Chapter 111: Domination
The 35 points in a single quarter is also the highest score in a single quarter since the Warriors started the new season, and Yang Di got 6 points and 8 rebounds in this quarter, all defensive rebounds. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
By the end of the third quarter, he had 15 points and 17 rebounds, and he was running for double twenty.
"Yang Di's rebounding is particularly strong, so even if his scoring ability is not as good as Yao Ming, the statistics have been better than Yao Ming recently." Cai Nan said matter-of-factly: "An important criterion for comparing and measuring an inside line is rebounding, and Yang Di ranks first in the league in rebounds per game this season. ”
"As long as the Warriors make some outside shots like they did today, I think the Warriors are still very promising this season." Yu Jia said, the implication is that there is no big problem with the inside line of today's warriors, that is, whether the outside line can be matched with Yang Di.
"That's right." Cai Nan echoed: "If the outside line can be shot, the inside space is also large, which is also a help for Yang Di to grab the frontcourt rebound." ”
The two of them are now like Yang blowing No. 1 and Yang blowing No. 2, and the fans listen to it with relish.
In the final quarter of the final game, the Timberwolves' bench is still much better than the Warriors, and the players who have been baptized in the Western Conference playoffs can do many details when they are serious.
The score was eroded, and Montgomery reluctantly called a timeout to stop the decline of the players on the field.
At 9 minutes and 11 seconds, Montgomery replaced Richardson early.
After Richardson came on the court, he helped the Warriors stabilize their position, and achieved the point of fighting the court by making fouls and mid-range jumpers.
Garnett, Sprewell and others are also back on the field.
At 7:03, Montgomery replaced Jandy and Fisher back on the court at the same time, and among the Warriors' starting five, power forward Murphy remained on the court.
Yang Di pointed to Dale Davis, and the two staggered.
"Come on!" Dale Davis whispered encouragement.
"Don't worry!" Yang Di patted his chest, then reached into his pants, re-tied the waistband, and stood next to Garnett.
Sure enough, the next second, Garnett's trash talk erupted wildly.
Yang Di's muscles were beating, a wave of anger came out of his heart, but his mind became calmer and calmer, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the confrontation with Garnett was more intense.
After two rounds, Sprewell made a free throw and the Timberwolves tied the score at 99-99.
The Warriors advanced to the frontcourt and fell to the frontcourt, Richardson singled Sprewell with his back, and walked up to the line with the help of Jandy's block, and the Warriors made a cross run in the elbow area, and Fisher shot a three-pointer at the top of the arc.
missed, the rebound bounced very far, and Yang Di, who was stuck behind Garnett, grabbed the rebound.
Dunleavy raised his arms at 45 degrees on the right side, Yang Di saw the score clearly, and transferred the ball over, Dunleavy simply shot three points again and hit!
102-99, such a critical moment, every point is crucial, and scoring this goal, the mentality of both sides has changed.
The Warriors breathed a sigh of relief, and the Timberwolves' nerves tightened.
Then there were four more rounds without a score, and the score remained 102-99, and the coaches on both sides also clutched a few timeouts, expecting the players to adjust themselves.
At 4 minutes and 27 seconds, Kassel and Garnett played high-quality blocking, and Garnett received the ball and was half a position ahead of Jandy.
Turning Yang Di back to defense, Garnett slapped the ball and flew in the air, and Murphy, who was on the court at this time, came to make up for the defense and accidentally hit Garnett's arm in shaking.
"Toot ~" The referee blew for a foul on Murphy, and Garnett went to the free throw line.
Garnett hit both free throws to score his 25th point of the game, and his presence on the court was particularly strong.
The Warriors attacked, Fisher hit the ground to Yang Di, Yang Di forced Garnett with his back, attracted the bag and passed out, Richardson shook off the defender and missed a jumper.
The Timberwolves attacked, and Sprewell missed a mid-range jumper.
Yang Di counterattacked after getting the rebound, Dunleavy made a three-point shot in the front court, missed, but the rebound was grabbed by Murphy and given to Yang Di, Yang Di broke through and hit the defensive Garnett, half throwing and half shooting the ball into the basket. 104 to 101.
At 2:33, Szczebiak hit a three-pointer and the Timberwolves tied the score.
The difference between the two sides was very close, and there was always a performance on the offensive end intermittently, and the audience was nervous, and this time the tied three points also made Montgomery unable to sit still, and immediately called a timeout, ready to deploy tactics.
Montgomery set up a Richardson's blocking and dismantling tactics after covering the ball, the cover man is Yang Di, the blocker is Murphy, Murphy evacuated the three-point line after the dismantling, and opened up space for Richardson to break through, and at the same time, Yang Di, who was ambushed on the bottom line, will also have the opportunity to attack the basket.
But I didn't expect that the implementation of the tactics was average, mainly because the Timberwolves adopted the tactics of wrapping and holding the ball, and Richardson, who was dribbling the ball, missed a good opportunity to pass the ball in order to protect the ball.
In the end, the offensive wave turned into Richardson singleing Sprewell and missing a mid-range pull-up jumper.
Montgomery shook his head, the lack of real ability to attack from the outside was still too obvious, and Sanders was constrained throughout the court as soon as he targeted the defense.
Garnett singled out Yang Di, and when there was little time left, he chose to step back in the middle of the jumper, but he also missed, and Yang Di turned around to grab his 20th rebound of the game.
In more than 1 minute, the game entered the white-hot stage, and the audience in the Bay Area concentrated and stood up and shouted.
Fisher passed the ball to Richardson, who was caught in the bag, and only saw Yang Di in his field of vision, so he had to give the ball to Yang Di.
Yang Di took the ball and attacked the basket, and the Timberwolves contracted widely.
At this time, if he can pass the ball out, it will be a good ball, but Yang Di's passing skills are average, and there is only a basket left in his eyes.
The Timberwolves request a timeout. 1 minute 09 seconds.
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After the pause, the Timberwolves served on the sideline, the ball was still in Garnett's hands, or Yang Di was defending behind him, and the Timberwolves all opened up space.
Garnett came over to get ready to attack, and Richardson came over to help.
Garnett quickly moved the ball, and Sprewell tried to shake Richardson, but he couldn't, and made physical contact with Richardson as he broke inside.
Sprevel moves to Kassel, who passes the ball to Szzerbiak in the cover.
Szczebiak hit a jumper shot from Murphy, who was on the defensive back. 106-104, in a critical period, Szzebiak stood up and scored 5 points in a row to help the Timberwolves overtake the score!
The Warriors paused, Montgomery felt very regretful, in fact, the Warriors defense was already very good, and they also implemented the concept of rotation defense, but the players would have a shooting percentage and shoot key shots, and there was no way.
The voices of the audience instantly became quieter, and the audience covered their mouths, their chests blocked as uncomfortable.
Coming back from a timeout, the Warriors serve on the sideline.
Yang Di pouted, Richardson ran past him, Fisher served to him, and then Richardson dribbled to the middle, and on the other side, Fisher ran into the three-point line, still cutting in through Yang Di's cover.
The Timberwolves probably knew the Warriors' defensive strategy, and all the players shrank inside, leaving Szczebiak staring at Dunleavy who ran out of the three-point line to feint, and did not give Dunleavy a chance to receive the ball. Richardson on the three-point line is in a dilemma, if he breaks inside, he faces the Timberwolves' impregnable defense, but if he doesn't go inside, Sprewell can still form enough shooting interference for him.
Only Yang Di is vacant, because he is close to the three-point line, Garnett is equivalent to putting Yang Di shooting space. He didn't believe at all that Yang Di, who hadn't made a few mid-to-long-range shots in a game, would shoot at such a critical moment, and if he couldn't shoot, he would be held most accountable.
Richardson glanced at Yang Di and passed the ball over, he meant to let Yang Di stabilize and wait for him to come over to answer, or do a hand-to-hand pass to cover or something.
Yang Di, who received the ball, couldn't stop beating wildly.
Amid the cheers of the audience, he didn't even hear a subtle synthesizer in his head.
Garnett stepped back to defend, and Yang Di had plenty of room to shoot.
He jumped violently, like a beast that had been released, with a big and fearless sense of mission and responsibility.
Garnett was taken aback and stepped forward to reach out to interfere.
On the sidelines, Montgomery, on the court, Richardson, opened his mouth wide, this is not a tactical arrangement, one step inside the three-point line, almost a shot from the three-point line, is Yang Di crazy?
In the next second, the net flower rolled up, and there was a hollow sound, covering up all the incomprehension and anger.
The audience raised their hands and cheered, and the Warriors equalized at the critical moment!
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The game wasn't over yet, and the battered Timberwolves called a final timeout.
Perhaps the most indifferent in the audience are the three referees, in the place where miracles are born in the NBA, they have seen too many miracles.
After the "beep~" whistle blows, the two sides who return to the field play again, and there are 33.8 seconds left. The two sides are tied at 106.
For the Timberwolves, whether this offense succeeds or not, the Warriors have plenty of time to set up and make one last offense.
Sanders pressed the tempo for Kassel, and the minutes ticked by.
With 20 seconds to go, the Timberwolves started to run, Garnett mentioned blocking for Cassel at the top of the arc, and Fisher was experienced in defending from behind.
Sure enough, Cassel didn't dare to shoot at the critical moment, because since the start of the season, he has only shot 25 percent from three-point range.
Cassell's return of the ball to Garnett was a useless offensive tactic.
Garnett faced Yang Di again, and broke through from Yang Di's right side with a big stride, and the first step was not very fast.
Yang Di's eyes flashed, and he lowered his center of gravity.
Sure enough, Garnett just made a feint, and after dribbling two steps, he turned his back and walked directly to the left side, and then leaned on Yang Di's body, withdrawing space and stabilizing his body in small jumps, and made a straight-arm jumper from the bottom line.
Yang Di was waiting for this time, his eyes burst, his green muscles burst out, he roared, and jumped up on the floor.
The two were very close to each other, Garnett only felt that Yang Di was jumping up very fast, and a crisis surged in his heart, and he subconsciously reduced the time for the second shot and threw the ball.
Yang Di's hand was stretched straight, his body seemed to be a javelin, and the basketball flew and touched half of his fingertips.
"It's covered!"
Sanders' eyes were about to fall, and Yang Di landed on the ground and got up again, grabbing the rebound that changed direction straight up and down.
Surprised and delighted, Montgomery resisted the urge to call a timeout and gestured to the Warriors players on the court to let them solve the final attack on their own.
His idea is very simple, calling a timeout is not good for the Warriors, because the Timberwolves can also set up tactics at the same time, and the Timberwolves' tactical execution is obviously stronger than the Warriors throughout the game.
Garnett was unconvinced and wanted to break Yang Di's ball, but Yang Di was unlucky and pushed Fisher directly.
In the frontcourt, there are 10 seconds left in the game time.
Fisher is also a big heart-level player, and Cassel defends with every inch.
Richardson wanted to catch the ball, but Sprewell was entangled and didn't let go, Yang Di ran over to cover him without the ball, Garnett didn't dare to let Richardson go directly to the three points, after all, Richardson had a history of "evil" on the Spurs this season.
"Changed guards?" Yang Di was overjoyed, turned around and ran inside, and it was Sprewell who was defending him on the side.
"To Yang Di!" Montgomery shouted from the sidelines, and the clock was less than six seconds left.
Maybe he heard Montgomery's instructions, or maybe he judged the situation, Fisher dribbled the ball to the ground, and the basketball bounced up to Yang Di, who cut in the air.
Yang Di pushed Sprewell inside, Garnett chuckled in his heart when he saw it, and let go of Richardson to help defend.
The scene was a mess, and the person who should defend Murphy was nowhere to go, and Yang Di didn't have time to weigh the pros and cons, so he could only choose to trust his teammates, and his long arm went around Sprewell and crossed to Murphy.
The scene changed too quickly, and after the last attack was transmitted twice, the basketball was actually handed over to Murphy! There are 2.4 seconds left in the clock.
Murphy also didn't expect this kind of thing at all, the defender of him switched to Fisher, and the defender of Fisher switched to Richardson, and he reflexively raised his hand to shoot.
The arc of the shot is high, just like he did in a thousand training sessions.
However, the angle was unsatisfactoryly skewed, and with a "bell", the basketball hit the basket and then bounced off the rebound, bouncing high, completely missing the possibility of finally falling into the cylinder.
Murphy's face smacked and turned whiter, and he even forgot that he should go in and continue to grab rebounds at this time.
In the crowd, the inch-headed hunk with a glittering stinging sashimi jumped up, and he rose to prominence, like a mad beast, tearing and pulling his defenders, and bounced away all the confinements and shackles on his body.
So tall, so fierce.
The desperation lasted less than half a second, and the next moment, the contrast between the big swarthy hand and the contrasting orange basketball firmly grasped it.
Yang Di let out a loud shout, controlling his body to stagnate slightly in the air, and there were no arms higher than him around him.
The arms are slightly bent like steel, and the wrists are graceful like the neck of a swan, softly as if they are holding a feather, and gently and incredibly spinning.
The basketball leaves the hand, spins slowly, and glides through the air in a flowing trajectory.
The timers above are intertwined, and the red time keeps decreasing.
The moment the basketball falls into the hoop, the red light comes on.
In the next second, the fans in the Oakland Stadium all raised their hands, and the silence turned into cheers like gold crackers, and the broadcast camera trembled, as if it had been violently impacted.
Yang Di fell to the crowd, he got up excitedly, raised his right arm high and cheered.
Montgomery, the assistant coaches, and the Warriors' bench players all rushed into the court, and Yang Di ran, surrounded by teammates and cameras, countless flowers and praise......