Chapter 50: I Am Mo
"Very good, good, we did a good job, 12 minutes left, let's take over the game, you can do it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Van Gundy is constantly cheering the players on.
In fact, I don't need his encouragement anymore, just now Mo Xi's excellent defense allowed the Knicks to escape, at this time everyone in the Knicks breathed a sigh of relief, the so-called catastrophe will not die, there will be a blessing, the morale of the Knicks at the moment is very different.
If the morale of the Knicks is high, then the Pacers are angry, and Reggie Miller is the most.
"Damn yellow-skinned boy, wouldn't it be nice if I win, where is there so much need for it!" Miller babbled on and on that he was complacent about killing the game, but was unexpectedly stopped by a rookie, which was a great shame for him. He wants to let this Oriental boy taste an even more tragic death.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy made a bold decision not to replace Larry Johnson, the best player on the Knicks' card at the moment, but chose to partner Murphy and Camby on the inside, plus the Knicks' double gun and Ward on the outside, which is a little puzzling.
Although Sprewell, who is currently the top scorer, is also on the court, but without Johnson's cover and pull, Sprewell may not be able to get the same good opportunities as before.
Before kick-off, Miller came to Mo Xi's side and said sadly: "Child, Miller asked you to go home for dinner but you refused, do you know what it means?" You won't even be able to find your way home. ”
Then, Mo Xi walked to his half court intently, and ignored Miller gorgeously, which made Miller's face redder a little more.
Pacers' offensive round.
In the first round, Miller planned to give the opponent a good look, constantly running along the three-point line, attracting the attention of the audience. At this time, Jackson quickly passed the ball to Mullin, who did not choose to shoot at the first time, but quickly hit the basket.
The Knicks' defensive circle shrank quickly, and Sprewell and Mo Xi caught Mullin, Mullin had no chance to pass, and the ball was snapped down by Sprewell.
The Knicks broke fast, Sprewell made a layup, causing a foul on Jackson who was returning to the defense, and Sprewell went to the free throw line again, which was already the seventh time he caused the opponent's foul in this game.
In the first point of the fourth quarter, the Knicks took the lead.
The Pacers attacked again, this time it was still Miller, a clever match between Miller and Schmitz, and Miller played a small and big game as he wished.
The Knicks offense, it seems, was that Van Gundy had set up something during the break, and Ward handed the ball to Mo Xi, who was going to take the position on the wing.
Sprewell quickly ran past the baseline, Schmitz did not dare to be careless, turned sideways slightly, and blocked Moxi's passing route.
Mo Xi caught a glimpse of Schmitz's movements, suddenly turned around, blocked Schmitz with his left hand, and quickly burst into the inner line, Davis came up to make up for the defense, Mo Xi did not divide the ball, and turned around again, passed Davis half of his body, pulled the bow with his right hand, smashed out with a heavy blow, and won the split.
Continuous turns, if it weren't for the 7-foot height, Moxi's technique makes people think that this is a defender player rather than a center.
The Pacers didn't intend to boost the morale of the opposing team, and Mark Jackson once again sat down to push back Ward, and then went straight to the three-point shot, the ball bounced out of the basket, and the rebound was collected by Camby.
The Knicks attacked again, this time it was still Mo Xi who was dominant, Mo Xi singled Schmitz again in the low post, this time there was no fancy move, a meal, a lean, turn around and hook hands.
Schmitz immediately stretched out his arm and pounced, but the pounce seemed to be a little fierce, Schmitz's long arm hit Mo Xi's arm, Mo Xi's hook hand was affected, knocked out of the frame, Mo Xi hit all free throws, and the Knicks overtook again.
But in turn, the Pacers started their unique run-and-gun tactic again, "run-run-run-gun." This time Miller seized the opportunity and hit a mid-range shot, which was already Miller's 24th point.
But it feels great today. Back on the offensive end, Mo Xi responded in the high post and handed the ball to Houston, who burst into the bottom corner of Sprewell, and Sprewell burst again, but unfortunately the ball slipped out.
But what people didn't expect was that this time, it wasn't Camby, Mo Xi suddenly jumped out from behind, grabbed the offensive rebound, and made up for the ball.
Bird was a little annoyed, just two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Pacers' interior let a rookie play like this, which is really a bit unreasonable. Bird called a timeout and brought on Antonio Davis, and this time, he gave the offense to the shooters on the perimeter.
Van Gundy also changed the lineup, with Camby coming off the field and replacing Johnson for a very offensive lineup.
However, what Bird didn't expect was that the Knicks accelerated, a rare speed-up, not only the speed of offensive and defensive conversion, but also the Knicks' offensive rhythm was very fast, and even for a while, the Pacers felt a little unable to keep up and struggled.
Johnson made the wall, Houston plugged in, and gave it to Sprewell, Sprewell broke through, and the inside line was stuffed to Mo Xi, and Mo Xi quickly distributed the ball to Johnson outside the three-point line, and Johnson pulled up a three-pointer and hit.
The pacing of the Pacers is also faintly brought up, but the pacers who are faster don't seem to be so good at shooting.
The Knicks grabbed the rebound and quickly advanced, and Sprewell borrowed Johnson to cover the interior and hit Houston with the ball, and Houston hit a jumper.
The Knicks are already a little crazy.
Bird still has two timeouts left, but he's a little afraid to use them here, after all, there is still more than half a quarter to go.
The Knicks really didn't want Bird to have the idea of using a timeout, and the Pacers struggled to hang the score, but the point difference was still forcing towards the five-point mark, and the five-point difference was recognized by the league as a watershed in the final quarter.
By this time, Sprewell had already scored 29 points, and the Knicks had scored 28 points in the fourth quarter.
With three minutes left, the Pacers ramped up their defensive intensity to the outside. As a last resort, Houston handed the ball to Mo Xi on the inside, and Mo Xi's performance was very outstanding, with 13 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and a block, without a single turnover.
At this time, the Pacers' defensive strength is mostly deployed on the perimeter, and Mo Xixi gets a very comfortable single position. Mo Xi first sat on Davis for a while, and then directly turned over and leaned back, and the ball hit directly.
Looking back, the Pacers became more and more impatient, but fortunately, the Pacers still had two big hearts, and Miller ran out of the open spot and hit a mid-range shot to score his 30th point and extend the life of the Pacers. The Pacers trailed by 1 point.
Mo Xi singled again, resisted Davis, Mo Xi tried to step sideways, first made a fake action of turning his back, and then pulled back, Davis wanted to stick it up and was worried about losing his position, some hesitation, Mo Xi suddenly rose from the ground and shot.
Davis fitted up.
"Drop~"
Davis shot foul, Mo Xi scored the ball, 2+1.
Seeing that there was not much time left, there was only nearly a minute left, Reggie Miller took the ball outside the three-point line, but this time it was a bit hasty, the ball brushed in the basket and rolled out, and Mo Xi jumped up and won his first double-double.
The Knicks quickly switched offense, but played too fast, the Knicks' pass was unstable, and the connection between Houston and Sprewell was seen through by Jackson, who shot early and cut the ball again, and Ward went over the wall on the spot, and the two rolled on the floor.
"Drop~"
The referee gave a scrum, and the audience was in an uproar and booed.
Ward stood up and high-fived his teammates, as a floor point guard, Jackson's biggest weakness may be bounce, but generally no one will say anything about this problem, who would have thought that there would really be two point guards fighting for the ball today.
The two battled for the ball in the center circle, and Ward, who was slightly taller, jumped to the ball and dialed it to Johnson, who squeezed through the wall to the Pacers halfcourt and handed the ball to Ward, who caught up.
Ward controlled the time, the Pacers saw that time was running out, Jackson hurriedly stepped forward to protect Ward, but unfortunately the number of fouls did not arrive, and the Knicks continued to attack.
With 8 seconds left, the Knicks can completely use their time smartly.
Johnson quickly served to Houston, Houston did not dare to stay in his hands, and handed it to Ward, who did not stop and threw it to Johnson in the bottom corner. In the face of Mullin, Johnson wanted to consume some time, but the strength in his hand was a little too strong, and the ball was thrown high and thrown in the direction of Moxi.
Mo Xi and the Pacers' two interior lines are entangled, this ball is very crucial, and whoever gets it first means who has mastered that second more.
Among the three, Mo Xi has the advantage of height and arm length, but the other party is two after all.
At this time, the inheritance from the national art once again shone brightly, Mo Xi's feet twisted, and one person actually locked the bottom plate of the two inside lines of the Pacers, and none of the three jumped up, and all three hands were raised high, pointing towards the flying ball.
The two people of the Pacers seemed to be red-eyed, and for a while no one thought that they should foul directly, Mo Xi fell to the ground and was the first to touch the ball, and the ball went to the basket, at this time Davis was too late to react, and he pressed Mo Xi to the ground in vain.
A crisp sound sounded into the net, Mo Xi had to add a free throw, Mo Xi killed the Pacers, there were three seconds left, the Pacers were 7 points behind, leaving no way to live, even Miller's miracle could not save the Pacers.
Mo Xi scored the last ball, the game ended, and the magical play of Mo Xi in the last quarter, 14 points in a single quarter, allowed him to set a new personal high again, and at the same time there were ten rebounds to start, the first double-double, plus Camby's thirteen rebounds, the new Knicks pair accounted for more than half of the team's rebounds.
The excited Knicks players came to Mo Xi's side, slapping the big man, Mo Xi couldn't help himself, ran to the camera, and tore his jersey. Shouted loudly, "I'mMo, mo, mo!" TheMax——MO! ”