am i proud?

Chapter 238 Although the defeat is glorious, it is just an empty cut

If the teammates are still not good enough, even if Wang Dalin has played a terrifying performance like "death has come", it will be difficult for him to lead the Clippers to defeat the current Warriors team.

Fortunately, someone among his teammates finally stood up, and he was Wang Zhizhi... In fact, Wang Dalin never expected that he would be the one who could help him at a critical moment.

So Wang Dalin was very surprised, and of course the Warriors were even more surprised.

They never expected that Wang Zhizhi would score three goals in a row from beyond the three-point line. Originally, they were leading by a few points, but they were directly overtaken by this wave.

In fact, these three three-pointers are all wide open... When Wang Dalin rushed into the three-second zone and was double-teamed, Wang Zhizhi ran to the position where he usually made the most accurate shots in time, and waited for Wang Dalin to pass him the ball.

Wang Zhizhi is usually very accurate in three-pointers in training, but he was not on time in the game. Fortunately...he happened to be very accurate today!

The head coach of the Warriors, Eric Musselman, hurriedly called a timeout... If Wang Zhizhi continued to shoot like this, he would simply admit defeat.

After calling a timeout, coach Musselman also had a headache.

For a role player like Wang Zhizhi, it is estimated that no team will design any defensive tactics against him, so Musselman is also quite hesitant.

Give up the double-teaming of Wang Dalin?
Isn't this looking for death?

Now there are more than 5 minutes before the end of the game. This guy has already scored 45 points, and his shooting percentage is super high. If it is not double-teamed, it is not uncommon to score 60+.

If while double-teaming Wang Dalin, another person is arranged to keep an eye on Wang Zhizhi, in case Maggette and Richardson regain their touch, the situation will be out of control.

After thinking about it again and again, Musselman decided to double-team Wang Dalin, and the others focused on Maggette and Richardson. As for Wang Zhizhi...he just made three three-pointers in a row. After this timeout, he couldn't still feel so hot, right?
In fact, the defensive tactics of each team will be prioritized.

For example, if you are facing the Lakers with an "OK combination", do you choose to focus on defending O'Neal and Kobe, or focus on defending those role players?

It is estimated that no team's head coach will choose to focus on role players, right?
The reason is simple... The reason why role players are called role players means that they are definitely not as good as stars. They may perform well occasionally, but it is absolutely impossible to perform well every game.

The stars are different... If you dare not pay enough attention to them, they will slap you hard with one goal after another until your mother doesn't even recognize you.

For example... March 2000, 3 was O'Neal's 6th birthday, and there happened to be a game between the Lakers and the Clippers that night.

As the first birthday of the new millennium, O'Neal certainly wanted to spend it with friends, so O'Neal invited several friends to watch his game.

Both the Clippers and the Lakers play their home games at Staples Arena, so although the game was the Clippers' home game, as the biggest star in Los Angeles at the time, it was not difficult to get a few tickets to treat guests.

On this day worth celebrating, everything seems to be a matter of course, but it capsized in the gutter... When O'Neal asked the Clippers owner Sterling for a ticket, he was directly rejected by the guy.

Refused?
Maybe O'Neill never dreamed that he would be rejected!
At that time, O'Neill probably asked this sentence to himself in the mirror-"Fuck! Don't I want to lose face?"

So in the game that night, O'Neal completely used the Clippers as a punching bag.

全场比赛奥尼尔总共35投24中，外加罚球22投13中，砍下61分的同时，还抢到了23个篮板。

The Clippers' two centers only scored 11 points and 8 rebounds in total, and they also committed 11 fouls on O'Neal.

So far, O'Neill has become the only superstar who scored 1985+60 after 20. Before that, only "Ancient Beast" Wilt Chamberlain had achieved such a feat.

O'Neal not only played a super explosive performance, leading the Lakers to beat the Clippers violently.

After the game, O'Neal even humiliated the Clippers with words-"The Clippers have no honor. Every game will cover the Lakers' championship banner and retired jerseys!"

At the end, I added a knife-"Everyone, remember, don't let me pay for the ticket myself!"

So cruel and perverted, this is still when the Clippers are defending him with all their strength. If the Clippers gave up double-teaming him at that time and diverted their defensive attention to other role players, who knows if O'Neal will score 70+20?

You must know that David Robinson, the "Admiral" David Robinson, whose career achievements are far inferior to O'Neal's, scored 71 points in a single game when he was trying his best.
After the timeout ended, the players from both sides returned to the field again. Musselman was immediately taken aback... It turned out that Dunleavy did not send Wang Zhizhi at all, but replaced the veteran player Mourning who had been resting for a long time.

This is also normal... Musselman and others don't understand Wang Zhizhi, so doesn't Dunleavy understand him?
Just now, Wang Zhizhi hit three consecutive three-pointers in the open space, which is a super-level performance. If he is put on the court, firstly, the opponent is already prepared, and it will be difficult for him to get the open opportunities like before. Second, even if there are open opportunities again, he will probably not be able to hit consecutively.

In the last few minutes of the game, Deng Levy will of course trust the team's starting center Mourning more. Among other things, his seasoned experience and excellent defensive awareness can at least make Wang Dalin play a little easier, so that he will not be exhausted on both ends of the offense and defense.

And because Marko Jarich's offensive and defensive efficiency is very hip tonight, he also replaced Eddie House... Although his defensive strength is not as good as the usual Jarich, but after the first four games of this season, he averaged 18 points in less than 12.5 minutes per game, and his offensive firepower is really good.

At the last moment, Yao Ming's lack of physical strength was exposed again. In the first three quarters, Mourning was completely unable to resist his offensive, but at this time he hardly dared to attack inside, so he could only support from a high position.

However, apart from Yao Ming, the Warriors also have Jamison, Billups and Richardson, and Robinson hasn't played for long in the first three quarters, so he is very fit now.

Especially Richardson, the two consecutive slam dunk contest champions, is also surnamed Richardson, but Quentin Richardson on the Clippers' side obviously couldn't prevent his unreasonable and strong breakthrough.

Moreover, his mid-range shooting has become more and more accurate, and he has a bit of the demeanor of the "king of mid-range shooting" in the Suns period... This kind of mid-range shooting that stops immediately after starting speed is really difficult to guard against.

For this reason, Wang Dalin had to move over frequently to help Quentin defend, otherwise Jason Richardson might be killed if he was allowed to shoot like this.

Wang Dalin was deeply touched by this... Even in the era of small balls in later generations, in the playoffs or the finals, it is not necessarily those three-pointers that really kill people, it is often this kind of mid-range shot.

Just like from 2016 to 2018, the reason why the Warriors were invincible and able to kill the game at critical moments... Isn't it Durant's unsolvable mid-range shots one after another?
The game passed by every minute and every second, and the two sides were always evenly matched, and no one could open the score. In the blink of an eye, there was only one minute left in the game. At this time, the score between the two sides was 1:102, and the Clippers were 104 points behind.

Deng Lewei took the initiative to call a timeout, not for any other reason, but just hoped that Wang Dalin could stop for a while to catch his breath.

在此前的比赛中，王大林26投18中，其中三分球12投5中，罚球12投10中，已经砍下了51分11篮板7助攻1抢断1盖帽。

Now that the game has reached the most critical moment, Wang Dalin will undoubtedly take all the responsibilities on himself, regardless of the outcome, it only depends on this 1 minute.

Deng Lewei didn't arrange any tactics for the players, but asked them to hand the ball to Wang Dalin when they reached the frontcourt, and then pulled them all away, letting Wang Dalin go single.

If the opponent double-teams Wang Dalin, he must respond in time and then set up a cover for him.

There is no need to doubt that this is a tactical arrangement made by the NBA head coach... At a critical moment, most head coaches will do this, because "hand the ball to XXX" is the most correct arrangement.

In this attack, Eddie House dribbled the ball across half court and passed the ball directly to Wang Dalin, who was at the top of the three-point arc, and then walked slowly outside the three-point line on the right.

Facing Jamison, Wang Dalin first made a three-threat move, but the opponent was unmoved at all, so he directly started to change direction and dribble in front of his body.

Wang Dalin first made two small changes of direction, and then he resorted to "Reaper's double change of direction". Jamieson suddenly felt like he was facing a big enemy... This kind of large frontal change of direction dribble is rarely done by big players in the NBA. Even if he can, he is definitely not as fast as Wang Dalin.

Jamison took a step back involuntarily, Wang Dalin paused and made a gesture to collect the ball and shoot, Jamison jumped up and rushed forward.

But Wang Dalin just made a fake move of "worshiping Buddha". I saw him swiping past Jamison with a short body, rushing into the three-point line and making an emergency stop and pull-up jumper...the ball is here!
104:104, the score was tied.

The Warriors didn't worry too much about the ball. After the baseline ball was delivered, Billups quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, then passed the ball to Richardson for a transition, and finally the basketball came to Yao Ming, who was about to get to the inside.

The previous few times Yao Ming received the ball and didn't make a strong attack inside, so even Wang Dalin didn't expect him to suddenly hit the basket at this time.

Mourning was staggered by him, and was about to lose his defensive position. In desperation, he had no choice but to grab Yao Ming and pull him down.

"beep……"

Mourning was fouled by a thug and Yao Ming was sent to the free throw line.

At this moment, Wang Dalin hoped that Yao Ming's free throws could be like O'Neal's, but obviously this was just his daydream, and Yao Ming made two free throws steadily.

The score came to 104:106, and the Clippers fell behind by 2 points.

Time was running out, and the two sides had only the last chance to attack. Wang Dalin lived up to expectations and hit a key three-pointer against Jamison's defense at the top of the three-point arc.

With 18 seconds left in the game, the Clippers led by 1 point, and Musselman decisively used the last timeout opportunity.

The situation on the court is very delicate at this time... If the Warriors run out of time and make the game-winning shot, they will naturally beat the Clippers; but if they run out of time and miss the last drive, there is no time to grab the offensive rebound and play the second attack.

So the best choice is of course to shoot when there are three or four seconds left in the game. Even if you don't score, you still have the chance to fight for a second attack.

Of course, Musselman also arranged this way, but he didn't expect that there was someone with bigger ideas than him... "Second brother" Billups is famous for his big heart!

After receiving the ball in the front court, Billups retreated to the middle circle, and then slowly dribbled the ball to delay the time. He didn't start to dribble forward until there were 4 seconds left on the timer.

Eddie House had already clung to it, but he was far behind in terms of height, weight, and strength.

Billups suddenly made a continuous change of direction dribble, then used his shoulder to push House back a big step, pulled up and shot... This is a three-pointer!

Wang Dalin felt a "thump" in his heart, and thought, "It's broken!"

How could he not know how well Billups shot this kind of three-pointer from later generations?
What's more... Now is the critical moment to decide the outcome. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Billups with a "big heart" to miss it?

But Billups has shot the ball so fast that even if he wants to go up to help the defense, it is too late... I saw the ball crossed a high arc and passed the basket accurately.

The moment the basketball passed through the rim, the timer above the backboard just reset to zero, and the final whistle sounded, and the Oakland Arena burst into cheers.

The Warriors players hugged each other excitedly, and even danced in a circle.

Wang Dalin looked up at the replay on the big screen, feeling restless for a long time.

He has used this kind of lore shot to send others a defeat many times before, and this time it is his turn... This feeling is really uncomfortable!

这场比赛他全场28投20中，其中三分球13投6中，罚球12投10中，砍下57分11篮板7助攻1抢断1盖帽，他已经拼尽全力了。

If the teammates can work a little bit harder, even if they can score one more goal, at least they will still have a chance to play overtime.

But... what can I do?
He can completely predict how he will be written about himself in the newspaper news tomorrow, and the reporters will definitely use the word "a glorious defeat" for him.

But will this make him feel a little better?

No!

"It's a glorious defeat" is indeed a commendatory word, but no matter what, he was defeated tonight, no matter how good his personal performance is... Isn't it still just an empty cut?
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