Jiang Hao moved his body. He was no stranger to what Mario Chalmers was doing at the moment. To be honest, he had faced this situation before in the NCAA. You must know that racial discrimination is not just a patent of the NBA.
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Mario Chalmers had a hot touch in this game, so when Mike Conley saw him asking for the ball, he threw the ball to him without hesitation.
"Grizzlies player Mario Chalmers is holding the ball, and facing him is China Jiang who just hit a three-pointer. Let's see what happens next."
After receiving the ball, Mario Chalmers held the ball with his right hand and directly hit Jiang Hao with the left side of his body. He wanted to use his excellent physical confrontation to seize the opportunity for this singles.
But what Mario Chalmers didn't expect was that Jiang Hao knew this kind of offensive routine very well, so he directly chose to retreat without giving him a chance to get close to him.
"Then take a step back and take action."
Immediately finalizing the offensive strategy, Mario Chalmers quickly took a step back, held the basketball with both hands and made a shooting motion.
At this time, what made people feel incredible was that Jiang Hao seemed to have an insight into Mario Chalmers' thoughts in advance, so he unexpectedly waved his right hand at the angle of Mario Chalmers' attack.
Snapped!
This results in a very standard front cover.
"Oooh, Jiang blocked Mario, and he blocked it from the front." Matt Bonner directly amplified his microphone out of excitement, which caused the entire arena to boil.
On the court, Mario Chalmers, who was blocked by Jiang Hao, had no time to be upset. He immediately turned around and rushed to the backcourt, because the Spurs got the ball and had already turned to counterattack.
As for Jiang Hao, he did not immerse himself in the joy of successfully blocking Mario Chalmers, but quickly rushed towards the frontcourt, and towards the bottom corner of the frontcourt.
When Dejounte Murray was holding the ball and heading towards the basket, Grizzlies player Wright was chasing after him, which made him less daring to take risks. The probability of being chased from behind was too high.
Therefore, at the critical moment, he once again found Jiang Hao, who had just moved to the right corner.
The knife falls from the hand!
Jiang Hao's three-pointer hits again!
48:50!
With the help of Jiang Hao's two three-pointers in less than 1 minute of playing time, the Spurs instantly closed the point difference to 2 points.
beep!
Grizzlies head coach Dave Joerger immediately requested a timeout.
Perfect, absolutely perfect.
Jiang Hao took a deep breath and walked to the sidelines. He was very excited at the moment, but he had to pretend to be calm. All this had just begun.
At this time, whether it was the fans in the stands or the Spurs fans watching the live broadcast from all over the world, there was an instant quarrel.
"Who is this player No. 35?"
"Is he Asian, a Chinese player?"
"Okay, why did Greg never put him on the roster before? He looks like he has a lot of ability."
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With two precise three-pointers and a beautiful frontal block in one minute, Jiang Hao successfully attracted the attention of many people.
"Jiang, you continue to play, continue to maintain your rhythm on both ends of the offense and defense, and continue to do what you do."
This is the first time Popovich personally gives orders to Jiang Hao. Of course, this is also the first time in Jiang Hao's NBA career that he listens to Popovich's tactical arrangements.
Jiang Hao nodded at Popovich. He knew that with his performance just now, he had successfully won the old man's trust, even though it was only a temporary trust.
After the game restarted, the Grizzlies obviously strengthened their defense on the outside, especially Jiang Hao. There was a Grizzlies player following him from beginning to end, which made Jiang Hao never have a chance to take action for several consecutive rounds.
"We have to think of a way to take action."
On the way back to defense, Jiang Hao was thinking this.
Marc Gasol dunked under the basket, 54:54!
The scores were tied again.
With only the last minute left in the first half, the next attack and defense became particularly important for both sides.
Patty Mills is a very decisive defender in offense, but at the same time his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, as a point guard, he does not have a good overall view.
Therefore, with Tony Parker around, Popovich never let Mills serve as point guard at critical moments.
But there is nothing we can do tonight. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are both absent from the game, and Dejounte Murray is even more young and immature. This task can only be left to Mills.
I hope Patty can be more patient!
Popovich was thinking this in his mind on the sidelines.
In the Spurs' offense, after Mills advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, his dribbling process became very aggressive. He even swung the ball several times in an attempt to directly pass the defensive player.
At this moment, Jiang Hao, who was in the right corner, secretly started to move. He felt that he had to be more flexible and could not follow Popovich's wishes. Otherwise, he might not be able to get a shot until time runs out.
Opportunity.
Of course, Jiang Hao doesn't think Popovich's instructions to him are rigid, because Popovich doesn't know that he has other scoring abilities, and no one else in the world knows this except himself.
"Patti, give me the ball"
No one expected Jiang Hao's figure to suddenly appear on the right side of the paint area, including Mills.
But Mills still threw the ball to Jiang Hao at the first opportunity. He thought that since Jiang Hao took the initiative to ask for it, it meant that he had a certain degree of confidence.
brush!
Elegant posture, gorgeous shooting, crisp hit sound!
Jiang Hao used a mid-range fadeaway jumper to help the Spurs take the lead for the first time in this game.
"Haha, China Jiang's fadeaway jumper, his shooting action is so skillful, well, according to the data, the right side of the paint area is China Jiang's favorite place to shoot."
Matt Bonner had to admit that this Chinese player, whom he had not taken seriously, seemed to be doing something that surprised everyone.
On the sidelines of the court, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Popovich's mouth. Yesterday morning, he secretly witnessed Jiang Hao hitting consecutive shots from this position.
But what he didn't expect was that this Chinese young man who he had ignored before seemed to be far better than he imagined.
Just like the ball just now, only players who know how to adapt to changes can know how to "disobey the coach's instructions" to catch the ball and hit the shot.
Jiang Hao's performance is not over yet.
After Marc Gasol's rebound shot failed, there were only 12 seconds left for the Spurs to attack.
Popovich did not request a timeout, so Patty Mills quickly rushed to the frontcourt with the ball and kept possession of the ball until the last moment. Just when the Grizzlies players thought Mills would shoot directly, Mills quickly took the ball
It was passed to Jiang Hao who stepped forward to cover.
Take action!
The red light on the basket is on!
Hit!
Another three-pointer!
Chapter completed!