Chapter 458: Redemption
At the last moment, Shi Lei's shooting posture of holding the ball with both hands suddenly became one-handed, and he raised the shooting point infinitely, which was able to avoid Howard's block, but this also made this shot become the legendary "three non-sticks"!
Falling from mid-air, Shi Lei shook his head in annoyance and looked at Howard with an angry expression. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Howard raised his hand triumphantly, after the referee's whistle blew.
Hit both free throws, did not let Shi Lei's anger disappear, when the Magic's outside offense missed, and Howard grabbed the rebound and was about to make up the basket, Shi Lei used a ferocious hand knife to stop Howard's action.
"Don't even try to complete a single attack in front of me, bastard!"
Although the referee's whistle also made Shi Lei raise his hands, Howard's anger could not be suppressed, especially after his already unreliable shooting became more unreliable under the interference of arm pain.
This made the two people under the basket, in the confrontation, more and more unclean movements. Howard covertly pushed Shi Lei's ribs, and Shi Lei immediately moved to the front of him and smashed his lower abdomen with his elbow.
After making a ruthless move, Shi Lei obediently immediately left his original position, and came to the middle to stretch out his hand to pass the thunder. Basketball in Aaron's hand.
"Oh my God, this is a tough guy, it seems like every guy who can succeed here, they don't allow themselves to save the next second for a failed counterattack!"
Tolbert was right, competitiveness seems to be the common denominator of every successful player, but Bill. Wharton doesn't think so, he doesn't think Shi Lei's attack is a proof of the failure of his last attack.
But for his own speculation, Bill. Wharton didn't say anything, but his expression as he watched the game became more focused: "Is that what I guessed?" ā
Shi Lei's offense and its toughness, after two big strides forward, he was just front with Howard. His clenched teeth and sharp eyes seemed to tell Howard that he didn't believe he would be stopped by the other party this time.
Howard opened his big hand that covered the sky and the sun, and before Shi Lei was about to complete the jump, he took a step forward, he wanted to teach the other party a profound lesson.
The two began to get infinitely close together, but Shi Lei didn't jump, he was like a feint budget mistake, or shocked by Howard's sassy and heroic posture, he froze there at a loss, and Howard's knee that rose from the ground hit the lower abdomen and flew out at once.
Then Shi Lei woke up this time, and threw the basketball towards the basket at the same time as the referee's whistle sounded...... Well, this is also a "three non-sticks"!
"Bang!"
Bill sitting in the commentary seat. Wharton slapped the table hard and stood up from his chair: "It's 2 minutes and 33 seconds into the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, and Shi caused two defensive fouls on Howard, who is the biggest threat to the Celtics in the opposing lineup, which is a perfect foul trap, and he changed the game alone!" ā
"Whew!"
Standing on the free throw line, Shi Lei exhaled softly, this is not his lack of confidence in his free throw ability, but he finally did it, one of the "three rules" of defeating magic in his own design.
This came earlier than he expected, and he was lucky to leave his "life", he originally planned to "die together" with Howard.
In other words, it is thanks to Howard's dunk that it is so powerful, which makes his provocation look so harmonious and natural, without the slightest pyrotechnics, full of deception.
Big Van Gundy realized it later, and hurriedly picked up the tactics board and urgently thought about the team's backup tactics, but did it work?
In the Magic lineup, Howard's role in the team is not as high as James' for the Cavaliers, but it must be more helpful than Garnett for the Celtics, which is why Shi Lei has the consciousness to go off the court at the same time as him. The Celtics can do without Garnett, they can do without Shi Lei, they can still have the strength of a halfway championship, but the Magic may not even be a playoff team without Howard.
In fact, in the game after the first quarter, they didn't cause the Celtics as much trouble as the talented Bulls.
Without Howard, the Magic's outside line would be completely unopen, and the Celtics' defense was expanding without the slightest pressure, but unfortunately they didn't have decent breakthrough talent on the team.
On the contrary, the outside line of the Celtics has been completely opened during this time, and Shi Lei, who is committed to defense and protection of rebounding, has given his teammates great shooting confidence and support. Allen rained his own three-pointers, and when he hit his third three-pointer of the game, the Celtics extended the lead to 13 points, just over the ninth minute of the game. Big Van Gundy couldn't let Howard sit on the court any longer, and hurriedly replaced him.
Brains are a good thing, but when mood swings are high, most people don't usually have it!
When the Magic urgently needed Howard to stand up, Shi Lei used two vicious fouls in a row to send the opponent to the free throw line, and after winning the horrific record of four shots and one free throw, the angry Howard, when he was scrambling for a rebound, used his big elbow to flip Shi Lei outside the baseline.
applied for his third foul, and even the first quarter of the game could not be safely passed, and Howard was replaced by the helpless big Van Gundy. Shi Lei, who completed his mission and also increased his foul count to three, was also replaced by Rivers off the court.
Strategy 1 against magic: Redeem the child!
"Hey, buddy!"
Before leaving, Pierce called out to Shi Lei, and when Shi Lei turned around, he beat his chest twice.
Shi Lei has done everything he can do, so the rest will be their responsibility!
Back in his own dugout, Shi Lei was warmly welcomed by his teammates, which was completely different from the atmosphere of the magic side.
"Good job, man, but you're going to get a lot of media fire after the game!"
This is Garnett, who has become the team's mascot.
Shi Lei shrugged his shoulders: "I never read "Sports Illustrated" when I read magazines! ā
This made Garnett laugh out loud, because Sports Illustrated is probably the staunchest supporter of Shi Lei in the United States outside of the Boston Daily News.
The game is starting to look good, especially for Celtic fans. Rondo and Pierce's breakout, attached to Ray. Allen's three-pointer and Davis' mid-range shot made the Celtics' on-court score grow at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.
However, the Magic were not so lucky, if it weren't for Lewis, who could always run out of position and cause misalignment, the Magic might have been shot over by the Celtics, but even so, in the middle of the second quarter, Big Van Gundy couldn't bear to replace Howard.
At this time, the difference between the two sides has been widened to 21 points, and the Celtics have also replaced Shi Lei.
But in fact, the game has been out of suspense since this time, and the open Celtics outside feel has been brought up, and what about Magic? They are still striking iron frequently, and Howard also took off his superman-like underwear because of fouls!
However, despite this, the Celtics were still tricked by the Magic because of their lack of protection in rebounding, and at the end of the game, the difference was reduced to single digits.
But does anyone care about any of this? No, not many people even care about the outcome of the game. More people are concerned about Shi Lei's smashed rebounds and Howard, who was targeted for fouls.
"Yes, it's a dirty guy, it's the dirtiest player I've ever had!"
After the game, Howard's repeated crying about his unfortunate fate like Xianglin's sister-in-law made him successfully make headlines in many media reports, but this still did not change his tragic fate as the background!
"The most violent dunk in NBA history, with a 265-pound big man on his body to complete a shocking dunk!"
"Count the superstars who have smashed rebounds!"
"The King's Wrath After the Monster shook off the timer at TD North Shore Gardens!"
However, the most powerful promotion of this game is the NBA official, and on the second day after the game, the picture of Shi Lei smashing the basket was hung on the homepage of the official website. At the same time, under their secret organization, a group of old superstars who have long since retired began to appear in front of the media to "show up" about this game!
In order to increase the ratings, the NBA headquarters is also hard enough, but the Magic is tragic, let's not say that the Celtics are the team that produces the most stars in the NBA, I want to say that those superstars in the past, most of them are black and astringent, and no one will object, right?
"His weakness makes me feel unbelievable! In our day, he couldn't even get space under the basket! On the contrary, Shi Sheng was in the wrong era, if it was in the eighties and nineties, he would definitely have achieved much greater than now! ā
"It's normal, it's like a war, the person who survives in the end is not necessarily the strongest, but he decides to be the toughest, like this game, already they are fighting under the basket, I saw a man with a!"
"I'm saying man, well done, don't let go of everyone who is delusional about attacking our hoops! As for magic, oh sorry, I don't know any of them, so I can't blindly express my opinion to people I don't know, it's irresponsible! ā
However, in these remarks, it was not the Magic who were hurt, and the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Nuggets, which started immediately after, were also affected, and the attention of the game between them suddenly dropped a lot, the most obvious indicator was the media present, because many of the media were still lingering in Boston at this time, waiting to "meet" one or two Celtics players.
However, it did not affect the excitement of this game at all.
In 1985, the Nuggets met the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and the Lakers passed the test, and 24 years later, the two teams met again, and the Nuggets wanted to take revenge. However, the Nuggets' record against the Lakers has been poor in recent years, and the Lakers have won 10-1 against the Nuggets in the past two seasons, including a 4-0 elimination in the first round of the playoffs last year. As a result, the Nuggets are also the first team in NBA history to win more than 50 games but be swept in the first round.
However, in this year's playoffs, the Nuggets went smoothly in the first two rounds, while the Lakers and the Rockets fought hard for seven games to get through, which made the Nuggets' confidence swell.
As a guest of the Lakers, they put up a stubborn resistance to the Lakers.
After the opening, it quickly fell behind. Billups and Anthony hit back-to-back shots, and the Nuggets started the game on a 10-2 run. The Lakers only hit one shot in the first four minutes, and the Nuggets led by 13 points at one point, 27-14. Vjacic and Brown hit back-to-back three-pointers at the end of the quarter to tie the score at 23-31.
At the critical moment, it still depends on the boss, Kobe Bryant began to instigate counterattacks, and after continuous forced breakthroughs, he started the second quarter with a wave of 12:6, and after Odom hit a three-point shot, the score was chased to 35:37. With 1:10 left in the quarter, Bryant caused Smith to foul, and after two free throws and two hits, the Lakers took a 50-49 lead and took the first lead of the game. After the Nuggets took the lead again, Fisher hit a three-pointer with 1 second left in the quarter to give the Lakers a 55-54 lead heading into the second half.
Bryant wasn't at his best, while Anthony was on fire from the start. The two said before the game that although they had a good relationship, they would not give each other a face on the court, and sure enough, both sides were unrelenting. With seven minutes left in the third quarter, Anthony hit a three-pointer to give the Nuggets a 66-61 lead. After that, the Nuggets failed to score for nearly three minutes, and the Lakers went on a 9-0 run to go ahead 70-66 with 4:38 left in the quarter. Billups, who had a lackluster first half, also began to exert his strength, and then scored seven straight points to give the Nuggets back the lead. After three quarters, the Nuggets had a slight 76-74 advantage.
The Nuggets opened up several times in the fourth quarter, but the Lakers fought back stubbornly, and with 4:17 left in the game, Ariza hit a three-pointer to put the Lakers up 92-94.
The Nuggets then extended their advantage to five points, but the Lakers found their senses, Ariza hit a three-pointer, blowing the horn of a counterattack, Fisher also hit a three-point shot, and Kobe Bryant hit a shot, and the Lakers were going to go on a wave of 8-2 and then take a 97-96 lead with 2:30 left in the game.
Billups scored a three-pointer at a critical moment, and the Nuggets exceeded again, but ** after 6 fouls, Gasol made two free throws, and the two teams were tied.
With 30.5 seconds left in the game, Bryant hit two free throws to give the Lakers a 101-99 lead. After the Nuggets called a timeout, they were tackled by Ariza, and after Kobe Bryant drew a foul, he made two free throws and two free throws, and the Lakers led by four points with 10 seconds left in the game.
After Billups hit a three-pointer, Bryant hit two free throws to give the Lakers a three-point lead with 5.8 seconds left in the game. The Nuggets then missed a free throw, and after Kobe Bryant grabbed the rebound, the Lakers sealed the win.