Chapter 430 The Crucial Key Ball (2/2)(1/2)
"Move it! Let's take this ball!" Kassel waved hard at the players on the sidelines.●⌒,.
Tang Shuai used the ball to advance to the frontcourt, and Beverly stood in front of him to defend.
“deen color!”
The cheers on the scene were deafening. Perhaps the suspense of the game began to begin, and the fans could no longer control themselves and began to feel nervous.
"Double-team! Double-team!" Bixtaff shouted loudly from the sidelines.
Harden gave up Brewer, who was defending himself, and ran towards Harden, who had not yet reached the three-point line.
The Rockets used this move quite a lot at the beginning, which also greatly restricted Tang Shuai's score.
When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he immediately waved to Brewer.
Brewer accelerated and ran towards the outside.
Tang Shuai followed and accelerated to run towards him.
The four people met one step outside the three-point line, and then they were entangled. Brewer wanted to block Harden, and Tang Shuai wanted to pass the double team through the pick-and-roll, and the scene seemed chaotic.
The fans at the scene were all in their throats, and they looked at the people fighting without blinking.
Tang Shuai's dribble bag helped him at a critical moment. Although Alstom's dribble was fancy, he had to say that his ability to control the ball was first-class. He sent the ball behind him, then grabbed the ball with another hand, and turned around. At this time, Brewer was blocking there, and he drove the ball out of the crowd.
"Beautiful!" Barkley shouted in the comment seat!
This ball is extremely freehand and elegant.
After Tang Shuai finally got rid of the double-team, he didn't stop for a second and accelerated and rushed to the basket.
Morris, who was inside, saw this scene, came up directly and wanted to hit him again.
This time, Tang Shuai was obviously prepared. Seeing his movements, he suddenly changed directions, and then he was like a gyro, turning around with Morris as the axis. Then he took the opportunity to make a low-handed layup.
At this moment, Howard rushed over and reached out to cover him.
Tang Shuai gritted his teeth and lowered the ball's shot point a little. Then he bumped into Howard with his body.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, although he had purple power wrapped around his body, Howard's body was not said. He was knocked out and flew out, and his chest hurt. He almost couldn't catch it in one breath.
However, before being knocked away, he threw the ball out as he felt.
"beep!"
The whistle of the referee on the sidelines rang out.
Howard's blocking foul!
Howard heard the whistle, held his head helplessly, and then looked up at the score on the scoreboard.
"Are you okay?" Green rushed over and helped him up.
"Cough cough..." Tang Shuai coughed violently, and finally calmed down his breath and shook his head.
Green helped him, and he took a few deep breaths.
"Can you execute the free throw?" At this moment, the referee saw that he had not moved and came over to ask.
"Yes, no problem." That moment was a hard collision just now. There was basically no problem with this recovery.
The referee nodded, then held the ball and went to the bottom line.
Tang Shuai also took away Green's hand to support him, and then walked to the free throw line.
The referee made a "1" gesture to him, and he was stunned for a moment. Did the ball enter just now?
He looked up at the score, and the score difference had become 2 points.
"Damn!" He couldn't help but swear. He didn't expect that such a ball could be made.
He swears, and the players standing on both sides preparing to grab the rebounds all looked at him suspiciously.
"Are you ready?" The referee at the bottom line asked him.
He came to his senses and nodded.
He took a deep breath after getting the ball.
If this ball is free thrown, the score difference will become 1 point, and the team's hope of winning will increase exponentially.
He took a deeper breath and then picked up the pill.
There was a crowd of disturbing people in front of him. He held up the air stick in his hand and kept slapping it. There was even a fat man shaking his fat body, interfering with his free throw sight as much as possible.
He focused his sight to the basket and then threw the ball out.
"Rebound! Rebound!" Bickstaff shouted loudly.
"Bang!"
After all, it was just a green free throw bag. After all, it had been a game for more than an hour. After all, it was such a critical moment. Tang Shuai's free throw jumped out of the basket.
Howard stuck Jordan's position at the basket, and Morris jumped up and took the rebound into his arms.
Rockets' ball rights!
Tang Shuai was a little confused. He didn't expect that such a critical free throw would be lost!
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Just then, Pierce saw him in a daze and shouted at him.
He suddenly came to his senses and then retreated.
With the Rockets' offense, Harden broke through quickly, Europe took a big step over the defense, and he had to make a layup when he was on the move. Brewer, who was defending, pulled him down without saying a word.
Knowing that Harden is a player who is good at creating 2+1, Brewer pulled harder and dragged him directly, and didn't give him any chance.
This made Harden angry. After standing firm, he pushed Brewer directly. Brewer responded and pulled Harden's collar a few times. His former teammates were about to fight.
Fortunately, the referee arrived immediately, reached out and grabbed the two and forced them to separate, so that the conflict did not escalate further. However, Harden kept spraying something on his mouth, obviously caring about the foul just now.
This is also a normal thing. It is rare to have so many physical confrontations in the game.
The referee frowned, and it seemed that he was about to foul the technical foul.
At this time, Beverly rushed up and grabbed Harden, then pointed to the scoreboard above the blue shelf, telling him that the team was still ahead of the score. Harden stopped complaining.
Seeing that Harden did not complain, the referee did not take action, but instead walked towards the bottom line with the ball.
Harden walked onto the free throw line.
A shout of "mvp" suddenly sounded at the scene.
Harden made 6 of 17 shots in this game, and he made 14 of 15 free throws and has contributed the team's highest 30 points. If the Rockets win, he will be the absolute hero of the team's victory. He can definitely bear the MVP shouts that resounded throughout the game.
Harden made two free throws, helping the team expand the lead to 4 points, and there are less than 2 minutes left before the game.
Both sides knew that every point next was very critical, so they tried their best on the defensive end, and both teams returned in vain on two attacks.
Rockets' offense. Harden chose to take a step back and jump shot in the face of double teams. The ball turned around in the basket and then spun out, which caused an uproar among the fans at the scene.
Kassel then called for a pause.
At this time, there were 37 seconds left before the game, and the score on the field was 93 to 89. The Rockets were still 4 points ahead.
When the Rockets players left the court, they received warm applause from the scene. As long as the Rockets do not make mistakes, the most important game will be the Rockets.
"We need to play a quick 2-pointer and then defend the next one. Don't foul, we still have time, we have a short pause!" Cassel said directly after the Clippers' player as soon as the court.
"Tang, you can play the next ball. No matter what, you must score the ball." After he said that, he turned around and looked at Tang Shuai who was breathing heavily.
Tang Shuai failed to make any attempts in the first two rounds, and his physical strength was approaching the limit. Instead, the Rockets' defensive pressure on him did not drop, but instead became stronger and stronger.
"We fight like this..."
"Coach. Let me play the next ball." Cassel was about to arrange it, Pierce, who was standing beside him suddenly spoke.
What Pierce said made everyone stunned, and Kassel, all looked at him with confusion.
"Tang's physical strength is consumed a lot, and he is the Rockets' defensive center of gravity, which has a great effect on the production." Pierce said lightly.
Kassel hesitated for a moment, turned to Tang Shuai and said, "What do you think?"
Tang Shuai nodded without thinking: "No problem, Paul has this ability."
Although Pierce is older, his key ball ability has not weakened at all. Last year, he even scored two final shots in the playoffs.
"Okay, let's play like this, Tang Che's ball restraining, Corey. You're here to make a pick-and-roll for Paul, Jeff..." Cassel simply arranged the tactics directly.
After the timeout, the Clippers' offense.
“deen color!deen color!”
The cheers of the audience were deafening, and all the fans of the audience stood up from their seats, shouting and cheering for the home team at the top of their lungs. As long as they defended against this ball, the Rockets would win the victory.
Tang Shuai pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and Beverly's top defense immediately came up.
This time, the Rockets did not choose to double-team, but chose to defend a 3-2 joint defense. The intention was very obvious, and they did not give Tang Shuai room to break through. Moreover, they used Beverly to beat Tang Shuai, so they did not allow him to have a relaxed three-pointer to make a phone call.
Tang Shuai knew that there was not much time, so hesitated. After a cross step, he changed the rhythm and passed Beverly and rushed in.
To be continued...