bayedsolid Chapter 436, Chapter 4: The Final Battle
Chapter 436, Chapter 4: The Final Battle
Back in the locker room, Hill knelt down to check Wang Xiucheng's knees.
Hill's examination was very thorough; it took him a full ten minutes before he stood up.
Only then did he realize that it was halftime and Durant and the others had already returned.
No one spoke; everyone was watching what was happening.
"It's probably a minor injury; it should heal with some rest," Hill said.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this conclusion.
“But,” Hill said again, “you’d better wear knee braces, otherwise your knees will be more susceptible to injury if they get hit again.”
"Many injuries are the result of accumulation."
"Although you are young and in good physical condition, you can't be careless."
"Furthermore, my advice tonight is that it's best not to play. If you absolutely must play, it's best not to make sudden changes of direction, as this will put pressure on your knees."
Wang Xiucheng nodded upon hearing this.
Hill found a new pair of knee pads among a pile of luggage and personally put them on Wang Xiucheng.
After putting on his knee pads, Wang Xiucheng stood up, stretched a bit, and then picked up a banana and started eating.
Seeing Wang Xiucheng start eating bananas, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to pick up bananas and eat them as well.
Even Westbrook, who doesn't usually like this fruit, picked up a smaller one and started eating.
Wang Xiucheng looked up at the live footage on the television.
The score above is 71 to 65.
The Celtics still lead by 6 points.
In other words, after he made the three-pointer, he also made the free throw.
Neither side scored again after that.
The difference isn't that big, at least that's how Wang Xiucheng sees it.
After walking around the locker room for a while, Wang Xiucheng felt that the pain in his knee had lessened a lot.
After staying a few more minutes, Wang Xiucheng said goodbye to Nash and left the locker room, returning to the court ahead of schedule.
Wang Xiucheng's appearance excited the fans during halftime.
Suddenly, the fries in their hands didn't taste so good anymore. All the fans put down their snacks, picked up their phones, and started taking pictures of Wang Xiucheng.
Cai Congxin and the others, who had been sitting on the sidelines, were relieved to see Wang Xiucheng come out.
Wang Xiucheng sat down on the bench, tightened his shoelaces, and then asked a staff member for a basketball.
Jassim stood up abruptly and went to Wang Xiucheng, asking with concern, "Are you alright?"
"It's nothing." Wang Xiucheng patted the ball with a smile. "It's just a minor injury. It'll be fine after a while."
"That's good."
After saying that, Wang Xiucheng began dribbling the ball towards the basket.
He didn't do any extreme moves. Wang Xiucheng just did some small changes of direction and crossover dribbling, then tested acceleration and braking. After confirming that there were no problems, Wang Xiucheng started practicing shooting.
With a thud, the basketball hit the rim and bounced out of bounds.
Stallone picked up the basketball, but instead of throwing it to Wang Xiucheng, he stood there waiting for Wang Xiucheng to come over.
Stallone's three daughters, especially Sofia, looked at Wang Xiucheng in the distance with concern.
"I'm fine," Wang Xiucheng said as he took the basketball back.
Then Wang Xiucheng saw Scarlett and Olsen not far away, looking at him with the same concern.
Wang Xiucheng had no choice but to casually walk over and tell them that there was no problem. Only then did the two women's expressions improve.
Now, more and more of the older sisters are paying attention to me during each of my matches.
Fortunately, the competition started soon, otherwise Wang Xiucheng would have had to say "I'm fine" countless times.
Despite this, Wang Xiucheng was still somewhat affected in the second half of the game.
The devastating acceleration and braking that would leave opponents in despair were gone, and there wasn't a single instance of shifting gears to get past them.
But Wang Xiucheng's three-pointer forced the Celtics to call timeouts several times.
Throughout the third quarter, Wang Xiucheng attempted nine three-pointers, making five of them.
This was just Wang Xiucheng himself; Durant and Westbrook also each scored a three-pointer.
With such offensive firepower, the Nets scored 40 points in a single quarter, taking the lead in the game.
Although the Celtics' three-point shooting remained sharp, even outnumbering the Nets' attempts, Wang Xiucheng almost always managed to draw fouls.
The Celtics' weakness of having too many fouls by their key players in the first half began to show at this point.
Smart, in particular, was fouled twice by Wang Xiucheng in the third quarter, accumulating four fouls and having to leave the game to rest.
With the end of the third quarter, the score was 105-103.
The Nets have come back from a 6-point deficit at halftime to take a 2-point lead.
Wang Xiucheng sat on the bench, covering his head with a towel.
"If we win the game today, we should have enough for 10."
Wang Xiucheng's only task today is to get the team to win.
Furthermore, the higher your score compared to your opponent, the higher your system score reward will be.
Since Jin Zhi gave him a score, Wang Xiucheng is finally about to accumulate 10 system points.
Once he reaches 10 points, Wang Xiucheng can immediately increase his "stamina" value to 100 points.
beep!
The holiday break is here.
Wang Xiucheng did not get up and continued to rest on the bench.
At the start of the fourth quarter, Durant will be on the court alongside Westbrook, Ben West, Seth Curry, and Sharp.
The Celtics also brought in their reserves, but still kept Jaylen Brown to lead the team.
then……
Then, for two minutes, neither team scored a single point.
With almost three minutes left in the quarter, Durant finally scored with a mid-range pull-up jumper, netting the first point for both teams in the fourth quarter.
Jaylen Brown of the Celtics scored the Celtics' first point with a fast break layup.
The shooting percentages of both teams suddenly dropped significantly.
Neither of the two head coaches called a timeout.
The two teams are currently evenly matched. Since the decisive moment of the game is in the last few minutes, there is absolutely no need to waste time at this point.
Even though I don't score, you don't score either!
And so, in the 7th minute of the game, both sides took their first timeout.
The score at this point was 116-115, with the Nets leading by one point.
Wang Xiucheng stood up and gave his seat to Durant and the others.
Everyone knew that the final battle had arrived.
“Kevin, take a break, two minutes at most,” Nash said to Durant.
For those five or six minutes, it was almost entirely Durant who carried the Nets; Nash didn't dare let Durant continue at such a high intensity.
With a sufficient roster, it's not a good idea to risk having Durant play consecutive games.
Holding the clipboard, Nash squatted down and started drawing on it: "We'll use a switch-everything defense, watch out for passes from the two tops of the key and the guy in the corner..."
“I have three timeouts left,” Nash said. “I’ll call a timeout when there are three minutes left, but you can call timeouts on the court if necessary.”
Everyone nodded.
beep!
The pause time is up.
Wang Xiucheng led Ben West, Russell Westbrook, Sharp, and Royce O'Neal onto the court.