"Yu Jia, who do you think will be handed over to the Blazers for their final attack?"
Zhang Lili asked.
"Well," Yu Jia pondered for a moment and smiled: "There are many choices."
"Oh," Zhang Lili was surprised, "How do you say that?"
Yu Jia continued: "As far as statistics are concerned, the Trail Blazers had two buzzer-beating shots last season. If I remember correctly, the first time was Aldridge's buzzer-beating buzzer-beater against the Thunder at the beginning of the season, and the second time was the King's buzzer-beating shot.
The buzzer beater beat the defending champion Miami Heat, well, they are both top teams!"
Zhang Liji nodded: "Judging from last season's resume, both of them are indeed good choices. And in this kind of key ball, the success rate must be higher with sneakers."
Yu Jia: "That's right, but I think Lillard may also become the second choice to execute the winning goal. From entering the league to now, we have to admit that this second-year student is definitely an excellent three-pointer.
A shooter, he is threatening enough to contain every defender... If coach Terry Stotts asks him to execute this shot next, I won't be surprised."
On the Trail Blazers' bench, Tristos is arranging the team's final attack and some responses to possible situations that may arise next.
The players listened on the sidelines with serious expressions, and everyone's face could not hide the nervous posture in their hearts.
We fight until the last moment and no one wants to lose!
This goal must be scored.
Beep~
The timeout soon came and the players from both sides returned to the court.
The Trail Blazers fielded a full lineup, and all five of them had outside shooting threats, so the Thunder did not dare to use double-teaming tactics wantonly.
Terry Stotts' personnel arrangement is not very complicated. The order of selection for executing the winning ball is Wang Zelin, Aldridge, Lillard, Batum, and Matthews are responsible for serving the sideline ball.
To be honest, the current psychological pressure on Wang Zelin and others is quite high, but it is definitely not as high as when Durant hit the buzzer beater just now.
Because the score at this time is 102:102, the two sides are tied, and the worst result is to enter overtime.
Beep~
There was another whistle.
The referee signaled Matthews to serve the sideline ball.
The next second, the atmosphere in the whole court suddenly became solemn. The Thunder players quickly found their defenders, while the Trail Blazers players were running quickly and began to take advantage of each other's pick-and-roll screens to run outside.
The first one to run out was Batum. He took advantage of Wang Zelin and Aldridge's pick-and-roll and quickly came out from the right corner. If he raised his hands, he took a feint shot and ran away.
It's obviously just a bait.
The Thunder didn't fall for the trick, and only one player followed.
Lillard followed, cutting into the basket from the left corner.
Matthews made a passing motion behind him.
Lillard is the player with the highest number of three-pointers on the Trail Blazers, and his field goal percentage is always among the top three in the opponent's field. The Thunder naturally knew this, and two people immediately pounced on him.
However, Lillard didn't get the ball until he rushed to the right corner.
Just like that, Matthews suddenly recovered the ball. At this moment, Aldridge approached the penalty area from a high position, and the five-second violation time was about to expire.
Durant immediately turned around and followed him. Last season, he was the one who beat the Thunder.
Just before the referee was about to blow the whistle for a violation, Matthews looked at the time, suddenly threw the ball away.
"Hey, this ball was passed high?"
Durant, who was guarding Aldridge closely under the basket, was surprised at first when he saw that the ball was indeed flying in his direction, and then he found that the basketball flew high over his head.
Father, like son.
Scott Brooks saw very clearly from the side. Wang Zelin appeared in the short corner area on the left wing at some point, but he clearly remembered that that was not the offensive area that guy was good at?
"No. 36! Look over there at No. 36..."
However, Scott Brooks still roared out instantly.
The moment Wang Zelin borrowed the ball, a figure came from the top of the key at lightning speed.
Russell Westbrook!
The moment Aldridge cut in, he felt something was wrong and turned his attention to the Blazers No. 36 who caused the biggest trouble to his team tonight.
Facts confirmed his intuition, the Trail Blazers really handed the final attack to No. 36.
As soon as Wang Zelin made his shooting move, he saw Thunder No. 0 rushing towards him. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Judging from the latter's sprinting speed, he should have expected it.
However, he did not have any panic.
So what if the response is fast?
So what if it’s fast?
Maybe Westbrook has forgotten the height difference between the two.
Next, Wang Zelin did not change his movements, glanced at the basket, and a hint of courage suddenly appeared on his face, as if he was bound to advance.
"Oops!"
Seeing that Wang Zelin's shooting hand was still the same, Westbrook couldn't care too much. After getting closer, he immediately jumped to interfere...
"beep!"
The moment Wang Zelin took action, the final lights came on.
The eyes of the fans at the scene were all focused on the spinning orange ball.
Zhang Lili and Yu Jia also forgot to explain at this time and stared at the basketball in the air.
Who was spinning in mid-air, the Thunder players were praying crazily in their hearts, "Don't go in, don't go in!", while the Trail Blazers players were silently praying, "Go in! Go in!"
After reaching the highest point, the basketball begins to fall.
In the stands, some players who couldn't stand the stimulation were covering their hearts and could feel their hearts beating rapidly.
There were also fans in front of the TV. Some even held their breath, while others chose to cover their eyes, even though they knew that their actions might miss an excellent goal.
At this moment, everyone is waiting for the judgment of the goddess of fate.
"Whoosh!"
The extremely clear sound of the net passing through the net echoed in the silent Energy Arena.
It's like a bolt of lightning shattering the darkness!
It also broke the hearts of countless Thunder fans!
we lose?
Neither the players on the field nor the fans outside the field could believe what they were seeing. Until...
"Yes!"
On the court, the Trail Blazers players and coaching staff roared like crazy. Head coach Terry Stotts was the first to rush into the court and hugged Wang Zelin, hugging the man who had just defeated the Thunder.
man.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck..."
Yu Jia made the telegraph tone over and over again.
"A buzzer-beating buzzer-beater from Wang Zelin, a Chinese player!" Zhang Lili roared with the same excitement. He took a deep breath, but still couldn't hide the excitement on his face:
"Dear viewers in front of the TV, let us congratulate the Portland Trail Blazers together, and congratulate them on having the last laugh in this extremely anxious dialogue!"
"At the same time, let us congratulate the king for making the buzzer-beating shot for the first time in his career! I believe that on tomorrow's poster, everyone will be able to see Zelin's new title - Mr. Key!"