Chapter 586
Finley and Josh Howard, two players have been relaying to defend Lamar at the hint of Nelson Sr., and as soon as Lamar shows signs of breaking through the offense, it will be a foul on him.
Gradually, Lamar, who had calmed down, became impatient again, and the repeated provocations of the Mavericks players obviously made Lamar a little unbearable.
Lamar, who had lost his cool head, had a significant drop in his shooting percentage for a while.
At this time, the Dallas Mavericks once again firmly determined the strategy of focusing on the interior, as long as the ball passed half court, it would be handed to Nowitzki's hands immediately.
It is obvious that neither Lamar, who has just returned from injury and is far from reaching his best condition, nor Wang Zhizhi, who lacks his own strength, can not completely curb the play of German tanks.
What's more, Nowitzki is now escorted by Dampier, the league's second center, although this title has some boastful and funny elements, but there is no doubt that Dampier can still have a place among NBA centers. At least when grabbing rebounds, Dampier can completely crush Wang Zhizhi with his huge body and strength.
Lamar looked anxious, although he was not afraid of defending Nowitzki one-on-one, but this was a five-man game! No matter how strong he was, he couldn't suppress Nowitzki under the constant interference of Dampier.
Without the assistance of Damppot or Hilario, two physical, interior players, he would only be drowned in Nowitzki and Dampier even if he squeezed into the interior.
With only four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the gap between the two sides had been reduced to five points. Seeing that the team was a little unfavorable on the field, Van Gundy quickly called a timeout.
Looking at the few red paths that had been punched out of his arm, Lamar only felt a full rage, a feeling that almost made him lose his mind.
In the three offenses of the Knicks just now, every time Lamar got a chance to make a shot, the Mavericks' outside line would come up and immediately send a vicious foul, and each time it became more and more ruthless!
The first two times Lamar was able to guarantee the shooting percentage of free throws, but the third time he was violated, Lamar pushed Howard with an innocent look on his face to the side. If it hadn't been for Billups' timely blocking, his fists would have swung up.
The referee awarded a technical foul, and Nowitzki hit one of two free throws. After the rebound was picked up by Dampier, the Knicks were actually beaten by Nowitzki into a chase three-pointer.
"These damn bastards!" Sean Battier also had red eyes, and he didn't suffer less than that opponent just now. Although not as unlucky as Lamar, a few collisions were inevitable.
Dampotter was also angry: "The video of this game must be sent to Stern's office to see if those bastards will say that we are a bunch of savages! Compared to us, these Dallas bastards are a bunch of hairy and blood-drinking beasts! Jeff! Send me on the field? I will teach those guys hard!"
"Shut up, Samuel! I'm not going to let you play again in this game. After saying that, Van Gundy looked at Lamar: "Lamar, can you calm down? You are the leader of the team, if you can't calm down at this time, the others will only become more flustered!" ad_250_left ();
Lamar lowered his head and grabbed a bottle of mineral water, drenching it all over his head, then picked up a towel and put it on his head, silent.
Although the anger in his heart was about to ignite him, Lamar knew that what he needed most at this time was to calm down. You must not fall into the trap of the other party!
Speaking of siege tactics like the Mavericks in the NBA, he has not encountered many times, but being besieged by a soft egg team like the Mavericks still makes Lamar a little difficult to accept. It's like fighting a heavyweight opponent for half a day before being knocked out by a kid.
Van Gundy saw that Lamar didn't speak, and he didn't have much to do. Although Van Gundy has made a big breakthrough in the team's tactics, he still has a lot of shortcomings in terms of on-the-spot performance compared to those famous old coaches. So now he can only hope for Lamar's outburst.
Before the game restarted, he only replaced Wang Zhizhi with *** Hilario, adding a relatively reliable defensive player on the inside to relieve the pressure on Lamar.
Sure enough, after *** Hilario came on the field, Dampier faced *** Hilario and stalked him, and he no longer dared to distract Lamar. All of a sudden, Lamar's pressure was greatly reduced.
After a few passes, Houston finally received a pass from the bottom three-point corner on the left side and hit a three-point shot.
However, the next trend of the game was not reversed as Van Gundy had imagined. Although Houston's three-point shooting did boost the morale of the Knicks players, before the Knicks could turn this morale into offensive motivation, Nowitzki's outburst completely let the game enter the scorching stage.
With two consecutive inside hits and an outside three-pointer, the Dallas Mavericks relied on Nowitzki's sudden outburst to catch the Knicks off guard and narrow the score gap to 1 point.
Nowitzki received a pass from Nash on the inside, and hit Hilario successfully, and also caused a foul on Lamar, who came to make up for it. Unfortunately, his free throw was wide and Lamar grabbed the rebound. But the Knicks' subsequent fast break was fruitless, and Houston's layup was slapped off by Josh Howard, who returned in time for a big hat.
The Knicks' fast break didn't work, but the Mavericks' fast break played heartily, and only two passes handed the ball to Nowitzki, who didn't have time to replay, and took advantage of the fact that Hilario was not on a firm footing, and the German tank broke through the slam dunk and scored the ball again.
Immediately afterwards, Nowitzki steals the ball of *** Hilario on the inside. Nash received the ball quickly, returned the ball in the face of Lamar's defense, and handed the ball to Nowitzki, who was unguarded on the outside. Naturally, the German tank would not miss such an opportunity, and the long-range shot hit a goal again.
The Dallas Mavericks' unexpected high scoring and tide completely messed up the Knicks. It's not that the Knicks haven't played against the wind, but they haven't played in official games for too long, which makes it difficult for them to accept it for a while.
But fortunately, someone stepped up in time at this time, and this person was not Lamar, but Billups, who had been ignored by the Mavericks before.
At this stage of the game, Billups has only scored eight points, but he has quietly handed out eight assists. That's not to say he can only pass the ball and not score!
Billups was just very aware of his responsibilities and knew what to do and when, and by this time he knew that the most important thing for the team was to score, and only scoring could boost the morale of the team.
Dribbling to the half, Nash who was supposed to defend him was mostly focused on Lamar at this time, just putting on a show for him. This feeling of being despised by others is simply a provocation to themselves in the eyes of other players, and it is not an exaggeration to wave a fist on the field.
But for Billups, that's exactly what he wants, he doesn't like to be as sharp as Lamar and make himself the target of public criticism, what he wants is to bury himself deep in the sea sand and be a flounder waiting for an opportunity, and give the opponent a fatal blow when he is at his most relaxed.
Nearly a meter from the three-point line, Billups suddenly jumped up and threw the ball to everyone's astonished gaze. After landing, Billups turned around and ran towards his own half without even looking, he was low-key but very confident in himself.
was suddenly hit by Billups for a three-pointer, and the Mavericks didn't panic either. Nowitzki, who had gone completely crazy, gave them enough confidence, and Lamar on the Knicks' side also returned to his normal form after a period of silence.
The two staged a series of offensive performances in just two minutes, and the score gap was always fixed within the range of 4 points.
However, Nowitzki was destined to be tough in this game, and four seconds before the end of the game, the German tank came into full swing again, hitting a three-pointer from the outside, and at the same time causing a foul on Lamar, who hit a free throw to tie the score.
Everything seemed to be going on smoothly, and the Mavericks players looked very excited after the ball went in. Only Novitsky still has a calm face!
With four seconds left in the game, there was no timeout for either side and the game looked destined for extra time. In the remaining 4 seconds, no one is optimistic about what the Knicks can do with the Mavericks, who are becoming more and more fierce defensively.
But Lamar doesn't believe in evil, and he has a lot of responsibility for the way this game is played now. If it weren't for his hot-headed free throws and consecutive misses, the Mavericks would have become dry bones in the mound by now.
Shouting to receive a pass from Billups, Lamar immediately picked up speed and rushed towards the Mavericks' half. He knew that the Dallas would not dare to foul him at this time, and all they could do was to slow him down as much as possible to consume the last four seconds and try to decide the winner in overtime.
With three players chasing and intercepting, the Mavericks caused Lamar a lot of trouble. It was only at the end of the game that Lamar broke through to half-time.
With one second left, Lamar didn't hesitate to jump up and throw the ball to the basket in front of him with one hand.
Lamar actually used a throw at such a distance, and what made the fans even more crazy was that the basketball was lucky enough to get into the net, and he didn't even touch the basket.
The crowd was stunned, the Knicks players were stunned, and the Dallas Mavericks players were even more stunned! Even the referees didn't know what to do at this time.
After a brief silence, the arena suddenly boiled like a pile of ignited TNT explosives. Countless fans consciously stood up and cheered loudly, and all the Knicks players, including their head coach Van Gundy, rushed to Lamar.