"What are you doing! Let the opponent's rookie score 8 points in one minute? How do we usually train defending? Is it OK to play with your brain? Unable to bear it, Casey roared at the bench, but in fact, he said lightly, and Roy only needed 50 seconds to chase 8 points.

"Kyle (Lowry), you'll be on the court and responsible for controlling the pace of the game, there are only 3 minutes left in the game, just defend well, just control the time, don't force me to send the main force again, it's too ugly."

After this timeout, the Raptors only had one last timeout, but Coach Casey felt that he should not need that timeout, and he sent the team's boss Lowry back on the court, and it should be no problem to have him on the court.

With 3 minutes to go, as long as they score two more goals, the Knicks will soon be discouraged and give up, which is the judgment of Casey and Lowry.

Coming to the bench on the other side, the 100-second timeout was really long and long, and Roy could only cry out in vain as he watched the "hot hand" state slowly drain away. In order to save time, he explained to Jennings, Holiday in advance, O'Quinn and Hernangomez how to hurry up and complete the offense and defense.

In the end, Roy was still not at ease, and made a special petition with Coach Hornacek: "If there are no unexpected circumstances, please don't call a timeout." ”

Back on the court, the ball came to Lowry's hands, and the steady "little steel cannon" is naturally not comparable to Joseph and his ilk, and it will be difficult for the Knicks to grab the ball. Lowry has a way to deal with the pack, he can either play the ball with ease and use his ability to get away from the defense.

The attack on the Raptors took a full 20 seconds, and although Lowry's shot missed in the end, their goal was achieved, and there was not much time left for the Knicks.

To speed up, this is the way Roy explained to the other four before he came on the court, although the ability of these four people is not good, but the tactical execution is quite thorough, even if it is the "cancer" Jennings and the wrong O'Quinn, this time they are also very cooperative to run.

"The Knicks switched to running and shooting, and in the last 2 minutes and 40 seconds of the game, the Knicks suddenly picked up speed. It was a magical game, and if they had played like this a few minutes earlier, it probably wouldn't have been so hard. ”

"Mike, it doesn't make sense to say that now, maybe it's a tactic that Hornacek has the bench to practice? Also, I miss your poisoned milk in the first half even more, and now the team needs your poisoned milk. ”

"It's a pity, it's too difficult to turn the tables around at this time."

As the two spoke, Roy quickly dribbled through the halfcourt, and what awaited him was the bag defense that Coach Casey had already arranged, just as Roy did against Joseph, and when Roy just passed the half, the Raptors' bag defense also came.

Roy was surrounded by Lowry and Joseph in the semicircle of the center circle, and he secretly calculated that the strong rush was too physically demanding, and the shooting distance was too far, and he only had to pass the ball.

Jennings, who came up to answer the ball, no, Roy's worst fear still happened, the tenacious Jennings didn't consider other options at all, and directly dribbled into the penalty area, facing the tall Noquilla on horseback and shooting arrows, and the result was a floor hat.

“O。” The home crowd, who had been silent for a few minutes, suddenly recovered, their enthusiasm was instantly ignited by this floor hat, and the decibels of the stadium soared again.

"Well done, Noquilla!"

"Kill the Knicks!"

"Rush forward! Raptors! ”

The long-suppressed Canadian fans found an opportunity to vent and immediately became active again, but just when they thought the team could take advantage of the situation to play a wave of fast breaks to seal the victory, the unexpected appeared again.

The ball that had just been covered fell into Roy's hands impartially, and he didn't hesitate to complete the three-point shooting at the top of the arc, and the ball went into the net! The home fans who were still waving the flag just now closed painfully again, this time the blow was bigger than Roy's consecutive points in front, which should have been a winner or loser to decide the outcome of the game, but it was seized by the Knicks to further narrow the score.

103:112, only 9 points short! With 2 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, Roy has 8 minutes and 30 seconds left in his "hot hand" state.

"I'm X, what are you doing, protect the rebounds!" Seeing Roy pick up the rebound and complete the goal, Lowry's mouth was crooked, and he didn't blame himself for not chasing the rebound, but chose to throw the pot to his teammates.

"Pick-and-roll, block-and-roll, run, run." Lowry's resentment couldn't be exhausted at all, and when he came to the frontcourt, his voice was even louder.

Pick-and-rolls, breakouts, passes, covers, Lowry is skillfully consuming time, but also consuming the Knicks' patience. It wasn't until there were only 5 seconds left in the offense that he launched the attack, and the empty space behind the cover was fleeting, and Lowry just wanted to shoot, but he suddenly felt a figure rushing towards him, it was Roy, and he was waiting for this chase ball block.

Not good, Lowry's reaction was extremely fast, he threw the pot to Patterson at the first time, and the confused Patterson had no time to adjust the offensive time and only had 1 second left. I'm X, what are you doing? With a stomach full of resentment, Patterson threw the ball to the basket indiscriminately, and it must have missed the frame.

Hernangomez once again protected the rebound in the backcourt, and the game entered the final two minutes.

The Knicks were about to start running again, Roy flew across the halfcourt, he was observing the opponent's defense while thinking about the offensive method, but just as Roy was about to start attacking, Lowry "snapped" and slapped him the hand.

"Foul on the thug." The referee's whistle blows.

Taking the initiative to foul? Roy was stunned for a moment, this ball was obviously a foul that Lowry took the initiative to find, what is this intention?

What is the intent? Clever Roy immediately understood.

This is a tactic by the Raptors, who have not committed more than 5 fouls in this quarter (they will have to make free throws after 5 fouls), to deliberately disrupt their offensive rhythm and consume their physical energy.

Lowry's foul not only interrupted the Knicks' offensive rhythm, but also burned Roy's more than 20 seconds of "hot hand" state time, and now the game time is only 1 minute and 50 seconds, and there are only 7 minutes and 40 seconds left in the "hot hand" state time.

When reopening the sideline ball, Roy found that it was difficult to connect the ball, Lowry and Joseph were determined to stop Roy from receiving the ball in the first place, they were like a pair of bodyguards to clamp Roy, Roy had no chance to touch the ball.

"Hit Tactic No. 3!" Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Roy immediately responded.

What is Tactic No. 3?

I saw that the center Hernangomez heard the signal and immediately ran out of the penalty area, Holiday immediately hoisted the ball high to him, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, Roy accelerated and rushed to Hernangomez, a hand-to-hand pass to get the ball, and then used Hernangomez to cover on the spot, and a reverse run passed Joseph who was in the bag.

The current situation is that Roy singled out Lowry, and without further ado, before Joseph returned, Roy faced Lowry with a three-pointer.

"Bastard, rookie, dare to underestimate me." Lowry is on fire, and he uses all his strength to block Roy.

A violent body collision, and at the same time as the referee's whistle, Roy's ball was shot.

"Nice arcs." Hornacek has a different obsession with Roy's shooting arc.

"Nice arcs." Fraser seemed to see himself back then.

"Nice arcs." Abby clasped her hands and prayed for the ball to go in.

"Huh." The basketball passed through the nets with a beautiful arc, and the sound was like a gunshot, completely extinguishing the enthusiasm that the Canadian fans had just ignited, 3+1! The score on the court was 106:112, only 6 points away, and there was 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game time.

How so? This was not good, the fans' instincts have always been accurate, and they immediately had a sense of crisis, and the media reporters stopped typing, and they realized that they might have to prepare two news stories.

Coach Casey finally broke out, and he called the Raptors the last timeout of the game.

"Have you had enough? Do you want to lose? Kyle (Lowry) Tell me, Roy scored in the fourth quarter, no, how many points did Roy score in the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds? ”

Lowry was silent, his eyes full of grief.

"And Corey (Joseph), are you going to wrap up the defense?"

Joseph also lowered his head in shame.

They all have only one voice in their hearts? Who knows exactly how many points Roy scored? 8 points? 10 points? 12 points? Can you blame me for that? Roy's style of play is not reasonable at all!

To be exact, Roy has scored 14 consecutive points in just 2 minutes and 20 seconds after coming on the court, and his 15th point is beckoning to him.

After scolding everyone, Casey calmed down a little, and he calmed down and continued to arrange: "Now that the score difference is back to 6 points, the Knicks will definitely change back to the main team, so I can only do this." We've got to defend our home turf, you know? Don't deliberately stall for time, use offense to bring down the Knicks, just like you did before, Kyle, DeMar, and turn on all your offensive firepower! ”

After the timeout, both sides really switched back to the main force.

The timeout just now took more than 120 seconds, and Roy was distressed for time and couldn't wait to complete the free throw, with a score of 107:112, a 5-point difference. There is 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game, and there are 5 minutes and 30 seconds left in the "hot hand" state time.

To put it simply, the current time is enough for both sides to play two rounds each, that is to say, the Knicks have to keep two rounds without losing points, and at the same time, they must shoot at least one three-pointer to keep not losing, and it is still difficult to turn the tables.

The Raptors, who returned to the court, really changed their previous delaying style of play, and with Casey's encouragement, all of their players were on fire, and their fluid offense returned.

Covering, interspersing, blocking, transferring, these main players are amazingly combative, and in their tireless running, DeRozan found an opportunity, or him, or his best mid-range shot, and Roy knew it was bad when he saw DeRozan appear in that empty position.

It's the mid-range shooting DeRozan and himself have been training all summer with, and he knows all too well that DeRozan's highest shooting percentage is there.

With a soft shot, the ball spun in the air and went into the basket steadily, and the Raptors finally scored, 107:114, with 1 minute and 22 seconds left in the game, the Raptors regained a seven-point lead, and the pressure was completely on the Knicks' side......