Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 88 89 [Tough guy]

"With the free throw made by the bayonet, the Spurs took the lead again, but they only led by 1 point. With more than three minutes left in the game, the result of this game is still unpredictable."

"But it must be admitted that the physical exertion of the players on both sides has basically reached the limit, and the bayonet even has leg cramps. In other words, this game is no longer a test for the players of both sides. Skills and tactics are so simple, both the fighting spirit and professionalism of the players will face a severe test.”

Steve Kerr requested a timeout because he had to make a personnel adjustment at such a critical time.

To everyone's surprise, the veteran Andre Iguodala resolutely returned to the court after the timeout.

"He actually chose to stand up at this time?"

Many people feel incredible, even mixed with some shock. The reason why the tone of this game has become what it is now, Iguodala is definitely the protagonist in it.

In a much-anticipated game, being dunked by a first-year rookie is definitely very embarrassing. From the perspective of a professional player, this is even extremely cruel, regardless of whether the bayonet is intentional or not. Like a sharp knife, it did penetrate Iguodala's heart.

Judging from Iguodala's reaction at the time, this is indeed the case. The decadence and depression he showed when he walked to the sidelines is the best proof.

Therefore, at that time, many people basically understood in their hearts that for Iguodala as a veteran, let alone this game, even his entire career may end because of this game.

No one can easily break out of that nightmare.

but now.

When the game came to the most critical moment, when the Golden State Warriors in the away game needed someone to stand up, Iguodala stood up unbelievably.

Having the courage to stand up at this moment is definitely not a show, but a real step forward.

What a strong heart does this require?
Even Jiang Hao, after seeing Iguodala return to the game, was shocked. He has to admit that Iguodala is a tough guy and he is a real fighter.

However, at such a critical moment, to be able to fight against such a tough guy, even if he loses the match in the end, he will not die without regret, so he immediately clenched his fists.

At this moment, the AT&T Center also gave Iguodala enough respect, and all the Spurs fans willingly gave Iguodala applause.

From the perspective of the game, the Spurs fans certainly hope that the Spurs will win in the end, but from the nature of competitive sports, they recognize opponents like Iguodala.

Steve Kerr's eyes at the moment also rekindled the fighting spirit. When Iguodala can return to the game, he will undoubtedly have more confidence in winning this game. Iguodala, who has returned from the king Definitely able to help the team on both offense and defense.

The Warriors' possession of the ball, when Stephen Curry received the ball from the baseline, he suffered from the Spurs' defense. Obviously, in this case, Popovich directly used the full-court pressing defensive strategy.On the one hand, it is to consume Curry's physical strength, on the other hand, it is not to further increase the intensity of the game.

Curry has very good dribbling skills, so Dejounte Murray's defense against him can only delay the time for him to advance to the frontcourt with the ball, and can't gain too much.

Kevin Durant opened his hand on the left side of the paint area to ask Curry for the ball. Although he is facing Leonard's defense at the moment, Durant knows very well that at this time, he must stand up as much as possible , not because of anything else, just because he is Kevin Durant.

Facing Leonard's defense, Durant was very decisive and directly chose a turnaround jumper. His shooting action was very standard, but it was a pity that he only hit the basket.

But at this time, Iguodala, who had just played, entered from the left side, grabbed Aldridge and took the rebound, and handed it to Klay Thompson in the left corner for the first time.

Swish!
98: 96!

Iguodala contributed a crucial rebound just after he came on the court, and his assist helped Klay Thompson hit a very crucial three-pointer.

That's what he's capable of.

When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Jiang Hao, who received the ball from the baseline, was treated the same as Curry, and was immediately targeted by the Warriors' defense.

However, Jiang Hao did not push the ball steadily to the frontcourt like Curry did, because his dribbling skills cannot be compared with top dribblers like Curry at this stage. Te Murray had only brought the ball half-court.

After Dejounte Murray brought the ball across the half court, Jiang Hao started from the top of the arc, quickly detoured to the left 45-degree position, and then used Leonard's running cover to catch it in the crowd. The ball, and then he quickly took the ball to the basket, and made a very easy layup.

98: 98!

The score is equalized!

This game has been played so far, Stephen Curry has become extremely calm at the moment. He is very aware of the importance of this game. For this reason, he even barely took shots from the outside in the fourth quarter. You know, he is outside the game The hit rate class is not low.

The reason why he did this was undoubtedly to win the game. He followed Cole's advice and tried to get everyone involved in the offense as much as possible.

Therefore, in every attack, he will always take the ball to the frontcourt very carefully, and then not rush to handle the ball, and choose to pass the ball at the most reasonable time every time.

This made Jiang Hao very uncomfortable, because throughout the fourth quarter, he didn't even take advantage of Curry's hands.

However, in this wave of attacks, Jiang Hao felt that he might gain something.

After handing the ball to Iguodala, Curry completed a cross run with Klay Thompson at the free throw line, and then waited for an opportunity to move to the left corner.

Jiang Hao seemed to understand something at that moment, so he didn't keep up with Curry immediately, and he was defending Durant in a suit, standing on the left side of the paint.

After receiving the pass from Curry, Iguodala directly chose to break through. His breakthrough looked extremely decisive, so at this time, both Leonard and Aldridge chose to surround Iguodala come over.

And Jiang Hao, at this time, kept watching Iguodala's hands, and his intuition told him that Iguodala's attack was definitely not as simple as he imagined.

Sure enough, when he was about to reach the basket, when everyone was still surrounding Iguodala, Iguodala suddenly chose to pass the ball, and he used a ground strike to directly distribute the basketball to the left bottom Corner, Curry is in an unguarded state at the moment.

To be honest, the moment Iguodala smashed the basketball, he let out a deep breath. This is a bold but high-yield decision. Once successful, it will be a three-point lead, so I am relieved It was his greatest feeling at the moment.

He believes that Curry can hit the shot, because before that, he and Curry have completed this cooperation many times in the game.He has always been confident in Curry's three-pointers.

However, in the next second, his pupils couldn't help dilated rapidly, because in his line of sight, in the middle of the basketball rushing towards Curry, a big hand suddenly appeared, and a very ruthless basketball fell into his hand.

"Oh, Andre's pass was seen through, the bayonet came out suddenly, and he completed the tackle"

After Jiang Hao caught the basketball, without any hesitation, he quickly started and rushed to the frontcourt immediately.

But at this time, even though the Warriors players had reacted and quickly turned to the pursuit, they did not catch up with Jiang Hao.

Because Jiang Hao exploded with an unprecedented speed at this time, he used a very morale-boosting dunk to help the team lead the score again.

beep!

Cole immediately requested a timeout. There was only 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game. Now it was absolutely time to count. The choice was not satisfactory, because he felt that Iguodala had an obvious opportunity to hand the ball to Durant, who was in a better position.

"Outside defense, I would rather let the opponent score inside than give them a chance to shoot outside the three-point line. In addition, we must play more patiently. We are leading by 2 points now. We should not be anxious. One side..."

Taking advantage of this timeout opportunity, Popovich was not idle, and he was also constantly instilling the defensive strategy for the next round to Jiang Hao and the others.

The game continued. In order to ensure that Curry could bring the ball to the front court smoothly, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson even escorted the whole process. It must be admitted that this is very necessary. If there is a problem with the ball, then this game will be difficult for the Warriors.

When Curry stumbled and held the ball to the top of the arc, whether it was Jiang Hao, Danny Green or Leonard, they all consciously covered the defensive range to the outside, and they were resolutely implementing Popovich Odd defensive strategy, that is, never give the Warriors a chance to shoot from the three-point line.

To be honest, Popovich's defensive strategy is very wise, that is, he would rather let the score be equalized than give the Warriors a chance to lead.

The Warriors obviously understood the pros and cons after seeing Jiang Hao's defensive adjustments, and they were willing to "cooperate" with Popovich's defensive strategy.

If the inside offense is relatively easier, even if they can only equalize the point difference, they are willing. To put it bluntly, it is better than still lagging behind.

Although they also want to gain a psychological advantage through a three-pointer, the three-pointer is more difficult to attack after all.

It was Durant again, he reached out at the free throw line and chose to ask Curry for the ball.

(End of this chapter)