After the Golden State Warriors lost Draymond Green, their on-court combat effectiveness has indeed declined. The Minnesota Timberwolves also took this opportunity to launch a counterattack and finally tied the score in the second half of the third quarter.
Zhao Feiyang, like Stephen Curry, played for longer than usual, and as a result, their physical energy consumption was much more serious than usual.
call out.
A whistle sounded.
The Golden State Warriors chose to make substitutions. With 2 minutes and 11 seconds left in the third quarter, Stephen Curry was replaced to rest.
The Timberwolves did not dare to hesitate, and head coach Philip Sanders also reacted quickly, replacing Zhao Feiyang on the bench to recharge his batteries.
Time passed by, and when the game time came to the fourth quarter, with only the last 5 minutes left, Zhao Feiyang and Stephen Curry appeared again.
At this time, the confrontation on the court was extremely fierce. The Golden State Warriors led by Klay Thompson led the Minnesota Timberwolves by 3 points.
In order to deal with Klay Thompson's shots, Kevin Martin also had a very high shooting percentage in this game, always confronting the opponent at the right time.
It's the Minnesota Timberwolves' turn to serve.
Zhao Feiyang did not dribble the ball this time, letting Kevin Martin dribble the ball forward, and he chose the right position to prepare for the response.
As soon as half-time passed, the ball came into his hands.
Zhao Feiyang is one-on-one with the ball.
Stephen Curry put in a lot of energy and stayed close to Zhao Feiyang, not giving him any chance to attack. The two faced each other, and as soon as Stephen Curry made a gesture of reaching out, Zhao Feiyang suddenly distanced himself and started shaking.
After a continuous cross-step, Stephen Curry's body center of gravity shifted as expected, and Zhao Feiyang took this opportunity to sprint towards the basket.
His pace was very agile, and he dribbled the ball straight to the basket without any hindrance. Finally, he reached the penalty area and threw the ball onto the backboard with a throw.
Snapped.
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
After Zhao Feiyang scored a goal, the fans in the Target Center cheered wildly. However, the Warriors did not hesitate at all. As soon as the goal was scored, Stephen Curry immediately waved to Andre Iguodala under the basket.
Snapped.
Andre Iguodala threw the ball into Stephen Curry's hands.
Stephen Curry, who was being watched by Zhao Feiyang, did not choose to break fast by himself. Instead, he dribbled the ball to attract other people's attention. When he passed the midline and was double-teamed, he suddenly threw the ball with a second pass.
Snapped.
The basketball was given to Klay Thompson, who had already crossed the half court.
Kevin Martin was chasing after him, but he was still a little short. Klay Thompson made a pick and put the ball into the basket.
The offenses of both sides became more and more exciting, and their defense against each other was also very fierce.
The Minnesota Timberwolves kept trying hard, but they were always just a little bit behind. The 3-point gap between the two sides has been difficult to make up.
In this way, the two sides were in a stalemate until the last 30 seconds of the game.
111 to 114.
The Minnesota Timberwolves trail the Golden State Warriors.
The offensive power on the court was in the hands of Stephen Curry. This time he showed no signs of giving in and directly took the ball to others to signal singles.
The teammates immediately distanced themselves and allowed Stephen Curry to mark Zhao Feiyang at the top of the arc.
This confrontation attracted all the fans in the audience, and countless people stood up, just for the wonderful scene that followed.
The two met each other, and Stephen Curry suddenly stepped back, raised the basketball, and shot directly.
Zhao Feiyang's defense was very active. Although he did not hit the ball with a slap, he successfully blocked Stephen Curry's sight and shooting space.
boom.
Sure enough, the basketball thrown by Stephen Curry hit the rim and bounced out.
Andre Iguodala got the rebound. He tried to dunk under the basket, but was destroyed by Andrew Wiggins on the wing at the critical moment.
The basketball fell out again.
Kevin Martin is more of a thief and rushes forward first to seize the ball.
However, when he planned to use long passes to play fast breaks with Zhao Feiyang, Kevin Martin was surprised to find that Zhao Feiyang had already been double-teamed.
Defending him were Stephen Curry and Harrison Barnes. The Warriors seemed to have expected such a situation, so they directly chose to target Zhao Feiyang and let other Timberwolves players play.
This choice is a bit risky, but the other Timberwolves on the front line do not have the key ball ability, so it is undoubtedly a safer decision.
"Kevin, fight it yourself!"
"Don't pass it to me yet..."
Zhao Feiyang gave a reminder.
As a veteran, Kevin Martin certainly understood the former's intention, so he immediately took the ball and sprinted toward the half court.
Klay Thompson still stared at him. After the two passed the top of the arc, they had a fierce exchange, constantly using their bodies to push away each other.
Finally, after reaching the three-point line, Kevin Martin decided to take a risk.
Before officially shooting, he glanced at the timer and found that there were only 6.7 seconds left. Kevin Martin has no better choice but to open up and shoot in this situation.
The next second.
He threw the ball against Klay Thompson's defense.
The fans at the scene exclaimed, and all eyes were focused on him at this moment.
boom.
A moment later the basketball bounced out of the basket.
There was a sigh from the scene.
"Andrew."
Zhao Feiyang, who was standing outside, shouted to Andrew Wiggins inside.
"clear."
Andrew Wiggins rushed to the basket before the Warriors players were ready. When the basketball fell, he seized the opportunity to stand still, then jumped high and took the ball back into his hands.
At this point the timer is running out of time.
"here."
Zhao Feiyang shook off the Warriors double-team and rushed to the three-point line in the bottom corner. When he shouted again, Andrew Wiggins gave the ball to him immediately.
Zhao Feiyang took action almost as soon as he touched the ball.
The moment he jumped up and threw, the on-site timer also made a "beep" sound. In the blink of an eye, the three-point ball thrown by Zhao Feiyang drew a perfect top of the arc in mid-air, followed by a steady Fall steadily into the basket.
Uh-huh.
The ball went in.
The entire Target Center Arena was in a state of revelry, with fans waving signs and screaming for Zhao Feiyang. Even head coach Philip Sanders couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.
However, after the goal was scored, the scoreboard on the scene did not increase the score, and the score was still 111 to 114.
The three referees also gathered together, and the referee was still making gestures in front of the technical stage. The Timberwolves players and fans' hearts were in their throats again.
"We can't tell if the ball was timed out... so we have to look at the replay..."
