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Chapter 10 Five Best Balls!

Chapter 10 Five Best Balls!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Shihao changed his strategy, no longer tried to contain the Nets' offensive line, and began to concentrate on organizing the team's offense.

Under Li Shihao's go-between, the Timberwolves played an 8-2 spurt to overtake the score, and successfully passed the foul-making tactic, calling the brave Yi Jianlian into two fouls, forcing the Nets to replace him.

In this way, Love's pressure in the penalty area is greatly reduced, he can control the rebounds well, provide the team with a second chance to attack, and can also give the team great support on the offensive end, without the restraint of Yi Jianlian , Love moved more and more freely in the penalty area, and his offensive touch was also extremely hot.

For teacher Zhang Lili, who was broadcasting live, he was not so happy. As a senior fan and a die-hard fan, Zhang Lili naturally thought that Li Shihao and Yi Jianlian could both play excellent performances, making this game full of fun and becoming a veritable China Derby!
But Yi Jianlian received two fouls early and was replaced. What is the situation? Can he still watch the football game happily!
The subsequent game fell into a stalemate. Devin Harris fed the ball to Lopez inside again and again. The latter played an amazing performance on the offensive end, dunking, hooking and throwing, constantly showing off his offensive arsenal.

Although Lopez has only played two seasons in the league, he has made rapid progress. His strength should not be underestimated. At 2 meters, he has a solid inside offensive method, and he has always chosen a smart way of playing. The threat in the penalty area is getting stronger.

As a tall and strong white center, although he has problems such as slow pace and insufficient rebound protection, he can cause low-post damage in the penalty area, and his mid-range shots are also extremely accurate. This technical style can be said to be the same as Yao Ming. They are very similar, and many people even think that he is a weakened version of Yao Ming, and even have great expectations for him.

In this game, not only Yi Jianlian was in a hot state, but even Lopez also played a perfect offensive performance. During the period when Yi Jianlian was off the court, he made up for the lack of inside offense.

As the game time continued to pass, the scores of the two teams were constantly being rewritten. Although Li Shihao tried his best to control the team's offensive rhythm and continued to organize the offense to catch up with the score, he still couldn't make up for the lack of the team's inside line.

In this game, the Timberwolves' inside line can be said to be overwhelmed. Al Jefferson has just recovered from his hip injury last season, and his athletic ability has been greatly reduced. Lopez's offense even affected Love.

Love would have no problem defending Yi Jianlian by himself, but when Al Jefferson became an invisible loophole, his situation at the basket became severe. On the offensive end, he had to resist the pressure alone. He will face Yi Jianlian and Lopez's double-team attack, and Jefferson can't give him much help!
This has caused the Timberwolves to be unable to open the situation inside for a long time, and can only rely on outside scoring to maintain the score.When the outside touch gradually cooled down, the Timberwolves fell into a scoring shortage!

91: 98!

The current score is that the Timberwolves are 7 points behind the Nets, but the game has reached the end of the fourth quarter, and there are only 2 minutes and 47 seconds left before the end of the game.

McHale had no choice but to call a long timeout to make the last fight before the end of the game!
He clapped his hands, stared at everyone, and reprimanded in a stern tone: "What's wrong with you, the opposite is the New Jersey Nets, not any playoff team in the East, and you were beaten so embarrassingly by them , look at our offense, look at our inside line, I want to know, are you ready to give up this game! Hmm—”

McHale was extremely angry, and his words could not help but carry a strong smell of gunpowder. This game, which could have been won steadily, turned into this situation, which he did not expect before the game.

Li Shihao gritted his teeth and said, "Head, leave it to me, I think I can save the team with points!"

McHale was stunned when he heard the words, staring at Li Shihao!
If anyone was to say who played the most exhausting game in this game, it would undoubtedly be Kevin Love and Li Shihao. Love withstood the pressure of the two inside and minimized the team's loss in the penalty area. This is undoubtedly a huge contribution!
But McHale deeply understands that the pressure on Li Shihao is no less than that of Love. As a rookie this year, he was identified by the Timberwolves as the core of the outside line early. The pressure and doubts on him are unimaginable to others!

In this game, it can be said that the performance against German Harris was not bad at all, even better than Harris!

But helplessly, the team's inside line was suppressed, and Li Shihao could only work hard to control the offensive rhythm to avoid the score from being further enlarged!
But now, at the critical moment of the game, is it really safe to hand over the key team's offensive rights to a rookie?

Rao McHale also hesitated. Although Li Shihao is the rookie he personally selected this year, he has always been optimistic about him, but he hesitated to make such a bold move.

When he saw Li Shihao's firm eyes, he sighed, reached out and tapped on the tactical board, and said loudly: "In the next game, give the ball to Bruce. In the last time, you try your best to give Bruce Create offensive opportunities!"

Surprise flashed in everyone's eyes, but they still nodded. Everyone saw Li Shihao's performance in this game, and it was all right to hand the ball into his hands!
After Li Shihao controlled the ball for halftime, he sprinted past Harris' defense and made a sudden stop to shoot a jumper. Because the shot was a bit hasty, the arc of the basketball was a bit low. Fortunately, Li Shihao has been practicing jump shots for a long time. Muscle memory Still, this three-pointer fell firmly into the Nets.

The Timberwolves recovered a three-pointer!
Afterwards, Devin Harris organized the offense and passed the ball to Courtney Lee, who was cutting rapidly from the right.

Li Shihao rushed across the half court quickly, received a long throw pass from Love across the half court, held on firmly at the three-point line, and with a sway, tricked Harris, who was chasing him, to take off and block the block. Remember the fadeaway jump shot!
"Clap" a crisp sound!
Then, the beautiful sound of the basketball rolling up the net flower and a sharp whistle sounded at the same time, and the referee signaled that Harris was called a thug foul, and the three-point goal was valid.

Li Shihao took a deep breath, made a steady free throw, and successfully scored 4 points. 98:98, the score was evened!
The entire Target Center was jubilant, and countless Timberwolves fans began to cheer and cheer. At the end of the game, Li Shihao hit two key three-pointers one after another, successfully tying the score.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the head coach of the Nets quickly called a short timeout and began to arrange offensive tactics at the last moment.

At this time, there were only 48 seconds left in the end of the game, and the suspense was left behind!
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