bookrandom Chapter 679 One ball, two challenges!
Chapter 679 One ball, two challenges!
This made Kidd furious, but he was helpless.
The Nets may not have the deepest bench in the league, but it's certainly in the top three.
The Nets can field a wide roster, while the Mavericks can only rotate 7 to 8 players.
Especially Doncic and Irving, they simply couldn't get a break.
Thus, led by Doncic and Irving, the Mavericks and Nets went toe-to-toe.
"50/50" means that the score difference is consistently around 15 points.
Kidd frowned as he watched, but there was nothing he could do.
With a beep, the referee called an official timeout.
As the players returned to their benches, the stadium lights gradually dimmed, leaving only the field lights on.
There must be some kind of event going on that caused the lights to be dimmed.
Wang Xiucheng, with a towel draped over his head, sat on the bench, leaning back in his chair.
Suddenly, Wang Xiucheng felt a small hand gently pinch his waist.
Wang Xiucheng turned around and saw Jenny, who was sitting behind him, making a face at him.
Wang Xiucheng pretended not to see it and reached behind his waist to grab the soft, boneless little hand.
The lights dimmed, otherwise Wang Xiucheng wouldn't have dared to make any moves.
"Jenny, can you come with me to the restroom?" Jisoo's voice suddenly rang out. Although it was very soft, Wang Xiucheng was too close to hear it.
“Oh, okay,” Jenny replied.
Then Wang Xiucheng heard the sound of the chair being moved, and it seemed that the two little burdens had left.
Wang Xiucheng smiled wryly. Women can be troublesome sometimes. Male fans would definitely persevere at this point, since the game is still going on. They can go when it's halftime.
Just as he was thinking, Wang Xiucheng suddenly froze!
Did Jenny and Jisoo go to the restroom?
Whose hand am I holding right now?
Wang Xiucheng subconsciously glanced back and saw that Jenny and Jisoo's seats were empty.
However, Chaeyoung, who was behind him, was leaning forward slightly and her face was lowered.
The lights suddenly blazed on, signaling the end of the performance.
Wang Xiucheng subconsciously loosened his grip, and Caiying suddenly raised her head.
Wang Xiucheng noticed a hint of disappointment flash across her eyes.
"Alright, there are still a few minutes left in the first half. Let's go up and kill the suspense in this game."
Uduka stretched out his hand and shouted.
Durant, Westbrook, and the others placed their hands on top, and Wang Xiucheng also stood up and placed his hand on top.
"Fuck him!" Durant yelled.
Wang Xiucheng awkwardly withdrew his hand.
Although he had been listening to it for two seasons, Wang Xiucheng was still embarrassed.
Wang Xiucheng glanced back at Caiying, whose face was still slightly flushed, smiled, and winked at her.
Chae-young's cheeks, which had just begun to recover, flushed red again.
She didn't know why she did that just now.
When she saw the lights go out, she instinctively reached out her hand.
Although they kept in touch via text message, sometimes the messages Wang Xiucheng sent were quite ambiguous.
But Caiying still never received Wang Xiucheng's true confession.
This made her a little anxious.
How could she not know that many people were watching Wang Xiucheng?
So she wants to take the initiative!
Swish!
While they were lost in thought, the sound of the basketball going through the net drew both Chaeyoung and Lisa's attention.
Wang Xiucheng passed the ball to Towns, giving him an open look, and Towns made the three-pointer.
Chaeyoung glanced at Lisa, who was next to her and seemed to be on her phone, communicating with her third son.
Chae-young had thought more than once that if she met Wang Xiu-cheng at the party at that plaza hotel and he came to confess his love to her, even if she knew that Wang Xiu-cheng might have other intentions, she would definitely agree without hesitation.
But this fool actually chose that third young master; I don't know what he did wrong.
On the court, Wang Xiucheng slowly stepped back and reached out to pat Towns on the shoulder.
Although the Mavericks double-teamed Wang Xiucheng.
But for Wang Xiucheng, passing the ball to an open space is not difficult.
All five players on the Nets court right now can shoot three-pointers.
Even Karl-Anthony Towns, who plays center, is a player with the physique of a center and the shooting range of a guard.
Under Wang Xiucheng's guidance, the Nets went on a scoring spree in the final minutes of the second quarter, at one point going on a 9-0 run.
With the first half entering its final minute, Wang Xiucheng, who had been passing the ball without ever shooting, finally started scoring.
Wang Xiucheng first made a logo three-pointer, then double-teamed Doncic with Westbrook, and somewhat controversially stole the ball from Doncic's hands, slamming it home for two more points.
Doncic yelled at the referee, complaining that Wang Xiucheng had committed a foul by hitting his hand.
Kidd challenged the call, and after three minutes of review, the referee still ruled that Wang Xiucheng had committed a foul by hitting the hand.
They thought the matter was over, but Uduka issued a challenge.
Even the referee was dumbfounded!
One ball, two challenges?
"Doncic didn't cross half-court within 8 seconds, that's a violation," Udoka explained to the referee, justifying his challenge.
The referee frowned slightly, but still granted the challenge and went back to review the video.
After another three minutes of replay, the three referees stood together and whispered for a while.
The video shows that when the shot clock reached 15 seconds, Doncic was being double-teamed by Wang Xiucheng and Westbrook.
At that moment, Doncic's back foot was indeed still in the backcourt.
Strictly speaking, it was indeed a violation of the time limit.
However, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for referees to accurately grasp such timing in such a split second. In addition, they generally will not make a call for such a second or half a second, especially for a player of Doncic's caliber.
But since the other side has issued a challenge, the referee must make a strict ruling.
The home team member wiped the sweat from his brow, put the towel back in his pocket, and stood in front of the scorer's table.
This match was so damn tiring to officiate!
Turning on the microphone, the referee explained in a deep voice, "After reviewing the footage, Doncic did not reach the frontcourt within 8 seconds, so it was a violation."
"Therefore, all subsequent rulings will be rescinded."
"Wang Xiucheng's two points after the steal do not count, and Wang Xiucheng did not commit a foul."
"The Nets have possession of the ball; the ball is inbounded from the center line."
The referee turned off the microphone, handed it to the technical staff, and returned to the field.
Doncic shrugged, looking helpless.
On the contrary, Wang Xiucheng had a smile on his face, looking somewhat smug.
The timer reset and stopped at 14 seconds remaining.
That's enough for the Nets, who are inbounding the ball from the center line.
Wang Xiucheng retreated to the baseline, then suddenly accelerated, passing by Towns, shaking off Irving, and receiving Westbrook's inbound pass.
Then Wang Xiucheng quickly crossed the halfway line and began to control the ball and run down the clock.
With 5 seconds left on the clock, Wang Xiucheng made his move.
Wang Xiucheng dribbled all the way to the corner, then used a fake turn to circle back to the three-point line.
Irving, who had been shaken off, could only watch helplessly as Wang Xiucheng leaned back and launched the three-pointer.
With a swish, the sound of the net going through the net rang out.
Three-pointer, in!
With a whistle, the first half ended.
With Wang Xiucheng's buzzer-beating three-pointer, the Nets led 67-46, a 21-point advantage.
The Nets scored 30 points in the first quarter and 37 points in the second quarter.
The Mavericks scored 18 points in the first quarter and 28 points in the second quarter.
Trailing the Nets by 21 points is almost equivalent to the Mavericks playing a quarter less.
Doncic turned and walked into the player tunnel with a gloomy expression.
Wang Xiucheng returned to the bench as usual, took a sip of the drink.
As if remembering something, Wang Xiucheng waved and called over the uniformed guy who was holding his drink.
After exchanging a few words with him, Wang Xiucheng got up and left the bench, walking towards the player tunnel with Durant, who had been waiting for him on the sidelines.
The uniformed guy jogged over and took a few bottles of water from the Nets' equipment rack, then bent down and went to the four little burdens in the back row.
"The king asked me to give these to you." The young man took out four bottles of water and handed them to them.
Then he went to the back of the bench and gave the last bottle of water to Bruno.
Seemingly sensing that many eyes in the stadium were staring at them with fury, the four little burdens didn't dare to raise their heads.
Bruno, on the other hand, stood up excitedly, holding the water bottle and spinning around several times, as if afraid that others wouldn't know about his relationship with Wang Xiucheng.