If his teammates still don't give their best, even if Wang Dalin has performed a terrifying performance like "the coming of death", it will be difficult for him to lead the Clippers to defeat the Warriors team that has become a climate now.
Fortunately, someone among his teammates finally stood up, and he was Wang Zhizhi In fact, Wang Dalin did not expect that the person who could help him at the critical moment would be him.
So Wang Dalin was very surprised, and of course the Warriors were even more surprised.
They never expected that Wang Zhizhi would score three consecutive goals from beyond the three-point line. Originally, they were several points ahead, but they were overtaken by this wave.
In fact, these three three-pointers are all wide open When Wang Dalin rushed into the three-second zone and was double-teamed, Wang Zhizhi ran to the position where he usually shoots most accurately, and waited for Wang Dalin to pass the ball to him.
Wang Zhizhi has always been very accurate with his three-pointers in training, but in games he was on time and inaccurate. Fortunatelyhe happened to be very accurate today!
Warriors head coach Eric Musselman quickly called a timeout If Wang Zhizhi continued to shoot like this, he might as well just admit defeat.
After calling a timeout, head coach Musselman also had a headache.
For a role player like Wang Zhizhi, it is estimated that no team will design any defensive tactics for him, so Musselman is also quite hesitant.
Give up the double-teaming of Wang Dalin?
Isn¡¯t this looking for death?
There are still more than 5 minutes left before the end of the game. This guy has already scored 45 points, and his shooting rate is super high. If he really doesn't get double-teamed, it would not be unusual to score 60+ points.
¡°If while double-teaming Wang Dalin, another person is arranged to keep an eye on Wang Zhizhi, if Maggette and Richardson regain their touch, the situation will be out of control.
After much thought, head coach Musselman decided to resolutely double-team Wang Dalin, and then the others focused on marking Maggette and Richardson. As for Wang Zhizhi he had just made three consecutive three-pointers, and this timeout After all, it doesn¡¯t feel so hot to the touch, right?
In fact, each team¡¯s defensive tactics are divided into priorities.
For example, if you faced the Lakers with an "ok combination", would you choose to focus on defending O'Neal and Kobe, or would you focus on defending those role players?
I guess no head coach of any team would choose to focus on guarding role players, right?
The reason is very simplethe reason why role players are called role players means that their strength is definitely not as good as that of stars. They may occasionally perform well, but they will never perform well in every game.
But stars are differentif you dare not pay enough attention to them, they will slap you hard with goal after goal until you are beaten so hard that your mother doesn't recognize you.
For exampleMarch 6, 2000 was O'Neal's 28th birthday, and there happened to be a game between the Lakers and Clippers that night.
As the first birthday of the new millennium, O'Neal certainly wanted to spend it with friends, so O'Neal invited a few friends to watch his game.
The home stadiums of the Clippers and Lakers are both Staples Arena, so although the game was the Clippers' home court, as the biggest star in Los Angeles at the time, it was not difficult to get a few tickets to entertain guests.
On this day worth celebrating, everything seemed to be falling into place, but unexpectedly, it capsized in the gutter When O'Neal asked Clippers owner Sterling for tickets, he directly refused.
Refused?
Maybe O¡¯Neal never dreamed that he would be rejected!
At that time, O'Neal probably looked at himself in the mirror and asked this sentence - "Damn it! Do I don't want to lose face?"
So in that night's game, O'Neal completely used the Clippers as a punching bag.
O¡¯Neal made a total of 24 of 35 shots in the game, plus 13 of 22 free throws. While scoring 61 points, he also grabbed 23 rebounds.
The two centers of the Clippers only scored 11 points and 8 rebounds in total, and they also committed 11 fouls on O'Neal.
At this point, O'Neal has become the only superstar to score 60+20 points since 1985. Before that, only the "ancient beast" Wilt Chamberlain had accomplished such a feat.
O'Neal not only had a super performance, but also led the Lakers to beat the Clippers.
After the game, O'Neal even humiliated the Clippers with words - "The Clippers have no honor and cover up the Lakers' championship flag and retired jerseys in every game!"
In the end, he added another punch - "Everyone, please remember, don't let me pay for my own tickets again!"
So cruel, so perverted,Lin just made a fake move of "worshiping to the Buddha". He passed by Jamison with a short body, rushed into the three-point line and hit a pull-up jumper This ball is there!
104:104, the two sides were tied.
The Warriors didn't dwell too much on this ball. After issuing the baseline ball, Billups dribbled the ball quickly to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Richardson for a transition. In the end, the basketball came to the goal. The inside line is in the hands of Yao Ming.
Yao Ming did not attack in the paint after receiving the ball several times before, so even Wang Dalin did not expect that he would suddenly hit the basket at this time.
Mourning was staggered by him and was about to lose his defensive position. He had no choice but to take action and pull Yao Ming down.
"Beep"
Mourning¡¯s thug fouled and Yao Ming was sent to the free throw line.
At this moment, Wang Dalin wished that Yao Ming could shoot free throws like O'Neal, but obviously this was just a daydream. Yao Ming made two free throws steadily.
The score came to 104:106, and the Clippers were 2 points behind again.
Time was running out, and both sides only had one last chance to attack. Wang Dalin lived up to expectations and hit a key three-pointer against Jamison's defense at the top of the three-point arc.
With 18 seconds left in the game and the Clippers leading by 1 point, Musselman decisively used up his last timeout opportunity.
The situation on the court at this time is very delicate If the Warriors run out of time and make a buzzer-beating shot, they will naturally defeat the Clippers; but if they run out of time and fail to score the last attack, then they will lose even more. There is no time to grab offensive rebounds for a second offense.
So the best option is of course to take the shot with three or four seconds left in the game. Even if you don't score, you still have a chance to fight for a second attack.
Of course Musselman arranged it this way, but he didn't expect that there was someone with a bigger idea than him "Second Brother" Billups is famous for his big heart!
With this ball, Billups retreated to the center circle after receiving the ball in the frontcourt, and then slowly dribbled the ball to delay time. It was not until there were 4 seconds left on the timer that he began to dribble forward.
Eddie House has already been close to him, but he is far behind in terms of height, weight and strength.
Billups suddenly made a continuous change of direction dribbling, then used his shoulder to push House back a big step, pulled it up and shot This is a three-pointer!
Wang Dalin¡¯s heart thumped, and he thought: ¡°It¡¯s broken!¡±
How could he, coming from a later generation, not know how good Billups was at shooting three-pointers like this?
What's more now is the critical moment to decide the outcome. I'm afraid Billups, a "big heart", will be hard to miss, right?
But Billups had already shot quickly, and even if he wanted to help defend, it was too late The ball drew a high arc and accurately passed through the basket.
The moment the basketball passed through the basket, the timer above the backboard just hit zero, and the final whistle sounded, and the Oakland Arena burst into cheers.
The Warriors players were so excited that they hugged each other and even danced in a circle.
Wang Dalin raised his head and looked at the replay on the big screen, feeling unable to calm down for a long time.
He has used this kind of winning goal to send others a defeat many times before. This time it is his turn This feeling is really uncomfortable!
In this game, he made 20 of 28 shots, including 6 of 13 three-pointers and 10 of 12 free throws. He scored 57 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. He had tried his best.
¡°If the teammates can work a little harder, even if they can score one more goal, at least they will have a chance to play overtime.
Butwhat can be done about this?
He can completely predict how he will be written about himself in the newspapers tomorrow. The reporters will definitely use the phrase "despite defeat but still glory" to him.
But will this make him feel a little better?
cannot!
"It's a compliment even if you lose" is indeed a compliment, but no matter what, he lost tonight, no matter how good his personal performance was it was still just an in vain? (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com