NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

The whistle blew for the timeout, and both players returned to their respective benches.

On the Spurs bench, Coach Popovich looked at the starting five, and the expression on his face was irrepressibly excited: "Boys, you played very well, in this quarter of the game, you successfully played your own blood, and you have to work the court for a while, and strive to widen the score difference a little more, so that you can come down and rest." The

starting five nodded, and Sohan took the lead in speaking: "Coach, are you letting us play too little, I'm not tired at all, especially after a full session of rest just now..."

Popovich ignored the frolicking duo and continued: "The Hawks called this timeout, I think it was because Trae Young couldn't sit still, so he might continue to play for a while, and you guys have to be prepared not to let him score too many points alone."

Vassell was a little puzzled: "Coach, if Trae Young continues to play in the third quarter, will he still have the physical strength

to play in the fourth quarter?" "But if he doesn't play in this quarter, I'm afraid that when he gets to the fourth quarter, his appearance will be meaningless, because the point difference has been opened up too much, and he can't catch up if he wants to." Popovich explained, "Chang, how do you feel, do you need any help?"

After seeing Chang Tiancheng block the shot with a block by Murray at first, Popovich was a little worried about Chang Tiancheng's state, but Chang Tiancheng was far tougher than he imagined, and soon found an opportunity to return the color with a three-point shot, and even limited Capela's inside singles twice on the defensive end.

Thinking of this, Popovich couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: It seems that this kid is more mature than I expected.

At that moment, the referee's whistle blew to announce the continuation of the third quarter.

The Hawks, just as Popovich had predicted, once again fielded Trae Young, who had already played the full half.

Seeing Trae Young's appearance, even the commentator couldn't help but praise: "Trae Young is really a fighter with unlimited physical fitness, and after only a few minutes of rest in the third quarter, he is going to play again." You know, he played the entire first half!" The

audience also gave a round of applause to Trae Young who was back on the court, and the morale of the Hawks was once again high under such an atmosphere.

After receiving Capela's serve, Murray passed the ball directly to Trae Young, who was trotting forward. Trae Young dribbled and looked for an opportunity to find that the Spurs still sent McDermott, who had previously been responsible for defending him, to cover himself. So, he still adopted the previous strategy, using the breakthrough to throw McDermott away for some distance, and then came to the three-point line, raised his hand, and prepared to shoot.

Seeing this, Keldon immediately came over to make up for it. But Trae Young didn't make a shot, but threw the ball directly near the basket. Collins, who was originally standing in the bottom corner, had already jumped into the air at this time, and after receiving the ball from Trae Young, he directly completed an aerial relay dunk.

The goal once again sent the crowd to a climax, who stood up and cheered for their home team.

Chang Tiancheng held the ball and was still entangled by Murray, but this time he did not choose to transmit the ball to Vassell, but directly lowered his center of gravity, and after doing two or three crotch dribbles, he directly identified Murray's defensive flaws and broke through from the right side of Murray's body.

Although Murray followed the ball very closely, he was still directly broken through to the three-point line by Chang Tiancheng. Seeing that Chang Tiancheng didn't shoot a three-point shot directly this time, Murray breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly adjusted his position, his eyes were also fixed on Chang Tiancheng.

But Chang Tiancheng made an unexpected move at this time, only to see him pass the ball directly to Suohan on the inside. You must know that there is a huge size difference in Capela, who is responsible for defending him, even if Chang Tiancheng passes the ball smoothly, Sochan has no way to form an effective offensive threat on the inside.

Suohan was also a little overwhelmed after receiving the ball, he didn't know why Chang Tiancheng chose to pass the ball to himself, but he still believed that Chang Tiancheng must have his reasons for doing this. As a result, he could only slowly try to punch the card on the back sheet, but the result was naturally completely impressable.

And just when Sohan was at a loss, Chang Tiancheng suddenly shook a little, and then ran directly to the inside without the ball. Murray quickly followed, but still took a step slower, and Chang Tiancheng reached out to take the basketball from Sochan's hand and shot a drifting mid-range shot directly on the left side of the basket.

Murray planned to jump to stop it, but found that he had just come into contact with Chang Tiancheng's body, and Chang Tiancheng fell to the side.

The referee's whistle blows and a defensive foul on Murray is blown. At the same

time, Chang Tiancheng's shot also hit steadily, two plus one! The Spurs benches sitting on the court all showed surprised expressions after seeing Chang Tiancheng's shot, and they all discussed: "Hey, is this the first time Chang has shot a mid-range shot?"

"It should be, I haven't seen him shoot in training before." And

Popovich was very satisfied with Chang Tiancheng's shot. Generally speaking, once a ball-handling core has developed the habit of playing high-efficiency balls (under the basket, three-pointers), it is easy to reject mid-range shooting.

But when it comes to the more intense playoffs, mid-range shooting is often the one that a superstar can really kill the game. And Chang Tiancheng doesn't seem to have given up on mid-range shooting now, which is obviously a good sign.

Chang Tiancheng stood at the free throw line, looked at Murray, who was still depressed, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at him, which made Murray feel even more devastated.

Subsequently, Chang Tiancheng scored a goal steadily.

At 44:55, looking at the scene, Trae Young's return did not help the team close the score.

However, Chang Tiancheng's goal just now did not discourage Trae Young, but inspired his fighting spirit even more, only to see him receive the ball from the backcourt, directly dribbling the ball to the Spurs' half court, ignoring the pounced McDermott, and forced a three-point shot.

The basketball slammed into the back edge of the basket, bounced up, and slammed it on the basket twice, eventually rolling into the basket.

At 48:55, Trae Young clenched his fists, hoping to replicate the operation of the second quarter and lead the team to chase a wave of points again.