readytorunbook Chapter 718 At the moment of life and death, a world famous painting is born!
Chapter 718 At the moment of life and death, a world famous painting is born!
"Little guy, you're really great. If you win the championship, I'll take you to a carnival!" O'Neill hugged Teacher Tony and said with a smirk.
It is similar to Cuban's smirk expression just now.
"Hey!" Everyone smiled evilly.
"Okay, we are still behind now. Next, they will definitely hold the ball and hand it to Dirk. Lowry, when Deshaun receives the ball, you immediately step forward and foul. Of course, don't let him take it easy. Take the free throw."
D'Antoni said with a smile, but with a hint of coldness.
"Haha, no problem coach!" Lowry instantly understood D'Antoni's thoughts.
It's been a long time since Deshaun made a shot, so his feeling at the moment must have become cold.If there is a foul at this time and the opponent fails to make a free throw, then the Knicks will have a chance. Even if they make a free throw, it can save offensive time.
"If DeShawn can't make a free throw, Jordan, you must do a good job in rebounding. If the opponent makes a free throw, then quickly serve the baseline ball. Once you can't find a suitable scoring opportunity, it is called a timeout. We must Quick score."
Regarding the defensive strategy, D'Antoni only said that, so he has more time to arrange the next offense.
"Kill the calf, slaughter the cow and eat the meat!" O'Neill once again cheered his teammates on.
"Eat meat! Eat meat! Eat meat!" Li Tian was still so calm, and everyone returned to the sidelines together.
Tyson hits the sideline, and Barea sets a screen for DeShawn, catches the ball, and is just about to dribble it across half court.
"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle, Lowry got his fourth foul, and DeShawn got two free throws.
Although Lowry was hugging Deshaun, his hand was not soft, and he slapped the other's right hand fiercely.
Deshaun, who was fouled, had a painful face. His feeling was, it hurts, it really hurts, TTMD hurts.
"Li, don't struggle anymore, you have no chance of winning, you'd better surrender early." Nowitzki leaned on Li Tian and whispered.
He could feel that Li Tian must be feeling unwell just like his last match, otherwise the opponent wouldn't have never double-teamed him.In the first few games, he was double-teamed to death. In the last game, Marion broke out suddenly, and the number of times he was double-teamed decreased.
"Hey, now we are only 2 points behind, and there are still opportunities. We only need a three-pointer to overtake the score!" Trying to make my expression relaxed.
"Hmph, you have no chance of winning!"
"DeShawn's heart is still a little small. He didn't complete the first free throw. Even if the next free throw is made, the Knicks still have hope. In an attack, they can even the score."
When Barkley spoke, he was a little nervous, and he felt more and more in his heart that the Knicks might create miracles.
"Bang!" The free throw bounced out of the basket again, and DeShawn missed the second free throw.
Little Jordan didn't know where the strength came from, he pushed away Tyson behind him, grabbed the rebound for Li Tian, and created a chance to grab the rebound.
"Great! Brother Tian cheated!"
"The hope of the Knicks is here. Brother Tian shoots at them and directly overtakes the score!"
"It's awesome, Brother Tian is really awesome."
The fans were very emotional when they saw the performance of the Knicks.
"Defense! Defense! Defense!" the fans chanted, cheering for their home team.
"Three points, defend the three points!" Carlisle yelled frantically from the sidelines, reminding the players on the field.
Even Tyson didn't stay in the penalty area, and unconsciously mentioned the position of one step in the penalty area. He also wanted to go outside and block the opponent.
Li Tian took the ball from Lowry, he couldn't wait any longer, he had to speed up his attack and give his opponent a fatal blow!
Make the fastest first step, speed up and break through from Marion's left side, then shake up the defense.
Then pull the ball back and back, suddenly change direction, accelerate from the right to break through to the basket.
Tyson saw Marion being thrown off and moved a step to the right, trying to appear on top of his breakout line.
"Crack!" With a hit, he passed the ball from the right side to Jordan, who was open under the basket.
"Kang Dang!" A dunk with both hands ended the Knicks' attack.
"Snapped!"
"Dude, it's really great. Your shot is really critical." Tony and Jordan clapped their hands in celebration. At this moment, he forgot that the game was still going on, and the Mavericks didn't call a timeout.
"Defend, defend!" Roared loudly, reminding his teammates to defend.
Lowry and Tony, both in front of Barea and DeShawn, didn't give their opponents any chance to quickly advance through the half.It is also creating plenty of opportunities for teammates to return to defense quickly.
An extra second of delay can buy Jordan some time, and at the same time give Li Tian a chance to rest and recover.
Almost a 24-second violation, Barea finally gave the ball to Nowitzki, who was about to reach the position in the low post.
It's still the same tactic, which is to hand the ball to Nowitzki.
"We must score, we must score!" The fans clasped their hands and prayed for Dirk's attack.
"Great Dirk, he must be able to crush that little trash!"
Hearing the shouts of the fans, Dirk became more confident, not for the championship, but for these lovely fans, he wants to win the game.
Carlisle was the same, muttering something in his mouth.
Dirk used his left foot as the pivot foot and leaned his back against Humphries.
Humphries was hit, and his figure moved half a step back. Just after his figure stabilized, he wanted to pounce on him immediately, grabbing Dirk who was about to make a shot.
Seeing his purpose, Dirk was also one step ahead and accelerated his shot.
But the shot was fast, but his offensive rhythm was still disrupted.
Tyson at the basket, he could feel that his teammates' offensive rhythm changed. After Tyson squeezed Jordan away and took off the rebound.
Using his big butt, squeezed Jordan behind him, and dunked to complete the score.
99:101 The Mavericks lead again by 2 points.
After Jordan got the ball, he quickly served the baseline ball, and Lowry accelerated to advance across the half.
Watching the time decrease bit by bit, Lowry has already run around the baseline, but has not been able to find a suitable opportunity to attack and score the ball. He had to bring the ball to the top of the arc again, preparing to reorganize the attack.
The game time is the same as the attack time, and it is decreasing every second. There are 15 seconds left in the attack time, and 16 seconds left in the game time!
After waiting for two seconds, Lowry also realized the seriousness of the problem. He could only call a pick-and-roll, hoping to use the pick-and-roll to hand the ball to Li Tian.
As soon as the handball was handed over, Bariana's short arm stabbed the ball out of bounds from between the two.
Watching the basketball roll towards the sidelines, Lowry knew that the last kick was hit by Barea. He was not sure about regaining control of the ball, so he could only watch the ball roll out of the baseline.
"Drip!" The referee blew his whistle, indicating that the ball belonged to the Knicks.
No matter how Barea, Carlisle and others complained to the referee, the referee never changed their judgment.
Mainly in the center of the arena, the replay of the round just now was playing all the time. The fans who were still sighing a moment ago could only be quiet.
"Defense! Defense! Defense!"
The fans shouted and cheered for the home team.
Jordan holds the ball and serves the sideline. At every critical moment, the sideline is a problem in the world.
His hands were still trembling, but he had never participated in such a crucial game.
"Don't worry, just hand the ball to your teammates safely!" Li Tian dragged his tired body, and still spoke to comfort Jordan who was about to start throwing the sideline.
With the help of Teacher Tony's cover, Lowry ran out of the open space to receive a sideline ball from Jordan.
"Follow up and guard him!" Dirk kept roaring, reminding his teammates to concentrate on defense.
Lowry immediately launched an attack after seeing Jordan finish his position, calm and a little anxious.
This time hand-to-hand, he became more cautious. After completing the pass, Lowry came to the weak side alone with the defense in front of him.
DeShawn didn't dare at all. He went from the weak side to help defend Marion. The pressure Lowry brought to the outside line was equally huge.
Li Tian immediately returned the ball to Lowry on the weak side, and he came to the penalty area with the help of Humphries' pick-and-roll.
His physical fitness has dropped dramatically. He knows that for himself now, his shooting percentage on the outside has already dropped to a certain level, and he has long lost his former shooting percentage.
"Li, I know, you must be very tired now, give up early!" Dirk's voice rang in his ears.
"Man, how can you give up!" At this time, it is to see who can persist until the last second.
There are 10 seconds left on the shot clock!
Seeing that Li Tian stuck Nowitzki behind him, he was already struggling to occupy a favorable position.
After receiving the ball, Nowitzki stepped up immediately, and he would never give Li Tian an easy shot.
"Stop struggling, you are already strong enough to persevere until now, I admire you!" Nowitzki's trash talk was not as ugly as it was in the last century.
Unwilling to say a word, Li Tian launched that magical footstep, and after turning around a few times, he still shook Nowitzki's defensive focus.
Chandler, who was in the penalty area, saw Nowitzki being shaken, and immediately ran over to defend. All he had to do was to kill the guy in front of him.
"Bang!" Seeing the supplementary defense coming, a ground pass passed by Chandler who was coming from the supplementary defense.
After Jordan received the ball, he dunked and scored.
"Dick!" Carlisle called out the last timeout after Jordan scored a dunk.
Now that the two teams have entered the moment of life and death, the entire arena has a feeling of suffocation, and all the fans are holding their breath. This is a tormenting moment.
"Dirk, can you still persist now?" Carlisle asked, which was an important reason for his next tactical arrangement.
"Coach, no problem, you arrange it!" Nowitzki pursed his lips and replied calmly.
"Okay, next, we." Carlisle Barabara said, arranging their offensive tactics!
101:101 The two teams drew again, with 8 seconds left in the game!
"Great, you are really great!" Paul George hugged Jordan and roared loudly, venting his excitement.
"Calm down guys, 8 seconds left in regulation, hold on for the last 8 seconds, send the game to overtime and we'll win.
For the next time, you must not foul, and do not blindly choose steals, do you understand? "D'Antoni scanned the crowd.
At this moment, he is extremely excited. Since the beginning of his coaching career, he has not reached the finals even once. Now that he has the opportunity to create a new miracle, he can only suppress the excitement in his heart.
More emotional changes will put tremendous pressure on the players.
"Li, how are you doing now?" Looking at Li Tian's appearance, D'Antoni knew that he would definitely not be able to play overtime.
D'Antoni also knew that Li Tian was suffering from an injury, but it was not a hard physical injury, but an acute cold.Now the whole person looks exhausted, definitely worse than Jordan's time.
"I can still hold on!" He took several deep breaths, looking a little greedy.
Such an expression made people feel distressed. Taylor, who was sitting in the back row of the bench, had his heart hanging in his throat.From time to time, she clasped her hands tightly and stared at her lover.
After the timeout ended, Chandler served from the sideline, and Jordan took off continuously, waving his hands, trying to interfere with Chandler's serve.
"Come on, don't let them run out of the open space!" roared hysterically, reminding Lowry beside him.
The other eight people on the field have been shuttling back and forth, one side is to run out of open space, and the other side is to prevent the Mavericks players from receiving the ball.
Carlisle is going crazy as time goes by. The team has not timed out. If the ball is released, the Mavericks will be in danger. This is their only chance.
Under the cover of Marion, Terry received Chandler's sideline ball, quickly passed the ball near the penalty area, and Humphries stuck behind Dirk.
It was the classic stand-up golden rooster again. After Dirk received the ball, he knocked past Humphries' defense behind him, and made another shot from the mid-range shot.
D'Antoni was completely stunned. There was no other way. He didn't dare to flank, because neither Terry nor Marion was someone who could easily let go.
"Shua!" The mid-range shot hit!
101:103 The Mavericks took the lead again, with 3 seconds left in the game!
All the players of the Mavericks began to celebrate on the sidelines.
It has come to the moment of life and death, and the Knicks still have one timeout left. The Mavericks players are all ready to listen to Carlisle's defense arrangements.
"Quick!" Only shouted one word, this word is still a Chinese dialect, this is a preparation just in case.
"Damn it, hurry up and defend!" Carlisle was crazy. He didn't expect that the Knicks would dare to bet on such a crucial game. With the last 3 seconds left in the game, the Knicks didn't even call a timeout.
The Mavericks players who came back to their senses hurriedly returned to the court and prepared to start defense.
Marion frantically ran towards the frontcourt, and Jordan had already thrown the ball.
Li Tian also came outside the three-point line at this moment, and the first moment he received the serve, he made preparations to break through the basket.
There is only one goal for Marion to pursue and defend, and that is to prevent the opponent from scoring.
With an easy turn, dodging Marion who was chasing him, he took off and shot a three-pointer!
The performance of the Knicks has been breaking everyone's conventional thinking. At this time, the most stable thing is to break through and layup, so that the game can be dragged into overtime.
However, at this time, Li Tian chose to shoot a three-pointer, and it was still his worst three-pointer in the game.
After the three-point shot, the whole person fell directly to the ground, unable to look at the position of the basket.
"Beep!" The game ended.
"Shua!" A three-pointer was hit!
Then the whole person closed his eyes and lay down on the floor!
"impossible!"
"Lee, kill the Mavericks!" Barkley shouted.
In the first moment, O'Neal ran to the field without any celebration, but directly picked him up and walked towards the locker room.
All the Knicks players, no one to celebrate, they are most concerned about Li Tian's health!
This is a unique scene, and the photographer left one photo after another. This scene is comparable to the one left by Jordan!