Chapter 170: The Killer Shot
When the game was suspended, Van Gundy turned his head and asked Brin, who was next to him: "Who should the Clippers give this offense to?" There are still 42 seconds left, and if the Clippers score this goal, then the game can basically be declared over. β
Brin nodded and replied: "Well, that's really a problem, now the Clippers have the initiative in the game, they can either break fast once, or they can choose to use up 24 seconds to give the Suns one last chance to attack, in short, now the Suns are in a rather passive situation!" β
Before he could finish speaking, the 20-second timeout was up, and the players from both sides were back on the pitch.
On the Suns' side, they made personnel adjustments again and replaced Gobert, and the rest of them were Markieff Morris, P.J. Tucker, Middleton and Lee Mojab, and it seemed that they were ready to fight this time defensively.
The Clippers have also made personnel changes, with Chris Paul, Redick, Jamal Crawford, Turkoglou, and Griffin clearly emphasizing offense.
Coming back from the timeout, the Clippers played the ball on the frontcourt sideline, and it was Redick who served.
"Toot!"
As the referee's whistle blew, the Clippers players began to take advantage of each other's pick-and-rolls to run outside, with only Griffin in the three-point line and the other three running wildly from the outside.
The first to run out was Paul, who took advantage of Griffin's pick-and-roll to fly out from the left side, but he raised his hands and ran away with a false shot, which was obviously a decoy.
Then it was Crawford who came out, who also came out from the left, and Redick quickly passed the ball to him.
Crawford is the Clippers' most ball-handling man other than Paul, and his mid-range and long-range ability is not bad, but also at the top level, and the Suns are naturally aware of this, and Middleton pounced.
However, Crawford slammed the ball back, a crotch dribble and a back dribble to clean up the impatient Middleton, and then went inside.
"Damn, I'm too young to hold my breath!" Hornacek punches the sidelines!
At this moment, Li Mojie ran out from the bottom line.
Crawford was about to shoot when a yellow figure flashed.
"This ball, I didn't expect Paul to be just a cover, the person who really received the ball was Crawford! Yes! Middleton made a mistake, he was too anxious, and now Crawford cleaned him up and went inside? But Markieff and Gobert are on the inside! Sure enough, you're still going to shoot in the middle of the shot? β
"Ah, somebody showed up, it was Mojab, he caught up and interfered with Crawford's shot in time to see if this ball could go in?"
"Rebound!" Crawford, who had already thrown the basketball, clearly felt that his throw had been touched by Lee's fingers, and the trajectory of the ball was deflected.
"Gobert made a contribution, he grabbed this crucial rebound!" Van Gundy almost growled.
"Pause, pause, Gobert immediately signaled a timeout!"
"Well done!" Hornacek smiled and patted Gobert on the shoulder.
"Now there are 31 seconds left before the end of the game, which means that after we score this goal, the Clippers have at least one more chance to break fast, and if we don't score this goal, then everything is over!" Hornacek admonished with a tactical board.
"So next, Lee Mojie, Middleton, Gerard Green, PJ Tucker, Frye, you five on!"
Hornacek made this arrangement for a purpose, because these five people are the most accurate three-point and mid-range shooting ability of the Suns, especially Middleton and Gerald Green, with a three-point shooting rate of 41.9% and a 40.0%, and an average of more than 5 three-point shots per game, the worst three-point shot is Li Mojie, whose three-point shooting rate this season is only 36.1%, Shooting an average of 5.7 shots per game, of course, this data is already quite an excellent level for a rookie, after all, James Harden, who later thought that the three-point shooting rate was very accurate, was only 36.4% in his three-point career.
At this time, the Clippers also made personnel adjustments: Chris Paul, Matt Barnes, Jared Dudley, Griffin, Jordan Jr., the lineup is obviously biased towards defense!
The timeout ends quickly and the game starts again!
"Come on, Phoenix!"
"Come on Sun!"
"Score this goal, kill them!" The fans in attendance shouted.
The Suns were held by Li Mojie, and then everyone else pulled away, at this time, the Suns had five people on the court who had the ability to shoot, and the Clippers didn't dare to let go at all, so they could only pull the formation away.
"Oh? Do you still dare to vote? Rookie, just like just now! Chris Paul didn't seem to be afraid of Li Mojie's direct action at all, and mocked.
"Yes, you can just pull it out, because now I have the best chance of making a move!" Isn't it a clip? That is, let yourself vote? Is it just bullying yourself that this game feels bad? Li Mojie thought as he dribbled.
In addition to his own owner's height advantage that can shoot, the other Suns are all closely defended, and they can indeed shoot, because no matter how good Paul's defense is, his height is always a hard injury, but can he shoot?
Paul is not afraid of Li Mojie's breakthrough at this time, because he knows that the Clippers inside the line are very fast, Griffin and Jordan Jr. move laterally very fast, and don't look at Paul's short height, but Paul has a solid bottom plate, has enough core strength, and is not afraid of confrontation, if Li Mojie has now gained weight to 240 pounds, then there is no need to say that it can be crushed directly, but unfortunately this is only Li Mojie's first season, and his impact is not so strong now!
"Vote!"
At this moment, what did Li Mojie hear? Whose voice is that? The audience? Or a coach, a teammate?
"I can't shoot, I feel cold today, the three-point shot just now has been missed, if this shot is lost, what will people say about me after the game? Li Mojie buried his teammates' efforts for a whole game? Cancer? β
"Vote for him! Marc Jacques! Li Mojie heard Anella's shouts on the sidelines, but he was still unmoved.
But, in an instant, he still made a move!
The people on the sidelines looked like Li Mojie was trembling, and a trace of determination suddenly appeared on his face, looking open.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
Now not only some female fans, but even many male fans are covering their eyes, not daring to look at the next ball, this ball, can determine the outcome of this game, and even determine who can take the initiative in this round of playoffs!
"Li Mojie still made a move, will there be? Will there be a lore? Brin hissed.
"Three-pointer, this one-pointer will change a lot of things!"
The hearts of many fans present also raised their throats, how about this goal? The eyes of the fans at the scene were all focused on the spinning ball at this time.
Hornacek and Rivers on the sidelines also clenched their fists and stared at the ball.
The court fell silent for a moment, the ball swirled in mid-air, and the Clippers players prayed in their hearts, "Don't go in." Don't enter! The Suns players prayed "Go in, go in!" β
The ball reaches its highest point and begins to fall.
The hearts of the fans in the stands pounded violently, and some fans on both sides who watched the broadcast in front of the television set even held their breath, waiting for the moment when fate would be judged.
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Than a crisp sound echoes in the silent Pepsi Center.
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