After the pause, Mike Brown was a little silent. He wanted to scold Lin Yu, but found that the game had entered the final stage of attack and defense.
Reprimanding now is of no use and will only increase conflicts.
Shaking his head, Mike Brown chose to carefully arrange the team's final defense. As for the final attack, he still had a timeout in hand, so he was not in a hurry.
On the other side, Doc Rivers frowned and quickly deployed a strong-side double screen to give the ball to Pierce's offensive tactics.
He also emphasized that Ray Allen must fight in the corner. If the Cavaliers' defense all pounces on the strong side, then Ray Allen in the corner will catch the ball and directly end the suspense of the game.
For the Celtics, who were leading by 2 points, one goal was enough to kill the game.
The timer buzzed, the timeout ended, and Lin Yu returned to the court.
He followed Ray Allen to the corner, and then found that at the top of the arc, Garnett and Perkins were both pulled out.
At the first moment, he judged: This is a strong-side double screen, allowing the outside ball holder to play singles.
Then, he glanced at Ray Allen beside him, and the steps he was about to move stopped as if there were nails.
Looking to the other side, Delonte West clung to Rondo.
Lin Yu wanted to cover his face. Is this guy playing without any brains?
Before the referee blew the whistle to restart the game, Lin Yu quickly stopped Delonte West and whispered softly: "Delonte, did you see that position? If Laga Rondo doesn't score later,
In the penalty area, you go to that position to defend."
Lin Yu's command seemed to go against Mike Brown's temporary arrangements, so Delonte West asked with strong doubts: "Why?"
"There is no reason, just do what I say and we will win this game, otherwise this game will be lost."
Without too much explanation, Lin Yu believed that Delonte West would fill in on the strong side, because in this Cavaliers team, his words still have some weight.
There was a beep and the whistle was blown, and the referee handed the ball to Pierce.
Rondo moved outside for a while, caught the ball, and then immediately passed the ball back to Pierce. This is why Lin Yu did not let Delonte West use the cut-and-multi strategy. He knew that Rondo
He won't hold the ball for too long.
Pierce received the ball and moved to one side immediately. Garnett rushed forward and set a screen. The Cavaliers switched defense first and there was no double attack.
Darko Milicic moved very slowly, and after Perkins pounced on him for the second screen, he was completely unable to keep up with Pierce.
And the next big Z, who was on defense, couldn't stop Pierce at all, but... to the surprise of the Celtics coaches and players, Delonte West boldly let Rondo go. If it rained in time,
Generally, he arrived near the mid-range on the strong side, filling the holes in the Cavaliers' defense.
"Paul Pierce, he was suddenly flanked and looking for an opportunity to pass the ball."
In the bottom corner, Ray Allen started to move facing Lin Yu's close defense, but obviously, for a while, he couldn't get rid of Lin Yu's defense.
On the other side, Rondo was open. Pierce hesitated and passed the ball.
Seeing Pierce passing the ball, Lin Yu reacted faster and shouted on the court: "Dakone, make it up!"
Milicic is not stupid, he also saw the huge space in front of Rondo and pounced directly.
But he was stupid and jumped up to interfere with a non-existent three-point shot.
Rondo didn't want to shoot a three-pointer at all. He just wanted to catch the ball and break through the basket to further tear apart the Cavaliers' defense.
As a result, Darko Milicic overwhelmed him like a mountain.
Beep beep beep!
There was a quick whistle, the referee called a foul, and Rondo was about to go to the free throw line.
Lin Yu covered his face, but at the same time he was thankful that Rondo's free throw gave the Cavaliers a chance.
"Raga Rondo, this second-year point guard is going to stand on the free throw line, uh... This season, his free throw shooting rate is a bit dismal, only 61.1%. As a point guard, this free throw shooting rate is not
qualified."
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, Rondo's first free throw popped out of the frame with a bang.
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. At least, they still had a chance to tie the game.
With a bang, Laga Rondo directly gave Lin Yu a surprise. The second free throw was the same, and it hit the frame.
Under the basket, LeBron James rushed out, jumped up, and grabbed the rebound.
Mike Brown also reacted quickly and called a timeout.
"Missed two free throws, oh my gosh, Rondo is probably going to be upset about that, he missed an opportunity to seal the win for this team."
The TD North Shore Garden Arena was a little quiet for a while. There were only 7 seconds left in the game. The Cavaliers had the ball for the last attack, and the opportunity to win the game was already in front of them.
Mike Brown knows very well that if he wants to take away a victory from the away game, a buzzer-beating game is the best choice. Dragging it into overtime will add a lot of surprises and uncertainties.
In particular, the Cavaliers struggled very much. It seemed that there was no other way to break down the Celtics' defense except for the superstar's strong play.
In this case, going to overtime is almost equal to losing the game.
"So, we have only one choice, to kill our opponent!"
There is no suspense about who will execute the killing blow.
"We need a three-point shot, so Lin, this game-winner is yours."
Lin Yu nodded, agreed to Mike Brown's suggestion, and said at the same time: "Give me the same double screen as the Celtics, a little further outside, and, I want to start without the ball, LeBron gives me
Pass the ball."
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Mike Brown approved Lin Yu's winning plan. After all, there were only 7 seconds left in the game, and there was no extra time for the Cavaliers to run more complicated tactics. A simple double screen was enough.
There was a beep, and everyone in the quiet TD North Shore Garden Arena held their breath.
"On the Cleveland Cavaliers' last possession, it was Lin Yu who served from the outside."
Lin Yu's outside serve, James ran to catch the ball, and on the other side, the new Daniel Gibson was also moving quickly.
The Celtics' defense immediately turned to Daniel Gibson and James, who was about to receive the ball. Lin Yu, who was serving from the outside, was ignored.
"Before this, China Lin's three-pointers had been hit twice in a row. He served from the outside and seemed unable to execute this three-point shot..."
Lin Yu, who felt cold in the hand, was naturally excluded, but the basketball was kicked out, and after James received the ball, he made the same choice as Rajon Rondo in the previous round, hand-to-hand cooperation, and directly gave the ball away.
Lin Yu on the sideline.
Then, Darko Milicic's screen...
Then, Big Z’s cover...
In the end, he had no one to interfere with his three-point shot from the outside!
"Whoosh!"
The red light is on!
The timer beeps!
"He got it!"
"China Forest, Just unbelievable!" (It's simply unbelievable!)
"After two consecutive irons, he still stood up and won the game!"
The whole stadium was quiet until the Cavaliers started to celebrate the victory, and then boos spread all over the place, and the heat of the end of the game hit us...