Chapter 27 The situation is reversed

Author: Feng Yuanhua

Chapter 27 The situation is reversed

Near the free throw line, the unguarded Cato received the ball.

At this time, he has many options. He can take one step to easily layup, or he can directly shoot from mid-range.

However, the moment he received the ball, Cato was a little panicked, or a little unprepared.

At the beginning, he really wanted to take a direct shot from mid-range, but when he thought about his hit rate, it was a bit uncertain!

In the end, he still did not shoot directly, but chose to take a step and shoot under the basket.

It's just that big players' movements are inherently slow, and Cato's movements are even slower.

By this time, the Sonics had already completed their defense change.

Wang Hao immediately appeared next to Cato and prevented him from putting the ball into the basket.

Cato was obviously anxious and wanted to push Wang Hao away. He lowered his waist and exerted force, but failed to push Wang Hao away.

Wang Hao's strength in confrontation was not bad, and with his lower center of gravity, he was able to resist Cato.

Not only that, facing the clumsy Cato, as soon as he stretched out his hand, the advantage of his wingspan was revealed.

"Snapped!"

After slapping the basketball, Shamond quickly launched a counterattack with quick eyesight and quick hands.

Although Shamond's speed is much different from Francis's, compared to others, he is really not slow.

Not only is his speed not slow, but his physical fitness is not bad, facing an empty basket, he directly chose to dunk.

Although not as powerful as Francis, it is still a very good tomahawk chop.

11:6

After two consecutive meetings without scoring, the Sonics have slightly opened up the score.

When Francis received the serve and dribbled the ball across half court, he inadvertently glanced at Tomjanovich, and the meaning was clear.

Is this why you asked me to organize an attack?

Francis is actually not a very vicious player. Of course, if you want to say how good he is at organizing offense, that would definitely be a lie.

The season in which Francis averaged the most assists per game in his career was only seven.

Moreover, this was after he was traded to the Magic, and the ball rights were basically concentrated in his hands.

Even Marbury, who is known as the lone wolf, has often averaged more than 8 assists per game in his career as a point guard.

Of course, this is not to say that Francis plays more uniquely. In fact, he is not a traditional point guard, nor is he good at organizing offense.

However, it is not that easy to get Francis to share the ball.

He is only willing to share the ball with those players who are capable and recognized by him, such as Mobley and Yao Ming.

At this moment, Francis was very reluctant to pass the ball. Even if he passed the ball, his teammates would not be able to score, so he might as well do it himself.

I have to say that he is worthy of being named the best player in the rookie game with Elton Brand. He was at the top when he debuted!

It's still Francis who holds the ball and attacks, and he's still facing the Sonics' double-team.

This time, Francis found an opportunity to take advantage of Jelani's slow speed and take action early.

It was not an obvious opportunity. Facing the two SuperSonics players, Francis still made a mid-range pull-up jump shot.

The difficulty of this ball was quite high, but he managed to make it.

Not only that, in the next attack, Francis even hit an unreasonable three-pointer.

Reuben Patterson was clearly standing in front of him, but Francis raised his hand and threw it away without any scruples.

Wang Hao was also not to be outdone. He took advantage of the opportunity to run out and faked Kenny Thomas and went straight to the basket.

After attracting Matt Bullard's defense, he decisively chose to pass the ball, and Lewis missed the shot in the open space.

Originally, this was not a big deal, after all, everyone has bad feelings sometimes.

But the problem is, Lewis missed a layup, Jelani grabbed an offensive rebound and failed to make a pass. At the end of the first quarter, Lewis missed another open three-pointer.

At this time, Wang Hao looked up and saw 23:21.

The Sonics are only ahead by two points, and even these two points are quite uncertain, and they can overtake at any time.

"Hey guys, we did a good job in the first quarter and found a lot of opportunities, let's keep it up.

But, we also need to improve, that is when those damn balls are thrown into the basket, we need to score equally."

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"Good goal, beautiful goal!"

They say that when a house leaks, it rains all night. This is indeed the case. The defense, which was originally good, also has problems.

On Mosaic's side, Nick Allen, who came on as a substitute, hit a three-pointer as soon as he came on, leading the score.

At this time, Wang Hao was sitting on the bench recovering his strength.

In fact, at this time, Wang Hao already felt that something was wrong. His teammates were in poor condition.

Sure enough, at the end of the half, the Sonics trailed by 3 points.

In the third quarter, Wang Hao hit two consecutive three-pointers, only to be beaten back by Francis.

71:78

When the third quarter ended, the Sonics were still trailing by 7 points, which even lasted into the fourth quarter.

On the SuperSonics team, except for Wang Hao, everyone else's offensive status is not very good.

Especially Lewis and Shamond, who are currently second and third in points per game, both only scored 7 points today.

On the other hand, Mosaic's main force performed mediocrely, but someone on the bench stepped up!

Maybe it was fatigue caused by continuous games, or maybe it was nervousness, but everyone didn't perform very well anyway.

Originally, they were able to establish a large enough advantage in the first quarter.

But no one expected that the situation would be reversed, and there were only 6 minutes left before the end of the game.

"A 7-point difference, with 6 full minutes left, is not a big difference."

"It is true that three goals or four goals can catch up the score, but can the SuperSonics do it?

Except for Wang, everyone else's performance was average, and it's not easy for them to score in the fourth quarter."

"Perhaps, they can only count on Wang to play like Jordan!"

"Get rid of it, Mosaic will not give such a chance."

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The words of the two commentators fell into the ears of the Sonics players.

To be honest, when they heard this, many people lowered their heads unconsciously. After all, the fight was so bad.

"Okay, we still have a chance, remember this, the tactics we will use later will be like this..."

Hearing that Coach Field was still arranging tactics, Wang Hao was a little helpless. It was not a matter of tactics now.

Moreover, the players' condition and confidence are issues. Because of their poor condition, their confidence is frustrated.

If you don't have confidence, you won't dare to make moves or fight on the court, which will result in a worse state.

There was no way, Field was just an assistant coach after all, and it was probably the first time he encountered this kind of thing, and he was probably upset.

If it were an experienced coach, psychological counseling would be the most important at this time compared to tactical arrangements.

Boosting morale is sometimes more important to a coach than the ability to direct tactics.
Chapter completed!