Chapter 198: Please Call Me Three Knives
When Maddie's impact after impact was blocked by Atai like a wall, the Heat's offense fell into a sluggish state.
Maddie is not only the Heat's leading scorer, but also the Heat's playmaker. He scored and grabbed because in exchange for him and Carter, Riley traded everything he could play.
The current point guard for the Heat is Bimbo Coles, a point guard with 14 years of NBA experience. Now 36 years old, he is as old as O'Neal's grandmother, and he even averaged less than 2 points per game in the regular season. What's even more terrifying is that the old point guard in the 90s didn't know what a three-point was, so he couldn't do the work of connecting the ball to shoot three-pointers.
The only reason Riley put him on the floor as the starting point guard was because he was already the team's only point guard. Luckily, the sharp-eyed Riley picked Haslem as valuable as gold from among the undrafted rookies.
It's a tough power forward, and now Rye is using it to play at the center position, and Pacers center Jeff Foster has spent seven games proving that he really can't win the undrafted pick as a first-round pick.
It is also with Haslem's rebounding guarantee. The Heat will be able to survive Game 7. Otherwise, with just two scorers, you can't go far without rebounds, after all, controlling rebounds is controlling the game.
In the critical moment of the Heat, Haslem, the Predator, repeatedly saved on the inside. Foster, who was on the opposite side, couldn't even eat a simple cake and was completely kicked out of the penalty area by Haslem.
However, this was destined to be Artest's famous game, and he scored 18 points in a row with a strange and ugly posture. While guarding against Maddie, he also slashed with Carter.
Atai also didn't have much chance to play alone before, and his usual scoring was to catch the ball and shoot with a little dribble at most. And it's all straight offense, and he won't dribble any fancy, if he doesn't pass the opponent in one step, he generally can't get by.
So in the playoffs, Artai has not had much presence on the offensive end. But by chance, Atay sat inside outside the three-point line and hit Maddie. After that, he liked this offensive method, as long as he got the ball around the three-point line, he would arch ****** sit inside, squeeze not far from the basket, and make a turnaround jumper. Maddie didn't have the slightest way to play this rogue style, his weight and strength were too much worse than the opponent's, and he could only be pushed inside.
At the critical moment, the Pacers relied on Atay's latest sit-down to get a two-point advantage. In this game, O'Neal Jr. is basically invisible, and he has been like this since the last game, and he has not played well in the whole series.
The fans scolded him for being a soft egg, and it didn't seem to be wrong, and in a fierce playoff game, O'Neal Jr. was always lost. In the Pacers' many years, O'Neal Jr. has only played at regular season level in one playoff game, and the other years have all been regressive. That's why the Pacers can play every regular season, but they can't compete with the Pistons in the playoffs.
Fortunately, in this game, Atay stepped up, giving the Pacers a two-point lead.
But a two-point lead isn't safe, especially with a combination of Maddie and Carter on the opposite side.
With just over 30 seconds left in the match, Maddie couldn't hold back any longer, and the huge pressure made him only think about singles.
Maddie was furious inside, but still unhurried on the surface to bring the ball a step and a half away from the defender.
One and a half steps, the defender can easily interfere with the attacker's shot. But this distance is also the best distance to break through, because when the distance to the defender is greater than one and a half steps, he will have enough time and space to deal with your change of direction.
Atai has been focusing on defense for the past few years, and as soon as Maddie came over, he changed his parallel feet to one front and one back. In this way, he is more mobile, and if his feet are parallel, he is likely to be shot directly by the opponent.
Because it is difficult to effectively close the front with the feet parallel, it is necessary to have the feet in front of the other.
Maddie glanced at her feet and found that Atai's right foot was in front, and she didn't talk nonsense, and broke through directly to the left.
When the opponent is standing in front of the opponent, the foot in front of him will break through to that side, because then the opponent will turn more slowly.
Maddie's first move is quick, and it is difficult for Atay to keep up. And when Maddie flashed half a position, Hu Qingniu noticed carefully that Maddie used a small trick.
Maddie pinned Atai's right leg and hip as she brushed her body past to prevent Atai from turning around.
It's a common trick used by top swingers in the NBA, and it's generally very useful, but this time Maddie used it in the wrong place. I saw Atai turn around suddenly, but Maddie stumbled on her own and almost fell. The follow-up action was not explained clearly, and the referee blew the whistle directly.
"Tick!"
The referee crossed his fists and signaled to move.
Maddie is very angry and walks at a critical moment, which is very humiliating for the superstar, and Atay does have a small move. Maddie chased the referee and tried to reason with him, but of course the referee ignored him.
At key moments in the game, the league advocates for players to decide the game. Atai's actions just now might have been punished if they had been in regular time, but now it's the last minute. In the eyes of the referee, this is the normal last-minute intensity.
At this time, the Heat trailed by 2 points, and the ball changed hands and almost sentenced the Heat to death. Maddie became more and more excited the more she spoke, and she almost pounced.
Something surprising happened.
"Tick! Backbite! ”
The referee blew the whistle again, pointing his finger out of the field. This means that Maddie was sent out.
The scene was shocked at first, and then the yellow crowd became ecstatic. They celebrated, their team was ahead, time was running out, and the opponent's head card was sent off, which was a must-win situation.
Maddie hugged her head in disbelief and laughed first.
What is it?
Hu Qingniu looked carefully at the bald referee, I'll go, isn't this Crawford. The famous and unusual referee is the famous Duncan who was sitting and laughing on the bench and sent him off the court. After all, the stone Buddha can't laugh, and the laugh must be fake, and there is nothing wrong with being punished. Later, the bald referee Crawford was nicknamed Duncan's lifelong enemy.
Maddie punches hard into the air and leaves!
Pacers serve.
Atai dribbled the ball himself through half the court, but the dribble was not flattering, but there were only 10 seconds left. The team had a big lead, and no one said anything.
Unexpectedly, a ghostly figure flashed past Atai.
"Smack!"
No one knows if it's a shot or a shot.
In short, the ball flew.
Nine seconds later, the phantom flashed away, and the ball rolled to the side.
Eight seconds later, Haslem fell to the ground and grabbed the ball.
Seven seconds later, Heat point guard Kers passed by and got the basketball.
In 6 seconds, Artey turned back to chase and blocked the aging Coles in the center circle.
Five seconds later, Heat power forward Grant arrived and wanted to make a pick-and-roll for his teammates.
4 seconds later, Reggie Miller slapped the horse and hit Grant directly, and the referee did not make a statement.
Three seconds later, Coles was forced to stop, and suddenly his eyes snapped and he passed the ball to the bottom left corner.
2 seconds, the phantom in the bottom corner collects the ball and lifts it, aiming at the basket.
1 second, shot.
"Huh!"
Ball in, effective, three points!
The hand is still in the air, and the TV camera only captures a dazzling back at the moment, with a big number 15 on it!
And, a dazzling name, Vince Carter!
Hu Qingniu couldn't help but blurt out.
"I'll go, card three knives!"
He didn't roar, he didn't vent, he just stood there, hugged his teammates one by one, and listened to the cheers of the whole stadium.