Chapter 80: The Critical Minute (Three More Requests for Subscriptions, Flowers, etc.)
The next minute after the pause is undoubtedly a very crucial minute, if it is a normal minute, it must be an inconsequential minute, but now this minute is completely related to the game, so everything is different, the ordinary will no longer be normal, and now with the addition of Smith and Barkley, the ordinary will also become extraordinary.
But this time the secrecy work is obviously very good, the last gambling game in a mouth all the people knew, the reason why it was immediately known, is that they spoke without a shielded microphone, and just now they have obviously been blocked by the microphone, so this will be said to be in addition to their parties, and only the author of the leaves knows, of course, the reader also knows.
With the timeout soon coming back and the game resuming, will it be Barkley's revenge or will Smith continue to have the last laugh? Let's wait and see.
Maddie held the ball and did not let Lowry, who had just come up from the bench, not to distrust him, but Maddie wanted to leave the ball to him to deal with, the Rockets were already behind by thirteen points in the score, so there is no doubt that the next game The Rockets want to have a success rate, and strive to chase the score to within ten points, so that there will not be so much pressure in the fourth quarter of the game, otherwise the pressure will be very great, and it will inevitably not be because of too much behind.
Maddie in the half, is not in a hurry to attack, although time is very important to them, but they complete this offense, and then in addition to an attack by the Cavaliers, there is also enough time for the Rockets to complete the offense, so Maddie is not in a hurry at all, just to press time.
Although Maddy pressed time on the outside, the Rockets' players did not wait in place because of this, but kept running, even after knowing that Maddy was going to play this offense alone.
Maddie doesn't pass the ball is his business, if Maddie finally chooses to pass and they are not running, then it is them who are wrong, no matter what they have to run, unless Maddie with the ball tells them not to run, or the coach tells them not to run, otherwise they will definitely not run.
Maddie silently counted the time of the game in her heart, and when she saw that it was almost over, Maddie started directly, but this time the start Battier had already expected it, and took the lead in moving sideways in front of Maddie. The reason why he was able to anticipate the enemy prophet was entirely because of time, because the time for the attack at this time was almost up, so Battier thought in his heart that Maddie's attack was also coming, and sure enough, in the next moment, Maddie started, so he could appear in front of Maddie in such a short time, otherwise how could he appear in front of Maddie so quickly.
For Battier to appear in front of him so quickly, he will not have any surprises or anything, when facing Battier, he thought of the worst result, so there is no shock or anything, what kind of opponent Battier is, as a teammate with him for many years, he still understands very well.
How much time is left, at this time everyone knows very well that there is not much time left, and Maddie is still entangled with Battier, and has not gotten rid of it.
Barkley and Smith both looked nervously at Maddie with the ball, one prayed that he would not score, the other prayed that he would score, at this time they did not care about the passage of time, because they were completely focused on Maddie, just to see if he would score, Barkley and Smith naturally knew the importance of this ball.
With five seconds left before the time to attack, if Maddie doesn't throw the ball within five seconds, then it's a 24-second violation. Although there was not much time, Maddie did not panic at this time, but was very calm. Five seconds is enough time for him to complete the next attack, so of course he won't panic because of this, just because he is a superstar Maddie, how can he be panicked by time like a rookie?
Maddie naturally knows that there is not much time, although he is not nervous or panicked, but he still has to hurry up and make a move, if there is really a twenty-four second violation or something, then it will be a tragedy, and the opportunity to further narrow the score will be wasted, so Maddie will never let this happen.
Maddie's continuous change of direction has never been able to get rid of Battier's close defense, and Maddie at this time is also beginning to be anxious, because the time from this attack is only three seconds, and Maddie has completely fallen into passivity, and the initiative is not in his hands at all, nor is it in Battier's hands, but in the hands of time, time determines everything.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Maddie didn't think about it so much, but instantly made the best choice at the moment, directly ignoring Battier's defense and pulling out his hand.
However, Battier obviously expected this situation for a long time, so at the moment Maddie shot, he also pounced directly, and the direction of his hand was naturally the ball in Maddy's hand, obviously Battier wanted to cover the opponent's ball, as long as it was covered, then this offensive defense can be said to be a very perfect defense, definitely a twenty-four seconds of illegal defense.
Maddie has no choice but to throw the ball in his hand at this time, if he doesn't throw and lands or chooses to pass, the result is a violation, just a violation, the violation is ironclad can't run, so Maddie can only choose to shoot, at this time Maddie has no choice, completely in a passive situation.
At the moment when Maddie shot, Battier's hand came as scheduled, very, very timely, and directly pounced to cover Maddie's ball, which was not suspected of any thugs, which was very clean, but at this moment the referee's whistle sounded.
Battier turned his head and looked at the referee with a puzzled and slightly innocent face, if the referee blew him for a foul, then the Cavaliers would lose a lot, because Maddie's shot just now was a three-pointer, so Battier turned his head to look at the referee to see what the referee's decision was.
At the same time, Maddie felt a little more relaxed, and shifted his gaze from Battier to the referee, and he also wanted to see how the referee would punish the ball.
I saw that the referee did not make a trace of the beater, but directly blew the rocket for twenty-four seconds to attack the violation, the rocket did not have any opinion on this, they naturally looked at the cover just now, and naturally knew that the ball just now was extremely clean, so there was no opposite meaning with the referee.
Maddie could only shake his head, obviously helpless at not being able to complete the attack, but now that the referee had made the final decision, he had to accept it and run back to the half court to participate in the defensive role of the next attack.
For the ball just now, Smith scolded his mother directly, regardless of whether the ball was a twenty-four second violation, he also scolded the referee directly, he knew that the goal was not scored, so Barkley's chances of winning him were getting bigger and bigger, so he scolded the referee directly, and at the same time did not forget to scold Maddie once.
Barkley, who was next to him, breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Smith with a funny feeling and said, "No need for this, right?" Is this necessary? Isn't it just a ball? "Apparently Barkley is a little gloating at this point.
Buckley's meaning Smith naturally understood, and directly countered "You don't talk cool there, if the object is changed to you, I think you must be more embarrassed than me, I saw it with my own eyes last time" Smith still didn't forget that long, long time ago to fight back against Barkley who was a little scared at this time.
Barkley didn't take Smith's words with interest, because he knew that this would not be an opportunity, only when he won, that would be a good opportunity, and then he would hit him, at this time the victory or defeat was not scored, if he hit now, he would undoubtedly become a laughing stock later, so he did not say anything at this time, so as not to cause tragedy.
Seeing that Barkley shut up in amusement, Smith let him go, and instead shifted his gaze back to the playing field, which is what he needs to care about now, and at the same time kept saying in his heart, don't enter, don't enter, don't enter.
Huang Jun held the ball, and there were still thirty-six seconds before the end of the third quarter, and Huang Jun was also ready to run out of time for this offense, and then choose to attack, but he also knew that this offense was completed, and the Rockets also had another offense.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Huang Jun did not choose to play alone like Maddie, but called a cover, Asik did not hesitate, but brought it up in a very timely manner, and made a very good cover for Huang Jun, completely blocking Lowry aside.
Seeing this, Huang Jun gave Asik a target to thank, and then broke through to the inside. During the period, he also easily passed the defenders in front of him with a quick change of direction and turn. In the end, Huang Jun completed the attack with a very easy blue under the nervous gaze of Barkley and Smith.
At this time, there are fifteen seconds left before the third quarter of the game, and this time the offense Huang Jun can be said to have advanced the offensive time by three seconds, leaving the opponent with three more seconds, and fifteen seconds is enough for any team to complete the offense, let alone this Rockets.
At this time, Barkley didn't have any extra moves, just watched the game on the court so seriously, in the next fifteen seconds, it was very important to them, the win or loss was really completely in the next attack, Cheng Ye Smith won, and Barkley won when he lost, so at this time Barkley and Smith also began to get nervous, and they couldn't help but not be nervous.
The Rockets still put the last shot of the third quarter in the hands of Maddie, and it is clear that the Rockets trust Maddie very much. Maddie secretly vowed in his heart that he must score this goal, only then can he have a chance to win, otherwise he will enter the fourth quarter with a fifteen-point disadvantage, and there is no doubt that they will go to hell at that time, so the final goal can also be said to be very important.
Maddie held the ball and quickly advanced into the half, and there was still ten seconds of offensive time in the half, because there were people blocking the half, so Maddie had ten seconds left to attack after the half, ten seconds can be short or long, will it score?
At halftime, Big Ben immediately came up to make a cover for Maddie, originally Maddie didn't want this cover, but seeing that Big Ben had already covered him, he couldn't refuse, so he could only use this cover to break through to the inside line, and Battier was naturally blocked by Big Ben's cover and failed to follow Maddie's side in time.
Although he couldn't keep up, Battier was not in a hurry, because there was still defense waiting for Maddie in front, so he was not as nervous as everyone thought.
As soon as they broke through Battier, Landry and Asik on the inside line directly supplemented the defense, forming a bag defense, trying to sandwich Maddie's bag inside, but unfortunately they failed to block Maddie and directly let Maddie kill under the basket, and at this time there was no one to defend, that is, the next time is completely Maddie's time to show.
When he hit the basket, Maddie didn't hesitate or anything, only to see him jump high when he was still a little away from the basket, and at this time Barkley and Smith's expressions were wonderful.
Barkley's is from hope to despair, and Smith is from despair to hope, and this world is so strange.