The game dragged on in the quagmire for forty-seven minutes and forty-one seconds, with less than twenty seconds remaining. After a competition that left no one with the slightest chance to rest, the game once again returned to where it had just started.
The situation was 89:89, and the two sides were tied again.
For the Orlando Magic, the current situation is slightly favorable to them. Not only because they still have enough timeouts to arrange tactics in the final moments of the game, but more importantly, the right to make the last shot of the game belongs to the Orlando Magic.
in hands.
Screens, continuous screens, pick-and-rolls, delaying time... Stan Van Gundy seized all the timeouts to nervously arrange the next tactics. However, no matter how the tactical arrangements change, one thing will never change, and that is handing over the basketball.
into Adrian's hands.
"Guys, now we have an advantage." Stan Van Gundy constantly emphasized this to the players while arranging tactics, so as to inspire the team's advantage at the last moment. As an experienced head coach, Stan Van Gundy
Van Gundy is very aware of how great the pressure is on the players at the last moment of such an important game. This huge pressure is not only concentrated on the players who perform the last step, even if they are relatively marginal in the tactics.
Players who play at the last minute will also feel pressure that they don't have at other times.
If the players' mentality cannot be adjusted well, the probability of things happening to the players at the last moment will be greatly increased. This is why many coaches are more "superstitious" about old players every time they reach a critical moment.
It's not because the key abilities of the old players are more outstanding, but because they are used to the rhythm of this kind of final moment of the game. They have experienced this situation many times in their careers. It is like performing maintenance on power towers all year round.
Workers working at heights will never be afraid of heights. They are used to it.
Stan Van Gundy also wants to "superstitize" the old players. Unfortunately, the resources at his disposal prevent him from doing so. The Magic are a very young team. There are no veterans on the entire team who can play.
There are even fewer veterans. He only has these cards in his hand, and he can only do this.
Marcin Gortat served from the sideline, and Paul Pierce was entangled with Adrian like a piece of brown sugar. Although Adrian ran vigorously, there was still no way to get rid of Paul Pierce.
Although Paul Pierce's eyes were red due to the heavy physical exertion, his mouth was wide open and his tongue was sticking out, like an extremely tired old dog, his steps did not slow down at this time, but seemed to be faster.
a bit.
Obviously he was determined not to give Adrian any chance to catch the ball in this final offensive and defensive battle.[
The five-second courtside waiting time for serving was quickly approaching, and Marcin Gortat had to call a timeout because he couldn't find a chance to serve due to interference from Garnett's long arm.
This timeout is a success for the Celtics, because after calling this timeout, the Orlando Magic no longer have a timeout in their hands. With twenty seconds left in the game, the Magic will
The team had no chance to pause and adjust. Stan Van Gundy made some emergency arrangements and served for the second time. After Kwame and Lewis's continuous pick-and-roll help, Adrian finally succeeded in getting a pass from Marcin Gortat.
Got the basketball.
The moment Adrian caught the basketball, Paul Pierce came up with a crazy "press". The "press" was very fierce, but Paul Pierce was very careful about his hand movements. He wanted to cause Adrian
An's mistake may force Adrian to take a shot as soon as possible, but there is absolutely no intention of committing a foul and sending two free throws.
With less than twenty seconds left in the game, there is no doubt that the choice Adrian will make is to suppress the time and use up the game time until the last second before taking action. This can be said for the Orlando Magic.
It is the best choice, and it is also the choice that a team in this situation will inevitably make.
The score is tied, and the Magic have the opportunity to attack. Even if they miss the last shot, the result will be overtime to decide the outcome. On the contrary, they must not leave any time for the opponent to attack, and do not give the opponent any time to attack.
Leaving any comeback opportunity is more important than scoring a shot. As an experienced veteran, Paul Pierce knows this deeply, and therefore determined his defensive strategy.
Under the pressure of Paul Pierce, Adrian was a little embarrassed. He had to control the basketball and control the time so as not to launch an offensive. It was quite difficult to do this under the strong pressure of Paul Pierce.
, but even so, Adrian still firmly controlled the basketball in his hands, dodging Paul Pierce's hands again and again.
There were only ten seconds left, and Paul Pierce became obviously impatient. Letting Adrian waste time like this was the most unfavorable situation for the Celtics. He immediately increased his pressing intensity.
Nine seconds!!
Adrian slapped the basketball fiercely, and the rebounded basketball fell into the palm of Adrian's other hand. After completing this step, Adrian quickly turned around.
Eight seconds!!
Paul Pierce was stuck behind Adrian, and there was a force coming from behind. Adrian could feel it. This was Paul Pierce's last attempt to stop himself after being shaken away. But at this point, Adrian
An Zao was prepared, and the right foot that had already stepped out moved faster with the help of this force.
Seven seconds!!
After getting rid of Paul Pierce, Adrian did not choose to go directly to the inside, but broke through along the right side of the three-point line. Ray Allen quickly let go of Rashard Lewis and followed Adrian's footsteps.
Six seconds!!
Adrian suddenly paused, raised his right hand slightly, and glanced in the direction of Rashad Lewis with his slightly tilted head and eyes. This action interfered with Ray Allen's choice. The moment he followed Adrian, he stopped
Down, his left hand waved involuntarily, intending to interfere with Adrian's pass, but after just a moment, Adrian started again, throwing away Ray Allen.[
Five seconds!!
After getting rid of Ray Allen, Adrian began to move to the left three-point line. Kwame Brown understood the situation and came out from the inside to block Adrian's pursuit of Paul Pierce.
Four seconds!!
However, as a price, Kwame Brown, who was far away from the basket, brought Kevin Garnett out. Seeing that the Adrian defense had a chance to take action, Kevin Garnett immediately pounced from the inside.
Three seconds!!
With one foot crossing the three-point line, Adrian slammed his feet on the ground, jumped high, and completed a turn in the air.
Two seconds!!
Kevin Garnett also jumped high, stretched out his slender arms, and covered Adrian's shooting sight. At this moment, the North Shore Garden was silent.
Adrian was floating in the air. He did not take action in a hurry. In fact, at this time, his heart was strangely very calm. He was obviously a little nervous before, but when he jumped up, he felt pressure, worry and everything like that.
It was carried away by a passing strong wind.
This feeling was so relaxing that after jumping high, he even had time to glance at the timer on the basketball hoop, waiting, waiting for Kevin Garnett to be moved by gravity.
Despite the desperate struggle, it still inevitably started to fall after reaching the highest point. Waiting for the timer to skip to 09, Adrian gently threw the basketball in his hand.
While the basketball is still flying in the air, the timer has turned on the red light and the buzzer has started to sound. The game is over at this moment. The only thing left to wait for is to fly towards the basket at high speed.
That orange-red elf.
"Come in!"
"Don't go in!"
Everyone who was paying attention to this game was all attracted to the basketball at the moment. Adrian was the only exception. After landing, he closed his eyes, not because he didn't have enough courage to use his eyes.
To verify the result of this ball, it is because, the result of this ball was already determined by Adrian at the moment of shooting.
Now, he just needs to wait for that voice to arrive.
Oh~~~~~
Crisp and clean, it seemed to be the most pleasant music in the world. Adrian still closed his eyes, but raised his hands. This crisp sound said everything. In the darkness, he felt the music rushing towards him and pulling him away.
The power of squeezing in the middle.
At this time, he slowly opened his eyes.
What catches the eye are the smiling faces of teammates roaring with excitement and the lost expressions of Celtic players.
They won 92:89. Although the competition was difficult, they still succeeded in winning the game. At North Shore Garden, the home of the Celtics, the Orlando Magic grabbed the first victory.
"Boy, you fucking won." Although he was in a bad mood after losing, after the game, Kevin Garnett still came up to talk to Adrian, but... don't expect Kai at this time.
What good things can Vin Garnett have to say?
"But this is the only one you can win." Kevin Garnett glared at Adrian and said viciously: "Next time, I will definitely knock you down!"
"Then you have to wait until next time." Adrian smiled and wanted to say something to Garnett, but it was too late. As soon as the game was over, the surging media reporters surrounded him.
The microphones seemed to be poking into Adrian's mouth.
When he finally managed to raise his head from the chaotic crowd of reporters, he saw that Kevin Garnett had also been surrounded by reporters. (To be continued...)
