vrcanaries Chapter 500: A Discounted Tracy McGrady Time!
Chapter 500: A Discounted Tracy McGrady Time!
Little Porter didn't slow down at all, but charged straight toward Wang Xiucheng.
He was going to foul Wang Xiucheng right there.
If Wang Xiucheng gets the ball into the attacking third, then we're already in his attacking range.
Instead of doing that, it would be better to foul now and give Wang Xiucheng two points.
When the Nuggets had their meeting yesterday, they discussed how to prevent Wang Xiucheng from scoring in the final minute.
In the end, the only solution they could come up with was to commit a foul.
So whether it was Jokic in the first quarter or Porter Jr. now, they both chose to foul Wang Xiucheng when he was about to take a three-pointer.
It's still a probability issue.
During "Wang's Time," Wang Xiucheng's three-point shooting percentage was 66%, while his free throw percentage was less than 80%.
Seeing Little Potter charging towards him, Wang Xiucheng knew what he was thinking.
Wang Xiucheng wanted to dodge, but it was too late.
However, it's not in Wang Xiucheng's nature to let Porter Jr. "catch" him like that.
So Wang Xiucheng jumped up and threw the ball forward with great force.
Seeing the basketball flying towards him, Porter Jr. instinctively reached out to intercept it.
But in the rush, Porter Jr.'s fingers touched the basketball.
This does nothing except slow down the basketball.
Durant, who was already running towards Wang Xiucheng, seemed slightly surprised for a moment before regaining control of the ball.
"Anticipatory pass!"
Wang Xiucheng used a skill he hadn't used for a while, "anticipating the pass," which made Porter Jr. an indirect facilitator.
Porter Jr., who hadn't managed to steal the ball, had already rushed up to Wang Xiucheng.
Still reeling from the shock of the ball, Porter Jr. gritted his teeth and used all his strength to barely manage to spin half a circle and reach Wang Xiucheng's side without falling on him.
Wang Xiucheng no longer has the ball. If he fouls Wang Xiucheng at this point, it will be a free throw and possession.
Little Potter's passing by meant that he could never catch up with Wang Xiucheng again.
At this moment, Wang Xiucheng crossed the center line in a few quick steps.
Durant shielded Gordon behind him and passed the basketball to Wang Xiucheng hand-to-hand.
Without hesitation, Jokic, positioned at the top of the arc, lunged towards Wang Xiucheng.
There are 6 seconds left.
As a ball of pork belly flew over, Wang Xiucheng took two steps to the side to avoid Jokic's large hand, and then passed the ball to Claxton, who was now unguarded in the paint.
Claxton received the ball, dribbled once, then jumped and slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand.
"what……"
Claxton yelled at a camera outside the baseline.
But he's not stupid; when he jumped off the rim, he intentionally or unintentionally kicked the basketball away.
By this time, the referee had already gone to retrieve the ball, which is why Claxton dared to waste so much time.
"Return to defense!"
Wang Xiucheng shouted.
Claxton stopped mid-sentence and immediately turned to look for Jokic.
62:55.
The Nets' lead has grown to 7 points.
There are 2 seconds left.
Ma Long stood with his arms crossed, a bitter smile on his face.
Just a minute ago, the score was 53 to 52.
The result is now 62 to 55.
The Nuggets scored 3 points in one minute.
The Nets scored 9 points!
Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?
Even more impressively, of those 9 points, Wang Xiucheng made two three-pointers and one free throw.
And he also had an assist.
With this assist, Wang Xiucheng had already scored 28 points and had 11 assists by halftime.
This instantly overshadowed Jokic's 15 points and 10 assists.
beep!
The first half ended when Jokic's shot from the backcourt went out of bounds.
The Nets are currently leading the Nuggets 62-55 at home.
Malone shook his head and walked straight towards the players' tunnel.
Wang Xiucheng plopped down on the bench, took a drink from a uniformed staff member who was waiting there, took a big gulp, caught his breath, and then got up and walked towards the player tunnel with Durant and Westbrook, who had been waiting not far away.
"Welcome back to the live broadcast."
The screen in the Penguin Live room switched to the live broadcast room after the first half of the game ended.
Wang Meng then said loudly, "You may not know this yet, but a set of data has been displayed on the big screen in the Barclays Center. It means that Jokic and Wang Xiucheng are the second and third players after James to get at least 10 points and 10 assists in the first half of the Finals."
"Teacher Yang Yi, is there anything you want to say?"
As the biggest Wang fan in China, Wang Meng knew exactly how Yang Yi felt at this moment.
Yang Yi said directly, "Jokic played a very well-rounded game tonight. In the first half, he had 15 points, 10 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal."
"You could say that Jokic revitalized the entire Nuggets."
"In the history of the NBA, Jokic is indeed the first center of his type to appear."
"Most fans have never seen how players like Chamberlain played."
"So for everyone, Jokic is the number one center."
"Wang Xiucheng of the Nets had an even better performance, with 28 points and 11 assists."
"Especially during the time played by the two kings, they wiped out all the Nuggets' efforts in the first 11 minutes."
"If we were to use an analogy, Wang Xiucheng would have roughly discounted McGrady's 35 seconds and 13 points, and then brought it out to showcase several times in every game."
"The league has never seen a player like Jokic before."
"This is the first time I've seen Wang Xiucheng play this game."
"Have you ever seen a player score in the final minute of every quarter?"
"It's not just one point; it's at least three or four points, and at most seven or eight points!"
"To put it bluntly, Wang Xiucheng only needs to play four minutes per game, and his stats are better than those of more than 90% of the players in the entire league."
Wang Meng and Meina stared wide-eyed at Yang Yi, who was talking non-stop, spitting as he spoke.
It has to be you! No wonder you're the number one Wang fanboy in China!
As a Chinese person, I feel a little embarrassed listening to you praise Wang Xiucheng like this.
……
When Wang Xiucheng returned to the locker room, he casually picked up a banana and ate it, then took off his sneakers to give his feet a break.
Wang Xiucheng took his phone out of his bag and glanced at it.
As usual, the top of the screen showed missed calls or text messages from the sisters.
These older women, even though they know they're competing, keep calling themselves.
When I called them back, my sisters kept saying it was nothing, they just missed me...
So now Wang Xiucheng no longer replies to them during the competition, unless something really happens.
Just as Wang Xiucheng was about to put his phone away, the phone rang.
Wang Xiucheng glanced at it; it was an unfamiliar number.
This phone number is Wang Xiucheng's private number; only the older sisters have it.
Wang Xiucheng rarely receives calls from unfamiliar numbers.
There are actually more nuisance calls in the US than in China, so Wang Xiucheng didn't answer the call.
But less than a minute later, Wang Xiucheng's phone rang again, and it was the same call from before.
Based on Wang Xiucheng's experience, if someone really wanted to call his phone, they would call multiple times in a short period of time.
Harassing calls are usually made only once.
So this time, Wang Xiu took over.
Wang Xiucheng, however, remained silent.
"Wang Xiucheng? This is Fan Bing. Can I ask you for a favor?"