The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 232 Never Give Up
The home fans cheered. Stoudemire's three-pointer gave them hope of a comeback.

After scoring the goal, Stoudemire slapped his chest vigorously, releasing his emotions.

There is still 1 minute and 56 seconds left. In theory, there are still five offensive opportunities. Currently, the Blazers lead by 1 point and the initiative is in hand. The situation is still very favorable.

Xue Ding advanced halfway at a normal speed, and consciously suppressed the rhythm. At this time, time control is also very important.

When Chandler asked for the ball inside, Xue Ding hung it over. As soon as he got off the ball, Frye quickly double-teamed him, not giving Chandler a chance to turn around and attack.

Stoudemire kept defending from behind, and Frye's height of 211 meters made Chandler's vision quite disturbed.

Faced with a sudden inside pincer between the two, Chandler was forced to stop the ball.

Frye was waiting for this moment, and immediately grabbed it with both hands, fighting for the ball in Chandler's hands.

The two were entangled in an instant, struggling to fight, both fell to the ground, still fighting, the referee's whistle sounded.

A faceoff is awarded.

The two sides stood still, and at the same time the referee blew the whistle, the ball was thrown at the same time. Frye bounced faster and passed the ball to Nash.

It is equivalent to a successful defense once.

The Suns scored a goal and won the ball through defense and scrimmage. In these two rounds, it is equivalent to a complete victory.

Nash came to the frontcourt, Xue Ding continued to press up, forming an oppressive defense.

Key players focus on defense. Once Nash moves, the threat will be great, so Xue Ding personally defends Nash.

Seeing Xue Ding approaching, Nash directly directed the ball to Hill, and quickly ran towards the left corner. Barbosa raised it at the same time. The two crossed a pick and roll. Barbosa caught Xue Ding, and Nash One step accelerated and slipped past the bottom line.

Hill immediately guided the ball to Nash who ran out of the open space, received the ball from the three-point line, and tricked Batum, who was coming from the defense, with a shot fake, took a step to the right and made a fixed-point three-pointer.

Stoudemire rushed over excitedly and hugged Nash, and other Suns players also rushed over excitedly to share the joy of the ball.

The home fans chanted.

"DENFENCE"

"DENFENCE"

"DENFENCE"

This goal is simply too critical.

With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game, at 98:100, Nash hit a three-pointer to help the Suns overtake the score.

Xue Ding held the ball and became the key defensive target once halftime passed.

As the most stable scoring point for the Blazers, at this last critical moment, he was immediately focused on.

The Suns set up a 3-2 zone defense formation, with Hill as the main defense, and the defenders on both sides were stuck between Xue Ding and his teammates. They first cut off the passing line, and then retired over time, slowly Shrunk.

Xue Ding slowly dribbled the ball at the top of the arc very responsibly. He knew that the Suns were counting the time, and within one to seven seconds, they would definitely come back to double-team him.

Because at this point in time, if you are double-teamed, even if you pass the ball, the person who receives the ball adjusts, and the time will run out.

Xue Ding dribbled the ball unhurriedly, and Chandler on the inside raised his hand, signaling for the ball.

Batum and Fernandez have been running between the bottom corners on the left and right and 45°. Cockscomb is at the free throw line and maintains the role of the pivot axis.

Xue Ding changed direction in one step, accelerated to pass Hill, and Cockscomb Man immediately stepped up. Barbosa, who was about to cut across to double-team, was blocked. Xue Ding dribbled the ball behind his back, switched dribblers, and killed Go inside.

At the basket, Chandler was completely stuck on Stoudemire, without any obstruction, Xue Ding took off and dunked his hand.

The score was 100:100, the two sides tied, and there were 49 seconds left.

There was no timeout for either side, and the game continued.

All the fans stood up, focusing all their energies on the last minute of the game.

Both sides have an attack each, and the next goal is critical.

If the Suns can score this one, the pressure will be on the other side.

Nash dribbled the ball at a rare speed that was much slower. ,
Xue Ding knew that Nash was also pressing time, in order to increase the success rate.

At this time, neither side dared to play too risky. For the Suns, if they scored, they would have a psychological advantage. If they didn't score, the initiative would be handed over to the Blazers.

Xue Ding continued to press closely, Nash quickly changed direction, Frye came up with a pick-and-roll and caught Xue Ding, which was to speed up and break into the inside lane.

Batum quickly covered him from the right side. Nash raised his right hand and made a pass with the intention of going to the right, which directly deceived Batum. Facing Chandler's defense, he ran high and the ball passed the money. Dele, Stoudemire jumped high and dunked with one hand.

"DENFENCE"

"DENFENCE"

"DENFENCE"

"DENFENCE"

^…

The unified voice of the audience made everyone in the Blazers feel as if they were in rough seas, and everyone's expression was very serious.

Two points behind with 26 seconds left.

Xue Ding signaled everyone to keep calm, there is still plenty of time, and there are plenty of opportunities. Being in an away game, under such pressure, it is easy to lose balance, but feeling Xue Ding's confidence, everyone settled down.

Batum served from the baseline, and as soon as Xue Ding received the ball, Nash hugged Xue Ding.

The Suns directly adopted foul tactics.

The Blazers teammates were a little confused. Generally, teams adopt this tactic when they are behind or passive. Unexpectedly, when the Suns are ahead, they directly adopt this tactic.

Xue Ding walked to the free throw line very calmly, the fans on the opposite side were screaming, shaking the tools in their hands, interfering as much as possible.

Shooting the ball, raising his hand, and pressing his wrist, Xue Ding was as precise as a program, and hit two free throws.

The score was 102:102, and the tie continued, with 22 seconds left.

In theory, the Suns last attack.

As soon as Sun served the ball, all the players stretched apart to maintain space and ran towards their own half. Nash also kept a distance from Xue Ding in the backcourt.

Xue Ding saw this posture and understood that the Suns did not want to be fouled and wanted to fully grasp the last 22 seconds.

First, use foul tactics to gain the initiative of the last attack, and then continue to play starting and bombing, open up space to mobilize the ball, pass the ball out before the opponent wants to foul, and look for an open shot.

From this tactical point of view, it is still very correct, Xue Ding immediately let go of the pressure on Nash, and defended normally.

Nash has been slowly dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, and he was a little surprised to see that Xue Ding didn't come up as hard as before. The tactics were originally launched around Xue Ding, but Xue Ding couldn't come up.

Xue Ding only relied on his own understanding of the game and made judgments. He didn't know what Nash was thinking, and inadvertently posed a small problem for Nash.

(End of this chapter)