NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 9
The Cavaliers finally called a timeout. No matter how incompetent Larry Brown was, he knew that if he didn't call a timeout, there would really be no need for another game.

The Cavaliers' offensive options after the timeout were much safer than before, and James also regained his sanity from the impulsive state just now.

The Cavaliers attacked, James broke through with the ball, attracted the Suns defensive players to double-team and then chose to pass the ball, Drew Gooden received the ball from the free throw line and took off, successfully scoring the ball.

The Suns formed a fast break, Marion ran without the ball and cut to the basket, Nash's pass followed closely, and the latter received the pass and scored an easy layup.

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In the next few minutes, the two teams maintained a relatively high offensive efficiency, refused to give in to each other, the score continued to rise, and time passed by every minute.

Unknowingly, there were less than 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. At this time, the score of the two sides was 110:111. The lead of the Cavaliers was only 1 point, but the ball belonged to the Cavaliers.

James slowly dribbled the ball from the top arc to suppress the time, and when the attack time was only 6 seconds away, he suddenly started to break through and hit the basket. The Suns immediately carried out a double-team tactic, but the speed of James was difficult to stop, and finally the whistle sounded , The Suns made a defensive foul.

James, who walked to the free throw line, made everyone's hearts hang.

The next two free throws will be crucial.

If James makes all 2 free throws, the point difference will return to 3 points, and the Suns will have to fight for a 3-pointer to tie the game and drag the game into overtime.

But if they make 2 of 1 free throws or miss all of them, the Suns will have a chance to win the game.

James' free throws, you can always believe that the complaint that three-pointers are more accurate than free throws at critical moments is not groundless.

James, who walked to the free throw line, missed the first free throw and then hit the second free throw.

110:112, two points difference, 18 seconds left in the game.

D'Antoni immediately called a timeout and arranged for the final attack, but his decision was to go for a three-point lore.

Although scoring a two-pointer and then playing overtime is a safer choice, even in overtime, the Suns may not necessarily win the game.

The overall performance of the team today is still too bad. If it weren't for Wang Chao who suddenly turned out in the fourth quarter, the point difference in the game would have been so large that it would have lost suspense.

Therefore, D'Antoni decided to take a gamble and use the last attack to directly end the game. Risks and opportunities always coexist.

Because of this, Wang Chao, the team's absolute bench substitute, was able to stay on the court.

The task D'Antoni assigned to Wang Chao was the same as in the previous few minutes, standing in the bottom corner, attracting the attention of the opponent's defensive players, and helping Nash and others' offense to stretch space.

Although Wang Chao's touch in this game is overwhelming, he is currently 4 of 4 three-pointers and has already scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, but at this most critical lore moment, D'Antoni still trusts his most powerful disciple. nash.

However, although D'Antoni's arrangement is like this, Wang Chao is obviously not reconciled to watching the opportunity to complete the system task miss his opportunity.

D'Antoni believes in Nash, and Wang Chao also believes in Nash. If he finds an opportunity in the last attack, this ball master will definitely choose to pass the ball to himself!

The timeout ends, and players from both sides enter the field.

Dion looked at Wang Chao who was walking towards the field, and clenched his fists involuntarily.

"Wang Chao, come on! Whether you can enter the team's rotation depends on this last attack!"

Dieng, who is also a fringe figure on the team, very much hopes that Wang Chao can take this opportunity to enter the team's rotation, even though he and Wang Chao are actually competitors.

Because if Wang Chao can do it, it means that players at the bottom of the league like them really have a chance to counterattack!
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After playing, Wang Chao ran directly to the three-point line in the bottom corner on the right side of the court.

Pavlovich immediately followed up. Although during the timeout just now, coach Brown analyzed that the Suns will most likely hand over the last attack to Nash. If not, it will be Marion, because the two are The most offensive player on the team right now.

As for leading the Suns to launch a counterattack and give the 20-point difference to Wang Chao who was chasing back, Brown believes that he will not be assigned as the candidate for the final lore shot.

But even so, Wang Chao cannot be easily released. Pavlovich's task is to stare Wang Chao to death in the last 18 seconds!

Nash stood at the top arc of the three-point line and slowly dribbled the ball, waiting for the game time to pass by. They must suppress the offense until the last second, and do not give the Cavaliers any chance to counter the lore.

The 18-second attack time passed quickly, and the attention of the ten players on the field was also raised to the peak.

Suddenly, Marion moved!

Not only Marion, but Barbosa, who was lurking on the other side of the baseline, also moved. Marion pulled out the outside line to screen for Nash, while Barbosa pulled out the outside line from the other direction to help Nash stretch the space.

With Marion's pick-and-roll cover, Nash quickly broke into the basket.

For a while, everyone's attention was focused on Nash. This distance has entered Nash's offensive range. He has too many ways to send the ball into the basket!
"It's not a three-point tactic, but do you want to tie with two points and continue overtime?"

There was a cold light in James' eyes, and he suddenly shot out from one side, and the whole person ejected and took off, covering the sky like a big roc, covering almost all the sky above Nash, without giving Nash any room to make a move.

"In that case, there's nothing they can do?"

Looking at this scene, Pavlovich, who was standing on the bottom line, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Pavlovich was taken aback suddenly, because he suddenly found that Wang Chao who was in front of him had disappeared!

Turning his head to look, Pavlovich was shocked to find that Wang Chao had sneaked from the corner three-pointer to a 45-degree angle without knowing when.

"Damn! Careless! Did I sneak away when I was paying attention to Nash's actions just now?"

Pavlovich secretly thought something was wrong, and hurriedly tried to catch up, but it was too late.

"Steve!"

Wang Chao, who was standing at a 45-degree angle, let out a loud shout.

Nash, who had already noticed Wang Chao's movements in advance, did not hesitate at all, and immediately passed the ball behind his back, sending the basketball to Wang Chao's hands with great precision.

"Oops!"

When Wang Chao received a pass from Nash under the open position, everyone's hearts were suspended.

The Cavaliers remembered Wang Chao's previous unreasonable 4 three-pointers.

The Suns, on the other hand, were worried because Nash handed the game-winning shot to a bench player.

Wang Chao, who received the pass from Nash, felt as if time had stopped at this moment. The noisy noise on the field disappeared, and all he could hear was his own heartbeat.

Take a deep breath, bend your knees, take off, and shoot!
Wang Chao's whole set of movements was done in one go, and he turned the basketball towards the basket very naturally.

(End of this chapter)