in2ebook Chapter 598 Mid-Season Tournament Finals, Nets vs. Lakers!
Chapter 598 Mid-Season Tournament Finals, Nets vs. Lakers!
Wang Xiucheng's return had an immediate and significant effect.
Turner has the ability to bring Towns to the forefront, and Towns also has the ability to bring Turner to the forefront, or even more so.
Towns is a center who has won the Three-Point Contest!
No team would dare to say they'd let Towns keep shooting from the outside.
Just like Haliburton, Wang Xiucheng also made several beautiful assists to the inside.
In addition, Wang Xiucheng made a three-pointer over Harry in the last minute.
Wang Xiucheng led the Nets to 16 points in less than 6 minutes.
The Pacers maintained their offensive shooting percentage, scoring 16 points after Wang Xiucheng entered the game.
The Pacers scored a high of 36 points in the entire second quarter.
The Nets scored 22 points thanks to their performance in the second half of the game.
This is also a rare low-scoring quarter for the Nets.
The Pacers, who were not favored before the game, led the Nets 63-51 at halftime.
This made Pacers fans who came to Las Vegas extremely happy, as if the team had already entered the NBA Finals.
After halftime, the Nets and Pacers shifted their offensive and defensive strategies.
The Pacers couldn't make a single three-pointer, while the Nets suddenly unleashed a barrage of threes.
Westbrook and Durant hit consecutive three-pointers, while Towns also made several mid-range shots inside.
Wang Xiucheng only managed to make one three-pointer in the last minute, and drew a foul from Turner, resulting in a paltry 6 points for him in the third quarter.
However, Wang Xiucheng provided 6 assists in this quarter.
The Nets scored a high of 43 points in the third quarter thanks to Wang Xiucheng's playmaking and a barrage of three-pointers.
The Pacers, who didn't make a single three-pointer, only scored 28 points.
With a score of 43 points in a single quarter, the Nets turned the tide and took the lead 94-91.
Both teams maintained the same rhythm in the third quarter during the fourth quarter.
The Pacers only managed to close the gap by three points during the few minutes Wang Xiucheng rested.
However, when Wang Xiucheng returned, he repeatedly broke through and drew fouls in the Pacers' paint, scoring 10 points with a combination of field goals and free throws. The Pacers had already lost their momentum.
With two minutes remaining in the game, the Nets had already built a commanding 15-point lead.
Seemingly not wanting to see Wang Xiucheng's performance in the final minute, Pacers coach Jim Carrey substituted a reserve player in the last minute.
In the end, the Nets defeated the Pacers 128-119 in this Mid-Season Tournament semi-final.
Haliburton had a pretty good game, scoring 27 points and 15 assists.
However, the Pacers still lost in the end because Wang Xiucheng of the Nets had a more outstanding performance.
33 points, 13 assists, and 5 steals made Haliburton's performance slightly lackluster.
With this, the final teams for the first Mid-Season Championship were determined.
The Western Conference team was the Lakers, who went on to win all six games and reach the finals.
The Eastern Conference team is the Brooklyn Nets, the reigning NBA champions who entered the quarterfinals of this year's Mid-Season Invitational as a wildcard entrant.
The final match between the two teams will take place in two days.
After the game, the entire Nets team returned to their hotel together.
In the evening, everyone had dinner at the hotel, and then a brief mobilization meeting was held in a large conference room.
Everyone dragged their tired bodies back to their respective rooms.
The following afternoon, the entire Nets team conducted a brief recovery training session at the arena.
Then the whole team went back to the hotel and rested early.
At this time, no one would ask for leave to leave the team and act alone.
Even Wang Xiucheng, who had special privileges.
The Mid-Season Invitational was a first in NBA history, and the Nets were just one step away from having their names etched on the trophy forever.
No matter who wins this trophy in the future, or even if the competition is cancelled.
The Nets were the first team to win a championship trophy.
History always remembers the first place, not the second.
At this point, even for the sake of the $50 prize money, the Nets will take this game seriously.
This game had a much greater impact in China than on Brooklyn Nets fans in the United States.
At first, everyone thought this was something Silver had created to "trick clicks".
However, when the Chinese home team, the Nets, made it to the final, the nature of the game changed.
No matter what, he's a champion, and he has a championship trophy, okay?
Furthermore, the date of this final match is Sunday, which is Chinese time.
The match is at 10 a.m., a very convenient time.
If you didn't even watch this game, how can you call yourself a Nets fan or a fan of Wang Xiucheng?
In this atmosphere, the day of the competition arrived.
T-Mobile Arena.
As Wang Xiucheng left the players' tunnel, he saw the championship trophy placed on the edge of the court.
He refrained from touching it.
Like Wang Xiucheng, the others were also left untouched, with Durant and Westbrook even being avoided altogether.
It seems as if touching the trophy means there's no way to win the championship.
As you walk into the court, you can hear the sound of basketballs hitting the floor with a thud.
The Lakers had already started warming up, while the Nets were just coming out rather leisurely.
"Hey, King."
Wang Xiucheng had just arrived on the court when he heard James's voice.
Wang Xiucheng looked over and saw James walking over with a basketball between his legs.
He hugged James, and the two didn't say anything more.
It's the final after all, and there will inevitably be some physical clashes later, so saying too much now is pointless.
There's plenty of time after the game is over.
Wang Xiucheng then greeted Anthony Davis, Doc Rivers, and even Rui Hachimura.
Wang Xiucheng glanced at the stadium; naturally, there were many people watching the final match.
Players like Haliburton, Turner, and Zion, who played in the semifinals, were sitting on the sidelines.
Seeing Wang Xiucheng looking over, these people all stood up and hugged him.
In addition to the players, many family members of both teams were also present at the event.
James' wife and two sons were sitting in the back row of the Lakers' bench.
Wang Xiucheng glanced over, then quickly turned his head away.
Brownie and Bryce's hair still hasn't grown out.
The two were brought back to Shaolin Temple by Wang Xiucheng in October, just before the start of the university semester.
The moment the two saw Wang Xiucheng, they burst into tears.
When he went there, he had a cool head of long dreadlocks, but when he came back, his hair was shorter than Wang Xiucheng's, and he was almost bald.
Wang Xiucheng felt somewhat ashamed at the time.
If James hadn't called Wang Xiucheng to ask if his sons at the Shaolin Temple had forgotten about him, Wang Xiucheng wouldn't have remembered this incident.
It wasn't James's son who forgot about him; it was Wang Xiucheng who forgot about it.
Fortunately, the two guys seemed much more energetic, as if they had really learned something.
Besides these family members, many Hollywood stars also came to watch the game.
After all, Las Vegas is not far from Los Angeles, and it is a tourist city, so it would be a good trip to spend a few days there.
"Welcome to today's NBA live stream, brought to you by Tencent Sports."
In the media broadcast booth, specifically the area belonging to Tencent Sports, Wang Meng is introducing the starting lineups for both sides today.