Chapter 571: Get the Match Point!
Xie Chen passed a pass that may become the best assist of his career, and during the pause, Xie Chen also grabbed the coach's tactics board for the first time like James, and drew his own tactics.
In order to give Lei Allen a chance to make a shot, Xie Chen had to attract his defenders away, and this time it was James who defended Ray Allen, and Xie Chen used a left-handed dribble in front of James to fool him.
James never imagined that Xie Chen would use his left hand, and he didn't look at the back to hit the ball, James only noticed Anthony, and he was ready to pounce on Anthony.
Someone once praised Xie Chen as a "magician", this praise is well deserved at this moment, Xie Chen's ball is too ghostly and surprising, no one would have guessed that the ball would be sent to Ray Allen's hands.
Ray Allen is not standing at the bottom corner three-point line all the time, but a few steps forward, and the position is a little higher, while Xie Chen hit the ground and passed, Ray Allen's body retreated, don't look at it as a few simple steps back, these few steps reflect the value of Lei Allen's irreplaceable.
Ray Allen is 40 years old this year, he has played basketball for too many years, so much so that he doesn't need to look down at all, he knows where he is standing, he has not specially trained, it is completely by virtue of years of feeling, feeling outside the three-point line, quickly stopping and receiving basketball.
Jun Zilei once again jumped with the most standard shooting position! Shoot the basket!
This is another glorious moment in his career!
Ray Allen didn't think anything of it, and threw the ball without distractions. James pounced, but it was too late.
Nearly 20,000 people at the scene were all staring at the ball shot by Ray Allen, Xie Chen never knew that the ball thrown from the three-point line to the basket could be so slow!
I don't feel like I shoot the basketball, but it's too torturous to watch others shoot. Xie Chen has done everything he can, he has attracted all the firepower away, creating an opportunity for Lei Allen, if Lei Allen can't shoot this ball, then they will lose this battle of Tianwang Mountain, Xie Chen must desperately keep the next game to fight for a tie-break. Even if there is a chance to tie seven, it will be at the home court of the Cavaliers, Xie Chen has to play two games in a row, and the probability of winning is still not large.
"Must enter!" Xie Chen secretly shouted.
James, who flew towards Ray Allen, turned his head to look at the basket when he was in the air, and he wanted to know the result so much that he forgot that he would lose his balance and fall if he pounced like this.
Swish!
Backbite!
At the same time as the basketball hollowed into the net, the buzzer sounded.
Overtime! The Knicks dragged the game into overtime!
At the same time, James fell heavily to the ground. Fell in front of Ray Allen.
"Yay!"
The entire Knicks roster, including the coaching staff, jumped up! The 40-year-old veteran hit the most crucial shot!
"Ray Allen! Three-point equalizer! Oh my God, it was exactly the same goal that equalized the Spurs when the Heat were in the game! The greatest equalizer in history, Ray Allen actually played twice alone! Yang Jian was excited.
Yang Yi couldn't help but be excited when he saw it: "This is called seeing the most beautiful rainbow in the deepest despair!" Ray Allen was born to equalise! That's the value of Ray Allen! Retreating, jumping, shooting, everything is very similar to the ball that Ray Allen hit the Spurs back then, except that Ray Allen shot the equalizing ball back then. The happiest is James, and today. James is probably the saddest one. ”
The three-pointer that Ray Allen scored in Game 6 of the 2013 Finals is considered the greatest equalizer in history, which is not an exaggeration, because at that time the Heat had no way out, falling behind 2:3, and losing was directly eliminated!
And Ray Allen wasn't standing outside the three-point line at the time. He received the ball and shot it back and at the same time, doing these things completely with his instinct for the basket.
The other thing that made that ball great was that they went on to win the championship.
Many people say that the reason why James has two crowns, one of which is definitely due to Ray Allen. If it weren't for Ray Allen's legendary goal, James would have lost all three times against the Spurs in the Finals, and he wouldn't have won a championship, and the ring he got from defeating the young Thunder obviously didn't carry as much weight as the ring he won against the old Spurs.
James was really the happiest one when Ray Allen hit that shot, but now ......
"Yo, why is James still lying on the ground and not getting up? Is he okay? While the Knicks were celebrating on the court, no one noticed that James was still on the ground, where Ray Allen had just hit a three-pointer.
Kevin Lefu was standing next to him, but when he called him, he didn't say yes at all. Love noticed that James's right hand was clenched.
"Ray Allen! God sent me a three-pointer three years ago and helped me win the championship, and today, is he going to let me go back?! James pounded the floor hard, he didn't want to accept the result!
Why? He could have won this game and got the match point, so why did it have to be the ball shot by Ray Allen, whom James cares about the most?
Xie Chen looked at James's reaction and thought to himself: "I really guessed correctly, Ray Allen hit him much harder than me. ”
At this moment, everyone watching the Spurs was also amazed, and most of them had learned the power of Ray Allen's equalizing ball.
Popovich remembered that moment three years ago and still felt heartache, looking at James on the screen and said to everyone: "James personally recruited Ray Allen, hoping that he could join the Cavaliers, I also thought that Ray Allen would either not come back, and he would choose the Cavaliers when he came back, but I didn't expect him to choose Xie's Knicks, sometimes we have to believe in a little fate, if Ray Allen went to the Cavaliers at that time, maybe now the Cavaliers have won the game." ”
Parker is still haunted by that ball, thinking that James they didn't deserve to win that year's championship, and the championship should belong to them: "Feng Shui takes turns, I believe James would never have thought that he would be shot by Ray Allen with such a goal." ”
Although it is only an equalizer at the moment, the two sides will still play extra time, and it is uncertain who will win and who will lose. But the Knicks were lucky to be able to climb up the edge of the cliff, and then they will win this victory in one go, while the Cavaliers, who were originally sure to win, were hit hard.
Xie Chen has played two games in a row, and now he has to play overtime again. This is a great test of Xie Chen's physical strength, he has to find a way to defeat the opponent in the first overtime, if there is a second and third overtime, Xie Chen will not be able to hold it at all.
In overtime, Xie Chen's fatigue and inability to concentrate were quickly exposed, first of all, Xie Chen won two free throws, and he rarely missed both free throws, which made James startled, and they all speculated whether Xie Chen was affected by physical strength. Then something happened that confirmed their thoughts.
One of Xie Chen's dribbles was actually cut off by Owen! Xie Chen and Owen are both masters of dribbling, and if they don't make mistakes, the opponent basically has no possibility of breaking the ball, but this time there was an exception.
Owen himself didn't expect that he could cut off Xie Chen's ball, this steal was just an instinctive reaction, after breaking it, Owen quickly went down, Xie Chen also caught up, everyone thought that Xie Chen would take revenge on Owen this time, but in fact. Xie Chen gave up after chasing a few steps.
"Xie Chen seems to be really tired, this is as before. After being cut off the ball, he decided to rush forward like crazy to give the hat back, and now he felt that Xie Chen's legs were no longer strong, especially his mental state was very worrying. Yang Jian said.
Yang Yi also nodded: "Losing all two free throws and making a mistake is by no means Xie Chen's normal performance, but it also reflects the fierce confrontation in the Eastern Conference Finals, playing in overtime." Everyone is almost exhausted, it depends on who can dominate the game at this time, James looks okay physically, and the Knicks may have to rely on Anthony or Ray Allen. ”
Ray Allen scored what was perhaps the second greatest goal of his career, how could Xie Chen let the team lose in overtime!
The Cavaliers saw that Xie Chen was now suffering from physical problems. They no longer use too strong defense as before, and they think that the next Knicks' offense should be executed by others, such as Anthony, such as Ray Allen, and this also gives Xie Chen a chance to make a move.
If it was just one person to defend Xie Chen, Xie Chen would definitely be sure to score in various ways.
Xie Chen turned his back to JR Smith to ask for the ball, and the ball reached Xie Chen's hand, and Knicks fans couldn't help but feel worried, and they doubted whether Xie Chen still had the ability to end the game.
Every goal in overtime is very important, the physical consumption of both sides is huge, and it is no longer easy to score, and the Cavaliers have only scored two points for a long time, not because of their physical consumption, but because of poor dribbling, James has two mid-range shots that have gone into the basket and slid out, and Tristan Thompson's dunk was also dunked.
It made them feel that luck was no longer on their side since Ray Allen hit that magical equaliser.
Xie Chen broke straight to the right, and after two steps, he directly leaned back and made a jumper!
"He used such a difficult way to shoot!"
Xie Chen is a strong fight, and he uses his body and talent to hit the opponent, but Xie Chen is tired like this now, and he still uses a difficult action like a backward jump shot, can it work?
The posture is still picturesque, and the basketball still slides into the basket in the designated arc!
"The ball is in! This ball is so critical! I didn't expect Xie Chen to stand up and help the team! Yang Jian was excited.
Xie Chen will shoot too many goals in every game, but only in this kind of situation that he is not optimistic in advance, the shot will make everyone feel excited.
When it came to the Cavaliers' offense, James' layup was still missed, and Xie Chen returned the opponent with a step-back jumper!
Two back-to-back hits in a row!
Neither of the commentators knew what to say!
Is this a normal manifestation? With such a large physical exertion, can you still hit two difficult goals in a row?
These two goals almost declared the Cavaliers' loss!
The remaining time is getting less and less, from a few minutes to only a few tens of seconds, and James looks at the score behind him, and his heart panics for the first time.
This is the home court of the Cavaliers, if James can't keep his home court, then when it comes to Xie Chen's home court, how can James guarantee victory?
If Xie Chen gets the match point, James can't imagine what the consequences will be!
The impatient James also rarely lost his rationality, he no longer believed in his teammates, he wanted to chase the score back in person, but in exchange for failure after failure.
Until the official end of the competition.
The Knicks narrowly defeated the Cavaliers by three points, won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and turned the series score into 3:2, and the next game was still at the home of the New York Knicks!
"Win!"
Lei Allen, Anthony, and Xie Chen walked together and hugged excitedly, they won Tianwang Mountain! All it takes is one more win to qualify for the Grand Finals!
"Grand Final!" At this moment, each of them was thinking about the finals in their hearts!
"I'm only one step away, I've been in the league for so many years, and now I'm only one step away from stepping into the finals!" Anthony wanted to scream excitedly, but unfortunately this is not the home field, there is still one game left, he hopes that the next game is in New York, God can give him the opportunity to scream wildly!
Lei Allen also happily high-fived Xie Chen, and Lei Allen said to Xie Chen: "Those two backward jumpers of yours are simply amazing!" Believe me, someone who has played against Michael Jordan during the Bulls period, when I entered the league in my first year, I saw the most powerful Bulls, the greatest Jordan, and his step-back jumper convinced me, and today, my last year in this league, I have seen a guy who is even tougher and more amazing than him! ”
Xie Chen also smiled and thanked Lei Allen: "It's not your three-point shot, and I don't have those two opportunities to shoot back. Aaron, trust me, after the next game, we'll be in the finals! ”
Xie Chen and Lei Allen's hands were tightly clasped together again.
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At this moment, the whole Warriors team and the whole Spurs team are also discussing fiercely.
Draymond Green couldn't believe it: "It was the Knicks who got the match point?" I can't believe it, the next game will be at home in New York, is James still good? Will he have a chance to turn the tables? ”
Coach Kerr smiled: "If it's the Knicks who are behind now, I think Xie Chen might drag the game into Game 7, because he proved that he has this ability last year, but now I am not optimistic about the Cavaliers, even if they have stronger strength." ”
Stephen Curry smiled slightly: "Is that so?" Isn't it nice to have a Finals opponent against the Knicks? Should we think about winning the Knicks in four games, or playing five? I think it's better to play five games, I like to win at home. ”
Everyone laughed after Curry finished speaking, not at Curry's arrogant play, but at the ridicule of his opponent in agreement.
Even if they win against the Cavaliers, there is still an even more formidable opponent waiting for them in front of the Knicks...... (To be continued.) )