Chapter Seventy-Nine: The First Kill of His Career
The game went quickly, and the time soon came to the fourth quarter, the two sides fought very hard, but the score was still tightly entangled, Jonny was already a little exhausted, this game can be said that the Magic has been relying on his outburst to stabilize the situation of the game, after all, Anfernee Hardaway's state is not very good, and the Magic will not be able to find a second scoring point. +◆
On the other hand, the Jazz, John Stockton and Karl Malone are still very skilled in cooperating and have got a lot of offensive opportunities, but what also makes Jerry Sloan distressed is that Brian Russell can't defend Jonny at all in this game, although he has tried his best to defend. And Jeff Hornacek's form in this game is not very good.
Jeff Hornacek joined the Jazz last season, as the best three-point shooter in the Jazz team, his task is to shoot from a distance, but his condition in this game is not good, the Jazz's long-range projection has reached a stalemate, and Ricky Adubatu is also very smart, directly for this, the Jazz's mid-range shot was arranged, and finally slowly dragged the Jazz.
When there were 30 seconds left in the game, both sides looked very serious, because the game was in the final moments, and the Magic were still 4 points behind at this time, but they had the ball in their hands, and the Jazz used a full-court pressing method, and in this case, because there was only one timeout, Ricky Adubatu did not call a timeout.
In fact, if Jonny is left to decide, he will call a timeout, and then lay out the strategy, and when he returns to the court, he can take the ball and shoot immediately, and then leave more than 24 seconds to give the Jazz offense, so that the Magic can have two offensive opportunities in the final stage, but the choice is not in Jonny's hands, he can only wait for the serve in the backcourt.
Jonny also knows that although his dribbling ability is much better than before, it is still very cheating, so this ball, the magic passed to Anfernee Hardaway with great difficulty, and the penny took the ball straight to the frontcourt, during which he was pressed by the Jazz and wasted a lot of time, when he dribbled to the frontcourt, there were 23 seconds left in the game, and he almost violated the rule for 8 seconds.
And after dribbling to the frontcourt, Penny also knew that at this time, the Magic was 4 points behind, time was very precious, and after he got the ball, he rushed directly to the basket, and then threw the ball into the basket before Karl Malone made up the defense.
"Anfernee Hardaway's throw, the ball goes in! At the critical moment, Anfernee Hardaway did not relent! ”
Seeing Penny score this goal, the Magic side was also relieved, but at this time there were only 19 seconds left in the game, and at this time, it was obvious that the Jazz could run out of time and then maintain a two-point advantage until the end of the game, so at this time, the Magic must be executing foul tactics. They also began to press all over the court, and just then, Jerry Sloan called a timeout, and both sides went down.
"Wait a minute, press them, don't let them waste their time, find an opportunity, and immediately foul! Got it? Ricky Addubatu knew that the only way they could go was to foul tactics, but Jonny didn't think so, he looked at the W skill in the skill bar and decided to take a gamble.
The W skill of the Leather City Police is called Yodel Trap, and the effect is to steal the ball, but according to Jonny's steal attribute, his success rate of stealing the ball is only 1.5%, which is very, very low, and in these games, with the continuous use of this skill, Jonny only got 3 steals, and this is the result of 3 games. And this game, Jonny has been using this skill constantly on the defensive end, but so far, he has not made a single steal.
On the Jazz side, the tactics laid out are also very simple, they have to try to get the ball for players with a high free throw shooting percentage, such as John Stockton, Karl Malone and Jeff Hornacek, so after replaying, Brian Russell served on the sideline, and the Jazz prepared their own serving tactics and stood in a good position. On the Magic side, four players are staring at their own players, except for Jonny.
At this time, Jonny was staring closely at the ball in Brian Russell's hand, and he knew that his chance was only for a split second.
When the referee's whistle blew and Brian Russell's hand began to move to serve, Jonny moved.
"It's now!" Jonny yelled, lunged out from a short distance, and then activated the W skill.
"Jazz serves, John Stockton comes to the three-point line with his pick-and-roll, and he can already receive the ball! No! Steals! Jonny Lee! He's broken the ball! The Jazz didn't send the ball out at all! The great Jonny Lee, the moment of truth, is really amazing! Kevin Harlan looked very excited, and he couldn't stop shouting.
On the sidelines, Jazz fans obviously didn't believe that Jonny actually broke the ball, they stood up in surprise, they were still cheering with a unified voice, and they were quiet all of a sudden, until Jazz shouted a timeout, they let out a huge boo.
Jonny gasped, threw the ball to the ground, and walked off the field, the excited Anfernee Hardaway and Horris Grant came over and patted Jonny on the shoulder, while Darryl Armstrong and Amar McCulsgill on the bench were even more excited, they hugged Jonny violently, and then seemed unwilling to let go, making Jonny wonder if they were in love with him because of the steal just now.
"Jonny's unexpected steals, before this game, his average steals per game was only 0.6 steals per game, a very dismal steal number, but in this game, at the last moment, it was his steal that made the Magic's hope of winning skyrocket! Now, what we're looking forward to is who the last ball of the Magic will give to. ”
Magic's bench, Ricky Adhubatu has begun to prepare a lore tactic, for the current Magic, if you want to win, a three-point is a must, after all, if you score a two-point goal, they will only be a draw with the opponent, and can not win directly, for the current Magic, it is almost impossible to win in overtime.
Looking at the current Magic's on-court lineup, only Nick Anderson and Jonny Lee can shoot three-pointers, so Richie Adubatu's three-point strategy is also very simple.
"Closing tactics, Ronnie and Horris close the goal high, Jonny runs, tries to run out of space, it really doesn't work, attract the defense, give the ball to Nick, understand?" Ricky Adubatu's stunner tactic is very simple, through the high double block and close tactics of Ronnie Secali and Horris Grant, it is directly to block Bryan Russell's close defense against Jonny, and then give the ball to Jonny. Of course, he also thought that even if Jonny shook off Bryan Russell's defense, there might be other players defending him, so he arranged for Nick Anderson to wait for the ball on the other side. And Anfernee Hardaway's role is to pass the ball.
The two sides re-played, Nick Anderson served, and the Jazz also guarded the Magic's serve closely, but Anfernee Hardaway still found an opportunity, the ball was sent, and Anfernee Hardaway took the ball and wandered on the outside, and he still needed to spend time. And Nick Anderson is already standing in the bottom corner at this time, and that position is easy for the Jazz defenders to overlook.
And just as the time passed by second, Jonny moved, and he rushed out directly between Horris Grant and Ronnie Secali, and at this moment, Horris Grant and Ronnie Secali blocked Brian Russell and completed the closing tactic.
Jerry Sloan, who was on the bench, stood up all at once, and now, the situation seemed to be bad, but he soon laughed, the magic miscalculated, and Jonny ran a little early.
When Jonny got the ball, the game time was still 3 seconds, and if he shot at this time, the Jazz, who still had a timeout, could still get an offensive opportunity, so Jonny knew that he had messed up, but he didn't want to lose this game, especially if the ball was really messed up, this was his mistake, after all, it was caused by his mistake in calculating time.
Karl Malone quickly pounced, and Jonny looked at the bottom corner, Jeff Hornacek was also an inch away from Nick Anderson, and at this moment, Brian Russell also broke through from the siege of Horris Grant and Ronnie Secaly, after the breakthrough, there was still a smile on his face, this is the laughter of the rest of his life, and it is also a mockery of Jonny.
Jonny looked at the little energy point lying in his backpack and didn't hesitate!
"R Skill!"
Leather City Policewoman R Skill! Let the bullets fly! Effect: The summoner consumes one energy point and hits 100% of the next shot.
Just as the timer was about to run out, Jonny made a move!
Suddenly, the fans stood up, all the coaches and players of the two teams also stood up, and the commentators also stared blankly at the flying basketball in a daze. In front of Jonny, Brian Russell and Karl Malone, who almost locked all of Jonny's shooting angles, looked at the basketball with anticipation, and they seemed to have seen the ball not scored.
"Won't enter! Won't enter! Bryan Russell's mind was silent, he had completely blocked Jonny's shooting vision, and in his mind, the probability of scoring this goal was almost equal to zero.
Swish!
"The ball went in!! The ball actually went in! Three-point lore! From Jonny Lee! At the last moment, he used a steal and a three-pointer to help the Jazz win by one point! ”
"He's proven himself, he's got a big heart! Lore, lore sir! The Magic continue their winning streak! The commentators roared excitedly, and their favorite thing to watch was the lore.
And Brian Russell, at this time, was looking at the basketball rolling on the ground, a little incredulous: "How is it possible, how is it possible?" I obviously blocked all his shooting angles with this ball! ”
Jonny on the court jumped up and down, pounding his chest excitedly, and Anfernee Hardaway hugged him excitedly and threw him to the ground.
"Lore, from Jonny Lee!"