beast basketball

Chapter 431 Defeat

By the time Stephen came on the field in the second half, the Supersonics had fallen behind by 22 points. Everyone, whether fans or players, pinned their hope of a reversal on Stephen. After all, Stephen's scoring ability is recognized by everyone. Yes, and he's done it many times with the Spurs.

The lineup of the Pacers is a typical lineup with weak offense and defense inside and strong offense and defense outside. Center Foster's defense is very good. Don't expect him to put the ball into the basket, and Jermaine O'Neal is a super-class inside player in both offense and defense when he is in good health.

This kind of lineup prevents teams with inside advantages from being able to play, and the two sides can only compete with the outside offensive ability, and the team that can compete with the Pacers in the outside lineup, now only the Golden State Warriors can compete with them in the entire league. , especially their front and back line, there are several very talented players.

The outside offense is very particular about touch. When there is no touch, you need to break through for a layup or dunk to score, or force a foul. However, if the opponent's inside defense is better, the effect of this method will not be so good. , the Pacers are such a team.

There was no problem with Stephen's own scoring after he came on the court. The Pacers did not focus on defending him, but they defended the other players of the Sonics very well. Stephen passed the ball to his teammates several times without scoring. Slowly Stephen stopped passing the ball to them.

However, Stephen's own hand feeling is not very good, probably due to the influence of his teammates. No, just after throwing off McDunleavy's defense, Granger quickly made up for Stephen, and Stephen suddenly stopped and made a move. Granger immediately jumped into the air as he made a hand shot, but who knew that Stephen was making a fake move. After retracting his hand, Stephen continued to move forward with the ball.

Although the Pacers did not take care of Stephen, but Stephen had already gotten rid of the defenders, so he had to make up defenses. At the same time, because of Stephen's threat, the Pacers did not let up on his defense at all. Jermaine O'Neal immediately made up for it, and Foster was also moving in this direction, preparing for a left and right flank.

Stephen dodged back suddenly, dodged the pincer attack, then jumped into the air, turned around in the air and shot directly at the basket, and ended up throwing an air ball directly, which hit the other side of the basket and was caught by Jay Maine O'Neal picked up the rebound and handed it to Jamal Tinsley.

Stephen clapped his hands depressingly. He should have rushed over to foul them. Even if he had to risk a foul, it was better than throwing such an unsure shot. It is not a scoring method commonly used by Stephen. He can do it but is not proficient enough. This is also during the confrontation with Kobe. Stephen learned how to make more use of his body adjustment to get shots. so easy.

Although Szczerbiak's defense was in place, Granger still made a three-pointer very easily. Not only did Stephen not close the score when he played, but the opponent also widened the gap to 25 points. Stephen's heart was anxious up.

Although Stephen immediately noticed this kind of psychological inadequacy, he tried his best to calm down and calm down his focus, but once the emotions came up, wouldn't it be so easy? Although Stephen's offense was completed very well, the last shot At that time, there was another problem. The ball came out again after spinning twice on the basket.

"Don't worry, be calm, we still have a chance, isn't there a long time to play?" Kurt Thomas stood next to Stephen, patted Stephen on the shoulder and said to Stephen.

"Well, let's work hard together." Stephen led the whole team to defend hard, and finally blocked the opponent's offense. After Stephen made a breakthrough, he suddenly gave the ball to Watson on the outside, but before Watson could react , Stephen slid from the bottom line to the basket, and then Watling shot the ball to the basket. After Stephen took off to catch the ball, he dunked the ball into the basket.

I don’t believe you can’t score. After dunking, the Sonics’ offensive door seemed to be opened. Although Jermaine O’Neal turned around after receiving the ball and scored a low layup, Stephen immediately assisted Ko Te Thomas hit a mid-range shot.

Jamal Tinsley missed a shot. The rebound was protected by Robert Swift. After the ball was handed over to Stephen, Stephen accelerated his speed and went straight to the opponent's basket. Under the attack, Stephen changed hands in the air and scored a dunk.

However, the feel of the Pacers team who shot open is very scary, especially because all of them can score, making it impossible to focus on defense. After Tinsley dribbled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, he didn't even care that he had just shot in the last round If he missed, he continued to attack with the ball, and easily broke Watson's defense. Before Stephen could make up, he immediately made a one-handed shot.

His shooting is his biggest flaw, but once it is accurate, it is also very scary. After Stephen scored again, Tinsley followed Stephen to score. Stephen missed the shot, but he grabbed the frontcourt Rebounds, it's a pity that his shot again is still okay.

The rebound fell to Foster, but he was intercepted by Stephen in the process of passing to Tinsley, and then Stephen scored a three-step layup. After the third quarter, Stephen scored 22 points alone. , plus the score in the first half, exactly [-] points.

However, the score gap between the team and the Pacers is still more than [-] points. It can be seen that Stephen has tried his best, but the opponent's offense is also quite good, so even if Stephen tried his best, he still could not close the score. The gap continued to narrow.

Sitting on the sidelines, although Stephen didn't gasp for breath, he still felt a little tired physically. Sometimes emotions can affect the body. The team staff handed over Gatorade, and Stephen picked up a towel Covered it up, and drank it in a big gulp.

The fourth quarter began soon. Stephen was the first to go on the court. Granger gave him a smile when he saw him. Stephen was not in the mood to respond. When he came to the court and touched the ball for the first time, Stephen attacked. It caused Mike Dunleavy's foul. After making two free throws, Stephen forced Tinsley to make a low-level error. After getting the ball, he assisted Durant to hit a three-pointer.

The gap came to [-] points, and the fourth quarter had just started, but Granger hit the basket again. He felt very good today. He has already made [-] of [-] shots, and McDunleavy made more shots than him. Once, hit as many as he did.

Stephen continued to play hard, causing McDunleavy to foul, and then made two free throws. The ball came to the Pacers. Under the pressure of Jamal Tinsley, Watson's feet were messed up, and he twisted his own ankle. , had to rest and replaced Ridnour.

After Ridnor came up, he dribbled the ball just past the midfield line, and he didn't hand it over to Stephen, but he suddenly went down obliquely and made a turnaround jump shot at the baseline. Unfortunately, he also missed. Both Stephen and Carlesimo agreed frowned.

Personal heroism, wanting to stand up alone to save the team, this kind of thinking is understandable but not understandable, the coach has already arranged, all the balls must pass through Stephen's hands, if it violates this, don't say, don't follow If there is any cooperation from teammates, just take action by yourself.

But he can’t be replaced just because of this. When Stephen saw Ridnor looking at him quietly, with a trace of fear in his eyes, Stephen shook his head slightly, signaling him not to take it to heart, if the team loses It's not his own responsibility, but if he wins the game, the victory also belongs to the university. When it is not necessary, and his teammates' actions are not too outrageous, Stephen is not willing to blame others.

Ridnour's solo performance was only once. In the following time, he kept handing over the ball to Stephen, but the trend of the game had already formed, and it would not be so easy to reverse it. Even if Stephen could score, relying on He can't beat a team by himself.

The Pacers played very well, their offense was fully blooming, and everyone played quite selflessly. The team's sharing was very good. Stephen chose more effective scoring methods, but the opponent's scoring could not be stopped. The gap cannot be narrowed.

When the game was only a little over 4 minutes into the game, Stephen used a three-pointer to narrow the gap to eleven points, which was also his personal No.40 five-pointer, and then the Pacers Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy each made a shot A three point.

The gap reached [-] points in an instant, and Stephen's mood suddenly became very depressed, but this mood affected his state even more. After two consecutive missed shots, Carlesimo replaced him and most of the main players, announcing the Throw in the game.

In the end, the Sonics lost the game 95 to [-]. Four of the Pacers scored [-] points. On the Sonics side, except for Stephen, no one scored [-] points. So although Stephen alone can match the opponent's three, but the opponent has more than three scorers. At the same time, the performance of the other Pacers is also very good, and the Supersonic team can maintain normal, only Kurt. Thomas is just one, but Kurt Thomas didn't perform well either.

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