Chapter 239: Crisis
The game entered the most critical moment, and it was understandable that Skels arranged it this way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But when they really got to the court, the Magic players found that the Eagles did a particularly good job of breaking through the defense, shrinking the defense with a pack, and all kinds of auxiliary defenses were layered on top of each other, as if setting up countless lines of defense.
"This is a pocket array!" Director Zhang blurted out admiration.
After the first offense after the pause, Li Dong missed a strong layup after bursting to the inside, and was robbed of a backcourt rebound by Millsap.
He clapped his hands regretfully, quickly got up from the floor, and turned back to defend.
The Hawks' offense started from the weak side, and Teague commanded Garnett to come out and do a pick-and-roll with him, and Teague moved to the line with his back, and immediately got an open opportunity to break through with Garnett's pick-and-roll.
He has long arms, he looks good with the ball, and when he dribbles the ball, few people can break him.
The Magic's strategy for Teague has always been to shoot but not shoot, and when Teague came in, Jennings, who came around from the other side, waited two steps in front of him.
Teague suddenly stopped, and opened his hand to make a jumper.
Jennings was taken aback, Teague actually dared to use the attack he was not good at at at this time? He gritted his teeth and pounced on his steps while shouting, hoping to interfere with Teague's shot.
The basketball crossed a trajectory and fell into the hoop after hitting the board!
"You can get in!"
81-75, the Hawks lead by 6 points!
Li Dong raised his head, and the timer showed that there were 2 minutes and 47 seconds left.
Skells did not call a timeout on the sidelines, although the atmosphere created by Phillips was in high spirits at this time.
Li Dong attacked with a frame, and Pierce defended tightly.
The rest of the Magic players opened up space, and the two of them were left in the left half, and the more critical the stage, the more relied on the individual ability of the star.
Li Dong broke through step by step. With his left hand, Bazemore ran two steps inside.
The Hawks immediately shrank their defense, recklessly exposing the three-point line to the Magic, as if the players who believed in the Magic did not dare to shoot three-pointers.
Li Dong's body slammed and dribbled under his crotch. Break through from the left side instead.
Bazemore also slowed down his speed, then approached Li Dong and reached out to interfere with Li Dong's dribble.
Li Dong closed his hands again, as if he was about to shoot, but he changed in the moment of fast closing. Take a big step to the left with your left foot, step on the floor and then turn and shoot.
Hit! 81 to 77.
Phillips' noisy voice suddenly became much quieter.
"Defend this ball, defend it!" Oladipo cheered up his teammates loudly, and Li Dong's step-back jumper just now boosted the team's morale slightly.
Eagles fans are also nervous, it seems that the difference in strength between the two teams is not as big as imagined, and anyone can lose the game because of one or two missed goals at critical moments.
The basketball was handed to Bazemore, and now in the Eagles, Pierce is the most efficient individual player.
However, Bazemore has played hard in this series, averaging 14.5 points per game and not even as good as his regular season performance this year. The biggest reason is because of the defense like Oladipo's super gate.
After the Eagles tactical run, Pierce chose a step-back jumper that was almost the same as Li Dong, but was interfered with by Oladipo and missed.
Magic attacked, with 2 minutes and 21 seconds left.
Li Dong fell to the low post again, and the effect of the back singles was average, but he liked to catch the ball in this way, which was very stable.
"Bang!" Against Bazemore, Li Dong took a small leap to receive the pass that was hoisted in from the outside.
Receiving the ball, he turned and passed. After being recognized by Bazemore, he switched to a face-frame attack, and took a step to shoot a mid-range step-back jumper, Bazemore defended well, and the basketball was interfered with and smashed on the front line.
The fans who came to the scene to cheer in Orlando sighed in unison. As a result, it was immediately drowned out in the cheers that swelled up at the scene.
The clock is ticking into the last two minutes.
The Eagles blocked the attack, Millsap and Gordon were one-on-one in the middle distance, and after a few steps of testing, he suddenly pulled out of the ground and made a jumper! The arm is held high like a giant pillar of optimus.
"Huh!"
The net flower flies, and this time the middle distance actually hits again!
Millsap's shooting percentage in this game is also not high, hitting only 34 of his seven shots so far. With this 8 shots, only 4 hits.
This reversed style of play broke Orlando's heart, and it was too bad luck to be able to shoot in if he wasn't sure.
Attacking and defending in rotation, Li Dong gave the ball to Oladipo, Oladipo raised the ball on the outside and shook it, and then also hit the inside, Korver, who defended Oladipo, was very good at defending the ground, and Oladipo didn't have a good chance at all.
After the stagnation, the basketball was distributed to Jennings on the outside, and more than a dozen seconds of offensive time had passed.
Bazemore decisively grabbed and prevented Li Dong from receiving the ball, Li Dong turned to the outside line, and found that the old ball skin was a clever mess, so he ran back to the inside.
At this time, Jennings had to force Teague by himself, Teague was taller and had better arm span than him, Jennings was strong Teague and found that he couldn't squeeze out of his opponent at all.
At the free-throw line, Millsap dropped his defender and joined Teague in the trap on Jennings.
Jennings panicked and subconsciously forced a jump shot.
"Smack!"
Nateague stretched out his long arm and quickly cut off the basketball in Jennings' hand, who was about to take up and shoot, and almost in the blink of an eye, he picked up the basketball on the ground and rushed through the half court!
Grass!
Li Dong was really angry, he took up his legs and chased back, but Teague ran fast.
Li Dong rushed to the three-point line, Teague grabbed the basketball with one hand, and completed a glider-on-the-pound, the first dunk in the entire series so far! 83-77 with 1 minute and 29 seconds remaining.
Skels had no choice but to call another timeout, which was one of the Magic's only two timeouts left in the game.
Li Dong walked back to the bench without saying a word, Jennings had an embarrassed look on his face, he also knew how fatal this last-minute mistake was, but the time was too tight just now, and he could only choose to attack like this.
Skeys comforted Jennings, "You're doing a great job, Brandon, you're doing a great job. Don't have too much psychological pressure, this is not a match point, even if we lose the game, we still have a chance, everyone cheer up! ”
Skels finished by clapping his hands and cheering up the team's morale.
Li Dong looked at the arena in a daze, and his heart swelled with infinite exhaustion......
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After a timeout, the Magic served the ball in the backcourt.
Time passed minute by minute, Li Dong and Oladipo crossed in the penalty area to cover the run, Li Dong moved, and immediately attracted the Eagles to defend heavily, Oladipo also turned to forty-five degrees, but there was no one around him.
Jennings came over with the ball, and Oladipo dribbled outside to find a sense and shoot a three-pointer!