Chapter 342: Favors' Shot
But the firm belief in his heart made Chen Feng always grit his teeth.
"He must not be allowed to dunk this ball, otherwise it will ......"
Chen Feng didn't have too much energy to pay attention to other details, and it seemed that only the orange basketball was left in his eyes.
At the end of the day, Chen Feng almost couldn't control his body. But the only faith left in his heart made him stretch out his right hand.
"Slap", although the sound was very small, Chen Feng and the other party, Chandler, both heard the voice.
"Uh......" An indescribable soreness made Chen Feng's somewhat vague thoughts sober up.
Letting his body fall from the air, although Chen Feng was sore and exhausted at this time, he did have a smile on his face.
Because, he managed to stop Chandler's dunk. Although this cover is not earth-shattering, it is also priceless.
"Bang bell", Chandler's vigorous dunk was blocked by Chen Feng with all his might, although the strength of the block was not large, but the ball still smashed on the front of the rebound, and the huge shock force also bounced Chandler backwards.
The cold floor made Chen Feng's consciousness completely sober. And although his physical strength was basically exhausted, he still gritted his teeth and got up.
But wanting to run again made him a little embarrassed.
The dunk basketball was snatched by Leonard, and then he and Maddy raced against the clock to rush towards the Knicks halfcourt.
There is not much time left and they are still four points behind. Therefore. You have to score a goal in a short period of time and then put down a shot from the Knicks to have a chance to turn the tables.
Maddie covers Leonard, who manages to get out of Carmelo 'Melon' Anthony's defense and rushes towards the basket.
Leonard is now extremely desperate, he has seen Chen Feng's persistence with his own eyes, and he has seen him do his best for the team to win the game.
And now, he can't disappoint Chen Feng, he wants to score this goal. So that Chen Feng's efforts were not in vain.
With Leonard breaking through Carmelo Anthony's defense. 'Little Overlord' Amare Stoudemire stepped up and stood in the way of Kawaii Leonard.
Time is running out, and there are twenty-six seconds left.
In the face of Amare Stoudemire's supplemental defense, Leonard did not have the slightest fear. One turns. Just keep it out of your back.
But at this time. The Knicks also have Chandler standing under the basket at two meters and one three.
Leonard's face was solemn. Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow and made a struck pass. The ball passed under Chandler's crotch.
"It's wonderful, it's a beautiful pass." Xu Jiping of the Imperial Court commented.
It wasn't Derek Favors who received Leonard's pass, it was Maddie.
Derek Favors has been pulled to a high position in order to help Maddie with the banquet before.
At this point, Maddie was completely empty, and even if Chandler turned around to block it, it would be too late.
After receiving Leonard's pass, Maddie pursed her lips and forced a jump directly. Chandler, who reacted, quickly turned around and jumped on the spot to block Maddie.
However, although Maddie's bounce power has decreased, his physical fitness has also recovered a lot, even though Maddie is over 30 years old, his explosive power can still allow him to make some moves that he couldn't do last season.
What's more, Maddie and the others are now working hard, and they don't want Chen Feng's previous efforts to be in vain.
"Ah......h
Chandler also reached out to block the ball in Maddy's hand.
However, Maddie made a change, and Chandler did not block the ball, but instead hit Maddie's hand.
Regardless of whether this goal goes in or not, Chandler's defensive foul can't run.
However, just after the referee observed Chandler's defensive foul, he immediately blew the whistle.
"Drop", Chen Feng, who was still standing in the Knicks halfcourt, laughed.
He knew that Maddie already had a chance to play two plus one.
Now, after a short break, he was able to run a little.
However, he still stood still and took advantage of the free throw, he could rest for a while.
"Bang Bang", Maddie's earth-shattering dunk was staged at the Madison Garden Arena.
It's not that New Yorkers haven't seen Maddie's dunk, but what they didn't expect was that Maddie, who was thirty-four years old, still had such explosive power and could still have such a dunk.
After the successful dunk, Maddie first turned to look at Chen Feng, gave him a reassuring look, and then high-fived his teammates one by one.
Maddie then walked to the free-throw line.
Maddie didn't jump too high in this ball, but his experience in dunking was too rich, changing the direction of his dunk in the air, and then smashing the ball in!
Taking a deep breath, Maddie knew that this free throw had to be scored, and in this case, he would only be one point behind the Knicks.
Now, the score on the field is 124:122.
Knicks head coach Woodson was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and he couldn't be in a hurry when he saw that the cooked duck was about to fly.
But now the Knicks don't have a chance to call a timeout, and he can't use the timeout to set up a game.
"Huh", Maddie's free throws were very stable, so steady that Chen Feng and others laughed, and so steady that Woodson and others blackened their faces.
Since the Knicks didn't have a timeout, they had to serve from the backcourt.
However, this result made them a little happy. Because in this case, you can delay it for a while.
Although the Spurs have narrowed the gap to one point, at the end of the day, the Knicks still hold a one-point lead.
And the time is only 23 seconds left, so the Knicks will inevitably spend time until the last minute.
While the San Antonio people have practiced full-court press-and-go defense, they haven't been able to force the New Yorkers into turnovers.
Felton dribbled the ball to the front court, and at this moment, there were only seventeen seconds left before the end of the game.
Chen Feng gritted his teeth and rushed to Filton's front with an arrow step.
"I didn't expect this guy to have physical strength." Filton was very surprised.
Although Chen Feng looked panting and seemed to have no strength, Felton still felt Chen Feng's powerful oppression.
To be on the safe side, Felton passed the ball to team boss Carmelo Anthony.
At this time, there are only 9 seconds left in the last 9 seconds.
Everyone knows that the Knicks are trying to stall for time, especially the San Antonios.
So, with five seconds left on the clock, Leonard rushed up and used a foul tactic on Carmelo Anthony, which was also agreed to by Popovich.
For Popovich, the team was able to play like this, and he was very happy! Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are all soy sauce players and don't play much, but the resilience of these young guys is still exciting.
Carmelo Anthony walked to the free throw line, and Chen Feng walked over after seeing Popovich waving to him.
"How? Why don't you let Patty replace you? Popovich asked Chen Feng with concern.
Chen Feng shook his head and said, "No need, I can still hold it." ”
Seeing Chen Feng's firm eyes, Popovich also understood. So, he said to Chen Feng: "Sit down and rest for a while, I'll call a timeout later." ”
After listening to Popovich's words, Chen Feng nodded.
What worries the San Antonio is that Carmelo Anthony hit both free throws. That said, they're now three points behind the Knicks, and in the next five seconds, they'll have to make a three-pointer. And, even if they made that three-pointer, the game would only go into overtime.
Popovich called a timeout, and this timeout was only twenty seconds.
Twenty seconds later, the game resumed.
No one knows what kind of tactics the Spurs have arranged, and no one knows who will shoot the last shot of the Spurs.
It was Favors who was in charge of serving on the sideline, and the four players on the court were all on the front line, namely Leonard, Maddy, Mills and Chen Feng.
"Zizizi", after a short break, Chen Feng once again made Felton sigh at his tenacity.
Chen Feng exerted a lot of physical strength again, speeding up to get rid of Felton, before receiving Favors' serve close to the midfield.
After receiving the ball, Chen Feng did not stay for a moment and chose to break through directly.
When he came to the three-point line, all the Knicks players were nervous.
Although Chen Feng's physical strength was almost exhausted, no one would ignore Chen Feng's three-point ability. So far this season, Chen Feng's three-point shooting rate has been maintained at about 50%, and the high shooting rate is scary.
In terms of hit rate alone, Chen Feng has surpassed everyone, and Chen Feng has proud capital.
The Knicks players saw Chen Feng coming to the three-point line and hurried over to wrap up. Felton and Amare Stoudemire quickly blocked Chen Feng's view, leaving him with no possibility of making a move.
And the remaining three players of the Knicks are also defending Mills, Maddy and Leonard. And Favors, naturally, is empty.
If it were any other team, the Knicks' defensive strategy would be the right one. But against the Spurs, their defensive strategy is wrong.
Popovich's reason for keeping Derek Favors is naturally due to his considerations.
Favors is a big, strong man with a good mid-range, but few people know that this guy likes to practice three-pointers with defenders on weekdays.
It's an effort by Favors, and it's also a sad thing for the interior players right now, if it weren't for that, they probably wouldn't have much room to survive, and it could be used as a killer feature. (To be continued......)