Albert adjusted his breathing and imposed additional penalties.
20 to 9.
In the blink of an eye, the difference was only 11 points.
At this moment, the short whistle sounded on the sidelines, and both Westbrook and Mbah a Moute returned early.
During this period, the Devils' substitutes used positivity and defense to bring back the suspense of the game.
The pressure is now on the Bruins, and if they can't score in the next possession, the Devils have a chance to narrow the deficit to single digits.
"Defend! Defend!"
The emotions of the fans at the scene were rekindled and the shouts were deafening.
The Devils' defense is still doing a good job, but the Bruins return three of their five starters, and their offensive threat is back.
Westbrook directly chose a mid-range jump shot after cutting out the ball.
Although the movement was a bit stiff, the ball still landed steadily.
The Bruins finally broke their scoring drought.
Moreover, after the offensive and defensive transition, Albert's shot after the pick-and-roll was interfered by Westbrook, and the rebound was also protected by Mbah a Moute.
This ball was actually blocked by Westbrook, but he forced his way past and interfered.
With one offense and one defense, the Bruins stabilized the situation on the field through personnel adjustments.
At this time, the live footage showed Sandek on the Devils bench.
It is obvious that the Devils were able to recover the score on the one hand because their substitutes played well, but on the other hand it was also a problem with the Bruins' field lineup.
Therefore, Sandek also faces a choice, whether to continue to keep these substitute players on the court, or to replace the main players in advance.
Sandek looked back at the bench and made no substitutions in the end.
He chose to continue to believe in the people on the court!
Of course, the players on the field will not feel this detail. They still work hard to defend as they did in the previous round.
This time their efforts were rewarded. Mbah a Moute's weak-side layup missed Xu Yong's defense, and Xu Yong turned around and pocketed the rebound.
"Come on! Devils!"
When Glaser advanced with the ball, the home fans cheered again.
Although the score difference was no longer close, they felt the tenacious fighting spirit of the players on the field.
For fans, this is the greatest charm of basketball.
Of course, the cheers of the fans cannot solve the difficulties encountered by the Devils on the field. Albert was stared at by Westbrook in this round, and Xu Yong's movement without the ball was also closely followed by Mbah a Moute.
Most of the attack time has passed, and the Devils still have no good offensive options on the field.
The footage of the scene was shown to Sandek again, but Sandek still made no adjustments.
When the camera cut back, the ball was in Xu Yong's hands, leaving only the last ten seconds for the Devils to attack.
At this time, it was too late to organize an attack. Albert wanted to come over and catch the ball. Xu Yong trusted him so much that he rushed to take the ball.
However, Xu Yong did not throw the pot away, but signaled Albert to pull away.
With 8 seconds left, Mbah a Moute defends with close-fitting pressure.
Judging from the arrangements of the coaching staff before the game and Xu Yong's performance tonight, Xu Yong is a dunker who can shoot three-pointers.
To deal with this kind of player pressing closely, not giving shooting opportunities is the best option.
As for the breakthrough, unless Xu Yong starts his first step quickly enough and is explosive enough, he will not be able to break through his defense.
But Xu Yong has never demonstrated his ability in this area.
With 6 seconds left, Xu Yong leaned over and used the triple threat to clear out the starting space for himself, and then directly launched a step to pass Mbah a Moute!
Mbah a Moute said "unless", he happened to have it!
Because Mbah a Moute was too close to the ball, he had no time to take remedial measures after he was passed.
Xu Yong rushed to the basket amidst the exclamations of the fans. After seeing the opponent's inside man Alfred Aboya, he jumped up and pulled the ball over his head with his right hand.
After seeing this, Aboya raised his hands and jumped at the same time, trying to prevent Xu Yong from dunking.
"boom!"
There was a physical confrontation between the two in the air.
Then the next second, Aboya was directly knocked backwards by Xu Yong.
"Bang!"
Then Xu Yong stayed in the air and slammed the ball into the basket with his right hand.gif!
The fans at the scene were stunned.
Not only the fans, but also Nash and others in the stands showed shocked expressions.
Xu Yong's shot just now not only showed his movement control skills from the start to the final deduction, but also perfectly demonstrated his core strength.
Only with excellent core strength can such a swift first step be possible!
Only with excellent core strength can you not lose your center of gravity after a confrontation in the air, and then complete a dunk from behind!
And there is another important reason for their shock, because they had only heard about Xu Yong's seven three-pointers before, but did not understand Xu Yong's dunking ability.
So although this dunk only involved the Bruins' substitute inside man, the visual effect it brought to them was no worse than Griffin's dunk!
"It's so similar." After recovering from the shock, Marion blurted out.
"Yes, it's very similar." Although Marion didn't say it directly, Stoudemire also echoed.
The dunking gesture just now, as well as the "23" number on Xu Yong's back, easily reminded them of that person.
No, that god, the only god of basketball in the hearts of their players.
Of course, the scouts were as surprised as they were.
Their goals before the game were Westbrook, Love and Harden, but Xu Yong's shot just now can be said to have attracted their attention.
Although this does not mean that Xu Yong will be selected by them, there is one point where Xu Yong's name appears on their laptop.
Or to put it another way, Xu Yong appeared in the sight of the teams behind these scouts.
Sandek also looked surprised at this time. Of course, his surprise was different from others. He was surprised by Xu Yong's offensive ability with the ball.
Xu Yong has never shown this before.
From those seven three-pointers to his current ball-holding ability, Xu Yong can always bring surprises to him.
Delayed cheers erupted from the fans, and on the Bruins side, Howland reached out and called a timeout.
Although the score difference on the court is still 11 points, Xu Yong's dunk just now had a great impact on the morale of both sides.
The live footage showed Xu Yong, and the cheers of the fans continued to rise.
Under the camera, Xu Yong's expression was as calm as ever, as if the goal he just scored was not worth mentioning.
Xu Yong did not feel much sense of achievement at this time, because there were many objective factors that led to the goal just scored.
First, Mbah a Moute didn't know that he had the ability to attack with the ball, so pressing him too tight gave him a chance to break through.
Furthermore, the Aboya he dunked on was not strong at all, which was obviously not as exciting as the dunk on Griffin in the invitational tournament.
If he can have the opportunity to dunk Love, it will be Guan Yu's victory over Yanliang, and he will have a full sense of accomplishment.
