Chapter 266: The Killer of the Pitch
The game entered the final quarter, and the players on both sides fought hard, hitting people on their backs several times. The www.biquge.info originally had a good situation, but now they are being caught up by the Celtics, and there is a tendency to overtake, and the Hawks are also under great pressure.
Seeing that the lead was being eaten away little by little, Coach Budenholzer finally couldn't sit still and gradually replaced the main players. The opponent made a change of formation, and this set of three back bench lineups could not play the most powerful, and Coach Stevens also made adjustments.
The main forces of both sides all appeared on the stage, allowing the game to enter the decisive state in advance.
The Celtics began to find their senses, and even Shangguan Yu finally hit a three-point shot from the outside, and the Celtics had a slight advantage in the situation.
The Hawks still played the inside, biting the score tightly and not giving the Celtics a chance to overtake, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately.
The players on both sides are fighting to the death on the field, and the coach is also fighting wits and courage, constantly making changes and adjustments, but no one can help anyone.
The game entered the final stage, and the only thing to rely on at this time was the core players of their respective teams, and the players began to frequently hand the ball to the core to deal with on the offensive end.
Teague handed the ball to Horford inside, and the others all pulled away, to let Horford go alone, although in the second half Horford's shooting percentage began to decline, but now he fell low, not very far from the basket, such a position to play Sullinger, the success rate is very high.
Dribbling the ball outside and squeezing inside, Sallinger can only resist it hard and push it out, players on both sides dare not act rashly, and the Celtic players will not rush forward to wrap up, they can only hope that Sallinger will defend it.
Hit it back hard, with the help of Sallinger's thrust, Horford turned around, raised the ball high with his right hand, raised his left hand slightly, and put it in front of him, not letting Sallinger come over to interfere, with a flick of his wrist, a beautiful hook, and sent the ball into the basket steadily, 102-101.
With the Celtics trailing by one point with less than eight seconds left, Coach Stevens called a final timeout to lay out the final offensive tactics.
With just one point trailing at the moment, the Celtics have plenty of offensive options, either a two-point game or a three-point option. At this time, it is definitely safer to choose to kill the inside line to score two points, but the Eagles will definitely work the defense of the inside, let alone score points, even if it is to kill the inside, it will be quite difficult.
It's just that everyone doesn't understand, who will hand over Coach Stevens' last attack to execute, the most sure is undoubtedly Thomas, although he only made 8 of 21 shots in this game, but now he has scored a game-high 27 points, if it weren't for his brave performance in the final stage, the game may have ended long ago.
Just when everyone thought that Coach Stevens would let Thomas take the lead in attacking, he arranged a tactic for Shangguan Yu.
"There is not much time left, we only have one last chance to attack, find an opportunity to make a decisive move. Thomas comes to catch the ball first, if it is unsuccessful, the two of you will cover Yushuang, after taking the ball, Thomas, you first hand the ball to Shangguan Yu, and the others will find a chance, let Yu organize this ball!
"Leave it to me!"
Shangguan Yu replied loudly.
Bite!
At this moment, the voice of the system sounded again.
"You've triggered the Temporary Mission - Hit Killer!"
Shangguan Yu hurriedly clicked on the task list to view the task details.
[Mission Name]: Hit the Killer
[Task content]: At the last moment of the game, kill the suspense of the game with the mid-pitch, and show the killer nature of your mid-pitch king;
[Quest Reward]: None!
[Quest Punishment]: None!
It's still a temporary task with no rewards and no punishments, but at this time, Shangguan Yu is not in the mood to pay attention to it so much, he only knows that if he has the opportunity, he will definitely bravely choose a mid-range jumper.
After the timeout, the players began to return to the pitch and the spectators stopped discussing and watched the game in silence. At this time, as a commentator for T-N-T TV, Barkley also began to become excited, and his speed of speech became faster, but in his speech, a trace of regret could be heard.
"The Celtics want to make the last attack, in the current situation, they will definitely shoot quickly, if the shot misses, then they will fight for the rebound to launch a second attack, or use foul tactics, if nothing else, this time the offense will be handed over to Isaiah to deal with, today Shangguan Yu feels bad, otherwise there is a good chance to complete the kill. ”
Reggie Miller said on the side: "Look at the Celtics' lineup, it is indeed going to play like this, Kelly is responsible for grabbing rebounds, Avery, Shangguan Yu, Isaiah, and Jie have good projection ability, if nothing else, the last ball will be handed over to the state of this game, the best Isaiah." ”
The Hawks are Hawks after all, and although they are called the Little Spurs, they don't have the "Stone Buddha" Duncan who eavesdrops on tactics in their team. Budenholzer also believes that the Celtics will give the ball to Isaiah. He put the best five defenders on the field, all of whom were on the court, and focused on Isaiah Thomas.
Shangguan Yu took a deep breath, he knew that at such a critical moment, he had to stabilize his emotions and calm his mood. He's hit a lot of shots this season, and it's not the first time he's been so nervous, but the excitement is essential.
It was really Millsap who was defending himself, and Shangguan Yu just glanced at him, then lowered his head and waited for the game to restart.
The Eagles put all the defensive pressure on Thomas, and after the referee blew the whistle, although Thomas got rid of Teague's defense, Seflosha quickly made up for it and did not give him a chance to receive the ball.
Shangguan Yu suddenly activated, with the help of the defense of Claude and Olynyk, and went to a 45-degree angle to catch the ball. The others ran away in an instant, looking for an opportunity to vacate the space, although the ball was in Shangguan Yu's hands, but the other people's defensive focus was still on Thomas, thinking that Shangguan Yu was here to transition the ball.
Millsap was blocked, and then immediately pounced, Shangguan Yu suddenly started the ball and made a gesture to kill the inside, he could only step back and post it again.
Shangguan Yu took a step inside, and in the face of Millsap, who was forcing the defense, he suddenly changed direction, forcing Millsap's center of gravity to change, and then stopped sharply and retreated to collect the ball and jumped, adjusted slightly in the air, and looked at the top of the basket.
Millsap, who pounced on him from the side, tried his best to jump, but he didn't have time to block.
Shangguan Yu's shot with a slight back, like a textbook-like standard shooting action, the ball was off his fingertips.
Some Eagles fans began to close their eyes and pray that this goal would not be scored, otherwise their team would be in an extremely disadvantageous situation.
Barkley shouted excitedly: "Shangguan Yu has received the ball and shot!"