nycdaug Chapter 629 A human wall formed by three women!
Chapter 629 A human wall formed by three women!
The two teams originally had similar playing styles.
Doncic and Wang Xiucheng are both top-tier combo guards in the league.
Whether it's finding open spaces or their own offensive capabilities, they are both very strong.
But today, the Mavericks' interior defense was completely dominated by the Nets.
Kleber is not in the same league as Towns in terms of height, weight, or individual ability.
Wang Xiucheng repeatedly found opportunities to pass the ball to the inside, and then Towns or Claxton would convert it into points.
Thanks to a higher rebounding rate, the Nets scored 31 points in the first quarter.
The Mavericks only scored 24 points.
And of those 24 points, the vast majority came from Doncic and Irving.
At the start of the second quarter, Wang Xiucheng and Doncic rested.
Durant and Westbrook led the team to a 7-2 start.
As a last resort, Kidd brought Doncic back.
The Mavericks gradually regained some of their advantage.
After Wang Xiucheng returned, the two sides began a tug-of-war.
With one minute left in the second quarter, Udoka called a timeout.
This pause is mainly for Wang Xiucheng to rest.
Matching up against Doncic took a lot of toll on Wang Xiucheng's stamina.
Although Doncic is not fast, his weight and height make him very strong in terms of physicality at the point guard position.
After Wang Xiucheng came on in the second half of the second quarter, he spent most of the time guarding Doncic.
Perhaps due to the Chinese New Year, Wang Xiucheng stopped hiding in the corner and pretending to be dead in this game, and frequently took the initiative to hold the ball and organize attacks.
In the second quarter, the score was 23-28, with the Mavericks trailing by 5 points.
The Mavericks trailed by 12 points, 47-59, in the final score.
Fortunately, the Mavericks have possession of the ball, so there is still hope for them to close the gap to single digits.
But the premise is to guard against "the king's time".
The timeout ended quickly, and both teams returned to the court.
After receiving the inbound pass from his teammate, Doncic began to run down the clock.
There are several generally accepted ways to break the "King's Time" barrier. The first one is to consume as much time as possible, leaving Wang Xiucheng with insufficient time.
While controlling the ball and keeping an eye on the offensive timing, Doncic was also keeping an eye on Wang Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng was standing right in front of Doncic at that moment.
If it were someone else, someone who met Wang Xiucheng during "Wang's Time," they might pass the ball.
Otherwise, Wang Xiucheng might intercept the ball and score a point.
However, Doncic's rounded physique allowed him to use his body to keep Wang Xiucheng behind him.
If the Nets dare to double-team Doncic, he is capable of passing the ball to an open player.
Kleber kept his back to the basket, running down the shot clock until there were 6 seconds left, when he ran out from the baseline.
This is the tactic Kidd arranged during the timeout just now.
Next, as long as he blocks Wang Xiucheng, Doncic will create space to shoot a three-pointer.
Six seconds is an extremely tight timeframe.
Doncic's shot went in.
Even if Doncic misses his shot, it won't give the Nets much more time.
If they're lucky enough to grab the offensive rebound even if Doncic misses his shot, the Mavericks will get another 14 seconds of offensive time.
This means the Nets will have even less time left.
Kleber had reached the three-point line, his hands hanging down to protect his groin, and he stood still.
Doncic then began moving toward Kleber's position.
But at that moment, Towns, who had been following Kleber, bypassed Kleber and pounced on Doncic.
Pincer attack!
As Kleber was about to set a screen for Doncic, the Nets double-teamed him.
Doncic took a step back, trying to create distance between himself and Towns, and then lobbed the ball high to Kleber, who was unguarded.
But there was another person who rushed towards Doncic at that moment.
Wang Xiucheng!
Towns blocked Doncic's upper body, while Wang Xiucheng focused on his lower body!
Furthermore, seemingly anticipating Doncic's retreat, Wang Xiucheng even took a step forward and lunged out.
Wang Xiucheng, who flung his body forward, slapped Doncic's palm almost parallel to the floor.
Doncic let out a scream and lost control of the basketball.
The basketball bounced off the sideline.
The ball is about to go out of bounds.
There is no doubt that Wang Xiucheng hit the ball, so if it went out of bounds, possession should have gone to the Mavericks.
However, at this moment, Wang Xiucheng, having lost his balance, pushed off the floor with one foot and then strangely changed direction, lunging towards the edge of the field.
It's like a sports car suddenly turning a corner without slowing down!
Snapped!
There was another sound of a hand hitting the basketball as Wang Xiucheng slapped the ball back onto the court!
Wang Xiucheng could no longer control his body and fell off the field.
Stallone and his three daughters, who happened to be sitting there, instinctively reached out to hug Wang Xiucheng.
The youngest, Scarlett Ross Stallone, screamed in fright and reached out to hug Wang Xiucheng's head.
Wang Xiucheng was practically lying inside the bodies of three women!
The three women forming a human wall were knocked backward by Wang Xiucheng's impact, causing their chairs to fall.
Fortunately, the fans behind them helped, preventing Wang Xiucheng and the three women from actually falling.
In such a short time, the situation on the field changed dramatically.
Having already witnessed Wang Xiucheng's various incredible saves, Durant moved towards Wang Xiucheng in advance.
So just as Wang Xiucheng dribbled the basketball back, Durant received the ball.
Then Durant drove the length of the court to the basket and easily slammed home a one-handed dunk, scoring two points.
Only then did Wang Xiucheng slowly stand up in the arms of the three women.
He was about to thank the three women, but Stallone suddenly said, "Hey kid, that was a great save."
Wang Xiucheng smiled and nodded, glanced at the three women with their heads down and necks red, and returned to the arena.
At this moment, the three women raised their heads and looked at Wang Xiucheng not far away. They pretended to be tidying up the chairs as if nothing had happened, but their eyes were darting around, and it was impossible to tell what they were thinking.
"Hey, Wang hit my hand. That steal was definitely a foul."
Doncic chased after the protesters, even showing them the back of his hand.
Believe it or not, it was indeed completely red.
“Hands are an extension of basketball, and that level of contact is considered hitting the basketball, so it’s not a foul,” Glacy said as she walked.
"So, does that mean you won't call it even if I hit a shot next time?" Doncic shouted.
Glacy ignored him.
Although Durant scored two points with a fast break, Doncic still managed to run down the clock by 22 seconds.
At this point, there were just over 37 seconds left.
The Mavericks regained possession of the ball.
This time, Irving took the initiative to receive the inbound pass from the baseline, then dribbled the ball across half-court, and with ten seconds left on the shot clock, he found an open shot.
Although there were still 23 seconds left in the first half, Irving didn't want to let the open opportunity slip by, so he decisively took the shot.
Kyrie Irving has already made three three-pointers in the first half, making him the Mavericks' leading three-point shooter.
There's nothing wrong with his choice, and even Kidd can't say anything about it.
but……
The basketball slammed onto the backboard with a loud thud and bounced off!