Chapter 357: The Last Ball
"I'm X, Hornacek's cowardice bag has been replaced by Roy again, can you not play like this as soon as you fall behind?"
"Is Roy the only one on the Knicks, and I really hope Dwight [Howard] can get Roy off the court again."
"Hey, Jeff (Hornacek), you can even be a dog in the dugout, you're just going to rely on Roy anyway, what else are you going to do?"
Seeing Roy re-appear, Atlanta fans couldn't help but be excited, Roy is a bad guy they absolutely don't want to see today, a bad star, as long as Roy plays, it means that the Hawks are in trouble.
Everybody knows what it means for Roy to be on the pitch, and Budenhozer certainly knows it.
At this timeout, he thought that Hornacek would send Roy to help, so he also anticipated the enemy and took the lead in arranging tactics to deal with it.
"If Roy is on the court, it's still the old tactics, using close defense to keep consuming him, don't use bag defense, you see, our purpose is to control the scoring of the rest of the Knicks. Roy is also a mortal, he will also be tired, keep the offensive rhythm, do a good defense, as long as we keep scoring, then the Knicks will definitely not win the game. ”
Budenholzer's judgment is very correct, the Knicks did replace Roy, and Budenholzer also understands that Roy is a nemesis that his team can't deal with, just like LeBron James, who has been suppressing the Hawks in recent years, the Hawks' seemingly impeccable joint defense, in fact, is the kind of player with physical fitness and strong individual single ability.
With Roy's play, the game immediately returned to the previous situation, as usual, Roy was the one person who did the axis, leading Rose and Porzingis in a three-pronged game, while the Eagles were usually a group of main players who took turns to play and Roy.
Roy's physical strength today is really unlimited, after Rose and Porzingis lost their hands in the joint defense one after another, Roy turned on the Matchless singles mode again, the painful Sephorosa has lost count of how many times he was forcibly overtaken by Roy, he still remembers that Roy was at this speed when he was still full of physical strength, and when his physical strength declined, Roy actually maintained this speed, is Roy a robot? Doesn't Roy know what tiredness is?
Sephorosa also knew that before Roy, there would never be more than five guards in the league who could pass him in such a step, Irving, Wall, Westbrook, Curry, and Sephorosa could count them on his fingers. But those super defenders are also people, they also have times when they are tired, and there are times when they have to rely on passing to adjust their rhythm and recover their strength, and now Roy is like a perpetual motion machine, once his offense is launched, he can't stop at all.
Breakaway, shot, shot, break, Roy made four more shots in the final 2:32 of the third quarter, hitting three shots and scoring six points. At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks still trailed by five points at 78:83.
"Jeff [Hornacek], if you want to win, leave me on the court, I felt great today, I can handle those nasty guys, trust me, I can handle everything."
Roy's statement before the start of the fourth quarter surprised Hornacek, it stands to reason that Roy is not obliged to protect himself with his career, if it is other big-name stars, encountering such a situation, and he has just returned from injury, it must be a while to go to the masseuse to recover.
But today's Roy has been rampage on the court for less than 9 minutes except for a short break, what is the reason for him to keep moving forward?
Hornacek can only be understood as Roy's competitive spirit.
Roy is really hard.
Brin was already a little speechless as he looked at Roy's technical stats, playing 27 minutes, shooting 17-of-32, 5-of-12 from three-point range and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 42 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
"Roy really went straight to 50 points like this, and he took 32 baskets in only three quarters of the game, wouldn't he feel tired? If I did, I would be out of breath just by lifting the ball above my head 32 times. ”
"Hey, Mike, how can you compare Roy to an old man like you, I think I could shoot it 30 times a game when I was still playing, as long as the state comes, no one can stop me. It's the same with Roy today, obviously his feeling is coming, he wants to grasp the feeling of God blocking and killing God, Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, the only problem now is that Roy's offense is almost all singles with the ball, and it is very physically demanding to play like this, he is too desperate. ”
Fraser couldn't figure out why Roy was so desperate, and Hornacek certainly couldn't.
He didn't know that Roy fought so hard not only because he wanted to win, he wanted to prove himself, but more because he was probably trying to keep his position as the "future father-in-law".
Anyway, after Roy scored against the Hawks at full speed, the Knicks' on-court situation was temporarily stabilized, and Roy stayed on the court from the first minute of the fourth quarter, nailed to the court like a nail. In the face of such a Roy, Budenhozer had no choice but to mix the main team and the substitute on and off the field, and he knew that once a pure substitute lineup was sent, it would be another disaster waiting for him.
The two sides are so deadlocked while consuming, you chase me and don't want to let each other, time passes second by second, the score rises little by little, the two sides play from 80 draws, 82 draws, 85 draws to 92 draws, 94 draws, 96 draws, until the last 1 and a half minutes of the game, the score on the field is still 100 draws.
The Knicks and Hawks have almost played to the limit, Roy has played every second from the fourth quarter to the present, and due to Roy's deathmatch, several of the Hawks' main players have not been fully rested at all.
The last one and a half minutes really killed the players on both sides.
But the game has to go on, and they have all hit such a field, and no one is willing to give up easily.
At present, the Eagles are in possession of the ball, although the physical strength is not good, but their cooperation is still skillful and fluent, a few outside shots, the ball is sent to Paul Millsap, who is in excellent form for this game. So far in the game, he has scored a staggering 30 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, which is too impressive for such an All-Star fringe star.
And Millsap really lived up to the high expectations of the whole team, he made a skillful low-post back-to-back single move, a few dirt stacker operations to squeeze through Porzingis' defense, and then a turn-over shot, the score came to 102:100, and the Hawks regained the lead.
"Yay!" After the goal, Millsap clenched his fists excitedly, he has been playing for 39 minutes in this game, and now he really hopes that he can end the game immediately, and then lie on the massage table for a good body massage, if the game is not over, he will not even have the strength to shake his fists in celebration.
"Defend, defend, defend seriously!" As soon as Millsap cheered up, a dark shadow on the other side "swished" into the inside line between himself and Howard's handle.
Number 1, I'll go, or Roy. Seeing Roy come in, Millsap was about to cry, and he couldn't count how many times this was Roy's breakthrough so desperately, did that group of pig-like outside teammates eat dry food? How did Roy break through easily, Millsap didn't say a word and went up with a block, but Roy jumped too high, he didn't seem to have the concept of physical strength at all, and he completed the throw under Millsap's interference, and the score became 102 draws.
"I X", Millsap couldn't help it, there was less than 1 minute left in the game, and the score was actually tied again, how many times did this tie? When will this difficult game end? Won't there be overtime?
No, I can't play overtime, and if I play overtime, my life will definitely be lost on the field.
With an insatiable desire for rest, a massage room, and a bed, Millsap received the ball again, and now he is the most trusted offensive player in the Eagles, and there is no doubt that he is the Eagles' first point of attack.
Damn, then I'll fight again, Millsap gritted his teeth and looked hideous, this time he even used the strength to eat, only 203 cm of his single 221 cm Porzingis was already very difficult, the reason why he could succeed again and again relied on a ruthlessness, a ruthlessness that was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and now his ruthlessness is almost exhausted.
One, two, three, Millsap's muscles were about to fall apart, but he used his weight advantage to get away with Porzingis again, and in this gap of tenths of a second, Millsap found space to shoot, his shot was really to the limit, in order to prevent Porzingis's block, Millsap even used a backward action.
I saw the basketball gently toss a few times on the basket and slowly jumped into the net bag.
"I'm dripping." Millsap was close to crying and finally took the lead again, with 27 seconds left and the Eagles leading by two more points.
It's time for my mom to win, I want a bath, I want a massage, I want a bed, your uncle, don't score, I beg you.
Amid the tsunami of celebration from the Atlanta fans, and the roar of joy and tears of joy from Millsap, Hornacek made a pause gesture.
For the last attack, Hornacek had to call a timeout. Of course, his timeout was more of a refreshment for the Knicks players, to focus and get a little respite. If you want to set up a game, it might really be like an Atlanta fan said, right now in the Knicks' dugout, the whole world knows that Roy will play the last shot.
"Roy, although I really want to win the game directly, but to be on the safe side, you still follow the previous way of playing, use the basket breakthrough to score 2 points or make the opponent's foul, we have to score, we have to control the time, don't leave too much time for the opponent to counterattack."
At this critical moment, Hornacek still sought stability, and his mind had already simulated several endings that might occur later: first, Roy hit a three-point shot, the opponent's offense failed, and the Knicks won; Second, Roy broke through, the opponent failed to attack at the end, and the game went into overtime; The third is that Roy misses a shot, the Knicks foul on the spot, and the game enters an infinite three-point cycle of fouls, so the probability of losing is greater.
Regardless, the Knicks' next shot is crucial and they have to score points, even if it's just one......