Chapter 325: The Moment of Life and Death
The clock was ticking for the last minute, and the Pacers attacked.
Reggie Miller broke through with the ball, Garnett was shaken over, but fortunately, Big Ben made up for the defense in time, and his long arm covered the ball from the air!
Garnett picks up the ball and launches a fast attack!
Nash catches the ball and goes straight to the frontcourt!
Mark Jackson played back and caught up with Nash just as he was about to make a layup!
Nash hit the ball against Mark Jackson's defense and slammed it to the ground!
100:94!
In fact, Mark Jackson fouled the ball while defending, but this is the home court of the Pacers, and the referee didn't blow it when he saw that it was not obvious, but fortunately Nash still scored the ball!
With 39 seconds left and a six-point difference, Larry Bird frowned and called a timeout!
Li Wei glanced at the other side and said in a deep voice: "Guard Reggie Miller, be careful not to foul, Mark Jackson and Mullin may also be the shooting options of the Pacers." I think the opposing side will shoot threes, watch out for their threes! ”
Everyone nodded in unison.
Li Wei continued: "Regardless of whether the Pacers' shooting goes in or not, we have to play a new No. 13 tactic next, which we have practiced beforehand, don't forget!" ”
"Yes!" The crowd continued to nod.
In the training a few days ago, Li Wei designed several tactics, the new No. 13 tactics are changed from the original No. 13 tactics, and there are some changes in the process, Li Wei believes that these changes can be more aimed at the Pacers' defensive system.
The whole game is almost over, this tactic has not been used yet, and now it is time to use it when it is the most critical time!
The timeout came back and the Pacers served.
Reggie Miller receives the ball, but Garnett defends tightly and doesn't give him any chance to shoot!
However, Chris Mullin came around with cover from the other side and Miller split the ball in time!
Mullin took a direct shot after receiving the ball and shot a three-point shot into the basket!
"Entered!" Al Albert shouted.
Clark Kellogg said, "I knew we weren't going to lose so easily!" With 35 seconds left and a margin of just three points, we still have a chance! ”
Al Albert said: "Yes, we can't be beaten by an eighth-placed team on our home turf! ”
The Knicks served, and the Pacers pressed the defense all over the court, but there were no fouls!
Li Wei glanced at the 100:97 scoreboard, and his heart was also hanging.
Whether the Knicks can win or not, the offense of this round is crucial!
Nash organizes the offense, Garnett and Houston come out around the cover!
Everything looks no different from the Knicks' usual routine, except that Big Ben's position is a little outward!
Next, Houston, who ran to the bottom corner, made a switchback, and when it came to the high position, Reggie Miller naturally followed closely. At such a moment, no one would dare to let go of this marksman!
However, Houston ran up not to catch the ball, but to cover, and Garnett, who was supposed to play the second organizational axis, wiped the inside line with cover!
On the other side, Nash passed the ball to Big Ben!
Big Ben received the ball, Dale Davis directly put him a meter, he didn't mean to lean over at all, he didn't believe that Big Ben dared to shoot at this time!
Big Ben really didn't shoot, and in this offense, he actually replaced Garnett and played the role of playmaker!
And Garnett himself is cut to the basket as the endpoint!
"Beautiful, cut in!"
Li Wei was very happy to see Garnett throw off the defender and cut to the basket, and Big Ben also threw the ball high at the right time!
Garnett catches the ball and slams it into the basket!
"Bang!"
A powerful dunk made the entire basketball hoop shake!
Al Albert was amazed, "Oh my God, they actually played a wonderful air catch!" Big Ben's pass is so timely! ”
Clark Kellogg said: "It's a beautiful air catch, and the difference has become five!" ”
Al Albert said: "At this time, our attack must be successful!" ”
At 102:97, with 28 seconds left, the Pacers attack!
Larry Bird was shouting something from the sidelines, as if talking about a tactic he had practiced before the game.
The Pacers ran the whole team, and after a few covers, the Knicks' defense really had problems, and both of them went to contain Reggie Miller, and Mark Jackson had a big vacancy!
Reggie Miller passes the ball in time and Mark Jackson shoots in the open space!
Bang!
The ball arcs high, smashes into the rim of the basket, and then bounces off with a "dang" thud!
He threw it!
"Oops!" Larry Bird stamped his foot in chagrin.
The game of basketball is like this, even if the coach's pre-arranged tactics are successful, whether you can shoot it or not depends on luck. Although Mark Jackson is not as accurate as Reggie Miller and Chris Mullin, the shooting percentage of open positions is also quite impressive. In this year's playoffs, his three-point accuracy rate also reached 40%!
Now, however, the Pacers are experiencing another 60%!
Seeing the ball bounce down, Big Ben smiled slightly, stretched out his long arm, and held the ball in his arms!
Seeing this, Dale Davis, who was in the card position with Big Ben, also smiled slightly and hugged Big Ben with both hands!
"Squeak——! The referee blows the whistle and Dale Davis fouls!
This time it was Li Wei's turn to stomp his feet.
What is tangled? At the critical moment, the ball is in the hands of Big Ben, then it is called tangled!
The Knicks need Big Ben's ability to protect the basket and rebound, but once Big Ben grabs the rebound, being fouled by the opponent is a disaster!
Well, Big Ben's free throw shooting level is not bad, and it is just more than ten percentage points lower than O'Neal's shooting rate, O'Neal's career free throw shooting rate is 53%, and Big Ben's 41%!
What's worse is that this year's free throw accuracy has not improved to the level of more than 40% in the previous life, only 35%!
In other words, he averages one goal in three under normal circumstances, and it is not surprising that he has repeatedly failed to score free throws!
Larry Bird saw Dale Davis foul Ben Wallace in time and pursed his lips, and the timing was good!
A last-minute foul on a player with the ball, two free throws to exchange the ball, and the Pacers still have a chance!
Big Ben walks to the free-throw line, and the fans at City Square Arena boo!
Reggie Miller and others also spoke trash loudly, irritating him.
Clark Kellogg said: "I'm still quite relieved by Ben Wallace's free throws, he can't score!" ”
Al Albert said: "Hey, Big Ben, throw it away, don't delay our time, it's useless for you to aim!" ”
On the other side of the world, Director Xu began to criticize Li Wei again: "How can Coach Li leave Daben on the field at the last moment, he should go to Da Yao!" Big Ben's free throws are really a disaster, if it was Da Yao, he would definitely be able to hit both free throws! ”
The people of the whole country praised it together.
Big Ben threw the ball out in the midst of the boos of the Hindu fans!
The fans on the sidelines all wanted to hear a crisp sound of "dang", but unfortunately there was no sound!
Because, Big Ben punished a three-no-touch!
"Hahahaha!"
The entire City Square arena rang out with malicious laughter!
The commentators also laughed!
Li Wei said loudly on the sidelines: "Ben, relax a little, it doesn't matter if you don't score, we will win this time!" ”
Big Ben nodded, and the second free throw was thrown!
The free throw was a bit too powerful, bounced three times off the basket, and finally miraculously bounced in!
103:97, a difference of 6 points.
There are 24 seconds left!
The faces of all the Hindu fans became serious together, because the 6-point difference was too difficult to chase!
However, Larry Bird did not give up, and Reggie Miller, who once scored 8 points in 8.9 seconds, did not give up!