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Chapter 240 The Final Battle (End)

The game quickly entered the last 3 minutes, and the Timberwolves still maintained a 6-point lead.According to the NBA's definition, in the fourth quarter and overtime, when the two teams are within 5 points with 5 minutes left in the game, the period is called a critical moment, even though the Timberwolves have a slightly larger lead. At the end of the day, there is not much time left, but we still cannot take it lightly.

The pressure on Xu Hao's shoulders is naturally the greatest among the Timberwolves players.His previous outstanding performance has greatly attracted the Blazers' defense. Now McMillan no longer dares to let him continue to attack with the ball. As long as the ball is in his hands, the Blazers will immediately have players step forward to double-team, without giving Xu a chance to attack. Hao has the opportunity to direct his teammates' movements, let alone assist his teammates in shooting.

McHale made a decisive decision and replaced Brewer with Sessions. At this time, the Blazers had already begun to guard against the Timberwolves' fast-break counterattack. The role of Er seems to be not so great.On the contrary, it would be better to let Sessions play. Maybe he will become a defensive loophole in the lineup, but it can liberate Xu Hao and let him have more time to score points.Of course, Sessions' organizational ability cannot be compared with Xu Hao's, but he can still complete the task of dribbling the ball across the half court and handing the ball to the right person at the right time to score.

The appearance of Sessions made the Trail Blazers ecstatic. They thought that the Timberwolves were asking for trouble, and that they had opened a hole in their defense that could be exploited. They deserved to lose.

Regardless of physical fitness or defensive skills, there is a big gap between Sessions and Xu Hao. Roy's offense with the ball is also difficult to encounter. His breakthroughs quickly became sharp, which also made his face There was a smile on his face.

But the smile soon faded, because Roy was horrified to find that Xu Hao began to shuttle through the team's defensive system as before, looking for every opportunity to take action.At this time, Roy felt a little lucky. Now that it was the final decisive moment, Xu Hao's hit rate must have dropped due to the heavy consumption of physical strength. But he soon discovered that he was wrong, and it was outrageous. It seems that The Chinese who are not strong are like perpetual motion machines.

Xu Hao didn't care what his opponent was thinking at all. He just kept sprinting, sprinting, and sprinting again, trying hard to find every possible loophole, appearing in every potentially useful gap, and then as long as the ball was passed to his hands, he would receive it. It was a shot straight to the heart, and the hit rate was quite high. It made no difference whether there was a defender in front of him or not.

Xu Hao didn't rest for a few minutes in this game, and he also felt a little heavy in his legs, but this didn't have much impact on him. His arms were still steady when he shot, and he didn't see any signs of fatigue at all. .The whole Blazers team looked at him with puzzled and confused eyes. Is this still a rookie?He is a top guard in the league!
But the Blazers still didn't intend to surrender, and Roy started to explode in silence.Sessions was completely unable to stop his breakthrough, and DeAndre Jordan on the inside was also caught off guard. Roy beat him to a 2+1, and he accumulated 5 personal fouls. If he fouled again, he would have to leave the game and become a spectator.Roy made a steady extra throw at the free throw line, turned around and ran away without looking at Xu Hao.

Jordan's face looked very ugly. He only had one last chance to commit a foul. This means that in the next two minutes or so, the Blazers players will definitely continue to try to hit the basket and draw fouls, trying to get him out of the way. Get off the field.

Xu Hao patted him on the shoulder and said calmly: "Relax, don't be so nervous, just pay attention. We will also help you next. You just need to restrain yourself and not be impulsive, okay?" Xiao Jordan gritted his teeth and nodded. nodded.

Sure enough, the Blazers players increased the frequency of attacking the basket, obviously targeting DeAndre Jordan.But the other players of the Timberwolves are like sacrificing their lives to block the hole of the gun. As long as the opponent deliberately commits a foul, they will take the foul on themselves before Jordan.Love, in particular, is not an interior player who likes to defend much, and he is always distracted by Aldridge who pulls out to shoot when nothing happens. But whenever someone breaks into the interior, he will resolutely recover it. Assist Jordan in protecting the basket, leaving Aldridge to his teammates to defend, even if Aldridge hits a mid-range shot.

The protection of his teammates made Jordan feel ashamed. Seeing that time was getting shorter and shorter, he became more active, constantly using his long arms and big hands to interfere with the Blazers players' layups, and tried his best to avoid physical contact, and continued to shoulder the responsibility. The important task of protecting the frame.

The Timberwolves' timely response made the Blazers players frown. Now the opponent's three-second zone is almost heavily guarded. Continuing to go to the basket is tantamount to asking for trouble. They have no choice but to choose to believe in their own hands.However, it is absolutely impossible for the Timberwolves to allow them to shoot easily. Although everyone is very tired, they still work hard to interfere with each other's every shot.

It wasn't until there were 37.1 seconds left in the game that the Trail Blazers scored their first sports goal. At this time, the Timberwolves were already leading by 7 points, which almost sentenced them to death.But Roy still didn't give up. He simply imitated Xu Hao, dribbling to the top of the key and hitting a three-pointer. The key was that the three-pointer went in, and the difference between the two sides became 4 points.

This point difference gave the Blazers team hope, but soon they fell into an ice hole.Logically, the Timberwolves should play steadily, but Xu Hao did the opposite. After receiving the ball in the backcourt, Xu Hao rushed all the way. Before the Trail Blazers players could react, he rushed to the three-point line and faced Batum. The defense easily hit a three-pointer, and the point difference returned to 7 points.

At this time, there are only 25.3 seconds left before the end of the game. In desperation, the Blazers can only resort to foul tactics.Although they focused their fouls on Jordan, Love grabbed consecutive rebounds and didn't waste free throw opportunities after being fouled, completely killing the possibility of the Blazers' reversal in the cradle.With 8.3 seconds left, the Blazers did not intend to foul. At this time, they were already behind by 8 points, and there was no point in fouling again. They could only accept the fact of failure helplessly.

When the final whistle sounded, the score was fixed at 95-87. Ellington threw the basketball into the sky, howled, rushed over and hugged Xu Hao tightly, and the entire target center turned into a sea of ​​joy. .Playoffs, the Timberwolves are coming!

(End of this chapter)