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Chapter 746 - 318. New answer!_2

Chapter 746: 318. New answer!_2

Anthony shrank in advance, blocking Rondo. Rondo passed the ball to the left corner, where Mike Miller was open for a three-pointer...unfortunately, it missed, but!

Zhang Yang charged into the paint and grabbed the offensive rebound, shooting again... disrupted by Kenyon Martin, and yet!

Zhang Yang quickly leaped up to snatch another offensive rebound, shot again, and scored a floater! Tied at 126!

Facing the Nuggets Team’s shorter Center lineup, Zhang Yang maximized his ’continuous jumping enhancement’ skills acquired from training with Randolph in the past!

Kenyon Martin cursed on the spot.

He missed having a Center. At this moment, if there had been a big Center on the court, would he have been continuously outrebounded by a guard over his head?

As for why he didn’t consider Camby sitting by the sideline... With Camby protecting the rim, Zhang Yang could just drive in and shoot a floater if blocked on the outside.

As long as the opponent didn’t drive into the paint, Camby wouldn’t even stretch out his hands, he’d just turn around to rebound.

Weaver’s help defense could only disturb Zhang Yang’s shooting, it couldn’t stop his breakthroughs.

Cursing aside, Kenyon Martin immediately picked up the ball and passed it to Iverson.

It was the later half of the final quarter, and the Nuggets Team’s offense was still — charge, charge, charge!

They charged relentlessly!

This was athletic sprint run-and-gun!

The Bobcats players tried their best to fall back on defense, but being less skilled at running and playing, they were forced to keep up with the league’s best running team the whole game and were already unable to stabilize their positions like in the first half.

However, the Bobcats remained composed. Okafor stood at the high post, Zhang Yang and Mike Miller positioned on the left side of the three-second area, Hill and Rondo on the right, encircling the whole three-second area!

Carlisle’s critical moment’s fast-break defensive setup was very clear—to prevent direct assaults to the basket, giving up on anything else outright.

Iverson rushed to the frontcourt and upon seeing the opposing formation, his first reaction was "felling trees," but he didn’t stop moving, zigzagging past Okafor into the three-point line, and near the free-throw line, getting squeezed by Zhang Yang and Hill... passed to the left side!

Weaver caught up to the left sideline, stabilized his stance just in time, and received the ball perfectly in his hands.

Unfazed by Rondo rushing from the elbow area, he jumped, shot a three-pointer... and made it!

The score was 129-126, Nuggets Team led by three points!

Weaver, Zhang Yang remembered, was originally Yao Ming’s teammate, during which he played his signature game in the preseason, scoring 7 three-pointers in a single game... yes, in the era when Zhang Yang watched basketball in his previous life, even the preseason performances of Yao Ming’s teammates could be remembered by domestic fans.

Good at shooting from distance, big-hearted, and daring, those were the impressions Weaver left on Zhang Yang.

Defense was untenable, so it was time to attack!

Let’s see whether the Nuggets Team’s run-and-gun or his positional play was more enduring!

Zhang Yang controlled his pace as he moved to the frontcourt.

His teammates entered the three-point line ahead of him to get into position. Seeing Zhang Yang reach the high post, his teammates started to prepare for cooperative plays.

But after Zhang Yang bypassed Iverson and entered the three-point line, he only took two steps inside, not even reaching the free-throw line, and suddenly pulled up for a long two-pointer... and the long two-pointer went in!

This shot, even Iverson thought it was really damn flashy!

All he needed was to penetrate and draw a double team to create open shot opportunities for Mike Miller or Hill on the wing, but Zhang Yang opted for the highly difficult pull-up long two.

This was considered the highest difficulty option for a pull-up jump shot in positional offense.

But at this moment, Iverson could very well understand Zhang Yang’s thinking — at critical moments, "I don’t trust anyone else, only myself!"

During his time with the 76ers, he felt the same way!

Only a player who prefers to go solo can understand another player who prefers to go solo. Iverson guessed right; that was exactly what Zhang Yang was thinking.

In the first quarter, Carlisle had already simplified his role in the offense, continued reductions in the second quarter, pure shooting in the third, and rest for half of the last quarter. Coupled with the external pressure from the Nuggets Team, which was never very strong... his condition was just right, naturally, he wanted to take charge himself.

During the previous offensive play, he had noticed that Mike Miller was tired, having played 36 minutes, shooting 9 out of 18, including 7 of 12 three-pointers, plus 2 of 3 free throws, scoring 27 points and 3 assists, which was the limit what Mike Miller could achieve.

Now was not the time to put the shooting pressure on Mike Miller again.

Offense to defense transition, the Nuggets Team continued to push forward.

Kenyon Martin followed up quickly, receiving Anthony’s pass, and his flying layup went in, making it 131-128, Nuggets Team leading by 3 points.

Offense to defense transition, Zhang Yang continued with external one-on-one play.

Seeing Iverson’s defensive posture, Zhang Yang, dragging his butterfly step, extended his left foot forward, prompting Iverson to step back immediately.

Zhang Yang pulled back, caught the ball, jumped...

It was too late for Iverson to add pressure to the jump; Zhang Yang’s three-pointer from the top of the arc went in!

Tied at 131!

Zhang Yang scored 7 consecutive points, bringing his personal score to 49 points!

Offense to defense transition, Iverson received the ball and continued to push forward!

Iverson rushed into the three-point line, getting squeezed by Okafor and Hill, drawing Zhang Yang to Weaver on the left side, Iverson passed to the following Anthony, Anthony received the ball, adjusted a bit, shot a three-pointer from the left open space at the top arc...

It clanked out!

In the final minutes of the last quarter, Anthony, having rested only 3 minutes in the third quarter, was on his third consecutive near-fastbreak, and even with ample opportunities for adjustment thanks to his teammates, he couldn’t control his accuracy anymore!

Kenyon Martin followed up, leaping to compete... but Rondo had moved into position first, grabbing the defensive rebound!

Anthony couldn’t run anymore, but Zhang Yang still could!

Seeing Rondo move into position, Zhang Yang gave him full trust, immediately turning around for a fast break.