Chapter 312 Preparing for the show
After reading the comments for a while, netizens began to ask Xiaoxiong if she could send out the picture of Xue Ding's three-point projection just now, so that everyone can take a look.
For students and office workers who can only watch live text broadcasts, any picture of the competition site, plus the description of the live text broadcast, can bring their thoughts to the competition site.
The Bears did not disappoint everyone's expectations and intercepted several pictures of Xue Ding's last three-pointer and blocking Paul's two goals in the live broadcast room.
In that era when there were no animated pictures, after the picture of Xiaoxiong was posted, some netizens clicked to download it on their phones, and some even set the picture of Xue Ding's shooting as their mobile phone screensaver as their mobile phone screensaver as soon as possible.
Faced with Xue Ding's wonderful performance in the first half, many netizens always felt that fifteen minutes passed too slowly while waiting in the midfield, and kept watching the second half in the live broadcast room for how long will it take to start?
It seems like every extra second is suffering.
Finally, after fifteen minutes of halftime break, the second half finally began.
In the first half of the third quarter, both sides were still the main lineup on the court. Although Xue Ding had excellent personal performance in the first half, he failed to widen the score and only led by three points in the first half.
After the start of the third quarter, the Hornets suddenly strengthened their defensive strength as if they were hitting chicken blood, and they also tried their best to grab the frontcourt rebounds on the offensive end.
Stoykovic even snatched the rebound from three defensive teammates of the Trail Blazers in a rebounding battle and dunked it.
Therefore, both sides played very stalemate in the third quarter and the pace of the game was very slow. At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 76 to 75.
For the Hornets, they have no way out of this game and must win, otherwise they will completely lose their qualification for the playoffs.
After two minutes of rest, the fourth quarter game began.
As usual, the substitutes will play on the court for a while at the beginning of the fourth quarter to win some rest for the main players.
Therefore, the Trail Blazers did not let Xue Ding play at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
On the Hornets, the Hornets had a full main lineup from the beginning of the fourth quarter, and their main lineup was replaced and rested for about ten minutes in the third quarter.
This means that as long as the game is not suddenly played by the Trail Blazers, the main Hornets player will play for more than 21 minutes in the second half.
Paul is very good at seizing the opportunity. While the Trail Blazers were on the court, Paul led the Hornets to directly overtake the score to 86-79.
In just two minutes of the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers were beaten 9 by the Hornets.
But in this case, Prichard did not call a timeout, nor did he mean to replace the main player.
Seeing that the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, Xue Ding finally couldn't help it and took the initiative to walk to Prichard and demanded to replace him.
But Prichard smiled and patted Xue Ding on the shoulder, saying, "Xue, it's not the time yet. You can sit down and rest for a while. When it's time for you to play, you will naturally call you."
Seeing Prichard's calm look, Xue Ding didn't understand why Prichard did this.
I had to return to the bench in disappointment.
With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Prichard finally called the first timeout.
At this point difference, the Trail Blazers were 8 points behind the Hornets 8-91.
During the timeout, Prichard briefly arranged some tactics for Xue Ding and others, and then replaced the main players other than Roy on the field.
After Xue Ding returned to the court, he easily scored two points against West's defense.
The Hornets' players feel surprisingly better than the first half. Looking back, Paul scored a 21 under Blake's defense!
For this reason, Paul even shouted to Xue Ding: "Rookie, you are still a little too young."
After Paul finished speaking, he proudly walked onto the free throw line and made a free throw.
The next time is when the Trail Blazers are madly fighting back. As the main force of the team, Xue Ding, in addition to scoring his own points, also has to drive his teammates to score.
However, most of the game has passed, and the Trail Blazers have not been able to recover the score difference. The Hornets can quickly respond to every score of the Trail Blazers.
During this period, Xue Ding made 6 of 8 shots by himself, made 2 of 3-pointers, and scored 15 points.
But even so, the Trail Blazers are still 7 points behind the Hornets 101-108.
There are 2 and a half minutes left in the game.
The Hornets called a tactical timeout. Now for them, the victory has almost been achieved. As long as the last two and a half points offense is not silenced and there is no big mistake, the game will definitely be won.
Therefore, during the timeout, the Hornets' head coach has only one tactic, that is, stability, and spend 24 seconds as much as possible. While spending all the time, you must make steady moves and strive to score every goal. Even if you can't score, you must try your best to grab the rebound.
On the side of the Trail Blazers, Pritchard only has one requirement for his players, that is, not to be injured. It seems that in his eyes, the winner and loss of this game are not that important.
After the timeout, the Hornets players started attacking.
Paul and Collison took turns controlling time and suppressing rhythm near the center line.
The Trail Blazers did not choose to defend oppressively, because there are still games now, and once oppressively defending, it is very likely that it will cause fouls.
Now the team's foul numbers are full. As long as you make a foul, it will be a free throw from the Hornets players.
Paul pressed the time to the last 6 seconds before starting the attack. He went directly to the left and threw Blake away in disguise, and suddenly went to the paint area to hook and throw.
"Hey, Paul's little hook is really good." Director Zhang couldn't help but praise Paul's little hook.
"Yes, but after scoring this goal, the Hornets have already led by 9 points. Although there is no problem with the Trail Blazers entering the playoffs, the playoffs has not been finalized yet. I think the Trail Blazers are definitely not willing to meet Kobe's Lakers, so they have to strive to win in this game." Yang Rui said.
"So, let's see if Xue Ding can perform well on the defensive end in a row like in the first half. As long as he can defend the Hornets' two or three attacks and score again, the final outcome of this game is really hard to say." Director Zhang said.
Chapter completed!