Card Bishop of Basketball

Chapter 93 Larry hits four points

At this time, the lineups of both sides are basically both offensive and defensive, and all the reliable players who can be played are on the field:

Warriors lineup: Billups, Houston, Old Mullin, Rasheed and Mr. Shan Tao, everyone can play with the ball, offensive deterrence cannot be underestimated, defensive end Old Mullin gritted his teeth, and fought hard for a while Still no problem.

Knicks lineup: Charlie Ward, Starks, Madman, Larry Johnson, Ewing, still the orangutan princess and four dwarfs, it is said that the Knicks plan to trade a taller power forward to make up for the team The lack of inside height is also to help Ewing relieve the pressure.

The Warriors had the ball on the field, and Billups slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Charlie Ward kept pressing him to go to the strong side, which was convenient for the Knicks to double-team, but Billups finally made some progress. With the help of Houston's pick-and-roll to get rid of the entanglement, the weak side controls the ball and observes the situation.

In fact, the ball just now can be shot directly. Billups is in an open opportunity outside the three-point line on the weak side, but after all, the rookie hesitates after making consecutive mistakes. With this hesitation, people rush forward. , there is no good opportunity to make a move.

Houston ran over to catch the ball and had a weak-side dislocation chance to single Charlie Ward. Although he is not very left-handed, this opportunity is really good. The team holds a four-point lead. If this goal is scored, it is basically locked. A goal for the game.

There is basically no objection to Houston's execution of the final attack. After returning to Madison Square Garden, he was the most efficient in the team today. He made 17 of 11 shots and scored 24 points, as well as 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Income.

The New York fans compared what they can do here, what they eat, what they eat, and the madman who likes to make trouble, and then looked at Houston, which is playing like a fish in water in the Golden State system, and couldn't help but have some doubts. Made a sinkhole deal.

Here Houston was swaying, and Charlie Ward was swayed. It has to be said that Houston's mid-range threat was too great. As a former teammate, Charlie Ward was directly swayed, and Houston took advantage of the opportunity to kill at the basket.

There is one thing to say, Charlie Ward really fought hard in defense. Although he was passed by Houston in one step, he did not give up one position behind. Instead, he followed closely and tried to block Houston's shot from behind.

The Houston restricted area was double-teamed by the aunt and the gorilla. These two people could stand still under the basket, but they would never move. Today, in order to win, he was willing to run out of the restricted area.

Houston, who didn't expect this situation, rushed the ball and wanted to pass it to Mr. Shan Tao who was emptied, but Charlie Ward, who had been lurking behind him for a long time, jumped up high and broke the ball.

The Knicks had the ball, Charlie Ward wanted to play a fast break, but was entangled by Billups, and he didn't make a move. The Warriors near the midfield tried to double-team the ball holder, but the gorilla made a pick-and-roll Easily break the frontcourt press.

In the frontcourt, Charlie Ward had a problem with whom to give the ball to. Both the madman and the gorilla Ewing reached out for the ball. One of them was the king of New York, the boss of the team. Although he was old, his competitive state was still maintained. Not bad.

The other one, in his prime of life, played for 10 minutes today and was still screaming and jumping around. It is said that the management and the boss are very optimistic about this guy becoming the new King of New York.

These two people, no matter who they are, are not something that he, a little Charlie Ward, can offend. He is just a little point guard who executes tactics conscientiously, and occasionally steals chickens and shoots two three-pointers. Faced with this situation, He was at a loss.

In normal times, it is enough to take turns to give, but in the current situation, who will play the key ball?For the star player, then the question is, who is the star player in New York?Old Ewing?Madman in his prime?

"Give it to Ewing!" A growl from the sidelines usually annoys him, but now he thinks it sounds like heaven. The team's offensive assistant coach Carlesimo asked me to give the ball to Ewing. Who of you has any problems? Leximo, I'm just an ordinary tactician.

Ewing held the ball inside and played single against Mr. Shan Tao. Mr. Shan Tao didn't dare to make a move easily. At this critical moment, if he makes a casual move, the referee's whistle will sound.

With more than 40 seconds left on the court, Ewing began to sink his body to single-handedly hit Teacher Shan Tao, turned over and missed a jumper, Rasheed protected the rebound, and the Warriors began to press time.

Billups gave the ball to Houston, and with five seconds left in the attack time, Houston started to start, continuously changing direction and retreating to the middle distance, but was interfered by the madman, and still did not make it.

With 11 seconds of attack time left, the Knicks held the ball and were 4 points behind. It seemed that there was no hope of chasing points.

The madman missed a three-pointer from outside, and there was chaos around the basket. The crowd didn't know whose hand touched the basketball. The ball rolled out of the sideline, and the referee whistled to indicate that it was an upcourt ball.

Meng Yifan was somewhat puzzled by the ball. It seemed that both Rasheed and Ewing had touched the ball, so why should it be counted as out-of-bounds on our Warriors players? It was really bullying people at the home whistle.

Ewing served the ball from the sideline and gave it to the madman. The madman wanted to cut into the basket, but Carlesimo kept roaring on the sidelines, signaling to let the madman pass the ball to the outside to shoot a three-pointer. The madman hesitated to handle the ball. Slap and fly away.

With 6 seconds left in the game, the Knicks called the last timeout and arranged their offensive tactics. Meng Yifan of the Warriors ordered two points to defend against three points. You can take two points at will and never give a chance to three points.

The Knicks took the ball from the sideline, and the madman came out to ask for the ball, but there was no good chance. Charlie Ward didn't give it, and Ewing signaled for the ball inside, but he didn't give it.

Seeing that the serve was about to time out, Aunt Johnson came out to catch the ball from the left three-point line. Rasheed followed closely and did not give Johnson any room to shoot.

Larry Johnson pretended to make a breakthrough, and Rasheed took a step back. With this step, Larry Johnson directly forced a three-pointer and threw it against Rasheed's defense. The referee whistled to signal Rasheed to hit the ball. .

This is not over yet, Larry Johnson blindly threw a three-pointer and hit the board directly into the net. The three-pointer was valid and an additional penalty was added. The advantage accumulated by the Warriors was directly wiped out by this ball. With Larry Johnson's free throw level Look, this kind of free throw is a sure thing.

Meng Yifan felt a bit pained. Although Larry Johnson was an all-around power forward, his level of throwing three-pointers was really not good. It was luck that he could score such a fairy ball.

Historically, in the 98-99 season, when the Knicks played the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, Larry Johnson made such a difficult four-pointer. It seems that the will of the world cannot be violated. Larry Johnson is destined to score a goal with the Knicks. four points.

The New York home court was in a state of excitement. With three seconds left in the game, the score was tied. The New York gang would never disappoint their supporters. The game was not over yet and everything was uncertain.

In the eyes of New York fans, as long as they defend against the opponent and enter overtime, with the strength of the New York gang, they will definitely win the game.

Well, they didn't consider the physical strength of both sides at all. If it really went into overtime, the warriors who were all soldiers and everyone could fight would definitely have a better chance of winning than the breathless New Yorkers.

Larry Johnson made an extra free throw and the two sides tied 101-101. Meng Yifan called a timeout and arranged tactics. The other coaches were thinking hard and didn't know what tactics to play. Kill, I don't know which pretense to use.

(End of this chapter)