Chapter 86: Overtime
Reggie Miller hit two three-pointers in a row, drew a shooting foul from beyond the three-point line, hit three free throws, and scored nine straight points to help the Pacers catch up the score. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The 25-year-old Crawford seemed to have no way to take the 40-year-old Reggie Miller, and Coach Williams had to call a timeout.
The current situation is that Anthony Johnson, the Pacers' No. 1 position, also felt good in this game, and the Pacers' interior was suppressed, but the outside line was all open, and he kept hitting three-pointers.
If Lehi goes to defend Reggie Miller, he has a certain amount of confidence, even if Reggie Miller is a key ball, but after all, age is coming, and Lehi has an obvious physical advantage.
But in that case, who will defend Stephen Jackson, in terms of the degree of danger, it is obvious that the young and strong Stephen Jackson is more threatening, and this has happened before, and no one in the current Knicks can stop him except Lee.
"Jamal, you have to do it, guard against Miller, we need this win." Lehi didn't care if it would put pressure on people, and said loudly.
A professional player should have a tenacious person and a fearless heart to pursue victory.
After getting on the court, Marbury transitioned the ball to the inside, and Li Haikong cut in, received the ball and dodged the defense to complete the layup.
But then Stephen Jackson dribbled front to Lehi, then pressed his back inside, and a turnaround jumper was also the ball.
Stephen Jackson in this game is completely different from the previous competition, and the offensive initiative is much stronger.
There are players who show extraordinary quality when the team needs him to step up, and it's clear that Stephen Jackson is such a player.
In the final quarter, he faced Lehi several times and scored beautiful goals.
As a player who often defends the opposing arrows, Lehi is used to this kind of thing, and all he has to do is how to do better in the next defense and try to make the opponent uncomfortable.
On the Knicks' offense, Marbury hit a three-pointer, and the Pacers' Anthony Johnson hit a three-pointer in the next round.
Even if both teams know that the opponent's offensive focus will be on the outside, when it comes to real defense, it still can't be perfect.
In the final moments of the game, the two sides were tied 101-101.
With Lehi's meticulous defense, Stephen Jackson's shot finally hit the iron.
And Marbury didn't get a chance to shoot, and the time was less than 15 seconds, Miller Sr. missed the shot, and Lehi protected the rebound.
On the Knicks' final offense, the Pacers showed their defensive prowess, with Lehi, Marbury and Crawford all stared at and out of action.
The ball came to Kurt Thomas, who was outside the three-point line, and Kurt Thomas made a rare three-point shot.
Even the Knicks didn't expect that, let alone the Pacers, Kurt Thomas could shoot, but the range was rarely beyond the three-point line, and the trajectory of the basketball flight was a bit flat, but it fell into the basket.
With only 1.8 seconds left, the players on the Knicks bench stood up excitedly, raised their arms and cheered.
However, the game wasn't over yet, and the Pacers paused to lay out their final tactics.
With a 3-point lead of 1.8 seconds, you just need to do your best to prevent the Pacers' three-pointers.
The Pacers have replaced players who can shoot three-pointers, and the Knicks have replaced them with the best defenders from the perimeter.
Lehi clinged to Stephen Jackson, and when the referee's whistle blew, he bypassed the Pacers covering player and didn't give Stephen Jackson a chance to catch the ball.
The calculator on the rebound moved, the red light came on, and the ball in the air fell into the basket at the same time.
Reggie Miller received the ball and pulled off the winner, and Crawford pounced on it with a fraction of a second slower.
At 104:104, Miller Sr. threw in the whistle and dragged the game into overtime.
Lehi felt a little unhappy, as long as he defended the three-point ball, he actually let the opponent get a chance to shoot, which was originally a defensive mistake.
But seeing Crawford's somewhat self-reproachful face, Lehi's words turned into encouragement, "They have used up their good luck in this ball, and we will definitely win the acceleration game." ”
"Yes, we'll win." Williams shouted encouragement.
In overtime, the Knicks were still on the starting lineup, but the Pacers became a small lineup and added a pitcher.
However, the Knicks' interior height is relatively short, and the opponent will not suffer a loss when he removes an interior height.
The Knicks gained the power to take the lead in attack, but Crawford, who had just had a good hand, missed.
The Pacers handed the ball to Stephen Jackson and wanted him to replicate the fourth-quarter singles again.
Stephen Jackson has a lot of offensive means, but he is far from being fluent in those top masters, and Lehi was a little uncomfortable before, but now he has figured it out.
When Stephen Jackson shook head-on, Lehi didn't pay attention to him at all, and Lehi just waited for him to make a move, and jumped up and sealed it.
Under Lehi's interference, Stephen Jackson struck the iron very simply.
The Knicks launched a quick counterattack, Marbury passed the ball to Lehi, who was fast down the side, Lehi broke through to the baseline and hit the ground back, Michael Swaitney received the ball to complete the layup, and the Knicks scored first.
Stephen Jackson gets tangled up in Lehi, and Reggie Miller stands up again.
I have to say that Reggie Miller's off-ball movement is really good, and Crawford also tried his best to follow, but Reggie Miller can always find a way to get rid of it.
At this critical moment, the Pacers scored again with Miller Sr.
Lehi didn't think about anything else at this time, and he guarded Stephen Jackson to death.
Subsequently, Marbury and Reggie Miller each tried three points, but neither of them missed.
Then the two scored 2 points each, and the score became 108:108.
The opponent lost one person on the inside and put the defensive focus on the outside, and it was difficult for Lehi to run out of the open position, so he simply asked for the ball with his back in the low post.
After asking twice, Marbury's ball came in.
Lehi made a feint outside, then jerked towards the baseline, squeezed Stephen Jackson behind him with force, and hit the board inside.
The two-point lead was not until the final 30 seconds, when Pacers Anthony Johnson hit a 2-pointer and the score was tied again.
In the Knicks' attack, Lehi once again lowered his back to the ball, and when the opponent did not have a big tall man inside, Lehi's low post was still more threatening, after all, the power was there.
This time, Lehi was just about to squeeze inside, and the outside line rushed over, Lehi quickly passed the ball to the outside, and Marbury got a chance to shoot, but still didn't score.
At this time, the Knicks' backcourt basket was lost.
The drawbacks of replacing the center appeared, and Kurt Thomas grabbed the rebound in the front court and threw it directly at Lehi.
Lehi catches the ball and starts straight away.