Chapter 90: Eat dumplings
The pre-game ceremony, the fire dragons spraying around the LEDs, and the deafening cheers, everything showed that the Cavaliers would do their best tonight.
After the players of the Rocket team entered, they felt a heavy invisible pressure around them.
Tang Tian also felt it.
"Tonight's game will be tougher than the last three, but believe in yourselves, believe in yourself and we'll be champions." Before the game began, Tang Tian used such words to motivate the players.
After the pre-match introduction, players from both sides appeared one after another.
The Rockets stuck to their offensive and defensive strategy for the past three games, continuing to play open cuts on the offensive end and shrinking on the interior on the defensive end.
This strategy still works.
Although the Cavaliers' role players are full of morale, they are not as good as they have been in the previous games.
In a series of iron beatings, Cleveland's basket felt the home team's malice.
At halftime, the Rockets led the Cavaliers 56-40.
At halftime, reporters on the sidelines and league staff were already preparing to award the championship.
But that's when the change happened.
This change was even unexpected by Tang Tian.
Because it was such an accident.
Coming back in the second half, James broke through several times in a row, and after his teammates failed to shoot, the "little emperor" who had been holding back for three and a half games finally became angry.
James' breakthrough lethality is the first in history, but his projection ability at this time is below the league average, and the most intuitive data is that as a small forward, he has only shot 28% of three-pointers in this year's playoffs, less than three CD.
This is equivalent to saying that if you want to score a goal, you have to throw at least four or more, and if you throw it like this in the finals, you are looking for death.
But at this time, James had no choice, seeing the Rockets' shrinking defense, looking at Battier who was standing one step away from him, and then glancing at his teammates around him, he threw it directly at the top of the circle.
"Bang!"
It's like a discus thrown out, slamming into the basket.
If you can speak, the basket that has been smashed all over the game will definitely roar at this time.
However, after the basketball smashed into the frame, it bounced to the rebound, and then it bounced in.
James, hit his first three-pointer in the Finals.
The fans were stunned for a moment before they let out a burst of excited cheers.
Tang Tian was slightly stunned, this ball was lucky.
Indeed, good luck.
The Rockets scored a goal through Yao Ming, and in turn, James was still throwing three points from the outside.
It's still a discus throwing frame, it's still bouncing high, the only difference is that this time it didn't hit the rebound, but when it fell, it rubbed the edge of the basket and went in again!
"LeBron~~James!!"
The DJ chanted James's name, and I don't know if it was shocked or excited.
After hitting two three-pointers in a row, Battier's defense was forced to stick forward, and this post, James directly accelerated to kill.
The Rockets' defense quickly shrank, but James treated himself like an explosive bag and threw it directly to the basket.
It's a real killing.
James rushes up like a tank, and if you don't give him enough interference in the moment he starts, you'll have to sacrifice yourself to blow up the tank.
Or making fouls, or scoring, James began to go from being a selfless playmaker to a grumpy scorer.
Tang Tian looked at the sidelines and asked Battier to continue to put three points, but he didn't expect that James's crooked three points were still accurate.
With James' 6 three-pointers in a single game and 40 points in the third quarter, the Cavaliers were stunned to lead the Rockets by one point 100-99 in the first minute of the final game.
"It's a game like no other." The commentator on the sidelines couldn't help but sigh when he saw it now.
"T-mac, you hit a ball."
"Sean, keep shrinking the defense."
Tang Tian took the tactical board and quickly arranged it at this time.
Even if James played an incredible game, Tang Tian's expression still didn't change much.
Who hasn't eaten a dumpling, don't say that this person is still James.
Sticking to his strategy, he is still full of confidence.
Back from the timeout, the Rockets play the ball on the frontcourt sideline.
Blake served to Maddy, the Rockets pulled away from the rest of the position, and Millsap mentioned the three-point line to block Maddy.
Maddie makes a substitution with the ball against Gooden.
He didn't hesitate, and saw that James on the weak side had rushed over to wrap up, and directly made a three-point stop that changed backwards.
James flew in from the diagonal side.
Maddie jumped up and quickly escaped Gooden's interference, but James' flying palm was about to slap his shot.
Maddie strikes early.
The ball flew past James' fingertips and towards the basket.
Under the basket, Yao Ming turned around and stuck Ilgoskas, ready to grab the board.
"Huh!"
There was a crunch.
James' flying figure just hit the ground, and Maddie's three-pointer went through the net.
Three-pointer, score!
There was a stirring at the scene.
Maddie smiled and stepped back, her index finger raised in front of her mouth, making a silent motion.
There was boos from the audience.
On the Cavaliers' offense, Battier continued to put James in a step to prevent sudden shots.
The rest of the Cavaliers still didn't have a good chance to block and run, and James dribbled the ball to see less and less offensive time, and chose to shoot three-pointers again.
"Bang!"
His 10th three-point shot ended in an iron.
Yao Ming under the basket stuck in the position.
But the ball is too powerful, and it smashes the front of the basket, which bounces up and goes straight out, this is a long rebound!
Just then, James rushed in from the outside, jumped up and grabbed the ball through Battier.
With less than 30 seconds left in the game, James grabbed the rebound and slammed straight inside after landing.
Yao Ming shook off Ilgoskas and rushed towards James.
Now the difference is only 2 points, and James must not be allowed to score this goal.
James couldn't take care of it at this time, even if it was Yao Ming, he rushed hard.
Yao Ming leaned on James, James broke through to get the ball, and didn't get up three steps in a row.
Yao Ming stopped, ready to block James's ball.
But at this moment, James, who had already stepped on three steps, suddenly took another step on Yao Ming's shoulder, and then made a strong move.
Yao Ming's block hit James's hand right on.
James continued to complete the layup, and the basketball hit the board into the frame.
"Toot!"
The referee blew the whistle on the sidelines, signaling a foul on Yao Ming's thug.
2+1!
The Quick Loan Arena was boiling instantly, and the fans were frantically waving the white handkerchiefs in their hands.
After James landed, he slammed his chest twice domineeringly, and yelled at the audience excitedly.
Domination of the world!
Tang Tian also jumped up excitedly at this time, but instead of rushing at James, he was the bottom line referee.
That's the ball just now, it's gone!