Chapter 186: Faith, Victory
Li cost is desperately moving forward, and now that the oil is running out, he has no energy to spare any more strength to guard against other people's interference. All he could do now was take one more step, then adjust his step and put the ball in the basket.
But at this moment, he felt a force pulling behind him. His body suddenly leaned back, and his center of gravity was about to be lost.
The moment he fell, he threw the ball to the basket with one hand.
At this time, Li Cheng couldn't see where the basket was, and he didn't know if he could throw the ball in. But at this point, he had no other way. For the team's victory, for the dignity of this game.
"I'm going to defeat you and sue the people of the world. The team that dares to attack us will have to die! Even if you're the most luxurious Celtics in the league, even if you're the oldest team. ”
Li Cheng's eyes flashed with anger, and the ball he threw out was unyielding and resolute. At this point, this spherical object is no longer a basketball, but a belief, a belief that it will win.
The basketball flew straight to the basket without a bit of spin.
The ball hits the rebound, makes a "bang", and then bounces to the front of the basket, and eventually, it falls into the basket.
And at the moment when Ray Allen pulled Li Cheng down, the referee's whistle also sounded.
"Beautiful throw, such a long distance, such a throw, from our miracle son, Li Cheng!"
"2+1! There is still 1 minute and 41 seconds left, and the Pacers have a huge advantage at this time! ”
If a reporter had reached out to Ray Allen now, then Ray would have told you the bitterness in his heart at this time. It was originally a tactical foul to stop the opponent's attack, but I didn't expect to make it a 2+1 for the opponent.
"Alas! Let's hope you don't make a free throw! Ray Allen muttered bitterly to himself.
But Li Cheng's free throws are even more amazing than his shooting. Even though Li Cheng was already at the end of his strong crossbow at this time, he still relied on his steady play to send this ball into the basket.
9 points! The Pacers held a nine-point lead in the final minute of the game.
Although this time the offense was the ball of possession for Celtic. But now psychologically speaking, the Pacers have an advantage.
Garnett's hook on the inside helped the Celtics score two more points. But the Pacers' seven-point lead is indelible.
In the midst of the Pacers' grinding and chirping, the team almost ran out of offensive time. Granger's mid-range shot at the whistle didn't go in! But Foster miraculously grabbed the rebound on Garnett's head.
"My teammates are working hard, how can I not fight? At this important moment, if I can't catch this frontcourt rebound, I won't forgive myself. It was with that belief that Foster managed to grab a frontcourt rebound.
He was suppressed by Garnett all over the game, but this rebound was the most important rebound for the Pacers in the whole game.
Foster personally converted that frontcourt rebound into a goal. The Pacers continue to hold a nine-point lead.
With less than a minute to go, unless Maddie possesses her body and repeats the miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes, the Celtics will be difficult to recover.
In the end, Maddie of the Celtics did not show up. Ray Allen hit a three-pointer at the end, but it didn't help. The final whistle blew and the Pacers won 121-115.
At the moment when the timer returned to zero, Li Cheng collapsed directly to the ground.
I've never been so tired, never had a game been so hard.
Granger trotted all the way. ran to Li Cheng's side, pulled him up and hugged him in his arms. "Boy, are you alright?"
"The body is overdrawn." Li Cheng smiled with difficulty.
Granger hugged Li Cheng tightly. The feelings in it speak for themselves.
Li Cheng smiled and said, "No matter what, we won this game." He still hasn't breathed evenly, and his speech is still intermittent. But none of that matters. The important thing is that they won. In their opening game in the second round of the playoffs, they defeated the mighty Celtics. An opponent who seems impossible to defeat.
After sitting on the bench and resting for a while, Li Cheng got up and walked towards the players' tunnel, he didn't want Nissa to see his unusually weak appearance.
"Today, it's not easy for you." Nissa said with a little crying.
Li Cheng scratched his head and said, "It's nothing, it's all for victory!" ”
"Next time, you're not allowed to fight like this again. What should I do if I get hurt? Nissa was in a hurry.
Li Cheng turned the wristband in his hand, and he had already recovered his calmness, "It's not a big deal, I know it in my heart." ”
"You've got a fart in your mind." Nissa pouted.
"Alright! Let's start the interview! ”
"Hmm!" Nissa nodded a little aggrieved. But he scolded in his heart: "You idiot-like person, if you are injured, I feel distressed!" ”
However, Nissa's love was quickly put away, and as a successful journalist, her mental adjustment ability is very strong.
"Have you practiced such a crazy tactic before?"
"I practiced for a while, but I didn't expect it to be so useful at the time."
"You played very hard today, is it the opponent's stimulation that stimulates your potential?"
"That's right, today the Celtics are playing against us. It's an insult to us because we've never lost a game in a match. ”
"If you had one word to describe your victory, what would it be?"
"Tragic! The players we played were almost exhausted. And the opponent's big three are obviously not very comfortable. It's a great matchup for us to work with. It's a crazy battle and I hope that for a long time to come, there will be fans who will remember this game. ”
"What are your thoughts on this series? After this victory, will you come up with any new ideas? ”
"We don't have any new ideas, we have only one purpose. That is victory, and only victory is our pursuit and expectation. ”
"Very good, then thank you for the interview today, see you next time!"
Saying goodbye to Nissa, Li Cheng moved into the players' tunnel.
After cleaning up in the locker room, Li Chengcheng was ready to leave. He was really tired today, and even after resting for so long, he still felt a wave of exhaustion.
It's a pity that there are still people who don't want Li Cheng to go, and he has to drag his tired body to a press conference.
At the press conference, Li Cheng looked listless, and after accepting some reporters' questions, he left under the pretext of being physically tired and overdrawn.
When he and Granger returned to the hotel in the evening, it was already past 3 a.m. Li Cheng took off his clothes and went straight to bed, as for other things, he didn't care about it at all now.
Li Cheng had an easy night, but the Celtic triumvirate kept talking about him.
"That Chinese is really extraordinary, I didn't expect him to snatch a victory in front of us." Pierce said.
Ray Allen touched his chin and said, "Actually, I still admire him, this kid is still on the field for 5 minutes after being overdrawn, such perseverance is really not simple." ”
"Someone who can hold on to my trash talk for so long, do you think it will be a simple person? To say the least, he has a very good mentality. Garnett was a little helpless. After all, there are really not many people in the whole league who can be affected by his incessant trash talk. Now there is another Li Cheng.
"This kid is my alumnus, and we in Kansas are capable of producing great No. 2 and No. 3 positions." Pierce said triumphantly.
Garnett struck, "You stinking guy, are you expressing that you're great?" ”
"I didn't say that."
Then it was Ray Allen who pulled back the topic that was gradually getting farther away, "Don't worry about who is stinky and beautiful, how are we going to defend this kid next?" I can't control him alone. ”
"And ...... we adopt?" Rondo, who was on the side, asked tentatively.
Garnett glanced at Rondo and said, "You think too much, the tactics that the team uses are specially prepared for Kobe." ”
"Alas! All right! It seems that only my old man can be tired and continue to defend him. ”
"Hmmm! Then you can keep working hard, but we don't want to continue to fight against them in the next game. The Pacers are a bunch of madmen who don't want to die. Pierce complained.
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On the Celtic side, the small individual meeting of the Big Three is over. They then joined Rivers to discuss it, and the result was that the next game had to be won, and they couldn't play against the Pacers again. Aren't you crazy to fight against a bunch of crazy people?
Boston has already set the tone for the next game, but the Pacers' first game against the Celtics has already caused an uproar.
It's no surprise that Celtic will lose. But what is amazing is the course of this game.
The Pacers' completely different run-and-bomb tactics actually achieved such results in this game.
The Big Three definitely did their best in this game, as you can see from their counts.
Ray made 3-pointers and shot 4-of-6 from three-point range, while he scored a total of 26 points in the game.
Pierce and Garnett combined for 59 points, while Garnett also contributed 14 rebounds. They definitely did their best. But while the Big Three did their best, they still lost the game.
For a while, Li Cheng and his walkers were in the limelight, and the object of everyone's discussion was their team that was good at creating miracles. (To be continued......)