Chapter 395: Fouled, Fouled!
Tyronn Lue made changes to LeBron James' setup.
Tonight's "Little Emperor" was bent on rushing inside, so Tyronn Lue put Carmelo Anthony in front of LeBron James, using Anthony's tonnage and strength to fight LeBron James's tonnage, and at the same time letting Wiggins use his mobility to make up for the defense and carry out a second blockade.
Using the advantages of the two forwards to fight against LeBron shows Tyronn Lue's fear of LeBron James.
Speaking of which, some players criticize a lot, it's the kind of player who you know has a huge problem, but you don't deny him what he can because of his problem.
Like Chris Paul......
When one team is disappointed in him, there is always another team who "takes over...... Even if the team's huge problems only give them so much to choose from, being selected is being chosen.
This is a testament to his ability.
He's that kind of player, and LeBron James is the same kind of player.
Tyronn Lue's various targets are a testament to LeBron James' ability.
He was in great shape tonight as well.
How good is it?
Let's put it this way......
Raise your hand outside the three-point line, just the three-point shot that was originally in the first place, LeBron James's state tonight is perverted, obviously it is an empty catch, but the ball is stunned into the basket.
Iguodala, who was already jumping high, was completely stunned by him.
Then he gave a thumbs up......
This ball also boosted the morale of the entire Warriors team, and in their opinion, this is a signal that "Lady Victory" and "Lady Luck" are going to be on their side tonight!
At the end of the first quarter, LeBron James had scored 18 points, and the Warriors scored 37 points as a team, which was the most ferocious first quarter since the Warriors in the Finals.
The Columbus Explorers couldn't defend them, but they were in good shape, and they also "worked all the way" to finally score 34 points, trailing the Warriors by 3 points.
At the end of the first quarter, the person who was interviewed as a representative of the Warriors was LeBron James.
The female reporter's tone was excited: "LeBron, you played a very good first quarter tonight, this state looks great, can you share with us, how did you adjust your form, because you played badly in the last game, did you expect to play such a good first quarter tonight?" ”
Because the female reporter's question took a long time, LeBron, who crossed her waist, immediately said as soon as she finished speaking: "If you know what kind of emotions I am playing with, you may not be surprised why I can play like this, just like that, I have to continue to participate in this game, tonight's war has just begun!" ”
After saying that, he immediately returned to the team.
The state of the entire Warriors as a whole got better and better in the second quarter, and the rhythm point that Steve Kerr thought belonged to the Warriors was finally here.
Luckily, it's not too late......
Win this game and the Warriors can rewrite the score to 2-1!
It's not 3-0, then there's still a chance.
He looked at LeBron James' expression, a little more satisfied, he had been expecting LeBron James to do something, and this game was played at this time, and he finally did it!
The game continued for the rest of the day......
LeBron James obviously regained his form, but Carmelo Anthony on the opposite side watched LeBron James, who was defending himself, continue to perform, and suddenly became full of energy.
'09 "Western Cameron" returns for a limited time.
The two of them "come and go" on the field, fighting inextricably.
Looking at the offense and defense of the two of them, the thoughts of some slightly older reporters on the sidelines returned to March 02 at this moment, when LeBron James was a junior in high school and Carmelo Anthony was a senior in high school, and a regular season game between them gave them the title of "peerless double pride", but at that time, I am afraid no one thought that these two "pride of heaven" would be so ill-fated.
At this stage of his career, he has not won a championship trophy.
Unexpectedly, the first championship of their careers would be won from each other......
Let's go!
Even if it is to give an explanation for the "rival dispute" for so many years.
Carmelo Anthony is really being ruthless.
And although his physical fitness is no longer as good as when he was young, and there is a slight gap between him and the current LeBron James, he ......
It's hard work!
When a person is fighting the field, God will do something of mercy.
At 8 minutes and 14 seconds in the second quarter, LeBron James's layup was actually covered by Carmelo Anthony.
The ball was slapped off, and after the two of them landed, they rushed to the basketball together.
The pair of "banana boat brothers" had only one sentence left in their hearts at this moment:
I'm sorry, Anthony Sang (LeBron San), this is the closest I've ever had to a championship and I couldn't have missed it!
In the "Man on the Horse", LeBron James took the lead in grabbing the ball, but before he could hold the ball towards his hand, a pair of big hands had already grabbed him who fell to the ground.
LeBron James, who was lying down, was not very strong, but he actually "wrestled" with these big hands for a second, and was almost dragged directly.
This terrible grasp frightened the owner of the big hand, that is, Li Wan, but he immediately twisted his body to separate the ball, and became a complete ball grab, and then smoothly attacked quickly, completing the "one-stop layup".
LeBron, who was lying on the ground, "rolled" in various ways, and after seeing the referee ignoring him, he immediately got up and spread his hands towards the referee, wanting an explanation:
Doesn't this ball give us a scrum?
The referee didn't pay attention to him, because the referee on the other side had signaled that Li Wan's layup was valid.
Moreover, although Li Wan and him had a confrontation in strength, LeBron James did not completely hold the ball, and in just a second, the ball was taken away by Li Wan, looking like it was stolen.
With LeBron James on the ground, there was nothing wrong with Levan's steal.
That's a bad position to protect the ball.
However, it's not for nothing that LeBron James is so excited, because ......
After this goal, Li Wan's personal score came to 27 points in the half, which has surpassed LeBron James, who scored 24 points in the half, and the Columbus Explorers also surpassed the score by 1 point and became the leading side.
What, how do you say LeBron James is so clear about the numbers of both the enemy and the enemy?
Then you'd underestimate LeBron James' sensitivity to numbers.
Steve Cole hurriedly called a timeout.
He turned to LeBron James and said, "Man, I can give you 100 points in everything you have so far tonight, but then, it's not that I don't believe you are in the form tonight, but I think you need to rest for a while, and in the future, I want you to pass more and let your teammates take the pressure off you, and let them change their current defensive set-up first." ”
Steve Kerr is embarrassed to say that the Columbus Explorers have been very successful against LeBron James during this time, and he is afraid of dampening LeBron James's enthusiasm, and without his enthusiasm tonight, the Warriors would not have been able to lead all the way until this time in the second quarter before being overtaken by 1 point.
But sometimes, if you don't say it directly, some people just don't understand.
Moreover, LeBron James tonight has a lot of ambition in his heart, he not only wants to win this game, but he also wants to surpass Li Wan in terms of presence.
But now, Li Wan's score has unconsciously surpassed him, can he swallow this breath?
Of course, continue to strengthen the individual attack!
However, LeBron James has a basketball IQ, or basketball intelligence, what Steve Kerr didn't say to him at the moment, LeBron James himself will see it in the next few rounds.
With his fiery first quarter and Tyronn Lue's defensive changes to him, his efficiency during this period was not very high, which was the key to the Warriors' overtaking of the game during this period.
After discovering this, LeBron James's personality trait of "knowing the times is a good man" immediately showed, and he took the initiative to change his style of play and began to create opportunities for his teammates.
In tonight's game, in addition to LeBron James, the rest of the entire Warriors team also played well, especially the "Splash Brothers", who had already made 8 three-pointers together before the first half was over!
Everyone made 4 three-pointers and was extremely efficient!
Otherwise, with LeBron James' score alone, how could he lead the Columbus Explorers all the way.
You must know that Li Wan has been scoring, and the law that the Columbus Explorers have been in more and more vigorous form since they all played in the finals is still in effect...... It's not just Wiggins and Carmelo Anthony who have played more consistently and prominently in this game, even Adams has played well, looking for opportunities under the basket is very good, and at the end of the first half has scored 10 points, 6 open spots, and grasped 5 of them.
Steve Cole sore to watch.
It's really "a fight with the Warriors", right?
The two sides were deadlocked all the way to the end of the first half.
The last 1 minute was a blast.
Stephen Curry made a long-range three-pointer to help the team overtake by 2 points, leaving only 1.3 seconds for the Columbus Explorers.
Entered!
67 to 66!
The Columbus Explorers still had a one-point lead heading into the second half.
On the side of the Columbus Explorers, Li Wan scored a whopping 31 points in the half, in addition to 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Throughout the first half, the Warriors' offense was extremely ferocious, but the Columbus Explorers were able to bite the score, and even the biggest reason for the final overtake of the score was that Li Wan kept scoring.
In the first half, Tyronn Lue knew that Li Wan's scoring task tonight was very heavy, so he almost didn't arrange any defensive tasks, except for the alignment, so that Li Wan put all his energy into the offense.
This arrangement was naturally seen through by Steve Kerr at half-time.
Determined that Li Wan would devote himself to the offensive end tonight, he simply gave it a go, used offense to drive the defense, and could force the ball of the Columbus Explorers into Li Wan's hands and force him to solve the problem.
The core players of the Warriors tonight, including LeBron James and "Splash", all of them have a good scoring momentum, and the average points per game of the three people are nearly 75 points combined!
Steve Cole really didn't believe that when the three of them were on fire, they could still beat Li Wan...... Even if he can't do it normally, but when Li Wan has already done the whole game, he doesn't believe that at the critical moment, three people can't do it alone!
Tyronn Lue, on his side, was keenly aware of Steve Cole's thoughts, but at this time he didn't interfere with Li Wan's style of play, but just said to Li Wan during the official timeout: "I have a total of 5 timeouts in my hand, I will keep them all, when to use them, you decide!" It's all about giving you a sigh of relief! ”
Obviously, he plans to use Li Wan's offense to fight with the opposite side to see if the Warriors' "three shots" are more ferocious, or Li Wan is more capable of fighting!
Moreover, in the current situation, if the Warriors continue to lose one game, it will be the "abyss" with a big score of 3-0, which is actually a big battle......
What else is there to say!
The fight is "King Fried"!
To say that the "smell of gunpowder" on both sides is indeed getting stronger and stronger as the game deepens.
Coupled with the loss of time a little bit, the scores of the two sides kept alternating leads, and each time they challenged the cranial nerves of both sides.
All of them were tense on a string.
Including the TNT studio, which has always been a humorous commentary style, one by one is also focused on the game at the moment.
Before the start of this game, they really didn't expect this game to be so anxious.
Because looking at LeBron James' performance in the last game, as well as the situation of the entire Warriors, the third game of the Finals is a game in which Columbus pushed the Warriors into the abyss with all his might.
Barkley even prepared a few bad jokes in order to keep this game from being boring by then.
But what I didn't expect was that LeBron James could bottom out in this game, and the state of the entire Warriors team could also perform so well.
But......
"This is the finals!"
"It's finally a bit of a finals!"
"Seriously, the Warriors are a 70-win team in the regular season, and that's what they should be playing!"
On the live broadcast platform on the Internet, countless fans shouted "happy", in their opinion, this game is a real finals-level game.
It's long overdue, but seriously, it's cool to watch!
As the nerves became more and more tense, the fatigue increased, and the two sides entered the stage of "striking iron".
At 9:35 in the fourth quarter, LeBron James rushed inside and scored a crucial two points, which was the Warriors' first two points in the past three minutes.
The most important thing is to break the "scoring drought"!
Well......
The Columbus Explorers continued their scoring drought.
After Lee Wan completed a mid-range shot 1 minute and 34 seconds before to extend the deficit to three points, Columbus did not score for the rest of the time.
This shot gave the Warriors hope of winning, and everyone began to grit their teeth and defend.
The entire running ball of the Columbus Explorers team was forced by them, and even showed a little fluency.
It shows how desperate the Warriors are.
Seeing this, Li Wan forcibly received the ball and rushed towards the basket.
He's been flying all the time, and "Iron Man" will be tired, and of course he will be tired, so this ball can be seen that his overall breakthrough speed has slowed down significantly.
But just when the Warriors wanted to close the door in front of the "reasonable collision zone", Li Wan completed the jump shot on the right side of the free throw line.
At this time, the sharpest weapon must be the middle distance!
Li Wan took out the weapon of the previous generation of "gods", Klay Thompson quickly pounced, and the whole person had an obvious collision with Li Wan in the air, but the referee did not blow the whistle.
However, this collision did not cause any interference, because although Li Wan was still in the air at the time, the ball had already been shot.
So when Li Wan stumbled to the ground, the ball fell straight into the basket.
The difference is three points again!
In the cheers of the audience, Li Wan shouted for everyone to defend.
There were no complaints.
Barkley looked at the replay of the ball and suddenly laughed: "The referee has done the Warriors a great favor!" Otherwise, the goal will be decided! ”
If the referee blows the whistle, it's a "2 plus 1"!
With Li Wan's free throw stability and the "big scene" attribute, how could he miss such a key free throw?
But because of this, there was no penalty, so the difference was still 3 points.
It's just that......
Time also fell below the last 1 minute at this time.
"The Warriors have to make this shot, or they're going to be in a dangerous situation!" Bill Wharton looked at Stephen Curry, who was holding the ball across half the court in the picture, and opened his mouth to point out the current situation.
Stephen Curry is also very tired, as can be seen from the fact that the Warriors successfully blocked and dismantled him with a "small and big" opportunity, and he did not shake out the open position.
But at this time, LeBron James suddenly came up and made a "block" for him!
Stephen Curry seized the opportunity and drove to the basket, Sabonis Jr. couldn't dodge it and was fouled by him, and Stephen Curry still hit the ball into the basket when his body lost his balance.
2 plus 1 chance!
All the Warriors players on the bench stood up, Steve Kerr was even more excited to the point that his whole face was deformed, and the Warriors players on the court immediately ran towards Stephen Curry, trying to help him up.
In addition to LeBron James, he is doing celebratory moves......
Well......
In his opinion, his own blocking and dismantling is the key!
Stephen Curry got up with braces in his mouth and walked towards the free throw line.
At this moment, the eyes of the audience were focused on him.
If this penalty is scored, then the score of the two teams will be equalized.
This is definitely a "critical penalty".
Stephen Curry took a deep breath and adjusted his stance, a little more hesitant than usual, but extra resolute when it came to his shot.
"Huh!"
He had never heard the sound of a free throw smashing so nicely.
And after the goal, he also shook his arm fiercely, but the arm was not completely thrown out, and when he saw Li Wan urging the serve, he was immediately shocked: "Defend quickly, defend quickly, Li Wan is here, Li Wan is here!" ”
There is no excitement at all.
It wasn't until Steve Kerr watched him calm down from the sidelines that he saw that it wasn't Lee Wan holding the ball on the other side, but Wiggins taking the ball from the backcourt......
Look at this child, what is already a shadow of what it looks like?
However, it is not only him who has a shadow, but the rest of this team is also full of shadows, and when the ball came to Li Wan's hands, all the Warriors players on the court suddenly felt like a big enemy.
There are 30 seconds left in the game.
If Columbus's offense can be prevented, then the side full of initiative will become the Warriors' side.
The offense in that round just now was very important, and if it didn't go in, the Warriors would go straight into the abyss, and in the end Stephen Curry went in, but ...... This only made them stretch out their feet from the abyss and retract them.
If the Warriors want to win, then defending this round is the key!
Steve Kerr finally ignored it and began to use LeBron James and Iguodala to wrap Lewan, no matter who he is, as long as he doesn't get the ball, even if the ball goes in, then he will admit it!
In short, it must not be Li Wan who scored this goal, otherwise it will cause a greater blow to the psychological pressure of the entire Warriors team.
Look at what Stephen Curry just looked like.
If this goal is still scored......
If this goal is scored again, Li Wan will have to set a single-game scoring record in the NBA Finals again, because at this moment he has already scored 63 points, and if he scores another 2 points, it will be 65 points, which will break his previous single-game record of 63 points in the Finals.
He also sensed the Warriors' strong belief in wanting to stop him and not let him shoot, so he ......
He found Carmelo Anthony's position before the two men came in the room, and then after breaking through to a position where he could pass the ball, he immediately gave out a beautiful "ground pass".
The ball was given from the right side of LeBron James, and the "Little Emperor" also saw the ball.
He wanted to destroy, but his already tired body, after chasing Li Wan for such a while, reached the limit, he couldn't make any moves, he could only watch the ball fly next to him.
His gaze followed anxiously, and the person who received the ball ......
Li Wan read it right, that position is Carmelo Anthony.
There were three or four seconds left in the 24-second attack.
Because Iguodala and LeBron James sandwiched Leewan, there was a "vacuum" on one side of the Warriors' entire defensive formation, but no one expected Carmelo Anthony to move to this "vacuum......
"Melon" took the ball, and the Warriors quickly rushed to his side, and the "big heart" he had cultivated in his career for more than ten years made him not panic at all, and after a simple adjustment, he threw at least hundreds of thousands of shots that he had practiced in his entire life.
The moment the ball is shot, the rebounding light comes on.
The ball pressed for 24 seconds and the offensive time went into the basket.
This "Zhan pass" ......
It feels really good!
In fact, Li Wanzhen didn't plan to pass the ball, he dragged it until the last moment, just thinking that the other party couldn't defend him so firmly, but he didn't expect LeBron James and Iguodala to be more desperate and ran towards him, the space of his teammates was too large, at this time, the "Zhan-style pass" can actually be used.
Besides, Carmelo Anthony isn't a role player, that's what he's used to do!
"Ho!"
Hitting the key shot to regain the lead by 2 points, Carmelo Anthony couldn't hold back and shouted with a clenched fist.
He scored a total of 20 points in this game, which was not as good as before, because he spent most of his energy on defending LeBron James.
It's a pity that the final effect is not very good!
Therefore, he has always held back his strength.
originally thought that this game was Li Wan's "lonely carry" again, but he didn't expect that at the last moment of the game, he actually had a chance to redeem himself!
I'd like to see who says that Li Wan's helpers this year are the weakest in recent years.
Well......
This is indeed a lot of care!
There were more than 8 seconds left in the game.
The good news is that it's enough for the Warriors to play a game.
Even better, the Warriors have one more chance to take a timeout.
Steve Cole didn't hesitate to take advantage of the opportunity.
Tyronn Lue began to line up, and he took Sabonis Jr. and Adams off, one of whom was a little slower and the other who was not material for defense.
He brought on Rajon Rondo and Kwame Brown for the final defense.
"Guys, don't give them three points......"
At the same time, Tyronn Lue is very aware that the Columbus Explorers are leading by 2 points, so as long as the opponent is not a three-pointer, then even if the Warriors score, they can still play overtime!
The atmosphere on the Warriors' side is even more scorching.
Steve Cole barely stopped his mouth during the timeout.
And after he finished talking about the whole strategy, the beep sounded, and it could be the last round of the game.
The Warriors were initially looking for three-point opportunities.
But Tyronn Lue's reminder worked, and with his switch to a more flexible "small lineup," the Warriors didn't get a chance to shoot a three-pointer at all.
Eight seconds is relatively ample time, but it is not enough that the Warriors can continue to look for three-point shots when there are no three-point opportunities on several runs, so ......
LeBron James saw that time was running out and hurriedly held the ball to the basket and killed.
Tonight, in this land, he wants to be a hero!
Another reason, he observed, Adams and Sabonis Jr. are not under the basket, and the Columbus Explorers lack enough height on the inside, he can hit the basket well.
However, he underestimated how quickly the Columbus Explorers could shrink under the basket.
But equally, the Columbus Explorers, for their part, underestimated LeBron James' resolute attitude.
With the killing intent decided, he rushed into the basket without hesitation in the face of the quickly closing Columbus Explorers defensive formation.
The perverted physicality allows him to still do the job of attacking the basket after playing against Kwame Brown, but when he raised his hand, Cameron Anthony next to him touched his elbow, which was fleeting, but he still felt it,
The ball pops out of the frame.
At the same time, the rebound red light is on.
But he didn't panic at all.
Because......
He knew he had been fouled!
Can......
The whole stadium was full of cheers, and the Columbus Explorers rushed towards Li Wan, his teammates had already begun to bow their heads, but the whistle he was expecting did not sound.
No, it's not......
It's a foul!
They've fouled!
LeBron James shouted at the referee in a hurry, seeing that no one was paying attention, he was so anxious that his knees suddenly weakened, the whole person knelt down, and touched his fouled arm, which looked like a tear, and kept shouting: "They fouled, why don't they blow it?" Why don't you blow it! ”
Excited to the end, kneeling on one knee turned into kneeling on both legs.
By the way, I also glanced at the camera.
In the direction of the camera, the expression is even more excited.
Many brothers say that it's all LeBron recently, because this part of LeBron James's drama has reached the final stage, how can you have fun with tonight's plot if you don't criticize it fiercely? is still the same sentence, when LeBron becomes more and more written, it is basically when LeBron is going to be tortured in the plot.
(End of chapter)