Chapter 50: One Cap Away
With four minutes left, the three-point difference, and just one three-pointer can wipe out the score.
The game went on, and at the last minute, the players of both sides began to use their best skills and fight desperately for every ball.
Such a fierce game is naturally a kind of torment for the players, and at this time, the players on both sides are panting, but they dare not relax at all.
The supersonic offense, which was finally completed by Payton on his own, hit a pull-up jump shot after successfully breaking through Billups.
After the ball conversion, the Nuggets wanted to play a fast break, but Payton took the lead and blocked it, giving Vin Baker time to return to defense.
In this case, the Nuggets could only choose a positional battle and passed the ball to Ji Liang.
Among the players of the Nuggets, the most sure is Chi Liang, and Wen Baker who defends him is too slow to stop Chi Liang's footsteps at all.
There was no accident, using his agile footsteps, Ji Liang quickly broke through Wen Baker and strode into the penalty area.
Polinis, who hurriedly stepped forward, was handed over to McDyce by Chi Liang.
Before McDyes' slam dunk, Payton reached out and hit McDyes's hand and resolutely chose to foul.
McDyce's expression is solemn, and his worst thing is free throws, which is slightly better than O'Neal, which is also his biggest shortcoming.
Swish~
The first ball hits.
Boom~
The second ball was a little weaker and smashed into the front of the basket.
At the moment when the basketball rebounded, Chi Liang grasped the direction of the rebound and immediately pounced towards the predetermined location.
At this time, Schramf was standing there, trying to grab the rebound when the basketball bounced to this side.
At this moment, Chi Liang appeared in front of him, and then arched backwards, Schramf only felt a strong surge, and he involuntarily took a step back, and was robbed of the best position by Chi Liang.
In an instant, Ji Liang jumped up, grabbed the offensive rebound, and wanted to slam the dunk when he stepped forward.
When Chi Liang was moving, Wen Baker hurriedly stepped forward and blocked him in front of him.
At the same time, Payton was close behind, waiting for an opportunity to make a move, and he was about to form a bag.
At the critical moment, Chi Liang used the Buddha worship action to hit the ground and pass, and the basketball suddenly drilled into Wen Baker's crotch.
Vin Baker hurriedly clamped his crotch, but his movements were too slow, and before he could stop it, he saw the basketball drill into his crotch and was finally picked up by McDyce.
This time, no one stopped McDyce again, and McDyce scored on a dunk to narrow the gap to two points.
"One rebound and one block left!"
When he was back on defense, Chi Liang said secretly in his heart. It's okay to talk about rebounding, but it's a big deal to ask your teammates to help. It's hard to talk about the block, especially now that there are only three minutes left.
The game continued, and the players on both sides began to enter the final competition, which also caused the offense of both sides to play extremely difficult, coupled with the impact of physical strength, the hit rate decreased significantly compared with before, and was flooded with the sound of iron.
Boom~
In the last minute, Ji Liang beat Wen Baker and grabbed a defensive rebound, and the rebound successfully doubled and obtained a triple-double.
At this time, Payton repeated his old trick and wanted to entangle Ji Liang, but was deceived by Ji Liang's passing feint, and then threw the basketball to the frontcourt.
Billups, Stich and Williams have already started, forming a three-ghost slam stance, and quickly rushing towards the frontcourt.
After receiving the basketball, Williams reached out and threw the ball to Billups, who advanced with the ball.
Owens and Schramf quickly returned to the defense, and when Billups rushed, Owens rushed forward, but Billups chose to pass the ball, taking advantage of the local number advantage, and finally scored on a layup by Stickic.
At the end of the offense, the Nuggets finally erased the deficit with 42 seconds left in the clock, and according to the 24-second offensive rule, each side had one chance to attack.
Of course, this is not absolute, if the supersonic finish the attack quickly, it can fight for one more round of attack, which is the most beneficial for the supersound.
"Peyton, pick up the pace!"
In the hustle and bustle of the arena, McMillan stood on the edge of the court, shouting at Payton.
Peyton didn't speak, he understood McMillan's intentions.
At the time of serving, except for Pollinis who served and Payton who responded, the other three players ran quickly to the court.
"Strengthen your defense and keep up with your goals!"
On the other side, D'Antoni also stood up, and under his command, the already tired Nuggets players boursed up to defend their respective defenders.
Ji Liang did not move, nor did he compete with Wen Baker for position, and resolutely chose to defend around the front.
Defending around the front is a defensive technique that pre-empts the opponent's reception near the penalty area, and is suitable for defenders with good footwork, physical coordination, and explosiveness, and is simply a devastating way for defenders who are slow-moving, have rough technique, and have a low basketball IQ.
Wen Baker is too heavy, his feet are sluggish, and with Ji Liang's nimble feet, going around the front has become the most suitable way to defend.
While circling ahead, Ji Liang was also observing the movements of the supersonic players, especially Payton with the ball.
With one block left, Chi Liang can complete the record data of three doubles +5×5, even if the chance is not big, Chi Liang has no idea of giving up.
Soon, Payton was pushing forward with the ball, and he wanted to play fast and then have one more chance to attack.
At the same time, it is also necessary to avoid the Nuggets taking advantage of the same method, which must control the time.
After halftime, Payton began to observe the situation on the court, and when he saw Ji Liang wrapping around the front of Wen Baker, he dismissed the idea of passing the ball to Wen Baker.
By all accounts, Payton turned out to be the most advantageous point.
Under Payton's command, the supersonic perimeter players began to run wildly, pulling their respective defenders apart and creating space for Payton to play alone.
After back-to-back crotch dribbles, Payton leaned forward and took another step back to stand outside the three-point line, feeling like he wanted to step back for three points.
Billups was shocked, thinking that Payton was going to shoot a three-pointer, so he hurriedly stepped forward, but the moment he stepped forward, Payton moved again and easily completed the breakthrough.
Creak~
After two steps, the sound of the soles rubbing against the floor sounded, and Payton managed to score two points with a pull-up jumper.
This attack took a total of ten seconds, and there were 32 seconds left.
At this time, the Nuggets opted for a timeout, and D'Antoni began to arrange tactics.
After the timeout, the SuperSonics replaced Vin Baker with Aaron Williams.
It's just a matter of being slow, but Vinn Baker's free throws are worse than O'Neal's, with only 45% of the free throw percentage, making it easy to become a foul target.
As a result, the superSonics players all shot above 70% from the free-throw line, and it was difficult for the Nuggets to take advantage of this.