Chapter 257: Complete the lore
This ball pass is very witty, and no one would have thought that the old and spicy Nowitzki would find such a shortcut when the mountains and rivers are in doubt. But Haugist seems to have thought of it! No, Hougist may not really be the first to anticipate the enemy, maybe he just reacted too fast, but whatever the reason, Hoggist's hand reached behind his back before Barria received the ball, and he caught the ball first by feeling, almost in the middle of the lightning, Hoggist kicked back to the ground, grabbed the ball with one hand and held it high in front of his chest, put the ball directly into the basket, and cut two points again.
Hoggist came back to score five points in a row, and it took only 3 seconds. Coach Carlisle's wishful thinking failed, and instead of opening up the difference, this goal was forced to close to 1 point, and even if the next wave of offense ran out of 24 seconds, as long as he couldn't score 3 points, he would still be tied or even killed by the Lakers.
So Coach Carlisle also used the last timeout, Hoggist's defense was terrible, and there was another Spider-Man in the league! I have to find a good way to crack his defense, his defense area is large, but the court area is larger, can he block such a large ball area by himself?
Carlisle rearranged his serve strategy and changed to serve on the sideline, and if the Lakers continue to press on the court, then the defensive formation will be stretched wide, the defensive flaws will increase, and the Mavericks' offensive opportunities will also increase. At the same time, in order to limit Haugist's deterrence on both offensive and defensive ends, Coach Carlisle hesitated to take Barria and replace it with Parsons.
Sure enough, the Lakers or Haugist didn't expect Coach Carlisle's second strain, and Hoggist couldn't block Nowitzki's all-court pass route even if he defended well, and Harris got the ball in the backcourt to shake off Nick. Yang killed the frontcourt, originally wanted to press the time, but the Lakers' defensive formation was completely messy, Harris came to the frontcourt only a little pause and then burst to the inside with Parsons's cover, and was about to score an empty basket.
The leading referee stood behind the basket, saw the ball clearly, and decisively blew for a foul on Hogist. Hoggist didn't defend himself, but silently walked to the free throw area and waited to grab a rebound. The rest of the Lakers team was a little frustrated, and Hoggistel pulled past Randle and Turner and whispered, "I have a hunch that Harris's free throws are bound to miss one, so you must be stuck in position for the second free throw, and give me the rebound!" ”
"Are you sure?" The tactical mistake just now made Randall doubt Hogist.
"All I can say is that I have a strong hunch and now we're only one point behind, and even if he makes both free throws we'll go into overtime, but if he doesn't make the second free throw and we don't keep the rebound, then we're really going to lose!" Hougist said.
"That's right, we'll get the slot seriously, and I'll leave the rest to you!" Randall ultimately chose to believe in Hougist.
The Lakers made the most of this dead-ball opportunity to make the final personnel adjustments, and Shashewski strategized and replaced Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant, and now the court is Hoggist, Kobe, and Nick. A lineup of Young, Randle, and Turner has three points on the outside that can shoot three-pointers and can also guarantee rebounds. The Mavericks have not made personnel changes, and Delon, Harris, Matthews, Parsons, and Nowitzki are already the strongest defensive lineups that the Mavericks can send on the current roster of players who can target the Lakers' outside offense.
With 25.1 seconds left on the game and Harris walking to the free throw line, there was a deafening noise from the Staples fans, Harris took the ball, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, dribbled and adjusted his touch, and then threw the ball steadily to the basket.
The crisp sound of the ball passing through the Nets briefly silenced the noise of the fans, but when Harris got the ball again, the boos rang out again. Just when Harris closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, Hougist, who was standing on the side, said to himself: "If Harris can score this ball, I will make a 3+1 later to reverse the score, if he can't score it, it will be easier, I can take away the game directly with a three-pointer, and I am destined to become a hero of Staples tonight!" ”
Harris was very disdainful when he heard Haugist's monologue, the current rookie is really unbelievable, and you should suffer a little bit today! Hoggist didn't say this to cheer himself up, Harris's psychology changed, and this was Hoggist's purpose.
With Haugist's words in mind, Harris's free throw rhythm was disrupted, and the ball bounced straight out of the back of the basket. Turner and Randle, who had been instructed by Hoggist early, were stuck in position, and Hougist jumped high from the back row to collect the rebound. With 24.3 seconds left in the game, the Lakers attacked from the backcourt. Harris could only clapped his hands in frustration, and then turned his head back to defense.
Hougist dribbled to the front court and pressed the time near the halfway line, while his teammates pulled away en masse and stood in a row in the bottom right corner to watch Hoggist single.
Coach Carlisle also miscalculated this time, he thought that the lagging Lakers would definitely grab a wave of attack, try to tie or overtake the score first, be invincible, and then defend a wave in turn, but he didn't expect the Lakers to be so confident that they actually wanted to run out of game time and shoot again.
With 10 seconds left on the Lakers' offensive clock, Hoggist started to push forward, and Parsons finally decided to take a gamble and force Hoggist to go right, whether his right shoulder injury is true or not, his right ankle injury is absolutely not wrong, and his teammates have all conceded left the left corner as evidence. Moreover, forcing him into the crowd will also affect his choice of shots.
The Mavericks now have a two-point lead, and the defensive strategy is undoubtedly to give two points in overtime and guard against threes. When Hoggist dribbled to the three-point line, he didn't stop, but at this time, the remaining four players standing in the bottom corner of the Lakers suddenly ran out of a starburst tactic, covering each other and running away, Kobe Bryant rushed directly to the weak bottom corner, throwing off Matthews who was defending him several positions. Hoggist rushed to the elbow area and threw the ball to the bottom corner of the weak side, and Bryant received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly!
The last shot was not actually made by Hoggist? The singles just now were actually covering for Kobe? Is what Haugist said to himself just now also a hoax? Parsons looked at Hoggist in disbelief, this "rival in love" is now even more terrifying, not only has superhuman ball skills, but all kinds of psychological hints and misleading are endless, and he must pay 200% attention to not be confused by him.
The Lakers easily ran out of the open opportunity, Kobe Bryant shot a three-point shot in the bottom corner, this is the easiest chance he has ever had in so many years, the audience erupted in cheers, the tactics of this ball are too beautiful, the ball is stable when it is given to Kobe, 20 years as a day, Kobe Bryant will never disappoint Lakers fans!
But instead of hitting a critical hit, the Lakers' chance to strike a fatal blow this time made a miss! This simple bottom corner three-point Kobe Bryant actually didn't hit! The audience let out a sigh in unison, could it be that our most trusted black mamba fangs are no longer sharp?
When Kobe Bryant vacated the shot, the Mavericks' blood was condensed in their veins, and for a while, the concepts of defensive card position and rebounding were all forgotten by them, until the ball made a sound of gold and iron on the basket, and the Mavericks reacted, and when Parsons wanted to card again, he found that Haugist had squeezed in front of him at some point, but instead stuck him behind him and easily took off the rebound!
Oops, with 3.7 seconds left in the game, Hougist just had to put the ball in the basket to tie it! But Parsons, who had no advantage over Hougist, had no way behind Hougist, and Nowitzki was entangled by Turner and could not come to support in time. You can only foul and bet that he won't score a free throw!
Parsons made up his mind in an instant and was about to reach for Haugist, but Haugist slipped like a loach, got short and drilled inside, and without hesitation dribbled to the outside of the three-point line.
"It's too late to try to solve it yourself with three points now!" Parsons chased after Hougist. With 1.9 seconds left in the game when he dribbled beyond the three-point line, he turned around and was about to shoot hard, and the hand holding the ball was left-handed! It seems that his right shoulder is indeed injured! He's going to throw a lore with his left hand! Parsons firmly jumped high to block Haugist's shot, but this was actually a feint to worship Buddha, and Hougist didn't really close the ball!
As Parsons flew into the air, Horgist took a big step with his left hand and took a big step to get the ball to his right hand and quickly threw the ball before the clock ran to zero. The audience held their breath, this is the Lakers' last chance to redeem today, the sound of the buzzer is deafening at this time, and the red light of the rebounding basket and timer is also dazzling, is the end of this ball hell or heaven?
Hoggist held his "injured" right hand firmly, and he always had an almost paranoid confidence in his shot. Sure enough, the lights turned on and the ball flew through the longest and most difficult period of time, and flew into heaven with the Lakers fans who were almost suffocating!
The referee signaled that the three points were valid, and Hoggist still raised his hands, waiting for a hug from his teammates and a salute from the fans. The Mavericks players surrounded the referees and asked to see the replay, believing that the shot had run out of time, and whether it was what they saw or thought, it was the last effort they could make for today's game.
But the three referees, especially the central referee, stood behind Hoggist, and he saw the ball very clearly, and the red light only lit up when the ball was almost at the highest point after the ball was shot, and there was no way to talk about overtime.
But the three referees were in a very happy mood after witnessing such a wonderful performance, and they wanted to convince the Mavericks of the loss, so they asked the technical desk to replay the video of the last ball. After watching the video, the Mavericks players had nothing to say and returned to the bench in frustration.
At this time, Kobe and Nowitzki, two old guys from the old days, away from the center of Haugist's celebrations, hooked their shoulders and leaned against the courtside billboard and chatted.
"Kobe, you're on your team!" Nowitzki laughed.
"He's still young, there's still a lot to learn!" Although Kobe Bryant was disgusted, he couldn't hide the smug look between his eyebrows.
Nowitzki was not polite, "For example...... Learn how to hit a three-pointer in the final moments? Hahaha! ”
"Striking iron? No, no, no, it's just a chance to show himself, and if I throw that ball in, it's going to be boring tonight, isn't it? Of course, Bryant knew Nowitzki was joking, so he followed suit.
The two laughed for a while, Nowitzki wiped his sweat with a towel, and his expression became serious, "I have to apologize to you on behalf of Zaza, especially to your little brother, he does play a little dirty, but he does all this for the team's victory, I can't blame him too much, after all, he does the dirty work and all the infamy for us." But seriously, I'm really envious of you, you have a successor so soon, your little brother's style of play is really tough enough, he actually fought hard with Zaza twice, and he can still insist on playing after being injured twice, I haven't seen an opponent with such hard bones for a long time! ”
"Hard? I howled so badly when I was injured twice, like a little girl, and I lost all my face! I think my brother had a dislocated finger and didn't say a word on the sidelines to pick it up and continue to play, although I am very relieved that he can come back with an injury, but I can't look down on his babbling problem! Kobe Bryant has always treated Hoggist as his own standard, which also reflects his high expectations for Hoggist.
"You old guy is so strict with others, no wonder you don't have any friends!" Nowitzki smiled again.
"People are inert, there must always be someone behind them to spur them, and besides, my requirements are never too much, why can't they if I can do it?" Kobe Bryant pouted.
"Because the standards you set for yourself are already strict to the level of perverts, training Hoggist according to your standards? I think you've cultivated an ultimate boss for the entire alliance! Nowitzki shook his head.
Kobe Bryant shook his head, "Where is he qualified!" If you want to get my final approval, when will he prove himself in front of LeBron and KD! ”
"You guy's really hard-mouthed! Without further ado, next time I come to Dallas, I will educate him for you! Nowitzki high-fived and hugged Bryant again and left the court.
Kobe Bryant returned to Hoggist's side and asked pretending to be displeased: "You kid actually dare to pit me!" Didn't you say before that in the end you take over the game? Why did the ball get to me? ”