Chapter Ninety-Five: The Last Three Minutes
I continued to play happily in my heart, but I didn't know that I was thrown under the microscope by countless fans at the moment to start researching, especially those fans of Chen Lei, who fell into madness one by one.
"30 points, my God, I knew that Chen could do it, this is a natural superstar."
"Hahaha, Da Lei, good, worthy of the pride of our Chinese, the second game of the playoffs cut to 30 points, awesome!"
"The fourth quarter is not over yet, how many points will Da Lei get today?"
…… Everyone is talking about Chen Lei's 30-point move, and they are obviously more excited than Chen Lei.
At 4 minutes and 2 seconds in the fourth quarter, Chen Lei got the opportunity to rest and returned to the court, and the Clippers led the Warriors by 15 points at 93:78.
The Warriors' three-point ability is indeed fierce enough, but this feeling does not mean that there is a game, and even if there is, it cannot run through the whole court.
The Warriors didn't shoot very well from three-point range in a few minutes, and at 8:55 of the fourth quarter, they were 11 points behind the Clippers, and theoretically they lost their chance to win.
Iguodala took David Lee's pass and broke through the basket, divided the ball with David Lee when Griffin made up the defense, and shook David Lee to pass the ball back to Iguodala again, this time Iguodala did not politely pull up directly when the defense was leaked from two meters away, and shot decisively outside the three-point line.
Iguodala has shot only 30% from three-point range this season and is not the team's main output point on the offensive end, but this time he did not disappoint the team and fans when it came to the team's victory.
"Huh!" The basketball went in and Iguodala hit a three-pointer.
"Well done! yes~yes~" Jackson clenched his fists and roared loudly, and the Warriors bench cheered with the coaches at the same time, 105:97, and the difference was only 8 points.
There are still 3 minutes to go before the end of the game, and the difference of 8 points is not small, but it is not insurmountable in the time of 3 minutes.
There are many such cases in the NBA, especially the Warriors with many offensive players, so at this moment, the Oracle Arena is shouting loudly to cheer for the team.
"Defeat LA, defeat LA, defeat LA......" The fans in the stadium began to cheer in unison, and the shouts of nearly 20,000 fans immersed the stadium in a buzzing sound, and the momentum was even huge.
The "......" was accompanied by the sound of electronic synthesized sounds, and the referee also blew the whistle, because the two sides did not pause the game for several minutes, and the game entered the official timeout.
Chen Lei shook his body and gave up his position to his teammates in the field, standing aside and listening to Rivers' tactical arrangement.
This was a long timeout, so there was a lot of time left for Rivers, and he signaled the players to drink water and wipe their sweat for more than ten seconds before starting the tactical set-up.
"Three minutes, and the last three minutes of the game will be over, I don't think you will be overtaken by the other side in these three minutes, and you will not leave them a chance, am I right?" Rivers smiled at the crowd.
"Yes, it's impossible." Griffin raised an eyebrow.
"But you can't help but let the other person have this dream, can't you?" Little Jordan pouted slightly mischievously.
"I think we can be kind and let them make two more shots at the last minute so that they don't lose too ugly!" Crawford laughed too.
"Very well, remember your thoughts at the moment, I don't want you to be ashamed of what you just said after the game!" Rivers nodded at the few people who had just spoken, and then exhaled a long breath: "Okay, here's the tactical arrangement, Redick and Barnes come down to rest for a while, Crawford and Chen come on the court to replace the next two, the main offense is still based on the inside line, but don't let go of the opportunity on the outside, our game is a victory, don't consider mercy or not, I hope you will increase the score to more than 20 points, the bigger the better." ”
Rivers didn't deliberately ask anyone to complete the offense, compared to the previous lineup, several people still have the ability to attack with the ball this time, except for Jordan Jr., of course.
Therefore, his tactical attack is just passing by, and he still emphasizes defense, requiring the players to inject more passion, even if they use the strength and energy to play the defensive warrior in the last 3 minutes.
Before going on the field, Chen Lei took the technical statistics of the game from the staff on the side and glanced at it, and after watching it, Chen Lei's originally relaxed little heart hung again.
His 30 points thought he had secured the position of the top scorer, but now he realized that Curry on the opposite side had scored 32 points.
How did this product's score go up so fast? I remember that there was still a gap of five or six points between him and himself when he left the game.
"You don't have to think about it to know that this guy will also play the main scorer in these last few minutes, which means that if you want to complete the task, you will have to continue to score?" Chen Lei glanced at the other people with some distress, except for Little Jordan, they are all masters who can complete the attack without passing the ball out, which is not easy to do.
"If it's not good, you have to get it, what I lack most is upgrade points." Chen Lei clenched his fists, and now this face. I had to do it with my teammates.
Paul, Griffin, and Curry Thompson!
The Clippers' offensive basketball did not go through the hands of Chen Lei, Paul threw to Crawford, who passed the ball to Griffin, and finally after Griffin split the ball, Paul threw the ball to the basket to assist Jordan Jr. to complete the air relay.
At 107:97, the margin is double digits again.
"Return to defense~" Paul issued an order in the middle of the court, the five generals quickly retreated towards their own half, and the Warriors also quickly sent the ball out towards the Clippers' half of the court.
"Speed down!" Paul yelled again, and all the generals ran to their positions and waited for the opponent to approach, fortunately, they had to return to the defense in time, otherwise they were likely to be beaten into a quick counterattack by the Warriors.
Curry dribbled outside the three-point line on the right side, and looked at the timer, which was more than 9 minutes into 10 minutes, and the difference was 10 points, and the only way to win was to rely on three points to quickly recover the score.
"Move!" Curry stretched out his right hand and made a tactical gesture from the outside to run out of space, and Thompson and Iguodala sprang quickly on the edge of the three-point line.
Paul lowered his body to guard against Curry's three-pointers who could shoot at any time, Griffin and Crawford chased Thompson and Iguodala, Chen Lei stuck David Lee inside, and O'Neal Jr. handed over to Jordan Jr.
In the final moments of the game, the five pairs of opponents all showed the strength to press the bottom of the box, one side in order to maintain their own advantage, and the other side in order to win the last fight, it can be said that the key to the final victory and defeat is in these offensive transitions.
"Whoosh!" Curry shook his shoulders continuously and flicked a horizontal pass to Thompson, who ran to the bottom left corner, and Thompson, who finally caught the opportunity to catch the ball in the run, picked up the basketball and jumped directly.
Ray Allen's three-point shot quickly left his hand, and Thompson's shot was not adjusted at all, and many Warriors fans in the audience stood up expectantly and looked at the orange orb that began to fall.
"Huh!" Ball in!
"Roar~" Thompson roared loudly, hammering his chest to vent his passion, looking at the fans who were also cheering wildly, he felt like a hero of Golden State at this moment.
"You are the best, my brother!" Curry gave Thompson a thumbs up.
"That's a must," Thompson shook his fist, "a little over two points left, and seven points left." ”
The fans at Oracle Stadium were all standing to watch the game, and with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter, they couldn't sit still.
"Who are you going to give this ball to?" Paul, who dribbled past half court, had no time to think, and a fat man opened his hands.
Old? Two meters beyond the three-point line to ask for the ball? What is this for? Want three points? Is it going to be a super long three again?
Chen Lei's asking for the ball reminded Paul of the first few goals of this three-point player, but at this critical moment, is it really good to hand it over to this rookie?
"Forget it, this fat man hasn't let me down anyway!" Paul finally threw the ball to Chen Lei, and Chen Lei, who was two meters away from the top of the arc on the right side, grabbed the ball firmly into his arms.
Chen Lei did not act in a hurry, there were still 11 seconds left in the offensive time, he was not in a hurry to shoot, his own lead did not need too many attacks, so he had to suppress the number of attacks on both sides to a minimum, so that the warriors wanted to attack to speed up the pace, and the shooting rate would naturally decline.
But his actions at this time caused many people to be puzzled, the key last two minutes, in the presence of Paul in the offensive time of more than ten seconds to suppress the rhythm, in the eyes of outsiders, no one is more suitable than Paul.
But this ball is in the hands of this rookie, and this rookie doesn't attack!
Could it be that after he has made a difference in small forward, power forward and center, he has to grab a job as a point guard?
"What is this fat man going to do?" Jackson always felt a sense of foreboding, shouldn't this kind of thing be done by Paul? Why did this fat man start to suppress the rhythm after taking the initiative to ask for the ball?
"Could it be that he wants to do it himself?" Jackson racked his brains and only had one answer, but the Clippers with Paul and Griffin would give the ball to the rookie at the last minute?
Could it be because of his god-accurate three-point ability?
Although he had a guess in his heart, he still couldn't believe it, but for the sake of insurance, he still got up and shouted at Iguodala in the field: "Strengthen the defense, stick to it!" Don't let that number 8 get a chance to shoot! ”
(Good morning, after getting up, I will code a chapter and present it, and it's almost noon, haha~)