basketball player

Chapter 236 234: The "Almost" Perfect Player
What's it like to not win a game even with the referee's favor?Now, there must be countless reporters wanting to throw this question to Spoelstra.Because when the Pacers once again encountered unfair penalty scales, but still had a 1-point lead in the last minute, everyone must face up to one thing: the Pacers are likely to reach the finals!

"Don't foul, don't foul!" Henson shouted anxiously from the sidelines. This may be the most exciting period of his game.

Even in the face of the referee's unfair penalty before, Henson also maintained a calm state.But now, just 1 minute away from the finals, Henson found that he could no longer calm down.

His roar reached the ears of every Pacers player. In just a few minutes of the fourth quarter, the Pacers have been called 6 defensive fouls and 2 offensive fouls.If it weren't for the referee's whistle, it would be impossible for the Heat to close the point difference now.So for now, Pacers have to pay attention to the scale of physical contact.

James was still closely guarded by Leonard, but instead of dodging, he took the initiative to fight with his body!James knows how to use the rules. As long as the action is too big, the referee will blow the whistle in all likelihood!
However, Leonard is smart.He didn't touch James' body at all, but put his chest against the Heat 6 to put pressure on him.The referee pays attention to the confrontation between the two sides, but there is no way to blow the whistle

"Damn it!" James made a secret push, threw off Leonard, and went to the right corner to catch the ball.

After receiving the pass from Wade, James went directly to Riza, and then threw the ball into the air in the confrontation!
"Doo beep! Defensive foul!"

Henson opened his mouth wide, then took a deep breath, but in the end he couldn't swear anything.It's not that Henson is afraid of the referee, but that he is tired.

In the fourth quarter of the game, except for the period when the two sides were looking for the whistle, the entire penalty scale seemed to bring Henson back to G6.

It seems that the referees can't control that much anymore. Even under the tremendous pressure and the irony of the Pacers, they still want to make the Heat VS Thunder a reality.

Backhand defense?You can recite it if you want.Diving?Even if you fall, I will definitely not give a whistle.

When the referee has become so shameless, there is nothing Henson can do even if he plays a rogue.Therefore, now we must rely on the strength of real swords and guns to finish the last minute.In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Pacers relied on their clean and efficient team offense to resist the referee's offensive wave.Therefore, Henson now only cares about whether his offense is good or not, and whether the referee blows the whistle, Henson doesn't care much.

James stood on the free throw line out of breath. He has played 43 minutes in this game.Counting the last minute, it is 1 minutes.

What is the concept of playing 44 minutes?In other words, James can only get an average of 1 minute of rest in each game!
So at the free throw line, James is trying to adjust his breathing.At the same time, in the stands of Conseco Arena, countless fans wearing corn yellow short-sleeves stood up, waving everything in their hands, trying their best to interfere with No. 6's free throw.

James is a player with almost no shortcomings. He can organize offense, defend, has a weight greater than Duncan but is not as bulky as any player in the third position. He even developed a one-handed back attack this season.

But even so, James is only "almost" flawless.Because of shooting, it has always been one of James' weaknesses.But this is as it should be. After all, there are not many big players like him in history who really shoot very well.

Shooting is a very wide range of technical applications, including free throws.James' free throw percentage has hovered around 75% all year round, and even fell below 06% in the 07-70 season.

Is 75% or so free throw shooting high?To be honest, compared to Howard and his ilk, I don't know how much better it is.

But as a comparison, Durant's free throw percentage has been stable at more than 85% for a long time, and it was even as high as 90% last season!Paul's free throw percentage has never been lower than 80%, and this season it is as high as 87.8%.

So looking back at James, does he have a high free throw percentage?I'm afraid it's not too high.What's more, it was when he was almost physically exhausted.

In the first free throw, James made the ball steadily under pressure.The Heat chased the point difference to only 4 points, and Spoelstra's palms were completely soaked.

But on the second free throw, the basketball James threw hit the frame!Missing a free throw at a critical moment is terrible!

"Ah!" Horford yelled, and took off the defensive rebound steadily.The Heat's rebounding ability is not strong, let alone now they are less Bosh.

"Foul, foul!" Spoelstra also yelled, and he motioned for Joe Anthony to foul Horford directly.Because being rebounded by Horford means that the Pacers can directly launch a fast break!Don't forget, Horford is one of the best passing centers in the league!

Anyway, the Heat haven't reached the number of free throws yet, so they still have the capital to interrupt the offense with fouls.

However, Joe Anthony was still in a daze, and Horford threw the ball to the frontcourt with a long pass!Paul George is riding a thousand horses, and behind him is only Wade, whose body cannot keep up with consciousness.

Wade wanted to jump up and intercept the ball, but the ball was passed very high, obviously prepared for George's height of 2 meters!

As a pure guard, Wade is only 1 meters tall. He even played point guard when he first entered the league!And the captain of the Heat, the power forward Haslem who joined the league with Wade in 93, is only 03 meters tall!

Although George has been playing guard this season, he is not at the same level as Wade in terms of height!

George stretched out his long arm and easily unloaded Horford's long pass.This is not the first time Wade has experienced such a desperate moment in this game. Once again, he can only watch the No. 24 dunk the ball in front of him.And as one of the guards with the most blocked shots in the league, he can't do anything.

This sense of powerlessness made Wade's morale low!
"Beautiful counterattack, too fast! The Heat must seize the chance of free throws, otherwise they will not be able to pull back!" Reggie Miller's voice was already hoarse, but he was still yelling, with no intention of stopping.

Can you not be excited?Now the Pacers lead the Heat by 6 points.If it can be maintained, wait another 40 seconds, and the Pacers will enter the NBA Finals for the second time in history!
The Finals, it was like a dream for Reggie Miller.Because even a great player like him has only one Finals experience.Although he has been a commentator for more than ten years at this time, he has long been far away from NBA disputes.But seeing that the team he has played for the entire career can once again have the opportunity to reach the finals, Miller feels that his dream that has not been burned for many years seems to have been continued!

The Heat fell into deep despair. James made two free throws, which is a bad signal.This means that the Heat's free throws are beginning to be unstable.Unstable free throws mean that the referee's whistle can't help the Heat!

Who else can the Heat rely on to make free throws?Wade?Sorry, Wade is also a guard who has almost no shortcomings, but has a quick shot, and his free throw percentage is about the same as James.In fact, this is also the reason why the two did not integrate well in the first half of last season.

Other than James and Wade?If someone else holds the ball, the Pacers will definitely not foul, because their offensive threat is too small!
Battier, Chalmers, Norris Cole, Mike Miller, Joe Anthony, Turiaf, Haslem... None of these names can end the game!
At this time, Miami fans must miss Bosh, who was so inconspicuous before.But it's useless to miss it. Not all coaches are like Henson, who have the ability to prevent injuries.

At the last moment, James still did not give up.This time, he knew he couldn't find the whistle anymore.So James cut without the ball, and then received a pass from Wade to force the frame!

Under the interference and physical contact of Horford and Leonard, James still scored the ball!This is already his 32nd point today. Even Henson has to admit that James is indeed the best athlete in the league during this period.

"The point difference has been chased to 4 points, the Miami Heat are really tenacious!"

4 minutes, 28 seconds.The Heat didn't intend to foul immediately, they still wanted to defend!
Paul stood up, and he steadily controlled the rhythm to delay the time.When Henson told him "the time is up", Paul thought it was not the time for the lore, but the time for him to realize his dream!
As time passed by, James was burning with anxiety, but he had to be patient.

8 seconds left!Paul beckoned, Horford and West put up double screens!Paul accelerated the breakthrough, and Chalmers was delayed by West.Of course, West's screen is actually suspected of being an illegal screen, but as long as the referee doesn't blow it, it is a good screen!

As soon as Paul bypassed the screen, Wade came up on defense! CP3 did not hesitate, and gave the ball to Leonard who was standing in the right corner!
James raised his arms high and rushed forward. Although Leonard's three-pointer in this series, his shooting percentage is also average, and he has not yet reached the point of being particularly abnormal.Therefore, as long as he is given some interference, his three-pointers will not work.

But Leonard didn't rush to shoot, and with the last 3 seconds left in the time, he was still able to pass the ball calmly!
With a wave of Leonard's long arm, the basketball flew along the baseline to the other corner!There, George, who has made great progress this season, steadily caught the "ammunition".No one thought the Pacers could move the ball to the weak side, so now George is unguarded!
"Paul George!" Reggie Miller didn't know what to say, he could only shout George's name.

In the regular season last season, George averaged 9.6 points per game.In the regular season this season, he averaged 17.1 points per game.George averaged 6.2 points per game in the playoffs last season.In the playoffs this season, he averaged 17.7 points per game!
George's huge improvement speed is obvious to all. In his second year, he has already become the Pacers' second scoring point.It's just that because the Pacers have always been soldiers of all people, George didn't stand out very much.As a result, people often overlook the scoring ability of this second-year forward!

It is very dangerous to completely expose a team's second scoring point.

George jumped high and threw the ball in like training!With 5 points in a row, George crushed James' championship dream with his own hands!

The moment the basketball hit the net, Reggie Miller lost his voice, just opened his mouth and raised his arms high.The entire Conseco Arena rolled over, causing the camera lens to shake.

Where's Coach Henson?He has thrown off his suit, shoulders with the substitute players, ready to rush onto the court at any time!

In 4 seconds, the Pacers led by 7 points.The finals are already waving to Indianapolis!

(End of this chapter)