The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 320 The decisive moment
The Mavericks are attacking here. After Dampier was sent off just now, the fans in the American Airlines Center have all stood up at this time, expecting their home team to score this attack to return the color.

"attack!"

"attack!"

All the fans shouted.

Kidd took the ball to the front court without too much sticking to the ball. After halftime, he directly transferred it to Nowitzki in the penalty area, wanting Nowitzki to complete the attack.

Nowitzki takes the ball, takes a step in, and withdraws, the golden rooster is independent!

"Bang!" It's a pity to hit the iron.

Lu Yi picked up the rebound and pushed a quick counterattack to the frontcourt.

Two-on-one in the frontcourt, hand-to-hand to Chandler at the basket, and the latter easily let the blue go and scored!
"Beep!"

In just 2 minutes, the Blazers beat the Mavericks 8-0 and chased the point difference to 10 points. Carlisle quickly called a timeout.

He was holding the winning ticket before, but at this time he already felt that the balance of victory had begun to tilt in favor of the Blazers, and he had to call a timeout to interrupt the Blazers' offensive.

During the timeout, Carlisle began to emphasize the team's defense, and at the same time asked his players to keep calm. Situations like Dampier's must never happen again, but while keeping calm, we must maintain the hardness of the defense. He grabbed the rebound in the penalty area and dunked it.

"Now there are 3 minutes and 45 seconds left in the game. Just now after the commercial pause, the Blazers scored 8 points in a row under the leadership of Lu Yi, chasing the point difference to 10 points. There is still enough time, and the Blazers still have a chance. "Yang Rui said.

"That's right, Xue Ding's touch in the first half was not very good, including the first half of the third quarter, his shooting percentage was not very high, but after the timeout just now, Xue Ding's touch came back, and he also sent out Two assists to allow teammates to score. I think, after Carlisle called this timeout, if he can’t find a way to limit Xue Ding, the outcome of this game is hard to say, there is still time now.”

"The first game of this year's playoffs was really exciting. In the few games that have ended, there has not been a game with a big difference in points. Basically, the points difference in each game is within [-] points. The strength of the teams is still very close.”

……

Back from the timeout, under the cover of Heywood, Nowitzki scored two points, temporarily stopping the bleeding for the Mavericks.

Blake kicked the baseline and gave it to Xue Ding. Now the Blazers need to chase points, they must play fast and make three-pointers.

Xue Ding dribbled the ball at halftime and threw a three-pointer. Blake grabbed the rebound and threw it to Batum, who was outside the three-point line on the right. The latter made a three-pointer and made a hit!

In the next 2 minutes, both sides played back and forth. The Mavericks stabilized the situation and kept the point difference at about ten points. Although Batum and Roy each scored a three-pointer for the Blazers, they did not Too much effect.

There are 1 minutes and 16 seconds left in the game.

The Blazers trailed the Mavericks by 102 points 109 to 7.

Faced with this situation, Pritchard, as a rookie coach, has nothing to do at this time, and has no plans to call a timeout.

The Blazers players on the field did not give up. After Xue Ding got the ball, he directly went on a fast break in order to gain time.

In the frontcourt, Xue Ding got the ball to match Nowitzki.

Holding a 7-point lead, Nowitzki grinned unconsciously when facing Xue Ding, and said, "Hey, rookie, remember what I told you at that place, this is the American Airlines Center, Welcome to the playoffs."

Nowitzki challenged Xue Ding again.

Facing Nowitzki's provocation again, Xue Ding held the ball with one hand and said, "Isn't it too early to be happy now!"

"Ding dong! Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the Turtle's Wrath skill!"

Nowitzki's two provocations successfully activated Xue Ding's Wrath of the Turtle skill, and Xue Ding instantly felt a completely different state.

Just when Nowitzki was about to respond to Xue Ding, Xue Ding suddenly passed the ball to Roy and shouted: "Brandon, shoot!"

After Roy received the ball, he hesitated for a moment, but he still listened to Lu Yi's words and shot a three-pointer directly.

At this time, only 2.1 seconds had passed since Roy received Xue Ding's pass.

"Shh!"

Roy's three-pointer went into the net!

4 points left.

Nowitzki, who originally thought that Xue Ding would take the ball and go it alone at this time, was a little annoyed when he saw Xue Ding successfully passed the ball to Roy and assisted Roy to complete a three-pointer.

If only he could interfere with Xue Ding's passing route at that time.

With the Mavericks' possession of the ball, Kidd began to control the time with the ball. Now the point difference is 4 points, and there is no need for the Blazers to foul in advance.

Kidd held the ball in a daze and controlled the time to 23 seconds before choosing a three-pointer.

Kidd's three-pointer hit the iron, and Xue Ding, who was near the three-point line, rushed to the basket in two steps, took the rebound from among the four, and quickly counterattacked.

It was given to Batum, who broke through near the three-point line, took a step back, and made another three-point shot!
"boom!"

The ball bounced off the rim and then fell into the net.

Seeing his teammates hit two consecutive three-pointers with his assists, Xue Ding couldn't help but said in his heart: "It's better to have a good system, knowing how to activate the Wrath of the Turtle skill at such a critical moment, otherwise I will really be killed by Nowitzki." It was ridiculed, but now it's all right, it's not certain who wins or loses.

After Batum hit a three-pointer, Carlisle immediately yelled at the referee and called a timeout. After two consecutive three-pointers, the point difference came to one point.

There are 36 seconds left in the time. If the Mavericks' offense fails to hit, the Blazers will have a chance to win.

This is the last thing Carlisle wants to see. His team has led almost the entire game. If it is a lore at the last moment, then it is certain that Carlisle will not be able to accept such a result for a long time.

During the timeout, Carlisle set up a two-point play, sending all the best offensive players on his team to the court.

The Blazers' attack must be scored!
Kidd controlled the ball to the frontcourt and slowly controlled the time. All the Blazers were defending near the three-point line. As long as the attack did not allow the Mavericks to score a three-pointer, they would have a chance to play overtime.

If the Mavericks soar three-pointers from the outside, then the situation of the Blazers will be more difficult.

Kidd held the ball for 10 seconds and began to pull the defense with the ball, creating opportunities for Nowitzki.

But Nowitzki was beaten to death by Chandler, and he couldn't find a good chance to catch the ball at all.

On the other side, Marion threw off Blake and ran out of an open opportunity. Kidd saw the timing and hit the ground to pass the ball to Marion!

(End of this chapter)