The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 256
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the main players of the two sides played for the final duel. Although they had an 11-point lead, facing the Trail Blazers, the 76ers did not dare to be careless.

The Blazers had the ball, Xue Ding dribbled the ball past halftime, Green just came up, Xue Ding accelerated and rushed to the inside line with a change of direction, Brand was about to make up, Xue Ding passed the ball directly past Chandler.

Chandler caught the ball and easily dunked with both hands, reducing the score to 9 points.

After serving the ball from the ground line, William Moss went straight to the front court. Before his teammates were fully in place, he accelerated and rushed to the inside line, but Batum followed closely in front of him. The weight difference between the two was too large. William Moss Si couldn't get rid of Batum's block for a while, so he stretched out his hand in desperation and pushed Batum directly to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle and made an offensive foul. Xue Ding stepped forward to pull Batum up and praised him for his excellent defense.

As soon as Xue Ding passed halftime, Green stepped forward. Xue Ding continued to dribble from under his crotch and then behind his back. Green blocked his strong right side with his body, forcing him to go from the left.

Xue Ding didn't hesitate, and directly dribbled the ball with his left hand to speed up and get rid of Green. Before Williams double-teamed, he rushed to the inside.

Seeing the menacing Xue Ding, Brand stepped forward and raised his hands without thinking. Xue Ding threw the ball to the basket, and Chandler easily dunked his hand.

The score was 61:68, only 7 points away.

The 76ers immediately called a timeout. Facing the connection between Xue Ding and insider Chandler during this period of time, they have not found a way to deal with it, so they must adjust.

After a timeout, the 76ers had the ball. Williams dribbled the ball for half court, and still used his speed to pass Batum, but instead of going inside, he made an emergency stop and made a jump shot.

Xue Ding responded, and after halftime, he directly pushed and shot, but he missed. This was the first time that he missed a three-pointer in this game.

Smith grabbed the rebound and the ball was handed to William Moss immediately.

William Moss passed halftime, Iguodala stepped forward to pick and roll, William Moss rushed over with an acceleration, took away two defenders, Iguodala returned the pass, and easily succeeded in a jumper.

比分61:72，分差再次来到11分了，时间还有6分55秒。

Just after Xue Ding passed the halftime, Green went straight up, and Iguodala also double-teamed him, completely in the posture of forcing Xue Ding to pass the ball.

The continuous crotch dribble followed by a step back opened the distance between him and the defender. The two continued to double-team. Xue Ding accelerated and rushed over from the distance between the two. Take off, straight into the air, Smith moved laterally to block, it was too late.

Chandler blocked Brand, and Xue Ding succeeded in dunking vigorously, bringing the first dunk of the game.

Although there were no cheers from the fans, the other teammates of the Trail Blazers knew very well that Xue Ding was about to launch a counterattack.

In the next few rounds, under the leadership of Xue Ding, the Blazers directly launched a full-court press, suddenly changing the defensive strength and rhythm, the 76ers did not adapt to it, and made passing mistakes one after another.

Under the leadership of Xue Ding, the Blazers seized the hands of repeated mistakes and counterattacks, played a wave of 8:0 spurts, and tied 71:71.

With 4 minutes and 55 seconds left, the two sides returned to the same starting line again.

William Moss dribbled the ball across half court, Iguodala stepped forward to catch the ball, Brand put up the pick-and-roll and went down, Alder did not keep up, and a two-on-one situation was formed in the interior, Chandler stepped forward to defend , Smith took Brand's pass and it was a dunk.

Looking back, Xue Ding dribbled the ball to the left and stood at 45°. Ade immediately moved to a high position. Xue Ding passed the ball at the first time.

"NICE", Xue Ding couldn't help cheering, the number of assists has reached 16, and only 4 more are needed.

The scores of the two sides were tied again at 73:73.

Attacking again, pushing the ball to the half court, the three people were surrounded by the outside line. Xue Ding knew that this was a few super long three-pointers he made at will, which made the 76ers fearful.

So he would rather let himself break through, pass the ball rather than shoot easily, Xue Ding was very happy in his heart, this is what he wanted.

Still changing directions continuously, with a sudden acceleration, he broke through Green's defense line and faced Iguodala who was moving sideways. Xue Ding did not slow down, but at the same time as the realistic breakthrough, the ball passed back past Iguodala Fernandez behind the three-point line.

Fernandez caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly, and the sound of "clanging" sounded.

Xue Ding was also helpless, because he was afraid of such a situation, but he also knew that this was beyond his control.

The 76ers' counterattack formed a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt. Iguodala, Smith, and Green passed the ball to each other. In the end, Iguodala made a three-pointer from the bottom corner and hit again.

比分73:76，时间还有3分12秒，开拓者落后3分。

Xue Ding dribbled the ball at high speed, and Green's team double-teamed earlier. Just now, when the ball passed, Fernandez missed an open shot, which gave the three of them more confidence, so they double-teamed Xue Ding early.

Xue Ding quickly passed the ball to Ade. In normal times, according to Xue Ding's personality, he would definitely break through and kill the defender's spirit. However, time is limited and he is still three points behind. Delay the attack time.

Adelaide held the ball, Smith took a step, and did not follow up. Xue Ding knew that Adelaide's position was a bit high, close to the three-point line. In this position, Adelaide did not have much confidence in his mid-range shot.

Xue Ding sped up and cut in, and Green was completely left behind. With a familiar rhythm, he jumped into the air, caught the ball in the air, and dunked with one hand.

The tacit pass and cut cooperation of the two narrowed the point difference to 1 point, the score was 75:76, and the time was 2 minutes and 55 seconds.

After receiving the serve, William Moss did not advance as fast as before, and then quickly broke through. Although the overall situation is not very good, after all, the experience of the game is still very rich. The score between the two sides is very tight. The success rate of the attack is the key.

After half court, the ball was handed to Iguodala and then slid down to the corner.

At the critical moment, the ball was given to Iguodala. Facing Fernandez's defense, Iguodala directly chose to rely on the ball. hit.

With 2 minutes and 42 seconds left, and 3 minutes behind, Xue Ding was a little impatient. After all, the task had not been completed, and he was still behind when there was not much time. There was a possibility that he could not complete the two things.

(End of this chapter)