jdhmnovel Chapter 420: Approaching the record, 9 three-pointers in a single chapter!
Chapter 420: Approaching the record, 9 three-pointers in a single chapter!
Wang Xiucheng sat up and clenched his fist.
Brunson helplessly spread his hands and gave the referee a brief explanation.
If Wang Xiucheng hadn't scored, he could have argued that he and Wang Xiucheng had an equal chance to go for the ball.
However, since Wang Xiucheng made the shot, he was called for a foul and had no choice but to accept his bad luck.
Zeng Fanbo, Seth Curry, and the others came over and helped Wang Xiucheng up, then patted him on the back.
Seth Curry had a very strange feeling.
It's as if my presence on the field is superfluous.
Forget shooting, I've barely even touched the ball a handful of times in the last few minutes.
If it were anyone else, he would make sarcastic remarks.
But this is Wang Xiucheng, someone even his elder brother highly admires.
Moreover, Wang Xiucheng did indeed score all the goals, leaving him with no reason to say anything more.
Wang Xiucheng walked towards the free-throw line next to Brunson, rubbing his hands together.
Standing at the free-throw line, Wang Xiucheng caught the ball thrown by the referee, spun it around, patted it, spun it around again, and patted it again...
Benci, standing on either side of the free-throw line waiting for the rebound, bent over and whispered to the referee beside him, "This shot is out of time..."
Swish!
The free throw went in.
Wang Xiucheng not only made six three-pointers, but also scored four points.
29:22.
Nash looked up again.
Not only Nash, but also Durant, Westbrook and others glanced at the stats.
Wang Xiucheng has already scored 6 goals.
With those six three-pointers, one two-pointer, and one free throw, Wang Xiucheng has already scored 21 points!
Westbrook suddenly had a strange feeling that he had come here to form a Big Three.
But why do I feel more and more like I'm the one who's here to suck up to someone else?
Durant, on the other hand, draped a towel over his shoulders and stretched out his legs comfortably.
That was a really comfortable shot!
Swish!
Brunson managed to shake off Wang Xiucheng and sneak into the paint for a shot.
Zeng Fanbo picked up the basketball, lifted one foot, and left the other foot just outside the baseline.
Then, with a whoosh, Brunson saw the basketball fly out in front of him.
He instinctively reached out to grab the ball, but didn't touch it at all.
The basketball passed through Brunson, Benci, and others, and went straight to Wang Xiucheng at the top of the key.
Wang Xiucheng turned halfway and accelerated, unloaded the ball, and sprinted forward.
Hart, who was closest to Wang Xiucheng, had just started his attack when he discovered that Wang Xiucheng had already crossed the center line.
When Wang Xiucheng reached the three-point line, he didn't expect to either dunk or lay up for a three-pointer.
Instead, he slowed down in a standard manner and then shot a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line.
The basketball slipped from Wang Xiucheng's hands and flew towards the basket.
At that moment, all the fans in the stadium stood up and watched the ball.
Durant, Westbrook, and the others all stood up and raised their hands.
Swish!
The basketball hits the net!
Three-pointer, in!
32:24.
Wang Xiucheng's seventh three-pointer!
Durant and Westbrook looked up again at Wang Xiucheng's statistics on the big screen, where the three-point shooting score had instantly changed from "6" to "7".
Durant and his teammates had already noticed something.
That is, Wang Xiucheng is approaching a record.
At this moment, the big screen at Madison Square Garden, the away team, finally displayed a record, albeit belatedly.
The entire stadium witnessed this record, and the next moment, a clamor erupted.
They all know about the records on the big screen.
"On January 23, 2015, in the third quarter of the Warriors' game against the Kings, Klay Thompson scored 37 points on 13-of-13 shooting, including 9 three-pointers."
"Klay Thompson has now become the NBA's highest-scoring player in a single quarter."
"And nine three-pointers is also the record for the most three-pointers in a single quarter."
Scoring 37 points in a single quarter seems unlikely, given that there are only two minutes left in the game.
But with nine three-pointers, there seems to be still hope.
After all, Wang Xiucheng's "time of the king" that strikes fear into people's hearts has not yet arrived!
Thibodeau stepped onto the court and called a timeout.
Thibodeau started shouting before his players even sat down.
"Wake up, you bastards! Do you still think this is just an ordinary match?"
"That kid has already made seven three-pointers over you guys."
"Everyone, look up at the words on the big screen."
"The third quarter of the Warriors vs. Kings game on January 23, 2015..."
"This is Klay's and the Warriors' record, but the Kings are being dragged out and whipped."
"Do you want to be dragged out and whipped like that again in the future, whenever Wang Xiucheng is mentioned in today's match?"
"You may be shameless, but I am. Get your act together..."
After being relentlessly attacked in the face by Thibodeau, the Knicks players finally showed a much firmer expression.
Wang Xiucheng is terrifying!
7 out of 9 three-pointers in the first quarter!
More precisely, these 7 three-pointers were made after the first two missed!
How do you defend against this kind of player?
Is that a foul?
Brunson just did that, and what happened?
The result is 3 plus 1!
The pause has ended.
After a sexy performance by the New York cheerleaders, the players returned to the court.
Neither side made any substitutions, and Newx remained in the starting five.
Wang Xiucheng is still with the Nets.
Durant deliberately stood up and followed Wang Xiucheng, retrieved his towel, and tossed it to the uniform crew.
Westbrook's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
You really know how to handle things!
The game resumed, and the Knicks had possession of the ball.
Brunson received the ball and, after a screen, passed it to center Robinson.
Robinson miraculously faked out Claxton with his footwork and scored two points.
The ball went in, so the Nets naturally didn't have a fast break.
After inbounding the ball from the baseline, Bencieus moves forward with the ball.
Brunson clung tightly to Wang Xiucheng, his hands also gripping Wang Xiucheng's jersey.
Wang Xiucheng walked towards the bottom corner.
Brunson didn't dare to relax at all and followed Wang Xiucheng to the bottom corner.
Bencić dribbled to the top of the arc.
Zeng Fanbo, who was in the other corner, suddenly entered the paint and ran towards Wang Xiucheng.
At the same time, Wang Xiucheng also headed towards the inside.
The paint instantly became crowded.
Wang Xiucheng accelerated and made a turn, circling behind Zeng Fanbo. When he came out from the inside, Brunson was already half a body length ahead.
Seeing that Wang Xiucheng had space, Benci jumped high and passed the ball over Randall's head to Wang Xiucheng.
When Wang Xiucheng caught the ball, he had not yet crossed the three-point line.
Brunson was a step away from Wang Xiucheng, and given his height and wingspan, it was naturally impossible for him to catch up with Wang Xiucheng.
However, if Wang Xiucheng wants to shoot a three-pointer, he needs to step out of the three-point line, which Brunson believes is an opportunity to catch up with Wang Xiucheng.
Sure enough, Wang Xiucheng received the ball, took a step back, and was right outside the three-point line.
Wang Xiucheng had retreated to beyond the three-point line.
They were a little slower than Brunson, who was rushing over at high speed.
So when Wang Xiucheng raised the ball and jumped, Brunson had already pounced on him.
But the next moment, Brunson saw that Wang Xiucheng seemed to pause for a moment.
He put the basketball back in his hands.
A flash of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes!
Brunson knew he had been tricked!