Chapter 44: Mom, Come Out to See Ultraman
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At the start of the second half, the excitement in New York was ignited again, and Johnson, who had been in worse condition since the injury, suddenly rose to the top and charged forward with the Knicks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Coincidentally, there was also a depressed person on the other side, Schmitz was reduced to the third shooting point after coming to the Pacers, and there was only one set of offensive tactics, pulling to the free throw line, blocking and dismantling, and then bringing it up, receiving the point guard pass, shooting in the middle, completely lacking the spirituality of the first time in the league.
As if stimulated by Johnson, Schmitz also exerted his power, and when the Pacers' two shooters did not perform very well in the third quarter, Schmitz also stepped up, and the European center from Marist College in New York seemed to have returned to the old youth, with kaleidoscopic offenses emerging one after another.
The third stanza seems to have become a performance of these two people, and the two echo each other from afar, but there is a feeling of sympathy for each other.
"Johnson was holding the ball from outside the three-point line on the left side, facing Davis, oh my gosh, what was he doing, he was teasing Davis, oh, I have to say, our grandmama has a lot of taste, and he can play like this, Knicks, you have to be careful, keep an eye on him. Oh, he seems to be tired of playing with Davis, ignoring Davis's dry pull out of his hand above his head, too, how can such a slow black fat man react. ”
"Let's see how Marlist's Schmitz is going to fight back, and don't ask me why I know he's going to fight back, because that's also us New Yorkers, unlike the big mouth [Reggie Miller] who doesn't seem to be playing right now, he just didn't have the luck to stay here."
Schmitz held the ball and faced Dudley, turned the frame directly, feint to shoot, Dudley was unmoved, and another, Dudley still didn't move, beautiful defense. Schmitz changed his strategy, dribbling through, cross-stepping, and after passing, facing Johnson, Europe stepped to the basket, and was really a brilliant technical center. ”
The Knicks must praise this commentary, which is deeply rooted in the essence of thick black studies, not only killing Schmitz, but also suppressing Reggie Miller and others, forcibly creating topics within the Pacers, and I believe that tomorrow's newspapers will be full of news of discord within Indiana.
Both sides have a point that is not so easy to deal with the offense, at this time it depends on whose defense is better, undoubtedly at this point, the Knicks are stronger, but not strong enough to influence the game, if there is a bench player on that side who suddenly breaks out in form.
Van Gundy and Bird are both looking for that spot in their own lineups.
Looking at the data sheet handed over by the assistant, Van Gundy slapped his thigh, if he hadn't looked at the data sheet, he wouldn't have found it at all, there are two people with a high shooting percentage on the Knicks' side, who are stronger than Johnson who is currently playing, Chris Charles and Mo Xi, both of whom have a shooting rate of more than 55%, Mo Xi is still an inside player, Charles's data is a little scary, whether these two people have a smooth hand or have not encountered a targeted defense, Van Gundy felt that it was a good choice to let the two play at this time, so Van Gundy made the first move.
Mo Xi came on for Dudley, and Charles replaced Ward.
With a new point of attack, Johnson could also take a break, pulling outside the three-point line to open up space for the team, and Charles hoisted the ball to Moxi, who gouged in twice before handing it to Houston.
Houston drew the defense to distribute the ball to Charles, who again gave the ball to Moxi, who was already in a deep position.
This is a typical set of "insideoutin" designed by Van Gundy (in fact, it is to score and score again, the signature tactics of the Rockets back then were Yao Ming singles - Maddie singles - Yao Ming singles)
Mo Xi received the ball in the low post, forced his body to push back, and smashed Schmitz hard, forcing the opponent to take a step back, and then turned and retreated to shoot the basket in a way similar to a small toss.
With this goal, Mo Xi has already scored thirteen points, a new personal high.
The Pacers are now relying on Schmitz to score, and it is impossible to replace his own scorer in order to limit Moxi, so Bird has to hope that Schmitz can limit Moxi's play.
However, to Bird's disappointment, Schmitz's defense and Mercy were almost evenly matched, and at the end of the third quarter, Mercy scored five more points, although Schmitz also scored six points during this period, but the Knicks also had Johnson and Charles's play, and with the efforts of these three, the Knicks tied the score at the end of the third quarter, and the two sides entered the fourth quarter with a tie of 69.
The fourth quarter was a red flag for the Knicks, who fell to the Pacers in the fourth quarter of the Pacers, or Reggie Miller to be precise, countless times.
Sure enough, under the darkness of the fourth quarter, Reggie Miller's killer spirit exploded.
"Boom"
Reggie Miller took the lead and scored seven straight points, and the pressure on the Knicks' defense increased, and at this time, Mo Xi, who continued the firepower of the previous quarter, stepped up.
Surprisingly, Mo Xi did not play a low single, but used a mid-range shot that he had not used much before.
It's not that Mo Xi's mid-range shot is nothing, it's just unstable, but today, God seems to be on the side of the Knicks.
Schmitz didn't expect Moxi's action at all. After receiving the ball, Mo Xi shook it, Schmitz was unmoved, who knew that Mo Xi was not moved, leaned on his back again, dribbled the ball hard, and then turned over and jumped.
Schmitz was startled, and hurriedly pressed it, but it was a little late, Mo Xi had already shot, and by the way, he put it in Schmitz's hand, and the referee gave a foul in place, and Mo Xi hit the shot and added a free throw.
But then the Pacers made a substitution, Mullin took over the offensive banner, and he suddenly opened the scope after repeatedly missing the three-point shot, and hit two shots in three consecutive shots.
Then there was Schmitz, and this time the Pacers' firepower seemed to explode in one breath, and the Knicks were a little difficult to parry.
The performance of the two guns was not good, and it seemed difficult to continue the firepower, but fortunately, Johnson's performance in this game was indeed outstanding, and he forced his back to play little by little and chiseled the score back.
However, there is still a drop in the bucket, the Knicks are gradually falling into the downwind, and there is some inadequacy, Van Gundy is anxious off the court, but there is nothing he can do.
Miracles are to be born under such a hotbed.
With 11.9 seconds to go, the Knicks trailed by three points.
The Knicks possessed the ball, Johnson received the ball 45 degrees outside the three-point line, faced the defender, he shook off the opponent with a feint, and after that, he simply shot.
Bird scolded off the court, his face turned red, because he saw his player Davis's hand on Johnson's wrist at this time, fortunately, the Pacers led by three points, but he looked at the flight trajectory of his eyeball, he felt that the ball was a little familiar, as if his shot trajectory was like this.
The ball was in the frame, and the whistle blew and Johnson scored a four!
Johnson hit a free throw, and the Knicks took the lead!!
After Johnson completed this blow that was enough to go down in history, he made his own celebratory move, his left hand was raised high, his right hand was on his left elbow, Ultraman attacked, and the little monsters died!
At this time, Mo Xi just wanted to shout: "Mom, come out to see Ultraman!" ”