Chapter 588: The Real Competition
In this way, the Knicks still have the possibility of scoring in theory, and Tyberdu also took advantage of this time to quickly make substitutions, he changed Kirilenko and Belineri, two players who can shoot three-pointers and are more advantageous in chasing points, to the court.
The Knicks reached the last 4 points and did not give up, so the Pacers felt that it was more tricky on the one hand, and felt a little contemptuous on the other hand, and the other party felt that the other party was delusional.
But at this time, Vogel was rarely cautious, whistled on the court again and again, and gave instructions to the players, although Vogel will not curse on the sidelines like Popovich, but he will repair people off the court, so in Vogel's whistle, it depends on the Pacers' offense is more organized.
But this is not a methodical moment, in the last 4 minutes, Li Feng took the lead and began to frenzy on the defensive end, not only staring at his defenders, but also frequently moving quickly to assist in the defense.
Li Feng kept stirring outside, so that the Pacers' side finally failed to attack after two successful attacks, and Hill shot a cold arrow and missed the shot.
Hill used to give the Knicks a cold knife at critical moments, and now he came to the cold knife again, and he missed the shot himself.
Hill's shot was missed, Cousins steadily got the rebound in the backcourt, and then he immediately gave the basketball to Li Feng again.
Li Feng controlled the ball this time, and the Knicks didn't dare to ignore it slightly, and several people came over together to form a defensive trap, and first set up a big hole for Li Feng. But when he set up a big pit in front of them, he didn't notice that it was behind them.
Cousins made a clever run to take advantage of Roy Hibbert's attention. He made a quick cut to the basket, and Li Feng also threw the ball with one hand and passed the ball to Cousins' hand.
Cousins took the ball and turned around and dunked!
"Bang dang!"
The Knicks scored two more points, and with the Knicks scoring, the gap between the two teams was reduced to 13 points. With only 3 minutes and 57 seconds remaining, it will not be a theory for the Knicks to win.
At the end of the game, the Knicks still refused to bow their heads, especially Li Feng stubbornly reversed the momentum that had been formed. The comeback turned what the Pacers could have easily won into a life-and-death battle that required a lot of tension.
The Pacers must suppress the Knicks at this point, and hold them down. Both in terms of morale and scores.
So when the Pacers came over again, the basketball was in George's hands, and Li Feng also moved in front of George immediately.
The previous games between Li Feng and George were fleeting, and George played small tricks in front of Li Feng. Now that has changed.
Li Feng also changed at this time. The defense of the previous defense was just in place, but now it is facing life and death, and it is facing the irrepressible anger in my heart.
Li Feng's defense entered the devil's stage, Li Feng stood in front of George, without any gaps under his feet, and his hands were constantly harassing George.
At this moment, Li Feng can even cover George's eyes with one hand and try to cut off George's ball with the other. It's an incredibly nasty form of harassment. George was also disturbed by this harassment.
George was frustrated, holding the basketball and then slamming a step towards the left. Bringing Li Feng to this side, George suddenly changed to the right, retreated with the ball horizontally, and then shot the basket.
George's skills at this moment are almost breathtaking, with breakthrough skills, ball control skills, and jump shooting skills all at the top level.
However, his opponent Li Feng is not a normal human being!
When George stepped back to this side, Li Feng still followed, and at the moment of George's jumper, Li Feng also flew up, and Li Feng seemed to be a big wall in front of George.
In the face of such defense, George can only continue to use his small means, a wonderful change in his wrist, turning the basketball into a high-throwing arc.
Li Feng didn't touch the basketball, but the basketball didn't hit either.
The Pacers' offense failed, the Knicks' backcourt rebounds were rock-solid, and Kirilenko was firmly in charge of the backcourt rebounds.
Then when I went to find Li Feng, I found that George had gone crazy to go around Li Feng, Li Feng had no chance to catch the ball, but the Knicks' counterattack should not slow down, so Kirilenko quickly passed the ball to Belineri.
Belleinelli watched Hill come over with the ball, he had seen how Livingston fished out the other party, Belleneri was not stupid, a flexible change of direction, and then another change of direction in the middle of the march, two consecutive changes of direction finally threw the other party away.
Shook off Hilberineri from the middle and went straight to the Pacers' basket, the Pacers shrank abruptly at this time, Bellineri was not a good player to force a breakthrough, he immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, who was running fast on the side.
Li Feng saw the ball coming from Belineri at this time, but instead of catching the ball with both hands, he stretched out a fist, a simple punch, and with one punch, the basketball flew out of a refraction line, which happened to the hands of Kirilenko, who was following behind.
Kirilenko did not hesitate to take the ball outside the three-point line, and raised his hand to make another three-pointer.
It could be a moment of crisis that boosted the Knicks' focus, or maybe a game's poor shooting percentage was compensated for at this point. Kirilenko made a shot, and the three-pointer smashed into the Pacers' basket.
"Whoa!"
At this moment, the Knicks' bench jumped, and all the Knicks fans and players went into euphoria.
Because of this blow, the Knicks have rewritten the score of the two sides to 105-94, and the difference between the two teams is only 11 points, and there are still 3 minutes and 22 seconds left, and the time seems to be sufficient, and the Knicks seem to have unlimited hope.
The Pacers' previous celebrations were in vain, and those fans who left early must have missed something.
At the last moment of the game, Li Feng took the lead in bringing the Knicks back into the bestial group. Now the Knicks are alive. No longer depressed, no longer imposing, but passionate. The whole team was in a state of euphoria.
At this time, the Knicks and these players suddenly remembered what Li Feng had done before, and they all came over to high-five Li Feng and hit Li Feng's chest. In their way, they tell their admiration for Li Feng, the boss.
Li Feng used 8 consecutive points, a long pass that was like a hole, and a miraculous fist pass to bring the Knicks back.
At this point, Pacers fans were still dumbfounded, unwilling to believe this awkward reality. Li Feng changed the trajectory they adapted to and brought an awkward life here.
At this time, Gary Payton also opened his mouth wide, and Li Feng actually had the strength of one person. reversed the general trend and reversed the previous accumulation of Vogel's wisdom. Every superstar is indeed a kind of anti-heaven being.
Gary Payton lacked an awareness of stars before, although he watched a lot of games and coached many teams. But I still believe in tactics and strategy. And not the players. Li Feng's current appearance only shocked the concept in his heart again.
Although Li Feng did not completely change the level of the score, he has completely changed the situation of the game.
In the past, the Knicks were just waiting to die, but now the Pacers have sensed the danger of defeat.
This time it was Vogel's turn to call a timeout, and Vogel was on the sidelines with a continuous set-up of tactics.
While Vogel was laying out the tactics, Tyberdu didn't say anything about tactics here.
Now it looks like the Knicks are like a tiger, but Tyberdu knows if the next 11-point difference can catch up. Or it's more a matter of luck. So at this time, Tyberdu let the team play freely, or let it go.
Today's game. By now, Tyberdu feels like he's won, because his team has learned a lot, realized a lot, and seen the best team in the league.
Isn't that enough? Ask too much and lose more.
At the end of the timeout, the Pacers kicked off, and the Pacers started to play a solid half-court game without leaving the house.
On the halfcourt, the Pacers' side is a steady ball, a steady pass, a steady run, and every link is controlled steadily, not giving the Knicks any opportunity to take advantage of.
The Pacers dragged their feet so much that it was only when the final 4 seconds of 24 seconds came that the Pacers suddenly threw the basketball to George's side.
The moment George got the ball, David West immediately came over as a cover, and George used this cover to dribble sideways and then pull it up for a mid-range shot.
George hid behind David West to attack like this, Li Feng couldn't catch up, and Kirilenko, who was on the other side, was also stuck behind David West.
Li Feng and Kirilenko watched George score those two points at a crucial moment.
The Pacers were more reliable in crunch time, or George. The Pacers not only scored 2 points, but also consumed 23 seconds of offensive time, so that the time was 2 minutes and 59 seconds, and the score of the two teams became 107-94.
Time was almost a tenth of the time, and the opponent still got the score, and the Knicks' path to the reversal was another difficult point.
At this time, the Knicks very much wanted to launch a quick offense, chasing the ass to snatch the score back, but the Pacers did a good job in the details, harassing a pass, blocking the passing route, and doing a good job of covering some small details after catching them. The Knicks, on their side, didn't play the fast offense that they were good at.
Belinelli could only hold down the basketball and slowly pressed up towards the Pacers' half, and the Pacers not only eliminated the Knicks' opportunity to play fast break, but also forced the Knicks to nibble at the Pacers' half.
The Pacers' half is not that easy to gnaw on, the twin towers stand inside the line, and any team that wants to attack the Pacers' half will encounter their interception.
At this time, the Knicks arrived at the Pacers' halfcourt, and also stabilized their position, starting from the outside layer by layer of cover, and Kirilenko was outside to the Cousins restricted area to disrupt the Pacers' interior line.
At this stage, the Knicks have also played patiently and decently. But at this time, the Pacers' defense is really strong, they block every road very hard, and the Knicks can't find a better opportunity.
The Knicks' offense this round is about to reach 20 seconds. At this time, Li Feng finally used the cover of his teammates to run to the top of the arc, so that Kirilenko was the outside strategy and passed the basketball to Li Feng's hands.
Li Feng took the ball and took a step behind Kirilenko, using almost the same means as George. Take off and make a three-point shot.
Li Feng has another three-point shot! At the moment when Li Feng shot, this ball was full of suspense, you must know that Li Feng's long-range shot today was three ups and three downs, sometimes accurate, sometimes inaccurate, and now Li Feng shot again, who knows what the result is.
It doesn't take long to guess. In less than a second, the results are in! Li Feng's three-point shot was neatly drilled into the basket.
"Huh!" Li Feng is another three-pointer. Chased the difference to only 10 points. In the last few minutes of the game, Li Feng's feelings returned, and Li Feng began to convulse again. With this three-point shot, Madison Square Garden resounded with a burst of worried exclamations.
Gary Payton was also frightened by Li Feng on the side. This kind of step-by-step pressing. The feeling of not letting go of a single step is almost as if death is chasing after you.
When Reggie Miller was a player himself, he was a king of killing, and at this time, he was so excited to see this kind of step-by-step game:
"In! Entered! Li Feng's three points are scored again! This time the Pacers have to be nervous, if Li Feng can still score three points, the Pacers can't score two points! Now look at what walkers do! ”
Reggie Miller is excited here, and countless Knicks fans are also doing it in various ways at this time. Secretly praying that the Knicks can turn around and create another miracle, of course, Pacers fans naturally pray in the opposite direction.
In the cheers of Madison Square Garden. The Pacers are in the Knicks' half again, and this time they play more rigorously and steadily.
In this environment, the Pacers are cautious in holding the basketball, attacking cautiously, and dare not relax in the slightest. On the other hand, the Knicks must be doing their best to defend the Pacers, trying to break the ball as much as possible or make the opponent miss.
The two teams are in a simple confrontation, fierce confrontation and fighting, and the atmosphere of the two stadiums is extraordinarily solemn.
You must know that the difference between the two teams is still 10 points at this time, but there is such a fierce confrontation on the court, which is simply an outlier.
The Pacers finally delayed until about 20 seconds to shoot, and Odom Johnson, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, received the ball and quickly shot three points, but unfortunately he was still not fast enough to be harassed by Li Feng in the past, and this guy was also psychologically affected.
The Pacers missed the offense in one round, and the Knicks' two interior offenses were not dominant, but the backcourt rebounds were still firmly protected.
The Knicks took the backcourt rebound and tried to advance quickly, but it still didn't work, and the Pacers pressed the Knicks to the half-court again.
The two teams played back and forth for three 20-second offenses, and there were only 2 minutes and 59 seconds left, which was now shortened to 1 minute and 50 seconds.
During this period, the Pacers only scored 2 points, but managed to delay by 1 minute. If the Knicks continue to play at this pace, they will not be able to win, so the Knicks, who are in a low position, can only fight again at this time.
When Li Feng arrived at the Pacers' half, he knew that he couldn't continue to play so slowly, so he immediately used the cover of his teammates to run half a lap and go to the other side of the three-point line to catch the ball.
Li Feng was like a player without the ball, running fast, drilling left and right like a loach fish in the crowd.
When Li Feng ran out from the other side of the 45 degrees, the Pacers' defense was already in chaos, and it was only Roy Hibbert who could catch up and help the defense.
When Li Feng received the basketball, Li Feng faced Roy Hibbert, a little weaker, and when Roy Hibbert raised his hand, Li Feng gave Roy Hibbert one step at a time.
Li Feng passed in one step, then dribbled the ball in one step, and flew into the Pacers' restricted area like a bomber.
A group of Pacers hurriedly came up to chase and intercept, in this case Li Feng actually made a spinning action in the air, rotating 270 degrees in the air as if it was a spinning top, and when Li Feng finished spinning, the basketball in his hand had also reached the hands of Bailey Neiri outside the three-point line.
Hill, who was defending Belineri, went to chase Li Feng, so at this time Belineri was vacant, and in the face of this great opportunity, Belineri did not waste it.
He took the ball and mastered the rhythm, and got up with another three-pointer!
"Hmm" the Knicks' three-point shot is actually hit again! This three-pointer was as sharp as a knife, and the stabbing Pacer was bleeding all over the ground.
Madison Square Garden also let out a scream of exclamation, "Ah! Yes! "The whole stadium was screaming.
At this time, the Pacers' players were also pale, and the Knicks hit such a three-point shot, and the difference between the two teams was shortened to within 10 points.
10 points is a psychological mark, and now that the Knicks have broken through that threshold all of a sudden, and there is still one minute and 37 seconds to go, the next thing is simply infinite possibilities.
At this time, Reggie Miller was excited:
"Belliner three-point shot! The Knicks were in hot pursuit, really hot pursuit, and the last few minutes of the game turned out to be beautiful, and this is the real game. ”
Reggie Miller is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and now that the Pacers are being chased to the point of fear, this guy is happy.
Gary Payton's eyes also widened at this time, saying that the Knicks' reversal is no longer theoretically possible, and it is really possible to succeed according to this trend.
If the Knicks come around, Gary Payton can't imagine what that would represent. (To be continued......)