Chapter 179: Leave Victory in New York
The Mavericks' defense against Lehi has also been raised to the highest level, and Lehi will also be pinched as long as he takes a step beyond the three-point line with the ball. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Mavericks are also desperate, and the Knicks are not the only one who is a threat to Lehi at this time, but Lehi is the most threatening.
However, Lehi shot at the time when the pinch was about to come over, and he still hit the shot against the defense, and the 14th point of the fourth quarter, in the finals, Lehi broke out in scoring for the first time.
At 92:91, with just one minute remaining, the Knicks took the lead.
Both teams missed once, and in the heat of the game, shooting iron is a normal thing.
At 10.1 seconds, Nowitzki hit the inside and outside of the two-man sandwich, and when it came to a star of Nowitzki's level, the pinching could not completely solve the problem after all.
The Knicks asked for a timeout, they did a lot of last-minute setups, and they tried countless times in practice, but now it's the Finals and the pressure is more than ever.
Standing on the edge of the halfway line is Marbury, the Knicks' best passer.
After the referee signaled that he could serve, Lehi immediately ran inside, but immediately used his teammate's cover to run around the center circle, and Marbury's ball was passed just right.
The other four Knicks players all pulled away on their own, giving Lehi the most room to break through.
Lehi paused slightly, waited until the Mavericks' defenders stood still, and then suddenly activated, and the other team immediately came up, and the other player closest to him also looked like he was coming over immediately.
Lehi suddenly stopped and retreated, and now the time was rapidly decreasing, and the other party subconsciously relaxed, and then Lehi started it for the second time.
Although his starting speed is not the top in the league, it is a little faster than Howard in front of him, and Howard can't keep up at all after two consecutive pauses.
By the time the pinch rushed up, Lehi had already pulled it up.
The time went from 2 seconds to 1 second, Lehi shot, and the moment the ball fell into the basket, the calculator on the rebound immediately lit up, and the stunner, 94:93, the Knicks won the match point 3:1.
Lehi scored 30 points in the second half and 42 points in the game, and his powerful posture was impossible to ignore.
At this time, the Mavericks are already standing on the edge of the cliff, and the next game will be the home court of the Knicks.
By this time, the Mavericks had been looked down upon by most people, and only Terry was the only one among the players who could turn the tables around with his words to the media.
Cuban, who has always been a big mouth, was twice furious and expressed his dissatisfaction, and was fined by the league for questioning the referee's enforcement standards.
It's a pressure, and fines are nothing to Cuban, but if the league fine-tuns referee enforcement, the Mavericks could get a chance.
Off-court matters are naturally handled by the team, and the players who are the Knicks also want to win the championship at home, so their last home court on June 18 cannot afford to lose.
Even if they keep reminding themselves to be calm, young people are excited.
Not to mention them, whether it was Xia Weiliang or the fat man who came to watch the game, Li Hai was extremely excited, as if they were also going to play.
Lehi continues to work on how to deal with Nowitzki, after all, he has too little experience defending power forwards, and he needs to improve to help the team.
Championship, he is so lucky in this life, he has such a good opportunity in the second year of entering the league, he must grasp it tightly, otherwise he is really sorry for himself.
When it came to the end of defeat, the Mavericks made adjustments with a glimmer of hope.
They started Devin Harris and looked forward to Harris' quick break to make the starting lineup more attacking.
As the Mavericks hoped, Harris does have more offense than Adrian Griffin, but with him, Josh Howard will be less helpful on offense.
However, the two strongest threats on the offensive end of the Mavericks are still Nowitzki and Terry, who may have been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and Nowitzki and Terry both exploded at the same time in the first quarter.
At 23:30, the Mavericks were aggressive, leading the Nicks by 7 points in the first quarter.
Seeing that Nowitzki scored 11 points and hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, the Knicks decided to let Lehi defend Nowitzki early, using Channing Frye simply as an interior bench.
It's not like Cunning Frye doesn't work hard, but his physicality can't keep up, and his defense naturally can't keep up.
After Lehi went to defend Nowitzki, Nowitzki didn't have so many opportunities, and the outside line was blocked by Lehi, and he was immediately pinched when he got to the inside.
Terry can continue to shoot from the outside, but Nowitzki definitely can't.
The Knicks used Lehi to play power forward in advance, and another advantage is that when attacking, Nowitzki's defense will not be able to keep up with the small steps, and the only drawback is that it will increase Lehi's burden, but at this stage of the game, Lehi will also hold on.
With his physical strength, even if he lasted 48 minutes, it would be no problem, but the Knicks still did not do this, and maintained a certain amount of rest time in both halves to be able to be efficient when they played.
In the second quarter, Nowitzki, who had not rested, began to decline in efficiency under Lehi's marking, and on the offensive end, Lehi also played a strong role.
It's easier to concentrate when you're excited, which is similar to how you feel like you're having fun.
Lehi was exceptionally concentrated, completely undisturbed by the outside world, and his offensive shooting percentage and opportunity selection were extremely amazing, and Josh Howard accidentally committed two consecutive fouls.
Off the bench, the Mavericks have given Marquis Daniels more opportunities to play out his striking power and be a surprise player alongside Jerry Starkerhouse.
Their idea is to hope for a miracle, but the reason why a miracle is a miracle is that it will not be so easy to appear, the stage of the finals, the role of the Wonder Soldier cannot determine the outcome of a game, not to mention that without the previous accumulation, the Wonder Soldier cannot emerge from the stage of the Finals, and the Mavericks have no choice.
It's just that if you want to say that the bench played well, it was Crawford, and after returning to the Knicks' home court, he has been suppressing the Mavericks' bench lineup, which is also an important reason why the Knicks can win in a row.
Without the explosion of scoring, the Mavericks would not be able to compare to the Knicks, who are more balanced than them in all aspects.
In the second quarter, the Knicks not only chased back the score from behind, but also overtook by 1 point.
50:49 is the score at the end of the half.
"Let's leave the victory in New York."
"Leave the victory in New York!"
In the locker room at halftime, the Knicks' players were united. (To be continued.) )