Chapter 55: Just Lore

Arenas also had a bit of an abusive shot in this game, constantly shooting from beyond the three-point line, but in the crucial fourth quarter, he hit Marbury's defense. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Knicks led for two quarters before being overtaken by the Wizards.

Not in good shape, Crawford, who had just been replaced, tried another three-pointer, but still missed.

In the exchange for the Wizards' offense, Larry Hughes made a successful foul and hit both free throws.

What to do, if it goes on like this, this game will be dangerous.

There is no way to defend by relying on Lehi alone, and the head coach has been emphasizing.

If you want to win the game, you must improve the success rate of the offense at the critical moment in the fourth quarter.

"Jamal, I feel good at the moment, pass the ball to me when I have the chance."

Lehi actively communicates with his teammates, he has to do his best, even if he can't change the coach's arrangement for the time being, he has to start small and let others see his efforts and results.

Crawford also knew that his hand was cold in this game, and after the ball was missed just now, he had no idea of continuing to shoot strongly.

After Marbury broke through, it passed to Kurt Thomas, who was pulled out, and Kurt Thomas saw Jamison, who had arrived in front of him, and distributed the ball to Crawford on the side, Crawford saw Lehi who cut to the basket in the air, jumped up and faked a real pass, and Lehi received the ball and hit the board easily.

With such an active run, in the current Knicks lineup, only Lehi can do a good job.

However, Jamison scored five straight points, three-pointers and long-range shots, and Kurt Thomas didn't keep up with the opposition's movements.

The Knicks trailed by eight points all of a sudden, with just over two minutes left.

Head coach Lenny Wilkens immediately called a timeout, 8 points is not much, but with the Wizards' offensive power, the Knicks must prevent the opponent from scoring if they want to catch up in the final moments.

The Wizards have good attack power at all three points, and Lehi can't figure out how to stop the opponent from scoring.

"Coach, you said that we are going to defend the opponent's player now, let me defend it, I promise to be able to defend it."

He took the initiative to ask that if he didn't win a few games quickly, the anger in Lehi's heart would not be smooth.

"Boy, defending is not your thing, as long as you follow what we have in training, it will definitely work, and we have to take ...... in the tens of seconds before the time reaches 2 minutes. Slashing shark tactics. ”

The slashing tactic was originally a tactic against O'Neal, exploiting his only weakness in shooting from the free throw line to gain possession, and now it is gradually being applied to other players who have a poor free throw percentage, and the Wizards' Brandon Haywood is such a player.

The Knicks' foul count had reached this time, and when they returned to the court, they immediately fouled Brandon Haywood.

Heywood's first penalty bumped in, and Lehi's heart felt like it had been hammered.

If you foul the opponent to give points, there will be no hope for this game, and the important thing is to watch the opponent's free throws can only be done in a hurry.

On the second penalty, Haywood didn't score very neatly.

Lehi bounced up like a spring that had been depressed for a long time, grabbed the rebound and rushed forward.

He was almost unstoppable in his speed, passing Jarvis Hayes in one fell swoop, and Arenas, who was standing at the back, didn't want Lehi to make a morale-boosting attack, so he reached out and pulled him.

Arenas' hand was on Lehi's arm, but Lehi didn't slow down in the slightest, started directly, staggered Arenas forward with two steps, and dunked the ball in with one hand.

The referee's whistle blew, 2+1.

Lehi hit a free throw, and the gap between the two sides became 6 points.

It was still a foul on Haywood, and Lehi's domineering attack just now caused some pressure on Haywood.

This time he missed both free throws, and Lehi grabbed the rebound again, broke through to the free throw line and hit a mid-range shot, and the gap suddenly became 4 points, and Haywood was swapped.

After two rounds of not playing well, Arenas missed a mid-range shot against Marbury's defense.

When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, the Wizards had stepped up their defense against Lehi.

Lehi squeezed the defender to ask for the ball, Marbury hesitated for a moment and didn't give it, and took the ball to the basket under the block of his teammates, but was interfered with by Jamison when picking the basket and missed the shot.

If Marbury had been a few centimeters taller, the result might have been different, and the Knicks had a good backcourt pairing, but they suffered a lot against many opponents.

The next Larry Hughes made the same breakaway, but it caused a foul on the Knicks.

Taking advantage of the free throws, the Wizards replaced Haywood again, and with just over 1 minute left, the Knicks could no longer casually foul non-players.

Larry Hughes hit one of two free throws, and during the counterattack, Lehi also made a foul on the opponent.

His more than 90 percent free throw shooting percentage is no joke, and he is still behind by 3 points after hitting free throws steadily under pressure.

The atmosphere on the court was already white-hot, and Arenas' layup was also interfered with, but Jamison hit a layup to give the Knicks another five points behind.

Marbury used a pick-and-roll to bypass Arenas' defense and hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap to two points.

Marbury is indeed a big heart, but such a shot, Lehi also sweated as a teammate.

At the last moment, the defense of both sides was extremely tight, and it was difficult to have opportunities without relying on the individual ability of the stars, and Arenas also chose this way, taking advantage of the defense of the Broken Knicks to pass the ball to the place where the opportunity appeared, and Lehi suddenly blocked in the middle.

Arenas's movements froze for a moment, and Marbury immediately slapped the ball down.

Lehi quickly picked up the basketball, rushed to the opponent's basket at a speed of 100 meters, dunked and scored, and the score was tied.

"There were less than 20 seconds left and Arenas controlled the time near the halfway line, 10 seconds, 9 seconds...... Arenas moved, forcing his shot against Marbury's defense. ”

"Entered...... He threw himself in...... Is it three points, let's look at slow motion, stepping on the line, it's two points from a long distance, it's an extremely crucial shot. ”

"The Knicks' ball went to Marbury's hand, and Marbury broke through...... Is he going to make a strong pitch too...... Marbury actually passed the ball, and the ball went into Lehi's hands outside the three-point line. ”

Lehi received the ball without the slightest hesitation, made a three-point shot, and the ball ...... in. ”

Lehi was like knowing that Marbury was going to pass to him, and the shot was very smooth, and the three-point shot was ...... This may be a tactic designed by the Knicks, and there's no doubt that the Knicks have a new twist. ”

At 107:106, Lehi and Marbury high-fived in celebration, Lehi didn't know why Marbury chose to pass the ball in the last minute, but he was always ready.