Chapter 80: Defeat

At 11 minutes and 16 seconds in the fourth quarter, theoretically both sides had one offensive opportunity each.

"Play fast, add an offensive chance." Durant thought in his heart, and the backcourt directly reached out for the ball.

Westbrook just took over the basketball and saw Durant asking for the ball without hesitation and threw the ball directly over, although he and Durant are called the Thunder, but the boss of the team is not himself, even if he wants to shoot, but at this time he needs to be calm.

The team's interests trumped their desire to attack, and the choice was clearly the right one, as Westbrook's pass surprised the Thunder after six seconds.

Durant just made two feints outside the three-point line and pulled into the air, and the three-pointer blasted out and went into the Nets.

At 118:115, the Clippers trailed by three points, and the fourth quarter went on for 11 minutes and 24 seconds, with 36 seconds left before the end of the game.

"The other side is rushing for time?" Paul took Griffin's pass and looked at the timer, saying that if he had used seven or eight seconds to complete an attack and call a timeout, he would still have one more offensive opportunity.

If you will rob, will we not rob?

Thinking of this, Paul no longer handed the ball to Chen Lei, although he brought points to the team just now, but at this moment what the Clippers need is a quick offense.

"End the battle in 8 seconds!" Paul shouted loudly, then rushed forward with the ball in hand.

After arriving at the front court, Paul threw the ball to Redick, who landed outside the three-point line and made a jumper, and the basketball led the eyes of more than 10,000 people in the court to fly to the basket, and plunged into the basket but did not fall into the net, but bounced left and right and shook violently a few times, and then fell outside the basket.

Didn't hit!

One by one, the Clippers fans fell to the bottom, and the goal was missed, and the hope of victory became extremely slim.

"Smack!" But the next second, when Jordan Jr. grabbed the offensive rebound in the frontcourt, the hope of victory was rekindled, and Jordan Jr. threw the ball to Paul, and there were 27 seconds left in the clock.

Key frontcourt rebounds, little Jordan who made contributions at critical moments.

The "......" referee blew the whistle and the Clippers called a timeout.

"Well done!" Rivers patted Jordan Jr. on the shoulder, motioned for a few people to take a seat, and then said, "The subsequent offense will be our last offense in this game, and we must win it in this move." Three-pointers, we can only rely on three-pointers, Paul, Redick, Barnes, Chen, the four of you are on the floor, don't think about anything else, just give me an opportunity outside the three-point line, Jordan Jr. guarantees rebounds under the basket, Griffin rests for the time being. Remember, don't force your shot when you have enough time, chance, what we need is chance, and this will be our only chance. ”

Everyone nodded in understanding, but only Griffin frowned, sighing that he would have to sit on the bench at the last moment.

The game continued, and the Thunder side laughed when they saw the Clippers' lineup, and as Coach Brooks analyzed, it seemed that they were going to rely on three points.

But three-pointers aren't that fun, and shooting three-pointers in a tight defense situation not only tests your basic three-point shooting skills, but also tests your ability to withstand pressure.

Brooks's first defensive target is Chen Lei, and the horror guy with a three-point shooting rate of 70% is unique in history, which will be the opponent's biggest killer. Of course, Barnes, Redick and Paul also had to defend, and the trio also had a good three-point hand.

The game continued, and Chen Lei served.

Picking up the basketball on the ground and lifting it over his head, waiting for his teammates to run out of position but not finding it easily, it was Redick who got rid of Jackson's defense to allow the Clippers to successfully send the ball out, and Redick, who took the basketball, found an opportunity to throw the ball to Paul two seconds later.

Time regressed second by second, as if they didn't care about this offense, the Clippers players were not in a hurry, and they all stood at random.

Because of the relationship of time, Rivers's arrangement is to make the most of this offensive time, and when the offensive time counts down in single digits, the Clippers players are running desperately.

Redick caught the ball and looked at the timer while scanning his teammates, and suddenly noticed a big fat man in white running to the center and refracting in his own direction.

Old!

A name came out of Redick's heart, and he threw the ball at the fat man with a backhand.

The person who came was Chen Lei, who took over Redick's basketball and faced the chasing Durant behind him, who was not afraid of two meters outside the three-point line, and pulled the ball directly into the air under the gaze of the fans.

Chen Lei's shot angle was high, and he did this just to get the ball out of his hand, and Durant behind him pounced, and the basketball rose into the air.

Textbook-like gestures, the best parabolas in the history of mechanics all appeared at this moment, and the basketball man who found a beautiful woman jumped directly into the arms of the basket.

Three points, hit!

"Boom~" The Staples Center fell into endless boiling, Chen Lei's three-point shot, and the two sides tied again.

At 118:118, with only 3.9 seconds left in the race, the two sides returned to the same running line again.

Chen Lei became the hero of the Clippers!

"Toot ......" Thunder timeout.

All the players on the Clippers bench stood up and ran towards Chen Lei one by one, kissing their foreheads, touching their heads, beating their chests, and touching their buttocks, everyone expressed their love for Chen Lei in their own way.

"I'm really tired~" Chen Lei wiped the sweat on his forehead, walked to the field, took the drink handed over by the staff, and took a sip to kill it, "I still want to ......"

took another drink and took a sip again, Chen Lei licked his lips with satisfaction and sat down in the audience.

"Defense, in 3.9 seconds, we only have one way to defend, the lineup is slightly adjusted, Barnes replaces Chen, the defensive intensity must be raised, but everyone pay attention, don't foul, this is the top priority." Rivers tapped the tactical board, "There are a lot of finishers on the outside of the opponent, but this ball does not necessarily rely on the outside to shoot, and the inside line has to be defended, after all, for them, as long as they score, they can win the game." Therefore, the defense of the interior line should also pay attention, compared to the outside line, there are a lot of confrontations on the inside line, so the interior players must also pay attention to fouls, do not be found by the opponent, in a word, insist on the last 3.9 seconds, and enter overtime. ”

On the other hand, on the Thunder's side, the lineup has also been adjusted.

Perkins was replaced with Adams, Jackson was replaced by Fisher, and the other three were Ibaka, Durant and Westbrook.

Replacing the old fish Brooks naturally has his reasons, although this guy is old, but the ability to kill at critical moments is absolutely nothing to say, the former 0.4 second three-point kill is from his hand, in this regard, he is the most authoritative.

"Guys, we have to run away for a while, get rid of the idea of making fouls in our minds, and make it, that's our only goal, remember?" Before going on the field, Fisher stopped a few of his teammates and commanded.

Everyone nodded and walked onto the court one after another, even Durant listened attentively.

Adams served, and the other four ran quickly within half court, with the Clippers' five players following closely in an attempt to cut everyone's connection to Adams.

"Whoosh!" Durant ran to the halfway line and suddenly ran backwards to the left sideline, and the sudden refraction of the run allowed him to create a gap, and Adams threw the ball towards Durant like a savior.

With both hands in his arms, Durant began to retreat sharply in 3.9 seconds, and Durant rushed to the basket like a whirlwind, rushing into the three-point line in a few steps.

While sprinting in his heart, he silently counted down, estimated that Durant's body stopped and jumped back, the basketball was raised above his head and pulled out hard, and the electronic synthesized sound of the end of the game sounded the moment he left his hand.

"Huh!" The tumbling basketball pierced the hearts of all the fans like a sharp bayonet, and everyone fixed their eyes on the scoreboard, which was still tied at 118 points, and when he jumped to 120, they all sat back in their chairs weakly.

Lost, this big battle from beginning to end, was lost in the end.

At 120:118, the Thunder won the game with Durant's stunner.

"It sucked today." Chen Lei, who was on the bench, covered his face with a towel and let out a long sigh.

In this game, Chen Lei handed over a perfect answer, 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and the number of jΓΉ is so comprehensive that people can't help but marvel at how this substitute did it, but the facts are in front of us, and this is indeed the case.

Although the number of individuals is gorgeous, Chen Lei is not happy at all, he is a Clipper person when he enters the Clippers, and he is naturally depressed when he loses this united game.

(Didn't want the Clippers to fail, but considering the playoff gimmick, haha...... It will be very passionate~)