400 Chasing to 1 point
The more you reach the last moment, the more nervous the audience's hearts become. Because although the Spurs are holding the victory of the game, everything is still possible as long as it is not reached the last moment.
When Felton stood on the free throw line, the cheers of home fans suddenly dropped, and people didn't want to add indifferent pressure to him.
This is when it is at home. If it is away, the audience on the opposite side of the free throw line will have various tricks frequently. Because countless viewers will think that the players will also be affected off the court.
Actually, it doesn’t, or it rarely does. Because the last moment, the better the player who gets the ball is. Therefore, at this time, the foul tactics are often giving away points.
After the first penalty kick was made, the audience also heard warm applause. But when he was about to give the second penalty kick, people immediately returned to peace.
The quiet stadium of more than 20,000 people is like a needle falling to the ground and you can hear it.
This is the fun of NBA, people like to feel like they are hanging from their hearts. Felton also hit the second penalty steadily.
Even Felton, a free thrower who usually hits 90% of the free throw, will be nervous to shake his hands when approaching the last free throw of the game.
But he still did it. With these two points hit, the game returned to the situation controlled by the Spurs.
Although they still have to face the Lakers' timeout, and then restart the game of strong three-pointers. Or they have to fight for two points, and then bet on the opponent's free throw missed.
But no matter what the result is, of course, it is not the situation the Spurs hope to see. Their defense is the most important purpose.
After all, they have the best defensive player, Simpkins. Regardless of whether Zhang Yi can continue his miraculous feel, the Spurs have a high probability of completing the defense.
This is a game of mentality. It is also the last moment when Zhang Yi and his team fought against the Warriors. They are even more nervous than that one.
After all, the Spurs are not the Warriors who will push the core Curry back to the bench at the most critical moment. Not to mention that the Lakers are leading in the last moment of that game.
Now the situation has completely reversed. Faced with the possible first defeat in the new season, the entire Lakers team felt that their throats were being pinched.
Regardless of whether Zhang Yi takes action or not, he must immediately commit a foul after this attack. And he must not commit a foul on Simpkins. You can continue to look for Felton.
Because if one person is sent to the free throw line in succession, even the best free throw player will have one or two free throws.
It’s not a rule that anyone has summarized, but it’s like this many times. Because no matter how big the star has a big heart, it will be nervous, as long as it’s a human being.
Now Zhang Yi's palms are covered in sweat. It's not that he dares not take action, but that this ball is too critical. He wants to shoot too much.
The entire Spurs team knew that it would be enough to defend Zhang Yi at the last moment. Correspondingly, everyone would know that no matter what the situation was, their eyes were always on him.
Including countless home fans at the scene, when Zhang Yi received the ball, he would definitely boo the whole audience.
"Hey, brother, don't be nervous! If this ball doesn't work, leave it to me!" Robert said, but he was not a joke. Because of his three-point ability, he didn't think he would lose to Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi nodded. Although it is best for the core to take action in the last moment. However, he has the ability to respond. The Lakers also have good shooters, so they must have other choices.
In fact, the Spurs had completely thought of this. In addition to Zhang Yi, Robert was also their key target for defense.
Apart from the two of them, no one else in the Lakers' all-shot lineup is worthy of attention because they are basically impossible to withstand the pressure.
And if they hit the ball, it means that they will not be affected even if they are on defense. This is how the shooter is. Sometimes there is a defense that is more accurate than if there is no defense.
If Zhang Yi hadn't made a three-pointer for the team at the last moment, he wouldn't have been double-teamed by the Spurs.
But it is obvious that Simpkins alone could not defend Zhang Yi immediately after the pick-and-roll.
So the player who mentioned that Zhang Yi defended near the outside line became
Simpkins and Hook, who was originally in the inside, are not that people ignore Walli, but that at this moment, even if Walli is an open position, it doesn't make much sense to score two points.
If the Lakers want to win or score in overtime, they can only make three-pointers.
The person who was in the middle line was Wali, and all the players with three-pointers were lined up in a line. God knows how Zhang Yi would rush out.
But Simpkins was tightly attached to him. In addition, Hooker, one of them prevented him from going in and slipping into the bottom line, and the other prevented him from merging people outside.
Zhang Yi had cold sweats on his forehead because he knew that no matter which path he took, he would not simply pass the defensive players.
And looking for Robert at this time is not the best choice.
It can be seen that he was also focused on the Spurs. If it was passed to others, Zhang Yi was really worried to be honest. Because other shooters' three-point shooting percentage was less than 40%, they could barely make three-pointers.
The situation is too troublesome now. Wait until the passing of Walli is of course to Zhang Yi as everyone expected. But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Yi did not choose to go out of the outside, but chose to go to the basket...
Simpkins was stunned and thought to himself that this guy was stupid? Now people will let him shoot two points. The Spurs will control the situation in the game again. Even if Zhang Yi takes action, the game will end early.
But just as the center of defense was shrinking because Zhang Yi broke into the basket, although there were two defenders standing in front of Robert, precisely because of this, no one defended in front of Wali.
No one would have thought that a big man would stay outside at this time and wait to give his opponent a fatal blow.
Zhang Yi took the ball and made a layup and immediately passed a fast straight ball in the crowd to find Wali. Everyone looked back and were scared.
Because after receiving the ball, Wallili did not pass again, but made a standard shooting posture. Who said that big men cannot shoot?
He made a three-pointer, and as the basketball passed through the air, everyone's breathing was suffocated because there was something wrong with the Spurs' defense focus.
They leave opportunities for their opponents. Even if they are hit, everyone will accept this situation.
The result was just like the Spurs players thought. Even though the basketball turned around the frame, it finally slipped in.
Walli also jumped up excitedly because from the perspective of luck, the goddess of victory seemed to be on the side of the Lakers.
With this goal hit, the difference became 1 point!
Chapter completed!