basketball god

Chapter 42 Grizzlies vs. Magic

"Good audience friends, the intermission is over, let's go back to the game, we saw that players from both sides have already appeared on the field, and the Grizzlies attacked first in the second half." Kenny Smith said.

"That's right. It's worth mentioning that Yang Zhan, the focus of the game, scored 30 points in the first half. However, the Magic's outside touch is also very good today, which led to a stalemate between the two sides." Barkley responded.

"Hey, we saw Pau Gasol holding the ball at the free throw line, Yang Zhan came out from the right corner, the two passed the ball hand in hand, Gasol made a pick and roll on the spot, let's see how Yang Zhan will choose." Kenny Smith explained.

"At the three-point line at the top of the arc, he made a shot and hit a three-pointer. It was very straightforward. His personal score reached 33 points. From this ball, we can see that his touch is still hot." Barkley explained.

"The Magic attacked. Grant Hill held the ball at the top of the arc and called a pick-and-roll. With the help of Howard's screen, he formed a dislocation and passed Gasol in one step."

"Facing Eddie Jones' supplementary defense, Hill passed the ball to Mike Miller in the left corner, made the shot, and hit an open three-pointer."

"Hey, I can't let this go. Although the Magic team is accurate today, he is the most accurate today. Counting the one just now, he made all 4 shots from outside the three-point line." Barkley had a sad expression on his face, and he was really full of emotion.

"Facing his old club, Mike Miller performed really well today. This is the last bit of fig leaf for the Orlando Magic in the draft," said Kenny Smith.

"No! No! No! Kenny, you must know that Mike Miller was selected by the Magic with the fifth overall pick in the first round in 2000, so it should be said that the Grizzlies traded their players for Yang Zhan." Barkley looked like he didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement. It can be said that he said this, and I don't know how many media will answer questions to discredit the Magic tomorrow.

Back in the game, Yang Zhan, who dribbled the ball across the half court, stepped into the three-point line with Eddie Jones' pick-and-roll, made a mid-range shot, and hit a long two-pointer.

Immediately after the Magic team attacked, Grant, facing Sean Battier's defense, simply swayed left and right, and suddenly broke out and took a step past Battier.

Because of Hedo Turkoglu's three-point shooting ability, he has already taken the Grizzlies out at the 4th position.

Grant Hill, who rushed in, was in a 2-on-1 situation, and then lightly tossed the basketball into the air. Howard jumped high, followed by a powerful dunk with both hands.

This offensive Yang Zhan watched the whole process. Although Battier did not defend, he is not the "president" of later generations, and he is also a skilled defender. ,
And what surprised Yang Zhan even more was Grant Hill, who was known as the man with the fastest first step in history, even at this age, he was still so fast.

The two sides came and went, with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score of the two teams reached a 90:90 tie, and the Grizzlies called a timeout.

Two minutes later, the two sides played again, and the Magic's lineup at this time was .

Point guard: Jameer Nelson, shooting guard: Mike Miller, small forward: Grant Hill, power forward: Hedo Turkoglu, center: Dwight Howard.

This lineup is a bit like the one-star four-shot lineup of the later Magic. Except for Howard, the lowest three-pointer is Grant Hill, with a 25% three-pointer percentage.

And the lineup of the Grizzlies was also a running and bombing lineup at the time. The coaches of both sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, that is, they wanted to fight the bayonet in the last 5 minutes to see whoever's hand fell first, and whoever was finished!

Yang Zhan, who got the ball, started to speed up at the first time, and then used his height advantage to pass Nelson in one step. Facing Howard's defense, Yang Zhan who was on the move saw Lorenzen White who was following up from the left.

Boom, ding, two voices sounded at the same time.

"Oh! My God, this ball is too morale-boosting. At this critical moment, Yang Zhan made a dunk and caused a foul by Howard's thug." Kenny Smith yelled passionately.

"Let's see how the free throws are going! Oh! Roar! The boos of the audience, I don't know if it's Yang Zhan who walked to the free throw line, or the management of the Magic." Barkley continued to tease the Magic.

At this moment, Yang Zhan had no expression on his face, took two shots of the ball, took a deep breath, made a shot, made a hit, successfully scored 3 points, and his personal score reached 53 points.

"There is one minute left in the time, but the scores of the two teams are still very anxious. Now the score is 1:95. Audience friends may have a lore in this game." Kenny Smith said excitedly
"Let's look at the Magic's offense. The Grizzlies defended very well. It's almost 24 seconds and there is no time to stop shooting. Grant Hill made a shot, shot at the buzzer, and hit a three-pointer."

"Grant Hill! This shot was shot against Battier, with a 25% hit rate. Except for the two center forwards, he is the lowest in the game. What a big heart." Kenny Smith caught Grant Hill and boasted.

"95:98 Now the pressure is on the Grizzlies side, let's see how they attack, long pass! The backcourt quarterback long pass from Yang Zhan, to Eddie Jones in the right corner, shot from outside the three-point line, hit, the leader of the Grizzlies' locker room, 98:98, the two sides returned to the same starting line again." Barkley explained loudly.

"I have to say that the perimeter defense of the Grizzlies lineup is really good. This time the defense will have another 24 violation. The Magic picks and rolls, and the ball falls into Hill's hands. Facing Yang Zhan's defense, how will he attack and shoot? Another pull-up jumper, in the same position as the last one, eh! Short, the ball hit the front of the basket." Kenny Smith said with a look of regret.

"Wait a minute! Howard, boom, the dunk was successful. Howard was too strong. He didn't get stuck in a good position. Lorenzen White insisted on pushing the ball in. The score came to 100:98. With 15 seconds left, the Grizzlies still have a chance," Barkley explained.

Although the Grizzlies still have a chance, they have no timeout. After getting the ball, Yang Zhan glanced at Nelson, who gave Yang Zhan a gesture.

Yang Zhan controlled the ball across the half court, looked at Grant Hill who was defending him, Yang Zhan took the ball to the left 45° angle.

"This position is the position that Hill missed in the face of Yang Zhan just now. What is he going to do? Audience friends, the lore may be coming." Smith and Barkley both focused on explaining.

With 6 seconds left on the timer, Yang Zhan suddenly took two steps to the left and pulled back beyond the three-point line.

Immediately afterwards, he made a fake move of worshiping Buddha. Although Hill did not take off, it already made his center of gravity unstable.

Then Yang Zhan broke through to the left and took a step inside the three-point line. Hill quickly chased back. At this time, Yang Zhan suddenly stopped and retreated back outside the three-point line.

This shake made Hill stagger, if he hadn't supported the floor with his hands, he might have been shaken down.

But at this moment, Yang Zhan, who was already empty in front of him, made a shot at the buzzer from outside the three-point line, swiped!A three-pointer was hit.

Yang Zhan was instantly surrounded by his teammates. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, they were still shouting and cheering wildly.

(End of this chapter)