Chapter 96: Faith Increases

Drilling to the bottom of the basket, Li Haiqiang hung up his backhand to hang the basket, and O'Neal burst out with all his strength to cap him one, but could not cap him second. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, the big shark is not what it used to be, and there is no way to jump continuously and quickly.

Time was running out, and the ball still went to Wade after the Heat timeout, but Lehi suddenly changed his defensive strategy at this time and let Wade take a big step.

Wade hesitated, pulled up his mid-range shot, and the basketball bounced off the basket with a bang.

Wade hadn't hit a shot for a while, and Lehi had disrupted his opponent's rhythm in this way.

The Knicks served, and as soon as it was sent, the Heat rushed to pounce and foul.

Lehi stood at the free throw line, and after missing the first shot, he realized that he was already very tired, and the muscles in his whole body felt a little stiff.

He adjusted and hit the second free throw safely.

With only four seconds left, the Heat must choose three points.

Wade didn't shoot a three-point shot in the whole game, and finally the Heat's Damon Jones shot, Marbury's defense was very good this time, Damon Jones missed a three-point shot, and the game ended, and the Knicks pulled one back at home.

Lehi scored 41 points, added 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and became the most dazzling presence in the game.

Domestic fans are going crazy, Yao Ming just scored a new high of 33 points in the playoffs, and Li Hai was on 40+ all of a sudden, who said that yellow people are not suitable for playing basketball, it's just.

If the Rockets can pass the ball to Yao Ming more fluently, it will definitely be better, the Knicks would have won the game if they made Lehi the boss, and if the two of them were on the same team, they would definitely have to aim for the championship, such remarks were discussed by netizens.

Lehi knows that this is a way for fans to participate, and it is also a beautiful expectation, maybe a little naïve, but it can give people strength.

All he can do is give it his all and play well.

The playoffs continued, and on the Eastern side, the 76ers, like the Knicks, also pulled one back, and the Pistons were 1:2, the Celtics and Pacers were difficult to solve, and the score became 2:2, and the Wizards also pulled back a game at home and fought with the Bulls to 1:2.

In the West, the Suns have won 3:0 Grizzlies, Spurs 2:1 Nuggets, Mavericks have won two games in a row, and the Rockets have been 2:2, and the SuperSonics and Kings are 2:1.

As the competition progresses, some awards have also come out.

Lehi averaged 18.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game to beat Okafor and Ben Gordon to become the Rookie of the Year.

And Ben Gordon also had a gain, beating Boston Celtics Ricky Davis to become the Sixth Man of the Year.

The most improved player was undisputed by Bobby Simmons of the Los Angeles Clippers, Ben Wallace of the Pistons beat Bruce Bowen of the Spurs for the best defensive player, and Mike D'Antoni of the best coach went to lead the Suns to the first record in the league.

Among the individual awards, only the regular season MVP has not yet been announced, and the most popular ones right now are Steve Nash of the Suns and Shaquille O'Neal of the Heat.

On May 1, Game 4 between the Knicks and Heat continued at Madison Square Garden.

The defensive strategies of both sides have not changed, and the Knicks still have all their forces on the inside and wrap O'Neal tightly.

However, the Heat's attack pattern has changed slightly, and the outside line takes up most of the firepower at the beginning of the game.

Wade's hand also felt a lot better, and under Lehi's close defense, he stepped back and hit two points on the first offense.

He and Eddie Jones form the offensive firepower of the Heat, especially Eddie Jones, who has a clear advantage in the Crawford confrontation.

The Knicks' offensive strategy has also changed a bit, and just like in the final moments of the last game, Lehi's chances of touching the ball have increased a lot.

It was Eddie Jones who defended Lehi, who bullied Crawford enough on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Lehi's physicality could crush Eddie Jones, who was no longer at his peak.

The Knicks attacked for the first time, and Lehi carried Eddie Jones to the free throw line where he had the highest percentage of shots and hit a mid-range shot.

Then there was a breakaway that caused a foul and hit both free throws.

If the two sides become an outside attack, the Knicks are not afraid, what they are most worried about is that the Heat will play completely on the inside, and then drive the three-point shot on the outside, Wade will not be able to kill the game even if he hits Li Hai a few more shots.

The first quarter was a tight game between the two teams, ending with the Heat leading by 2 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams were bench lineups, with the Heat's Kenyan Durin and Alonzo Mourning playing a combination of inside and outside when the main team was not on the court.

However, the Knicks' bench performance was still uneasy, and Lehi was immediately replaced back on the court.

Facing the Heat's bench small forward Shanton Anderson, a player who was still with the Knicks last season, Lehi once again made reasonable use of his physical advantage to complete 2+1.

A few minutes after Lehi took the bench, he broke through and pulled the Heat's defense in a row to help the team chase the score back.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Heat also replaced Wade and directly faced Lehi.

Wade didn't make a mid-range shot like he did in the first quarter, but stepped up the breakaway, causing a foul on the Knicks' interior defense as soon as he came up.

In the playoffs, the role of star players is even more obvious, and if Wade has the physical strength to hit the basket all the time, Lehi will also be very troubled.

On the Knicks' side, it is probably Lehi who can impact the basket like this.

Marbury is technically fine, but in the end he is shorter, and when he encounters a strong interior like the Heat, it is easy to make mistakes when rushing in.

So most of the Knicks' offense is outside shooting, and the inside is all pulled out.

As a result, the Knicks' offense is not as stable as the opposing team, but they are also very sharp in their outbursts.

How to get the team's offense closer to the good side, Lehi is very important, after he increased his touches, Marbury and Crawford are actually more efficient on the offensive end, but the chances of shooting are also slightly reduced.

After the main players of both sides returned to the field, the score entered a stalemate again.

At half-time, the score was tied at 48:48.

"I have a feeling that the Heat were a little bit of a close play in the first half, and they will definitely show their real skills in the second half, but we can win."

"Haha, come on, we're not afraid of them anymore."

"We haven't been afraid, you kid was scared in the first two games, no wonder it's so unhelpful."

In the Knicks' locker room, the atmosphere was completely different from the previous game.

After withstanding the pressure in the last game and beating the opponent in two overtimes, which increased the player's self-confidence, the Knicks now have the confidence to beat the Heat and become stronger.