Chapter 1686 Morant is about to cry
Due to the Kings' defense, Morant didn't score a single point during the entire third quarter, and Joe only scored 4 points in the third quarter.
As the two core players of the team, they only scored 4 points in the third quarter. You can imagine how bad the team's offense is.
At the end of the third quarter, the Kings scored 40 points in a single quarter, while the Grizzlies only scored 12 points in this quarter.
The Kings went from trailing by 14 points to leading by 14 points.
In other words, the Guoan team defeated the Grizzlies by 28 points in this single quarter.
This can no longer be called outrageous.
But it's quite different.
Especially considering that Morant scored 30 points in the first half, but failed to score a point in the third quarter, he also experienced a combination of ice and fire.
When Morant came off the court, his head was buzzing.
Xiao Qiao's head was also buzzing.
Head coach Jenkins is still buzzing.
What else can you do when you encounter such a team whose defensive strength is simply outrageous?
You can only be confused.
At this time in the Kings dugout.
All the players were very excited, and even head coach D'Antoni had a smile on his face.
After any team plays such a violent quarter, everyone's emotions will be extremely high.
At this time, Wang Yi reminded the players:
"Our offense is very smooth and our defense is very strong. This is a good thing, but I want to remind you not to get too hot-headed. What we have to do now is to calm down. The more this happens, the more cautious we must be and not give them any chance.
The hope of a comeback..."
The coach nodded and said to everyone:
"That's right, so everyone calm down in the 4th quarter. There are two points to note: First, don't just grab the ball casually in the 4th quarter just because we guarded them in the 3rd quarter. What we have to do in the 4th quarter is to be steady.
, don’t foul, don’t make mistakes.”
"The second point is that on the offensive end, anyone can attack, but they can only attack when there is a particularly good opportunity. Don't forcefully attack the opponent when there is no good opportunity, thus causing a mistaken attack."
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
Westbrook and Rose looked at Wang Yi at this time, and they both nodded secretly.
Wang Yi is really smart and knows when to charge and when to brake.
When the two of them were young, as the team bosses, they were often able to lead the charge and create a climax.
But they don't know when to let off the accelerator and when to apply the brakes.
They don't even understand the importance of applying the brakes.
Therefore, they often want to take advantage of the climax to finish off the opponent, so they only know how to attack, attack, and attack again.
In the end, players will make many mistakes and fouls due to being too aggressive, thus ruining a good game.
Even if there are many coaches, they will often get the upper hand in this situation.
But now Wang Yi, at such a young age, knows how to immediately release the accelerator and apply the brakes after a climax to remind the team members.
This is really something only those players with extremely high golf IQ can do.
In fact, Wang Yi spent a lot of time playing games during the nearly three years since he retired.
His Shangguan Wan'er's brakes were very slippery.
In team battles, opponents often think he is out of control and want to rush in and kill him.
As a result, he suddenly flew into the sky and caught his opponent by surprise.
On the Grizzlies side, their head coach Jenkins is comforting the players.
"They did have a climax in the third quarter, but don't think that's the end of us."
"We still have 12 minutes, and we have plenty of time. And they were too excited in the third quarter, and they will definitely be in a top-notch situation because of this. The more they play, the more excited they will be. Because they are too excited, they will make mistakes and a lot of fouls. That's when we
opportunity.”
Morant glanced at the coach.
Isn't this coach trying to make a fool of us again?
…
At the beginning of the 4th quarter, the Kings sent out Rose and Wiggins.
Although Wiggins has spent all his 18 points balance;
Although Rose's offensive and defensive abilities are not as good as Danny Jr., these two can stabilize the situation on the court.
This is exactly the purpose of the Kings coach sending the two of them to play.
On the Grizzlies side, since they were already 14 points behind, Morant went straight onto the court without taking a break.
When Wang Yi saw Morant playing, he also took the initiative to ask to play.
Ever since, we saw Wang Yi continue to form a suppressive defense against Morant.
It's hard for Morant to catch a ball.
The situation that Jenkins said that the Kings would prevail did not happen.
With old Rose controlling the court, the Kings played very steadily.
Although the Grizzlies wanted to buy time and speed up, Wang Yi completely buried the core of Morant alive, making it impossible for the Grizzlies to speed up.
Even if Morant occasionally gets a fast break opportunity, he will either be blocked by Wang Yi's big shot, or he will let go when he shoots.
In short, it just doesn't go well no matter how you fight.
In addition, Rose always slowly comes to the frontcourt every time he controls the ball, directing the players to move, wait until an opportunity arises, and then pass it to the player with the best opportunity to take action.
So after the Kings came on the field in the 4th quarter, they played in one word: Steady.
Morant looks at coach Jenkins again.
Coach, I've already eaten all the cake you drew.
Grizzlies coach Jenkins had no choice but to continue sending Joe to try to make him the central pivot, but the Kings took advantage of the situation and sent Dao.
Doug's defense against Xiao Qiao was also overwhelming.
Xiao Qiao always stumbles under Dog's defense.
It's hard to catch the ball.
Even after catching the ball, it is difficult to release it.
As for him wanting to organize the offense by standing at the top of the arc and acting as a central axis, that is even more impossible.
As soon as he gets the ball at the top of the arc, Doug will always reach out to interfere with him, and at the same time, he will continue to use secret tricks on him.
Every time Morant ran past Xiao Qiao, he would pass Wang Yi. When Wang Yi passed Xiao Qiao, he would pull the ball.
His long hands and long arms are very threatening to pull the ball.
In this situation alone in the 4th quarter, Xiao Qiao's ball was pulled away 4 times. Two times it was directly intercepted by Wang Yi, and once the ball was pulled away and then rolled out of the sideline.
Only once did Xiao Qiao reluctantly collect the ball and pass it out.
In the fourth quarter, the other three players on the Grizzlies scored some points, but their two core players still didn't score much here.
Xiao Qiao scored two points, while Morant still scored zero.
The time came to the last 4 minutes. Seeing that the point difference was already approaching 20, the Grizzlies coach had no choice but to withdraw their main players.
When they withdrew their main force, Wang Yi also took the initiative to foul the ball after hitting another mid-range shot.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Grizzlies by 25 points 120:95.
Grizzlies leader Morant scored 30 points.
Wang Yi only scored 26 points.
It seems like he doesn't score as many points as Morant, but look at his other statistics.
15 rebounds, 10 blocks, 7 steals and 7 assists.
Chapter completed!