Chapter 294: Suspense Rises Again
Chapter 294: The suspense rises again
The fourth quarter of the game has finally begun, and this exciting moment has finally arrived. For the Knicks, whether to go home to fish or continue the playoff campaign will depend on how the final quarter plays.
In the last quarter, the Knicks took the lead in attacking, although Chen Jiyuan's offensive efficiency in the first three quarters was not high, but if he didn't dare to attack because of this, it was obviously not Chen Jiyuan's character.
On the first ball, Chen Jiyuan reached out to ask for the ball, and after the ball arrived, everyone thought that Chen Jiyuan would play alone, and Chen Jiyuan did want to play singles, but when Sessions ran past Chen Jiyuan's side, Chen Jiyuan felt that the empty knight on the inside line made Sessions break through, and the effect should be better, so Chen Jiyuan directly stuffed the ball to Sessions, and then helped Sessions block West behind Sessions.
Sessions received the ball and quickly went to the basket, this ball Ilgoskas because it was on the other side of the baseline, and Ilgoskas's movement speed was obviously not able to keep up with Sessions, Sessions This ball is equivalent to an empty basket, and easily put the ball into the basket. Sessions did not choose to dunk the ball, but a light layup, if it was Chen Jiyuan, of course this opportunity would not hesitate to perform and make everyone excited. But Sessions' personality is a bit low-key, which is why watching Sessions play, you often can't find a sense of passion. I don't know if Sessions can still maintain his current normal heart in the finals, be so low-key, and play so quietly, without showing Xiàn, and not roaring. That's the question, and the answer is in the future. 94:92。
West's defense is actually a little lax, generally speaking, this ball will bypass the covering player and quickly catch up with the player who lays up, but after West's ball was blocked, it was blocked. Sit back and watch Ilgoskas run as best he can to defend.
This is the problem, if you want to win the championship, you must improve your team as much as possible, everyone is actively throwing, all are actively defending, so that even if the defensive strength is not so good, you can get very good results in a positive situation. That was the case with last year's knights. At that time, the three strongest people on the team - LeBron James, Chen Jiyuan, and Daniel Gibson were the kind of people who were passionate when they played. And they are all very positive people. The aggressive energy of these three people has affected the whole team, and now, Curry's passive defense is also affecting the whole team. This is also one of the important reasons why James can't get used to Curry. Everything in the world is the most afraid of comparison. When you compare, there will be all kinds of dissatisfaction. There used to be teammates like Chen Jiyuan, and they naturally didn't like how Curry looked at the current Curry, but if Curry was willing to actively change, then I believe James wouldn't say anything, but Curry is obviously here to ask for money, how can James tolerate such a person.
After Sessions scored a layup on the Knicks' side, James on the Cavaliers' side held the ball and was ready to play alone, Chandler was still the defender James, although Chandler's defensive experience was not very good, but Chandler won in defense actively, at least it could make James feel uncomfortable, which was already a very good result.
This ball, James a crotch, and then suddenly accelerated, to rush over Chandler's left side, James relied on his physical advantage, and squeezed out a way, however, the positive Chandler did not stand in place, and did not watch James rush into the interior to go to the basket, but followed James into the interior. Chandler was actively defending behind him, and David Lee also stepped forward in front of him, and James looked at the basket with his eyes, made a strong posture of preparation, and then when he ran under the basket, he directly passed the ball to Ilgoskas. After Ilgoskas received the ball, he jumped directly and prepared to dunk, because of his tall height, Ilgoskas dunked without jumping too much, at this time, David Lee was still flying in the sky. When Ilgoskas was about to make a hand, a figure suddenly appeared, this figure came out with a rhubarb hand, and the hand was directly pressed on the basketball, Ilgoskas didn't expect Chen Jiyuan to suddenly burst out, completely caught off guard. Chen Jiyuan directly fanned the ball to the three-point line of his half, and Starkey, who saw the ball, quickly hit the ball and ran to the front half, which was an excellent opportunity for fast break.
Starkey ran as hard as he could, and there was no one behind him. Starkey wasn't Sessions, and a one-handed dunk slammed the ball into the basket, and at this crucial moment, a passionate goal was clearly more than a morale boost from a flowing layup. After Starkey dunked, he clenched his fists with both hands near the baseline and wanted to roar off the court. And the crowd on the sidelines echoed Starkey's roar. The fans of Staki's play in this game saw it in their eyes and knew that the team could play like this, and Starkey also contributed to it, so everyone also liked this little man very much. 96:92。
The Knicks scored four points in a row at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the momentum was very strong, and there was a rush to win.
On the Cavaliers' side, they couldn't find their rhythm for a long time, because after taking the lead in the opening game, Sessions firmly controlled the shape of the court. Sessions unhurriedly led the Knicks to play positional battles, and then once the Cavaliers didn't score or made a mistake, Sessions would quickly form a good fast-break opportunity with Starkey, a good friend.
Finally, with Sessions' efforts, with five minutes left in the game, the Knicks once again took an 11-point double-digit lead. At this time, all the Knicks need to do is how to protect the 11-point advantage. That's how you can win the game.
But will the knights just give up? The answer is obvious. The Cavaliers, who won the championship last season, have greatly improved the team's soft power. Although the management of the Cavaliers has made a lot of trades during this season, the foundation is still there.
At this time, the person who stood up for the Cavaliers was not the James everyone expected, because the Knicks' defensive strategy against James had become an unprincipled entrapment. Bag clamp until James goes crazy.
Thomas paid the price for his defensive strategy mistakes, and at this time, don't you forget about the Cavaliers' second scorer, although Gibson is a strict lame player, however, no one can ignore Gibson's scoring ability, especially the ability to score continuously. No one in the league is necessarily as strong as Gibson in this regard. Gibson's three-pointer is the kind of offense that doesn't make sense when you find your touch. At this time, how could Thomas wrap up James. James will quickly divide the ball every time he is trapped, and at this time, Szebiak on the outside will get a good opportunity, and the strategy of Sessions following Gibson in the last game has also been diluted, because of James's crazy play in the last game, so let the blow ignore Gibson's score. At this time, Gibson proved himself, after Szczebiak received the ball on the outside, Sessions quickly pounced, and Szzambiak's three-point ability was also very strong. Then, Szzebiak gave the ball to Gibson, who shot very quickly, and directly shot a three-pointer, clean and clean, not dragging the water at all.
It wasn't until Gibson hit his third three-pointer that Thomas realized his mistake. Decisively asked for a timeout.
But now the Knicks are only five points ahead. There are 2 minutes and 15 seconds left in the game. The game suddenly became suspenseful again.