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Chapter 357 Fierce Battle(2/3)

This time, Wu Feng passed Lucredno and Jason Terry, attracted Dakomilicic's defense and passed the ball to the inside giant Al Horford.

Due to short time, Al Horford made a layup directly. When the ball fell into the net, the first half was over.

With Al Horford's buzzer-beating layup, the Hawks scored 53:57, still 4 points behind the Timberwolves.

Although Larry Drew was a little dissatisfied with this result, he had to accept it. He could only hope for the second half now, hoping that his disciples could launch a sharp counterattack in the second half and overturn the score until he won the victory in this game.

Larry Drew helped the players to take the interview from reporters and asked Wu Feng and others to rest in the locker room where they came back. Now, Wu Feng and others are so tired that they sweat a lot.

This game was very difficult to play as expected before the game. But Wu Feng and the others also understood that if they could win this game, they would definitely be able to justify themselves.

The rumors that the Hawks were paper tigers before were self-defeating. So in this game, they were determined to win and never lose.

During the intermission, Wu Feng asked Deng Houjian to give himself a rough whole-body massage to stretch his body. Deng Houjian is worthy of being a professional physiotherapist. With his help, although he only took a break for fifteen minutes, Wu Feng felt that his physical strength had almost recovered.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half of the game began.

Wu Feng passed the ball to Al Horford on the right wing. The "Chef" forced Kevin Love, pushed him to the basket step by step, then turned around and hooked, but was blocked by Dakomilicic behind him. Kevin Love grabbed the defensive rebound.

The 'cheat' shook his arm angrily.

The Timberwolves' offense was also fruitless, with offense and defense being transferred, and the Eagles attacking.

Wu Feng still handed the ball to the inside. Al Horford successfully played this time and also caused Kevin Love's foul.

Al Horford added free throws and scored the free throw.

The excited "chef" and Wu Feng bumped into his chest, and then they retreated together.

Al Horford's free throw today is quite powerful, and he has only lost one free throw at the moment.

Next, Al Horford's touch seemed to get hotter, so Wu Feng was naturally happy to pass the ball to him.

Al Horford won the first few shots in the Hawks' third quarter game alone. He scored 6 points from three of five shots, helping the Hawks narrow the gap to 1 point.

Jason Terry's success in the outside line provided more power for the Timberwolves' offense. When the Timberwolves need to score, Jason Terry can always stand up.

However, the Hawks are still the main player of "cheats", and he is also very powerful, scoring 5 points with shots and free throws. Before he could finish halfway through the third quarter, Al Horford scored 11 points alone.

Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman quickly called for a timeout.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves' performance did not improve significantly. Al Horford's outstanding performance in the inside allowed the Hawks to finally take the initiative in the game.

70:67, the Hawks finally overtook 3 points.

The Timberwolves' outside players have never found the pace of the game. It's okay to be unfavorable offense, but they always seem to be one step slower in defense.

Anthony Morro kicked off at the baseline, Wu Feng quickly led the ball through the half-court, slowing down the pace near the midfield. Watching the Hawks players penetrate into the Timberwolves' defense like a tide, the Timberwolves is not a team that is good at half-court offense. The weakness of the inside makes the team's offense more biased towards the outside attack. When facing the Timberwolves, the positional battle of the Hawks is undoubtedly better.

Wu Feng easily lifted the ball into the inside line, and then quickly ran from the outside line, trying to mobilize the Timberwolves' defense so that they could not easily double-team Al Horford.

Holding the ball in one hand, whispering slightly back on his back, he tested Brian Cardinal behind him. The opponent's defensive ability is average, especially his defense is not brain-free. He relies entirely on a positive defensive attitude, and his blocking performance is barely qualified. The biggest drawback in defense is that his body is not strong enough.

Al Horford relied on his strong body to squeeze Brian Cardinal into the basket step by step. Although the opponent's defense was very aggressive, he still watched his position lose step by step.

Al Horford's sudden turn turned around and squeezed Brian Cardinal out, and his hands were hit.

Lucredno was undoubtedly the most disappointed at this time. Jason Terry sat on the bench, and Deshen Stevenson had almost no effect on the court.

Until now, his statistics still have only one rebound and a foul.

"Clang", Deshaun Stevenson's hastily made a move, and the ball naturally went out of the basket, and the ball rights returned to the Hawks' hands.

On the Hawks, Wu Feng gave another assist, and Anthony Morro made a three-pointer.

Larry Drew was ready for the Timberwolves' counterattack. However, he still underestimated the Timberwolves' strength. With Lucredno's lead, the Timberwolves beat the Hawks a 10:5 small ** in just three and a half minutes, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 3 points.

In this wave of attacks, Lucredno swept the downturn in the first half and fired continuously from outside the three-point line.

Larry Drew didn't care much about the situation on the field.

The Timberwolves are originally a super strong team. If they are defeated by the Hawks so easily, then the Timberwolves will be a pseudo-strong team, not a team with the ability to win the championship.

The Hawks called a short pause, and Marvin Williams was sent to replace McGrady.

Lucredno's face became more and more serious. With Marvin Williams' return to the court, the quality of the Hawks' offensive will inevitably improve.

Lucredno quickly led the ball through the half, but he did not fail to make a decisive breakthrough. Wu Feng's slender body resolutely stood up at the three-point line without any extra movements, but it made him feel an obvious threat.

Using Jason Terry's pick-and-roll, Lucredno took advantage of the opportunity that appeared in the moment and rushed into the free throw line quickly, jumped up, and gently waved his hands.

"Bang" the Timberwolves' basket once again rejected their point guard, and Al Horford easily took the rebound.

After El Horford landed, he quickly raised the ball high and threw it hard towards the front court. Unfortunately, the ball flew to the free throw line, a black shadow flashed quickly, and Wu Feng watched the ball be cut off.

After intercepting the ball, Jason Terry quickly started without any hesitation and had an amazing explosive power. In an instant, he held his whole body slightly bent back and lifted the ball high into the air with his right hand.

Looking at the timing of Al Horford's jump and the direction of the block, Wu Feng knew that this ball was basically there. Jason Terry obviously underestimated Al Horford's explosive power. Although Al Horford's jump was a step later, his amazing explosive power made him come first. This is also Al Horford's best blocking action. He basically completed the entire set of movements for the opponent and slapped the opponent's ball with the amazing bounce.

"Pa" Jason Terry's face was full of horror. His bounce and explosive power were indeed not as good as before. However, being blocked by someone was something he had never thought of. When he was about to complete the dunk, Al Horford seemed to appear out of thin air and blocked his dunk.

"Al..." The audience cheered. Such a wonderful block will naturally arouse cheers from home fans.

Kevin Love took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Lucredno saw this and quickly handed the ball over to Kevin Love.

Kevin Love's attack point is relatively outward. Especially his power at the three-point line is enough to attract any team to the eye.

Facing Al Horford's defense, Kevin Love was not ruthless and made a jump shot directly on his head.

Anthony Morro's mid-range shot missed, Dakomilicic easily took the rebound, and a long pass was handed to Jason Terry. After Jason Terry broke through Anthony Morro, he rushed into the Hawks' interior to make a layup.

Anthony Morro organized the offense with the ball. Marvin Williams came up to support him. Anthony Morro passed the ball to Al Horford, who was inside. Al Horford singled Kevin Love. A turn-around hook shot, but unfortunately missed, Dakomilicic grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Timberwolves attacked, Lucredno lifted the ball into the inside line at the top of the arc, and then received the back pass from the inside line, making a mid-range jump shot.

Wu Feng used his speed to forcibly break Lucredno's defense and rushed into the Timberwolves' inside layup. Unfortunately, he missed, but he caused Kevin Love's foul.

Wu Feng made a free throw, and both free throws were made.

So far, Wu Feng has made 61 free throws in a row, and this number of free throws has broken the history of the Hawks, and is still 36 away from the highest 97 in the league's history.

Lucredno slipped into the bottom line, then took on a wonderful pass from his teammate, made another jump shot in the paint area, and scored 4 points in a row within one minute.

Anthony Morro made a jump shot from outside the three-point line. Although he missed, Al Horford took the offensive rebound and once again handed the ball to Anthony Morro. Anthony Morro made a wonderful pass to Wu Feng at the bottom line, and the latter made a three-pointer.

Jason Terry used his teammates' screen to make a layup with an empty cut.

Marvin Williams dribbled the ball through the half, and did not stick too much, and quickly handed the ball to Wu Feng. At this time, only Lucredno was next to Wu Feng. Although there were other Timberwolves players not far away, the situation was much better than the previous double-team.

A step back opened the distance between the two, Wu Feng hung high, and the ball quickly passed over Lucredno's head, and Marvin Williams made a jump shot from outside the three-point line.

On the Timberwolves' side, Kevin Love stepped forward again and made a floating goal from outside the three-point line.

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Wu Feng did not force a breakthrough, but quickly handed the ball to Anthony Morro. Faced with a strong team like the Timberwolves, all the playing style and tactics were changed from before. Flexible and changeable passes, active running of outside players, and the requirements for inside players to get a position. The game against the Timberwolves is extremely important.

Anthony Morro made a fake move, breaking through the Timberwolves' defensive player and hit a mid-range jump shot.

Lucredno made a wonderful pass from Kevin Love, who made another jump shot.

After Wu Feng broke through, the ball was delivered to McGrady's hand in time. The latter's three-pointer missed. Al Horford easily took the rebound and leaned against Kevin Love, pushing step by step into the three-second zone.

Al Horford bent his left elbow slightly, resisted Kevin Love, widened the distance between the two, and easily jumped and hit a small hook.

After breathing a relaxed breath, Al Horford wiped the sweat from his forehead. Unexpectedly, Kevin Love has always been soft, but his strength is not small. The short distance of two or three steps really took a lot of effort. The last little hook. The feeling of taking action was a little wrong. Fortunately, he was lucky. The ball bounced on the basket a few times and finally fell into the basket.

Derek Williams pulled the outside to make a block for Lucredno. Under Wu Feng's defense, Lucredno was not as casual as in previous games, especially when he broke through. He was about to succeed a few times, but Wu Feng appeared in front of him strangely. After many breakthroughs failed, he could only rely more on the blocking of his teammates.

The game became more and more intense, and the audience on the sidelines became more and more nervous.

Lucredno quickly broke through the middle and entered the three-second zone. However, Al Horford was already on the inside, and seeing that there was no good opportunity to take action, Lucredno's game style naturally would not take action so easily. With a light swing of his wrist, the ball quickly flew into Derek Williams's hand. At this time, Al Horford had already gone to defend Lucredno, and the other Hawks players had no time to make up for the defense. He gently relaxed his ape's arms and easily buckled the ball into the basket.

Wu Feng's long pass from the midfielder was handed over to the inside, and Al Horford easily tricked Derek Williams away with a realistic and fake move, and the ball passed the board into the basket.

Lucredno's breakthrough pass, Jason Terry's right wing three-pointer was hit.

A pass error from the Hawks, Lucredno, Derek Williams, and Jason Terry easily made a three-for-two. Finally, Lucredno made a mid-range shot.

With this goal, the Timberwolves overtook the score and turned the situation back.

There was only one minute left in the third quarter, and Larry Drew shouted a timeout.

After the timeout, the Hawks' Wu Feng was replaced by Jeff Teague to rest in case of a better performance in the most intense and important fourth quarter. McGrady replaced Marvin Williams, and Cock Hinrich replaced Anthony Morro.

For the Timberwolves, Jose Barrea replaced Lucredno, and Ian Masinmi replaced Kevin Love.

The game continues, the Hawks' ball rights.

Koksinridge suddenly jumped out of the three-point line, and with a "swish", he hit a three-pointer.

This three-pointer shot was very sudden. Jason Terry didn't expect that he would dare to take action at such a distance.

In the next minute, the Timberwolves played very well, making two shots, and defending the Hawks' two attacks.

At the end of the third quarter, the Hawks temporarily trailed the Timberwolves by 3 points at 84:87.

In the third quarter, when the Timberwolves is important for the Timberwolves, the best performer is Lucredno. It was under the leadership of Lucredno that the Timberwolves launched such a fierce counterattack and eventually overtaken the score.

Larry Drew had nothing to say about the players' performance on the court. Their performance was definitely top-notch, but the Timberwolves' strong lineup found the touch at the beginning of the third quarter, with the inside and outside lines blooming everywhere. The offensive battle formulated by Larry Drew during the halftime break was also prepared to make the opponent score wildly, but the opponent was allowed to overtake the score in the third quarter, which made him still difficult for him to accept.

After encouraging the players, Larry Drew reminded the disciples to pay attention to defense. As long as the defense is done well in the last quarter and then the offense is played out, there is still a great hope of winning.

In the last quarter, the Timberwolves made adjustments to the lineup. Jose Barrea and Deshen Stevenson replaced Lucredno and Derek Williams respectively. Such a change of formation did not weaken the Timberwolves' attack power, and both of them had good attack abilities.
To be continued...
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