Basketball Dragon

Chapter 179 Keep Victory in New York

Chapter 179 Keep Victory in New York

The Mavericks' defense against Li Hai has also been upgraded to the highest level. As long as Li Hai crosses the three-point line with the ball, he will also be flanked.

The Mavericks are also putting all their eggs in one basket. Li Hai is not the only threat to the Knicks at this time, but Li Hai is the most threatening.

However, Li Hai made a shot at the right time before the pinch was coming, facing the defensive shot, he still made a hit, the 14th point in the fourth quarter, in the finals, Li Hai broke out in scoring for the first time.

92:91, with only 1 minute left, the Knicks took the lead.

The next two teams missed once. In a fierce game, it is very normal to hit the iron with a shot.

At 10.1 seconds, Nowitzki made an outside hit in a pinch between the two. For a star at Nowitzki's level, pinching can't completely solve the problem after all.

The Knicks requested a timeout, and they have made many arrangements at the last moment, and they have tried countless times in training, but now it is the finals, and the pressure is greater than ever.

Standing on the edge of the center line and serving is Marbury, the Knicks' best passing player.

After the referee signaled that the ball could be served, Li Hai immediately ran inside, but immediately used the cover of his teammates to run back near the center circle, and Marbury passed the ball just right.

The other four players of the Knicks stretched apart, giving Li Hai the greatest space to break through.

Li Hai paused for a while, waited until the defenders of the Mavericks stood still, and then suddenly activated, the opponent immediately posted up, and the other player who was closest to him also looked like he was coming to attack immediately.

However, Li Hai suddenly stopped and stepped back. Now that the time was decreasing rapidly, the other party subconsciously felt relieved, and then Li Hai started for the second time.

Although his starting speed is not the top in the league, it is a little bit faster than Howard in front of him. He stopped and started twice in a row, and Howard couldn't keep up at all.

When the pincers rushed up, Li Hai had already pulled himself up.

The time went from 2 seconds to 1 second, and Li Hai made a shot. The moment the ball fell into the basket, the calculator on the backboard immediately lit up, the lore, 94:93, and the Knicks won the match point 3:1.

Li Hai scored 30 points in the second half, and scored 42 points in the game. His powerful posture is hard to ignore.

At this time, the Mavericks are already standing on the edge of a cliff, and the next game will be the home of the Knicks.

By this time, the Mavericks have been looked down upon by most people, and among the players, only Terry can come back to the media with certainty.

Cuban, who has always had a big mouth, even expressed his dissatisfaction twice, because he questioned the referee's law enforcement standards and was fined by the league.

This is a kind of pressure, and the fine is nothing to Cuban, but if the league makes fine-tuning of the referee's enforcement, the Mavericks may get a chance.

The off-court affairs are naturally handled by the team. As a Knicks player, everyone also hopes to win the championship at home, so their last home game on June 6 must not be missed.

Even if they kept reminding themselves to be calm, each young man was still very excited.

Not to mention them, both Xia Weiliang and the fat man who came to watch the ball around Li Hai were extremely excited, as if they were going to play.

Li Hai continued to study how to deal with Nowitzki. After all, he had too little experience in defending power forwards. To help the team, he had to keep improving.

The champion, he is really lucky in this life. He has such a good opportunity in the second year of entering the league. He must grasp it tightly, otherwise he will be really sorry for himself.

When it came time to lose and end, the Mavericks made adjustments with a glimmer of hope.

They let Devin Harris start, expecting Harris' quick breakthrough to make the starting lineup more offensive.

As the Mavericks hoped, Harris was more offensive than Adrian Griffin, but with him, Josh Howard was less of a help on offense.

But the Mavericks' two strongest offensive threats are still Nowitzki and Terry. Maybe they were forced to the edge of a cliff. Nowitzki and Terry broke out at the same time in the first quarter.

At 23:30, the Mavericks were aggressive and led the Knicks by 7 points in the first quarter.

Nowitzki scored 11 points in the first quarter and also hit a three-pointer. Seeing this situation, the Knicks decided to let Li Hai defend Nowitzki in advance and use Channing Frye as an inside substitute.

It's not that Channing Frye doesn't work hard, but his physical fitness can't keep up, and his defense can't keep up.

After Li Hai went to defend Nowitzki, Nowitzki didn't have so many opportunities. The outside line was tightly blocked by Li Hai, and when he reached the inside line, he was immediately flanked.

Terry can continue to shoot wildly from the outside, but Nowitzki absolutely cannot.

The Knicks used Li Hai as a power forward in advance. Another advantage is that when attacking, Nowitzki will not be able to keep up with the defensive footsteps. The only disadvantage is that it will increase Li Hai's burden, but the game is at this point stage, Li Hai will survive this way.

With his physical strength, it's okay to last for 48 minutes, but the Knicks still didn't do this. They kept a certain amount of rest time in the first and second half, so that they could be efficient when they played.

In the second quarter, Nowitzki, who had never rested, began to decline in efficiency under Li Hai's marking, and on the offensive end, Li Hai also played a strong role.

It’s easier to focus when you’re excited, which is similar to having fun.

Li Hai was exceptionally concentrated, and when he was completely free from outside interference, his offensive shooting percentage and opportunity selection were extremely astonishing. Josh Howard accidentally fouled twice in a row.

As a substitute, the Mavericks gave Marquis Daniels more opportunities, expecting to play his offensive power and become a surprise soldier with Jerry Stackhouse.

Their idea is to hope for a miracle, but the reason why a miracle is a miracle is that it will not happen so easily. On the stage of the finals, the role of a surprise soldier cannot determine the outcome of a game, not to mention that without the previous accumulation, it is impossible for a surprise soldier Emerging from the stage of the finals, the Mavericks have no choice.

It’s just that Crawford is the one who played well off the bench. After returning to the Knicks’ home court, he has been suppressing the Mavericks’ bench lineup. This is also an important reason why the Knicks can win consecutively.

Without the explosion of scoring, the Mavericks can't compare to the Knicks who are more balanced than them in all aspects.

In the second quarter, the Knicks not only chased back the trailing score, but also overtook it by 1 point.

50:49 is the score of the two sides at the end of halftime.

"Let's keep the win in New York."

"Keep the win in New York!"

In the locker room at halftime, the Knicks players were united.

(End of this chapter)