basketball never sleeps

Chapter 238 Death!

In the next few rounds, Mo Wen suddenly changed his style and broke the Warriors' formation into pieces.

This is not the first time that Mo Wen has shown his impact. When he was still in the Heat, Big Van liked to instill in the media the concept that Mo Wen is very talented but the laziest player in the league.

Most teams with qualified scouts will also specifically note Mo Wen's Hulk-like transformation ability in their pre-match preparation reports.

But to put it simply, knowing, reacting and coping are completely different things. Just like advanced mathematics, everyone knows the scope of the exam, and most people know the knowledge points involved in the exam, but only a small number of people can answer the questions correctly.

Fortunately, the Warriors have a strong ability to adjust themselves. Without waiting for the coach to call a timeout, they stabilized themselves again through offense under the organization of Byron Davis.

There is definitely some water in Baron Davis's $1500 million annual salary, but just looking at his body shape you can tell that he is definitely strong enough.

Old Nelson on the sidelines nodded with great satisfaction. Yes, this was the basketball philosophy he pursued.

Just do your best in defense. Instead of being busy with defensive problem-solving thinking and letting yourself get into internal friction, it is better to pick up a knife and stab the opponent to see who has thicker blood and a tougher life!

However, the Warriors still have the Warriors' enthusiasm for defense.

Yao Ming tried his best to avoid being included in the highlights. He was in high spirits, swinging his arms with great force. The wind he created was so strong that Tyson, who was sticking close to him, turned his hot sweat into cold sweat.

Tyson: As soon as my heart beats, defense starts to be a torture, every minute, every second~
Mo Wen, who aimed to dunk, finally found an opportunity.

Five minutes into the third quarter, Ray Allen attracted the defense outside the three-point line and passed the ball back to Mo Wen. After receiving the ball, Mo Wen started with burning tires, drifted through three turns, and finally shook off the dunk king's obstruction and pursuit, and once again stood in front of Yao Ming.

According to Hollywood's camera logic, now is the time to start recalling the past.

[Midsummer] · [Cicadas] · [Orange-flavored soda] · [Youth]

Given a more capable screenwriter, this passage could last at least three chapters.

However, the reality is not like the recollections in subsequent interviews. The ever-changing stadium environment does not allow the two to be distracted at all.

Right now, whether in terms of height, weight, wingspan or size, Yao Ming has an absolute advantage guarding the basket.

The continuous turning and changing directions also meant that Mo Wen did not accumulate much impact potential energy along the way.

Yao Ming, who has already delivered 5 blocks, is not blindly confident. As a teammate of the national team, he has seen Mo Wen layups many times during the national team training.

And people who are familiar with Mo Wen know that Mo Wen doesn’t have much else but a lot of variety.

If the water route is blocked, he can still go by land!

Therefore, even though Yao Ming is ready for a head-on counterattack, the ambiguous direction of his ankles actually reveals that he is more prepared than that.

Tread-

He took one step to collect the ball, raised his elbow, and it seemed that Mo Wen was about to have a head-on collision with Yao Ming.

The director on the sidelines was ready to blur out the bloody scenes that followed, but Mo Wen relied on his strong core to slow down and stop suddenly, abruptly stopping his forward steps.

He took a step diagonally and prepared to face the enemy with his back without any hesitation.

Yao Ming was not surprised by this dreamlike opening move. He stopped himself from taking off and pushed forward. His 53-size big foot blocked Mo Wen's tentative step. Although his huge body did not completely press down on him, it still put a lot of pressure on Mo Wen.

Historically, Yao Ming's defensive evaluation is two levels lower than Howard. In the eyes of the American media, Yao Ming's defense has never reached the defensive level. It is even said that his performance on the defensive end makes it difficult for him to surpass Howard and secure his position as the top center of his generation in public opinion.

But Yao Ming's problems on the defensive end are more due to his natural defect as a stationary center who cannot defend against pick-and-rolls. In terms of defensive confrontation in the area under the basket, Yao Ming, who has a more stable lower body, can still have a slight advantage over Howard.

At this moment, whether Mo Wen turned back to the front or stepped up and down to attack the basket from the side, he didn't have much of a chance.

Mo fans couldn't help but sweat, while Yao fans contracted their muscles and prepared to jump up to celebrate when they saw this scene.

Mo Wen did not evade. He grabbed the ball and shook his shoulder in a realistic manner. Then he turned around and stepped back without any hesitation, with the edge of his shoe parallel to the baseline and almost touching it.

Mo Wen found the only gap, turned sideways and rushed towards the basket while pushing against half of Yao Ming.

After being shaken, Yao Ming lost his perfect defensive position, but he was not out of position. After a slight adjustment, he was able to confront Mo Wen again.

The two men's bodies were pressed together, their long arms crossed, and under the camera on the basket, their ferocious expressions could make people hear their roars just by looking at the picture.

sieve--

The basketball flew!

The basketball that went through the hoop seemed to foreshadow the outcome of the confrontation.

The arrogant "devil king" finally had to eat the "big monster"'s hot pot.

but--

Snapped!
Behind the two men, Tyson, who somehow made his presence felt, caught the pass steadily.

"Mo's dunk slipped...oh, maybe it was a pass!"

In a flash, just as Tyson raised the ball, bent down and was about to jump to shoot, an UFO rushed over and blocked Tyson. Its big hands pointed directly at the basketball, and its elastic butt pushed Yao Ming away, who had no time to turn around.

boom--

Not the same time, but the same Che Shuoer.

Ohmae Dianhan was hit in almost the same position in the same posture.

Dudu!

The referee blew the whistle, Harrington committed a hand foul and had to pay a penalty!
Seeing that his carefully planned arrangements had failed again, Mo Wen was convinced.

Just a few million a year, why are you playing with your life?
Yao Ming, who was a little confused, finally reacted when he saw Tyson pulling up his pants after landing.

I have planned so much, but I never thought that you, Mo Wen, would come up with such a sinister and vicious idea!
Is this the right thing to do towards your brothers?
Pooh!
Yao Ming turned around with a touched look on his face and quickly pulled Harrington up and hugged him.

Look, this guy is a true brother!

Harrington shook his head and slowly came to his senses... Why did he get so drunk again?
Anyone who knows Harrington knows that similar behavior is a daily occurrence for him.

I suddenly felt a burst of confidence and rushed forward without even thinking about it.

In his prime, Harrington was ranked in the top ten in both the regular season turnover list and the foul list. Last season, he was even elected the regular season foul king. He is definitely a man of action!
Sensing Mo Wen's sinister intentions, old Nelson did not let Yao Ming bear the pressure alone. He took advantage of a dead ball to replace Harrington, who was a little dizzy, with Biedrins, who later became the king of fouls, and changed the formation from fast break to twin towers.

Although Mo Wen felt regretful, it was undoubtedly much more difficult to dunk on Yao Ming in the twin tower system, especially when Yao Ming was cunning enough to defend Milicic, making it even more difficult to find Yao Ming guarding the basket alone.

However, there are gains and losses. Without Harrington, the Warriors' fast break and space advantages can no longer be played out. In theory, the twin towers also have advantages in the interior, but they are not at a disadvantage compared to the Sonics' interior players who are taller than them.

As one side gained strength while the other lost, the gap between the two sides slowly widened again.

Old Nelson is also a man with a big heart. By the end of the third quarter, the score difference had clearly exceeded double digits, and Yao Ming could not help but start asking for the ball frequently for the main attack. Old Nelson replaced Yao Ming as planned at this critical moment, and replaced him with a tightrope-walking fast break lineup to regain the fast break whirlwind.

Fans who didn't know the truth felt that this substitution was a stupid decision.

The team was behind, so they replaced the main player. What kind of brain hemorrhage was this?
"People who don't often watch Warriors games may not understand what coach Don Nelson did. He has a different philosophy on the use of Yao Ming than the Rockets' coach Van Gundy. In the first three quarters, no matter what the situation was, he kept Yao Ming's playing time within seven or eight minutes per quarter, and only let Yao Ming play the full minutes in the fourth quarter."

Coach Zhang on the sidelines saw the photographer next to him cursing, so he patted his shoulder as if to comfort him and continued to answer questions for him and the less professional journalists around him.

"The Warriors' small lineup is quite capable of scoring on fast breaks. As long as the score gap is not too big, and Yao Ming still has the energy in the fourth quarter when everyone else is exhausted, most teams can't handle this. The Spurs were defeated by the Warriors this way before."

Although Nelson's fast break skills are almost crazy, his original words in a previous interview were: The reason why he liked to play fast breaks before was completely out of necessity. In fact, he dreamed of working with a star inside player.

Nelson had several opportunities to work with star centers during his career.

In 93, the Warriors selected Webber with the first pick. Nelson wanted to train him into a fast-break center like Stoudemire, but Webber was unwilling to go inside and compete with the top four centers for the sake of his own career. The two had different ideas and were awkward for a season and finally broke up.

Later, Popovich fired Hill and started to play badly for the "true love". Originally, he wanted to ask Nelson, who had a teacher-student relationship with him, to coach. As a result, Nelson went to New York first, so Popovich had to take over himself.

Later in New York, Nelson wanted to reform Ewing to play fast breaks, but was met with Ewing's non-violent non-cooperation. So he wanted to trade Ewing, who still had a fighting chance, to the Magic in exchange for O'Neal, whose contract had expired. However, he was kicked out of the New York group chat by Ewing and Nelson just as the coup was launched.

In addition to bad luck, Nelson's vision in selecting big men is hard to describe. In the draft, except for Webber, who he selected with the first pick, and Nowitzki, who was selected through his son's investigation when he was in the Mavericks, the rest of the big men he selected have basically become unknown, the kind that don't even deserve an encyclopedia entry.

Yao Ming may not be able to satisfy all of Nelson's imaginations about an inside star, but it is enough to surprise him.

After all, Zhiling is just a fantasy, and Mikami is the reality.

The Warriors' fast break lineup failed to bring about a miracle after all. The Sonics' inside defense speed was not slow. When scoring in the inside was unfavorable, relying solely on unstable outside shooting, facing someone like Mo Wen who had stable scoring ability, slow death was already the best effect.

But they did not gain nothing.

After giving Tyson two blocks, Barnes, who came on as a substitute for the Warriors, finally committed Tyson's fifth foul.

The referee didn't want to blow the whistle, but the Warriors were too brave and created several foul situations, forcing the referee to blow the whistle.

In the last 10 seconds of the third quarter, the first generation bearded man faced Mo Wen's substitute Watson and dodged back and forth, and finally made a step-back three-pointer, finally narrowing the score difference back to 16 points.

The Rockets were 16 points behind after three quarters. If it were last season's Rockets, they would have been able to prepare for the next game.

But the Warriors remained calm.

Their strategy of raising a dad has been successfully dragged to the later stage, so the next step is - believe in Yao Ming!
……

"You're in trouble. You have to be more alert in the fourth quarter. Look at the murderous look in your compatriots' eyes. I really feel that even a 20-point difference is not stable. You've been on the court for nearly 30 minutes. Can you hold on for a while?"

Payton said to Mo Wen with a serious expression.

"Old man, why are you getting more and more cowardly as you age? Did you see the team get overturned when I was there last season?"

Mo Wen raised his eyebrows confidently, as if he had no sense of crisis at all.

"Confidence is good, but being too confident will hurt you, young man." Payton stroked his 0.5mm beard and said with an air of maturity, "You were just too successful before. We old guys are responsible for your failure in the Heat. The young guys in the team now don't have the experience that we had last year, not to mention that the Heat's lineup also loses sometimes."

"Go to hell with you, you're still pretending. Have you really forgotten who was holding the ball at the critical moment last year? If it wasn't for taking care of the health of you old guys, I feel that the team could have won all the games last year!"

Mo Wen smiled and rejected Payton's preaching, and slapped Payton on the back.

Are you kidding? He is about to reach 5000 games, and the number of games in which he was overturned by more than 20 points exceeds that of an entire season. Is he still afraid of being overturned?

Especially after his abilities improved in the past two years, he had more and more experiences of being overturned in the copy space.

He had already walked the road that Payton talked about, and even walked it many times because he only remembered to eat and not to be beaten. But people will eventually learn from their mistakes and make progress.

To judge whether a player is truly mature, you just need to see whether he will insist on staying at the base despite the signals from his teammates when the wind is in his favor.

Some people's self-confidence comes from the accumulation of successes, while others' self-confidence comes from the accumulation of failures.

If the two teams were tied at this time, Yao Ming had enough energy, and Tyson couldn't hold on any longer, Mo Wen would still have a headache.

But letting them catch up to 16 points in a single quarter, with the Warriors' defense... this dream is quite exciting.

But the teachers said that we should despise the enemy strategically and take him seriously tactically.

After looking at his teammates who were still not focused despite old Hill's repeated instructions, Mo Wen patted Payton before going on the court.

"Get your stinky mouth ready, it might come in handy later."

Payton, who was still worried, finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

Oh, male silver!

On the other side, old Nelson was also encouraging the players.

"The score difference is just a useless number. Stay calm and play well. Wait for Yao to tear apart their inside defense. That's when we can enjoy our meal. Before that, stay patient, keep your confidence, and don't make mistakes. Do you understand?"

The Warriors players also quickly responded loudly, "Got it!"

Old Nelson has great authority in this Warriors team.

In the mouths of Nowitzki and Dazhi, Nelson Sr. is an amiable and fatherly coach. The old man takes good care of international players and even takes care of them at home. But in fact, when managing the team, Nelson Sr.'s temper is definitely not good, and scolding is commonplace.

Before the game started, the old man looked up at Mo Wen on the opposite side and then at old Hill who looked like a famous coach.

Although your Mo Wen is indeed very strong, with the strength of a demigod below Jordan, my Yao Ming also has the potential to be an emperor!

In the final quarter, the game resumed.

The Supersonics were the first to attack, and Mo Wen, who had the ball, was faced with double-teaming by Richardson and Beard as soon as he reached the three-point line.

Double-teaming Mo Wen was one of the few things that Nelson emphasized on the defensive end.

Even though Mo Wen might not have much physical strength left, old Nelson was still unwilling to gamble on the superstar's ability.

If you can lead your teammates, then do it, and just take a rest.

Damien, who replaced Guy, got an open space in the bottom corner. Mo Wen directed his teammates under the double-team and gave Damien a completely open space before passing the ball.

As we all know, wide open space + personal sweet spot ≠ goal.

Mo Wen did not blame Damien. He had been on the bench guarding the water dispenser for more than ten minutes without touching the ball. It was normal for him to feel the coldness in his hands and find the feel.

In turn, the Warriors did not run fast breaks again, but stabilized and played positional defense. After several passes, the ball was finally delivered to Yao Ming.

During the break, Tyson received instructions from Mo Wen and Hill. He did not hesitate even though he had 5 fouls. He still tried his best to defend as usual.

After all, his shooting percentage when defending Yao Ming is already quite high. If he is timid, it would be better for him to graduate early and be replaced by Francisco or Milicic. At least the latter two dare to be ruthless.

In fact, the referee was determined to relax the whistle against Tyson. In the home court of the Supersonics, he blew the whistle early on to call off the main inside player of the home team, who was clearly ordered to be taken care of. There was really no explanation after the game.

Tyson was given 5 fouls in three quarters. Regardless of whether they were all real fouls, he was definitely taking good care of the Warriors in name.

In addition to Tyson, Ray Allen, who was close to Yao Ming, also sneaked up and looked around.

Yao Ming certainly can't be allowed to play one-on-one easily.

If the Sonics had the same plan for Yao Ming, then you could have your teammates shoot us to death. However, Yao Ming, who carried the hopes of the whole village, chose to force his way in this time.

He leaned his broad shoulders firmly against Tyson, held the ball and pretended to pass it to Richardson on the outside, but then he made a fake pass, making Ray Allen afraid to get too close.

After two hits, Yao Ming felt that Tyson, who had taken a half step back, had stabilized his center of gravity, so he didn't waste any more effort. He pushed away Ray Allen who was dancing and chattering in front of him, turned around decisively, stepped on his feet and made a fade away jump shot.

Standing on one leg?

Stand out from the crowd!

Swah——

Tyson, who had suffered many losses before, continued to "enjoy his life".

In the camera, he looked dazed and was easily teased by Yao Ming, but only by reversing the roles can one feel his helplessness.

This is Quinn's step back. How else can he play against short hands with long arms?
He can only try his best to provide enough confrontation and deterrence, and the rest can only be left to his teammates.

The score difference narrowed to 14 points, and a [+2 Morale] prompt seemed to pop up above the heads of all Warriors players.

Mo Wen held the ball again and without waiting for the double-team, he moved around looking for a pick-and-roll.

But Damien's missed shot just now also made the Warriors' determination to double-team Mo Wen more determined.

Mo Wen walked around Milicic and found that he was surrounded by three people in front and behind.

Facing the "fragrant wind" brought by the three people, Mo Wen did not act stubbornly. He shook his hand and passed the ball to Milicic... As a point guard, he still had to trust his teammates when it was not a matter of life and death.

Milicic's mid-range shot did not disappoint Mo Wen, he made a hollow hit and brought the score back.

The two sides fought back and forth for 3 minutes, and the Warriors recovered 4 points thanks to Yao Ming's hard work.

During this period, Yao Ming made 3 of 3 shots, scored 6 points, committed an offensive foul on Milicic, grabbed 2 rebounds, and made 1 assist, which made coach Zhang on the sidelines very excited.

Yao Ming scored again with a beautiful hook shot despite the defense of two people, narrowing the score difference to 10 points.

On the other hand, Mo Wen was not to be outdone and shot a sudden shot from outside the three-point line that penetrated the net, cooling down the Warriors.

In the next round, Yao Ming, who was angered by Tyson's little trick, turned around and made a layup despite Tyson's frontal defense, but the price he paid was a nearly one-foot long bloody mark on his arm caused by Tyson's grabbing when he turned around.

Fortunately, Tyson had trimmed his nails, so the blunt object only broke the skin without touching the flesh. The bloodstains were noticeable, but after the first wave of bleeding, it looked like a weak person asking a master to scrape him with a bank card. It looked scary, but it did not affect the game.

What made Yao fans' blood pressure rise was that even with the obvious bloodstain, the referee still did not call a defensive foul on Tyson.

The referee could even confidently tell old Nelson who came to hold him accountable that "there was no physical contact."

A bloodstain nearly a foot long, and no physical contact?

what?
Yao Ming, who has always been aggressive, was ready to be a tough guy again and accept the fact that he was injured in vain, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but ask a question -

Master, what's your job?

Mo Wen, who was standing by and heard this, tried his best to endure it, but still couldn't hold it back.

Cage holding back laughter jpg
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Is the skill of being blind a built-in skill for Americans?

It is said that a gentleman can be deceived by his good ways, but it is difficult to deceive him by his wrong ways.

Faced with this frivolous explanation of the penalty, the Warriors players also felt a sense of resentment.

Byron Davis took the lead and asked for the ball when Yao Ming was double-teamed, and made a three-pointer.

Immediately afterwards, when Yao Ming missed a shot and pushed the rebound to the outside, Richardson received the ball and made a three-pointer smoothly. Finally, Matt Barnes, who came on as a substitute for Ellis just to limit Mo Wen, also hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

Finally, Yao Ming, who was playing in the high position, also became interested. He pretended to pass the ball, but actually fired a shot slowly.

Although Mo Wen responded by breaking through and shooting, assisting Ray Allen to shoot from a distance, and assisting Gay to draw a foul, the Warriors seemed to have awakened the spirit of basketball and hit every shot during this period. An inexplicable rain of three-pointers unreasonably narrowed the gap to 5 points.

At this time, there was still half a quarter left in the game.

The Sonics players, who were used to playing in a favorable situation, were more or less confused at this moment. They clearly had the same rhythm, so how come they were suddenly caught up?

Not to mention the role players, even the usually calm Ray Allen became impatient when faced with the crisis of a possible reversal.

Why is it that in many cases when the team has already opened up the score gap, and the opponent's main players are not playing, and their own main players are not playing either, what they are trying to defend is the opponent's main players looking for an opportunity to gain momentum, but once their own team gets anxious and misses shots one after another, the more anxious they become, the fewer shots they make, and the more they miss, the more anxious they become. It's a spiral explosion.

In fact, a strong team needs this kind of adverse situation to train its mentality.

Just like the Pistons before, they often faced headwinds, which trained their mentality very well.

But in order to avoid any trouble, Mo Wen called a pause and handed the stage to old Hill.

It’s decided to be you, go ahead, Master Tang!
But old Hill misunderstood Mo Wen's intention. He thought that Mo Wen had no other choice and called for a timeout to ask for help.

He really wanted to show his extraordinary command ability at this time, but unfortunately he was not the kind of person with strong adaptability. Apart from playing steadily, strengthening defense and grinding against the opponent, or fighting with the opponent for three-pointers if that didn't work, he couldn't think of any sophisticated response tactics for a while.

The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds, and it was old Hill who couldn't help but ask first.

"Mo, do you have any ideas? Tell us so we can discuss it."

Mo Wen blinked, took a deep breath, and didn't feel very disappointed.

There was nothing wrong with Old Hill's reaction, because the tactical matters were originally handled by Old Hill in cooperation with Mo Wen. It was normal that he lacked the authority and independence of the head coach.

"How about I say a few words."

Seeing that Old Hill didn't understand what Mo Wen meant, Payton next to him cleared his throat and stood next to Mo Wen after getting Mo Wen's approval.

"In fact, there was nothing wrong with our play during this period. Let's keep calm and don't be scared by the opponent's unexpected performance. Think about how they played in the first three quarters. If they had this ability all the time, how could they be 16 points behind us?"

"Everyone, wake up, don't be scared, act like real men, this is just the beginning, if you get scared while chasing, what will you do in the playoffs?..."

Payton has lived up to his early reputation as a strong talker, and he is really good at giving speeches.

The chicken soup is mixed with curse words, giving it the feeling of chicken spicy soup.

It’s not that Mo Wen can’t say these things, it’s just that he really doesn’t have that much passion for public speaking.

Whether it is the best chicken soup or shameful insults, he has heard them too much. Naturally, he has developed immune antibodies after hearing them so much. If the words don't move him, don't even think about infecting others.

This is the reason why the same speech lines spoken by the workers of Deyu dishwashing liquid and the workers of weekly newspapers will definitely be very different.

Seeing his teammates beginning to come back to life, Mo Wen nodded with satisfaction.

It's not like he wants to rely on his teammates in crucial moments.

Mo Wen would definitely not refuse the responsibility he should take.

But in Mo Wen's opinion, basketball is ultimately a team game. If the team is facing difficulties, all the resources will be placed on him. If he plays like this for too long, his teammates will become useless.

When people lose their sense of responsibility, they begin to degenerate.

The game resumed, and the Sonics players, who had been fed up with chicken soup and flattery, regained their normal form, but the Warriors, who were in a state of chasing points, still had the upper hand in morale.

The Warriors, knowing when to quit, did not blindly bet on three-pointers anymore. Instead, they used the threat of three-pointers to hand over the scoring task to Yao Ming.

With the three-point rain just now, the Sonics players did not dare to leave open space easily, and Yao Ming's one-on-one environment immediately improved.

Without anyone interfering, Yao Ming was more relaxed in observing Tyson's defense.

Mid-range rebound, turnaround jump shot after a back-to-the-basket attack, hook shot after a confrontation... Yao Ming continued his efficiency and pushed his score to 40 points.

Unable to bear the humiliation, Tyson chose to "kill himself" and pulled down Yao Ming who was still dancing, forcing the referee to blow the whistle to send him off in a decent manner.

Although they lost their big inside player, the Supersonics did not panic.

The defense is not that great. Anyway, he failed to defend Yao Ming just now, so it doesn't seem to be a big problem to replace him with someone else.

Mo Wen was still organizing the team at his own pace.

If the Warriors refuse to give up the double-team on him, they won't be able to stop him from getting assists.

The Supersonics players may not be able to rain three-pointers like the Warriors just did, but normal open three-pointers and open mid-range shots are still enough to kill people.

Even though Yao Ming continued to wreak havoc in the Sonics' interior, the Sonics still maintained their lead.

Francisco, who replaced Tyson, withstood two attacks from Yao Ming, and the Supersonics kept the score difference at more than 4 points.

Observing his teammates gradually adapting to the current competitive pressure, Mo Wen was no longer in a hurry to transform into a Mamba and swing the ball himself. He continued to leisurely feed the ball to his teammates while being double-teamed.

If it weren't for the pressure of the subsidy bet, in Mo Wen's eyes, the regular season is actually no different from the preseason. Their function is just to train the players. As long as the training produces results, winning or losing is really not that important.

Of course, Mo Wen is still determined to win today's game.

There are 2 minutes left in the game.

Harrington made a three-pointer after a flash of inspiration, and the difference between the two teams was finally narrowed to a precarious 1 point.

The Warriors players, who had been suppressed for most of the game, finally saw hope and their morale reached its peak.

Mo Wen wiped the sweat off his forehead.

I have to say that old Nelson is good at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.

Yao Ming, the invisible man in the final quarter in history, now feels like the king of the final quarter.

but……

This farce is almost over.

When Mo Wen slowly pushed the ball across half court again, everyone on the field could feel the completely different temperament in Mo Wen.

Although he was wearing a lively green jersey, his whole body exuded a kind of indifference, confidence and a bit of desolation.

Several local players of the Warriors all had a legendary figure popping up in their minds.

grim Reaper!

"Double-team him!"

Nelson on the sidelines keenly sensed the change in wind direction on the field and stared at Mo Wen.

Richardson and Barnes received the order without hesitation and came over from the left and right.

But this time, Mo Wen did not cooperate with the two in the offensive and defensive game.

dong dong——

Hardaway's change of direction and drag step made Mo Wen disappear from the defensive range of the two.

Of course, it was not difficult for the two to "catch" Mo Wen again, but when they rushed to Mo Wen, the basketball had already completed its mission in this round.

The score difference was pulled back to 3 points.

In the next round, when Yao Ming again challenged the basket with the ball, Mo Wen, who had already figured out Yao Ming's path, suddenly rushed out from one side and kicked the basketball away before Yao Ming could shoot.

After serving out 6 hot pots, Yao Ming finally got his own pot.

Although he was angry, Yao Ming did not show too much frustration about it.

Blocking Yao Ming and dunking over Deng Daidai are both not that great achievements.

Historically, Yao Ming was very unimpressed after being blocked by 175cm tall Nate Robinson, because Boykins, who was only 165cm tall and was shorter than Little Potato, had blocked him before, so the block by Little Potato did not count as a record.

As for being blocked on shots, Yao Ming has experienced it too many times. In the beginning, he felt sorry for himself for a while, but later he got used to being blocked, so he just gave in.

Milicic grabbed the flying basketball, took two steps and passed it to Mo, who had mastered the technical skills of James, on the fast break.

One step inside the free throw line, Mo Wen left a slow-motion-worthy back view for the players chasing him.

Strolling dunk.

boom--

When the time came to the last minute, Byron Davis, who refused to give up, wanted to create a miracle with a three-pointer.

But Mo Wen, who was fully focused, stood up again and kicked the basketball away twice in a row, wasting time.

Old Nelson rubbed his eyes vigorously. What happened to his eyes? At the critical moment, they became blurry. Why was Mo Wen everywhere?
The Supersonics rarely used their last timeout, replacing Francisco, who was not good at free throws, and letting Milicic and Millsap play in the interior.

The Warriors, who were running out of time, decisively started to foul after failing to shoot a three-pointer.

However, the Supersonics, who once made a living from three-pointers, did not give them any chances.

When the score difference returned to 8 points, it also announced that Yao Ming's efforts in this quarter had evaporated along with his sweat.

At the end of the game, the buzzer sounded, Supersonics 129:123 Warriors
Players from both sides breathed a sigh of relief.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

大姚26投18中，三分2中1，罚球7中7，极高效的砍下了44分15篮板8助攻6盖帽的豪华数据，只是末节他独砍18分就无愧于勇士对他的期盼。

奈何敌军有高达，莫闻22投16中，三分7中4，罚球4中4，数据同样达到了恐怖的40分21助攻8篮板4抢断2盖帽。

In the era of data explosion in later generations, 40+20 may not seem like a big deal, but just talking about 40 points + 20 assists, it is really unique in history.

(End of this chapter)