【52】 Flying to save the ball, this is the finals!
7:05 of the second quarter.
Timberwolves (35) :(28) Pistons.
Seeing that Lin Fei was back in battle after less than 1 minute of rest, the target center arena once again resounded with loud cheers and screams.
Even though Lin Fei has dragged the team back in the last few defenses, the Timberwolves' home fans have never complained, and they are looking forward to Lin Fei scoring another three-point goal.
Larry Brown did not replace Richard Hamilton because of Lin Fei's departure, but continued to keep him on the court.
After all, Hamilton is the team's scoring champion and core workman, and he must be allowed to face Lin Fei to find a way to solve it, so as to play with self-confidence.
It would be an absolute insult to Hamilton to stagger his playing time to avoid a rookie draft loss.
Charles Barkley said excitedly: "Philip Saunders has finally been bold again, it seems that Lin is going to be on the same page with Hamilton for the rest of the game tonight!" ”
"As the top scorer of the Detroit Pistons, Hamilton has played an average of 40.2 minutes per game in this year's playoffs, and Lin's physical strength may not be able to keep up!"
Kenny Smith exclaimed: "Anyway, Lin Du will have a big role in this year's finals, which has already made history in itself, you know, he is still a rookie and lost the draft!" ”
"Looking at the entire history of the NBA, the only player who can shine in the Finals in his rookie season is probably 'Magic' Johnson!"
"But the magician is a well-deserved 79-year champion, and Lin is just a little-known overseas draft!"
On the court, the Timberwolves attacked.
Hamilton's eyes were cold, and he chased after Lin Fei to the death, knowing his running position at a glance.
Darik Martin gave the ball to Kevin Garnett in the high post and played on Rashid Wallace.
Lin Fei rushed up quickly at this time, with the help of a ball-holding cover from Garnett, and cut diagonally from the left side outside the right three-point line.
Hamilton had already seen through this cover, so he was prepared to bypass it in advance,
Although the curve was longer than the distance in a straight line, Hamilton's speed and agility showed at this time, and he followed Lin Fei almost instantly, without giving him any chance to catch the ball.
The "madman" on the other side also accelerated the empty cut basket, trying to create an opportunity to catch the ball and make a layup, but the "long-armed monster" Prince chased it very tightly, and this empty cutting opportunity also did not run out.
Garnett could only choose to play alone, sideways against Wallace twice, and then connected with a shooting feint, but did not shake up the roar Tianzun, turned over and forced a jump shot.
"Bang dang!"
Not yet.
Although the Wolves have scored 9 points so far, they are not very efficient, and Rashid Wallace's defense of the new MVP can be said to be very successful.
The defensive rebounds were protected by Big Ben, and the Pistons stabilized their positional battles.
Billups advanced with the ball, Hamilton continued his tireless off-ball run, and Lin Fei took advantage of the fact that his physical strength had not been consumed too much, gritting his teeth and desperately chasing the defense.
Although Hamilton is the league's top running master, his running position is also quite sharp and fast, and his speed and agility are better than Lin Fei.
But Hamilton is better at mid-range jumpers, and his outside three-point shooting percentage is not high, only 29% this season, and he has only averaged more than one three-point shot per game.
A few days before the finals began, Lin Fei also carefully studied Hamilton's game video.
The range of his pursuit and defense can basically be around the three-point line, and if the opponent runs outside the three-point line, he can be properly released and pinch the passing line.
Perhaps Billups also wants to let Hamilton regain his confidence in himself as soon as possible, so he always deliberately waits for Hamilton to run out.
Helplessly, Lin Fei was full of physical strength, his defensive attention was highly concentrated, and every nerve was tense, and he always followed the "Mask Man" like a shadow.
Seeing that his teammates didn't have a good chance to run, Billups was also impressed by Lin Fei in his heart, this guy really has two brushes to chase the off-ball player.
Big Ben under the basket bypassed Olovo Kandi in the process of getting into the position, and the frame got a nice chance.
Billups' eyes lit up and he quickly threw the ball high to the basket.
Seeing that it was a good opportunity to eat cakes, the wolf king rolled over and yelled for a foul, and Olovocandi also gritted his teeth and jumped up, slapping Ben Wallace on the shoulder with his big hand.
"Smack!"
The basketball flew out of his hand, and the referee's whistle sounded.
"Beep!"
Whistled for a foul on Olowokandi's shooting hitter.
Ben Wallace rolled over and cursed at Olovo Kandi and walked to the free throw line with a cold face.
"Bang dang!"
"Bang dang!"
Ben Wallace, who had a stiff hand, missed both free throws, and Olovokandi's foul was worth it.
"Smack!"
The rebound was grabbed by the Wolves, and the Timberwolves switched offense.
Ben Wallace has shot less than 50 percent from the free-throw line for a perennial period and 42.7 percent during the playoffs this season, worse than O'Neal.
Many people will ask, since Big Ben's free throws are worse than O'Neal's, why hasn't Big Ben become as popular as Shark Hacking?
The problem is actually very simple, because Big Ben's offensive threat is far less than O'Neal's.
In addition, the overall offensive efficiency of the Pistons team is not high, and the average offensive round does not score 1 point.
Of course, Big Ben is also tactically cut a lot of times in the game, but not as often as O'Neal.
At least using a shooting foul to ruin Ben's dunk at a critical moment is definitely worth the price.
The offensive end didn't get a good opportunity, and Hamilton, who came to the defensive end, chased Lin Fei even harder, and didn't give him a chance to breathe.
Lin Fei was not in a hurry to score, and withdrew directly to two meters away from the three-point line, with his hands on his waist, calmly watching his teammates play.
Hamilton didn't dare to let Lin Fei have too much space, so he could only paste it all over the place.
Lin Fei's pretending to be forced to score three points and five consecutive strikes in the warm-up before the game is still vivid in Hamilton's mind.
From the point of containing the defender to open up the offensive space, Lin Fei said that he was second in the league, and no one dared to say first.
The wolf king also felt that he had a bad hand in the first half, and after blocking and dismantling, he gave the ball to the "madman", and he threw off Rashid and quickly went down.
Olovo Candi successfully blocked the delay of Ben's help defense by pressing down the center, and the wolf king, who strode into the penalty area, received the pass from the "madman", and jumped up to make an explosive one-arm dunk.
"Boom!"
"Boys, this is my home field!"
The wolf king who fell to the ground pounded his chest and roared angrily, and this iconic bloody action made the target center arena, which had been silent for a long time, boil again.
The Timberwolves reextended their lead to nine points.
Going back, Billups played a pick-and-roll with Rasheed Wallace at the top of the arc, stepped back to the three-point line in a misplaced position, and saw the timing to make a strong three-pointer and make a decisive shot.
The wolf king, who quickly changed his guard two meters away, jumped up, his 2.14-meter body was like a mountain, his long arms covered the sky and the sun, and his big hands fell like a fan.
"Smack!"
In Billups' frightened pupils, the wolf king's big hand fanned down the basketball fiercely, and the ball flew past Billups's side face in a high-speed spin, smashing on the floor and bouncing off the front court.
"Whoosh!"
Lin Fei, who was chasing Hamilton on the right side, felt that this would be a wonderful hat as early as the moment the wolf king flew up, so he decisively turned over and prepared to counterattack.
When Hamilton reacted and chased after him, Lin Fei had already run three meters away.
The strength of the wolf king's bloody cap was very strong, the basketball bounced up obliquely and flew towards the front court, even if Lin Fei rushed to the front, it was still difficult to save the basketball.
"Bang!"
The ball had smashed the ball near the three-point line at the top of the frontcourt arc for the second time, and after bounced up, it looked like it was about to fly out of bounds.
Lin Fei suddenly thought of the scene of Trenton Hassel flying to save the ball in G6 in the Western Finals at this time.
Even if he knows that his defense is poor, at this moment, he must not watch the basketball go out of bounds.
Out of instinct in his consciousness, Lin Fei clenched his teeth, stepped on the top of the arc and jumped up, like a fish jumping over the dragon gate, stretched out his big hand, and chased after the basketball.
Hamilton, who was chasing after him, as well as the Pistons and other players of the Timberwolves, were stunned for a moment.
Lin Fei is really hard enough?
It's like the finals!
"Smack!"
At the moment before Lin Fei almost hit the audience outside the bottom line, the palm of his right hand finally took out the basketball impartially, turned around and suddenly glanced at the position of his teammates in the front court.
I didn't have time to think about it, so I quickly exerted my strength and threw the ball back behind me.
Immediately afterwards, it slammed into the chest of a female fan in the front row of the bottom line.
"Ahh
Full of sexy screams,
Lin Fei instantly felt his face hit two soft things, and then lay on the legs of the female fan.