Chapter 137: The Last Three Minutes
The Magic's current lineup on the court is no worse than any team in the league in terms of defense, including the Celtics and Jazz, who are known for their defense, and they can't say that their team's defense can be better than these five.
In the face of this sudden defensive pressure, the Bulls played extremely anxious on the next offensive end, especially when Li Ming was consumed by the three-man wheel battle, and could not play an effective offense at all.
Five attacks and only one goal was scored.
Fortunately, the Magic team is not very good, Payton can pass the ball, but the offense is really not good, especially the projection ability, it is estimated that they are about to catch up with Rondo, not to mention Afflalo, the offensive end has degraded obviously, and the previous three-point projection has become extremely unstable. Biyombo's offensive ability when he was with the Hornets was very average, as an interior player who often scored 1 point, 10 rebounds, 0 points and 8 rebounds, his scoring often came from picking up leaks and grabbing rebounds after the second offense, and his offensive willingness was not very strong at other times.
In other words, the entire offense of the Magic team is also supported by Simmons and Aaron Gordon!
It was a little bit better than the Bulls, who scored two of the six goals.
The scene once turned into the Finals in '05, the defensive battle between the Spurs and the Pistons, and the ratings of that game were the lowest in a decade, almost all of them were fist-to-flesh romance and clattering iron.
Finals MVP Tim Duncan shot only 42 percent from the field, and as an interior player, especially one who can be called the best power forward in history, he finally shot such a shooting percentage, which can only be said that the defensive battle was really tough.
It's like the second half of the second quarter for the Bulls and Magic right now.
"The two teams continue to stalemate, at this time they are actually fighting perseverance, who can continue to maintain such a defense to the end, until the other side can't hold on, then there is hope for victory!"
The situation on the field is anxious, and Wang Meng can't explain too much, after all, the defensive intensity of the season level has deformed the technical movements of several of the rookies, and they have thrown a lot of goals that they don't know what to do.
The First Clan
He really couldn't force the explanations of those actions, and he was fined for openly ridiculing the players too much in the commentary, and he couldn't get along with his money.
So he can only say it from another angle.
"Huhu!"
The repeated consumption made Li Ming's re-strengthened body a little unbearable, gasping for breath, glancing at the time, there were still three minutes left.
Three minutes later, the fan shooting session in the midfield will begin, and Deng Tian will be on the court at that time.
He once said to the latter that as long as he works hard, nothing can stop him, although the normal game is not over, but he doesn't want the situation to be so deadlocked in the midfield, after all, what people see before the game is the final score of the midfield.
If he wants to have the confidence to play, then Li Ming must pull the score away before half-time, but how much, at least let him know.
As long as you want to do what you want to do, work hard and do it, you will not be fruitless.
"Whew!" Exhaling heavily, Li Ming's eyes changed, and he slowly looked up at Afflaro in front of him, since the official timeout, he and Payton have taken turns to defend, coupled with Simmons's assistance in defense, he is indeed a little tired to deal with.
But this time he had already made up his mind, no matter what, he would attack by himself in the next three minutes, no matter what the result was, he wanted to tell Deng Tian.
Life is always in your own hands!
Successive cross-steps shook Afflalo's center of gravity, and with a sharp change of direction, the defender in front of him was replaced by Simmons, who assisted the defense.
Without hesitation, he turned around with the latter, opened the gap backwards, worshipped Buddha, shook Simmons away, and there was an open field in front of him, rushed up, took a step inside the free throw line, jumped directly, a big loop of pull rod, dodged Biyombo's long hand, collided with Gordon's body in the air, and put the ball in without balance.
"Toot!" The referee's whistle blew, Gordon fouled, and Li Ming made a four-on-one pick to complete two plus one.
"Wow, ahh This, this, this! This is simply amazing, the best goal of the year is undoubted, Li Ming's goal is too handsome! ”
"I'll go! Li Ming really wants to score now, and no one can stop him! ”
“MVP! MVP! MVP! ”
The live broadcast room, the TNT commentary team, and the audience at the scene exploded directly at the moment when Li Ming stepped onto the free throw line, with all kinds of excited shouts, exaggerated tones, and expressions of admiration.
Only this one, the dull United Center, and the boring TV set are active again, Li Ming, is destined to be the focus of tonight.
"Huh!" With a crisp free throw, Li Ming retreated to his defensive zone, and now he feels very good.
I don't know when it started, Li Ming found that he was no longer so relentless to attack, maybe after turning on the passing skill, in short, his teammates would pass directly when there was a vacancy.
It's easy to score, so why not?
Perhaps it was from that time that Li Ming gradually stopped attacking the basket as soon as he got the ball, but first observed the situation on the court before making a judgment.
Although he can still score more than 20 points, his mentality has really changed. Without an indomitable spirit, there is a lack of a heart that will rush to the end.
If Li Ming hadn't made up his mind and had to play by himself, then when Simmons had just entangled, he would have subconsciously looked for an open pass, and there would have been no shocking one-on-four goals.
Sometimes, mindset can really decide a lot of things.
Li Ming, who regained his offensive instinct, began to exert his strength, with a one-handed slam dunk after a jump, a turnover jumper behind his back, and an open three-point shot with the cooperation of his teammates.
One goal is more difficult than the other, and each time it is more confident.
In the last three minutes of the entire second quarter, the focus of the whole court was Li Ming, and the five members of the Magic team, known as the horror defense, began to expose problems under Li Ming's offense, Payton's footsteps were still a little hesitant, and Biyombo's interior confrontation skills were still not enough...
Li Ming scored 12 points in the last three minutes, widening the already narrowing point difference again, and even faintly had the possibility of becoming garbage time.
The Magic's five players are messed up, this is already the second set of lineups that the Magic team has messed up, and Vogel began to scratch his hair off the court, he didn't expect that these two sets of tactics that defeated so many teams in the regular season were disrupted by the Bulls in just the first half.
And the most important thing is that the originally confident Magic players came off the court with hesitation, which shows that their self-confidence has been shattered!
This is the worst-case scenario! (To be continued)