Chapter 46: Different endings
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At the beginning of the fourth quarter, encouraged by the big Knicks brother, Lehi's mood suddenly brightened.
Regardless of whether you are leading or falling, in the fourth quarter, it is time to fight for the bayonets.
The Rockets handed the ball to McGrady again, and Lehi waited quietly, and from the speed at which McGrady turned around, he could roughly estimate that the opponent was going to attack.
With a quick lateral step, Lehi and McGrady made physical contact.
The referee's whistle blew, he fouled, still a little slower, he was gradually finding his senses.
McGrady made a great shot today, but the free throw was a bit of a problem, and the two free throws were just one of them.
The Knicks attacked, Marbury handed the ball to Lehi, who did not stop and handed the ball to Crawford, who rushed to the bottom, and swiped the three-point into the net.
Crawford's nerve knife finally opened at this time.
The Rockets attacked, and McGrady received the ball outside the three-point line as a breakthrough, which was more fluid than leaning on Lehi to receive the ball, but the distance between the two also made Lehi's lateral movement even in place, but McGrady immediately took a step back and made a three-point shot.
Lehi didn't have time to go out with him, so he couldn't help but burst into a foul language.
However, McGrady's three-pointer did not score, and Marbury took the ball to the basket and shot directly, and the ball bounced off the rim of the basket.
This time it bounced farther, and Muhammad jumped to the ground, and several people rushed towards the basketball.
Lehi scrambled and jumped to knock McGrady to the side, snatching the ball into his hands.
This is Lehi's physicality and attitude to the game, every ball counts, and he takes advantage of the fact that the others have not fully reacted, dribbles two steps to the free throw line, and shoots well.
McGrady seemed a little upset and went straight to the ball to advance himself.
When he came to the three-point line, he pulled it up directly, and it seems that he is still remembering the three points just now, the Knicks scored one, and he has to return one.
It's a pity that in the face of Lehi, who had already raised his hands to defend, he spent an extra point on dodging the defense, and the three points were not scored.
The basketball bounced out from afar, and Lehi turned around and grabbed the ball and pushed it forward quickly.
McGrady wanted to come up and slow down Lehi's advancement, but he underestimated Lehi's determination, and he rushed over with the ball as soon as he rushed in, and McGrady couldn't keep up with the speed at which he rushed in.
There were only two defenders in front of him, and Lehi glanced at the position of his teammates, and the ghost stopped at the three-point line and made a three-point shot.
One is that the feeling is coming, which is the athlete's intuition, and sometimes when you get to this position, you feel that you can enter.
The second is that the opposing defenders noticed the fast Crawford, and he was guarding him from passing, and shooting was a good choice, and there was Lehi's instinctive counterattack, and McGrady's choice made him a little annoyed.
Very nice arc, three points hollow into the net.
Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy saw that the point difference was chased all at once, and immediately called a timeout.
McGrady has just gotten a little paranoid, which is a mistake that talented players sometimes make, and if you succeed, you can break the confidence of the opponent, and if you fail, you can hurt your own team.
After the timeout, the Rockets returned to normal, lowering the tempo and combining inside and outside, and playing steadily.
But the Knicks were already a little excited at this time, and Lehi, Crawford, and Kurt Thomas all had good hands, making Marbury's assists suddenly double-double.
The game entered a white-hot phase, and the main forces of both sides were completely back on the field, except for Lehi.
With the score tight, the Rockets have canceled the fourth quarter of McGrady's news time.
On the Knicks' side, Marbury and Muhammad didn't take a minute off at the start of the fourth quarter.
The time has entered the last 3 minutes, the Knicks' offensive time is passing minute by minute, Crawford keeps running back, Lehi sees the right time to block Jim Jackson who is following Crawford, Crawford receives the ball and shoots, hitting his fifth three-pointer of the game.
With more than 2 minutes left, the Knicks finally chased the score to only 1 point.
Yao Ming has scored 23 points, but his physical strength is also a little overdrawn, and the Knicks' hand-to-hand defense throughout the game has finally paid off.
The scales of victory are finally beginning to tilt in favor of the Knicks.
"Yao Ming's bottom-line turn-over jumper, the ball power is a little less."
"Marbury tried a three-pointer, and the shot felt wrong, and he gave all the three-point power to Crawford today, and the score was deadlocked."
"Time is running out, the defense is so tight that it seems that only outside shooting percentage can decide the winner...... Lehi went straight in, and O, Morris Taylor's fifth foul, still 2+1. ”
"Lehi hit a free throw, and the Knicks took a two-point lead, and for the first time since the first quarter, the Knicks took the lead."
Lehi threw his arm hard after hitting the free throw, and the time was less than 1 minute, as long as he blocked the opponent for one more round, the Knicks could grasp the absolute initiative.
McGrady advanced with the ball, Lehi was firmly near the three-point line, he would not give the opponent a chance to shoot easily, McGrady's offensive style, he was much more familiar than at the beginning.
Pulling up is a three-point shot, Lehi's pupils instantly dilated, he didn't expect McGrady to choose like this, too confident.
Before that, McGrady hadn't hit a three-pointer at all.
Don't go in, Lehi thought silently in his heart, and when he turned around, the sound of the basketball entering the net sounded, 91:92, and the Rockets overtook the score again.
Coach Wilkens called a timeout, and the time was about enough for both sides to attack once, and the success rate must be guaranteed.
The ball was in Marbury's hands and he waited for time.
Lehi kept asking for the ball, but Marbury didn't respond to him at this time.
With less than 10 seconds left on the offense, Kurt Thomas came up to block the pick-and-roll, and Marbury changed direction, not in the direction of the block, but went to the other side and went straight to the basket.
The layup went very smoothly, but Yao Ming, who was already very tired at this time, jumped up.
He didn't jump high, but with his height, he still covered the ball.
The Rockets got possession and called a timeout.
With less than 24 seconds left, Coach Wilkens set a tactic, pressing first, and fouling without grabbing at about 10 seconds.
Lehi saw it, and nine times out of ten, the ball of the Rockets was in the hands of McGrady.
When the opponent made a free throw, he suddenly exploded with all his strength and staggered McGrady's body, and with a sweep of his arm, he swept the ball to the frontcourt.