NBA: I am a master dealer

Chapter 234 The countdown stage, to end the game
On the second day after winning the MVP, Xue Liancheng was a little sensible and invited the whole team to have a meal, which can also be called a party.

In the country, it is called worldly.

In the country of rice grains, it is happiness sharing.

In fact, the difference is not big, the essence is to spend money to let blood, and the country of rice grains is just a nice way to say it.

And the outside world is still discussing him fiercely.

Xue Liancheng has already traveled to Chicago with the team, preparing to start the third game with the Bulls.

This game is very critical for both sides and will determine the trend of the entire series.

For the Heat.

Winning is equivalent to stepping into the gate of the Eastern Conference finals with one foot. If there is no accident, it can basically announce the promotion in advance.

Because there has never been a team in history that has been able to complete a comeback when it fell behind 0:3.

The Bulls want to accomplish this feat unless Xue Liancheng is injured.

Do not……

In addition to Wade's absence due to injury, there is still a little possibility.

But this kind of accident is very rare.

And if you lose, it is equivalent to giving up half of the initiative. In the case of 2:1, it is difficult to judge the final result, and accidents may happen at any time.

Or to be more precise, anything can happen.

These are all disadvantages.

And if the final score is 4:2, even if they advance, that is not good news.

The most important thing is that Xue Liancheng knows that in this series between the Cavaliers and the Hawks, the Cavaliers have an absolute advantage. It is very likely that the Cavaliers will complete a 4-0 sweep of the Hawks as in the historical trajectory.

In this way, without sufficient rest time, they will have a head-to-head confrontation with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

And think from the perspective of the bull.

If you lose, you will be in the abyss, waiting to die.

If you win, you will fall halfway up the mountain, and you still have a lot of hope to go down the mountain successfully.

and so.

Winning or losing this game is extremely important, especially for the Bulls. They have no way out, and they must show their determination to fight to the death.

really.

At the beginning of the game, Butler turned on the crazy biting mode, all kinds of small hand movements, and the referee did not whistle. All kinds of actions became blatant.

But on the contrary, if he makes these aggressive moves, or pushes Butler, it is definitely a foul.

This made Xue Liancheng very uncomfortable.

Although he had expected that the referee would have some sympathy whistles, he never expected that the referee could indulge Butler so much. The home court advantage is too obvious, right?
As the new MVP, he didn't get any preferential treatment.

Fortunately, the referee only targeted him alone, and it wasn't so outrageous that the entire Heat team enjoyed this double-standard treatment.

Coupled with the fact that the Bulls are more resolute and ferocious in their pincer attack on him, the speed of supplementary defense and assisting defense is faster and more active.

in this way……

His efficiency began to drop off a cliff.

Throughout the first quarter, he took 4 shots and only hit 1 goal.

After he cut in without the ball, he threw it to Ibaka after catching the ball.

But Ibaka missed the basket, and he picked up a rebound and made it up secretly.

The remaining three shots were all ironed while holding the ball.

On the first iron, he went in against Butler, intending to use his footsteps to shake Butler away.

result.

As soon as he took a step up and down, he was overturned by Butler.

Pivot foot change, beep!
In the second iron, when Butler's defense gradually became outrageous, he wanted to use the middle distance to complete the finish.

result.

When Butler jumped to defend, he kicked his foot, but the referee had no reaction...

On the third iron, you can’t blame the air for this, it’s your own problem. I tried to shoot from outside the three-point line, but the sound of the iron was extremely loud.

This is how he took four shots in one quarter.

As for passing, it's not much better.

Butler kept making small moves, his physical confrontation was constantly escalating, and he made fierce moves from time to time, especially when he broke through. Butler pushed his body forward while pushing people, which caused his breakthrough power to drop significantly, and his passing route was also blocked. The Bulls quickly supplemented the defense and assisted the defense to block it.

Therefore, he only sent out a pitiful assist in a single quarter.

This is rare throughout his season, especially after he has been established as the core.

In this quarter, he was guarded by Butler.

Ok……

In the words of countless enthusiastic netizens: How can we fight when we have already killed people?
This kind of intensity of violation is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

of course.

Except for top stars with absolute scoring means, such as Danzi.

In the case of physical imbalance, you can still make shots. This kind of historical-level offensive ability that ignores defense cannot be defended unless you don't feel good, or you even bring the ball down with the ball.

And his offense obviously didn't reach this level, and it was only natural that he was held down.

but.

Although it was a fact that he was held down, he couldn't think of a way to resist.

If he really stood still waiting to die stupidly and didn't make any changes, then he would really be a hero, and the regular season MVP he just won would be a parallel import.

and so.

After reappearing in the second quarter, he directly switched to playing off the ball.

Mainly in response, transition, movement, screen, and air cut.

Without the ball, Butler obviously didn't dare to push so boldly.

In other words, there is no chance to push and push.

Xue Liancheng kept running and running, and Butler kept chasing and chasing, always chasing behind his butt, and there were very few opportunities for physical contact.

Even if you stop occasionally, it is impossible for you Butler to violate an off-ball player, right?

in the case of.

Then he can lie down on the spot, the referee can't ignore it.

after all……

Such an obvious pushing and shoving action is of the nature of a dry fight.

in this way.

He was liberated.

Using the way of receiving the ball, using the dynamic diagram in his mind, and supplemented by the ability to predict, he sent 4 assists in a single quarter, which can be regarded as reconnecting the team's offense.

But he still feels bad.

In this section of the game, he took a total of 7 shots and only hit 2 goals, and he made 4 of 1 three-pointers.

For a moment, when he felt that the shot might not hit, he wanted to activate one of the 100% hit skills to guarantee a hit rate.

But thinking that the 100% hit skills taken apart alone were not as threatening as connecting them together, he forcibly suppressed this thought.

Fortunately, the referee may see him as the new MVP is a bit pitiful, and gave him 4 free throws, which made him look less bleak.

but.

At halftime, his 11-for-3 shooting was miserable enough.

Ok……

It is very miserable.

Since the start of the playoffs, this is the first time he has experienced such a miserable game.

11 out of 3!
I just can't imagine...

In fact, at this point in the playoffs, other top stars often have such outrageous shooting percentages in the halftime, like James, Irving, Curry, and Harden have all had it.

Not to mention Lowry, DeRozan, Wall, Butler, Rose and others, they have such outrageous efficiency from time to time, and the whole game.

But this is simply unacceptable for Xue Liancheng, who has maintained a 50% shooting rate for a long time.

11 of 3, 27.2% hit rate!

Too hot for eyes...

There are reasons for the referee's deflection of the whistle, and there are reasons for Butler's fierce defense, but the biggest reason is himself. The hand feeling is really bad.

After running without the ball in the second quarter, half of his shots were half-open or even absolutely open, but he just missed.

This is not my own problem, whose problem can it be?

of course.

If you don't look at the hit rate, just count it like this, his data is actually not too bad.

11分5助攻5篮板1抢断1盖帽。

Looking at it horizontally and vertically, it's pretty good.

And if the hit rate is added, it will be blind.

Due to his poor performance, the team has also been greatly affected.

46:49
For the first time since entering the playoffs, the Heat fell behind at halftime.

Although not far behind, only 3 points.

But this has already reflected a signal that the Heat have not formed a real crushing trend against the Bulls.

In other words, the Heat's strength has finally peaked, showing fatigue.

This is great news for other teams aspiring to compete for the championship.

If the Heat are still crazily crushing the Bulls, then they should be crying.

Because there is no flaw at all.

The most important thing is that it gives them a strong sense of oppression psychologically, giving people a feeling of invincibility, which will undoubtedly cast a huge shadow on their way to the championship.

Now they have played back and forth with the Bulls, which shows that this Heat is not invincible.

Isn't that good news?
Section III.

Xue Liancheng stabilized his mentality. For the ball that did not have much space, he adhered to the concept of not taking a shot if he could, and tried his best to divert the ball and return to the essence of a point guard.

of course.

The main reason is that the state of the teammates has recovered.

Especially Gasol, who scored 5 of 4 in a single quarter and scored 11 points, including a three-pointer. He finally looked like a giant, and stood up when he and Wade were sinking.

The Heat were able to maintain the situation, and the score did not widen.

Entering the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, the two sides began a real hand-to-hand fight.

The sound of muscular clashes, iron strikes, shouts, and calls to Wang Defa spread to almost every corner of the arena.

There was even a conflict between Ibaka and Noah during the period, which almost triggered a large-scale bloodbath.

Fortunately, the referee reacted quickly enough and quickly stopped them, giving each of them a T, and the incident was calmed down.

Shiba also tried to activate the elixir.

——Death Five.

If you can rush, you can rush, but you really can't get in!
The Bulls are very smart defensively. They are no longer obsessed with blocking holes wherever there are holes, but choose to put three-pointers and block the penalty area.

The scale of the referee is too large, the confrontation is too fierce, and all the members of the Heat feel very bad, and the three-pointer is not effective...

In the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, it was really just relying on the player's personal ability to eat raw. Any cooperation, any screen, any pick-and-roll, any sudden score, it was all bullshit.

Only grabbing rebounds and eating raw in low positions is the real king.

Xue Liancheng finally experienced the real taste of the playoffs.

Very sour and refreshing...

However, in the fourth quarter, he had fewer chances to make shots, and the Bulls attacked and attacked him more ferociously.

Sometimes he catches the ball and wants to attack one by himself, but finds that the pincer attack comes before he has time to make a move.

The most exaggerated thing is that this kind of hand-to-hand combat, if it is not an obvious foul, the referee will not call it at all, and no one will get a free throw.

On the contrary, Gasol, who may have gotten used to this kind of hand-to-hand combat during the Grizzlies period, was able to score another 6 points like a duck to water.

There are 2 minutes and 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

The score between the two sides: 82:85, the Heat are still 3 points behind.

So far in the fourth quarter, the Heat have only scored 13 points.

Ok……

Excluding Gasol's 6 points, the rest of the Heat scored 7 points.

Xue Liancheng scored a goal and scored 2 points.

Wade made two free throws and scored 1 point.

Batum made an air cut attack and scored 2 points.

PJ-Tucker grabbed a rebound and made a tip-up and scored 2 points.

The rest of the people are all forging irons, beating bang bang...

The Bulls were not much better, scoring only 14 points.

而薛连城的数据，则停留在了16投5中，15分8助攻9篮板上。

By the end of the third and fourth quarters, he only took 5 shots and only hit 2 goals. His shooting percentage has rebounded, but that is based on the fact that he can't take a shot if he can't.

In fact, overall, his performance is not good.

But considering that the team only scored 82 points, he still contributed 15 points, 8 assists and 9 rebounds, which looks pretty good.

On the bench.

Si Bo's voice sounded: "Xue, how do you feel?"

Xue Liancheng wiped off his sweat again, and nodded slightly, "I can still do it."

Spoelstra: "I mean how does your shot feel..."

Xue Liancheng paused for a moment, raised his head and frowned: "It should be...no problem."

What could be wrong?
He still has two 100% skills that are useless.

only……

There is still plenty of time now, and it is not the time to use the trump card.

of course.

Sipo didn't know these things. Looking at the whole game, Xue Liancheng made 5 of 1 three-pointers, which can only be said to be not very good.

But now this situation.

The only person Si Bo can rely on is Xue Liancheng.

without him...

MVP ah!
If you don't stand up and score, who will stand up?
Spoel: "Then use the human wall tactic, and you can cast with confidence."

Xue Liancheng nodded: "Understood."

In this game, they had tried the elevator door tactic, but because his touch was really not that good, they didn't make the shot...

Maybe the Bulls didn't deeply feel the deterrence of this tactic, so they wouldn't defend so hard.

and so……

Overall, it is more feasible.

Pause ends.

The game restarts.

The Heat attack.

The fans shouted frantically: Defense!Defense!

With just over two minutes left, they saw the hope of victory, and naturally shouted with all their might.

but……

To Xue Liancheng's ears, he was quite disapproving.

Can you win the game by shouting loudly?

All the good things in this world are for you.

He has two 100% hit skills, and he is waiting for the time to run out to give the bull a fatal blow.

Bulls want to win?

Unless the score is stretched now, to 7 points or higher, there is every chance.

Otherwise, the initiative is still in his hands.

Think so.

The referee has already thrown the ball over.

Xue Liancheng stood outside the boundary and glanced at it.

According to the original plan, he was going to send it to Wade.

But Wade did not run out of position.

Instead, Ibaka and PJ Tucker blocked people when they were off the ball in the pick-and-roll, forcing the Bulls to form a defense change. Ibaka is currently misplaced against Rose.

Xue Liancheng hesitated for only [-] seconds before shouting to the inside line, "Catch the ball..."

then.

Ibaka turned his head knowingly.

After successfully catching the ball, facing Rose, who was shorter than his entire neck, he hardly hesitated, raised the ball high, and threw it directly on the spot.

Also in.

84:85
The point difference was pulled to 1 point.

The scene was instantly turned off.

Bulls attack.

Rose pushed the ball over, and before Gibson came up with the pick-and-roll, he suddenly started to attack.

The Heat also shrunk very badly, and immediately sandwiched Rose in the middle like a biscuit.

Rose really couldn't jump.

Both the impact power and explosive power have dropped seriously, and it is even more outrageous to hit someone.

I don't know where the ball was thrown.

beep!
But at this time the referee's whistle blew.

Everyone in the Heat was a little confused.

After the whole quarter, they are so defensive, neither side bragging.

result.

At this critical moment, Rose was even given a chance to get to the free throw line.

and……

The whistle delay is also ridiculous.

Rose's shot has been determined to miss, and Ibaka is stuck in the position to grab the rebound, but you blew the whistle, which is simply unacceptable.

But what can they do?
I can only bite the bullet and bear it.

After all, with such defensive intensity, there is indeed a suspicion of foul play, and they can't appeal even if they want to.

finally.

Rose goes to the free throw line.

Made two free throws steadily.

Look back.

Wade came forward with the ball.

They still intend to implement the elevator door tactics.

Wade held the ball at the top of the arc, Ibaka and Gasol Jr. made the goal, and PJ-Tucker led from the bottom line.

It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.

When Xue Liancheng slipped over from the bottom corner, he realized that Butler hadn't followed...

Or lost.

Gibson, who came off the bench, quickly made up for it.

In other words.

The elevator door tactic leads to bankruptcy on the spot.

resignedly.

Wade himself.

Forced to the basket and made a small throw.

nor……

Although Wade was also violated, even more than Rose was violated in the previous round, but the referee didn't blow it, what can we do?
I can only fight for the board, what else can I do?
but.

The two sides were stuck in the basket, constantly teasing each other.

In the end, I don't know who dialed it, Xue Liancheng picked up a rebound for nothing.

He took a sudden step with the ball and suddenly threw it to PJ Tucker who was on standby in the corner.

The latter voted directly without any hesitation.

Three points.

Uh……

Stepped on the line.

86:87
Still a gap of 1 points.

And the time is 1 minute and 17 seconds.

It is truly the moment of life and death.

The Bulls didn't call a timeout.

Pushed directly across, and after passing the ball, Butler made a strong breakthrough, and then distributed it to Gasol outside the three-point line.

The latter three-pointed up and down.

It's hard.

The referee didn't have to blow this time.

Because Gasol is absolutely vacant.

Gasol is also very straightforward in protecting rebounds.

generally.

After grabbing the rebound, it will be handed over to Wade.

But this time.

Xue Liancheng wants the ball.

because……

Time entered the countdown stage, and he was about to end the game.

(End of this chapter)