Chapter 488: Fatal Three-Point Shot
After James hit this three-pointer, the score became 103-103. With 27 seconds left, there is still plenty of time for the Knicks, and the Knicks are in a good position. As long as the Knicks spend most of the twenty-four seconds on this offense and score the ball at the same time, then the Knicks have a good chance of winning the game.
The Knicks still need a timeout at this time, and they need to make detailed arrangements for the final tactics. Both the Cavaliers and the Knicks have to make detailed arrangements for this crucial final offense.
Thibodeau's tactics are very simple, and Thibodeau and Chen Jiyuan have been together for a long time, and they almost understand each other. Thibodeau knows very well how reliable Chen Jiyuan is at such a critical moment. The nature of the killer gives Chen Jiyuan the right to deal with this kind of ball.
Thibodeau explained the tactics very simply, "Ramon, you control the ball, wait until the time is almost up, and when it is about ten seconds, give the ball to Chen's hands." ”
Then Thibodeau turned his head and said to Chen Jiyuan, "Chen, it's better for you to be able to play inside, and it's best to be able to attack closer to the basket, even if you can't score." ”
Thibodeau explained the corresponding things to the others, once Chen Jiyuan can't shoot, don't let the opponent play a fast attack, you must do your best to interfere with the opponent's dribbling, consume the time, and don't let the opponent break fast everywhere in the last bit of time left. However, the opponent should have to pause, and it is reasonable to pause, but Thibodeau is just worried that the opponent will not play according to the routine, so he explained like this.
The timeout was over, and the players from both sides were back on the court, and the lineup on the Knicks' side was Chen Jiyuan, Sessions, Crawford, Stephen Jackson, and Love. Chen Jiyuan. Speaking of which, at the critical moment, Thibodeau is more willing to let Crawford play, which is also because Stakey's outside line is too lacking in touch, so Thibodeau does not dare to send Starkey, in fact, the current Starkey's long-range shooting ability is much stronger than the Starkey in the previous life. However, it still could not satisfy Thibodeau, because Starkey's long-range throw still did not succeed in becoming one of his stable weapons.
The Knicks' five people basically have long-range shooting ability, even if the current Love has not successfully developed the three-point shooting ability, but the long-distance two-point shot is still quite good.
The lineup on the Cavaliers' side is still the same as the previous five, LeBron James, Mo Williams, Daniel Gibson, Anderson Vallejo, and Zajunas Ilgoskas. This is when Cavaliers head coach Brown's lack of on-the-spot adaptability can be seen, and at this time, the team is in a tie situation, and it is clear that the opponent will be exhausted to attack. Unless, of course, the team has a very strict defensive leakage, so that the opponent will not miss this good opportunity, but in that case, the Cavaliers will be in a passive situation.
If you're two points behind, it's a matter of life or death. If it were divided, the pressure would have been less.
So this ball, the Cavaliers should definitely focus on defense, and now there is a timeout in the hands of the Cavaliers, and it will definitely be used after the ball is over, now let Gibson rest, and it is also quite a good choice to let Gibson when he needs to attack for a while, otherwise, Gibson is still a defensive hole in the end. It's hard to do.
This ball, Sessions controlled the ball, and when there were about 10 seconds left in the offensive time, Chen Jiyuan was in the bottom corner of the left side, stretched out his hand to request, Chen Jiyuan stuck Anderson Vallejo, this ball really let Anderson Vallejo defend Chen Jiyuan, however, soon the opponent's bag was about to come up, Chen Jiyuan took the ball out after receiving it, and the knight's bag went down.
After all, Chen Jiyuan is dribbling the ball on the outside, and at this time, it is easy for the Knicks to find a chance to score lightly. In that case, the gains outweigh the losses.
Chen Jiyuan is close to the three-point line in the bottom corner, the distance between Chen Jiyuan and Anderson Vallejo is very close, Anderson Vallejo sticks to Chen Jiyuan, wanting to force down the ball, if he can steal, then the knight can instantly reverse the shape on the court, and the knight instantly changed from passive to active. The hope of winning was much bigger in an instant.
However, Chen Jiyuan saw Anderson Valejo's broken hand, quickly put the ball away, and then slapped the ball from a very low position to his left hand, this ball Anderson Vallejo's broken position was a bit high, Chen Jiyuan was a disguise, passed Anderson Vallejo, and then strode to the inside, Anderson Vallejo chased behind him, and Zajunas Ilgoskas came to make up for the defense, this ball. Lefu in the middle has been completely empty, and Lefu is also shouting in the middle, if it is in normal times, Chen Jiyuan may see Lefu, but this ball can't, because of this ball, Chen Jiyuan has never planned to pass the ball from the beginning, score or not score, lose or win, Chen Jiyuan, as the boss of the team, must take this responsibility, and Chen Jiyuan also has the consciousness to take this responsibility.
Chen Jiyuan's ball, before Zajunas Ilgoskas arrived, directly threw a right-handed one-handed throw, the ball passed over Zajunas Ilgoskas's hand, and flew straight to the basket.
To tell the truth, Chen Jiyuan is also very nervous now, so the ball that determines the outcome of the whole game, even if it is a person like Chen Jiyuan who has crossed over, and the person who has a good bearing capacity in his heart, he can't have no fluctuations at all, it can be said that what Chen Jiyuan can do is to try his best to ensure that he is calm, although Chen Jiyuan will be inexplicably excited every time he encounters this kind of ball, but nervousness and excitement coexist.
In the eyes of everyone, the ball slowly came to the vicinity of the basket, knocked the edge of the basket, and then jumped up again, and the ball jumped, even the hearts of everyone on the court jumped.
The ball fell slowly, and finally, after the basketball knocked a few times on both sides of the frame, it still fell into the basket, and Chen Jiyuan successfully hit this crucial goal.
The Cavaliers were about to take a timeout immediately. At this point, the pressure is on the Cavaliers' side.
Chen Jiyuan ran from the bottom line to near the halftime, and in front of the technical statistics desk, he beat his chest to the audience outside the field. Then, Chen Jiyuan's roar was indeed very loud, but it was no bigger than the voice of the fans in the audience, and Chen Jiyuan's "little" voice had long been drowned in the shouts of the audience.
“COME. ON,baby! ”
The Knicks' players all pounced on Chen Jiyuan and celebrated with Chen Jiyuan.
But there are still 4.7 seconds left. For the Cavaliers, it was completely too late to attack. Moreover, even a three-pointer is very possible. This kind of three-point shot is not uncommon in the game. However, it's the playoffs, the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and the Cavaliers. On such an occasion, if you want to shoot a three-point shot, what kind of mental importance is needed, and at the same time, you still have to be under the Knicks' tight defense.
Soon, the knight's side gave the answer.
After the timeout, the Knicks swapped Crawford and replaced Starkey. Defensively, Starkey's defensive deterrence is still stronger than Crawford's.
On the Cavaliers' side, Zajunas Ilgoskas served on the sideline, and Anderson Vallejo and Chen Jiyuan pushed each other under the basket.
Love, on the other hand, interfered with Zajunas Ilgoskas' serve near the touchline.
Soon, the Cavaliers served, and the ball was given directly to James at the top of the arc, James received the ball without delay at all, and passed directly to Gibson at a 45-degree angle on the right side. Fearing a three-point foul, the ball just jumped vertically and barely leaned forward.
And Gibson jumped on the spot and leaned back for a three-point shot, which was as difficult as Nima. I really dare to throw this thing.
Then, the problem is that this goal really dares to score.
"Oh・・・・・・" Gibson was so excited that he stretched out three fingers in both hands, bobbing back and forth.
A critical moment, such a fatal moment. Gibson hit a three-pointer from a step back. instantly chilled the boiling audience.
On the Cavaliers' side, everyone rushed to Gibson's side. Crazy "ravaged" the poor thin man. James took Gibson in his arms and walked to the bench.
The Knicks used the last timeout, originally, because the Knicks have always controlled the shape of the court well, so Thibodeau did not use a lot of timeouts, so there was still a timeout available at this critical moment.
The Knicks asked for a timeout, and the players returned to the bench one after another, and Starkey was obviously very annoyed. Just that goal, Gibson was able to score in that situation. It's really disturbing.
However, compared to Starkey's troubles, how to end this game now is the more critical question. There were 0.9 seconds left in the game after Gibson hit a three-pointer. In that near-second time, the Knicks had to do something. to be able to save the game. to be able to successfully defend this home field.