The outside line feels bad, and Chen Zhi can only choose to keep killing the inside line.

However, after there is no threat of outside projection, the passing efficiency will obviously become low, even if you pass people, you will not be able to score the ball under the basket every time, and it is not so simple to dunk at the right time, the right time and place and the confidence and luck, otherwise you are likely to be unable to take care of yourself.

The Mavericks' main players all returned to the court in the last five minutes of the game, and so did the Celtics, only starting power forward Amir Johnson did not return, he was also a pseudo-starter, and the substitute Smart averaged more time than he averaged, and in the final moments of the game, Coach Stevens also liked to put Smart's better defense on the court.

Bradley, Smart, and Crowder were on the floor at the same time, and the Green Army's defense was really efficient. Thomas Jr., who has been deliberately staggered by Coach Stevens and Chen to the playing time, finally returned to the court again.

This time, however, Chen Zhi found that he could not restrain Thomas Jr. particularly effectively. Because Thomas Jr. was on the court, but apparently Coach Stevens told the team to change the offensive mode, and Thomas Jr. began to attack more without the ball.

The strongest skill of blocking and demolition was completely hidden by Thomas Jr. Thomas Jr., who runs without the ball, is faster and more flexible than when he holds the ball, and with the help of various covers, it is difficult for Chen to completely block him to death.

Thomas Jr.'s tactical offense through blocking and pick-and-roll in the game is obviously much more valuable than that without the ball, Thomas Jr.'s three-point shooting rate was only 35.9% last season, and letting him be a shooter like Clippers shooter Redick and Hawks' Korver's off-ball attacker is obviously abandoning strengths and weaknesses.

This choice is also a helpless move, but the effect is good, because he feels very good, and after he got on the court, he has hit a mid-range shot and a three-pointer, which is also the only two shots, and Chen Zhi's pursuit and defense are still quite close.

Chen Zhi continued to retreat with Thomas Jr.'s empty-handed move, and saw Smart advancing with the ball, taking advantage of the dribble break, he compared his hands with both hands to the gesture that he didn't know whether it represented T or L, and couldn't help frowning, which was the gesture used by Thomas Jr. when he hit the three-point shot just now.

After seeing this gesture, the Celtics players immediately began to run, Thomas Jr. cut directly to the basket, Chen Zhi followed, after cutting to the basket, Thomas Jr. suddenly accelerated to the left bottom corner.

It was still the same tactical move as just now, and it was immediately clear to Chen Zhixin, who was following Thomas Jr., with Horford and Bradley's cross cover on the right, and Crowder's cover and the inside cut after that on the left. There are opportunities on both sides of this tactic, and they are able to echo each other.

Sure enough, Chen Zhi found in the run that Claude, who stayed on the field as the number four, was already waiting in front to give Thomas Jr. no ball cover.

Thomas Jr. was able to run out of the open position before, that is, around Crowder rolled to the left three-point line, a simple cover is naturally difficult to achieve, but the quality of the cover that Claude just gave Thomas Jr. is "very high", because there is definitely a suspicion of moving cover, and he can naturally cover well. Moving a screen is a foul in itself, but the referee didn't blow it.

As the Warriors said when they were attacked for illegal covers, it is really true, there are a lot of illegal covers in the whole league, but whether to blow or not is in the hands of the referee in an instant.

Chen Zhi does not intend to hand over the fate of this ball to the referee, a tactic that has already been used once, at least in the offensive point of Thomas Jr., Chen Zhi will not let the Celtics succeed again.

After Little Thomas passed by him, Claude immediately gave him cover, and moved his body towards the route that Little Thomas had passed before, to delay Chen Zhi.

"Crowder covers, Thomas Jr. turns around and catches the ball on the outside and shoots directly!" The sports commentators were quickly explaining the situation, and soon shouted in a hurry, "It's a risk!" Chen Zhi shot Thomas Jr. straight out! ”

Thomas Jr. thought that Claude's cover would be as successful as just now, but he didn't expect Chen's defense to arrive so quickly this time, and it seemed that Claude didn't even play a role in delaying! He turned around to catch the ball and made a move, and when he shot the basketball, he had already found that Chen Zhi was already in the air, but unfortunately the basketball in his hand had been thrown at this time.

"My bad." Claude quickly came to Thomas Jr. and shook his head with shame on his face.

The look in Chen Zhi's eyes and the left foot that stepped out like a cross step just now clearly wanted to pass by Thomas Jr. just now, but he didn't expect that guy to have a feint in the running pursuit.

What he didn't expect was that Chen Zhi's movement change was so agile, he turned around directly, his movements were not blocked, and he took a shortcut and chased directly behind the little Thomas who bypassed him.

Claude's cover just now really didn't work at all, which is why he couldn't help but apologize to Thomas Jr.

The same move cannot be used twice in front of the Saint Seiya, in front of Chen Zhi, obviously the same tactic used twice will also end in failure, the two teams also do their best on the defensive end, and on the offensive end it is a tactical contest, and the pace is extremely slow.

The game time passed minute by minute, and in the last ten seconds, Horford, who had already made consecutive baskets, successfully got the ball under the basket again, and Finney Smith had to wrap up the hot Horford.

After Horford, who has always been strong in handling the ball, attracted the bag, he decisively divided the ball into the bottom corner of the ambush, and the latter made a three-point shot directly!

The arc of the basketball flight was not so perfect, it was a little too high, but after bouncing left and right on the basket, it was very lucky to fall into the basket.

After Crowder saw the ball into the basket, he immediately raised his head to the sky and roared, excited, Horford, who passed the ball, ran to Crowder's side and smashed a fist on Crowder's chest, this punch was not light, Crowder's body leaned back, which shows how excited Horford is.

The Green Army fans of the North Shore Garden Arena also immediately let out a deafening cheer, and the cheers were so high that it seemed to tear off the dome of the entire North Shore Garden Arena together.

No wonder they are so excited, Crowder's goal just now was a life-and-death key ball for the Celtics.

They were two points behind before this was counted! If this shot misses, in the face of only a few seconds left, the Celtics can only use foul tactics, it will be a lose-lose situation, unless the Mavericks miss both free throws, the Mavericks free throws are not bad, there are no particularly obvious shortcomings.

Now after Crowder's three-point shot, the whole situation is immediately different, and now their home team has overtaken the score and gained the advantage on the court!

Chen Zhi saw the ball hit, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, after six consecutive irons, he has not made a three-point shot, and his desire to attack is much lower than before, and he can't give the Mavericks outside firepower support, so he can only watch the Celtics overtake the score with the last offensive opportunity before the end.

Carlisle, in the end, is an old man who has experienced the devastation of the wind, and he is not shocked in the face of this situation, and immediately called a timeout on the sidelines to arrange the attack.

"One last chance to attack," Carlisle smiled as he looked around at the group of Mavericks players around him, "Has anyone volunteered?" ”

Matthews shook his neck when he heard this, he hit a three-pointer in the last quarter of the game, and he felt that it was okay, but he had the heart to try.

Matthews, though, eventually sniffled and chose to remain silent.

Because he knew that Carlisle's words were not so much an inquiry as a roll call, just look at his gaze, staring at Chen Dao.

Not only Carlisle, but all the players of the Mavericks were waiting for Chen Zhi to respond, but Chen Zhi met Carlisle's gaze and rarely made a sound.

Mark Cuban rarely interferes in team affairs now, at least he doesn't point fingers from the sidelines, looking at Chen Zhi's expression, he opened his mouth to say something, and finally chose to shut up and wait and see.

Carlisle also discovered Chen Zhi's abnormality, he thought that Chen Zhi would stand up without hesitation, but now Chen Zhi is obviously hesitating, this is not the Chen Zhi in his impression, the guy who brought hope to the team in the desperate situation of the empty three.

Chen Zhi was indeed very hesitant, he was used to that kind of state of incomparable accuracy, and the sudden appearance of this kind of power outage made him a little unconfident in his hand.

And at this moment when one goal decides the outcome of the game, it is difficult for Chen Zhi, who has always been team-oriented, not to hesitate, intellectually speaking, this ball is called the most appropriate to hand over to Barnes to make the final shot, he is very accurate today, and has hit the ball against Smart many times before.

But as the leader of this team, Chen Zhi knew that he should stand up at this time, and he could hesitate but not back down.

The pause time was limited, and after a short silence, Chen Zhi looked at Carlisle and said in a deep voice: "Coach, I don't feel good enough, but this ball, I can try." ”

Carlisle shook his head when he heard this, "Try? You only have one chance, and trying is not an answer that will satisfy me. ”

Carlisle didn't know what happened to Chen Zhi, but he knew that Chen Zhi seemed to have a very subtle change psychologically, without the confidence to dominate the court, he was not afraid of Chen Zhi throwing this goal, not afraid of losing this game, but it was extremely important to help Chen Zhi regain his confidence, and he must not be allowed to lose confidence at such a critical moment.

"Do you know who has scored the most game-winning shots in the entire history of the NBA?" Carlisle looked at Chen Zhi and said.

Chen Zhi shook his head calmly, this kind of question is too biased, he really doesn't know the exact answer, but in his mind, it should be Jordan, the god of basketball.

"Then do you know who the Iron King of History is?"

Carlisle said again, mentioning the title of the Iron King of History, Carlisle couldn't help but smile, it was really a title that no one wanted to fall on his head, it felt like a pitch-black iron pot on his head!

"Kobe Bryant."

Chen Zhi replied calmly when he heard this, this question is known to passers-by, and Chen Zhi is naturally no exception, after all, there is such a thing as a picturesque iron everywhere in the Internet forum.

After answering, Chen Zhi immediately raised his eyebrows, could it be that the answer to the first question is also Kobe?

Seeing Chen Zhi's expression, Carlisle smiled: "Yes, it's the same answer, the man who has killed the most times in history is also the man who strikes the most iron." ”

Jordan's killing efficiency is actually higher than Kobe's, but Kobe Bryant's number of kills is slightly better than the old hooligans 26-25, and in third place is the old Dirk sitting on the Mavericks' pension bench with his chin on his back.

"All the remembered stunner moments, behind there are countless lore failures, even Ray Allen, who is known for his big heart, has had a slump of 13 in 0, have you ever thought about how much courage it takes to shoot the thirteenth goal after missing all 12 shots!"

A bowl of chicken soup carefully prepared by Chef Carlisle was served, and seeing that Chen Zhi's expression was a little too serious, he smiled again, "Naturally, I don't want you to become the Iron King like Kobe, but I hope you can learn from his confidence, courage and responsibility." ”

Chen Zhichang took a breath and nodded, although he didn't want to admit it, but Chen Zhi felt that at that moment just now, when he thought that Barnes was the best choice, he did have some evasion in it, if he was really as indomitable as Kobe, he would definitely not have given birth to such a year.

Seeing that Chen Zhi seemed to have some understanding, Carlisle finished the chicken soup and said seriously: "It's just a regular season game now, even if it's the seventh game of the finals, so what!" Confidently accepting defeat is a more difficult thing than winning it, so go for it, or you will have more courage to bear defeat. ”

Chen Zhi nodded when he heard this, even if he failed, so what, as long as he had the courage to bear the failure!

Seeing Chen Zhi nodding and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, Carlisle waved his hand, "Let's go on the field!" ”

Barnes hurriedly said: "Coach, the tactics haven't been arranged yet!" ”

Carlisle, who has been pouring chicken soup for Chen Zhi, how can he have time to arrange specific tactics, the old man said chicly: "Chen Zhi is our tactic, let him handle it, just help him catch the ball." ”

After a pause, Carlisle finally added, "Pay attention to the rebounding secondary offense!" ”

Bogut, the big man, took the initiative to take on the responsibility of serving from the outside.

Even though Chen didn't feel good in the final quarter of the game, it was clear that Coach Stevens was still convinced that the Mavericks' last offense would inevitably be completed by Chen.

Chen Zhi relied on Barnes to cover and quickly bounced to the sideline to receive the ball, and despite Horford's various interferences, Bogut still passed the ball.

At the moment of serve, the Celtics were obviously trying their best to break the ball, but unfortunately it was to no avail.

After the steal failed, the Celtics immediately returned to defend their respective opposing players, seemingly waiting for Chen to press the last shot.

Chen Zhi held the ball quietly two steps away from the three-point line, listening to the Mavericks bench players and assistant coaches on the sidelines read aloud the remaining time.

With four seconds left, Chen Zhi suddenly launched, quickly dribbled forward, faced Smart's defense, turned around without any stagnation in the high-speed march, simply passed it neatly, and continued to run forward non-stop.

Bradley gave up on the opposing player and went straight to Chen to make up for it.

Chen Zhi rushed into the three-point line in an instant, and in the face of Bradley's already in place to make up the defense, he made a quick stop and took a sideways step, jumped back to the three-point line again, and jumped up directly without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, Carlisle couldn't help but sigh a little bit that he had poured too much chicken soup into Chen Zhi, at this time it was the best choice to go straight to the basket and score two points, even if the ball couldn't be scored, there was still a chance to get free throws, there was no need to increase the difficulty of shooting three points, and the matter of feeling bad was not something that a bowl of chicken soup could solve!

It's a pity that it's too late to regret at this time, Chen has already shot three points, and the only thing that makes Carlisle happy is that the arc of the ball is very good.

Chen landed on the ground, and the basketball was still flying in the air.

The red light on the rebound is on, indicating that the full game is over and the basketball is still flying.

Chen Zhi didn't look at the basketball in the air again, but Mougins turned around and ran towards the away locker room.

He knew that the goal would go in!