Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 188

During the timeout, Rivers' brain was running fast, just to get a solution to the problem.

Physical fitness is the biggest problem. The team's main scorer and defensive gate, Garnett, is too physically exhausted.

This is a problem that the team urgently needs to solve. Garnett cannot leave the field now. The team must let him stay on the field and maintain sufficient deterrence.

There is only one way now, and that is to rest on the court and reduce offense. At the same time, someone needs to help share the pressure on the defensive end.

The 12-point difference is definitely within the reach of the Celtics.

With this in mind, Rivers has made a decision in his mind.

"Garnett, you can't leave the court for the time being. You must maintain sufficient deterrence on the court. The team needs you. But don't worry, other players will help you defend. You need to reduce the frequency of offense and reduce physical consumption." Rivers Said.

Then continue to arrange "Pierce, Parsons, must go up to help Garnett defend at any time, don't give them a chance to play singles, Parsons can foul when he needs it."

The two nodded in agreement.

"Rondo, Ray Allen, you need to play more pick-and-rolls, and at the same time, do a good job of defending against Kobe. Do a good job of defense, and you must not give Kobe a chance to break through the basket easily."

After arranging these, Rivers breathed a sigh of relief. There are too few rotations, and he is also thinking about whether to expand.

Phil still continued the strategy just now, but replaced Odom and the skier with Li Tian and Wharton. Odom will bring the bench to the game after Kobe is off, and the skier is really tired.

After the timeout, the two teams reappeared.

The defensive strength has not changed due to the decline in physical fitness. Both teams are holding on to their last breath. Whoever relaxes first will be able to continue, then it is unknown.

"Barkley, who do you think will win today's game?" Smith watched the tempo on the court getting slower and slower. Coupled with the frequent whistle blowing by the referee, the wonderful game became intermittent, and there was no coherence at all.

"In this game, it depends on which team can continue this state. This is the third quarter. The Lakers have maintained this state from the first second. I don't know if they can persist until the end." Barkley I am also worried about whether the Lakers can withstand the last quarter of the game.

"Yes, this game consumes too much, and Garnett consumes the most. On the offensive end, Gasol, Lee and the skier take turns defending; on the defensive end, it is the Celtics' defensive gate. It consumes more." Smith began to sympathize with Garnett.

After the Timberwolves persisted for so many years and did not win a championship, when he left the Timberwolves, when the fans left the Timberwolves when Garnett left, no one scolded him because of his departure, on the contrary it was a farewell.

"Yes, the offense wins the fans, and the defense wins the championship." Barkley said this sentence, it can be said that he felt it. The offense was really good in the Suns, but facing the stronger defense of Jordan, they Failed.

"Yeah, defense wins the championship." Smith knew that the championship is indeed the eternal pain in Barkley's heart.

The field hasn't changed too much, and it's still blown by the referee.

In the last 6 minutes of the third quarter and the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, the two teams were called for 12 fouls.The Lakers were blown 7 times, while the Celtics were blown 5 times. Maybe this is the home court advantage, and the referee also helped the Celtics who were behind.

Fouls increased, but the two teams did not reduce their defensive intensity because of fouls.

The point difference has not changed much. The only thing that disappoints the Lakers is that Garnett's physical consumption has decreased, and the Celtics team is helping Garnett reduce the pressure.

The score of the two teams was fixed at 83:73, and the point difference remained at 10 points.Garnett's physical energy has not been consumed too much in the past few minutes, and he has been rested for a period of time, and his physical energy has recovered.

Phil saw that the situation on the field had not changed, but he still called a timeout.

There are still 9 minutes left in the game, and the decisive moment is about to begin.

"In the last 9 minutes, the game has entered a fierce stage. We are playing away and there are many unfavorable factors, but now it is the most critical time, and now we are leading by 10 points. The victory of this game must belong to us." Phil encouraged all players.

Everyone looked at each other with the determined eyes of their teammates, telling each other that victory must belong to us.

"Victory belongs to us, and we must win this game." Kobe said, knowing that at this time, the outcome is in that breath.

Teammates need encouragement, he needs to stand up at this time, he is the leader of the team.

"Keep going, we must win this game, and the championship belongs to us." The team's big brother, Fisher, also stood up.

"What are you afraid of? The lead belongs to us. Play round by round. Don't think about the last round because of a defensive mistake, and don't think about the last round because of a missed attack. Focus on the moment in front of you. , Got it?" Phil continued to encourage the players.

"Old guys, don't give up this game just because you are too old, don't let rookies look down on you." Li Tian stimulated his teammates at this time.

"Hahaha, don't let the rookie look down on you, win the game, let's cheer together." Before the timeout ended, Kobe shouted loudly.

"Both teams know that it's time for the decisive victory. In the next few minutes, the winner will be determined." Director Zhang was also very excited in the studio.

"Yes, some time ago, the game was blown to pieces by the referee, but Garnett was given enough rest time, which may affect the final result of the game." Yu Jia said.

"This game is indeed the case. This is the home field advantage. Sometimes fouls are called too much, but it doesn't mean it is a bad thing." Director Zhang analyzed.

"I hope Li Tian can give full play to his three-point advantage in the future. In this game, players from both sides have consumed too much energy. It depends on who can last until the end of the game." Yu Jia began to worry about Li Tian, ​​hoping that he could play better. good.

"Li, your next task will be heavy. You must find opportunities outside the three-point line. I know you are very tired, but you must get through it." Phil stared at Li Tiandao with his eyes focused.

When it came to the decisive moment, he didn't dare to relax at all. Although he was very tired, he kept suppressing the fatigue of his body.

I was thinking in my heart that during the offseason, I must improve my physical fitness, increase my weight, and at the same time improve the integration of Jordan's physical fitness card, which is imminent. '

Li Tian has already played 25 minutes in this game, and he will continue to play the remaining 9 minutes. Phil decided to use the team's strongest lineup, and the skier's physical fitness can no longer continue to appear.

"No problem, I will stick to the last second." Resolutely replied.

"Beep!" The referee whistled and the game continued.

The players on the Lakers have changed: Kobe, Li Tian, ​​Gasol, Odom, Fisher.

The Celtics are: Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, Rondo, Posey.

Parsons was a little weak in stamina, and Rivers could only play Posey for a few minutes before replacing Parsons.

Garnett, who has recovered his physical fitness, has returned to his former look.

The decisive moment begins now.

Kobe attacked with the ball. At this time, every time he broke through, he was not facing one defender, but most of them were two, sometimes three.

Ray Allen defends closely, and Rondo makes up defenses at any time.

Seeing this, Kobe changed to post-up singles.

The continuous fake moves did not sway the experienced defensive Ray Allen, perhaps because he was too physically exhausted and unwilling to move.

Turning around suddenly, blocking Ray Allen behind him, speeding up the breakthrough, Posey lost the defending Odom and went up to defend.

Seeing this, Kobe also distributed the ball to Odom on the same side.

After catching the ball, he missed the jumper and the exhaustion of his energy made his shots feel short.

"Rebound." He roared, reminding the insiders to fight for rebounds.

Garnett, who was recovering physically, knocked Gasol away and grabbed a defensive rebound.

Li Tian stepped forward and started to defend in the frontcourt, not giving the Celtics any chance to push the fast break.

Garnett held the ball and used the pick-and-roll to throw off Li Tian's defense. He singled Gasol and consumed the entire game. He failed to withstand the opponent's offense and was hit by the opponent's singles layup.

"Pau Gasol, it's okay, just call back." Kobe stepped forward to encourage him.

Looking back, Kobe gave the ball to Gasol under the basket, signaling his singles.

Garnett's trash talk never stopped.

Using his footsteps, he suddenly started. Although he shook Garnett away, he was still affected by the small movements. The moment he shot, he felt off.

Unfortunately, the basketball bounced right into Rondo's hands.

Fast forward, Fisher did not keep up with Rondo, his age was too old, coupled with the consumption of physical energy.

Rondo scored a fast break.

6 points left.

Off the court, Phil didn't seem to change his face, but he was extremely nervous inside.He didn't want the team to be overturned in the end after leading the whole game.

Thinking about whether to use the tactic of pressing the bottom of the box, but he does not want to use that tactic at this time, and hopes to put it in the back, so that it will be more effective for the team.

He bit his lip, and if he looked closely, he would feel that the blood from his lip would flow out the next moment.

Still want to wait, if the point difference is close to within 4 points, he needs to use the bottom of the box in advance.

Fisher dribbled the ball across the half court, and the Celtics pressed the defense, preparing to pass the ball to Kobe to resolve the defense.

Rondo's long arm still interfered with Fisher's ball.

I can only call Li Tian to pick and roll, hoping to use the pick and roll to pass the ball.

After receiving the pass, he handed it to Kobe. Ray Allen has been marking him all the time, and he didn't even give him a chance to connect the ball.

Kobe held the ball, continued to post up, turned around and made a jumper.

"bump!"

After the bullet came out, Li Tian struggled for a rebound, but was still grabbed by Garnett for a defensive rebound.

You can only step forward and delay, not giving the opponent a chance to push back.

The Lakers all fell to their defensive positions, and Li Tian retreated quickly.

While running, he gasped for breath, recovering his strength.

The basketball was given to Pierce, and with the help of Ray Allen's cover, Kobe, who was physically exhausted, failed to keep up with Pierce.

At that moment, Pierce threw the ball.

"Touch!" A bullet box popped out.

Li Tian grabbed the rebound, and an untimely voice sounded.

"Di!"

The referee waited for a while, saw that the ball was not scored, and made up for the foul. Kobe had committed a foul, but in the scale of this game, it was not a foul at all.

Home court advantage, at this time, once again gave the Lakers a knife, this time the defense is too critical.

But there is no way, there is no challenge at this time, even if it is a challenge, the result is still the same.

Phil held his head in his hands and kept complaining to the referee seat, but the referee insisted on the penalty.

Kobe also began to put pressure on the referee, and the pressure on the referee increased, but they will never change the penalty.

The pressure is just to hope that next, they can get back a whistle.

"Don't worry, he won't make the penalty, is it Posey?" Li Tian turned around and asked Posey.

Unexpectedly, Percy nodded subconsciously.

Seeing this scene, Pierce's heart skipped a beat, and he acted hastily.

The first penalty was short.

"Hahaha, Percy, you are so good at cooperating."

Realizing that his reaction just now was wrong, Percy quickly shook his head and patted his face to wake himself up.

This time, Pierce stabilized and took a deep breath.

"Can't you hurry up, dawdling doesn't look like a man at all." Li Tian said.

Unmoved, stabilize your mind.

The second free throw was hit steadily.

Fisher served, but Li Tian blocked it, allowing Kobe to catch the ball calmly.

Advance past halftime.

Pierce felt resentful because Li Tian affected his free throw just now. In addition, he was beaten last time, and his pursuit of him was one step faster.

Throughout the second half, Pierce was marking Li Tian.

"You'll be thrown off by me, you're too slow." Li Tian yelled trash at Pierce.

He was also used to seeing big scenes and was not affected.

Li Tian uses dream footsteps, which is his trump card. If the team is at the moment of life and death, if this attack cannot be scored, then the momentum will be suppressed by the Celtics.

The constant changes in direction made Pierce, who was holding his breath and exhausting his energy, began to struggle.

Fisher suddenly stepped forward to pick and roll, blocking Pierce behind him.

Finally came beyond the three-point line, Kobe also gave the ball to the three-point line.

"Not good!" Pierce yelled, hoping to remind Rondo to come and defend.

Hearing Pierce's shout, Rondo also found that there was a vacancy for Li Tian.

After receiving the pass, it was too late to adjust, thinking about whether to wait for Rondo to make a foul, or to shoot directly.

In the blink of an eye, he gave up making fouls, because the referees have different penalties at this time, and since he is not a star, there is a high probability of not calling.

Take off!

Raise your hand!

Shot!

With a quick shot, Rondo would never be given a chance to step forward.

At the moment of landing, Rondo came up to defend, was bumped, and fell to the ground. Fortunately, he learned some self-protection actions from Kobe.

It was not hurt.

"Li Tian made a three-pointer. This shot is too critical. Can you make it?" After Director Zhang finished speaking, he held his breath. Everyone in the studio stared at the screen tightly as if they didn't need to breathe.

"Come in!" Yu Jia yelled.

"Crack!" Subconsciously, he patted his thigh, and the corner of his mouth was so painful that it almost cracked near his ears.

Tears were coming out of the corners of my eyes, it hurt so much.

Seeing the ball scored, Li Tian didn't bother too much, but turned around and went back to defend directly.He didn't even ask the referee for a foul. He knew that even if he asked for a foul, there was a high probability that he wouldn't give it. The performance just now showed everything.

If you talk too much with the referee, it might affect your return to defense.

Phil's furrowed brow finally relaxed slightly.

All the substitutes stood up, waving towels and cheering for the team.In a corner of the North Shore Garden Arena, the few fans wearing the Lakers color scheme shouted "LA, LA, LA."

There were not many people, but they were full of momentum. In an instant, they overwhelmed the shouts of the home fans.

This three-pointer pulled the Lakers, who had almost fallen into the abyss, back from the life and death line.

"Great!" Kobe stepped forward to celebrate with a high five, and he didn't say much, but bit his jersey tightly.

He didn't celebrate too much, but defended wholeheartedly.

"I've said it all, you can't keep up with me, what, you're too slow." He looked at Pierce disdainfully, then switched defenses with Gasol and came to Garnett's side.

"Fuck!" Pierce roared, and was provoked by the rookie again, but he didn't dare to make a move.

Rondo gave the ball to Garnett under the basket. This time is too critical. If he fails to score, he will be suppressed when he just gets up.

Garnett received the ball and played post-up.

"Ruante, push harder." He began to provocate frantically.

In terms of guarding the basket alone, it may not be as good as Garnett, but it is only a single defense ability, but it is not weaker than Garnett.

Garnett didn't make any response, kept his strength and hit back with all his strength.

Without a back open, he was able to turn over and shoot a jumper in desperation.

Li Tian's jumping is better than Garnett's, but he is not tall enough, so he can only use his wingspan to make up for it.

Take off with all your might.

"What happened? The ball seems to have changed its trajectory. Lee didn't touch the ball." Barkley was a little puzzled. When he watched it with the naked eye, he didn't notice why the trajectory of the basketball changed.

Gasol carried Posey away and scored a crucial rebound.

"Don't worry, look at the replay. My God, his fingertips touched the ball. This is a perfect block. This block is too important." Smith shouted.

"Li Tian defended very well this time. He blocked Garnett. This ball may determine the outcome of the game. This is a crucial block." Yu Jia shouted.

"Yes, this block is worth his salary, it's too important." Director Zhang shouted.

Being blocked, Garnett didn't complain, but turned around and went back to defend.

Seeing Gasol grab the rebound, Posey immediately stepped forward to delay, Kobe stepped forward to catch the ball, and the fast break was not completed.

Kobe waited until Li Tian came back before preparing to attack.

His physical fitness is not bad now, he began to accumulate strength, and broke through from the left side of Ray Allen sideways.

Squeeze past the defense and come near the free throw line.

Pierce, who was defending Li Tian, ​​had no choice but to assist in the defense. It was impossible for him to give Kobe such an easy breakthrough.

Gasol stuck Garnett under the basket and didn't give him a chance to step forward to make up the defense.

Came outside the three-point line again.

Pierce felt a little regretful, and shouted at Posey, "Make up defense!"

Kobe saw Pierce coming up, and Li Tian was seen from the corner of his eye.

It was very difficult to jump up and turn around to pass the ball, but he still passed the ball.

After receiving the pass, just after making the shot, the feeling is hot, and before the shot is made, I feel that the ball can be scored.

A three-pointer was shot directly. At the moment of the shot, he watched Posey come up and said, "You are late."

Percy, who didn't stop in time, bumped into it.

At this point has been shot.

"Di!"

This time the referee blew his whistle, and if he didn't blow it, he would be pulled out by the fans and eaten alive.

"Lee hit a three-pointer again, and there is an additional penalty." Barkley thought secretly, and the Celtics were suspended.

Li Tian, ​​who was lying on the ground, was afraid of hitting the floor with his hands, and yelled "Ah!"

The extra penalty was also hit, scoring 7 points in a row, abruptly pulling the team back from the brink of life and death.

Rivers called a timeout to make the last shot.

(End of this chapter)