"Charles, who do you think can win this game?" Kenny Smith asked Barkley.
"In my opinion, the Knicks have a greater chance of winning this game. There is definitely a gap between young players and players of Marbury's level in handling key balls. But in my opinion, no matter whether the game is won or lost,
The biggest winner of this game is Milicic. He has now used his actions to tell the world that not only is he not a parallel import, but he is also a potential newcomer at the level of James and Anthony. I have watched the Olympic games before, and he is better than that
It’s time to become more mature.”
"Charles, I still rarely hear you praise a player. Do you and Milicic have a personal relationship, or do you simply admire him. Do you need to show your love to him on this platform?" Kenny Smith was teasing again.
With Buckley.
On the playing field, the New York Knicks' timeout had ended, and Wilkens arranged the offensive tactics this time.
Tim Thomas served, Marbury and Crawford ran in two opposite directions, Kurt Thomas stood near the free throw line to provide support, and the ball passed smoothly to Marbury's hands. Marbury
He controls the ball, he has to shorten the game time, and try his best to score the ball to ensure that he wins the game.
Banks is constantly in contact with Marbury with his body. He still has an advantage over Marbury in terms of strength. If he cannot give Marbury a chance to break through, Marbury will destroy the entire defensive line.
Cut off, he has such strength.
On the other side, West also clung to Crawford tightly and could not even give Crawford a space to take action. He was too accurate in this game, and the more critical the ball was, the more important Crawford was.
The more accurate it is, if we talk about offensive options other than Marbury, then Crawford should be ranked first.
Marbury is bending lower and dribbling faster and faster. At this stage, he is using his eyes and dribbling speed to confuse Banks. A top defender is always making moves with every move.
Being able to make a fake move, Crawford ran away, Marbury glanced over there, and Banks subconsciously glanced at Crawford's movement beside him with his peripheral vision. At this moment,
Marbury had already started, breaking through quickly to the right and beating Banks. After passing by, he picked up the ball, one step, two steps... This was to attack the basket. Milicic gave up defending Muhammad, who was attacking throughout the court.
The guy who had not made any contribution at the end made up for it and used his body to block the connection between Marbury, the basket and Muhammad. Marbury turned around in the air, with his back to Milicic and his hands flowing freely.
He swung back and passed a ground-breaking pass to the unguarded Muhammad. After receiving the ball, Muhammad took a step directly towards the basket and dunked.
Al Jefferson had given up on defending Kurt Thomas at this time and tried his best to block Muhammad's dunk. This would be a block that would determine the outcome, but he took off too late.
His hand hit Muhammad's arm, and Muhammad let the ball go. At this time, the referee's whistle sounded. This was a foul by a thug. It was good for Muhammad to make a free throw. After all, his free throw shooting rate was not very high, but after the ball
After letting go, he threw it and hit the backboard, bounced down and into the basket. Muhammad fell to the ground and shouted "ANDONE!"
The referee's hand moved down a little, and the ball was hit and an extra penalty shot was added.
The score was 3 points apart. People from both teams looked at Muhammad's free throw with anxiety. If the ball scored, the Knicks would win. If the ball didn't, the Celtics would still have a glimmer of hope. The Celtics
His fate was completely in the hands of others. Milicic was filled with hatred at this moment. Why did he leave out Muhammad? If he could, he would never again put the ruling stick of fate in the hands of others like now.
Muhammad's ball was thrown, and his ruling was that the Knicks won the game and made the extra free throw!
There were still 21 seconds left before the end of the game. Rivers called a timeout. This goal must be scored. He called a timeout immediately after scoring. It was okay to grab a quick 2 points. The main attack point was still on Milicic.
On the body.
After receiving the ball from the sideline, Milicic reluctantly took a shot one step away from the three-point line. Tim Thomas and Kurt Thomas got up to block the shot.
No! This was not a shot. Milicic made a pass in a shooting motion, and the ball was passed to Al Jefferson inside. Jefferson received the ball and dunked it.
The Knicks also immediately called a timeout. After the timeout, the Knicks sent out a lineup designed for free throws, "Lone Wolf" Marbury, "Quarter Point King" Crawford, and "Penny" Hardaway.
, "Central Shooting King" Alan Houston and big man Tim Thomas who can shoot three-pointers.
After receiving the ball, Marbury directly handed the ball to Alan Houston. Houston held the ball and waited for the Celtics to foul. West made a foul and the mid-range shooting king showed a textbook performance at the free throw line.
Level free throws, two free throws made!
The Celtics' final hope of a comeback was lost. Banks stopped advancing after the ball was sent, but Milicic did not give up. He shouted to Banks: "Give me the ball!"
After receiving the ball and taking two steps, Milicic shot a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line. The three-pointer miraculously hit, but the three-pointer at this time was of no use. New York's ball
As soon as it's sent out, the game is over.
The Knicks won 92-91. At the end of the game, Marbury came over and said to Milicic: "You are an opponent worthy of respect!"
After the two hugged each other, the fans in Madison Square stood up and gave them warm applause. There was no loser in this game. Before the game, no one could have imagined that the Celtics would face the star-studded Knicks with a broken lineup.
to this extent.
After the game, Rivers attended the press conference with Milicic alone.
"Mr. Milicic, why did you take that shot when you knew that hitting that three-pointer would not help? Did you want to give yourself a better-looking data?"
"If we fail, I want to lose with a score of 91 to 92, not 88 to 92. Sometimes we know it is impossible, but we still have to work hard to live, even if we fail, we must make the process look more exciting.
Just like many people know that they will never be an All-Star in their lifetime, but they still train hard to maintain their condition. Miracles need to be fought for. I used to be a poor kid from Serbia and Montenegro, who averaged 5 games per game in the NBA.
I was a loser for a few minutes, but because of my persistence, I became a starting player for an NBA team. I will never back down and move forward. This is the life I want!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Rivers began to applaud, and the reporters at the scene also started to applaud, giving this persistent young man the respect he deserved.
