Chapter 197: This is Basketball
When the game entered the final stage, no one was still sitting, and all the chairs in the huge arena seemed to have become decorations.
In the final three points and 41 seconds, the Knicks led the Spurs by one point at 91:90, and now, the ball is in the hands of the Knicks, in the hands of Moxi.
The duel between Mo Xi and Duncan also completely entered the state of bayonet red at this moment, both of them did not give an inch, obviously they looked like they were honest, but the two of them were ruthless and vicious one by one, although they were separated by a jersey, the reporters could still see it clearly, the spots of bruises and purple on the two people's bodies were not caused by small actions, this was purely caused by the confrontation between the two people.
Mo Xi once again received the ball in the waist position, but this time Mo Xi couldn't get stuck in a good enough position, Mo Xi was pushed a little far away by Duncan, and in this place, as soon as he turned around, he would come to the outside of the three-point line with a step.
For a center, the closer he gets to the basket, the higher his shooting percentage, and conversely, the farther away from the basket, the lower his shooting percentage, at least, for a traditional center like Moxi.
But Duncan didn't let up his defense because he was away from the basket, and any miracle could happen at a time like this. The lower plate of the two people is stuck together, which makes Mo Xi very uncomfortable, one of the big advantages of the yellow race is the strength of the lower limbs, and the strong lower body strength allows Mo Xi not to fall behind even in the face of O'Neill, but now Duncan does not give Mo Xi a chance at all, and there is no room for Mo Xi to exert his strength at all.
Mo Xi frowned and shook from side to side, although he didn't have any illusions about it at all. Mo Xi forcibly leaned against Duncan, and the huge force caused a small gap between the two of them to appear for a moment. Relying on this short period of time and space without physical contact, Mo Xi decisively completed a sigma step turn, turning himself into a face frame attack, Mo Xi directly pressed down the center of gravity, and with a shoulder top, he forcibly carried Duncan to kill inside.
It's just that Duncan's defense is at a historical level, and Mo Xi's face frame attack is not as strong as his back, and Mo Xi only takes two steps forward, and he feels powerless.
Duncan saw at a glance that Mo Xi's strength was not enough, and immediately bent down and cut directly to the basketball in Mo Xi's hand.
The ball dropped.
However, Duncan also failed to get the ball, and Mo Xi blocked Duncan in front of him as soon as he felt the ball fall, and the guards of the two teams began to fight for the ball.
Parker is undoubtedly the faster one, but Arenas's upper body strength is not something Parker can fight against, so although Parker took the first step to control the ball, he was blocked by Arenas, who put his hands directly on the ball and pulled hard.
Parker fell to the ground, but his hands still didn't let go of the ball.
Seeing this, Arenas shook his arm vigorously, as if hoping to throw Parker to the ground.
Popovich immediately quit and shouted: "Referee! He fouled! He fouled! Fouled! Fouled! β
The referee raised his eyebrows helplessly, consulted the assistant referee's opinion, and decided to award a scrum.
Seeing that the referee's verdict was not satisfactory, Popovich was unwilling, and walked up to reason with the referee with a scolding attitude, George Karl was also unhappy when he saw this, and walked forward to confront Popovich, and the two old men stood on the sideline and began to scold.
The situation got out of control in an instant, the two bigwigs faced each other, and the minions under their hands were willing to fall behind, and the bench players on both sides began to assemble, especially on the side of the Knicks, who were full of thorns. Fortunately, Houston teamed up with assistant coaches to suppress the scene, but despite this, the referees still gave each coach on both sides a T.
Ginobili and Houston each made free throws, and Arenas and Parker began to scramble for the ball.
After the clash just now, the fire on both sides was provoked, and there was physical contact on the court from time to time, of course, it was more of the Knicks' active provocation.
A whistle blew, Parker and Arenas jumped together, Arenas took the lead with his upper body advantage, but the Knicks didn't get the ball, Bruce Bowen made a leap to save the ball, and at the same time threw the ball hard over David Robinson's head before he flew out of bounds.
As the highest point on the court, David Robinson easily picked the ball in the air, David Robinson was three or four centimeters taller than Moxi, and with an excellent arm span, he only had to lift the ball, even Moxi would have a hard time touching the ball.
David Robinson took advantage of his height to get a good look at the situation at the scene.
Right in front of him, Ginobili had already taken the lead and rushed straight down to the Knicks' half.
Seeing this opportunity, David Robinson shook his arm and threw the ball out like a football sideline.
It's just that this pass is bound to be slower, which is a little slower, giving the Knicks a time to react, and Rasheed Wallace and Sprewell returned to defense, one on Ginobili's right and the other on Ginobili's left behind.
Seeing the ball flying closer and closer, Rasheed Wallace boldly jumped upwards to block the ball, but David Robinson's pass was too floaty, and Rashid Wallace failed to catch the ball, but let the ball fall early.
Ginobili catches the ball.
Sprewell rushed forward and tried to force the grab, but Ginobili dribbled behind the ball, dodged Sprewell's pressing, and passed the opponent by the way, and Ginobili rushed straight to the basket.
But what Ginobili never expected was that just when he was entangled by these two people from the Knicks, Mo Xi also caught up, and when Ginobili heard the reminder from Duncan behind him, it was too late, Ginobili was picking up the basket with one hand, but unexpectedly, Mo Xi suddenly appeared from behind him, fell from the sky, and directly nailed Ginobili's layup.
Mo Xi picked up the ball, but at this time, the Knicks had lost the opportunity to counterattack quickly, because the Spurs only Ginobili came down alone in this round of fast break, and the other four had not passed the halfcourt, Mo Xi had to hand the ball to Sprewell, and the Knicks slowly advanced and played another positional battle.
It took four or five seconds for Mo Xi to work hard this time, and finally took a slight advantage in the card position battle with Duncan.
Mo Xi forcefully sat his ass back and pushed Duncan back, posing himself and combing himself out of a more comfortable space.
Arenas quickly handed the ball to Moxi.
Mo Xi and Duncan began another duel.
Thanks to the fact that Mo Xi's position is very good this time, the pressure on Duncan is extremely huge.
Mo Xi didn't rush to attack immediately after receiving the ball, he put the ball in front of his chest and slowed down, and then felt the power from Duncan on his back, and then began his offensive action.
Mo Xi dribbles, it is very simple, and it can even be said that it is very rough to dribble and push back strongly, but Duncan really did not move at all, in terms of strength, it is still difficult for the two people to completely separate the winner and loser.
Lowering his center of gravity slightly, Mo Xi began to accumulate strength, and was able to defeat O'Neill in the strength confrontation, Mo Xi also relied on his unique power skills, and now facing Duncan, Mo Xi also wanted to give it a try.
Suddenly, Mo Xi exerted his strength, his force this time was so sudden, there was no warning at all, as if a towering mountain suddenly appeared on a green grassland in the blink of an eye, and then the next second, the mountain turned into a volcano, and it erupted with a "bang".
Mo Xi pushed Duncan away in the surprised but accustomed gaze of everyone, Mo Xi turned around, and began to stride forward, one step, two steps, Mo Xi came to the basket.
By this time, Duncan had relented, and David Robinson, who was next to him, began to flank Moxi.
Mo Xi felt the pressure, but Mo Xi's movements did not stop in the slightest, he didn't seem to notice the fact that he had been enveloped, and still ignored it, as if there was still no one in front of him, lifted the ball high, and then slammed it down.
Because of Duncan's existence, most of Mo Xi's strength was divided into the front to compete with Duncan, and for a while, Mo Xi seemed to have a momentary stagnation in the air.
And by this time, David Robinson seemed to have woken up from his terrible nightmare, and the guy called Admiral seemed to be back.
David Robinson gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand, jumped as hard as he could, and pounced directly at the basketball in Mo Xi's hand.
David Robinson's palm pressed against the basketball.
But that's about it. Mo Xi pushed David Robinson's palm through the basketball and continued to smash towards the basket.
David Robinson was a little panicked, and in a panic, David Robinson simply put his hands together and pressed directly on Mo Xi's arm, but he still couldn't stop Mo Xi's movements.
βDuang~β
Mo Xi grabbed the basket with one hand, and the ball was dunked, and it was dunked under the foul interference of David Robinson.
At the same time, there was also an exclamation from the audience, and people could clearly see that on Mo Xi's right hand and arm, five long blood marks were clearly visible, and David Robinson's foul left a very "profound" mark on Mo Xi's body.
The match had to go to a timeout, and the referee had to check if Mo Xi's arm was bleeding.
Mo Xi frowned, so he was bound to return to the field and at least finish bandaging his wounds.
As a result, Mo Xi created another classic picture in the finals.
Mo Xi simply asked the team doctor to bandage his right arm by his side, while he stood at the free throw line and made a one-handed free throw with his left hand. After such a big foul, even if Mo Xi uses a right-handed free throw, it is bound to be greatly affected.
There was such a magical scene on the court, the Knicks' team doctor was bandaged on Mo Xi's right forearm, and Mo Xi made a free throw with his left hand in the state of his right hand in the hands of others, and hit one of two free throws.
The Knicks still have the initiative.
Next, it's time for Duncan to take a stand.
The shocking scene staged by Mo Xi on the court was heart-wrenching, and the Spurs' generals also seemed a little trance-like, but Duncan was the only one, still standing firmly at the 45-degree waist position, stuck in the position, and asked for the ball with one hand.
Parker confidently handed the ball to Duncan.
The position of Duncan's ball is exactly the same as the position of Moxi's ball, which means that this will be the most intuitive duel between the two people.
Duncan didn't attack immediately after receiving the ball, it was still Duncan's familiar way, half-turned to the side to face Mo Xi, his shoulder rested on Mo Xi's chest, and the other hand grabbed the ball and raised it upward.
Duncan began to scan the whole court, although the Spurs needed Duncan's scoring more at this time, but some habits were already ingrained and not so easy to change, and after about a second, Duncan began to attack.
The feint turned around, just took a step under his feet, and suddenly pulled it back, Duncan also didn't expect this level of feint to deceive Moxi, he just needed a space to turn around.
Duncan didn't choose to lower his center of gravity, nor did he make two taps first as usual, but directly began to break through.
Attacking with a face frame, Duncan is definitely better than Mo Xi.
With flexible feet and strong shoulders, Mo Xi was pushed away by Duncan at the first time and lost the first defensive position, but Mo Xi still persistently followed, stuck on Duncan's side.
Duncan's direct attack to the basket was blocked, and after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and turned his back again.
At this point, Duncan is already in the three-second zone, and he must make an offensive choice immediately.
Mo Xi knew that at this time, he must not let Duncan have a calm time to think, and he immediately began to harass Duncan, looking like he wanted to grab the ball in Duncan's hand at any time.
Duncan calmly ran his brain, and at the same time took the ball away from his side with both hands, leaving no chance for Mo Xi, and then, Duncan made his own offensive choice, Duncan pushed Mo Xi for a while, and then took advantage of the momentum to float out, turned and retreated, with a small back, Duncan shot.
Mo Xi stepped forward to try to block, but Duncan's shooting timing was so perfect, Mo Xi's hand just covered Duncan's vision, and the basketball in Duncan's hand was already flying in the air.
"Poof"
Duncan scored a cricket goal, but Mo unfortunately couldn't prevent this goal, and the two sides magically returned to the same running line again in the final minute or so.
Inadvertently, everyone slowed down their breathing, for fear that their excessive panting would interfere with their watching the game.
Basketball, this is basketball, the biggest charm of basketball is that the next second is coming, you can never predict, but there is always some inexplicable premonition, as if your team is two points behind. That's when you see the last two seconds of a player dribbling under his crotch from beyond the three-point line, and all of a sudden, a crazy idea pops into your head that he's going to shoot.