Chapter 139: [End of Season] The Man Who Stands Forever (Part II)!
Seventeen seconds later, the Lakers possessed the ball, and the Clippers were still two points behind, which required them to use foul tactics. However, the Clippers did not have a chance to take a timeout, and could only attack from the baseline, and neither on-site nor off-court Clippers fans dared to expect a miracle to happen because it was difficult.
Phil Jackson used the penultimate timeout, just 20 seconds.
"They're going to use foul tactics, don't wait, wait for their fouls to avoid mistakes, as long as they foul and get to the free throw line, we can win, believe in yourself. We just need to use up the last seventeen seconds. Phil Jackson's voice echoed in the ears of every Lakers fan, on the other hand, the Clippers bench was much quieter, "We can only foul, we have no reason to give up until now, we have to stand and lose if we lose, no one can give up, miracles will always come from ourselves and not from others." Whether they hit two free throws or two free throws, as long as they get the ball, they will immediately hand it over to Lin. ”
Mike Dunleavy's eyes fell on Lin Fei's body, the sweat on the head of the 20-year-old man had already formed streams, and the bandaged gauze turned crimson from the faint red at the beginning, and the blood seemed to break through the shackles of the gauze.
In the box above the Staples Arena, Nel Orshu's expression was unusually solemn, and Chen Xiyan stood in front of the window of the box.
Chen Xiyan, who was wearing a black women's suit, retracted his gaze and turned to look at Olshu, "Nell, how did you talk to Phoenix?" ”
"It's almost, if we had a strong inside line, we would never have been dragged until now." Olshu said through gritted teeth.
"What about Rashid?"
"Still working on it." Olshu changed his words, "I'm sure I'll bring him to Los Angeles." ”
"That's good, we need them, Roy is still young, he still needs to learn, and if they can come it will be a good learning opportunity for Roy, the future of the Clippers will need him."
"Yes." Olshu nodded in agreement.
The referee blew the whistle, and the Clippers fans in the scene made a final shout in their already hoarse voices.
Byram has been put off the court by Phil Jackson, replaced by Odom, Gasol stood on the baseline and took the basketball, the Clippers couldn't wait to stick together with the Clippers players and not separate, with a whistle, the nine people on the court seemed to explode, and the sidelines looked extremely chaotic, in the chaos, Kobe Bryant ran out of position with the help of Odom's cover, Gasol immediately sent the ball over, Kobe just dribbled Lin Fei pounced on it and took a foul.
Fifteen seconds were left before the end of the game.
Listening to the loud boos from the familiar Staples, Kobe's expression was still as cold as usual, and this free throw will be extremely important to him for the Lakers.
Swish!
Swish!
The two free throws hit steadily, like a fire that burned out the last straw in the hearts of Clippers fans.
"Tyson!" Lin Fei shouted at Chandler, even if everyone gave up, he couldn't give up, even if there was still a second, he was not willing to give up.
Four-point difference, backcourt serve, fifteen seconds.
Kobe Bryant followed Lin Fei closely and tried to hinder Lin Fei's catch, but even so, Lin Fei ran out of position.
Chandler immediately sent the ball over, and as soon as Lin Fei received the serve, Kobe Bryant and Ariza surrounded him.
didn't choose to pass the ball, retreated and pulled out of the position, then accelerated with all his might, and forced through between the two people who closed the door and defended.
Lin Fei was racing against time, and the Lakers tried to intercept Lin Fei up and down, trying to delay Lin Fei's movements as much as possible, even if it was 0.1 seconds, they were happy to see it.
Past Odom and past Fisher, Lin Fei is getting faster and faster, and behind him are the Lakers players who are chasing.
After the soul generation had a violent friction with the floor, Lin Fei jumped and shot one step away from the three-point line, looking at the basket without even adjusting.
The arc that the basketball crossed over Staples was still the standard Linn three-pointer.
Swish!
The crisp sound of wiping the net continued the Clippers' playoff journey.
The fans at the scene were cheering, they saw hope, they have super trust in Lin Fei's three points, and now there are 10 seconds left to trail by 1 point, using tactics to make two free throws and two shots, which is three points, a three-point shot can drag the game into overtime, if two free throws and one even misses, you can still see the hope of victory, Clippers fans began to use their already hoarse voices to create the biggest boos to interfere with the Lakers.
Cautious Zen master Phil Jackson used the Lakers' last timeout setup, and now the Lakers are feeling the pressure.
Paul was grasping this long pause to quickly deal with Lin Fei's wound at the corner of his eyebrows, when the gauze took off the cracked corner of his eyebrows, it looked a little terrifying against the background of blood, and the cotton ball with the disinfectant rolled over the cracked corner of his eyebrows, Lin Fei looked like the wound didn't feel the disinfectant at all.
Almost the same as just now, Kobe Bryant received the ball and Lin Fei fouled at the first time.
Although the baseline fans behind the rebound were eager to take off their underwear and interfere with Kobe's free throw percentage, when Kobe hit the first free throw, Mike Dunleavy used Steve Bryant. Novak, Wilson. Chandler, J.R. Smith will be McRoberts, Tyson. Chandler, Andre. Miller was replaced, and with Artest on the court, five players with three-point shooting ability were put on the court ready to make a last-ditch effort.
Kobe Bryant threw the second ball into the basket without shock, and completely pushed the Clippers to the point where they had to choose three points.
With a three-point difference and 8 seconds left, the backcourt serve forced the Clippers to choose only three points.
In addition to Lin Fei, there are four players with good three-point shooting ability who will undoubtedly share the pressure on the defensive end for Lin Fei, Novak and Wilson Chandler are all outside the three-point line in the frontcourt, Artest serves from the baseline, and J.R. Smith is in the backcourt and Lin Fei is ready to receive the ball.
Such an offensive position forced the Lakers to break down their tight defense, which also created an opportunity for Lin Fei to break through to the front court with the ball.
At the last minute, people will always expect the appearance of heroes, and Lin Fei is the hero that Clippers fans are most looking forward to at this critical moment.
Catching the ball and speeding up, as before, Kobe Bryant Lin Fei who was guarding the front court threw the last ball, and almost pressed the whistle basketball in the final court and left Lin Fei's fingers, Lin Fei shot with a huge backward in order to avoid Kobe, Lin Fei, who lost his center of gravity in the air, smashed heavily on the floor, looking at the basketball that was flying higher and higher Lin Fei closed his eyes, this time he failed to change the fate of the Clippers.
"Bang!"
The sound of smashing the frame and the whistle at the end of the game pierced Lin Fei's eardrums at the same time, Lin Fei closed his eyes tightly, the coldness of the floor and his soaked back were completely in contact, and that trace of coldness could not dispel his disappointment.
With the sound of the basketball smashing the frame, many Clippers fans left tears, they had a great start, they had the best chance, but now they had to swallow the pain of defeat.
"It's all over, the young Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers for the second year in a row, I think there are no losers in this game, the best Lakers are on the way to the championship, the young Clippers are still on the way to growth, the current defeat is for the future to better accumulate strength, I believe that next year they will be stronger, next year they I have reason to believe that they will be the most favorable contenders for the O'Brien Cup, defeat is only now and not forever, young Clippers don't be depressed, tomorrow will be better." The on-site commentator said emotionally, but these words are not bad at all.
The moment Olshu saw the basketball smash out of the basket, the moment he was disappointed, if the team's interior line could have been a little stronger, the game might have been a different situation, but there is no regret in this world.
"Nell, excuse me, we can speed up our actions, and I hope that next year we can raise the flag of the championship." Chen Xiyan walked out of the box after speaking, she knew how painful Lin Fei would be in her heart at the moment, but this is the NBA, this is the game, what she can do is to make up for those shortcomings for him as much as possible.
"Boy, you've got a lot of chances, I don't want to see you hang your head like a, knowing that I was still on the bench to help them run errands in my second year." Kobe Bryant pulled up Lin Fei.
"? I never will! Next year, I will definitely stand on the stage of the finals and wear a championship ring. Lin Fei watched Kobe bite out word by word, whether it was his facial expression or tone, it seemed that the impact of the key shot just now was not there at all.
"Lin, you missed a crucial goal, do you think the team's defeat is your fault? You all know that Pau Gasol, Anzu Bayram, and Lamar Odom have completely blown up your interior line in this series, do you think this is the main reason for the team's loss? ”
'We've done a good job, I should have put that ball in and if I was given another chance I firmly believed I could do it, I wouldn't lose confidence because of this defeat and it was me, not my team-mates, who were to blame for the loss. After answering, Lin Fei walked straight to the locker room.
Although his journey to leadership has just begun, he has already learned to carry the team on his shoulders.
With seven difficult games to take out the Clippers to advance to the Western Conference Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers played six games against the Rockets with Yao Mai in the Western Conference Finals, and finally the Lakers kicked the immortal Xiaoqiang out of the playoff stage, and the Magic team in the East advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals after a difficult 4-3 victory over the defending champion Celtics who lacked Garnett, and defeated the Cavaliers led by James, the most valuable player of the regular season, in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the Finals.
The young Warcraft harvested its own bitter memories on the stage of the finals, and the 0:4 sweep made Warcraft return with loss.
The curtain of the 2008-2009 season slowly closed, and Coleus won the championship as he wished, while his former younger brother Lin Fei is now "vacationing" on the beach in Hawaii. No one blames Lin Fei for the Clippers' outing, and everyone is convinced that the Clippers will be stronger in the coming year.
"Roaring Celestial Venerable Arrives on the Los Angeles Journal" -- that's the headline of the Los Angeles Times' sports section.
And this rumor kicked off the trading curtain in the summer of 2009.
(To be continued)