Chapter 301: Lore Defeat
At 98:96, the Lakers' lead was only 2 points, but the best tactics at this time were still to press time, play success rate and make fouls. When Hoggist was holding the ball on the wing, the Warriors started to pack again, and this sudden increase in defensive intensity at a critical moment is generally easy to cause opponents to miss.
But Curry played unreasonable at a critical moment, and Hougist was by no means an ordinary person, dribbling quickly and retreating two steps back to find a passing space and give it to Randle, this time Randle didn't dare to attack himself, but Hoggist's purpose was only to make him transition, after running without the ball and getting rid of the bag, Hoggist rushed directly to Randle's side, took his hand and passed the ball to the basket, dodged Bogut and Green's chase and interception, and hit a throw from behind the rebound.
"Well done! Another tribute to Joel! Embiid, who had come to Oakland with the team to watch the game, jumped up from the bench and cheered for Hougist.
The players on the Lakers bench looked at Embiid in bewilderment, and Embiid smiled: "This is a blessing from Hoggist, he said that every game he will shoot a goal from behind the rebound until I come back!" ”
Everyone understands why Hougist has such a forced and difficult shot every game, and is also amazed by Hoggist's ability, this kind of ball is usually difficult to hit without anyone defending, but Hoggist has maintained a high hit rate in these games, which makes people sigh that this is the gap in talent and strength!
Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, repeatedly and Green to block and dismantle cooperation, everyone was putting Curry outside the three-point line to suddenly cast cold arrows, but did not want Curry to rush into the interior again, his anti-natural outside ability made it very easy for him to shoot and combine, but this time Curry miscalculated, his jump action was too large, it looked a little disjointed, and he was directly punished by the referee for walking violations. And when the Warriors players still wanted to complain and appeal to the referee, the Lakers had already kicked off and were ready to push the fast break.
The Warriors players hurriedly chased back to their defensive positions, but Hougist had already launched a long pass in the backcourt, it turned out that Randle had run to the paint area of the Warriors' half, and after receiving the ball, Randle turned around and made a low-handed layup, and even took the initiative to play the board to find a rebound in order to be safe, but such a simple layup was messed up by the nervous Randle, his layup hit the rebound from the left side and bounced straight to the right, and he didn't touch the basket at all, and the right side was Bogut who was back to defense, The two teams switched offensive and defensive possession, everyone began to look for new offensive and defensive positions again, and the court suddenly fell into chaos, Curry held the ball to the top of the arc and jumped to shoot, except for Randle, who could not return to the interior in time, Hougist and Jeremy Lin pounced to block, while Kobe and Turner contracted the basket to protect the rebound.
Horgist felt that he should have blocked the angle of Curry's shot, his mind was racing, and he had already planned how to counterattack next, but unexpectedly Curry changed his hand shape in the air and distributed the ball to the bottom corner, I don't know when Klay was already waiting there, and after receiving the ball, he quickly jumped up and shot three points while no one was guarding, and easily hit the center of the basket.
At 100:99, the Lakers' lead was reduced to just one point. However, fortunately, there are only 36 seconds left in the game, and as long as he can get the best of the last two rounds of attack and defense, the victory can be put in his pocket, so Shashewski took the initiative to apply for a timeout to arrange the last attack and defense.
"Haugist, press the time until the last 5 seconds before attacking, I believe that with your individual ability, you can make a foul even if you don't score, Kobe I need you to feint to attract the attention of the defense, Myers, you and Julie do two consecutive off-ball screens for Kobe between the wing and the top of the arc with 10 seconds left, Kobe you move around the cover from the bottom corner to the top of the arc, pretend to receive the ball, Haugist, you observe the situation on the court yourself, see if the opponent's defensive center of gravity is on your side or on Kobe's side, Then decide for yourself whether to attack it yourself or pass it to Kobe! "Šašezewski has drawn a clear and concise strategy on the tactics board, and when you have a team of capable stars, it's more effective to keep things simple.
The Lakers kicked the ball, Hoggist held the ball at the top of the arc for time, and the other four were outside the three-point line, pulling the Warriors' defensive formation to the loosest state, if the Warriors were determined to wrap Haugist, then the missed Lakers players would be as open as the Pacific Ocean, and if the other Lakers players couldn't put the ball in the basket, it would be a blatant Warriors undercover!
Luke. Wharton also took into account the limitations of the bag during the timeout, and hesitated to switch to the Death Five for infinite defensive changes, limiting the Lakers' transmission of open space to the greatest extent, as for whether they can hit the strong attack in the face of the defensive single defense, it can only be left to fate.
So when the Lakers players implemented the tactics of Coach K to cover Kobe Bryant without the ball, Green quickly switched to Kobe Bryant, Kobe faced Green and Haugist faced Iguodala were both heads-up opportunities, and Hougist decided to execute this offense himself. However, he still faked Kobe Bryant to see if he could shake off Iguodala, but the new Finals MVP was the Russell Trophy won by defending LeBron, and the more critical the moment, the more cautious, and Hoggist's fake pass did not have any effect.
There are 4 seconds left, 3 seconds, Hougist a large shake to the right side of the shoulder to change direction, and then dribble the ball to the left hand again, there is a foot to move to the left side again a big stride to collect the ball and jump directly ready to shoot three points, Iguodala although was shaken, but not completely out of position, back to the right side in time to jump up and reach out to block, but to his surprise is that Hoggist chose to shoot with his left hand, so the ball is further to the right of Iguodala, he completely blocked the wrong position.
Iguodala failed to block Haugist's space or sight, and Hoggist's left hand was just as accurate, and it all combined to make it a single result, with Hoggist hitting the three-pointer before the offensive time ran out.
At 103:99, the Lakers led by 4 points with 14 seconds left, which was almost a death sentence for the Warriors, even if Curry was accurate, a three-pointer could not be saved, unless he could cause a foul while shooting a three-pointer, and only then did he have the hope of tying up. The Lakers bench has begun to celebrate, but the fans at the scene still did not give up, they chanted in unison under the leadership of the DJ, cheering for the home team, they believe that Curry is the son of a miracle, and there is hope for a comeback with him!
This time it was Wharton's turn to make a move, and during the timeout, he gathered the main players and drew a tactic, and Reed wanted to go up and eavesdrop, but Bogut discovered his attempt, and the Australian strong man stared at Reed, who was bored with himself and returned to the Lakers' bench with his tail between his legs.
Hoggist didn't care, "The Warriors' last attack doesn't need to eavesdrop, it must be for Curry or Klay, as long as the two of them are stared at, the Warriors' seven inches will basically be pinched to death, if the opponent wants to play a quick two-point game, they can just let them, as long as they don't let others have too easy three-point opportunities." ”
"That's true, but it's still difficult to prevent Curry and Klay from killing!" Shashefsky reminded.
"In this way, remove Jeremy and get on Saggy, his height is enough to prevent them from dying any of the five little ones, I'll defend Curry, Vino will guard Clay!" Hogist proposed.
"Are you calling me this nickname at this time to remind me that I am getting old? Or do you want to use the agitation method to motivate me to do my best to prevent Clay from killing? Bryant asked, pouting.
At the end of the timeout, the Warriors sent the ball in the frontcourt, and Curry stood outside the bounds to serve, but this time he could barely see his teammates running against Hoggist's defense, and the Warriors had to apply for a timeout again, replacing Green with a serve outside the three-point line, and Curry retreated to the backcourt to receive the ball.
Hoggist stepped on the middle line and waited for Curry, he didn't believe that Curry dared to shoot three points in the backcourt, if he really scored like this, then he would admit it! Sure enough, Curry didn't shoot in the open backcourt, but just as Curry slowly passed half the court, the referee blew the whistle, and Turner's attention was on the front, but Green behind him had already left the paint area, and the referee blew his defense for a three-second violation.
Once the Warriors hit the free throw, the difference was back to three points, and every shooter on the Warriors was a threat! Sure enough, the Warriors pulled Iguodala and replaced him with Brandon, who had a better three-point shooting percentage. Rush was going to make a last-ditch effort.
Curry hit an easy free throw with seven seconds left on the game and continued to be hit by Green on the throw-in. Curry still received the ball in the backcourt, and Hougist also stepped on the halfway line, but this time Curry did not hesitate to throw the ball directly outside the backcourt three-point line.
Crazy Warriors fans have already started to cheer, Curry dares to shoot here because he is indeed very sure, in practice this distance three-point shot is his regular event, in the absence of defensive pressure in the case of such a ball throwing in the probability is definitely not low!
Sure enough, the ball was like an intercontinental missile, even after flying such a long journey, it finally returned to the arms of the basket, and with 1.8 seconds left in the game, Curry hit a long-range three-pointer to tie the score! Whether it is the fans in front of the screen or the fans at the scene, they are in a frenzy, how confident and feel is this? Without any of these conditions, he would not have "dared" to shoot such a crucial goal at the back. Far away on the other side of the ocean, it was the host surnamed Ke and Mr. Yang who commented on the game, and Mr. Yang was so excited that he almost knelt down to watch the game.
However, Hoggist is too good at using the rules to play the ball of the chicken thief, and his reaction is far beyond ordinary people, when Curry is still raising his hands to accept the worship of the fans on the spot, Hoggist stands on the halfway line and quietly signals to Nick. Young quick serve, Nick. Yang Huiyi, picked up the ball and threw it to Hoggist in the middle line, Hougist caught the ball outside the Warrior logo in the front court and dribbled forward, turned around and quickly shot three points, and also hit the basket!
"Lore! Helian Wu caught the Warriors off guard, and he killed the game! The host surnamed Ke shouted even more excitedly, almost startling all the fans who watched the live broadcast on the Internet, which can be described as "a roar and a cannon roared, turning over the river and the sea and the sky and the earth collapsed", like a thunder that woke up the fans who were intoxicated by Curry's three-point performance against the sky. Not only them, but even the fans and Warriors players at the scene were confused and didn't know what was going on.
Judging from the defensive situation, it was indeed Horgist who completed the stunner with the last 1.7 seconds, and the shot was definitely before the timer went to zero, and it was impossible to time out, but the referee made a gesture that the goal was invalid. Although I don't understand why the goal is invalid, the Warriors fans in the stadium still breathe a sigh of relief, since the goal is invalid, it is still a tie, and the team still has a chance to enter overtime to reverse the game.
But the Lakers fans and Hougist couldn't accept such a penalty, and Hoggist resisted the urge to beat people up and walked up to the referee and asked, "Why was my stunner ruled invalid?" ”
The referee pursed his lips and said uncontrollably: "Go ask your manager!" He called a timeout after the Warriors scored. ”
"What?" Haugist's eyes widened angrily, and he looked back at Shashewski on the side of the court, Shashewski smiled bitterly and nodded, "I don't think it's too late to complete the attack from the backcourt in 1.7 seconds, you should call a timeout to serve the ball in the front court, and you can also arrange an offensive tactic well, the success rate will be much higher, I didn't expect you to be so good and score the ball in 1.7 seconds......"
At this time, the big screen also began to play back the footage on the sidelines, and indeed after Curry threw it, Shashewski immediately applied to the referee for a timeout, and the referee blew the whistle and was gesturing to the technical table when Horgist received the ball, but because the stadium was too noisy, the players on the court did not hear the whistle.
The Lakers players reluctantly returned to the bench, and the old Coach K awkwardly arranged the tactics of the last attack, "Julie, you serve, Hougist, I need you to stand under the basket, Turner, you stand at the top of the arc, Saggy and Kobe stand on the two wings, when the referee serves the timer, Kobe Bryant and Saggy first borrow Turner to cover the cross position, you must hurry!" Turner, the moment they run past you, you go straight to the basket, as soon as Howge Stehner moves, you run from under the basket to the top of the arc, this crisscross run must move before the free throw runs out of time, as long as you move, someone will have a chance, Julie, you just give the ball to the person who has a chance, relax, even if we don't score, we don't lose, and there is overtime! ”
"If you hadn't been talkative, we would have won......" Haugist was still depressed in his heart, and secretly diss the head coach in his heart.
After the timeout, the Lakers will strictly implement the tactics designed by Shashewski, and finally Turner got his chance, Green and Barnes both went to the top of the arc to trap Haugist, Turner was completely empty under the basket, but Randle's pass to Turner had serious problems.