Chapter Eighty-Nine: Blood

“Arenas――ForThreeeeeeee!”

The DJ's shouts echoed through the arena, and the Wizards' morale was high, and as the timeout came, one by one stepped forward to celebrate by banging Arenas on their chests.

"Aaron, play well, stay aggressive, both offensive and defensive, find a way to cool Gilbert!"

Cheeks laid out the tactics and demanded more from the team's iron man Iverson.

With five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score was 85-92.

After Chen Mu went off the court, the 76ers fought hard under the leadership of Iverson and were not continued to open the score.

During this period of time, Iverson was full of firepower and scored continuously, and the Wizards' original defense was not too tight in Iverson's eyes, as long as he paid attention not to be stealed, it would not be a problem to maintain the situation of mutual explosion with Arenas.

However, for the Wizards' three musketeers, the 76ers did not have a good way, Arenas, Butler, and Jamison bombed in turn, both inside and outside, and the score could not be approached.

Especially in the middle of the fourth quarter, Arenas, who had been depressed before, regained his touch, and together with two other scoring masters, he hit consecutive mid-range shots, and the situation on the court reversed again.

"Then it's time for the decisive moment."

Cheeks looked at the bench, Webber and Chen Mu, the two of whom he relied on the most inside breathing, had calmed down and seemed to have recovered some strength.

"Chris, Chen, you guys play, keep the tempo down, and get an advantage on the inside!"

Compared with the outside three musketeers, the Wizards' interior strength is slightly mediocre, especially the big forward Jeffries, although he has a long-range shooting skill, but the defense is soft, if the situation can be opened from this point, the 76ers still have a chance.

"Give Chris more balls, we'll focus on Jeffries."

Cheeks drew tactics on the tactical board, allowing Iverson, who was also experiencing a decline in physical strength, to ambush the weak-side auxiliary attack.

"On the strong side, Chris eats Jeffries with his back alone, and when he has the opportunity, he will make a decisive move, create damage, and be sure to bite the score!"

"Kyle and Andre, you two increase your runs, Kyle is on standby at the bottom line on the strong side, Andre responds at a 45-degree angle, and he will shoot when he has the opportunity, especially Andre, who must decisively impact the inside."

"On the weak side, we play a two-person game, Chen's bottom line is in place, Aaron's weak side is on standby at 45 degrees, and if there is a problem on the strong side, it will be transferred quickly, Chen and Aaron, you two will cover and cooperate more, and create opportunities for Arun to shoot."

"Chen, you don't feel good, you have the opportunity to shoot decisively to find the rhythm, but if it doesn't feel right, play your ability to respond and revitalize the whole team. In addition......"

The pen in Cheeks' hand drew a circle near the penalty area, and said, "Rebound, go and grab the damn rebound for me!" ”

"Yes!"

The 76ers morale picked up, the timeout ended, and they encouraged each other onto the court.

"You're the rebounding guardian of Philadelphia, and now you're in Washington, D.C., but you can give me some spirit!"

Iguodala patted Chen Mu's back fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Fight to the end!" ”

"Good!!"

The shouts rang out, and the game continued.

Arenas took possession of the ball, passed it to Butler, who pulled it on the weak side, and then cut through the ribs with Jamison's screen.

Butler dribbled half a step inside and sent a pass in the high post, where Arenas received the ball near the three-second zone and went to the basket.

"Look at me!"

Webb struggled to block and forced Arenas to run sideways from under the basket without a shot.

However, at this point, Jamison on the perimeter and Jeffries, who was let out, made quick screens, and the former came to the three-second zone to open his hands for the ball.

Arenas didn't look at it, and with a backhand pass, the basketball was delivered to Jamison, who jumped up to shoot the board.

"Don't think!"

Chen Mu shouted and stepped forward to jump, let go of Heywood, and jumped up with all his might.

However, the loss of physical strength still made his bounce height sharply reduced, and Jamison's shot was very fast, hitting the board before Chen Mu reached the highest point.

After landing, Chen Mu only felt that his legs and stomach were about to turn tendons, and a unique twitching sensation before cramps hit, making him almost fall to the ground.

It's a little bit closer, it's just a little bit closer to touching the ball, just a little higher to ......!

Compared with the physical exhaustion, Chen Mu's heart was full of flames.

On the offensive end, the 76ers ran according to the tactical instructions, and Webber smoothly received the ball at the waist position, and chose to play raw and chiseled without hesitation.

After a feint from the basket shook Jeffries up, Webb gritted his teeth and hit the basket.

"Good shot!"

Cheering out from his teammates, everyone knew that the 32-year-old veteran with a major knee injury had given it all and couldn't ask for more.

The pace of the game was very slow, and Iverson chased Arenas with all his might, constantly biting with his feet, forcing Arenas to slow down.

The Wizards attacked the position, still did not change their strategy, and after some cooperation, the basketball came to Jamison's hands, and the basket was another opportunity to empty the basket.

As soon as Jamison jumped, he saw a yellow-skinned figure running from the weak side, kicking hard in front of him and flying into the air.

"Take-off height...... ...... it got taller?? ”

Jamison was shocked, but the movements and rhythm of his hands were not chaotic, and he hit the basket after pulling the lever slightly, adding two more points.

"A little higher...... It needs to be a little higher! ”

Chen Mu gasped, his legs no longer seemed to be his own, but his fighting spirit supported him to continue running.

Coach, Allen, Andre, Chris...... They all trusted me and never gave up faith in me when I was sloppy.

If I admit defeat myself, no one in the world will be able to save me!

Chen Mu gritted his teeth and insisted, and quickly pulled away after running to the front court to clear space for Webb.

Just like the last remake, Webber received the ball and hit it back, and as Iguodala lifted up, Webber made a passing feint, causing Jeffries behind him to be instantly distracted, and his eyes looked at Iguodala who came to a 45-degree angle.

Now is the time!

Feeling the loosening of the defense behind him, Webb immediately turned to the baseline and hit a backhand layup around the basket.

It's still 7 points!

The 76ers did not give up, the defense tried their best, the Wizards cooperated to no avail, and finally Butler shot a three-pointer.

"Rebounding!"

The green ring flashed in front of Chen Mu's eyes, and his legs couldn't keep up with the speed of his thinking, but the fighting spirit still drove him to keep going, jumping near the free throw line, and flying into the air almost at the same time as Heywood.

The two fought in the air, and the basketball was about to fall into the hands of the stronger Heywood, and Chen Mu stretched out his long arm and put it a little below the ball.

Tough rebounders!

The basketball was lit up again, and Chen Mu and Heywood landed at the same time, and before the latter jumped, they flew up again.

"Smack!"

grabbed the rebound neatly, but Chen Mu was already on the bottom line, and the inertia of his body almost pushed him out of the bottom line.

"Chen!"

Iverson shouted, Chen Mu hurriedly turned around, rushed to send the ball out of bounds, and then leaned and fell heavily to the ground.

“WOW……”

The fans in the audience gasped, behind the basket, the sideline camera hurriedly dodged, and the camera was still focused on Chen Mu.

Chen Mu fell to the ground heavily, his body crossed a short distance on the ground, and was stopped by the staff behind him, and finally stopped.

Raising his eyes, his teammates had already rushed to the frontcourt, Chen Mu knew that there was no time to delay, so he endured the pain in his calf and stomach, got up and rushed to the frontcourt.

Webb took the ball, still one-on-one, and this time the Wizards saw the strategy, and Haywood stepped forward to wrap it up.

At this time, Chen Mu had not yet come to the frontcourt, Webber was almost completely locked by the Wizards' obscuring defense, and when he was about to make a mistake, he struggled to pass the ball out, and Iguodala also stepped forward at the right time to receive the basketball.

"Aaron!"

Iguodala, who received the ball, did not forget the coach's arrangement, and immediately turned around and transferred the ball to Iverson on the weak side, in front of Iverson, Arenas was already in place, and Haywood under the basket was also returning to this side to make up for the defense.

Just when Iverson was hesitating whether to kill alone, Arenas suddenly had an extra figure next to him.

"This way!"

Chen Mu let out a low shout, stood next to Arenas, and with a solid cover, Iverson broke through to the bottom line, and then shot in his own hot zone.

5 points gap!

In the process of returning to defense, everyone could see that there was something wrong with the legs and feet of the Chinese boy on the field.

I saw that he was running with almost limping steps, and the expression on his face was also grinning, as if the pain was unbearable.

On the edge of cramping, as long as you sprint with all your strength again, or jump again, you will definitely cramp.

I believe that all friends who love sports have experienced this wonderful feeling.

At such times, what is needed is immediate rest, relaxation of calf muscles, or straightening of hamstrings with the help of others.

Otherwise, as long as there is another large movement, it will definitely cramp.

Chen Mu naturally knew this, at this time, on his forehead, the sweat of the size of a bean was dripping, and the pain had made him unable to even say a word of "good ball", he just gritted his teeth and high-fived Iverson, and tried his best to run to the backcourt.

The Wizards attacked, won and lost on the court, there was no mercy, seeing that Chen Mu had problems with his legs and feet, Arenas had no compassion and gave tactical instructions to his teammates.

On the strong side, Jamison and Jeffries quickly covered and switched positions, and Jamison put one hand under the basket and leaned against Chen Mu fiercely.

Attack the Chinese kid and make him completely useless!

In his heart, Arenas thought so.

Jamison received the ball, turned his back to the ATM machine on the defensive end Chen Mu, without a trace of hesitation, leaned back hard, and began to dribble hard.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Muscles and bones collided, Chen Mu's legs stretched out, and he stepped on the ground desperately, not making a single concession.

After all, Jamison's strength is above Chen Mu, and after repeated impacts, he came to the basket and turned around to make a layup.

"Ahhh

Chen Mu roared and jumped, his eyes fixed on the basketball, as long as Jamison dared to make a move, he would immediately serve in a hot pot.

But what Jamison did was just a feint.

Retracting the basketball, Jamison turned around to the other side and licked the basket with his left hand low.

Falling back to the ground, Chen Mu's legs had begun to tremble, but he didn't want to give up yet.

"A little higher, a little higher...... You can cover his layup! ”

Chen Mu gritted his teeth and jumped again, and the moment his legs left the ground, a piercing pain struck, and he knew that he had cramps.

But fortunately, the jump was quite smooth, and in front of Chen Mu's eyes, the basketball in Jamison's hand had just left his fingers.

The severe pain made Chen Mu's somewhat sluggish spirit concentrate again, and everything at this time was no longer important, the noise, shouting, the exclamation of his teammates, and the smug smile of his opponent were all left behind by Chen Mu.

"Cover the damn ball!"

In Chen Mu's mind, there was only one thought left.

As basketball got taller and higher, the smile on Jamison's face gradually emerged.

But this smile instantly solidified with Chen Mu's desperate jump.

"Bang!"

With an earth-shattering block, the basketball was fanned directly to the backcourt, and the offensive time was over, and the Wizards violated the rules for 24 seconds.

In the cheers of the 76ers players and coaches, Chen Mu fell to the ground, covering his calves with both hands, and almost screamed in pain.