I'm not really a role player

Chapter 324 Exhausted?

The counter-following three-pointer, as Steve Kerr said, is a little far from the three-point line.

It is also because of this that everyone in the Magic knows that Li Ke has a shooting bag for chasing three-pointers, but Li Ke still made this three-pointer.

Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines felt the danger. He stood on the sidelines and shouted: "Michael, why don't you stare at him?"

He was so angry that after Pietrus heard the roar, although he felt aggrieved, he still raised his hand and took the pot away.

In the commentary seat, Steve Kerr didn't think the three-pointer was worth anything, so it was a little far away.

After a three-pointer, the Bobcats were only close to 10 points behind.

For a game that has already reached the fourth quarter, this score gap is still a bit big.

The most important thing is...the Bobcats couldn't defend against the Magic's offense. The ball that Sparks scored at the beginning of the fourth quarter already explained everything.

On the court, Li Ke waved his hand. This super-long three-pointer seemed to wake up his originally not-so-hot touch?
This game seems to have a little chance.

However, if you want to win and reverse, defense is still the key.

The defense of turning around is also the magic's round.

Jamal Nelson has the ball and doesn't rush to play.

Pietrus and old Carter's running positions on the flank quickly pulled the left area of ​​the empty side, and Li Ke's sparks were leaning on his back, which was exposed in this way.

At this time, the magic's intention couldn't be more obvious.

"This ball should still be hit in."

Nelson didn't pass the ball rashly. He took a few shots, took two steps in, and suddenly waved his hand to send the ball out.

Under the basket, Sparks moved his hands forward, ready to catch the ball.

It was also at this time that Li Ke, who had been putting pressure behind him, suddenly withdrew his chair.

While Huo Hua staggered, Li Ke turned around and moved forward, avoiding Huo Hua.

Snapped!
In the quiet Amway Center, Li Ke hit the flying basketball with his palm, changing its original flight trajectory.

The Amway Center immediately responded with exclamations, and Steve Kerr in the commentary also suddenly shouted in surprise: "The ball is broken!"

Immediately afterwards, he added: "Jamal Nelson's pass to Warcraft was interrupted, and an interception from Shelton, he has controlled the basketball!"

"Now is the time for the Bobcats to fight back!"

Li Ke rushed out, still slapping the basketball he had just intercepted.

In the face of a counterattack, the Magic are always able to retreat quickly to deal with it, but this time, their reaction was a bit slower.

Only Nelson, who made a pass error, first realized that the basketball was interrupted, followed Li Ke, turned around and killed him.

"Sheldon crossed half court, he just had to face Jamal Nelson's defense..."

Pietrus was very anxious. He realized that Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines was going to spray him again.

But now, he returned to the defense and chased after him, but he couldn't catch up. All hope was on Nelson.

Nelson was pretty smart, he stuck close to Li Ke, and didn't give Li Ke a chance to chase three points.

Li Ke looked at this thin and short opponent, and he didn't have the idea of ​​chasing the body for a three-pointer. He slapped the basketball skillfully, swept away Jamal Nelson with his left arm, and rushed into the three-point line resolutely...

Two seconds later, there was a loud bang, and Li Ke, who had thrown off Nelson, hit the basket with a dunk.

"Steals, counterattacks, dunks!"

Groom Albert passionately described the transition between offense and defense just now.

"Selton staged a way. Counting the three-point chase that was also a counterattack in the previous round, he scored 5 points in a row, chasing a 13-point deficit to only 8 points."

Steve Kerr frowned: "The game seems to have become dangerous again."

Stan Van Gundy has long felt the danger. At this moment, he still holds three long timeouts and one short timeout in his hands, so he chooses to use up a long timeout first.

beep!
The crisp whistle sounded, and the game was suspended.

"Stan Van Gundy was very decisive. He chose to use a timeout to interrupt Shelton's momentum of scoring 5 points in a row."

The timeout was very effective. After the game was suspended, Pietrus, who was sprayed bloody, began to keep an eye on Li Ke. Even if Li Ke was in the distant backcourt of the Bobcats, he would follow closely.

However, despite this, the Bobcats relied on Li Ke's second and third consecutive successful defenses against the Sparks.

And turning around, Hua's second brother slipped to the bottom line with 2 points, further narrowing the score behind to 6 points.

The score difference of 6 points immediately gave people room for imagination.

But in the next 3 minutes, Li Ke encountered the most stringent defense of the Magic, including Pietrus' marking and other players on the flank.

The Bobcats are therefore powerless to attack.

The same is true for the Magic. Sparks played consecutive singles, and Li Ke continued to push them down.

Interspersed with some breakthrough jump shots by Nelson and old Carters, the success rate is so low that people shake their heads.

The score was dead, until the official timeout of the last quarter——

"The Bobcats' offense, or Sheldon with the ball..."

"Turning back, turning around... No, it's a step back!"

"After stepping back, Sheldon made a three-pointer directly!"

Swish-!
Pietrus didn't expect that Li Ke actually made a step-back three-pointer, so he couldn't interfere with Li Ke.

The clear sound of scraping the net indicated that Li Ke scored a goal.

Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines saw the jump in the score, 84 to 81, and the Magic led with only 3 points left.

Even so, he pinched the timeout in his hand because it was just a ball.

In the Magic's offense, Nelson sent the ball to the basket through a wing pull as usual.

He couldn't be more careful, and after a pass to Sparks, Sparks started his isolation.

Except for the goal scored at the beginning, Sparks never opened a gap from Li Ke.

For the consecutive singles, Huo Huo also tried various routines, and the ending was without exception, all of which were iron strikes.

For this ball, he chose to use an extremely simple turn and hook, and threw the ball directly.

There was still no suspense in the end... With a bang, Second Hua, who was lying in ambush, grabbed the rebound.

Cole on the commentary booth shook his head: "Why do the Magic have to go inside? Warcraft's consecutive misses in singles have proved that going inside has no future at all. Isn't it a better choice to give the ball to outside scorers to try more possibilities?"

Groom Albert saw a clue: "Stan Van Gundy's purpose should be to exhaust Sheldon's physical strength."

"Although Shelton has not scored during this period of time, there is no doubt that the Bobcats' offense is based on the fact that Shelton can always score one-on-one."

"It can be said that Sheldon is the only reason the Bobcats can score in the final quarter."

"But it is also the last quarter of the game, and he has to take care of defense, which means that his physical fitness is very problematic."

"As long as Sheldon is exhausted, the Magic will win this game without a fight..."

Stan Van Gundy did have such an idea, and he was about to succeed.

On the court, the Bobcats who grabbed the rebound set off a counterattack, but the counterattack failed.

One is that the Magic's retreat is very fast, and the other is that Li Ke's rush is not so fast...

"Selton's physical fitness is obviously not as good as the start of the fourth quarter. The Magic is about to succeed."

Even so, the frontcourt has changed from a counterattack to a positional offense. Li Ke, who was almost the last to arrive, received the basketball and used a painfully slow breakthrough, emergency stop, and jump shot...

Swish!
Sent the ball into the basket.

"Sheldon's breakthrough jump shot, Michael Pietrus's hands were almost sealed to his face, but it still couldn't stop him from scoring this goal!"

"It's another wave of scoring 5 points in a row. Look at the score, 84 to 83, only 1 point away..."

Steve Kerr had forgotten what he said at halftime.

All he knew was that magic was dangerous.

Stan Van Gundy also knew that the Magic was in danger, so he, who was very hesitant at the moment, chose not to wait for the official timeout, and used a long timeout in advance to stop the current game.

Pause, Michael Pietrus gets sprayed again.

"Michael, pressure! As I said, give Sheldon more pressure!",

"I'm already putting pressure on him!"

The aggrieved Pietrus finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Stan Van Gundy frowned:
"You put pressure on him? Then why is he still scoring?"

"tell me why?"

He was asking, until Pietrus shook his head: "I don't know why, boss, but I will put more pressure on him in the next game..."

Emmm, Pietrus has softened, although deep down, he still doesn't think there is anything wrong with him.

The timeout ended, and the Magic changed players by the way.

Little Black Bean, who had been resting throughout the second half, played, and with the addition of Rashad Lewis, the Magic changed half of the main lineup.

The purpose is self-evident, they want to take advantage of their physical strength and speed up.

After the game was suspended, the Magic also got their wish.

Li Ke was pushed down again, but the Magic scored 7 points in a row relying on Xiao Heidou and Lewis who had just played.

Although the Bobcats also scored, the score became 91 to 85, and the Bobcats fell behind by 6 points.

Li Ke's physical fitness has indeed reached its limit. You must know that he hasn't rested since this game.

Not to mention the one-shoulder offense and defense in the final quarter, but also the scoring in the first three quarters. As of now, in three and a half quarters, he has scored 38 points.

Among them, more than half of the fourth quarter, he has scored 10 points.

Looking at the score, a score that is still behind means that if the Bobcats want to win this game, Li Ke will have to play offense and defense until the end of the game.

On the court, Li Ke pressed the spark again and turned around for a layup.

Fight back, he can't run anymore...

"The Lynx's counterattack, no, it's not a counterattack anymore, Sheldon's speed is too slow."

"He can't run anymore..."

At this time, Cole remembered the words he said at the end of the halftime: "At the end of the halftime, the game was over for a while, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bobcats brought the suspense of the game back again, but in the end, physical fitness limited the upper limit of the Bobcats. In this game, the Magic still won..."

His eyes closely followed Li Ke who was slowly arriving at the front court.

Curry on the right just feinted. He rushed a few steps and finally passed the ball.

About one step away from the three-point line, Li Ke caught the ball and faced Michael Pietrus who was close to him. He turned around and put on a posture of back hitting.

The Magic's defense is not so crazy that Li Ke has to double-team the ball from outside the three-point line. What's more, even Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines thinks that Li Ke is not much of a threat at this time.

So, on the field, Li Ke took a step behind his back, then turned around, shook Pietrus slowly, and jumped up from the three-point line...

emmm, the speed is still slow, so slow that Pietrus easily raises his hand to interfere.

"Although his physical fitness has reached its limit, Sheldon still has to make a move..."

Both Cole and groom Albert were shaking their heads, but Li Ke on the court had a mysterious feeling.

At the moment of the shot, the basketball was light.

But the strength of the basketball's flight is not bad at all, with a rapid rotation, bang!Hit the inner edge of the basket.

Immediately afterwards, the basketball spun in...

Swish-!
"This... the ball went in?"

The groom Albert was stunned, Cole also widened his eyes, and reacted for a long time: "Sheldon's luck is so good, can this goal also be scored?"

Michael Pietrus on the field spread his hands, he and the two commentators had the same idea, can this also go in?

It just goes in!What everyone didn't know was that Li Ke even thought that it should enter!

Back on the defensive end, the Magic's offense has returned to normal. The little guy on the outside line suddenly threw the ball out.

This time it was Little Black Bean, who slammed an iron with a bang.

At the basket, Li Ke, who was exhausted, avoided confrontation with Sparks and judged the rebound.

Snapped!
Holding the basketball with both hands precisely...

"Sheldon's rebound, Bobcats' counterattack..."

"Don't counterattack, groom, this ball is still a positional attack, but the score is still a bit dangerous for the Magic."

With a score of 91 to 88, the Magic led by 3 points.

Although Li Ke's exhaustion has been put on the bright side, the Magic's lead is too small, and it is basically a matter of one ball.

Therefore, this score does not seem safe.

Stan Van Gundy is still a little anxious about the Bobcats' possession of the ball.

"Beware of your people!"

"Especially Michael!"

Pietrus has been used to pua, so instead of refuting, he returned an OK gesture.

Li Ke slowly controlled the ball to the frontcourt, but he pushed it up meticulously.

Don't give chances, including chances for ultra-long three-pointers.

Li Ke glanced at the basket, held the ball with both hands, and raised his hand...

Pietrus immediately approached further, but Li Ke immediately turned around and slid past Pietrus.

That's right, this is a fake shot, but the speed is extremely slow.

Cole shook his head: "A breakthrough at a very slow speed, Michael Pietrus followed up again..."

He really wanted to say, it's time for Li Ke to pass the ball.

But at this moment, groom Albert's exclamation interrupted him:
"Breakthrough emergency stop, Sheldon made a sudden move!"

The next second after the fake shot and the real shot, Li Ke switched to the fake shot and the real shot.

This time, Pietrus made some mistakes in his judgment, and the interference was a bit slower.

Swish-!
There was a clear sound of wiping the net, and the Amway Center exclaimed again.

"This goal is scored again!"

"Sheldon, whose physical strength has been exhausted, scored 5 points in a row..."

On the sidelines, Stan Van Gundy frowned: Shouldn't this guy be exhausted?Why still score.

He didn't throw the blame on Pietrus again, because he knew very well that Pietrus had done the best defense in these few rounds.

Looking up at the score again, 91 to 90, the lead is only 1 point again.

With only one long timeout and one short timeout left in his hand, Stan Van Gundy forcibly pressed his hand.

Magic's offense, they desperately need a goal.

Stan Van Gundy yells, "Go in! Go in!"

So, the pick-and-roll followed the pick-and-roll, although the effect was not good, the old Carter still held the ball and rushed to the basket.

But at the basket, Li Ke threw away the sparks and suddenly burst out, pop!
"Deadly slice!"

"The sudden appearance of Sheldon prevented Vince Carter's must-have goal!"

Cole gradually frowned, but groom Albert further broadcast: "Not only that, Shelton controlled the ball and counterattacked... There is no counterattack, but the offensive and defensive transition, the Bobcats have a chance to overtake the score!"

It was still very slow, Li Ke watched the opponent retreat across the board, and his teammates rushed to the frontcourt like a tide, but he took the ball one by one, and controlled the half court without haste.

Pietrus continued to stick close to him, but he made two consecutive crotch dribbles, two steps away from the three-point line, and suddenly made a pull...

Michael Pietrus stretched out his long arms, not only to interfere, but he also wanted to block Li Ke's ball.

But the basketball still passed him, and in the eyes of doubt and disbelief, it fell into the basket.

Swish-!
The crisp sound of wiping the net was like a fuse being ignited, and the Bobcats' bench was boiling instantly, white towels were flying around, and there were all kinds of thick black and thick arms waving vigorously...

(End of this chapter)