Chapter two hundred and twenty nine: life hangs by a thread
"Don't worry, yiyi points are not too many! No matter how powerful James is, he is still a human being. He can't be so efficient if he consumes too much in the second half! KD! Just play James in the third quarter and drag him down!" Van Gundy looked calm and did not look hurried. Basketball games must be played at least 48 minutes, and only by taking the lead at the end of the 48th minute is called victory.
"An, stay behind KD at any time. If James breaks through Durant, it's your turn to get on! Don't worry about O'Neal, leave it to Morris to deal with it."
After the arrangement, the Thunder team's generals were full of confidence, even if they were behind double digits now.
Van Gundyyi pushed open the door of the locker room, and the noisy cheers of the fans of the stadium jumped into Anjie's ears.
Although the Loan Stadium can only accommodate more than 20,000 spectators, their cheers do not require any other stadium. The Cavaliers' situation this season is very good, and Cleveland fans also have high expectations for them.
Before Kobe, the Cavaliers scored 23 consecutive home games this season, and it was not until Kobe and his Purple and Gold Legion entered the Loan Arena that they broke the Yi record. It can be said that the Loan Arena has become a veritable devil home court.
Now he is ahead of the hot Thunder in the first half, which makes Cleveland fans feel full of confidence.
"Damn it, let them look good in the second half!" Morris clenched his fists and shut up the home team fans when he won away. This is his favorite thing to do.
"Let's go, Morris, let's get on!" Angel hammered Morris' arm. In the second half, the Thunder's inside defense would be as hard as a steel plate!
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James held his knees and gasped. Only when his teammates made a free throw can he have the opportunity to take a break.
He was tired, and the omnipotent "little emperor" in the hearts of Cleveland fans was really tired.
After only more than four minutes in the third quarter, James obviously felt that he was not as energetic as the first half.
"O'Neal missed two free throws again, Morris's foul was worth it." As O'Neal missed the free throw again, Angel stuck to the position and took the rebound, and then quickly handed the ball to Westbrook. Westbrook didn't stop and quickly moved forward.
The Thunder are unknowingly accelerating the pace of offense and defense conversion, with the purpose of making James exhausted!
"An leaned against O'Neal again, and Durant was constantly interspersing with the running position."
Again, O'Neal met the thin No. 6 again. He had to admit that this guy who looked half as big as he was, but he struggled to play.
Anjie began to push back, O'Neal didn't move at all. There was no way, his weight and strength were there, which was a gap that Anjie could not make up for at present.
But O'Neal knew that Angel could not be defended so easily. He was afraid that Angel would face the frame, because Angel had scored goals in front of O'Neal many times today.
Whatever you are afraid of, An Jie will naturally follow the action. After two strokes, there was no effect, An Jie turned around and walked towards the basket and attacked in the frame!
With the previous experience, O'Neal moved his steps ahead of time, so he was able to hold back Anjie with his chest and block his breakthrough.
"You're caught, boy!" O'Neal's mouth curled up slightly, and finally he took the defense!
But how could Anjie give up so easily? After experiencing training with Divac and Olajuwon, and having been playing in nBa for 1 and a half years, Anjie has many offensive methods.
Seeing that he could not break through O'Neal, Anjie suddenly held the ball with both hands and turned around and asked himself to carry the basket. But this time he was not trying to fight with O'Neal. Just as O'Neal was carrying the basket, before O'Neal could react, Anjie hooked his hand to attack the frame, and the basketball was hollowed into the br >
"In this game, An Jie didn't leave any effort and took out all the things he knew! We have seen how many different methods he used to attack? Except for three-pointers, An Jie came all over!"
"What a fuck..." O'Neal picked up the basketball from the ground unwillingly. Is it really impossible to defend it? Is this 2O-year-old guy so powerful?
In fact, this is because O'Neal is too high for himself. Angel was actually very uncomfortable with O'Neal's defense and failed to score in several low-post offenses. But in O'Neal's heart, his defense should be better than now.
As Anjie scored again with a hook, the difference between the Thunder and the Cavaliers also changed from yiyi points to the current 5 points.
James is still very active, but his efficiency is more than yi star worse than the first half. Due to the huge physical energy consumption, James chose to shoot more times on the outside, but his hit rate was not ideal.
Where is Durant? He has accumulated enough energy and is consuming the physical strength of the "Little Emperor". Even when Angel and O'Neal play singles, he will not stop interspersing with running positions.
Is Durant tired? Tired. But you have to know that James is over-consuming in the first half, he is even more tired!
The Thunder took control of the situation in the entire third quarter, and the Thunder's substitute lineup after being scolded by Van Gundy also played very hard.
Seeing James panting on the court, Mike Brown had to choose to replace James. If O'Neal and Daniel Gibbs had not scored some points, the Cavaliers might have been defeated long ago.
As Van Gundy expected, James, who performed well in the first half, was exhausted in the third quarter. The Thunder took the opportunity to score a 35-2yi score in a single quarter!
8yi to 77, the Thunder, who was originally behind yiyi, not only tied the score, but also reversed 4 points. The cheers in the Loan Arena were not as loud as the beginning of the half, because the Cavaliers were pushed to the edge of the cliff again.
"Durant, Angel, Westbrook, these three people's performance today is not the best in this season, but at least the three of them are working hard at the same time! The Cavaliers will play more difficult in the fourth quarter, and Cleveland fans all hope that James has enough rest."
"Even if James has enough rest, it is still difficult for the Cavaliers to play. O'Neal is already a small blowout today, but even so, the Cavaliers are still behind!"
During the half-time break, all the commentators were praising the Cavaliers and beating the Thunder. Now, the situation has turned around. The Thunder team was once again praised on the altar, and the Cavaliers, the Eastern Conference No. 1, instantly weakened a lot in the commentators' mouths.
The game finally had to go in a anxious direction, with 4 points. In the fourth quarter, although Thunder fans and Cavaliers fans were reluctant to see such a situation. But for neutral fans and commentators, this was the best situation.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, James was still off the court, but after only two minutes of rest, he went into the game again.
The Thunder did not open the score in those two minutes, because O'Neal's defense in the inside caused the Thunder's offense to be greatly hindered.
"O'Neal has really fought! The 37-year-old veteran is really playing hard with An Jie on the court!" Although Yu Jia is standing on An Jie's side, he has to admire O'Neal's spirit at this moment.
O'Neal left no effort to defend Anger. He knew that he did not have as much playing time as Anger and the others, so in this limited time, O'Neal did as much as possible to help the team win.
Angel did stop his offense under O'Neal's crazy defense, but fortunately, Seversa and Durant had a good outside feel, which continued the Thunder's scoring momentum.
The two sides played again and it was difficult to separate. The more time went on, the more worried Van Gundy became. No coach wanted to see the team play the key ball, and everyone hoped that victory could be held in their own hands early.
But things went against my wishes. In the last minute and twenty seconds of the game, Westbrook's quick stop jump shot turned the score into 95-94. The Thunder are now only leading!
"Suspend the pause!" Mike Brown quickly used up a pause, and finally scored a half points. It was time for him to arrange something.
After returning from the timeout, James took the lead and forced the inside to make Durant a foul.
95 to 96.
Angel made a throwing shot on Valejo's head. The Brazilian fell to the ground after physical contact with Angelen, but the referee ignored it.
97 to 96.
James took a pick-and-roll three-pointer, and O'Neal on the bench raised his arms and stood up. Sure enough, James' three-pointer shot hollowed into the arena and burst into a warm shout.
"mVp!mVp!mVp!" James once again became the focus of the Loan Arena, and the shouts of mVp were endless.
97 to 99. In the last 23 seconds, the Thunder fell two points behind!
"If you want to win the game, the Thunder must hit a three-pointer. At least today, Mike Brown doesn't have to worry too much about Angel."
"This is not certain. You must know that the physical strength of the young emperor James is very problematic now. If coach Van Gundy only needs two points to drag the game into overtime, the Thunder will have a greater chance of winning."
Critical moments can always arouse people's infinite imagination, and Van Gundy, who sets up tactics, is not much easier than the players who are about to execute tactics. His arrangement is also an important factor in the results of the game.
"Russell!" Van Gundy knew that James had excellent defense in the end. Today, he could only use some people who were not good at it.
"No problem! I'll do it!" Westbrook was the only one. After two games underestimated, the outside world has scolded him in a disastrous manner. Today, Westbrook performed very well, scoring 20 points and hitting a shooting percentage of 54. It would be even better if he ended the game with a final kill.
"Kevin, come and take the Cavaliers' attention. An! Pick and roll, you know what to do. Watch..." After assigning the task, Van Gundy began to write and draw on the tactical board.
"Beep!" The loud noise made the Thunder players make the players appear again.
"Pay attention to time, Kevin! Pay attention to time!" The Thunder players went on the court, and Van Gundy gave the final reminder.
Morris cleared the ball from the sideline, and Durant spent time holding the ball.
"Sure enough, the Thunder still chose KD as the final end point!" The commentators' opinions were surprisingly expressive.
Ten seconds left, Angel's pick-and-roll came up, Durant started to start, and James quickly bypassed Angel's pick-and-roll, giving Durant no room for half a step!
Five seconds! Durant jumped, and everyone thought he was going to shoot. Unexpectedly, the basketball suddenly turned around and came to Westbrook's hands.
"Westbrook is the deadly sharp knife!" Everyone exclaimed, including Mike Bryn, who witnessed countless big scenes.
Anthony Parker quickly rushed forward and hoped to interfere with Westbrook's shooting, but Westbrook calmly and took a calm shot.
Everyone was staring at the basketball, but An Jie was the only one who was still moving with the basketball.
"Bang!"
"This ball is not scored! It's over, the game is over! Wait! It's An! He rushed into the penalty area!"
Anjie just gave Durant a pick-and-roll from the outside, so he naturally failed to get stuck in the inside line. However, the strong pursuit of victory was still the trend. Anjie actively ran back to the three-second zone, preparing to grab the offensive rebounds.
"No, come on, Anderson, come on!" Although Valejo had stuck his position, O'Neal on the bench still felt sweaty.
The basketball hit the frame, Valecho's legs pierced into the floor, and his arms spread out.
Where is Angel? He jumped with all his might and was ready to make up the ball through Valaijo.
Anjie rushed back into the penalty area with all his strength, so when he took off, the huge inertia made him and Valejo violently bump into Yi.
Valejo was about to jump, but suddenly felt a huge pressure coming from his back. Anjie had already suppressed the Brazilian and stretched his long arms and was about to touch the basketball!
Valejo pounced forward, and what about Angel? He clicked the basketball in the air through Valejo. The basketball changed its movement trajectory, flew back to the basket, and fell into it.
"God! An! He succeeded through Valaijo's tip-off! The Thunder were pulled back from the edge of the cliff by him. They are going to play extra time!" All the live broadcast rooms of the TV stations exploded instantly. The wonderfulness of Anjie's ball can definitely make him on the top ten without any controversy!
Chapter completed!