264: 135.
You score as many goals as we shoot!
_3 264: 135.
You score as many goals as we shoot!
_3 Zhang Yang saw this and felt there wasn’t a problem.
The Knight’s signing was indeed ill-advised, securing a ball-handling guard whose offensive zone and style almost entirely overlapped with that of Jas and who basically had no shooting ability, especially with a near-max contract.
It not only impeded the developnt of Jas but also took up salary space.
However, Zhang Yang was very displeased.
dia led by ESPN concentrated all the attention on the Knight’s poor moves and Hughes’ unsuitability to assist Jas, holding Jas back.
It was as if the Knight would’ve been leading 2-0 instead of trailing 0-2 in the series had they not signed Hughes!
They completely ignored the effort and performance of the Bobcat players.
It was as if they forgot that without Hughes, the Knight couldn’t beat them during the regular season.
But most fans actually believed this narrative, whether they liked the Knight or not, everyone supported this claim…
In these still nascent years of information technology, public opinion was easily manipulated.
When sothing feels wrong, look to the boss!
Felton at ho, was happily refreshing the news.
He didn’t have as many thoughts, seeing the rival in disarray and being criticized made him happy.
He felt that they had the series in the bag, his mindset already relaxed.
But after hearing Zhang Yang’s words, Felton beca unhappy too…
The next day, on a training day, right before practice started, Felton gathered his teammates and gave a speech, after which he shouted the mantra— “Let the Knight fans know how formidable we are!”
Originally, from January 31st until now, having already beaten the Knight five tis in a row, the other Bobcat players had grown sowhat complacent, just like Felton.
Now, feeling slighted, they too were displeased…
They had to let the Knight fans understand their strength!
Ti moved to April 28th, and the Bobcats faced the Knight at ho for the third ga of the series.
The Knight players stepped onto the court with a do-or-die attitude; if they lost this ga, they would fall behind 0-3 with no hope left.
Hughes also temporarily put his dissatisfaction aside, began the ga by leading his teammates in staunch defense, and coordinated well with Jas on offense.
Any player selected for first-tier defense has a competitive spirit, even a player like Camby is ‘competitive’ in terms of statistics, and if fans who had not watched Camby’s live gas in the past two years saw a highlight reel of his gas, they would definitely think Camby was the most defensively active player in the league.
Hughes, however, didn’t just appear aggressive and competitive—his defense was fierce and earnest; under his lead, the Knight players produced a remarkable defensive performance.
But the Bobcats, under Felton’s lead, also played fiercely, and the viewers in front of the TV couldn’t tell at first glance which team was the one trailing 0-2…
The Bobcat players thought to themselves: You all say the Knight would’ve been the ones 0-2 without signing Hughes, right?
Well, we’ll show you what it looks like to play as if we are 0-2 down!
The Knight players gave their all, but after struggling for over three minutes, the two teams were tied at 6-6.
Just then, the turning point of the ga occurred…
When the Knight were on offense, Jas drove to the paint, unable to shake off Felton, Perkins, and Okafor with three big steps, his left-side passing lane cut off by Okafor, and his pass to the high post intercepted by Gerald Wallace who had moved to the middle.
He had no choice but to force a shot…
and missed!
But at that mont, the referee’s whistle sounded abruptly, calling a hand foul on Perkins!
Jas went to the free-throw line and made one of two shots.
It wasn’t over yet; on the next play, after the Bobcats’ missed shot on offense, Jas drove to the basket again, forcefully pushing past Felton.
With such an offensive move, he had no space to even step, blocked at the front by Perkins and with Felton reaching for the ball at his side.
Jas jumped toward Perkins, who, within the charge circle, stood his ground against Jas without reaching out, just providing resistance…
The referee’s whistle sounded abruptly once more!
Perkins, dissatisfied, roared his complaints at the referee…
and got hit with a technical foul, Okafor quickly grabbed Perkins and pushed him toward the sideline.
The first foul was bearable; the ho crowd rely booed.
This ti, the ho crowd was enraged, cursing at the referee maniacally.
In the first two gas, Jas had an excessive amount of free throws—11 in ga one, with only 6 of 18 shots made, and the number of free throws was simply unreasonable; in ga two, Jas only played for three quarters, 31 minutes, and got to the line 12 tis, averaging a high of 4 per quarter…
but those gas were still considered normal as Jas’ free throws in the regular season were roughly the sa.
Tonight, the bias was just too much, with 4 minutes into the ga, Jas got to shoot 4 free throws, the fouls were both precisely called on Perkins!
Not to ntion the technical foul!
Clear favoritism!
Jordan was angry.
Had Okafor not co back, this foul would have struck right at their defensive lifeline!
It was the presence of Perkins that had allowed them to begin to find a way to deal with Jas.
He rushed to the sideline, pointing his finger at the referee’s nose, swearing…
Only to be told by the referee to leave the court, be quiet, or be sent off.
Overrated goat, as if anyone cared.
The much older Bickerstaff, who had seen more, remained calm and took advantage of the free throw mont to gather his players, sending in Zhang Yang and Brezec, with Felton, Gerald Wallace, and Felton continuing to play.
Jordan, returning from his setback with the referee, looked at the five players on court and asked Bickerstaff, “With these whistles, what about our defense?”
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