Chapter 331 The decisive moment

Author: Feng Yuanhua

Chapter 331 The decisive moment

Peja made continuous moves and even received pick-and-roll coverage from his teammates, finally allowing him to find a chance.

Forty-five degrees to the left, he received a pass from Divac.

However, at this time, Wang Hao had already arrived as quickly as possible.

Peja raised his hand to shoot, and Wang Hao quickly jumped up to block the shot.

Sure enough, it was a fake move. Peja used a false shot and directly knocked Wang Hao away.

As a famous shooter, Peja naturally knows how to defend people to interfere with his shooting.

Seeing Wang Hao flying behind him, Peja didn't waste any time and shot directly.

However, just behind where he couldn't see, Wang Hao was already jumping high again after landing.

His excellent wingspan was revealed at this time, and one of his big hands directly pressed on the basketball.

Christie knew how to leave some room, how could Wang Hao not know?

Very similar opening tactics, and even the execution process of the tactics are surprisingly similar.

Unfortunately, the result was different.

To put it bluntly, when Peja handles the ball, his method is too single and he relies too much on shooting.

In today's NBA, there are actually many pitchers like Peja.

When his shot is most comfortable, actually when he first receives the ball, he makes a slight adjustment and shoots directly.

The second adjustment, even asking him to dribble, would be embarrassing.

I looked at Wang Hao and then at Peja. They were both using similar tactics, but the results were much different.

Wang Hao didn't give everyone much time to shock. After he completed the block, he immediately launched a counterattack.

Christie is still on the baseline on the other side, which is his offensive position. There are Mike Bibby and Divac in the high post.

Wang Hao pushed forward with all his strength. After stepping into the three-point line, he looked back and saw that Mike Bibby was still far away.

And it doesn't help that there's only one Mike Bibby.

He dunked the ball into the basket very cleanly without making too many fancy moves, which was unnecessary.

Anyway, it's only two points, and it's not like you can get three points for a wonderful deduction.

5:0

Mike Bibby looked helpless, Peja also looked helpless, and Adelaina looked even more helpless.

Even so, he had to stand up and signal to Mike Bibby to change his tactics.

Next, the Kings will no longer play around Peja, but will use him to involve him and open up space.

To be honest, this is very unacceptable to Adelman.

It is true that Peja is a pitcher, but he is a pitcher who can be used as a regular tactician.

In his opinion, in addition to comprehensiveness, when it comes to shooting alone, Peja is actually not as good as Larry Bird.

Such a pitcher should be able to change the opponent's defensive strategy.

In the game against the Mavericks, Peja did it once, which troubled the Mavericks quite a bit.

But now, it is no longer possible.

Peja's personal performance was completely suppressed by Wang Hao, and he seemed to have no solution at all.

At this time, Adelman could only give up.

It is very wasteful to let Peja be a shooter standing on the outside waiting for the ball from his teammates.

But when Wang Hao was on defense, he was forced to do this!

"Oh, this is not a foul, it is a block!"

In the next attack, the Kings finally found an opportunity, and Chris Webber turned around and succeeded.

Even if Lewis works hard to win over Chris Webber, it won't be that easy.

Wang Hao helped defend in time and blocked the basketball, but the foul was not called.

To be honest, for a moment, the shadow of the last game here almost seemed to cast its shadow.

"No problem, it's not a big problem. Keep going to the next one!"

Wang Hao did not go to the referee again, but spoke immediately. He could not bear the burden mentally.

And he did what he said.

In the offense, he still got the chance first by running without the ball. This time, he broke through very simply.

Facing Divac's help, Wang Hao jumped high, then waited for Divac to fall before putting the basketball into the basket.

Sure enough, as Michael Jordan said, shooting is not easy!

7:2

A 5-point advantage was established at the beginning, and Wang Hao even scored 7 points, scaring the Kings into having to adjust their defensive tactics.

Christie once again proved that he could not guard against Wang Hao.

When various double-teams from the Kings came one after another, Wang Hao started passing the ball with a clear mind.

The SuperSonics players did not stretch their hips and put the ball into the basket again and again.

17:9

At 7 minutes and 22 seconds into the game, the SuperSonics had established an 8-point advantage.

Gary Payton made an air cut and suddenly collided with Divac.

In fact, there was no collision, Gary Payton stopped very accurately, and scored the ball with a small floater.

This goal was scored, and the SuperSonics' advantage would reach double digits.

You know, this is just the first quarter of the game, and it may directly destroy the confidence of the Kings.

Even if you can't break your confidence, chasing points from behind is very tiring, both mentally and physically.

"Beep!"

However, at this moment, the referee's whistle sounded, and his gesture pointed to Gary Payton without hesitation.

Look at the referee's gesture and hit someone with the ball!

Gary Payton covered his head and everyone was stunned. If the contact with the corner of his clothes can be considered as hitting someone with the ball, he did hit someone.

Gary Payton didn't even appeal to the referee because he knew that it was impossible to change the decision.

Sure enough, there is still a home field advantage.

I just don't know if the referee made the decision intentionally or because of the pressure of the Kings' home atmosphere.

"Go back to defense, come back to defense, listen up, guard this ball!"

At this moment, Wang Hao's voice sounded again, making demands to his teammates with great determination.

To be honest, at that moment, the SuperSonics players really had some mental fluctuations.

Just out of anger and worried about this game.

However, after hearing Wang Hao's voice, I didn't know why, but I felt an inexplicable peace of mind.

On defense, the Sonics worked hard, especially Gary Payton, who directly interfered with Mike Bibby's pass.

This directly gave Wang Hao and Turkoglu a chance to compete for the floor ball.

In fact, because Wang Hao was guarding Turkoglu, Turkoglu was closer to the outside and closer to the basketball.

But just when Turkoglu was about to bend down to pick up the ball, Wang Hao flew directly from behind.

That is to say, Turkoglu has a good feel for the ball, and his timely reaction also allowed him to control the ball.

As for Wang Hao, he suppressed the ball very violently and then snatched it away forcefully.

Finally, the referee gave the ball a scrimmage.

Turkoglu is taller, but Wang Hao has a longer wingspan and better jumping.

Without any surprise, Wang Hao won the ball.

In fact, this was a mistake by the Kings, a mistake made by the Sonics through defense and returned to the Kings.

At the end of the first quarter, the SuperSonics still led by 7 points.

As for the refereeing issue, Wang Hao could see that it was slightly biased towards the Kings, but not much.

However, the Kings did rely on free throws to hold on to the point difference and were not further opened up.
To be continued...