I stole James

Chapter 250 The Last Moment

Not long after the opening, the Cavaliers played a tidal counterattack under the leadership of James and quickly tied the score.

After the first quarter, the Cavaliers not only filled the opening hole, but also overtook the score.

28 to 26, leading the Celtics by 2 points.

Such a change undoubtedly made the Celtics fans feel like riding a roller coaster, falling from a high place to a low place.

Fortunately, there are still 3 quarters left in the game, and there is still time to catch up, and the Celtics are only slightly behind.

Back in the second quarter, the Cavaliers attacked, James took the ball on the left wing, borrowed Tony Allen's cover, got rid of Pierce's defense, broke into the free throw line, pulled up a jumper, and scored a mid-range shot.

Looking back, Pierce held the ball and rushed to the Cavaliers' basket, shot a shot, the ball missed, but caused Randolph's foul, stood at the free throw line, and made two free throws.

Paul dribbled the ball to the corner on the left side of the frontcourt, attracted double-team defense, hit the ball to the ground, and gave it to the air-cut James. James took off, dunked with both hands, and scored two points.

Pierce squeezed James on the right flank and hit him hard, then suddenly jumped up against James, hooked, and wanted to send the basketball into the basket, but James slapped the basketball mercilessly.

Tony Allen grabs the basketball, hands it to Paul,
The Cavaliers quickly went down the third line, Paul handed the ball to James on the right, and Pierce, who was defending back and forth, rushed towards James.

James threw the basketball to the middle, Paul grabbed the basketball and scored a layup.

The Celtics handed the ball to Antawn Walker in the post, and Walker pouted and pushed Randolph toward the basket.

After pushing twice, he turned around and made a hook shot. The basketball circled twice on the hoop before finally falling into it.

James gets the ball in the high post on the right, facing Pierce.

After he took a tentative step, he released the ball, dribbled under his crotch, collected the ball, turned around and made a jump shot. The whole movement was very smooth, and the basketball was steadily sent to the basket.

Pierce held the ball at the left corner, attracted the Cavaliers' defense, crossed the ball with both hands, and gave it to Payton on the right. Payton made a jumper and made the ball.

In the second quarter, the shooting percentages of both sides were very high, and the score also rose alternately, showing an anxious state.

This state continued until the end of the first half, and the Cavaliers only led the Celtics by 3 points.

Barkley said that this kind of long-term anxiety is the real playoff game. Unlike the previous games, the Cavaliers always took the lead by a big score, and the game time was prematurely marked as garbage time, so there is fierce competition. The playoffs look interesting. The strength gap between the two sides is too large, and it is easy to doze off at the end of the game.

Back in the second half, the Celtics took the lead in scoring a three-pointer from the outside to tie the score.

The Cavaliers failed to score in the next attack, Pierce made a layup, and the Celtics took the lead again after being overtaken in the opening lead.

James dribbled the ball, rushed to the basket in two or three steps from outside the three-point line, and rushed to the free throw line. Three opponents double-teamed him. He passed the basketball to the big Z on the right side of the basket, and the big Z jump shot.

It's just that Big Z, who has always shot well, actually missed the ball.

The rebound was grabbed by Pierce, who dribbled the ball halfway and handed it to Payton.

Payton holds the ball at the top of the arc, watching his teammates move.

Pierce crossed from the right wing to the other side, attracting the Cavaliers' defensive attention. At this time, Walker slipped into the basket on the baseline. Payton raised his hand and passed the ball in. Walker got the ball. Just a dunk.

The Celtics led the Cavaliers by 4 points.

Feeling something was wrong, Silas raised his hand to ask for a timeout. After the timeout came back, the Cavaliers finally scored a goal by James, narrowing the point difference to 2 points.

After that, the two sides came and went to score each other. After the third quarter, the Celtics led the Cavaliers by 1 point. This is a rare thing in this series.

In the fourth quarter, Pierce received a pass from Payton at the top of the arc, raised his hand and threw the ball in.

It was a two-pointer, and he stepped on the line when he shot it.

"The Celtics played extremely focused today and were full of desire to win the game. They don't want to lose the game on the road and end this round of the series. A team that has been soaked in championships for many years has different So-so toughness," Kenny-Smith said.

The Cavaliers attacked, and Paul was made a mistake by Payton's defense, and he dribbled the ball out.

Barclay even said, "This shouldn't be, this shouldn't be."

The Celtics took advantage of this mistake and scored offensively, opening the point difference to 5 points.

Then there were 2 minutes left before the end of the game, and the point difference between the two sides was still seesawing back and forth at around 5 points.

The Celtics are desperately holding on to the lead.

Payton dribbled the ball across half court, and Paul posted it.

Payton passes the ball to Pierce, Pierce gets the ball on the right wing, and Ricky Davis comes out to screen for him.

Pierce dribbled the ball towards James, feinted to the right, dribbled the ball under the crotch, changed hands, and changed directions. Instead of dribbling in the direction of Ricky Davis, Pierce rushed in the opposite direction.

It's just that when he was about to step past James, he was slapped by James and shot the basketball away.

After James steals the ball, he dribbles the ball down quickly. His fast break is so fast that no opponent can catch up.

James rushed to the basket, jumped up, and dunked with both hands.

The difference between the two sides is only 3 points.

To be conservative, Rivers quickly asked for a timeout and arranged offensive tactics.

After the timeout, Pierce took the ball in the low position on the right, turned around against James, turned to the basket, and succeeded in picking the basket.

"At the last moment, it was a struggle between the two superstars," Barkley said.

James dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt before falling beyond the three-point line, and Pierce and Ricky Davis double-teamed.

It's just that James ignored the double-team, and before the opponents could pounce, he pulled up and shot a three-pointer. The three-pointer crossed the defender's fingertips, drew a beautiful arc, and finally fell into the net.

Three points in hand!And it also caused a foul by Ricky Davis. James stood on the free throw line, took a free throw with the urine pot, and made the ball.

The Cavaliers tied the score.

The fans at the scene were excited and shouted James' name.

Rivers used the last timeout left in his hand, but after the timeout came back, it didn't work. Under James' strict defense, Pierce's forced shot hit the basket and popped out.

The Cavaliers got the rebound and the ball was handed over to James. James sprinted with the ball and rushed to the frontcourt.

(End of this chapter)