No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 885 - 380. Opponents that cannot be underestimated in the future

After the interval break, Carlisle sent out a lineup of Jarett Jack, Pietrus, Mike Miller, Okafor, and Perkins.

On the other side, Woodson no longer let Pierce hold alone and adopted a rotation of resting the other two to recover stamina, with all three stars rotating on the court two at a time.

After the start of the second quarter, the Hawks team led by Bibby and Pierce played desperately, pressing hard against the Bobcats team led by Jarett Jack and Okafor.

As the saying goes, those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes, and this time the ones with bare feet are clearly the Hawks team. They are seventh in the East, in the lower bracket, winning means celebrating, losing means moving on, which makes them fearless, attacking recklessly under the lead of Bibby and Pierce, two very competitive players.

However, the Hawks didn’t lose heart despite the 23-point defeat in G1, and the Bobcats weren’t complacent because of the big victory.

Okafor’s overly calm remarks, although giving Felton a headache, still had an effect. Yesterday afternoon’s team preparation training and today’s pre-game preparation phase saw Felton continuously relay Okafor’s analysis to teammates, and of course, using his own fired-up style, saying the Hawks team is a future enemy, aiming to intimidate and dominate the Hawks team... Making teammates excited with enthusiasm, rather than Okafor’s way that left teammates silent.

As a scrappy player, Jarett Jack is the epitome of a spirited personality. If placed in society, he would easily be swayed by malevolent people, but on the court, his personality perfectly integrates with his playing style.

And given this opponent’s poor defense, it suits his performance perfectly.

The Bobcats team made Jack the primary point of attack with Okafor supporting, Pietrus penetrating, Mike Miller responding from the wings, and Perkins constraining under the basket, significantly slowing down the Hawks team’s pursuit and turnover speed.

The Hawks scored 18 points in the first half of the second quarter, but the Bobcats scored 14 points, with the Hawks leading by only 1 point after half a quarter, 48 to 47.

In the latter half, the lineup of Zhang Yang, Felton, Hill, Millsap, and Muhammad faced off against the Pierce and Joe Johnson-led Hawks, ending the half with a score of 15 to 14.

After the half, with Zhang Yang and Felton’s drive and distribution collaboration, Felton received the ball on the wing scoring a three-pointer, leading the Bobcats to tie the Hawks 62 to 62 entering halftime!

After struggling intensely for an entire quarter, barely gaining a slight advantage, being tied by a three-pointer from the opposite side... This definitely would be frustrating for the side that was tied.

But the Hawks players weren’t as discouraged, the previous crushing defeat serving as an emotional regulator. Last game, they fought through the entire second quarter, only to have the final basket get hit for a 2+1, which not only failed to close the gap from the first quarter but even stretched by two points; this time it was relatively better, at least ending the half in a tie.

After halftime, Woodson directly sent out the starting lineup in the third quarter, focusing on securing the third quarter first, then considering later matters. If the third quarter collapses again, preserving stamina would be useless.

For the offense, the three stars relied on personal skills to lead the attack, defense concentrated effort on encircling Zhang Yang.

The three stars of the Hawks team didn’t exactly admire Zhang Yang’s ’King of the Third Quarter’ title, not particularly recognizing it anyway.

But after Zhang Yang scored 10 points consecutively at the start of the third quarter last game, they acknowledged the title. Among active players, only those battling in the West from the 96 draft class match Zhang Yang’s third-quarter performance.

On the Bobcats’ side, Zhang Yang continued to play a role of distraction, with Felton, Okafor, backup players Jarett Jack, Hill, and Pietrus as the main attackers.

Mainly Felton and Okafor lead the attack. Scientifically, statistics revealed that the third quarter is where role players have the worst stamina and touch, not the fourth quarter, as they recover in the fourth. Usually, Zhang Yang supported the team’s scoring in the third quarter, but this time with Zhang Yang tightly marked, Felton and Okafor took on the load, leveraging Zhang Yang’s distractions, and fiercely attacked the inside!

The Hawks have more outside stars, if they had a Center with adequate rim protection, theoretically, the third quarter would have an advantage, but they don’t. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Felton and Okafor didn’t choke, Felton scored 1 three-pointer, two floaters, and had 1 out of 2 free throws in 9 minutes, collecting 8 points; Okafor made 3 out of 5 shots, collecting 6 points. Under their leadership, the Bobcats achieved 26 points in the third quarter.

On the Hawks’ side, the three stars fought hard for one quarter, leading the team to achieve 27 points, gaining only a 1-point advantage.

After three quarters, the score stood at 89 to 88!

That 1-point margin, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhang Yang stormed into the inside with a Euro step finishing the basket to turn the advantage.

After the interval break, the Hawks loosened the pressure on Zhang Yang slightly, and Zhang Yang seized the opportunity to score.

Horford and the substitute Othella Harrington were quite frustrated; this wasn’t the first time, as Zhang Yang played 27 minutes in the first three quarters, scored low at 14 points, added 3 boards, 5 assists, 1 block, but the shooting percentage was as high as 60%, hitting 6 out of 10!

Zhang Yang tonight focused on efficiency, maintaining distractions, creating opportunities for teammates.

The Hawks had to continue with highest-level defense against Zhang Yang from outside sticking, wing traps, inside supplements, and then frantically battle against the other scorers on the Bobcats team.

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