Chapter Twenty-Three: The Time of the Decisive Battle!
83:76!
At the critical juncture when the Rockets domineeringly opened the score to double digits again, Xie Chen relied on his own strength to hit a three-pointer again, chasing the score to only 7 points!
This time offensively, Xie Chen barely carried out any tactical cooperation, dribbled through the half court alone, and shot when he reached the three-point line, facing Ariza!
This is simply Kobe's possession-style play! It could be seen that Xie Chen was angry because of Ariza's provocative words just now. After Xie Chen hit this three-pointer, Ariza obediently closed his mouth and didn't dare to respond again.
As soon as he came up, Harden bullied Xie Chen, and then, Beverley bullied Xie Chen, and now, it was Ariza's turn, and Xie Chen wanted to sue them, even if he was a rookie, he was not a role to be bullied!
Howard raised his eyebrows with a snicker as he walked back to the front court slowly, but he didn't expect Xie Chen to be really brave and strategic, and he appreciated this rookie kid more and more, thinking that when he led the magic to the finals, if there was a point guard like Xie Chen, maybe there was really hope to pull Kobe Bryant off the horse.
Immediately afterwards, Wade also quickly appeared when the chasing sentiment was high, and officially launched the chasing battle, and the other party had to replace Beverley on the court, because Ariza had to defend Wade, for Mai Shuai, Wade is far more noteworthy opponent than Xie Chen.
However, Beverley has already committed four fouls and is only one step away from being sent off, and it is still unknown whether he dares to defend Xie Chen toughly.
Mai Shuai was a little nerve-wracking, originally planned, he only needed to suppress Bosh and Wade, but he didn't expect that now there is another scorer, and he also realized the power of the team with the Big Three, and sighed in his heart Fortunately, James left the Heat, otherwise how would other teams live? But when I thought that James now has Irving and Love, I sighed helplessly, these days, if any team wants to win the championship, you have to ask James first!
Wade took over the game as soon as he came up, because Ariza was tall and long-armed, ten centimeters taller than Wade, so he didn't choose to shoot, frequently broke through Ariza, and made kills inside, watching him make layups and falls again and again, it really can't help but worry.
The score soon chased to only three points, Wade controlled the ball again, broke through the bag, and passed the ball to the vacant Luo Er Deng, who made a shooting pose, and after deceiving Beverley, he immediately passed the ball to Xie Chen, who jumped high and hit a three-point shot.
Tie! The Rockets called a timeout on the spot.
The fans at the scene were very emotional, and a song called "MySongsKnowWhatYouDidInTheDark" sounded in the stadium, and the fans in the stadium sang along with OHOHOH, and it was really difficult to experience this uplifting feeling when not at the scene.
After returning from the timeout again, the Heat players are also full of strength, after all, the sadness of being behind for a long time, even if it is just a draw, the mood is not a little bit, but the horror of the Rockets is only now really starting to show.
Harden hit Xie Chen in a misplaced position, dribbling under his crotch with his center of gravity, Xie Chen was also concentrating on defense, not daring to have a trace of slackness, suddenly, Harden broke through with his left hand and rushed into the three-point line, Xie Chen also followed the defense, but he didn't expect Harden to retreat to the three-point line with a step, fortunately, Xie Chen's body control zhì is good, otherwise it is very likely that he will fall directly by him.
Although he avoided embarrassment, he had already missed the opportunity to block Harden, who paused after retreating to the three-point line and hit a three-pointer with a steady shot.
Harden's step-back jumper can be said to be one of his big killers, and he is also one of the best players in the league today, and Xie Chen can put this skill on the shooting list to learn in the future.
"Harden's step-back jumper is a must-have in the league, Xie Chen's defense is not a strong point, or Wade or Rohr Deng should defend Harden and let Xie Chen focus on offense."
"That's right, but I think Harden at this time, no matter who defends it, he will definitely not be able to prevent it."
Yang Yi and Yang Jian shook their heads, not feeling worried about the heat. Harden is at the peak of his life, what is the peak of the league's No. 1 scoring guard? It's a one-on-one absolute insolvability.,The most terrifying scorer.。
"Damn, I haven't learned defensive skills yet, I can't defend Harden at all, so I can only find it back in the offense." Xie Chen is anxious, in fact, he has scored 29 points so far, and he is not inferior to Harden in terms of offense, but even if the number is eye-catching, if he can't win, no one regards him as a hero.
Xie Chen held the ball and forced Beverley, although he was wearing four fouls, but the defensive intensity of this defensive titan did not decrease at all, as soon as Xie Chen burst in, he stretched out his black hand to foul, and in less than a minute, he received two fouls and six fouls and left the court.
When he got off the court, Beverley didn't feel a little sad, and even a smile appeared on his face, facing Xie Chen, Beverley chuckled: "This time in your home stadium, let you be presumptuous once, and next time you go to the Toyota Center, I will definitely 'entertain' you well." ”
"You're not going to look forward to the next fight." Xie Chen said with a smile, this is not a big deal, because at that time, he will definitely become stronger.
After Beverley went off the court, Harden was very unhappy, and he didn't understand how Xie Chen's breakthrough could cause such a big damage to Beverley? Four of Beverley's six fouls were against Xie Chen, and all of them were defensive fouls.
Harden looked at Xie Chen's thin body and said secretly: "This guy doesn't look strong, how can he make Beverley like that?" ”
In the next round, Harden took the initiative to defend Xie Chen, wanting to learn Xie Chen's breakthrough strength.
"Hey, boy, you have taken down all our defensive giants, the strength is not bad, you have the ability to take me down." Harden provoked Xie Chen.
Xie Chen saw that Harden wanted to see his breakthrough ability, which was the beauty of an adult, and immediately launched Lowry's breakthrough skill, Harden's whole body resisted Xie Chen's body, and the two fought against each other, and Xie Chen didn't fall behind at first!
"What a strong force! Is this guy really only 85 kilograms! Harden was horrified, and now he understood why Beverley used foul tactics against Xie Chen, because he really couldn't prevent it!
Although Harden was also shocked at first, the two fought against each other, and in the end Harden won, because Harden is close to 100 kilograms, even Lowry can't compete with him!
But fortunately, Lowry is faster than Harden, after the first breakthrough failed, Xie Chen used his speed to pass Harden for the second time, and after entering the interior line, Xie Chen did not challenge Howard boldly, but found Wade in the run, and after passing to the other party, the latter made a small throw and hit the shot.
Harden stood at the three-point line in a daze, unable to believe this fact, Howard stepped forward and patted Harden on the shoulder, and smiled: "He's a little tougher than we thought, isn't he?" But don't worry, the victory is ours. ”
Immediately afterward, Howard scored again on the basket.
In this way, the two teams went back and forth, and the stalemate, but the overall strength of the Rockets was a little stronger, and with only the last minute of the game, they led by two points at 96-94, and by this time, Harden had scored 35 points.
On the CCTV commentary platform, the atmosphere also became solemn.
"The Heat team has played so far, it can be said that they are working hard, but they are still behind the Rockets, I have to say that the Heat lack a center who can really grab rebounds and defend, and it is really vulnerable to a team with a top interior line like Howard."
"Yes, after James left, the Heat's ball looked very tired, tired for them, and it felt like every point was very difficult, no matter how the current Heat looked, it didn't look like a team that hit the championship, even if Xie Chen would really grow into an excellent point guard."
Yang Yi and Yang Jian's worries, Heat coach Spoelstra has also moved, they are already thinking about bringing in a good blue-collar center to make up for the strength of the interior, one of the candidates is Hassan Whiteside, is the god operator Pat Riley's eye, but in the end whether to do him or not, is still under consideration.
At the last moment, Xie Chen had to hand over the ball, and at the critical moment, he still had to let Bosh and Wade control the situation, but unfortunately, under the strong defensive pressure, Bosh missed the shot, and the Rockets scored another one, only 40 seconds away from the game, four points behind!
"This ball must be scored by the Heat, otherwise this game will be suspended, my Jian Yì still put the ball in Xie Chen's hands, because he felt the best and scored the most points today, but Coach Spo definitely didn't dare to hand over such a crucial ball to him, so it was Wade or Bosh to play."
In Coach Spo's tactical arrangement, it is indeed a tactic designed for Wade, according to the number jù, Wade is the scoring champion in the fourth quarter, and prefers to play low-post singles in the left interior position, everyone pulls away, Xie Chen feeds Wade in the high post, Wade singles Ariza in the low post, this kind of critical moment, no one dares to wrap up, Harden is even more inseparable from Xie Chen, who is hovering on the three-point line, because at this time Xie Chen is also a point that McHale is more afraid of.
Everyone watched Wade single Ariza, Ariza didn't move Wade, gritted his teeth and insisted, the offensive time was only 24 seconds, as long as he could hold on for a few more seconds, it would be considered a victory, suddenly, Wade turned around and threw a backward jumper!
is very similar to his idol Michael Jordan, but Wade is not Michael Jordan after all, and this is not his best way of attacking, the basketball finally came out after a lap on the basket, and everyone under the basket was eyeing each other, and everyone was ready to rush to grab the rebound!
I saw a slight foul behind Bosh and gently pushed Howard, but the referee didn't blow it, and the two competed for the rebound, but they didn't grab it, but pushed the basketball out.
Just as Howard was about to jump and scramble again, a Heat player flew behind him.
Number 0!
Xie Chen rushed all the way to the three-point line, jumping high regardless of his physical safety, and just got the basketball in his hand before Howard!
However, Xie Chen had already flown to the edge of the bottom line at this time, and according to inertia, when he landed, he must have stepped out of bounds, so he had to throw the basketball back again!
At this moment, Xie Chen threw it backwards violently, and the basketball slammed into Howard's head, and then popped out of bounds......