dognovel Chapter 80 LaVine's powerful dunk, provoking Wang Xiucheng
Chapter 80 LaVine's powerful dunk, provoking Wang Xiucheng
The second quarter begins.
Both the Rockets and Bulls had their bench players on the court.
The Rockets' Wood almost single-handedly carried the team, accounting for nearly all of the points and most of the rebounds.
When the game went into an official timeout, the Rockets trailed the Bulls 40-49, a deficit of 9 points.
Wood plopped down on the bench, panting heavily.
I'm so damn tired!
He misses his good brother, Porter Jr., terribly.
If he had a little Porter, he wouldn't be working himself to the bone like a grandson.
As for handing possession of the ball to the substitutes, forget about it.
During the pause, the big screen was replaying the scene from the first segment where Wang Xiucheng collided with the cameraman.
This time, however, it was a playback shot taken from an upward angle by the photographer.
The image of Wang Xiucheng turning back to the camera and winking at the camera with concern instantly captured the hearts of many female fans at the scene.
How can someone be so gentle and handsome?
Many fans started screaming and took out their phones to capture the image on the big screen, keeping it forever on their phones.
Ma Xiaoxuan stared at the scene, mesmerized.
Falling in love with someone often happens in an instant.
She never thought she would fall in love with this younger brother.
She has never been interested in people younger than herself.
But what's wrong with my heart beating so fast today?
Ma Wei leaned closer, looking at Ma Xiaoxuan who was intently watching the big screen, and suddenly chuckled twice: "Don't you find my brother Wang very charming?"
Ma Xiaoxuan immediately realized what was happening and composed herself.
“He’s just a little kid, what charm does he have?” Ma Xiaoxuan shook her head and stopped looking at the big screen.
The timeout was over, and Wang Xiucheng stood up, a white towel slipping off his shoulder.
Green Shenjing and the others also stood up along with Wang Xiucheng.
The Rockets' momentum suddenly changed, even though they were the losing side.
The game begins again.
Rockets offense.
Wang Xiucheng dribbled forward, and just past the center line, he was unexpectedly surrounded by the energetic Ball LaVine and the defensively skilled Caruso.
Three people attacking from both sides!
Six arms suddenly surrounded Wang Xiucheng in the center corner.
Wang Xiucheng couldn't retreat even a step, otherwise he would be back on the line.
Wang Xiucheng bent down and placed the ball between his legs, trying to prevent others from reaching it.
Silas's eyes widened, and he immediately tried to pause.
But the referees' attention was focused on the incident, and no one paid any attention to Silas.
The encirclement by Bauer and his teammates was getting smaller and smaller, and Wang Xiucheng's space to move around was also shrinking rapidly. In the end, he would only be able to steal the ball.
The four people were huddled together, and not only the fans in the stadium, but even the referee dared not blow the whistle, and could only wait and see.
A series of gasps rang out from the crowd. Was Wang Xiucheng finally about to lose possession?
$11, is it finally going to be taken away?
Just as the fans were thinking this, Wang Xiucheng, who was stuck in the dead corner of the midline, suddenly jumped out to the sideline.
All three of them immediately tried to intercept Wang Xiucheng's pass.
At this point, Wang Xiucheng had only one option: to jump out of bounds to pass the ball, or to try to smash the ball against them and pray that it would go out of bounds.
Wang Xiucheng chose the former. As he flew out, he saw behind the three of them a vast, empty grassland.
Green, Shen Jing and the others' positions immediately came into view.
Wang Xiucheng swung his hand, and the basketball flew in an arc to Green, who was running towards him.
Green clearly hadn't expected Wang Xiucheng to be able to pass the ball out under these circumstances.
Green received the ball instinctively, paused for half a second, and then turned around and rushed towards the basket.
Shen Jing held Vucevic firmly, preventing him from leaving his body.
Green jumped without any hindrance and slammed the ball into the basket.
If the pincer attack succeeds, a counterattack can be launched immediately.
But if you fail and the opponent passes the ball out, then there will definitely be an open opportunity.
Therefore, being caught in a pincer movement is a double-edged sword.
Paul Lavin and the others shook their heads in disappointment.
If we fail to intercept Wang Xiucheng's ball this time, it will be even more difficult to do so again using this method.
Sure enough, those 11 dollars weren't so easy to get!
The Bulls started their offense, and LaVine created space and hit a three-pointer to stabilize the score.
The Rockets immediately responded with a three-pointer from Gordon.
Both sides had decent offenses, but defensively, neither seemed able to stop the other's key player.
LaVine and Ball of the Bulls almost always managed to score.
Under Wang Xiucheng's leadership, the Rockets were actually closing the gap in the score little by little.
With two minutes left in the first half, Gordon missed a three-pointer for the Rockets, Vucevic grabbed the rebound, and immediately passed it to LaVine in front of him.
LaVine was like a supercar, dribbling the ball like a gust of wind, shaking off Green and driving to the three-point line.
After taking a big step, LaVine placed one foot on the free-throw line, tucked the basketball into his waist with both hands, and then jumped high into the air.
All the fans knew what was going to happen, and those who were prepared had already turned on their phones and pointed them at LaVine.
LaVine dribbled the basketball in front of him in mid-air, and then with a thud, he slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand.
A windmill dunk at the free-throw line!
After landing, LaVine immediately turned around, found Wang Xiucheng, and pointed at him in the distance.
The large screen above the stadium immediately showed Wang Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng, hands on his hips, also feigned surprise.
Everyone knows that this was a challenge initiated by LaVine on site.
It's even a provocation!
Every time Wang Xiucheng completes a free throw line dunk during a game, LaVine will record a video and post it online to show that he can do it too.
Everyone is waiting for the All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, waiting for Wang Xiucheng and LaVine to have their showdown on that biggest stage.
But now it seems that the competition between the two sides can be brought forward.
Many fans applauded, partly for LaVine and partly to encourage Wang Xiucheng.
In Chinese parlance, it means "to enjoy watching a good show and not mind making things worse."
Wang Xiucheng smiled, went to the baseline to receive the ball, and the game continued.
That dunk just now puts the Bulls up 62-50, a 12-point lead over the Rockets.
And there were less than 2 minutes left.
After running down the clock, Wang Xiucheng set a screen, entered the paint, and prepared to shoot. As Caruso came over to help defend, he passed the ball to Gordon on the perimeter.
Gordon pulled up and shot, but unfortunately it didn't go in.
Shen Jing grabbed the rebound and passed the ball back to Wang Xiucheng on the outside.
After receiving the ball, Wang Xiucheng paused for a moment, then passed it like a cannonball to Green in the corner.
Green took a three-pointer, but it missed.
Vucevic grabbed the rebound this time and immediately passed it to Ball.
Ball carried Wang Xiucheng all the way to the paint and scored two points with a bank shot.
The Bulls led 64-50, a 14-point advantage.
There are 1 minute and 12 seconds left.
Shen Jing served the ball, and Wang Xiucheng slowly dribbled forward. In the final moments, when the 8 seconds were almost up, Wang Xiucheng had just crossed the halfway line.
After a few more seconds, Shen Jing came out to cover for Wang Xiucheng.
Wang Xiucheng dribbled past Shen Jing and entered the paint.
Caruso came over to help defend again.
Wang Xiucheng pulled the ball between his legs, took a step back, gathered the ball, and threw it.
Wang Xiucheng, with both feet just outside the three-point line, made his first three-pointer of the day.
Caruso tried his best to block the shot; he felt his fingernail touch the ball.
This led the experienced Caruso to conclude that the ball wouldn't go in!
But before he could land, Caruso heard a whoosh behind him.
Three points, in!