Chapter 49 The last 2 minutes

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 49 The last 2 minutes

The Suns called a timeout, and at the same time, D'Antoni also looked at Wang Chao.

"King, how is your physical recovery going?"

Everyone saw how hard Wang Chao played in the first three quarters. D'Antoni also knew that his physical fitness was seriously exhausted, so he was not in a hurry to arrange for Wang Chao to play.

But now the situation is critical and it depends on whether it can be done or not.

Unknowingly, Wang Chao has become one of the most efficient and stable important scoring points in the Suns team.

At this most critical moment, Wang Chao's appearance will significantly increase the Suns' scoring success rate.

"Um."

Wang Chao nodded.

Counting timeouts, free throws and dead balls, Wang Chao has been resting off the court for nearly 20 minutes.

This time is not short, and it is enough for Wang Chao to recover a little bit of his physical fitness. The last two minutes are completely enough to fight with all his strength.

"Very good, Wang Chao will replace him later, we will follow tactics No. 3..."

After the timeout, the two teams returned to the court. When the Mavericks team saw Wang Chao coming on the court, they suddenly became a little wary.

Wang Chao, who scored 30 points in three quarters, is currently the Suns' highest-scoring player and their biggest threat. If possible, they certainly hope that Wang Chao can sit on the court obediently all the time, but this is obviously not realistic, so what the Mavericks can do Just let Josh Howard continue to stare at Wang Chao and not give him the chance to easily shoot a three-pointer.

The Suns had the ball. After receiving the pass from his teammate, Nash quickly ran across the half court. In the last 2 minutes of the game, his offensive rhythm was still very fast and did not slow down.

The Mavericks had already positioned themselves in advance, and Josh Howard, who was standing in the bottom corner of the three-point line following Wang Chao, felt tight.

"coming soon!"

Wang Chao, who was standing still, suddenly swayed and ran towards the other side's bottom corner for a three-pointer along the baseline.

Josh Howard, who had been walked by Wang Chao countless times in the first three quarters of the game, certainly knew that the opponent was going to start running again.

He immediately followed Wang Chao without hesitation, but this action made Howard's heart sink.

Wang Chao ran much faster than he expected, and he couldn't keep up for a while!

This is not surprising. Wang Chao could sit off the court and rest for ten minutes in the fourth quarter with peace of mind, but Josh Howard couldn't. He is the Mavericks' second scoring point and needs to assist Nowitzki in scoring.

Therefore, although Howard's physical strength is better than Wang Chao's, there are only two minutes left in the game and his physical strength is already on the verge of reaching its limit.

On the other hand, at this time, Wang Chao's running distance in this game has exceeded 5 kilometers. The third stage of the long-distance runner's talent has begun, and Wang Chao's running speed has been increased by 10% compared to the original.

With the bonus, Wang Chao's 74 speed can be as effective in running as 85 or even higher.

With the increase and decrease, it is natural that Howard would have difficulty keeping up.

Seeing that there was already a slight distance between the two when they passed by the basket, and when Wang Chao ran past the basket and Josh Howard was chasing after him, Marion, who was standing around the penalty area, also saw the opportunity to cross over and do something for Wang Chao. Set up an off-ball screen pick-and-roll.

Howard was immediately separated by Marion's pick and roll.

Seeing this, Nowitzki didn't have time to think too much and immediately chased Wang Chao to defend.

But as a result, the Mavericks' formation was in chaos. Nash took the opportunity to rush inside and passed the ball to Marion, who successfully scored a layup.

At 115:115, the two teams returned to the same starting line with a tie.

Although this goal was not Wang Chao's score, it was indeed his behavior that stretched the Mavericks' defense, making it easier for the team to score.

The offense and defense transitioned, and the ball came to the Mavericks.

Hitting the snake seven inches, the Mavericks also know that at this critical moment, they have to seize the opponent's weakness and attack hard. Nowitzki has scored 50 points, and his physical strength is close to the limit. Moreover, Marion is following him all the way.

It does not ensure stable scoring.

Therefore, the basketball was handed over to Josh Howard. After all, he was facing the Suns' weakest defense - Wang Chao.

Logically speaking, Wang Chao's defense may be a little worse than Nash's. He can't prevent breakthroughs with the ball at all. He can only defend some shooters like him who mainly focus on shooting. He can still have some effects with his excellent height and arm length.

In the first four games, Josh Howard scored countless points against Wang Chao, but at this moment, he was a little powerless.

Standing in front of Wang Chao with the ball, Howard struggled for a long time before deciding to use the safest way to break through with the ball.

But with his body also feeling a little overdrawn, his lethality when making breakthroughs with the ball was far less than before, and he was actually stopped in front of him by Wang Chao.

After some ink-blotting, the 24 seconds of attack time were running out.

In the end, Josh Howard could only use a tentative jump shot to end the attack. Wang Chao's defense was very good, and his palm completely blocked the opponent's sight, so the shot naturally missed the frame.

only……

Nowitzki pulled a green onion under the basket, overpowered Marion to grab the offensive rebound and hit a tip-in.

117:115! The Mavericks regained a 2-point lead, and Nowitzki's personal score also reached 52 points.

"Damn... can this guy still score?"

In Wang Chao's memory, Nowitzki should have only scored 50 points in this game. It was about to end, but he still had to mess with it.

Fortunately, there are 1 minute and 21 seconds left in the game, so there are still many opportunities!

Suns fans who originally thought they would be able to catch up with the 2-point difference soon were scratching their heads as they watched the Suns fail to score even 2 points in the next few rounds. Even Nash had a chance.

Even with a particularly good mid-range shot, he also failed to make the ball.

The only good thing is that the Mavericks are in a similar situation to the Suns. They also failed to score in these rounds and even took very few shots. Most of them were forced to make mistakes or go out of bounds.

But such a stalemate is obviously extremely detrimental to the Suns, because they are 2 points behind, and they do not have the capital to waste too many opportunities in the remaining time of the game.

Soon, the game time of 1 minute and 21 seconds became 27 seconds.

The Suns had the ball and the score was still 117:115.

D'Antoni called the final timeout and formulated a tactical plan for what might be the final attack.

With a 2-point difference and only 27 seconds left, we must fight for a three-pointer!

As long as they can squeeze in the 24 seconds of attack time as much as possible to hit a three-pointer and reverse the score, then the possibility that the Mavericks, with only 3 seconds of attack time left, can score a goal to win the game is very small.

D'Antoni was not prepared to settle for a two-pointer to force overtime.

And the person responsible for shooting the most critical and accurate three-pointer is of course Wang Chao, who is the most confident in three-pointers.
Chapter completed!