Coach Lee

Chapter 767

"Okay, the game is about to start, we see the starters on both sides.

The Nuggets started with Wu, Lee, Stephen Jackson, Darko Milicic, Chris Anderson,
The Suns starters, Steve Nash, Raja Bell, Sean Marion, Amare Stoudemire, Shaquille O'Neal.

Shaq appeared in the starting lineup of the Suns again today, and the Suns still had the same lineup as the previous game.

It's just that, in this way, the game will not look good. "

The commentator didn't like seeing O'Neal play at the beginning, and the audience didn't like it either.

Because, as soon as O'Neal plays, the game will become "O'Neal's one-man show."

On the defensive end, O'Neal was directly left behind, and the other four players of the Suns defended desperately. Also, Nash was such a weak defense, with 3 defenses and 5 defenses, the Suns' defense should not be too collapsed.

Started soon after the game.

Nash passed the ball to O'Neal who was stuck inside.

O'Neill took the ball, turned around, and raised his hand.

beep!
Anderson fouled directly, hit O'Neal in the hands, and sent O'Neal to the free throw line.

"Come on, the boring game has begun!"

Seeing O'Neal walk to the free throw line, many Suns fans slumped over their shoulders.

On the free throw line, O'Neal "squeezed" the ball with both hands, his eyes very serious.

He raised his big arm and pushed.

Bang!
Missed the first free throw.

The basketball hit the back edge of the rim.

I have great strength.

"Oh~~~"

There was a lot of moaning and sighing, and many people shook their heads unconsciously.

D'Antoni in the rest area also shook his head.

The players of the Suns on the field were indifferent: Why did the coach pass the ball to him?Isn't this self-inflicted?
Marion and the others couldn't figure it out.

At the free throw line, O'Neal took the ball again.

He completely blocked the outside world at the moment.He only has basketball in his eyes, only the rim.

zua~
O'Neal kissed directly on the ball.

"Wish me luck!"

"Pinch" the basketball with both hands, raise your arm, and push it along.

It was stronger before, but lighter this time.

then,

""

Three do not stick!
The basketball didn't even hit the Nets, and went straight out of the baseline.

"Huh~~~~"

Boos immediately sounded at the scene!
Missed two free throws.

Many Suns fans were really disappointed with O'Neal's free throws.

"Ah~~~ Another year! We wasted another year!"

"Why? We have 2000 million. Why should we choose a big shark? Isn't it good to trade a big man like Yao?"

"I don't think about the championship anymore. Do we still have hope of reaching the Western Conference Finals? What does the floor of the Western Conference Finals smell like? I have already forgotten."

D'Antoni off the court is also anxious.

"Shaq, didn't you agree? Why did you change it again?"

On the field, the Nuggets' offense came through.

Wu You came over with a dribble, handed the ball into Li Nan's hands, and ran away quickly.

At the top of the arc, Li Nan took the ball with his back.

Snapped!
Lagabel behind the action is a bit too much.

Within ten seconds after Li Nan took the ball, Lagabel hit Li Nan 4 times with a small move.

Li Nan was also polite, turned sideways, and started sideways impact from beyond the three-point line.

boom!
boom!
Twice in a row.

Lagabel ate it directly.

For the third time, Lagabel frowned, and the corners of his mouth raised wickedly: Damn, if you come again, I want you to look good!
At this moment, Li Nan really bumped into him.

Lagabel took a step back to the left in an instant.

Remove the chair!
Lagabel's idea is very good, but the effect he imagined did not appear.

Li Nan also took a step back and directly bounced a three-pointer.

The offense and defense this time is like Lagabel deliberately put Li Nan two steps away.

Whoosh!
The basketball goes cleanly into the net.

3-0
"Ah~"

Li Nan scored a three-pointer in the opening game, and some Suns fans lamented.

Why always you? !

The Suns offense came again.

The Nuggets have already retreated.

The Suns fought positional warfare again.

Watching O'Neal squeeze and squeeze inside, the fans in the stands clasped their hands together and prayed silently:
"Don't give it to Shaq, don't give it to Shaq!"

However, they were disappointed.

Nash still lobbed the ball in.

All of a sudden, O'Neill was wrapped up.O'Neal squeezed Anderson away forcefully, raised his hand high and hit, turned around and took a big step, trying to get stronger.

It's just that the two people behind him didn't give him this chance.

Milicic and Anderson hugged each other directly.

O'Neill couldn't live alone, and they hugged together.

O'Neill is hanging four to five hundred catties, and he can't even jump up if he wants to.

beep!
The referee blows the whistle.

Milicic raised his hand proactively.

For this foul, the referee gave Anderson shamelessly.

It's all your fault for making the game so ugly.You guys must be taught a lesson!
"Oh no!"

Anderson was very excited to find the referee. "Mr. Referee, Darko made the first move, and I pulled it later."

Milicic nodded vigorously from the side, and patted himself on the chest, "Really, I testify, I just fouled first!"

The referee ignored it and insisted on his penalty, "This is Chris' foul. Also, don't come here again. If you come here again, I will give you a technical foul."

Anderson and Milicic also waved their hands, "Cut~~~"

The Nuggets made a substitution, Anderson went down and Camby played.

"yeah!"

The Suns fans at the scene were happy.

"Ooh! Get off!"

"It is to punish all those hateful people!"

"It's all the old man Larry Brown's fault. If he hadn't used such a dirty trick back then, how could the game have become so ugly?"

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"Ah Qiu~"

Larry Brown, who was far away in Detroit, rubbed his nose: I don't know if that little bastard is scolding me again!
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At the scene, O'Neal walked to the free throw line again.

This time, O'Neal's eyes flickered a little.

"Holding" the ball with both hands, O'Neill looked down, wondering what he was thinking.

Suddenly, O'Neal closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Whoo~~~~"

Breathed a sigh of relief.

O'Neill opened his eyes again, with firm eyes.

Squatting down slightly, raising his hands to catch the ball, O'Neal pushed again with one hand.

Whoosh!
in!

"yeah!"

The audience shouted excitedly and gave warm applause.

This is more exciting than winning the game.

It can be seen how "popular" O'Neal's free throws are.

The second free throw came quickly.

O'Neill repeated the previous action.

Take a deep breath, squat down, raise your hand, and push again.

But, this time, luck was not so good.

Bang!
Did not enter!

Camby supported Stoudemire, Jackson withstood Marion, Milicic jumped up and picked up the rebound, and as soon as it landed, Milicic sent it directly to Li Nan near the center line.

In the frontcourt, the Suns still have two players.

Nash and Lagabell.

The two immediately surrounded Li Nan.

Unexpectedly, facing the double-teaming of the two, Li Nan passed the ball backwards with one crotch, and then he directly slipped through the gap between the two.

Behind him, Wu You caught the pass and lobbed the ball forward.

2 over 2.
Wu You's pass directly "penetrated" the defense of Nash and Lagabel.

Li Nan faced an empty basket in front.

"Dunk, dunk, dunk!"

There were fans shouting at the scene.

Li Nan is the dunk king of the century, the number one dunk king in history.Such a good opportunity, fans naturally don't want to miss it.

However, Li Nan did not satisfy their wishes.

A lightweight three-step layup.

5-1
Trailing by 4 points in the opening game, the Suns fans were disappointed.

What disappointed the fans even more was that the Suns' next offense was still looking for O'Neal!

then.

beep!
Milicic fouled and O'Neal went to the free throw line.

"Oh~~~"

Amidst everyone's sighs, O'Neal walked to the free throw line.

At this moment, just when O'Neal raised his hand and was about to push again, D'Antoni jumped off the bench directly off the court.

"Shaq!"

O'Neill paused.

He didn't turn his head, but silently retracted his raised hands.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the audience, O'Neal gritted his teeth and changed his free throw action.

O'Neal held the ball and swung his hem to his crotch.

One, two, let's go!
"Wow!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, O'Neill made a urinal-handling move that he had never used before.

What is a side urinal?
As the name suggests, it holds the basketball like a urinal, and then throws the ball towards the basket like this.

Created by former American professional basketball player Rick Barry.The veteran made 91.2% of his free throws that year!
At this time, the basketball draws a gentle arc from bottom to top.

Whoosh!
Pass through the heart and enter!
The audience suddenly fell silent, and then suddenly broke out again.

"Wow!"

"Yeah! Come in!"

"Shaq! Well done!"

It's really difficult for O'Neal to be able to make free throws like throwing the urinal.

The on-site commentary remembered O'Neal's refutation of Kobe's asking him to practice free throws when he was a Lakers player.

"Even if I don't win the championship, I can't make free throws like that! Absolutely impossible!"

However, those actions are not important anymore, the commentator just wants to express his inner excitement and shock at this moment, "Shaq really gave everything for this game."

The commentator had a smile on his face, the audience had a smile on his face, D'Antoni had a smile on his face, Nash and the others on the court had a smile on their faces, and Li Nan and the others from the Nuggets on the opposite side Also with a smile.

"Strike! Shaq!"

No matter teammates or opponents, everyone wanted O'Neill to send praises.

O'Neill was the only one with a straight face in the audience.In the face of everyone's praise, O'Neill still kept a straight face.

serious!

In this game, O'Neal played very seriously!
It doesn't matter if the whole world is laughing at me, I just want to win!

O'Neal's earnestness brought him constant scoring.

In fact, he practiced his free throws secretly.

His free throw percentage today is indeed high, even higher than in the first round.There should be an 8% hit rate.

The Nuggets stopped fouling O'Neal with impunity.O'Neal was finally able to wreak havoc around the basket.

At the end of the first half, the Suns overtook the score.

62-66
The Suns led by 4 points into the second half.

In the first half, O'Neal scored a game-high 29 points, including 12 of 9 free throws.
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In the Suns locker room, everyone's expressions were much better than at the beginning of the game, and many people were even joking around.

Coach D'Antoni watched all this happily, and he was also happy, but he couldn't be happy.

D'Antoni opened his mouth to remind everyone, "Ahem, don't be careless. We still have half the game. Especially the third quarter! The Nuggets will definitely send the death five small lineup in the third quarter, and then,"

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In the third quarter, the Nuggets really made a change.

Death Five is here!

This is the third-quarter attack weapon that the Nuggets have used many times during their 34-game winning streak.

Today, they are here again.

"Don't be afraid, we have Shaq, crush them directly."

"Shaq's free throw percentage today is very good, we are not afraid of their foul tactics."

"Shaq, go!"

As everyone imagined, O'Neal was overwhelmed by the Nuggets' basket and hit free throws repeatedly.

However, new problems have emerged.

After half a quarter of the game, O'Neal scored a lot, but the Nuggets took the lead.And the score is still expanding.

why?
Why is O'Neal's 80% free throw percentage leading to the Nuggets?
Because the Nuggets' shooting percentage is too high.

Beep beep beep!
The Suns called a timeout after Li Nan hit another jumper with an emergency stop.

Now the first quarter only played a little over 6 minutes, 26-22
Li Nan, 10 of 8, scored 19 points.

Stephen Jackson, 1 for 1, 2 points

Ariza, 1 of 1, 2 points

Hill 2 of 1, 3 points

The Nuggets are now 13 of 10!The score was 27 points, including 5 three-pointers.
And the Suns here.

奥尼尔投篮4中3，罚球9中7，得了13分。

Nash 2 of 1, 3 points,
Stoudemire, 2 of 1, 2 points

Marion, 2 of 1, 3 points

太阳队是总共10中6，罚球9中7，得分21分。

The Suns have played well, and O'Neal's free throws have been super-performed, but the Suns are still behind!

During the timeout, D'Antoni comforted and encouraged everyone.

"It's okay, the opponent's hit rate can't always be that high."

"Steve, control the tempo, let's not be faster than them, let's slow down and play steadily."

"Shaq, you played beautifully today!"

"Come on, come on, guys, you can definitely do it!"

D'Antoni's intention is to pause and interrupt the rhythm of the Nuggets.

After the timeout, the Suns still played like that, slowly and steadily waiting for O'Neal to land.

O'Neal can still score efficiently.

And the Nuggets' offensive success rate went down.

Hill turned over and missed a jumper, Jackson and Ariza's three-pointers jumped out of the basket, Diaw's breakthrough layup had already entered the basket and ran out.

The Nuggets missed several consecutive offenses, and the Suns tied the score relying on O'Neal's efficient offense.

At this time, the Nuggets did not call a timeout, but handed the ball to Li Nan.

"Defence! Defense! Defense!"

The Suns fans in the audience shouted loudly.

Everyone knows that this is the last move of the Nuggets. As long as Li Nan's attack is withstood, the balance of victory in this game will be tilted.

On the field, the Suns players are fully focused, they know the importance of this ball.

Lagabel started defending against Li Nan directly from the frontcourt.

bang bang bang~
Li Nan dribbled the ball sideways against Lagabel and was about to cross the halfway line.

"Sean!"

Off the field, D'Antoni nervously called Marion to double-team.

He said long ago that if Li Nan holds the ball for half the court and directly double-teams, don't think too much.

However, the team members always doze off sometimes.

Marion quickly double-teamed up.

At this time, Li Nan crossed the center line from a position to the right, at the corner between the center line and the sideline.Lagabel is sticking to Li Nan, trying to squeeze Li Nan to the sideline.

Marion is coming up soon, and they want to trap Li Nan in a small corner.

Lagabel on the left, Marion in the front, neutral in the back, sideline on the right.

Marion and Bell opened their hands, completely blocking the route.

This is completely a 2*2 square meter cage!

"Where are you going!?"

"Okay, good defense!"

"This time, I can definitely prevent it!"

Seeing that Li Nan was about to fall into the encirclement, the audience was extremely excited!
At this moment, Li Nan pushed Raja-Bell and rushed directly to the right.

At this time, Marion just arrived and faced Li Nan directly.

"Hen~ If you don't pass the ball, you won't be able to pass!"

However, at this moment, Li Nan turned sideways, leaned directly on Marion with his right shoulder, and the ball went to his left hand.

When Lagabel was about to attack the ball in front of him, Li Nan instantly disappeared between the two of them.

Spin the top!
Li Nan took Marion as the axis, and pulled the ball with his left hand. The ball seemed to be sucked away by Li Nan's hand, and he made a quick left back turn. From the narrow, no, no space on the sideline, he just turned out. a channel.

"Wow!"

Seeing Lagabel and Marion look at each other, all the Sun fans in the audience exclaimed.

This is not the first time Li Nan has shown such a magical operation, but he can do it.

"Is this guy really human?"

"He's not a man, he's a god!"

Li Nan got past the siege of the two, and rose directly in front of Nash who was a little flustered and scared.

Three points!

Pull the eagle bow like a full moon!

Shot!

Whoosh!
Basketball goes through the heart without a doubt.

"yeah!"

With just one goal, the Nuggets' decline just now was wiped out.

The Nuggets cheered excitedly.

No matter when, the captain is the most reliable.

Li Nan patted Nash on the shoulder.

What to say?
Nothing was said.

Turn away.

Nash witnessed the ball the whole time, but he did nothing.He couldn't interfere with Li Nan's jumper at all.

Watching Li Nan leave with his back, and watching the blue No. 10 jersey blow up in the wind that day, Nash narrowed his eyes and pursed his mouth.

"Is it still not possible?"

Behind Nash, a big hand stretched out and pressed on Nash's shoulder.

Nash turned his head and looked up.

Shaq's eyes were already red.

"Steve, are you scared? The game is not over yet."

Nash stared blankly at O'Neill for a second, then nodded.

"Shaq, come on."

Anyway, give it a last try.

One big and one small, one black and one white.

The Suns' offense has become sharper.

Pick and roll, pick and roll.

O'Neal ate 3 cakes sent by Nash in a row, leading the Suns to launch a fierce attack on the Nuggets.

As for the Nuggets, Li Nan is still so unstoppable.

All eighteen kinds of martial arts were used.

A straight-arm straight-knee jumper directly from beyond the three-point line,
After running without the ball, he received a wonderful pass from Milicic and dunked successfully.

Low post singles, before the opponent's double team arrives
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Li Nan made consecutive hits, and several of them were unreasonable three-pointers.

You can't defend no matter how you defend, even double-teaming can pass you.

Both Raja Bell and Marion were a little frustrated.

O'Neal's offense made the Nuggets helpless. Even with a big man, they were still helpless against O'Neal.

However, the Suns are even more of a headache for Li Nan.O'Neill scored a lot, but Li Nan scored even more fiercely.

The third quarter ended quickly.

96-89
The Nuggets led by 7 points.
Disappointed Suns fans.

In my impression, the Suns have not won once in the past three seasons against the Nuggets.

This scene is still the same.

In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets went to the death five.

This time, their three-point rain directly shattered the hopes of all the Suns.

Even if Li Nan doesn't take over the game, the Suns can't catch up with the score relying on O'Neal.

In the last 5 minutes, the Nuggets led by 15 points.

However, the Suns still didn't give up, and neither did O'Neal.

O'Neill ran too fast on the way back to defense, and fell to the ground inexplicably.

After this fall, he never got up again.

My legs are cramping!
O'Neal, who weighed more than 300 pounds, sat on the ground, gritted his teeth tightly, but squinted his eyes at the basket.

He still can't let go of this game.

However, what can I do if I can't bear it anymore?

His leg was injured after all.

beep!
Substitution.

D'Antoni replaced the hard-working O'Neal for the smaller player Barbosa.

The moment he was pushed out of the arena by the stretcher, his eyes suddenly became moist.

The big screen at the scene suddenly showed everything clearly.

clap clap clap!
Li Nan on the field gave admiring applause.

Under his leadership, more applause rang out at the scene, roaring, and slowly converging into a roaring tsunami.

O'Neill pursed his lips and smiled hard, but tears flowed down his face.

Beep beep beep!
The game is over.

124-114
The Nuggets beat the Suns by 10 points away.

Five Nuggets scored in double figures, and Li Nan scored a game-high 5 points.

Seven Suns scored in double figures, and O'Neal scored the highest 7 points.Nash scored 41 points and 12 assists.

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In the high-level box, the Suns boss and general manager had already left early.

On the sidelines, D'Antoni and George Karl hugged.

"congratulations."

"see you next year."

George Karl's words were originally well-intentioned, but D'Antoni felt sore when he heard it at this time.

I'm afraid I won't be able to see it next year.

On the court, the Nuggets and Suns players embraced and greeted each other.

The commentator in the commentary is making the final conclusion: "Thank the two teams for giving us a wonderful game. We congratulate the Nuggets for advancing to the Western Conference Finals. At the same time, we also want to give applause to the home game The Suns. The Suns have performed very well today. Shaq, Steve, Sean, Raja, and Amare have all tried their best. But, there is no way, their opponents are too strong. Really too strong. In the third quarter when the Suns had a chance to come back, Lee turned the game around by himself. The Nuggets are too strong, Lee, too strong! The Suns lost Rong."

(End of this chapter)