manynovel Chapter 134
Chapter 134
Seeing Wembanyama, who was in charge of his defense, score another goal, Giannis clenched his left hand into a fist and slammed his right palm hard.
Seeing Giannis's movements, Lopez stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, Giannis?" "
Oh, nothing. Giannis was still immersed in his own world, and he didn't come back to his senses until he was accosted by Lopez, "Next time I won't be attracted to Chang, I have to concentrate on defending Wembanyama, and I can't let him score so easily."
"Don't worry too much, Giannis. I also have to bear some responsibility for that goal just now. Da Lopez patted Giannis on the shoulder, "If you go to make up for Chang Tiancheng, I should help you take a look at Wembanyama, and everyone should pay attention to it in the next round." I
don't know if Giannis listened to Da Lopez's words, but after he nodded, he shoved the ball to Da Lopez and motioned for him to give it to himself.
After dribbling to the Spurs halfcourt, Giannis intends to break Wembanyama with the ball on the outside, so that he can use his speed advantage to shake off Wembanyama's shadowy defense without being caught by the opposition's inside. After all, as long as you rush up, if the opponent's interior line wants to stop you, you can only pay for the foul and send yourself to the free throw line.
But Giannis underestimated the Spurs' determination to contain him, and as soon as he dribbled to the three-point line, Wembanyama instantly slammed into him, compressing his space to hold the ball. Looking at Wembanyama's long arms, Giannis quickly turned slightly sideways and protected the ball on the other side of his body.
But at this moment, Sochan, who was originally responsible for defending Middleton, suddenly shot out from the flank and rushed to Giannis's side to reach out to break Giannis's ball.
Giannis was forced to close the ball from beyond the three-point line and look up to find his teammates.
But Wembanyama, like he had just been on the inside, still stretched out his hand to block Giannis's sight, making him unable to pass the ball for a while.
In a panic, Giannis could only hold the ball in his hand, but Sohan did not show weakness, seeing that he could not cut the ball off directly from Giannis's hand, he simply hugged the ball and pasted it.
Seeing this, the referee quickly blew the whistle and motioned for Giannis and Sochan to compete for the ball by jumping the ball.
Entering the jump ball stage, although Sochan's physical fitness is also quite good, it is still a little difficult for him to compete with Giannis for the jump ball. Giannis leaped high and slapped the ball into Middleton's hand.
Middleton is worthy of being an experienced shooter, taking advantage of the gap when the Spurs' defensive formation was still chaotic after the jump shot, he directly shot a cold arrow outside the three-point line, but unfortunately the strength was a little worse, and finally smashed on the front of the basket and bounced out.
Seeing this, Wembanyama hurriedly accepted the rebound.
The moment Holiday saw Wembanyama receive the defensive rebound, he realized that the Spurs might want to launch a fast break, so he immediately stuck to Chang Tiancheng and didn't give him space to catch the ball.
Wembanyama saw that Chang Tiancheng was stuck by the defense, and the other teammates had begun to run to the front court, so he simply took the ball to the front court of the Bucks.
And Giannis has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. Although Wembanyama's possession of the dribble is almost crushing in his height, in Giannis's eyes, his dribbling rate is still a little slower.
Wembanyama realized that he might lose the ball the moment he saw Giannis post it, so he quickly closed the ball and lifted it high when Giannis reached out.
Giannis failed to make a steal, and a trace of anger could not help but rise in his heart. Obviously, he was still casually handling Wembanyama the day before yesterday, but in just one day, he became the one who had been eating deflated.
Giannis, who couldn't swallow this breath, pressed his body directly against Wembanyama's body, trying to forcibly snatch the ball from Wembanyama's hands.
Although Wembanyama was deliberately improving his physical fitness during the season, he was directly pressed by Giannis's monster body, and he still couldn't bear it and fell directly to the ground.
Giannis didn't look back at Wembanyama at all, but wanted to pick up the ball directly from the ground and launch a fast attack.
Wembanyama fell to the ground, but he didn't want to be beaten like this, so he lay on the ground and grabbed the basketball firmly with his hands.
Seeing that he couldn't grab the basketball, Giannis dragged Wembanyama directly for a distance of about two meters, and it was only then that the referee's whistle sounded.
After confirmation by several referees, it was decided that the two would fight for possession by jumping the ball.
Popovich was furious when he saw the result of the penalty, and he rushed to the referee despite the dissuasion of the assistant coach: "How did you blow the game?! Look at what Giannis did to Wembanyama just now?!
After Popovich left the game, the assistant coach of the Spurs immediately requested a timeout to calm the players' emotions first.
The coach was still so angry, and the young lads couldn't stand Giannis's behavior and the referee's decision.
Sochan stood in front of the bench and said angrily: "Is this the home court of the Bucks? Has the referee been bought off by their team's manager? Look at that Giannis, if he doesn't blow a foul for such a move, maybe what will happen to him next?
"Sohan, calm down. At this time, on the contrary, the victim Wembanyama appeared the most calm, "I am not injured, and I have watched a lot of videos of his games, he is a person who will make some radical moves when he is emotional, we just need to be careful in the future." What he is doing now actually shows that we are effective in targeting him, and we must stick to it.
"Victor is right, we don't want to be disturbed by the referee, it's not for us to decide, we just have to focus on the game. Chang Tiancheng also clapped his hands, "As long as we win, it will naturally be regarded as a slap in the face."
Under the persuasion of the two core stars, several Spurs players reached an agreement and vowed to win the game.