Chapter 352 Remaining the Western Champion!
After the Warriors served the ball from the sideline, Curry stood at the top of the key with the ball.
The Warriors, who were 4 points behind, did not dare to waste time and let Dream Green help Curry in the pick-and-roll.
When Howard and Dellavedova were about to complete the defense switch, Lin Tian suddenly appeared and gave Howard a gentle push.
He pushed Howard in front of Durant and guarded Curry himself.
Facing Lin Tian in front of him, Curry hesitated. He gritted his teeth and put the ball back into Durant's hands.
The Lakers quickly shrank their defense, preparing to defend Durant's breakthrough.
Sure enough, Durant did not choose a long shot, but used a big change of direction to pass Howard.
Lin Tian made up the defense in time and blocked Durant. Not far away, Green shouted: "Pass the ball to Stephen! He is open!"
Curry was indeed open at this moment, but Durant shot the ball resolutely as if he didn't hear Green's words.
Lin Tian was unable to prevent the ball, but he stretched out his hands to cover Durant's sight as much as possible.
Bang!
The basket seems to have a grudge against Durant, as it is still struggling in the shooting area where his shooting percentage is extremely high.
The ball bounced into Lin Tian's hands. He quickly looked at the time. Although the Warriors didn't waste time, there were only 35 seconds left in the game.
Scott did not call a timeout, and there was no need to call it at this time, because the initiative was in their hands.
Dream Green was extremely dissatisfied with Durant's choice just now, and was still yelling to vent his emotions.
Lin Tian moved the ball steadily across the half court, and then began to press time.
Cole shouted loudly on the sidelines: "Foul! Go and make a fucking foul!"
If they don't foul, they will be in even greater trouble when Lin Tian runs out the attack time before taking action.
Green, who was guarding Lin Tian, then attacked Lin Tian, and the referee blew the whistle.
There are 27 seconds left in the game.
The cheers at the scene became more and more enthusiastic, and little Bass sitting in the audience jumped up with excitement.
Everyone knows that the Lakers have one foot in the Finals.
Lin Tian came to the free throw line and took the ball from the referee. He scored the first free throw and the lead reached 5 points.
Then he took his second shot.
The ball was thrown crookedly and failed to go in, but the basketball landed closer to Howard's position, so that the ball was snatched by Howard!
Before Howard grabbed the ball, he directly chose to tip-in over Dreaming Green's head.
Tip-in! The lead became 7 points!
In this way, it is equivalent to Green's foul giving the Lakers 3 points!
Cole on the sidelines was already devastated! After a while, the rebounds were really suppressed!
The terrible thing is that Scott held two timeouts in his hands, but he still held the timeouts firmly in his hands and refused to shout.
If nothing else goes wrong, he will not shout out these two timeouts even if the game is over.
Scott is not stupid. Calling a timeout at this time is equivalent to giving the Warriors time to plan tactics. No coach would be so stupid.
Without pausing to set up tactics, Cole could only shout: "Fast break! Fast break!"
With such a short time left in the game, they had no choice but to play fast break.
Curry dribbled the ball quickly across the half court. He wanted to open up space with Dellavedova and shoot a three-pointer.
But Dellavedova knew his intention very well, which was to stick to him tightly, which was equivalent to letting him go without letting go.
Everyone on earth knows that when they are behind by so many points, Curry will not choose to shoot a two-pointer. Only a three-pointer can save them.
Curry dribbled the ball for several seconds, but still couldn't get rid of Dellavedova.
In his haste, he could only shoot a three-pointer from a long distance, which was completely a matter of luck.
"Stephen Curry! He hit a three-pointer from Dellavedova! Let's hold our breath and see if this ball can go in!"
"Oh my god! The ball hit the backboard! Under Dellavedova's interference, the arc of the ball was a little crooked! Howard grabbed the rebound!"
"Dream Green directly fouled Howard! In this case, Howard will stand on the free throw line, and there are 17 seconds left in the game!"
Howard carried the ball to the free throw line.
He is the Lakers' most inaccurate free throw shooter.
But today, he actually made these two free throws in front of the entire audience.
The Lakers also led the Warriors by 9 points.
When the Warriors were serving the ball, the NBA staff on site had already begun preparing to set up the award ceremony.
After all, trying to get back a 9-point deficit in 17 seconds is like a dream.
Although the Warriors' morale had long been defeated, they still served quickly.
It took five seconds for them to move the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and then Curry passed the ball to Durant.
Under tremendous pressure, Durant shot a three-pointer.
Whoosh!
The three-pointer was finally made! But it was too late for the Warriors, they had no time.
After the Lakers served, the Warriors fouled again immediately.
This time it was Lin Tian who stepped to the free throw line and made two free throws, completely killing the game.
There are only five seconds left in the game.
The Warriors finally used up those five seconds.
Buzz…
The buzzer sounds! The game is officially over!
The ribbons fell from the top of the arena, and O'Neal shouted: "The game is over! Let us congratulate the Lakers for narrowly defeating the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals tiebreaker! They will meet the Cavaliers in the Finals for the second time! What an exciting moment.
An exciting night! Lin defeated the Warriors with a broken leg! He led the team to win the Western Conference championship again! If there is a superhero tonight! Then his name must be Lin!"
With the passionate background music, the entire Staples Center became excited.
Kobe, wearing a suit, walked into the court as soon as the game ended and hugged Lin Tian tightly. He kept saying: "Lin! You did it!"
Howard and Wade also surrounded Lin Tian. They knew very well that there was only one reason why the Warriors could reverse tonight, and that was Lin Tian.
On the Warriors bench, as soon as the game ended, Durant headed to the locker room.
He did not communicate with any Warriors teammates or high-five any staff member.
Curry shook off his braces, Klay Thompson kept shaking his head in frustration, and Green was still staring at the scoreboard blankly.
They never dreamed that the Warriors, with their super record, would be in the hands of the Lakers again after acquiring Durant!
Humiliation and unwillingness spread in the hearts of every Warriors player.
All their efforts this season have been in vain...
Chapter completed!