Pick Westbrook

Chapter 420 Bosh Cried
On-site commentary desk.

Kenny Smith and Barkley looked at the high-spirited Pelicans and were extremely shocked.

"Who would have thought that this is a team that was defeated by the opponent just the day before yesterday, and it is still on the stage of the finals."

Kenny Smith couldn't help but said.

Barkley said: "This is the unique blood of the Pelicans. They will never succumb to any powerful opponent."

The game starts soon.

As soon as James came up, he was ready to rush, but an unexpected scene happened on the court.

Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan both contracted the basket at the same time and double-teamed James.

In the last game, James shot 90% of his shots in the interior, which was so terrifying that Li Lai was in a cold sweat. At the same time, he also caused a total of 5 fouls by the Pelicans in the interior.

So in this game, Li Lai stepped up his defense on the inside, putting James under greater defensive pressure at the basket.

James stopped the ball in the penalty area and turned around to find teammate Bosh, passing the ball quickly.

Bosh received the ball from the middle distance, and Leonard on the weak side immediately returned to the defense. Bosh lost the opportunity for an open shot. When he wanted to pass to Wade on the sideline, Jimmy Butler on the inside immediately took turns to defend.

"The Pelicans' defense moves very quickly on the field, and they obviously showed a further defensive pressure in tonight's game."

Wade ran back to catch the ball, then singled Jimmy Butler, broke through the middle distance and fell back.

Swish!
The basketball circles around the hoop and rolls in.

Wade pointed to his good brother James with great experience and said: "There is too much pressure on the inside defense, we have to hit the mid-range."

Switch offense.

Paul held the ball from the outside and resolutely executed a high-post double pick-and-roll, and the Heat's birdman Anderson had to switch out.

At the same time, Anthony Davis took away the Dragon King Bosh along the next side, and almost no one inside the Heat team participated in the defense.

Lowering the center of gravity, dribbling, Sam Gold made a sudden stop and started quickly. Even in the face of the taller and slower Birdman Anderson, Paul still chose a complicated and more stable breakthrough technique.

After clearing Birdman Anderson, Paul made a layup.

"This is in response to James' block in the last game!"

Kenny Smith commented.

Barkley went on to say: "Throughout the series until now, the Heat have been blocking Chris Paul's passing route, allowing the Pelicans to play as little as possible and fall into the players' solo fight."

"After all, the Heat have James and Wayne, and they are not afraid of any player when it comes to fighting alone."

"It depends on whether Chris Paul has an efficient personal offense to make the Heat pay for their defensive strategy."

In the first two games, even though the pass was blocked, Paul still sent a lot of assists through the counter fast break, and the Pelicans also won the game.

However, the lag in the last game exposed the problem that Paul's passing ability was not reflected in the positional battle of the Pelicans. In order to solve this problem, Li Lai indicated that Paul should try his best to play a big offense in the first quarter, forcing the Heat to change their defensive strategy.

"But obviously, the Heat are stubborn enough and determined enough that they won't let us play offense easily."

"After all, our little Jordan and thick eyebrows haven't opened until now."

Stevens said slightly worried.

On the court, Paul once again faced Birdman Anderson's big defense, and he continued to hit mid-range shots with a hard hand.

The Heat still did not change their defensive strategy. James took the initiative to switch defenses with Anderson when defending high double blocks, allowing him to defend Paul.

Facing his old friend who blocked his quasi-lore in the last game, Paul's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he dribbled out again to signal all his teammates to pull him away.

James lowered his center of gravity and opened his hands, looking at the basketball with burning eyes.

Neither of them considered each other as friends at this time.

call!
Paul suddenly retreated and shot a three-pointer. James thought that the opponent was going to break through and did not expect that the latter would choose a three-pointer. When he reacted, Paul had already completed the shot.

Swish!
Hit a three-pointer steadily.

"I'll take care of your uncle!"

Paul, who scored the goal, spit out his braces and scolded James.

James had no unexpected emotions at all, and he already knew that Dirty Luo was a character that his relatives did not recognize when he played on the court.

next round.

James asked for a pick-and-roll from Mario Chalmers from the outside, and ordered the list to play Paul.

boom!
After the pick-and-roll, James suddenly accelerated. Paul was still trying to get back to the defense after being passed by one step, but when he got to the penalty area and saw that James had already joined the ball and was about to take off, he did not hesitate to hang his hands on James' shoulders and pull hard to the ground.

"Come down you!"

Knowing that James is 2+1 powerful, Paul used a lot of strength in his hands and completely twisted James' arm backwards before pulling it down.

Otherwise, even Paul, who is very powerful as a point guard, would have difficulty pulling James, who is about to take off, from the air.

The referee blew his whistle immediately.

James glanced at the basketball which was extremely far from the basket, turned his head and sprayed: "You can only live by these dirty tricks."

Both of them tacitly talked trash and turned around and left. The uninformed audience even thought that nothing happened to the two of them, but the players on the field were different.

Beverly has always believed that it is only natural for the Pelicans to bully others, and it is out of conscience for others to bully the Pelicans.

So after seeing his big brother Paul slumped in this duel, he secretly struggled with his feet and jumped around the side of the court.

Li Lai, who was on the side, saw this scene and knew that Beverly was ready. He took Paul and took Beverly ahead of time with a big wave of his hand.

After Beverly came on the court, the Pelicans' perimeter players were a combination of Beverly + Leonard + Jimmy Butler, and the perimeter defense was tougher.

More importantly, Beverly can switch defenses from point guard to small forward. Especially when defending James, Beverly is very smart to entangle James with pushing, rubbing and fouling, and does not give the opponent a comfortable game environment.

During a layup, Wade was directly pulled down from the air by Beverly. The violent Wade quit, and got up directly to fight with Beverly.

Beverly was right, he just opened his mouth.

"Hey Wade, do you think you are the number one shooting guard in the league after Kobe was reimbursed for the season?"

"Bah, you're not, I'll only give you 9 points at most."

Wade was thinking that 9 points is not bad, Beverly continued: "I'm talking about the [-]-point system."

Grass!
On the stage of the finals, the players on both sides were relatively restrained, and there were no aggressive actions other than some scolding.

At the end of the half, the Pelicans led 48:45.

"This match was too tight!"

"The players on both sides have achieved extremely high defensive intensity. At this time, it depends on who is the key man who can stand up and end the game."

At the CCTV commentary station, Yu Jia said with great anticipation.

Su Qun said: "The advantage of the Pelicans lies in the balance of player abilities, all of whom are outstanding, but rookies like Leonard, Jimmy Butler, and Anthony Davis seem a little immature."

"The Heat win on three strong points, among which James and Wade are the top ten superstars in the league, and James has been considered No.1 in the league."

"Both sides have their own advantages, but in my opinion the Heat are stronger."

"After all, two kings are greater than four 2s."

Second half of the game.

Wade made a sudden effort. A Wade fell to the basket and caused a defensive foul on Leonard, and then accelerated his breakthrough and scored a layup from Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan.

In an already tight game, the Heat suddenly took the initiative because of Wade's sudden outburst.

Leonard hit a mid-range jumper and returned the favor.

The robot's face remained expressionless, but his mind was full of images of James facing his defensive lore in the last game.

Step-back mid-range, turn-around mid-range after stealth, pick-and-roll mid-range, back-and-forth step-back mid-range
Leonard stabilized the situation for the Pelicans by going 8-of-5 from distance in the third quarter.

Erik Spoelstra's face is getting harder and harder on the Heat's bench.

It was Jimmy Butler before, and it was Kawhi Leonard again in this game. How can the Pelicans always have players who stand up at critical moments.

The Heat still played their customary wave in this quarter, but the Pelicans also played well in the third quarter tonight.

The third quarter is over.

The Pelicans tied with the Heat 75:75.

Game four.

The battle on the court intensified.

Wade directly dribbled the opponent out of the field when Paul made a layup. James' tomahawk dunk was shot by Leonard and Jimmy Butler.

James' tomahawk dunk was blocked, and even Barkley called it hell.

Bosh's mid-range shot was interfered by Anthony, and Anderson, who had never missed a shot in the regular season, was at a disadvantage in this round of the series and the Pelicans.

Wade made a dribble error and caused 8 players on the field to fall to the ground and scramble. Bosh picked up the rebound and scored a lucky layup.

85:85 level.

In the next 3 minutes, the two teams did not score respectively, until Leonard broke through for a layup and caused Mario Chalmers to make two free throws for a foul, which broke the deadlock of the game.

But when the offense was switched, Wade succeeded in stealing Jimmy Butler, James made a fast break, and facing Leonard's interception, James gliding with a tomahawk dunked and scored.

15 seconds to the end.

James grabbed the offensive rebound in the interior, and when he was about to dunk, Leonard and Jimmy Butler took off at the same time and made a foul.

James made both free throws at the free throw line.

The score came to 88:89, with the Pelicans leading by 1 point.

The Heat immediately executed a foul tactic, and Mario Chalmers fouled Chris Paul to send the opponent to the free throw line.

But at this stage of the game, the tension is self-evident. Paul, who made 90% of his free throws in the regular season, made one of two free throws and missed the last free throw.

James scrambled to the rebound again, and the fast up ball was given to the fast down Wade.

Janeway connects!

Facing Jimmy Butler's defense, Wade made a giant loop and scored a layup.

90:90 level!
4.2 seconds left in the game!
Li Lai urgently called a timeout.

"It's the final tie again, and it's the last round of offense!"

"This year's final round is going to be crazy!"

Kenny Smith shouted excitedly.

Barkley looked forward to the court and said: "The Pelicans missed the final key quasi-lore in the last game, allowing James to succeed in counter-lore."

"God gave the Pelicans another chance, this time it depends on whether they are so lucky."

The coach of the Pelicans.

Li Lai drew a tactic with the tactic board, then looked up at him seriously and said.

"A real warrior will surely help the building when it is about to fall, and turn the tide from the collapse. There is nothing to be afraid of if you are close to death."

American Airlines Center.

All the Heat fans were cheering and celebrating. They knew that the next two teams would inevitably play overtime, and the Heat had another chance to survive by escaping from death.

The game continues.

Anthony Davis made a sideline kick, and Leonard came up from the baseline around Jimmy Butler's screen.

When this tactic was executed, Paul had a counter run, and Jimmy Butler and Leonard put up the double line at the same time after the pick-and-roll.

All of this is to confuse the Heat and let them not know the Pelicans' killer choice for this tactic.

Leonard received the ball at a 45° angle at the top of the arc and accelerated without any hesitation. He circled around the three-point line for a week, and Wade was always close to the defense.

Bosh has given up on his defender, and also chased and intercepted Leonard.

Until the three-point line in the bottom corner, Leonard had no way to retreat. He jumped up and flew out of the court.

Raise your hand, move your wrist!Whistle!

Bosh, who also flew out of the court while defending, hurried back to the court, tilting his head and staring at the basketball in the air.

Basketball has a high arc.

Duang!

The basketball hit the rim, and Bosh clenched his fists slightly in celebration.

Duang!

The second time, the basketball hit the basket on the other side.

The fans at the American Airlines Arena, with their hearts in their throats, all covered their mouths and looked at the basketball as if praying.

Leonard was already squatting on the side of the court, his eyes still focused on that direction.

Duang!

the third time.

But this time after hitting the rim, the basketball fell directly into the net.

"The ball is in!"

Kenny Smith suddenly raised his arms and shouted.

Barkley covered his mouth and opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

The players on the Pelicans bench rushed into the court like crazy, and Jimmy Butler rushed to his friend early, rubbed the opponent's head and screamed wildly.

Soon, Leonard was surrounded by his teammates, leaving only half of his head exposed.

He exhausted all his strength and yelled heartily on the court for the first time.

"I am a warrior!"

"Help the building that will fall, and turn the tide on the fallen warrior!"

CCTV commentary desk.

Su Qun no longer knew what language to use to comment on tonight's game, so he could only comment on Leonard in the end.

"Cold-blooded scoring machine, Kawhi Leonard."

"A player with a big heart is just a second-year show, and the future is limitless."

competition is over.

The Pelicans led the Heat with a big score of 3:1 and took the lead in getting the game point.

After the game, Bosh, who was thrown head-on for the lore, left the court crying. He threw away the towel in his hand vigorously, and the more he cried, the more angry he became.

In the post-match interview.

Reporters have been raving about Leonard.

"41 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, Kawhi, this is your stat tonight, and this is the first time in the history of an NBA playoffs that after the opponent's lore took the game away, the second game immediately returned. A game-winning game."

"You performed a miracle."

At this time, Li Lai completely handed over the right to speak to Leonard.

Leonard, who was being treated as a superstar for the first time, was still a little uncomfortable. He looked at his head coach for help, but found that the coach was smiling very happily there, and raised his hand to signal him to be casual.

Leonard hesitated and said: "If I can score a few more goals tonight, we won't have to fight the Heat in the final stage of the decisive battle."

Finished?

That's so beautifully said!
The reporters in front of them looked at Leonard with extreme disappointment, can't you imitate your coach's language without being amazing?
(End of this chapter)