Chapter 66 Big Dream: I was careless!
In the final quarter, Dream returned to the court.
Originally, Tomjanovich wanted to let him rest for a while, but the score was a bit behind and the difference would soon reach double digits, so he had to let him play.
In the first half of the quarter, he took over the offense after recovering some of his physical strength. He made 3 of 5 shots, beat Wang Tiejun, caused Lao Wang to foul, and made a two plus one, scoring 7 points.
It's just that Wang Tiejun kept seeking to confront him, and his physical strength disappeared quickly like a snowflake encountering the sun.
In the first half, Wang Tiejun only attacked once. He no longer used hook shots as his efficiency was still too low. Instead, he relied on his most powerful low-post back-to-the-basket technique, broke into the basket and slammed the ball, bringing his statistics to 18 points and 9 rebounds, not far from the task requirement of 20+10. He was only one shot away from the task requirement of five hook shots.
As the game entered the second half, Dream had already played for 33 minutes and scored 33 points and 11 rebounds. In the high-intensity confrontation with Wang Tiejun, he consumed too much physical energy and became weak. He could only give up the offensive right and take a break to catch his breath.
Of course, Wang Tiejun had already played for forty minutes. Although there were many close-range attacks today, his playing time was long enough and his physical energy consumption was still huge, so he didn't attack much. He just kept pestering Dameng. When Dameng rested, he also rested.
By the 9th minute of the final quarter, the score difference had reached 13 points. Dream knew that he could not rest any longer. If he did not take a shot, the game would be lost.
Mosaic attacked and called a timeout. The head coach arranged the tactics. When the game resumed, Dream came to the low post on the left wing.
He didn't try to go to the basket because he knew that Old K would definitely try his best to stop him. It was like this throughout the game today. Every time he went to the basket, he had to go through a lot of trouble and exhausted all his energy.
Today, because he couldn't get to the basket smoothly, and Old K adopted an aggressive and active defense that prevented him from moving freely, he didn't use his dream steps much.
At this time, he received the ball and started to back-down Old K, and suddenly made a ground pass and passed the ball into the basket.
On the weak side, shooting guard Mad Max had already cut inside, received the ball and went straight for a layup, making an easy shot.
"call!"
Da Meng let out a breath. His physical strength had not recovered much. In fact, he was very tired. Instead of forcing himself to attack, it would be better to use his restraining power to support his teammates in the attack.
Looking back, the Suns' Dan Maalley missed a jump shot. Dream protected the backcourt rebound and returned to the offensive end. He made another over-the-top pass, assisting Kenny Smith to make a layup, and the score difference returned to single digits.
After being attacked by two consecutive weak-side cut-in tactics, the Suns called a timeout and arranged their defensive tactics.
The game started again, Dream did not play, Wang Tiejun did, he was asking for the ball in the low post on the left wing.
Dream didn't dare to defend from the side because he couldn't jump or run anymore. If he went forward again, as long as K moved towards the basket, he might not be able to keep up.
He could only passively adopt the most reluctant defense and stood behind with gritted teeth.
"Snapped!"
Wang Tiejun received the ball and noticed that the crazy guy Max was rushing down from above and he would be double-teamed soon.
So, the next moment after catching the ball, he didn't rely on hitting, but directly jumped sideways and made a hook shot.
The shot was very sudden, completely different from the previous hook shot techniques. The previous ones all involved a hitting action link, but this time there was no such link, which fooled Dream. He didn't react and could only watch Old K shoot.
"boom!"
The ball hit the basket.
"ah!"
After scoring 20 points, Comrade Lao Wang also shouted excitedly.
Dream’s defense is very strong and he has a lot of small moves. The fact that he was able to make the shot this time should be because Dream’s physical condition was not good enough. It feels a bit surprising.
The score difference reached 11 points again, and there were only 92 seconds left. The Mosaic team seemed to be anxious and started throwing three-pointers from the outside. Even Dream couldn't get the ball.
The first three-pointer was thrown in by Mad Max, and the score difference reached 8 points again.
Looking back, Barkley played steadily and made a mid-range shot, bringing the score difference to double digits again.
The second three-pointer was taken by Kenny Smith, who made a quick stop and jump shot from the top of the arc, but he missed.
Wang Tiejun was one rebound short again, and he caught the basketball when it bounced.
Then the Suns launched a counterattack, and he made a long pass to assist Lei Gongdan in making a layup.
The fast break was successful, the score difference reached 12 points, and there was not much time left, so Mosaic gave up the game.
“Beep, beep!”
The final whistle sounded.
The Suns defeated the Mosaic team, and the two teams had the same record. Due to the regular season ranking rules, the Suns ranked second in the Western Conference.
"too tired!"
Comrade Lao Wang sat down on the floor.
When I opened the system, I found that it had issued a reward of 50 points and a low-step training card.
Now he has 100 points left, which is still a long way to go if he wants to exchange for a skill synthesis card.
Barkley scored 36 points and 13 rebounds in this game, and Dream scored 33 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. The two performed equally, but the Suns won the game. He was selected as the best player of the game and was being interviewed on the spot.
"Old K, these are your data." When Wang Tiejun sat back on the bench, assistant coach Lewis handed him a form.
He took a look at it. He played for 45 minutes, made 9 of 17 shots, with a hit rate of 52.9%, made 2 of 4 free throws, and got 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.
"Tsk tsk, Old K, you scored 20+10 on Dream, and your hit rate was not bad, you have to treat us!"
Dan Maalley was sitting next to him, and he leaned over to take a look out of curiosity. He was shocked when he saw it. He could achieve such data over the head of super center Dream, and with such high efficiency. Could an ordinary rookie do that?
"It's just that there are more attacks close to the basket and fewer free throws, so the lethality is reduced." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"Come on, you're a rookie, and this is an away game, and your opponent is Dream. Some of the whistles that should be blown will not be given to you. This is their home advantage." Dan Maalley said with a smile.
“So this is called home field advantage.”
Lao Wang suddenly realized that there were indeed some fouls that were not committed by him today, including two two-plus-one opportunities, but no whistle was blown.
Actually, having said that, he felt that in the previous games, many whistles were not given to him, even including at home, and his back-to-the-basket attack was not very lethal.
At this time, the Mosaic team had already entered the player tunnel.
"Damn it, I fought a beast all night."
Da Meng walked, cursed, rubbed her left breast, and then rubbed her lower back and other parts of her body.
"Hakim, how do you feel? Are you going to rest in the next game?" head coach Tomjanovich asked quickly.
"It's better to take a rest." Da Meng said.
"Then let's have a truce."
Tomjanovich nodded, and then said with some concern: "The Suns have found a powerful center like K. Their strength has greatly increased, and they have become one of the strongest teams in the West.
Hakeem, we will definitely meet them in the playoffs. You can play them in the regular season, but you can't play one game and rest one game in the series. How to defend him reasonably is a problem you need to solve. "
"It's certainly not possible to play one game and rest one game in the series."
Dream nodded and said, "I mostly went around the front or played sideways tonight to avoid a strong confrontation with him. In fact, I could have continued to play in the next game, but I don't think it's necessary. I need to reserve more energy for the regular season."
Tomjanovich breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let's take a break."
Back in the locker room, Dream, who had just said he could hold on, took off his jersey as soon as he entered, then lay on the massage bed and shouted, "Rogge, help me, damn K, he hurt me."
Team doctor Rogge took a look at Dameng's left chest and saw that it was all red. He quickly got an ice pack and started applying it to prevent swelling.
"I was careless! I didn't expect that rookie was really good. He scored 20+10. I lost all my face."
Da Meng murmured in his heart.
Although he had heard of Wang Tiejun's name before, due to the media, he knew more about his reputation as a violent person and had no idea about his strength and technical characteristics. In addition, due to his arrogance as a super center, he simply looked down on Wang Tiejun, so he suffered a great loss tonight.
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