bestfiction Chapter 657 Christmas War (Part [-])
Chapter 657 Christmas War (Part [-])
Chapter 657 Christmas War (Part [-])
After that, Doncic turned on the step-back mode again, making consecutive mid-range shots with a step-back step and a three-pointer with a step-back step.
Doncic scored consecutively, forcing the Nuggets' defense to spread outside.
At this time, Porzingis, who hadn't found his form throughout the half, finally stood up.
Platinum used its height to force Jokic frequently.
Jokic and Platinum are inside players with different styles. Neither of these two can do anything about the other, they can only let their opponents score on their heads.
After the third quarter, the Lone Ranger narrowed the point difference to only 1 point through tenacious resistance.
The two sides will soon usher in the final decisive battle.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the lineups of both sides were adjusted slightly.
The rotation of the two sides played happily on the court for 3 minutes, and then all the main players on both sides returned to the court, ready for the decisive battle.
With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Jokic walked slowly into the inside of the Lone Ranger, swayed the defender through the rhythm, and easily picked the basket.
The scene of Jokic playing with the Lone Ranger defense excited the Nuggets players.
After that, Murray threw a shot to force Porzingis, Porter Jr. hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets showed their power in the middle of the fourth quarter, blooming inside and outside, leading the Lone Ranger by 8 points.
However, the Lone Ranger gradually stabilized his position, and the future No. 1 Doncic began to show off.
Dongcic retreated three steps in the middle, kicking off the prelude to the Lone Ranger's counterattack.
Porzingis made a dunk inside, and Hardaway Jr. scored two consecutive three-pointers.
In just 3 minutes, the Lone Ranger actually beat the Nuggets 10-0 in turn, and in turn took the initiative in the game.
In the last minute, the ball was in the hands of the Nuggets.
Both sides have a chance to win the Christmas game, but it depends on which team can kill the opponent in the last round.
The Nuggets requested a timeout.
After returning from the timeout, the Nuggets used tactics to allow Jokic to get a three-pointer at the top of the arc.
Jokic seized the opportunity and asked for a three-pointer at the top of the arc.
"Shh!"
The ball is in!
Jokic made this three-pointer, and the Nuggets in turn led the Lone Ranger by 1 point!
The Lone Ranger also requested a timeout.
The game between the Nuggets and the Lone Ranger is the only exciting game so far in the Christmas game.
In the first three games, the Heat, Bucks, and Celtics won too easily. After watching the first three Christmas games, the fans felt dull.
Fortunately, the Nuggets and the Lone Ranger presented a wonderful game for the fans.
All Lone Ranger fans stood up together to cheer for their home team.
Back from the timeout, Porzingis made a throw-in.
The Nuggets began a man-to-man full-court press.
At this time, Hardaway Jr. and Richardson desperately won the chance for Doncic to receive the ball.
After Doncic received the ball, Grant of the Nuggets led the defense of Doncic, and Hart Jr. also stood behind Doncic.
With less and less time left, Doncic controlled the time and was ready to launch an attack in the last 12 seconds or so!
Grant stepped forward and pressed Doncic.
Doncic didn't panic at all, stretched out his ball protector to block Grant's violation, and then glanced at the time on the scorer from the corner of his eye.
Finally, with only 12 seconds left in the clock, Doncic moved.
Doncic made a quick breakthrough, when he burst into the free throw line, and then used a signature step-back shot to complete the shot.
The rhythm of Doncic's shots is very good.
At this moment, all the Lone Ranger fans felt a suffocating heartbeat.
The ball is flying in the air.
In everyone's eyes, the basketball crossed a beautiful parabola and fell straight into the net frame!
128 is better than 129!
With 4.7 seconds left in the game, the Lone Ranger made a crucial step-back 2 points.
Doncic quasi-killed his opponent!
All the Dallas fans cheered together.
The Nuggets are one of the favorites to contend for the NBA title this year.
The Lone Ranger can beat such a team, does it mean that the Lone Ranger also has the ability to win the championship?
No, of course it won't be that easy.
If, according to the rules of 7 games in the playoffs, as the number of matches between the two teams increases, the two sides will inevitably become more and more familiar with the opponent's routines.
By that time, the Lone Ranger with an incomplete lineup will still have a hard time fighting against the Nuggets with a perfect lineup.
The Lone Ranger can indeed beat the Nuggets in one or two games, but if the Lone Ranger wants to win the Nuggets in 7 games in 4 games, it will be quite difficult...even more difficult than last season, beating the Lakers with chaotic tactics...
In the last 4.7 seconds, as Murray missed a three-pointer from a super long distance, the Lone Ranger narrowly beat the Nuggets by 129 to 128, 1 point, and defended Dallas' home court.
Doncic scored 37 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in a mini triple-double in this game.
Especially in the last quarter, Doncic made the first three-pointer and led the team to counterattack, and the quasi lore in the last 12 seconds, all made him a well-deserved number one hero in defeating the Nuggets.
Except for Doncic, six Mavericks scored in double figures.
Porzingis 17 points, Fanny Smith 10 points, Hardaway Jr. 10 points, Powell 11 points, Burke 13 points.
From the data point of view, the Nuggets did not lose at all.
For the Nuggets, only Murray, Jokic and Button scored in double figures.
Jokic scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, just one rebound short of a triple-double.
Murray scored a team-high 27 points. Veteran Barton made 10 of 6 shots and scored 13 points. The rest of the main players scored mostly 6-9 points.
The overall performance of the Nuggets in this game was not as good as that of the Mavericks.
Although the Nuggets led the Lone Ranger all the way, in the last quarter, they were reversed by the Lone Ranger who performed better and suffered a bitter defeat.
The first four focus games of the Christmas game are over, and the eyes of the fans are all focused on the most important game in the Christmas game.
This game is naturally a Los Angeles city, brother derby.
One team, two championship teams, such a situation, the league does not know how many years it will be repeated.
Therefore, the brother derby between the Lakers and the Clippers has always been the biggest breakthrough in the NBA.
Not long ago, Ge Feng scored 50 points against the Timberwolves after scoring a 77+ triple-double against the Celtics.
After these two games, Ge Feng now feels to the fans that he has completely sublimated to an unstoppable state.
At the scene of the game between the Lakers and the Clippers, many Clippers fans even held up the latest KT board.
"Defeat Ge Feng!"
When Ge Feng saw the KT board with such subtitles, he felt a little funny.
It seems that Ge Feng has become the most powerful enemy in the minds of many fans.
Maybe these fans haven't realized that when they held up the KT board and asked the Clippers to beat Ge Feng, they had actually equated Ge Feng with greatness.
At least, a non-threatening player will never have such a subtitled KT board.
(End of this chapter)