a defensive lineup to defend the Grizzlies' offense, and in the last five minutes, the Grizzlies shot less than 40%, and Qin Yang scored various singles.
In the last minute, Qin Yang once again used a strange rhythm to fake a layup and score, and the home court resounded with cheers.
Time was running out, and the Grizzlies called a timeout to replace the main team.
The game is over.
Qin Yang got 51 points and 12 assists.
Fifty points again.
Four games in a row, tied Kobe Bryant's record.
At the post-game press conference, the Grizzlies players looked very lonely.
McConley, who had just received a big contract, looked helpless: "Sometimes, the game will not be the same as you think, we worked hard, but the result is not necessarily good." I've played against a lot of point guards in the league, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Stephen Curry, Russell Weisbrook and many more, but ...... Bruce is the hardest one to defend and he can barely defend. ”
"I think he should play small forward, not as a point guard."
McConley played against Qin Yang four times in the whole court, defended four times, Qin Yang hit three times, and Conley wanted to cry without tears.
The point guard defending Qin Yang is a tragedy.
Conley's defense is very good in point guards, and the point guards in the league, except for Qin Yang, anyone who encounters Conley feels choked enough.
Even more headstrong defensively than Paul.
And the misplaced defensive point guard, Conley did a lot better than Paul.
However, Conley still couldn't help it.
Zach Randolph:
"I don't think any player is like playing against Bruce, every time I face him for a layup, I feel bad because I don't know what offensive choices he's going to make in the next moment, and no matter what you do, he's always going to score, and that's the most desperate thing."
Marc Gasol:
"We need to do better, Bruce is so much better than we think we think, it's not like the stats, even if he only scores 10 points in a game, it will make us very uncomfortable."
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The Grizzlies players panicked.
Qin Yang clearly felt the change among the Grizzlies players.
In previous seasons, the Grizzlies were all strong teams, and they showed a strong team demeanor, the black eight beat the Spurs, and the black and white two bears beat Duncan to the dust.
However, the Grizzlies lacked championship temperament.
The critical moment is not stable.
This is much worse than the original Celtics, even after winning the championship, the strength of the Celtics has dropped significantly, but the Celtics of the Big Three, the kind of toughness that people can't forget.
The players are losing a bit of confidence, and it's hard for the Grizzlies to keep winning.
Perhaps at this time, choosing to rebuild is the best option.
The strength of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph is indeed very strong, but the two are really not suitable partners, such an inside line, Qin Yang can still easily win when he finds an opportunity.
After this game, the discussion about the MVP of the regular season this season also reached its peak.
In the ranking of this season's regular season MVP, the leaders are Qin Yang, Kevin Durant and LeBron James.
James' stats are relatively poor, and for the Heat, what matters is the Finals MVP, so the regular season is not that important.
Comparatively speaking, Qin Yang and Kevin Durant have similar data, and they both have good records with the team, and they are real favorites.
After the game, Qin Yang was interviewed:
"Kevin is the best guy in the league, we have a lot of similarities between us, and we're good friends, so the regular season MVP, I think we're going to split the winners and losers on the court."
Kevin Durant was also interviewed:
"MVP of the regular season, of course I want, but Bruce also deserves that trophy, and I don't have a problem with which of the two of us gets the final award, all I can do is play every game."
Durant is humble, but the Thunder's team isn't in as good shape as it could have been.