Chapter 159: Tactical Trickery
Back in the game, the Kings served from the halfway, Garcia stood on the sideline, Durant kept waving his arms in front of him, and Tyrek squeezed away Westbrook next to him and stepped forward to receive Garcia's pass.
After winning the ball, Tyrek stood one step ahead of the halfway line, stood with his legs crossed back and forth, his upper body lowered and his head poked out, his hands hanging the ball at his waist, and his brows were tightly knit to observe the situation on the field.
Westbrook opened his arms to defend very tightly, and from time to time he looked behind him to see if anyone was answering Terrick, the atmosphere on the field was extremely tense, the audience held their breath at the moment, and the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor was particularly harsh.
"Anthony! Run there! David! Cover me! Tyrek held the ball in his left hand and stretched out his right hand to direct his teammates to run him.
"Grant, see what the Kings are going to do with this ball, I think there's a good chance that Terek. Evans will choose to attack himself, and others will create opportunities for Evans, and the Kings will run out of time, and Evans will play a two-pointer, and Anthony will play on the outside. Moro and Francisco. Garcia is just a front! ”
"Brian, it's not necessarily, it's better to play two points, but also we can score a two-point to kill, and we have at least six seconds to attack the next offense, so there's plenty of time, and the pressure is still very high for the Kings. But if the real purpose of this ball is to play three points, once it is scored, we have to shoot three points to win, and two points are just a draw! ”
"Well, there are uncertainties, but everything depends on the Kings being able to score an offensive game, and the situation on the court is changing rapidly, and any mistake can make or break the balance of victory!"
Westra goes to the top of the arc to cover Tyrek, Tyrek initiates a break, bypasses the screen, Westbrook and Ibaka switch defenses, and Ibaka defends Tyreek!
Tyrek held the ball and went inside, and Ibaka, who was already extremely mobile, fully exploded his potential in the final defensive moment, and firmly stuck Tyreco's breakthrough line like an inside spider man!
At the same time, Harden stepped forward to help defend Tyrek, Tyrek couldn't get up at this time, and the strong burst was obviously unrealistic, once caught in the bag, the ball was likely to be broken! Tyrek immediately gave the ball to Morrow on the outside!
Harden, who was opposite Morrow, was two steps away from Morrow at this time, but when Harden assisted in defending Terek, Westbrook, who switched to West, was already standing between West and Morrow, and he immediately met Morrow, and when Morrow received Tyreck's pass, Westbrook was ready to defend, and Harden immediately went to mark West.
Seeing that there was no chance to shoot, Morrow transferred the ball again and gave it to Garcia on the flank, and Tyrek, who broke through fruitlessly, retreated to the three-point line again, and Garcia gave Tyrek again, and the first round of offense was inconclusive, and the offensive time had passed 11 seconds at this time!
Tyrek, who was holding the ball again, knew that the Thunder team's defense must be fierce, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce, everyone's adrenaline was simply bursting, and they were so excited that they couldn't do it, and there was almost no chance to take advantage of it!
Half of the offensive time has passed, and there is no time for Tyrek to hesitate, at this time Tyrek swept to Cousins on the inside, the two looked at each other, Cousins gave Tyrek a positive look and reached out to Tyrek for the ball!
Tyrek knows that it is almost impossible for him to break through now, once he breaks through, the Thunder will inevitably shrink the inside, plus there is the big meat wall of Perkins, the space on the inside is extremely narrow, and it will become extremely difficult to shoot the ball on the outside, plus the last attempt, Morrow on the outside did not get a chance, Tyrek decided to believe in Cousins' ability!
Facing Ibaka, who switched defenses and pulled himself to the outside, Terek found the gap and handed the ball to Cousins!
Cousins took the ball with his back, Perkins reached out against Cousins' back, and at this time others did not dare to pinch Cousins, after all, it is very likely that there will be a huge gap hole in a big center in a singles, Cousins's shoulders swing left and right, Perkins was so nervous that he looked as if he was staring at Cousins with a sluggish face, Cousins suddenly turned to the left, and then grabbed the middle with a jump and dunked!
Perkins tried his best enough, but his reaction was still a step slower, on the other side of the basket, West had returned to the low post, and at this time it was Harden who was defending him, West was firmly stuck in the position on the other side, Harden was only 1.96 meters tall, and the big man on the inside was naturally easily blocked by West, and Perkins immediately jumped up to block Cousins, but it was to no avail, Cousins slammed the dunk with one arm on the spot!
The Thunder quickly called a timeout, and Cousins threw his fist in excitement and roared! Tyrek leapt up to Cousins' back from behind, and roared at the audience with his head covered!
"Alas! The ball was not blocked, and Cousins got it! Davis in the commentary table sighed.
"No way, DeMarcus. Cousins had too much advantage over Kendrick, and Kendrick simply couldn't keep up with Cousins...... The Kings played patiently, and Tyrek had 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Evans did not choose to be strong under heavy defense, but contributed his eighth assist of the game, and he was still so calm at this time, which is indeed rare as a young man...... Cousins is also competitive, and the technical moves are in place, and the ball is not unjustly blocked...... But we're one point behind and we have eight seconds left to go, which is enough for us to kill! ”
With Cousins' dunk and the Thunder calling a timeout, everyone on the Kings bench on the sidelines cheered, and the players on the court walked off the court one by one, everyone happily high-fived and beat their chests.
"Hey, hey, hey! Calm down, everyone! The game isn't over yet! Coach Westafar shouted as he banged the tactics board.
Everyone immediately calmed down, quieted down and stood next to Coach Westfaal, yes, the game was not over at this time!
"There are 8 seconds left in the game, the Thunder have the ball, they are now 1 point behind, 8 seconds of offensive time is enough, Durant, Westbrook, Harden are all likely to shoot, and they only need a two-point to beat us, this ball is very difficult to defend! So...... I had a bold idea......"
Coach Westfair paused for two seconds under the gaze of everyone, "After the Thunder served the ball on the sideline, they immediately committed a tactical foul and sent them to the free throw line!" They may not be able to hit both free throws under pressure, but if they miss, we will be invincible! Even if they hit both free throws, we'll have plenty of time to set up the shootout! At the same time, they don't dare to deliberately not come in to fight the second attack when the second penalty is served, so the risk is too great, once we miss, we play a fast break, and the game is over! We take the initiative into our own hands, and I believe in your abilities! ”