Chapter 287 Entering Melee Combat
Chapter 287 Entering Melee Combat
Zhou Yang's physical exertion is also very high, because he has to constantly assist in defense and make up for his position.
Under his pursuit, Terry made 5 of 2 shots, which was quite satisfactory.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhou Yang took a break, and Livingston, Tony Allen, Turiaf, Randolph, and Toliver appeared.
This lineup does not have many offensive points, but the defense is strong.
Especially Tony Allen, as soon as he came up, he followed Terry closely, making Terry very uncomfortable.
The two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle, the score was very low, and it was difficult to even make a shot.
Fortunately, Livingston's height has the advantage, and the efficiency of the ecstasy mid-range shot is very high.
After more than 3 minutes in the second quarter, the score came to 42:40, and the Warriors still led by 2 points.
The old Nelson waved his handsome flag and replaced Curry.
Curry replaced Tolliver. After playing, he played a pick-and-roll with Livingston and made a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle.
Unfortunately, he missed, but Turiaf desperately grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Curry.
This time Curry did not disappoint his teammates, and made a precise three-pointer!
With Curry's outside involvement, Livingston and Randolph both had space, and the bench began to score.
And Terry of the Mavericks was stuck like a candy by Tony Allen, which was very uncomfortable.
It's not that Tony Allen defends better than Zhou Yang, but that Zhou Yang also participates in offense while defending.
But Tony Allen can ignore the offense and only has Terry in his eyes.
"I said I only have eyes for you!"
After Terry was restricted, the Mavericks' bench offense was a bit troublesome.
Carlisle had no choice but to replace Barea again.
Barea also played well in the last round of the series. The outside combination of him and Terry is too good for shooting.
Terry was pinned down and Barea took on the mantle of outside shooter.
Swish!
A mountain in Puerto Rico came up and scored a three-pointer.
It was very difficult for Curry to chase Barea, because Barea was able to drill.
The score continued to be stalemate, and neither of the two sides could even try to open the score.
The game like a meat grinder makes people breathless.
After playing for more than 5 minutes in the second quarter, Zhou Yang appeared again, and Curry went down to rest.
On the Mavericks side, the main players were replaced again. Nowitzki, Marion, and Butler are all back.
Nowitzki regained his strength and was in excellent condition. As soon as he came up, he was independent and shot Turkoglu.
Zhou Yang wanted to retaliate, but Marion and Butler double-teamed fiercely. When he shot, Butler bumped into Zhou Yang's arm.
But the referee didn't call the penalty, and the result missed the bottom line.
Old Nelson was very dissatisfied with the referee and yelled loudly on the sidelines. The referee got angry and gave him a T.
This technical foul seems to be a turning point.
After Nowitzki made a free throw, the Mavericks suddenly became enlightened, and their shooting percentage went up after a scratch.
On the Warriors' side, no one can make a shot, and it's wrong.
The Mavericks actually hit a 4:13 spurt in 4 minutes.
The game, which had been stalemate, was instantly opened up by the Mavericks.
Old Nelson shook his head angrily and had no choice but to call a timeout.
Oracle Arena was quiet, and the fans were disappointed.
Zhou Yang felt the strength of the Mavericks' double-teaming, which was very strong.
Although the action is not very rough, but the Mavericks' two double-team players cooperate particularly tacitly.
Obviously, these two people should have specially practiced double-teaming in training.
Generally speaking, double-teaming is a temporary decision.
No team will send two people specifically to train double-teaming skills.
But Carlisle could do it.
This is the case.
Carlisle asked Marion and Butler to set aside an hour a day to watch Zhou Yang's video and study his double-team tactics a long time ago.
In today's alliance, Zhou Yang is the only one who has this kind of treatment.
During the timeout, Nelson Sr. rarely lost his temper.
"Children, focus more, we are the number one team in the regular season, don't panic!"
Old Nelson had already noticed that, except for Zhou Yang, the others were indeed a little panicked.
This is inexperience.
The Warriors have this problem, they will play when the score is leading or trailing.
But as long as they are stalemate, they will not play.
And Zhou Yang was double-teamed very fiercely just now, and he really couldn't get rid of it.
So now the Warriors are very dangerous, maybe they will be taken away by a wave.
Fortunately, this is the first half. If it is the second half, it will really be crushed.
Zhou Yang didn't speak, he was exhausted physically.
After the timeout, players from both sides returned to the field.
Zhou Yang yelled at his teammates: "In the first half, we must close the point difference to within 5 points!"
Now the score is 58:49, the Mavericks lead by 9 points.
The Warriors players replied in unison: "Okay!"
Zhou Yang held the ball for half the court. Facing double-teams, he cautiously passed the ball to Turkoglu, and then ran to the bottom corner by himself.
Butler and Marion were almost holding hands, surrounding Zhou Yang in a corner.
Turkoglu faced Nowitzki and made a horizontal breakthrough.
Although Nowitzki is not moving so fast, but with a large stride, he can still barely keep up.
Suddenly, Zhou Yang followed the baseline and ran towards the basket.
Marion quickly followed, and Butler went around to defend from the other side.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yang stopped suddenly and returned to the bottom corner.
This off-the-ball movement fooled everyone.
Even the photographers on the sidelines were deceived, Zhou Yang disappeared from the camera, as if flashed.
Turkoglu was waiting for this opportunity and immediately passed the ball.
Marion and Butler wanted to pounce again, but it was too late.
Zhou Yang catches the ball and makes a shot, whoa!
Three point hit!
The Warriors fans roared with excitement.
"It's not easy for Zhou Yang. Catching a ball is harder than giving birth to me!"
"Nonsense, what can you old man do?"
"Zhou Yang's physical strength is really strong. He keeps running and can still make shots."
……
The fans were very excited, and Old Nelson nodded again and again.
Zhou Yang's goal quickly boosted the morale of the Warriors players.
The Mavericks defense began to loosen.
The Mavericks attack, Turkoglu suddenly circled forward to prevent Nowitzki from receiving the ball.
Kidd watched for a long time, but couldn't pass it on, so he had to attack by himself.
Curry didn't give an inch, and stuck to the defense tightly. At the moment Kidd threw the shot, Curry even gave him a big cap.
This is Curry's character. Everyone thinks he is a baby-faced, weak character.
In fact, he is very vindictive, very hard!
Kidd was blocked, and the ball was slapped directly into Chandler's hands. Chandler made a long pass and passed it to Barbosa.
The Mavericks players didn't react and returned to the defense very slowly. Brazil went straight to the basket and scored 2 points easily!
With the efforts of the Splash Brothers, the Warriors quickly narrowed the point difference to 4 points.
Carlisle gave a wry smile on the sidelines. He found it really difficult to widen the gap with the Warriors.
With two bang bangs, he chased for 5 points, and the game time was less than 1 minute.
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