Chapter 159: The Virus Strikes

After a breakthrough in the locker room, the Knicks returned to the court, at this time Sprewell took the initiative to ask, if it goes on like this, the Knicks are really hard to say, Van Gundy didn't have the meaning of Sprewell has been pressing on the bench, is to stimulate this nerves a little jumpy, if it goes on like this, he can only leave the rest of his time off the court,

Liang Xiao was replaced by Van Gundy, the situation in the first half was not optimistic for Liang Xiaolai, but Anderson's performance was much better, with eleven points and three assists, two three-point shots, two three-pointers, and the main rotation was rested.

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks were hit by the main force of the Heat team with a 9-2 small high-tide, and Eddie Jones shot two three-pointers in a row, which suddenly put the Knicks in a passive state, but fortunately, in the next time, the madman who had been holding back for a long time began to play to his advantages, breaking through again and again, causing fouls on the Heat's inside, scoring five points, and the score was not pulled away.

Anderson also scored four points on the break, the Heat team is on the Knicks' bench inside, rookie Caron Butler is not soft at all, and he gradually grows up, and he also relies on his own skills on the inside, causing a lot of difficulties to the Knicks in mid-range shooting and singles.

In the middle of the third quarter, Van Gundy replaced Houston on the court, and Anderson also played for a long time, at this time Liang Xiao was pushed onto the scoring guard he was familiar with, and after the interior was ravaged by the Heat, Thomas came up to strengthen the defense,

After being in a familiar position, Liang Xiao began to focus on scoring, in the score of the first half, Liang Xiao did not contribute his own strength, but from here, Liang Xiao and Sprewell tacitly understood,

Liang Xiao and Sprewell are either you break through or I attack, if the two encounter resistance, they will immediately divide the ball, the two back and forth a total of five times, at the end of the third quarter, the scores of both have reached the usual level, Liang Xiao got five points, Sprewell got ten points, at the end of the third quarter, the Knicks finally had a lead, and in the fourth quarter, the two sides began a final battle, because the score gap between the two points was very small,

After 3 minutes and 37 seconds into the fourth quarter, the Knicks only led the Heat by one point, which made the Heat feel that there was a lot of hope to win the game.

Eddie Jones immediately took three steps to the basket after a breakthrough, and faced Thomas who was not ready for a violent dunk, and this ball officially kicked off the final battle.

The main players of the Knicks are all on the court, Liang Xiao is on the court as a point guard, Anderson is finally replaced after playing for a while, and now he wants the players with strong firepower to fight on the court.

Liang Xiao advanced to the front court at a very fast speed, after Thomas pulled out a block, Liang Xiao got rid of the guard, at this time Caron Butler also mentioned the high position, Liang Xiao turned around, directly left Butler behind, and then dribbled in two steps, the basket was just above the head, the Heat team in this game, the strength of the interior line and the Knicks are about the same, although the Knicks' interior line is slightly better is to occupy the relationship of experience, but now in the last few minutes, all the players have done their best, Brahn Grant, who stepped forward to block Liang Xiao, in the last home game, this guy who can be used as a center forward and Butler also contributed a lot on the inside.

Liang Xiao originally wanted to go to the basket directly, but the opponent stepped forward to fill in the position and blocked Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao immediately changed the original decision to go to the basket, jumped up directly, threw high, and sent the ball with a big parabola before the opponent covered it, and the ball was high and rubbed into the net.

This goal brought back the fans who were originally immersed in Jones's dunk, and now the Knicks have not lost their morale because of that dunk, I don't know if Liang Xiao has been with Sprewell for a long time or because of his personality, the more this situation Liang Xiao's heart is like to be more enthusiastic, Liang Xiao doesn't know that he has a kind of tenacity to play adversity, many players are because they appear weaker in basketball, and they have dropped the chain at many critical moments, and they have not achieved much in their careers, Liang Xiao gradually has such a temperament in the Knicks' iron-blooded defense and under the influence of Sprewell's character.

Liang Xiao immediately returned to the defense after scoring a goal, the opponent's defender was also thinking about scoring quickly under Liang Xiao's interference, won the game, and passed directly to Eddie Jones, Jones directly chose to drop the inside Butler, Butler used his body to carry Thomas, back singles, but Thomas is not a vegetarian, he is really not afraid of this low-post technique, directly with his body against Butler, Butler had no choice but to retreat two steps back and then a mid-range shot,

Another offense, Liang Xiao is a dragon layup, but immediately after the three-second zone, there are two inside lines of the opponent to block Liang Xiao, you can't let Liang Xiao break his inside line so unscrupulously, Liang Xiao has no offensive line, jumped up and turned around to Houston behind, Houston waited for a long time at the bottom corner three-point line, and the ball was sent out immediately after it arrived, a three-pointer, the Knicks suddenly pulled the score to four points, and now there are four minutes and 16 seconds left,

Next, Jones and Grant on the inside scored a two-pointer, and on the Knicks' side, Sprewell broke through and Harrington pulled it out, and returned it with color.

Jones did not participate in the next two goals, but the opponent's guard Best hit Liang Xiao a two plus one, which made Liang Xiao extremely depressed, Liang Xiao was going to defend the other party all the time, but after the opponent broke through, Thomas lost Butler to help defend, Liang Xiao looked at the opposing player as if passing and throwing, and saw the intention in the last second, and pulled the pair down, but the opponent put the ball into the basket with one hand at the last time,

Watching the ball into the bag, Liang Xiao smashed the ball on the floor, but immediately Liang Xiao pushed the ball to the front, the ball just now, Liang Xiao wanted to find it back, and now no one wants the ball to give, Liang Xiao did not stop in the face of the opponent's Best's defense, and when he quickly broke into the edge of the three-second zone, he quickly changed direction, and the opponent did not keep up at once, Liang Xiao was directly a quick stop, and the backward jump shot was successful, after seeing the ball go in, Liang Xiao's heart was a dunk of bird anger,

After switching sides to attack, the two people on the opponent's guard line reversed the ball back and forth, at this time the Knicks strengthened their defense on the inside, the ball was difficult to enter the inside, and the constantly pushing inside footsteps did not stand firm, Jones had to step forward by himself, Houston followed up, and within three seconds Jones was poor in donkey skills, turned over and gave Best a three-pointer, Liang Xiao pounced, the ball was blocked from sight, and the basket came out,

At this time, there was 1 minute and 42 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game, the Knicks led by five points, the ball smashed into the blue neck and knocked under the basket, because suddenly, Thomas fell with his hand, the ball flew directly outside the three-point line, Liang Xiao and Best chased out at the same time, the two huddled together, saw the ball and an arm's length away, Liang Xiao fell to the ground and poked the ball before Best, the ball flew out diagonally, at this time Sprewell came out from the side, grabbed it and began to run,

None of the players in the back followed, and Sprewell staged a one-handed slam dunk to bring the score to seven points.

Riley immediately called a timeout, when the tactics were explained, Van Gundy asked the players to pay attention to the opponent's three-point shot, after the opponent served, the Knicks immediately pressed all over the court, Liang Xiao surrounded Best, not letting the opponent throw the ball out, directly in the backcourt Heat consumed six seconds, and finally Eddie Jones stepped forward to borrow the ball, at this time Houston immediately pressed closely, to prevent long-distance projection, there was no way to use the body to keep squeezing inside, and finally passed to Grant on the inside, This guy with a lot of pigtails made a successful basket,

Liang Xiao's quick offense here, gave the ball to Sprewell, who was able to break through, and now it is a big success rate, as long as the ball is guaranteed to go in, the suspense of this game is not very big, Sprewell did not disappoint, but he did not choose to shoot, and when he broke through, he disrupted the Heat's defense, in the chaos, Harrington pulled out a mid-range shot, and there were 53 seconds left in the game, and the Knicks still had a seven-point advantage,

Eddie Jones took over the game immediately after receiving the ball, if this game is lost in the last few minutes, it is not what the Heat wants, but the Knicks still choose to defend on the three-point shot, as long as they don't make mistakes, the opponent doesn't let go of the three-point game to win the game, and finally Jones didn't shoot at the three-point line, there was no chance, so he had to choose to break through, with only 49 seconds left,

After the Knicks served, Liang Xiao began to run all over the court, so that it was to consume time but not to let the opponent foul, and consume the last time, the Knicks were victorious, but the other party still fouled, Liang Xiao's free throws were very accurate, and the Heat wanted to put three points, but under the Knicks' defense, a three-point deviation was out of position, and there were 31 seconds left in the direct time, the Knicks grabbed the rebound and fouled, and Thomas was not soft,

In the final time, the Heat team had no hope, and the Knicks were under the defense of pressing and arrows, and the Heat finally hated at home.

At the end of the game, Liang Xiao got 19 points and 8 assists, and after the end, Liang Xiao and they were about to rush to Boston, away against the Celtics.

At this time, an unexpected news broke into Liang Xiao's audio-visual, and his parents in China called to say that the SARS in China was now in an uproar, and asked Liang Xiao how he was in the United States.

SARS, the virus is coming, just like in his previous life, Liang Xiao couldn't help but think in his heart,