Grace of Black
"This kid's performance is indeed beyond my expectations, but you said it before. The final result has not come out yet. Don't say it too early. If I really lose, I will never admit it!" Kenny Smith replied solemnly.
Seeing that Kenny Smith was really serious, Charles Barkley smiled bitterly and said to him: "I think it's okay, Kenny, it's just a joke, and you don't need to take it too seriously."
"Haha, I, Kenny Smith, aren't the kind of person who is untrustworthy? You won't regret it if you lose your bet, let alone me?" Kenny Smith was not looking at Barkley, but staring at Zhou Yi.
Upon hearing this, Barkley shrugged helplessly and closed his mouth. Reggie Miller next to him sighed helplessly and muttered to himself: "It seems that Kenny is really serious!"
The fourth quarter started in a blink of an eye. As soon as the game began, Zhou Yi rushed into the Trail Blazers' inside line and caused a foul by Dante Cunningham, and made both free throws.
Then, Zhou Yi stole the pass from Ammon Johnson and assisted McGrady to make a layup. Sir Wesley Matthews can be called the sharp knife in the substitute of the Trail Blazers, and made success from the outside, forcing John Custer to call a timeout.
After the timeout, the Pistons strengthened their defense against Wesley Matthews and even sent Prince to defend him. However, Wesley Matthews seemed to borrow the power of God, and still frequently succeeded from the outside, putting a lot of pressure on the Pistons.
Zhou Yi whispered to Prince: "Taishaan, I'll guard him."
"You?" Prince asked in surprise.
"Yeah, leave it to me!"
Prince nodded after seeing Zhou Yi's gaze.
Monroe's free throw was relatively stable. The basketball did not stop at all, so he fell into the basket and successfully scored a three-pointer!
After Amon Johnson took the ball around, he handed the ball directly to Rudy Fernandez next to him. After the ball was in his hand, he did not attack by himself, but directly hung into the inside line. He didn't even stop the ball, so he handed the ball to Lamarcus Aldridge. After Lamarcus Aldridge got the ball, he faced Monroe and made a simple shoulder shake, making Monroe make a mistake in judgment, so he could only watch him helplessly. It was a very beautiful backward jump shot. In addition to some problems with three-pointers, Lamarcus Aldridge had his jump shot quite reliable as long as he was anywhere in the three-point line. The basketball fell directly into the basket, instantly offsetting the impact of Monroe's three-point shot just now.
At the critical moment, Zhou Yi made another contribution, blocked Wesley Matthews' jump shot, and grabbed the ball, and passed it down quickly and handed it to McGrady. At this time, McGrady had retreated from the run and opened the distance with Rudy Fernandez. At this time, there was only a basket in front of him. If the ball was dunked in, the morale of the Pistons would still rise, but Rudy Fernandez would not let McGrady dunk like this no matter what. McGrady grabbed it and although he sent him to the free throw line, he did not let him dunk, which aroused the morale of the Pistons. The Trail Blazers had personally experienced the horror of the Pistons after the outbreak of the hand feeling of the Pistons, especially Zhou Yi, who scored 4 three-pointers in the second quarter and scored 19 points. This was too terrifying, for a rookie.
McGrady made two free throws, and both sides continued to score alternately, but the Pistons still had a 13-point lead.
In the second quarter, Zhou Yi's extremely magical three-pointer suddenly broke out again in the fourth quarter after extinguishing the fire in the third quarter. With McGrady's wonderful pass, Zhou Yi shot two consecutive three-pointers from the same position, and in a blink of an eye, the gap widened to 19 points.
Just as Zhou Yi scored the second three-pointer, Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan called a timeout in advance.
The fourth quarter game has only been in less than 3 minutes, but McMillan called for a timeout in advance, with the purpose of sending the main players to chase points in advance.
After the timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced the pure starting lineup, and the Pistons also replaced several starting players to start the final duel.
Brandon Roy and Lamarcus Aldridge, the internal and external combination, set off a crazy counterattack frenzy after the game restarted. The Pistons obviously did not want to hand over the soon-to-be victory, so they fought back fiercely.
But the Trail Blazers' attack was too terrifying, especially Brandon Roy. The unsolved jump shot made everyone in the Pistons very troubled.
With more than 4 points left in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers have already closed the gap to 10 points, and the suspense of the game has expanded a lot.
John Custer saw that the Pistons' defense was torn to pieces by Brandon Roy, so he decisively called for a timeout.
After that consummation ended, Ben Wallace, who was already tired, was replaced by Samuel, and Greg Monroe and Zhou Yi, who were replaced before, appeared at this time, and McGrady also appeared together.
The Pistons' lineup is now: Durham Porter, Monroe, Prince, McGrady and Zhou Yi, while the Trail Blazers are the previous pure starting lineup.
After the game started, both sides fought fiercely, especially the Pistons. Their blood was completely aroused by the violent booing of home fans. Although McGrady could not defend Brandon Roy, Zhou Yi and Prince continued to help McGrady assist in defense, which did not allow Brandon Roy to score too easily.
Under the care of Durham Porter, Lamarcus Aldridge also lost his touch. In an instant, the only one who had the Blazers had combat power was Brandon Roy.
Brandon Roy roared and rushed into the Pistons' inside line. A domineering dunk released the rage in his heart. Perhaps Roy's dunk helped drive the morale of the Trail Blazers, and the others fought even harder.
Zhou Yi could feel a lot of pressure in the entire field at this moment, but this could not stop him from walking. After halfway through the ball, Zhou Yi glanced at Monroe and McGrady. Monroe came up to provide an unball cover for McGrady, and Zhou Yi accelerated the breakthrough at this time, and McGrady rushed into the inside with Zhou Yi's breakthrough. La Marcus Aldridge led to the outside with Monroe, while Marcus Camby was entangled by Durham Porter, so the Trail Blazers' inside was empty at this moment.
Andre Miller was close to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi didn't care and sent a hit pass to McGrady who rushed into the Trail Blazers' basket. Although the peak was no longer there, after McGrady received the ball, a small windmill dunk came. After the slam dunk was successful, McGrady roared and swung his arm hard. He hadn't found this feeling for a long time.
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Despite all their strength, the Trail Blazers finally lost the game at their own door. However, they did not have an easy victory, and the winner was only divided in the last two minutes of the game, and the Pistons won the game 96:90.
In this game, the highest score was not Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, not McGrady, nor Prince, but a Chinese boy named Zhou Yi. He scored 37 points, made 8 of 11 three-pointers and sent 11 assists, becoming the most dazzling star in this game.
Chapter completed!