Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 57

After a short intermission, the players from both sides returned to the court. Judging from the expressions of the players of the two teams, their inner activities are obviously different.

The Spurs are relaxed, the Blazers are serious.

It is not difficult to understand that for the Trail Blazers who trailed by 10 points at halftime, they are under greater pressure in their hearts. The home game of the series is very important. If they lose their home court advantage, to a certain extent, this series has been considered It's hard.

The Moda Center became noisy again, and under the organization of the host, the fans cheered for the home team again.

At the beginning of the game, because he and Rudy Gay did not reach a tacit understanding, Jiang Hao made his third personal mistake in the game. His pass was guessed by McCallum, and the Blazers counterattacked successfully.

Popovich frowned on the sidelines. Jiang Hao was suddenly excellent, but he was indeed just a rookie. Up to now in the playoffs, Jiang Hao's average turnovers per game has always been the highest in the team.

Of course, Popovich also knows that this should not be rushed. Reducing mistakes is like the process of a soldier transforming from an ordinary soldier to a sharpshooter. He needs time, and more importantly, he needs to polish his marksmanship one by one. Only by playing each game can you reduce your own mistakes.

Jiang Hao was a little annoyed, because his teammates could forgive his mistake, but he himself couldn't, because his mistake made the opponent play a 5:0 offensive climax in an instant, and the 10-point difference suddenly narrowed to 5 points , which is not a good sign.

Fortunately, Leonard's mid-range shot helped the team stabilize the situation. The Blazers have never underestimated Leonard from the beginning to the end, but they really have nothing to do with Leonard.

Leonard may be the strongest offensive and defensive player in the league at the moment. He is no longer the fmvp who was more inclined to defense in the 13-14 season. Today, he has already found many weapons on the offensive end.

Although almost the entire regular season has not been played, but as a superstar, it is not difficult to regain his form through two playoff games.

When Jiang Hao fell into a misfire in the third quarter, he chose to stand up. His mid-range shot put a lot of pressure on the Blazers.

In just 3 minutes, Leonard let the Spurs regain a 10+ lead through a wave of explosions.

From this point of view, Jiang Hao thinks that Leonard is his goal, and he also admires Leonard. He knows that Leonard may leave the Spurs after this season. In this case, Leonard can go all out to win the game for the Spurs, which is enough to see how professional he is.

It's a pity that I don't have friendship with Leonard in private, otherwise he might ask Leonard for more things, and it is even possible that he will discuss with Leonard the possibility of staying in the Spurs .

The thing that Blazers coach Stotts was most worried about happened in the third quarter. When they finally waited until the Spurs entered a state of silence on the 35th, Leonard, the real leader of the Spurs, stood up at this time.

And it is very embarrassing that his team has almost no players who can compete with Leonard on the front line.

The only thing he can do is to tell the backcourt to be on the outside as much as possible, open up the situation on the offensive end, and use sharp offense to cover up the lack of defense.

But when the game came to this point, the backcourt double guns he relied on most seemed to be dying.

The Spurs' perimeter defense is too strong. They have been using high-intensity defense almost throughout the game to consume the stamina of the two guns in the backcourt.

Especially the damn Chinese rookie, this guy turned his focus to the defensive end very decisively when he had a poor offense in the third quarter.

Stotts saw McCollum's shooting percentage plummet under his defense.

McCollum's life in this game was not easy. After he was tossed by Danny Green in the first quarter, he was followed by Leonard's strong defense.

Finally, Leonard shifted his focus to the offensive end, and now there is another Chinese player. What's even more hateful is that this Chinese player's defense is also very good.

In the 11th minute and 15th minute of the third quarter, the Blazers had the ball, and McCallum, who was entangled with Jiang Hao on the left side of the top of the arc, decided to open his hand to Lillard for the ball. He planned to work hard for this attack, otherwise This is too aggrieved, and he doesn't believe that this Chinese player can really stop him.

You must know that McCallum is also considered a top scorer with an average of 20+ per game, so he can't do nothing for the whole quarter.

Lillard trusted McCallum very much, so when he saw McCallum asking for the ball, he threw the ball to McCallum without hesitation.

Facing Jiang Hao, McCallum decided to use his physical fitness to get rid of Jiang Hao, and then went to the basket to complete the score.

While dribbling the ball, he made tentative breakthrough moves.

But to his disappointment, Jiang Hao didn't follow him at all.

So, in the next second, Macklem directly stuck to Jiang Hao, and forcibly used his strength to push Jiang Hao forward.

Jiang Hao's expression finally changed, he couldn't stand it a little bit, and McCallum who exploded with all his strength was really very impactful.

In the next second, Jiang Hao's quality was blocked by McCallum.

After yelling, McCallum took the ball and rushed to the basket with lightning speed. For him, this attack was basically stable, because there were no Spurs defensive players in the basket at this time.

After quickly reaching the basket, McCollum threw the basketball up with his hands, and he even planned to make a celebration.

However, at this moment, McCollum was completely stunned.

Snapped!
A very crisp voice echoed over McCollum's head. This kind of voice is definitely not unfamiliar to McCollum, because he has let others experience it.

Chasing the big hat!

The atmosphere in the Moda Center was a bit dull. The home fans really didn't want to see this scene. One of their ace players was chased by a rookie.

It's so hard.

That's right, Macklem was taken, and the person who took him was really Jiang Hao. Judging from the interview footage at the scene, at the moment Macklem pushed Jiang Hao away, Jiang Hao seemed to be prepared. At the moment of being pushed away, he immediately followed McCallum's footsteps and went straight to the basket. With 2.02, he had every chance to complete the chasing block before the moment McCallum shot.

Of course, through this replay, even the home fans have to admit that Jiang Hao's sense of smell on the defensive end is top-notch, and it can be seen that Jiang Hao has strong basic skills and experience on the defensive end.

(End of this chapter)