Chapter 619
Before Bryant walked to the free throw line, Thibodeau decisively handed in a timeout, handing over his team's penultimate timeout.
There are 19 seconds left in the game, which is enough time for one attack. So, the Knicks were not sentenced to death.
Even if Kobe Bryant hit both free throws, the Knicks still have a chance to turn the tables around.
The tactics of the last attack arranged by Thibodeau are really still for Chen Jiyuan, at this time, the extreme tactics of sandwiching Chen Jiyuan are not applicable, and that tactic Phil Jackson is also very clear, that is, at a critical moment, occasionally use it to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, which may have a little effect, but although the ball of Sessions just now was not scored, it was handled calmly and calmly, and there was nothing wrong, although the Lakers achieved the goal of sealing Chen Jiyuan, But there is a good chance that someone else will be given a good chance. This tactic is clearly not suitable for the final attack.
If this last tactic, if the Lakers dare to let go of a person, it will obviously be no different from death.
Thibodeau let Sessions control the ball first, and when there were 12 seconds left in the offensive time, he gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan's hands, and then Chen Jiyuan was at a 45-degree angle on the right side, trying to hit the inside line as much as possible, and successfully scored the ball.
Sessions and Iguodala are at the top of the arc in the middle line, ready to pick up Chen Jiyuan, and if the Lakers once they cover Chen Jiyuan, you must always be ready to catch the ball.
Stephen Jackson waited in the left corner for his chance. If the halfway line is blocked, pass the ball to Stephen Jackson from the baseline and let Stephen Jackson shoot the last ball.
The tactics are almost the same, and the rest depends on the situation on the field.
When the game restarted, Kobe Bryant walked to the free throw line, slowly stabilized his mind, and then took a deep breath to suppress the waves in his heart. Wait until it calms down. In the slow free throw shot. The first ball had a good arc and the ball went into the basket safely.
In the second free throw, Kobe Bryant also took a deep breath and hit the ball.
After Bryant hit both free throws, the Lakers also had a timeout. Phil Jackson is going to make some changes and judgments about his defensive strategy going forward.
The Knicks have not changed, and the strategy is still the same as before, but Thibodeau has encouraged the players.
The Lakers, on the other hand, have deployed tight defensive tactics for this last ball.
Now that the Lakers don't have a timeout, the thing that Phil Jackson needs to consider for this ball is that the Knicks will use up all the time and the Knicks will have a fair amount of time left.
So, the five men on Phil Jackson's faction were Paul Gasol, Kobe, Fisher, Ron Artest, and Odom. At this critical moment, Phil Jackson still trusts Odom more than Bynum, which is also normal, if the Knicks score, then the fast-break Lakers need Odom who can dribble the ball and use someone who can respond and attack in the frontcourt.
Phil Jackson still let Paul Gasol defend Chen Jiyuan, but at the same time let Odom close to the inside, if Chen Jiyuan bursts into the basket, let Odom let go of Ibaka to make up for Chen Jiyuan, otherwise, he will have to rely on Paul Gasol with tall arms to defend Chen Jiyuan.
Knicks serve on the sideline.
Although the team is still one point behind the Lakers, it is clear that the Knicks do not intend to leave the team's victory or defeat to the Lakers.
The Knicks will run out of time and then decide the outcome of this game.
No matter what the head coach says, what Chen Jiyuan decides.
Stephen Jackson served on the sideline to Chen Jiyuan, who received the ball near the three-point line in the court, and after Chen Jiyuan received the ball, he quickly passed to Sessions, allowing Sessions to stabilize the ball.
After receiving the ball, Sessions blocked Fisher's hand that wanted to break the ball, and then slowly stalled for time.
Wait until the last 14 seconds of the game are left. Sessions took a step to the right and gave the ball to Chen.
After receiving the ball, Chen Jiyuan waited for the opportunity and was not in a hurry. While observing the situation on the court, he waited for his teammates to pull the Lakers' defenders away, and then he himself could single Pau Gasol.
Paul Gasol is a person, you look like the style of the ball is very soft, but in fact, the heart is still full of firmness, at that time, Chen Jiyuan blocked Paul Gasol, shocked the entire Staples Center, such a super invincible bull buckle, did not make Paul Gasol lose his normal heart, Paul Gasol is still in the face of Chen Jiyuan's attack, extremely dedicated to defense, this has to be said to be a very strong heart.
Chen Jiyuan saw that the Lakers were indeed not frantically entrapping themselves, and it seemed that the Lakers' tactics were also obvious, not planning to gamble on luck, but relying on strength.
It is necessary to use one person to defend Chen Jiyuan, and it is necessary to use tactical defense to prevent Chen Jiyuan from scoring this goal. Instead of betting on Chen Jiyuan, the ball passed to his teammates and did not score.
Compared with believing that Chen Jiyuan's teammates do not score, Phil Jackson obviously believes in the defensive strength of his disciple Pau Gasol more.
It is true that Pau Gasol is not a super top defensive player in the league, but similar to Chen Jiyuan, both of them are the kind of thing that you want to say that he is not good at defense, which is absolutely impossible, but the defense of the two people is never something that is mentioned by others. When you mention Chen Jiyuan, the first thing that comes to mind must be violent dunks and offense, and Pau Gasol is also like this, when Paul Gasol is mentioned, what comes to mind is that the style of play is soft and the offense is good.
However, perhaps few people know that Pau Gasol's block data can also average close to 2 per game, on the defensive end, Pau Gasol is rarely beaten, although in the power confrontation, sometimes suffers, but the very smart Pau Gasol knows how to use his height and arm span to make up for it. Many times, those who have a low sense of existence will be ignored.
Chen Jiyuan was protecting the ball with his back, and Pau Gasol was behind Chen Jiyuan against Chen Jiyuan, and his hands were swaying back and forth up and down, left and right, anyway, he didn't let Chen Jiyuan stay comfortable. Chen Jiyuan must always pay attention, otherwise the ball will be easily broken by Pau Gasol.
Chen Jiyuan looked at the time on the ball rack, waiting for the time to pass a little bit.
When there were only 8 seconds left in the game time, Chen Jiyuan still didn't move, if he wanted to break through, this time should have moved. You have to give yourself time for the first time you don't get past a defender and then for the second offense.
But Chen Jiyuan did it with iron heart this time. Chen Jiyuan was about to shoot that last shot at the last moment of time.
Do not leave a way out for yourself, nor leave a way out for your opponent.
With only five seconds left before the end of the race, Chen Jiyuan began to act, and Chen Jiyuan turned around and pressed Pau Gasol with his chest.
Raise your arms high and control the ball.
Chen Jiyuan took a step to the right to test it, but Pau Gasol was unmoved, and continued to wait for Chen Jiyuan's next move.
Chen Jiyuan glanced at the time, and then suddenly, he walked to the right, looking like he was about to break through the bottom line, and at this time, Odom was a veteran for many years, at this time, Odom didn't dare to sleepwalk, and quickly rushed to the bottom line, but, unfortunately, Chen Jiyuan's ball didn't plan to slip to the bottom line at all, and after taking a step, Chen Jiyuan jumped directly.
Chen Jiyuan said to himself over and over again in his heart: "He can't change me, he can't change me." I can score this goal. Look at the basket, I can shoot, I can. Lao Tzu can. β
In the air, Pau Gasol's hand was really close to reaching Chen Jiyuan's ball.
However, in many cases, the difference between two inches and two inches will become an insurmountable chasm.
Chen Jiyuan was in the air and shot the ball steadily.
Odom hadn't rushed to Chen Jiyuan's side at this time, and Pau Gasol's cover was so many inches behind.
The ball slowly left Chen Jiyuan's hand. Fly to your place - the basket.
All eyes are on the ball.
After Chen Jiyuan landed, his eyes were also intently looking at the ball that flew towards the basket. For this ball, Chen Jiyuan is not sure, whether he can score or not, Chen Jiyuan is not completely sure.
The ball finally flew to the basket.
The attention of the whole audience slowed down the speed of the ball, little by little, little by little
Finally, under everyone's attention, it slowly flew into the basket.
Scored, the ball scored!!
The moment the basketball enters the frame. Chen Jiyuan's irrepressible excitement exploded in an instant.
Turning around, Chen Jiyuan fiercely hammered his chest, hammered it three times, and then roared at the doctor outside the court:
βCOME-ON,BABY!β
There are 0.7 seconds left in the race.
After Chen Jiyuan roared, he quickly turned around, looked at the Lakers' players, and quickly chased back to defense, Chen Jiyuan was also afraid that he was playing big at this critical moment, in case he let the Lakers come to a backcourt three-point shot, it would really be impossible to cry.
The Lakers served a ball, then threw it around, and the game was over. Obviously, it is a bit too difficult to kill in the backcourt at this time of 0.7 seconds.
The Knicks can be considered to have won this difficult game, and although the Lakers played back-to-back games, Kobe Bryant's performance was still too good. That's what makes the Knicks suffer. Kobe Bryant scored 58 points in the game, which was the main reason why the Lakers were so entangled with the Knicks in this game.