King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 149 Technical Foul + Wizards' Counterattack

During the halftime break, Wall was still blaming himself for his poor performance in the first half. Wizards coach Saunders applauded: "But it's only 13 points behind, don't we have a chance? The opponent's strength It’s better than us, but the opponent still maintains the ranks of the playoffs in the Western Conference after losing He.”

Seeing the attention of his players gradually becoming concentrated, Saunders is still very satisfied inside. As long as the players do not lose confidence, the game can continue.He went on to say: "The lag in the first half is my responsibility. Opposite John, you carried out targeted defense, so don't care about your performance in the first half. You still continue to attack in the second half. We play a small lineup. You double screen and get the inside out."

The Wizards' lineup in the second half seemed a bit weird. They sent Wall, Crawford, Nick Young, Lewis and McGee. Except for McGee, the other three in this lineup have good three-point capabilities. Cousins ​​and Whiteside can't keep shrinking too much, and after the defense is out, Wall has enough room to break through. Wall bypasses the pick-and-roll directly, and then relies on his absolute speed to directly lean on Garcia, killing directly and unstoppably. At the basket, none of Garcia's fouls could stop this strong point guard. After a two-plus-one score, the score was close to 10 points.

The 10-point difference is not safe. The Kings are very eager to win this game, because if they win this game, they can guarantee to enter the playoffs. However, they are obviously not prepared for the Wizards lineup. The Wizards Abandoning Blatche, the only one who can withstand Cousins ​​in the interior, has received a miraculous effect. As long as Cousins ​​has the ball in the interior, he will directly double-team, forcing him to split the ball. Sanders is betting on the Kings It is impossible for the hand feeling to continue to improve after it has improved for almost an entire game.

Cousins ​​wanted to receive the basketball inside and wanted to continue to crush McGee with strength, but Wall and Crawford surrounded him the moment he received the ball, preventing him from playing comfortably with the ball.Cousins ​​was also forced to give the ball to Casspi, but the Wizards' lineup not only can shoot three-pointers, but also rotates defense very quickly. With a certain interference from the ball, this three-pointer drew an arc and landed on the back edge of the basket.

McGee almost exhausted his whole body to get in position with Cousins, but he was obviously a circle thinner than Cousins, and he was directly pushed to the ground by Cousins, who easily grabbed the rebound , When he was about to make a supplementary dunk, the bottom line referee wearing No. 54 blew his whistle and made a gesture with his hand, indicating that Cousins ​​made a pushing foul when he was grabbing the rebound.

Cousins ​​became unhappy for a moment, and went to the referee to complain: "I didn't push him at all. That guy is too thin. This is a normal physical confrontation." In fact, Cousins' temper has changed for the better recently. Less, under the guidance of He Yixiang and the head coach, he has learned to BB with the referee as little as possible, but he also understands that sometimes it is necessary to make an innocent expression to test the referee, so that the referee will be more sensitive to the subsequent penalties. Certain benefits.

But he never imagined that the referee didn't seem to like this, and directly sent a T to Cousins. This penalty immediately made Cousins ​​out of anger, and he wanted to contradict him directly. Ego After all, Dara is a veteran with rich experience, so he hugged Cousins ​​directly, and if he eats another T, he will be expelled.He Yixiang couldn't help frowning, this is his home court, and this penalty seems a bit unacceptable even to himself, let alone Cousins.But Cousins ​​calmed down after being hugged by Iguodala this time, and just walked back silently.

On the big screen at the King's home court, it is obvious that Cousins' rebounding action is mutual, but McGee is definitely not pushed down by Cousins. Angry boos and protests from the Kings fans sounded in the stands. Sounds like this, such a penalty will make people look sideways even in an away game, let alone a home game, and the whole stand is full of discussions in an instant.

"What the hell kind of referee is this? I have a hunch that referee No. 54 is absolutely betting on the ball. This penalty will not be wrong even if my grandma goes up."

"If you give us a pushing foul, I can find a reason for him that he may have forgotten to bring his contact lenses today to forgive him, but that T is completely unbearable, and Cousins ​​just stated to him without any excitement. After what happened, he got a T?"

"This group of referees has acquiesced in their inherent impression of Cousins. In their minds, Cousins ​​is a guy who doesn't obey the judgment, so it may be the habit of this group of guys who don't wear glasses to let him eat a T. action."

But the game was still going on as normal. After McGee executed a free throw for a tactical foul, it was the Wizards' turn to attack again. This time, the super-high fortress "Mr. Billion" Lewis, who was traded for Arenas from the Magic, was directly at 45 degrees on the left wing. Corner received Wall's breakthrough goal and scored a three-pointer.It means that the Wizards recovered four points in this round, and the point difference was close to 6 points in an instant, and the atmosphere of the game suddenly became tense.

Westphal also had to change his lineup, replacing Landry, who moved fast, and strangled Lewis, but Wall finally opened up his own situation. The two sides once again fell into a tug-of-war. Confident, in the third quarter, he even scored two consecutive three-pointers after single blocks. This feeling is a bit unstoppable!In the third quarter, Wall scored 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and Cousins ​​was even more limited by foul troubles. He was forcibly replaced by Westphal after only half a quarter and sat on the bench. .After three quarters, the Wizards recovered 32 points at 22:10 in a single quarter.

The game is only three points away. Although the king is still in the lead, in terms of momentum, the game has completely turned to the Wizards in the away game. Both Iguodala and Iguodala had four fouls on their backs, and the high foul count of the two cores also made the next fourth quarter full of variables.It is foreseeable that in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, the Kings may not even have an offensive point to lead the team. If one is not careful, they may be overtaken or even crushed by the Wizards in the first few minutes.

(End of this chapter)