Lin Yu's expression was a little dull. He tried his best on this shot. I can only say that Pierce was a genius.
An unexpected 360° turn, shaking off almost all defenses.
But even so, Lin Yu still turned around and pounced back, causing a very high-quality interference, but the basketball still got into the basket.
Pierce, who is so talented, has performed so well. What's going on?
Coupled with the uncalled pick-and-roll foul before, this is a victory that God wants to give the Celtics a Christmas Day victory!
Lin Yu didn't believe in evil, he felt that the knight still had a chance.
"Mike Brown called a timeout. With 19 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers were 3 points behind. They only had a chance to tie the game."
During the one-minute pause, Lin Yu once again intervened in the team's tactical arrangements.
"Later, we will first grab a ball, two or three points, and then directly foul. The target of the foul is the rookie Rajon Rondo on the opposite side, or Kendrick Perkins in the paint, if they are still on the court.
if."
"After the foul, we can play another round, and that will be our chance to win the game."
This was Lin Yu's suggestion. Mike Brown thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
The reason for agreeing is simple. The Cavaliers can no longer play overtime, at least because of Lin Yu's physical fitness. Even if they can drag the game into overtime, the game will be lost.
Now they have only one way to go and use the last 19 seconds to end this game completely.
"So, how are we going to attack later?"
"We have to improve our success rate, so, LeBron, it's time for us to cooperate..."
Before going on the court, Lin Yu arranged the cooperation between him and James for this round. It was a cooperation that the Celtics may have expected, but it was a cooperation that they could not defend.
"In the middle, China's Lin is in possession of the ball. Time keeps running. Are the Cavaliers planning to let Lin Biao score a three-pointer? If it scores, it will go into overtime. If it doesn't, it will end immediately."
Charles Barkley in the commentary box obviously guessed wrong, because the next second, Lin Yu started a pick-and-roll.
For this round of offense, Big Z, who had been abandoned for the entire second half, came on the scene. He gave Lin Yu a very high-quality cover.
Then, Lin Yu used his not-so-bad breakthrough and took a step laterally. Garnett, who was on defense, pounced out and reached out to interfere with Lin Yu, who was leaping high.
But Lin Yu, who was leaping high, collected the ball to avoid the block, and then flicked the ball in the air.
The next second, everyone's eyes moved to the penalty area, and at some point, LeBron James appeared in that position.
He caught the ball from Lin Yu and with a bang, he performed a dunk!
"LeBron James' dunk, the Cavaliers scored 2 points. It only took them less than 6 seconds. The score became 93:94. With a little more than 12 seconds of game time, the Cavaliers had to use foul tactics.
"
The Celtics didn't call a timeout. Rivers' idea was simple. He was going to let the players on the field send the ball directly, take it by surprise, and then use up the remaining time.
After the ball was released, Ray Allen received the ball. Obviously, the Celtics deliberately avoided Rondo, who was not good at free throws.
Then, Lin Yu pressed forward, and Rivers shouted from the sidelines: "Pass the ball, pass the ball! Use up time!"
So, Ray Allen passed the ball to Pierce.
Pierce was also pressed, and he could only pass the ball, but it couldn't be passed to Ray Allen. He glanced at the lineup on the court and passed it to Garnett.
The Cavaliers still did not foul and continued to press.
Garnett passed the ball again and finally got the player the Cavaliers wanted to see, Rajon Rondo...
Andre Miller took it hard, and with a beep, the referee blew the whistle and awarded a foul.
Doc Rivers on the sidelines smiled.
"The Cavaliers' foul was too late. There were only 2.8 seconds left in the game. The Celtics could have deliberately missed the free throw and completely ran out of time."
Another burst of cheers erupted from the North Shore Garden Arena, and as the game entered the final moments, the number of cheers increased significantly.
Because Boston fans saw the dawn of winning this game, this dawn was already very dazzling and within reach.
Rajon Rondo stepped to the free throw line and looked a little nervous.
"Two free throws from Celtics rookie Rajon Rondo."
On the court, Paul Pierce patted Rondo: "Don't be nervous, rookie, just take any penalty, we will definitely win this game!"
A Cavaliers without a timeout, in everyone's eyes, has no chance of winning the game.
unless……
Pierce thought of last season, when Lin Yu had a three-pointer that ran all the way across the court.
He immediately felt a little frightened, but then he shook his head: "That's a miracle, it can't be performed so easily."
With a bang, Rondo missed his first free throw.
Everyone in the Celtics frowned, but they didn't take it seriously. Doc Rivers even told Rondo on the court: "Miss the second free throw on purpose, with more force and more time.
"
Then on the second free throw, Rondo deliberately hit the board, causing the basketball to bounce high.
There was a clang, and everyone in the audience exclaimed.
The timer also started running, and no one was paying attention to Lin Yu, who was already rushing towards the frontcourt from the flanks, holding up his left and right hands.
LeBron, who was under the basket, jumped up and grabbed the backboard high.
"In the last 1.7 seconds, the rebound is in hand, LeBron! Is he going to shoot directly?"
As James struggled to throw the basketball out of his hand, the entire audience gasped, and it was so quiet that you could clearly hear a pin drop.
"It's not shooting, it's passing!"
Outside the three-point line in the frontcourt, Lin Yu moved his hot hands and nodded the ball out of the air.
Buzz!
The red light above the backboard turned on, and the rapid buzzer of the timer echoed through the entire arena, but the basketball was still flying.
Under everyone's unbelievable eyes, he fell straight into the basket...
Whoosh!
96:94, the game is over!
The North Shore Garden Arena fell into a deathly silence. The Boston fans, who had been preparing to celebrate a victory a second ago, stood there with disbelief on their faces.
"He was actually killed?"
There were clearly audible screams in the commentary box. They had seen the video replay and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the ball: "In the last 0.8 seconds, China Lin made this ball!"
"No, to be precise, he threw the basketball in a strange posture and then completed the game!"
"Incredible kill! This is China Lin, this is Lin Crazy!"
On the sidelines, the referee quickly watched the video replay and gave a gesture that the goal was valid.
Then, the Cavaliers' bench broke out into wild cheers. LeBron James rushed up to hug Lin Yu, followed by Andre Miller, Varejao, Big Z...
Amidst the cheers, boos broke out in the North Shore Garden Arena.
At this moment, Lin Yu ended the hug with his teammates, rushed to the technical stage, jumped up, and roared towards the stands in front of him.
"I won! I won! I won!"
The boos in the North Shore Garden Arena became more and more crazy, and even malicious curses were heard.
"Get out of here, you dirty Chinaman!"
"You are just a weakling holding LBJ's thigh, and you are not worthy of speaking in the North Shore Garden Arena!"
"..."
Lin Yu's ears automatically filtered out these sounds, but his eyes were fixed on a private room above the technical stage.
In the private room, Danny Ainge's face was full of embarrassment.
"He proved that he is better than Ray, and also proved that he has qualities that we don't have..."
The voice came from Vic Grossbeck, the Celtics' big boss.
He stood up and left the private room, leaving the last sentence: "But Danny, I still trust you. If we win the championship this season, China Lin will only be a pendant on the Celtics' road to the championship."