Chapter 97: Mr. Key

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks were in big trouble, and O'Neal, who was a little inactive in the first half, suddenly broke out, ignoring the defense and scoring consecutive points. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The reason why the Knicks were able to limit O'Neal was not because of how good their ability to shrink their defense was, but because O'Neal was 33 years old and his physical strength was starting to decline, unlike when he was in his prime, he could arch four in one ass.

But in a short period of time, regardless of physical strength, O'Neill can still do it.

Just like at this time, the Knicks' interior defense took him a little bit out of line, and he also paid three fouls.

The good thing is that they have a couple of interior bench players who can take turns to foul O'Neal.

Taking turns pestering O'Neal and draining his physical strength is the only thing the Knicks can do right now.

While O'Neal was tumbling on the inside, the Heat got a couple of open shots from the outside, with Eddie Jones and Damon Jones both scoring from beyond the three-point line, and the Heat's lead skyrocketed toward double digits.

Seeing that the team was behind, Lehi didn't shoot indiscriminately, but he still focused on the breakthrough, causing Eddie Jones to foul again, and the Heat had to replace this foul scoring point with too many fouls.

After Eddie Jones went down, the Heat's outside line was affected, but Marbury and Crawford hit consecutive long-range shots, and the Knicks chased the score again.

At the end of the break, the Heat led by three points, which was also the final score gap in the third quarter.

At the start of the final quarter, Wade scored on a breakaway, but then Tim Thomas hit a three-pointer.

Seeing that the score could be further reduced, Wade actually hit an unprecedented shot from outside the three-point line.

Without Lehi's defense, Wade felt a lot easier.

Originally, the Knicks planned to let Lehi rest for a while, accumulate physical strength and fight at the most critical time, but he didn't expect Wade to score like a wild horse at this time.

Herb Williams couldn't resist the pressure and quickly replaced Lehi.

At this time, the Heat replaced Wade to rest and replaced O'Neal, who had rested.

After O'Neal came up, he shot the ball between the two of them, looking unstoppable.

Not to be outdone, Lehi first scored on a mid-range shot, and then forced Eddie Jones to cause the opponent to foul, and Eddie Jones, who had just come up in the fourth quarter, got five fouls.

The Heat didn't make any substitutions, intending to let Eddie Jones fight like this.

After Lehi hit a free throw, Wade returned to the court, and the two sides began to change the main lineup for the final battle, and the player who defended Lehi also became Wade.

The difference between the scores of the two sides was not large, and the commentator was also excited.

"Wade and Lehi are facing each other again, and it was like that in the last minute of the game, and their matchup was exciting, and it's also the way the young players are telling everyone in the playoffs that they're going to be in the NBA's top honor."

"Lehi still used half-court marking to deal with Wade, Wade was more cautious and asked his teammates to come over to cover, Haslem brought it up, and Wade directly began to accelerate and rushed in from the right side."

"Lehi's reaction was very fast, he turned and chased after him, his defensive habits were very good, his arms were always interfering with Wade, I don't know if Wade would choose to shoot or attack the basket."

"Wade passed, he threw the ball directly into the air, O'Neal crashed in like a tank, Kurt Thomas couldn't stop it at all, Tim Thomas came over to help defend, and the batter fouled."

"O'Neal hit one of two free throws, Marbury advanced quickly with the ball, he threw the ball to Crawford, Crawford rushed inside against Eddie Jones, Eddie Jones had five fouls, he didn't dare to force a block, Crawford scored a layup."

"Wade passed the ball to Eddie Jones, Eddie Jones didn't have a chance to pass back to Wade, Wade didn't have a chance to break through, passed the ball to Haslem, who made a shooting feint and made a foul on Tim Thomas."

"Tim Thomas was swapped for too many fouls, and the Knicks were swapped for Marik Rose."

"Kurt Thomas came out and blocked with Marbury, Marbury pulled back to Kurt Thomas, and Kurt Thomas passed to Lehi from 45 degrees outside the three-point line, and Lee shot from the altitude and hit a three-point shot."

"The great thing about Lehi is that he is all-round, and he can't relax at any time, even if he has been breaking through before, he can hit a three-pointer at any time."

"Wade hoisted the ball to O'Neal, and O'Neal turned to the baseline and shot."

"After the cover, Marbury's front became Eddie Jones, he started directly and rushed inside with the ball, Eddie Jones didn't have time to withdraw, six fouls, Marbury was deliberate, since Eddie Jones had five fouls, the Knicks have been trying to get off the court from him, and one less outside battery is in their favor."

The clock was quickly just over 2 minutes left, and the Heat led by one point with the Knicks possessing the ball.

Lehi squeezed inside and ran back to catch the ball, a shooting feint picked Wade up, and the dribble slammed towards the opponent's basket.

O'Neill's eyes made up for it with a vicious look, and Lehi started without fear.

O'Neill continued to play in the second half, and now he can't jump a little, and getting old is getting old, especially for a player with a lot of weight.

Lehi flew lightly, and O'Neill also had his means, knocking Lehi to the ground directly.

The referee's whistle blew and O'Neal was fouled for the fifth time.

Lehi tensed up when he broke through, and when he was knocked to the ground, he adjusted slightly, and then grabbed his teammate's hand and stood up.

"Looks like there's no other way you can stop me...... Of course, you can't stop me. ”

Lehi said with a smile and hit the free throw steadily.

O'Neill had been staring at him with a murderous gaze, but Lehi wasn't defeated by his eyes.

The Knicks overtook by 1 point, Wade dribbled directly to advance, and after reaching the frontcourt, he directly asked his teammates to come over to cover and bypass Lehi to make a quick shot.

But Lehi still turned and jumped quickly, interfering with the shot with his long arms.

The Knicks pushed forward quickly, and Lehi wiped inside when he received the ball and changed direction, and when he reached the basket, he jumped high and hit the shot at a height that was difficult for others to block.

In the next round of the Heat's offense, Lehi suddenly changed the pace of defense and quickly stepped back to intercept Wade's lob.

The speed was extremely fast in the counterattack, Wade desperately followed but could not resist Lehi's strong body, 2+1 succeeded, and the Knicks led the score to 6 points at the last moment.