With only 26 seconds left in the game, this shot is a quasi-clinching goal. If the Celtics are unable to score the basketball into the basket during the next offense, their only option is
All that's left is to execute foul tactics.
Counting Ray Allen's foul, the number of fouls the Celtics committed in the fourth quarter has reached four, and they have the basic conditions to implement foul tactics. Although they have no chance to time out, they must be able to do so at such a critical moment.
The two giants of the Celtics should be very clear on how to handle the ball at this moment. Phil Jackson still did not call a timeout. He must seize the most valuable moment from this timeout in his hands.
At this moment, the TD North Shore Garden Arena can no longer tolerate any noise other than the uniform slogans. The peak showdown between the Green and Purple Dynasties is enough to make people's adrenaline surge, not to mention the game is played in such an almost infinitely anxious situation. This
For a moment, everyone opened their eyes wide and did not dare to take a breath, for fear that they would miss even the next moment. You must know that anything that happens in the last 26 seconds may eventually happen.
Evolved into a legend.
Rajon Rondo pushed all the way from the backcourt to the three-point line. After breaking through one step inward, he passed the ball to Garnett on the free throw line. Everyone pulled away, creating opportunities for Garnett to play singles.
The space needed. Obviously, the Celtics' last theoretical attack will be handed over to Kevin Garnett.
Garnett held the ball and lowered his body, protecting the basketball with both hands on his abdomen. From time to time, he took a tentative step with his right foot to try for a chance to break inward. However, he did not find a good opportunity. Pau Gasol's defensive position
The position was very good. Such a position made Garnett dare not try to break through at will. After all, the opportunity is only once. It cannot be wasted casually.
After several attempts, Garnett passed the basketball, and he began to move along the free throw line, and soon came to the left side of the free throw line, a little above the three-second zone, when the basketball was passed again.
Garnett's hand.
"Time is running out." Looking at the time on the electronic timer, it had already passed ten seconds without realizing it. Garnett understood that he had no other choice at this time.
Garnett turned directly to face Pau Gasol, and after two consecutive tentative steps, he suddenly raised his leg and broke through along the left side. Garnett's pace was not very fast, but his stride was extremely long, and he took one step forward.
He was almost about to pass Pau Gasol halfway, and Pau Gasol immediately followed up inside. At this moment, Kevin Garnett suddenly pulled the ball, turned around, and jumped for a hook shot!
This shot was extremely fast and sudden. Pau Gasol was completely unable to react. When he finally stopped his speed and reluctantly turned around, Garnett
He has already thrown the basketball in his hand with a hook in the air.
Uh-huh...
Under the extremely eager gazes of all the Celtics fans, the basketball was like an obedient child, quietly slipping into the net.
"kg!"
"kg!"
"kg!"
With 8 seconds left in the game, Kevin Garnett got past Pau Gasol and hit a hook shot, scoring two points. The score was once again tied at 105:105!
"Timeout!" Phil Jackson finally stood up and called the last timeout. For the Lakers, the current situation is quite favorable. They still have a chance to timeout, and there are still six seconds left in the next attack time.
, enough for the Lakers to complete an offense.
"Andrew, you're responsible for serving the ball to Kobe. Adrian, you're responsible for picking and rolling for Kobe. Paul, you're responsible for attracting their inside defensive attention. Ed...if Kobe doesn't have a chance to make a shot, it's up to you.
"
As for the Celtics, they can only hope that the Los Angeles Lakers' attack fails or simply choose to foul, send the Lakers to the free throw line and gamble on the shooting percentage... But this possibility is unlikely. The Celtics' biggest
Maybe, they are still trying to prevent the Lakers' attack and then play overtime. After all, the Celtics have no timeouts. After the foul, they have no way to start the attack from the half court. They must launch the attack from the backcourt.
It is too difficult to launch an offense and score a goal in less than 6 seconds. The Celtics are not a fast-break team like the Suns that pursues rapid offense.
Therefore, in addition to taking shots, Phil Jackson focused on arranging the fight for offensive rebounds.
Andrew - Serving from the outside, Adrian provided a pick-and-roll screen for Kobe, allowing him to successfully get rid of Ray Allen's entanglement. Kobe, who had just run out of the three-point line and successfully received Bynum's pass, could not turn.
When he came to his senses, a pair of black and long arms had already hugged him.
"foul!"
Undoubted foul play.
Kobe never expected that the Celtics would choose to foul the ball holder immediately without any hesitation.
Phil Jackson's heart also skipped a beat. He couldn't help but look up at the electronic timer and found that the time on it had just reached five seconds. He couldn't help but gasp. He turned his head and stared at the court with a nervous look on his face and shouted.
Rivers looked at something.
"I didn't expect that this guy is actually a gambler, but this kind of gambling method of pushing the chips to the side with a smaller winning rate is destined to lose everything."
Because of Garnett's foul, Kobe was sent to the free throw line.
As soon as the basketball was handed over from the referee's hands to Kobe's, the sky was filled with boos, and there was no intention of stopping in the next moment. At the last moment of the game, the fans began to use this uniform chant
way to interfere with Kobe's free throws. This is their way of helping the home team.
Kobe's face was cold, and he calmly adjusted his breathing amidst the surging waves of boos. Prepare, when the whistle blows, take action...
Uh-huh...
The first free throw was made easily. Kobe was not disturbed by the boos at all.
"Okay." Phil Jackson couldn't help but clenched his fists. This free throw hit, and they had the advantage.
The boos at the TD North Shore Garden Arena were stagnated by the free throw. But soon, the boos became more intense and violent. If it was just the level of a stormy sea just now, now, the boos have risen to the level of Poseidon.
The level of anger.
"You can't make a free throw... You can't make a free throw... You can't make a free throw... You can't make a free throw..." Adrian was surprised to hear Ray Allen's mouth rolling around him, cursing Kobe's free throw.
This ball is also mixed with some vague and weird words, which is obviously some kind of extremely rare dialect. Not only that, his hands also make various weird patterns and gestures from time to time. It seems that he is holding some kind of ceremony.
A common ritual.
Kobe, on the other hand, was not disturbed by all this at all, still calmly adjusting, preparing, waiting for the whistle to sound, and was about to take action...
"Rapist!!" At the moment when Kobe was about to take action, a strange cry suddenly rang out from the TD North Shore Garden Arena. It was not very strong, nor was it very widespread, and it sounded very uneven. But it was enough to make everyone
hear.
"Oops!" Adrian clearly saw that at the moment when Kobe was about to take action, his hand seemed to shake.
"Rebound!" Adrian shouted, and at the same time he raised his foot and rushed towards the basket. Although Kobe's free throw was still possible, Adrian did not dare to bet on that slight possibility.
In fact, Adrian didn't need to remind everyone. Everyone understood the importance of this rebound. The moment Kobe shot the basketball, there was already a mass of people under the basket. Ray Allen had quick eyes and quick hands. When he saw Adrian starting to accelerate, he immediately took a step forward.
Moving forward, blocking Adrian's path. Waiting for Adrian to get around him, it would be too late. After blocking Adrian, Ray Allen didn't look at the basket at all, turned around and rushed towards
During the Lakers' half, Adrian paused for a moment and immediately followed.
"Bang!" The sound of the basketball hitting the rim was so low.
"ah!"
Among the tangled muscles, Kendrick Parkinson was the first to touch the basketball. With his broad body, he forced his way through the interior muscles. The fingertips of his stretched arms were the first to touch.
Although this rebound cannot help him control the rebound, it is enough to allow him to point the rebound to a quite advantageous position.
Rajon Rondo controlled the basketball before Fisher, and before he could dribble, Rajon Rondo threw the basketball directly into the frontcourt.
There, Adrian and Ray Allen were like two sharp arrows, one black and one white, heading straight towards the Lakers penalty area.
Ray Allen is in front, Adrian is behind, and the gap is only a slight step.
Rondo's pass was very powerful. Although it was only a hasty pass, the basketball did not start to fall until it was near the three-point line.
"It can be done, I can interfere with it." Adrian made a little judgment and came to the conclusion. Maybe he couldn't catch the basketball before Ray Allen, but he definitely had a way to prevent Ray Allen from steadily getting the ball.
As long as he makes a mistake or even stops the ball, this fast break will be half failed, because the distance between the two is close enough. Although they cannot catch up, as long as Ray Allen intends to catch the ball, he will definitely need to slow down.
Ray Allen was obviously aware of this, but now, he seemed to have no other choice. At this moment, Ray Allen glanced back at the corner of his eye, and suddenly there was a touch of green, and in his eyes
Blooming with a strange look.
With Adrian following closely, Ray Allen jumped high and instead of catching the ball, he chose to... move the basketball in another direction.
There, a tall green figure was running over quickly, with no one around him. This allowed him to easily catch the basketball, green No. 5, Kevin Garnett!
Kevin Garnett caught the basketball, glanced up at the electronic timer, paused for a moment, then jumped slightly and shot the basketball in his hand. His rich experience made him instinctively choose not to leave the Los Angeles Lakers.
By any theoretical possibility, when the basketball left his hands and flew through the air, the timer's buzzer would have already sounded.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the basketball flying in the sky.
"Bang..." This is the sound made when the basketball hits the front edge of the basket. This discordant noise instantly makes the hearts of all Celtic players and Celtic fans twist. It also makes all Lakers
The players' eyes lit up, but then everyone discovered that although the basketball bounced high in front of the basket, it did not fly away. It rotated forward at a high speed and kept a perfect balance in the air.
It didn't veer in any direction, just straight up and down.
"Bang..." The second discordant noise came, and everyone could feel that their hearts were very uncomfortable, as if the constantly bouncing basketball was their own beating heart.
"brush……!"
"Ah~~~" Kevin Garnett roared loudly, waving his arms, brazenly proclaiming his victory. The audience in the td North Shore Garden cheered, as if they were cheering for Garnett's never-ending victory.
Roar and cheer.
Tonight belongs to the Celtics!
And the people of Los Angeles can only leave with a sad loss! (To be continued...)
