Chapter 9 The winning three-pointer

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 9 The winning three-pointer

The Cavaliers finally called a timeout. No matter how incompetent Larry Brown was, he knew that if the timeout was not called, this game would really not need to be played again.

The Cavaliers' offensive options after returning from the timeout were much more stable than before, and James also regained his sense from the impulsive state just now.

The Cavaliers attacked, James broke through with the ball, attracted the Suns defensive players to double-team, and then chose to pass the ball out. Drew Gooden received the ball at the free throw line, took off, and successfully scored the ball.

The Suns formed a fast break. Marion ran without the ball and cut to the basket. Nash's pass followed closely. The latter received the pass and easily scored a layup.

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In the next few minutes, both teams maintained relatively efficient offensive efficiency, refusing to give in to each other. The score continued to rise, and at the same time, time passed by minute by second.

Unconsciously, there were less than 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. At this time, the score between the two sides was 110:111. The Cavaliers' lead was only 1 point, but the ball belonged to the Cavaliers.

James slowly dribbled the ball from the top of the arc to suppress the time. He waited until there were only 6 seconds left in the attack time before suddenly starting to break through and reach the basket. The Suns immediately launched a double-team tactic, but James, who had increased his speed, was difficult to stop, and the final whistle sounded.

, a defensive foul by the Suns.

James stepped to the free throw line and made everyone's hearts hang.

The next two free throws will be crucial.

If James makes two free throws, the point difference will return to 3 points, and the Suns will have to fight for a 3-pointer to tie the game and drag the game into overtime.

But if they make 1 of 2 free throws or miss all of them, the Suns will have a chance to win the game.

You can always believe that James's free throws are more accurate than three-pointers at critical moments. It's not groundless.

James walked to the free throw line, missed the first free throw, and then hit the second free throw.

110:112, a two-point difference and 18 seconds left in the game.

D'Antoni immediately called a timeout and arranged the final attack, and his decision was to try for a three-pointer.

Although scoring a two-point goal and then going to overtime is a safer option, the Suns may not be able to win the game even in overtime.

The team's overall performance today was still too poor. If it hadn't been for a sudden outburst in the fourth quarter, the score difference in the game would have been so big that it would have lost all suspense.

Therefore, D'Antoni decided to take a gamble and use the last attack to directly end the game. Risks and opportunities always coexist.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Chao, the team's absolute bench substitute, can continue to stay on the court.

The task assigned by D'Antoni to Wang Chao was the same as in the previous few minutes: stand in the corner, attract the attention of the opponent's defensive players, and help Nash and others create space for their offense.

Although Wang Chao is feeling great in this game, currently making 4 of 4 three-pointers and scoring 12 points in the fourth quarter, D'Antoni still trusts his most capable disciple even more at this most critical moment.

Nash.

However, although D'Antoni's arrangement is like this, Wang Chao is obviously not willing to miss the opportunity to complete the system task.

D'Antoni believes in Nash, and Wang Chao also believes in Nash. If he finds a chance in the last attack, this master of ball control will definitely choose to pass the ball to him!

The timeout ends and players from both sides appear.

Dieng looked at Wang Chao walking towards the court and clenched his fists involuntarily.

"Wang Chao, come on! Whether you can enter the team's rotation depends on this last attack!"

Dieng, who is also a marginal figure in the team, hopes that Wang Chao can take this opportunity to enter the team's rotation, even though he and Wang Chao are actually competitors.

Because if Wang Chao can do it, it means that players at the bottom of the league like them really have a chance to counterattack!

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After Wang Chao came on the court, he ran directly to the three-point line in the bottom corner on the right side of the court.

Pavlovich immediately followed. Although during the timeout, head coach Brown analyzed that the Suns' last attack will most likely be handed over to Nash. If not, it will be Marion, because the two are

The player with the strongest offensive ability in the team currently.

As for Wang Chao, who led the Suns to launch a counterattack and recover the 20-point deficit, Brown believes that he will not be chosen as the candidate to make the final shot.

But even so, Wang Chao cannot be easily left open. Pavlovich's mission is to target Wang Chao to death in the last 18 seconds!

Nash stood at the top of the three-point line and slowly dribbled the ball, waiting for the game time to pass. They must suppress the offense until the last second and not give the Cavaliers any chance to counterattack.

The 18 seconds of attack time passed quickly, and the attention of the ten players on the field was also raised to the top.

Suddenly, Marion moved!

Not only Marion, but Barbosa who was lurking on the other side of the baseline also moved. Marion pulled out the outside line to screen for Nash, while Barbosa pulled out the outside line from the other direction to help Nash occupy the space.

Using Marion's pick-and-roll screen, Nash quickly broke into the basket.

For a time, everyone's attention was focused on Nash. This distance has entered Nash's offensive range. He has too many ways to send the ball into the basket!

"Instead of a three-point tactic, do you want to tie the game with two points and continue overtime?"

A cold light flashed in James's eyes, and lightning suddenly shot out from one side. He ejected and took off, blocking out the sky like a roc, covering almost the entire sky above Nash, leaving Nash no room to take action.

"In this case, there is nothing they can do, right?"

Pavlovich, who was standing at the bottom line, looked at this scene and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Pavlovich was suddenly startled, because he suddenly discovered that Wang Chao, who was originally in front of him, had disappeared!

Turning his head to look, Pavlovich was shocked to find that Wang Chao had unexpectedly sneaked from the three-point position in the bottom corner to a 45-degree angle.

"Damn it! You were careless! Did you sneak away just now when I was paying attention to Nash's movements?"

Pavlovich secretly thought something was wrong and quickly wanted to catch up, but it was already too late.

"Steve!"

Wang Chao, standing at a 45-degree angle, shouted loudly.

Nash, who had noticed Wang Chao's movements in advance, did not hesitate at all. He immediately passed the ball from behind and sent the basketball to Wang Chao's hands with great accuracy.

"Oops!"

When they saw Wang Chao receiving Nash's pass in the open space, everyone's hearts on the court were in suspense.

The Cavaliers were reminded of Wang Chao's previous unreasonable 4 three-pointers.

The Suns were worried because Nash handed the final game-winner to a bench player.

Wang Chao, who received the pass from Nash, felt as if time had stopped at this moment. The noisy noise on the field disappeared, and all he could hear was his own heartbeat.

Take a deep breath, bend your knees, take off, and take action!

Wang Chao completed the entire set of movements in one go and moved the basketball towards the basket very naturally.
Chapter completed!