Chapter 115 Super Reversal(2/2)
Nowitzki couldn't beat Sun Yi in singles, so he had to let Terry and Josh Howard take turns playing singles.
This time Josh Howard faced Maggette's defense and hit a difficult fadeaway jumper.
However, the Warriors were already prepared. Randolph immediately picked up the basketball, retreated to the baseline and passed it to Sun Yi.
Sun Yi immediately launched a quick counterattack after receiving the ball.
The Mavericks still retreated very quickly, giving the Warriors no chance for a fast break.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi immediately slowed down.
When he dribbled the ball to the top of the key, he was double-teamed by two players from the Mavericks, and was a little confused.
"I'm just a rookie, how can I be double-teamed!"
Sun Yi complained about the Mavericks' shameless behavior in his heart, and then passed the ball out.
Curry received the pass and made a fake shot. Seeing that he couldn't deceive the veteran Kidd, he felt a little disappointed, so he could only fake it and shoot the ball.
Kidd didn't react and had no time to step forward to interfere.
He couldn't understand why the rookie in front of him was so confident. Could he really make a few blind shots?!
After a while, the fans responded to Kidd's doubts.
You can really score with a few blind throws!
In this game, Curry's touch is simply explosive and he has already made 8 three-pointers.
After scoring, Curry waved his right arm and retreated in a circle.
Looking back, Terry took advantage of the screen mismatch to face Curry and hit a mid-range jumper.
Immediately afterwards, the Mavericks still flanked Sun Yi in advance, denying him a chance to enter the three-point line.
In this round, Curry showed confidence, making some wild shots and twisting his body in the air to shoot three-pointers.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
The Mavericks protected the backcourt rebound, and Kidd immediately passed the ball forward after receiving the ball.
After Terry received the pass, he rushed to the basket and hit an easy layup.
This was one of the few defensive counterattacks the Mavericks had in this game.
In the subsequent games, Sun Yi was double-teamed and could not score easily. Curry was also tightly guarded and could not hit another three-pointer. He could only rely on other teammates to score to close the gap.
The Mavericks' shooting percentage was not high either. After the Warriors increased their defensive intensity, their singles shooting percentage dropped sharply and they failed to widen the point difference again.
Just like that, the third quarter ended, and the score displayed on the big screen was 80 to 72. The Mavericks led by 8 points entering the fourth quarter.
After the inter-section break, the fourth quarter begins.
At the beginning, Sun Yi did not give the Mavericks a chance to double-team, and directly squeezed Marion away, rushed into the penalty area and made a powerful dunk, narrowing the point difference to only 6 points.
The Mavericks responded immediately, with Nowitzki supporting from the high post.
Josh Howard quickly ran over, received the pass hand-in-hand, bypassed the screen and broke through to the basket, pulled the lever to avoid Randolph's interference, and hit the layup on the board.
The Warriors served the ball quickly. After receiving the ball, Sun Yi quickly dribbled forward, made a forward change of direction and passed Marion who stepped forward to block him, and quickly broke through into the penalty area.
Dampier immediately stepped forward to cover up the defense, but Sun Yi easily passed him like a stumbling block.
Sun Yi came to the basket and made an easy layup, scoring another 2 points.
On the Warriors bench, Nelson and assistant coach Smart exchanged some information.
"Sun's ball-holding ability seems to have improved a lot, old man, do you know?"
Old Nelson was a little confused and asked the assistant coach Smart on the side.
"I don't know anything, maybe it's just extraordinary performance!" Smart replied.
After hearing this, Old Nelson nodded and agreed with this reason, otherwise he would not be able to explain it clearly.
On the court, the Mavericks failed to hit this attack, and the Warriors launched a defensive counterattack.
Sun Yi attracted the defense and assisted Maggette to successfully attack the frame, narrowing the point difference to only 4 points.
Seeing that the Warriors are about to catch up, Nowitzki, as the team leader, must stand up.
In this round, he overcame his psychological shadow, posted up Sun Yi, and turned around to shoot a fadeaway jumper.
Although Sun Yi defended very well, Nowitzki still put the ball into the basket.
Before the Mavericks players could recover, Sun Yi quickly dribbled the ball forward.
Maggette stepped forward and interfered with Josh Howard, who wanted to double-team, allowing Sun Yi to get a singles opportunity.
Sun Yi wasted no time, passed Marion without slowing down and changed direction, and rushed into the three-point line and hit an emergency jumper.
After that, Nowitzki failed to hit Sun Yi in singles.
The Warriors seized the opportunity to successfully counterattack and narrowed the point difference to only 2 points.
In the next few rounds, the two teams made a fuss around these two points, and the Warriors were never able to come back.
The fourth quarter lasted about 4 minutes, and both sides sent all their main players on the court to prepare for the final battle.
After substitutions and adjustments, the two teams strengthened their defense, resulting in a sudden drop in their shooting percentages. Both teams wanted to rely on defense to win the game.
When the game reached the last 2 minutes of the fourth quarter, Sun Yi attracted double-teams, scored and assisted Curry to hit a three-pointer, successfully leading the score.
The Mavericks were not defeated. With the help of Nowitzki's screen, Terry hit a pull-up jumper and once again took the lead back.
But not long after the lead, Sun Yili pulled up half a meter from the three-point line, giving the Mavericks no chance to double-team.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
Oracle Arena is boiling again.
"Good shot, Sun has already scored 48 points, only 2 points away from setting a record." Barkley explained excitedly.
He is very happy now. Sun Yi has already scored 30 points and will not lose the bet. It depends on whether Kenny Smith can realize the bet.
Back on the court, this time the Mavericks were unable to continue their offensive firepower.
Terry used the screen to beat Curry in isolation, but when he stepped back and shot a jump shot, he was hit by Sun Yi who came over.
Curry grabbed the out-of-control basketball, quickly ran forward and hit a three-pointer, extending the lead to 5 points.
Looking back, the Mavericks encountered a tight defense from the Warriors and took more than 20 seconds to score the ball.
There were 38 seconds left in the game. After receiving the ball, Sun Yi dribbled the ball forward unhurriedly and pressed for time.
The Mavericks players did not dare to step forward to double-team, so they had no choice but to defend against this attack in order to have any hope of tying the score.
When there were about 10 seconds left in the attack time, Sun Yi started to move, made a large crossover, then directly pulled up and shot a three-pointer.
Marion immediately rushed to interfere. He felt that his defense was very good and the ball would definitely not go in. He was waiting for his teammates to fight for the rebound.
The basketball drew a perfect arc in the air.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
The audience instantly burst into deafening cheers and shouts.
The fans at the scene all knew that the Warriors won this game.
At this time, there were 22 seconds left in the game, and the Mavericks served quickly.
Terry rushed to the frontcourt and missed a three-pointer against Sun Yi's defense.
The Warriors protected the rebound, and Sun Yiyun held the ball in his arms after halftime and stopped playing, waiting for the end of the game.
As the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the game ended.
Chapter completed!