basketball boulder

Chapter 72 Tactical Genius
Pause ends.

The two sides returned to the court.

Artest wrapped his arms around Li Lei, face to face, almost zero-distance contact.

In order to avoid some indescribable things from happening, Li Lei looked back and said, "Ron, you don't have to do this."

Artest gave Li Lei a cold look, but didn't speak.

Li Lei smiled: "I'll tell you a secret secretly. I'll take the last shot. But you guard me like this. I can't even catch the ball. How can I make the shot?"

Artest looked at Li Lei: Are you here to vote?

You deliberately told me your head coach's tactics?

I believe you a ghost!
Absolutely impossible!
Especially seeing the relaxed smile on Li Lei's face, Artest couldn't believe Li Lei's nonsense even more.

Li Lei's smile became brighter and brighter: "Since you don't believe what I say, why bother defending me so much and help defend my teammates!"

Artest was taken aback: That's right...it's a ghost!

Almost got caught by this bastard.

hateful.

Artest trapped Li Lei, his arms getting stronger.

Just then, Cato made a sideline kick.

Odom took the ball and organized at the free throw line.

The old Jones suddenly started and ran without the ball.

Fred was in hot pursuit.

Cato and Alston continued to cover and helped Old Jones block Fred.

Artest saw it: Is it really the last shot of the rookie he defended?
During the timeout, Coach Carlisle said: There is a high probability that the Heat will let No. 15 Li Lei take the last shot. After all, that guy once beat the Pistons, and tonight he scored the most points and had the highest shooting percentage.

At this moment, under the cover of his teammates, Old Jones successfully got rid of Fred.

Odom near the free throw line looked at Jones Sr., and the ball in his hand was sent to Jones.

"Sure enough, it's Eddie Jones!"

Artest made his own judgment.

Before he had time to think about it, Artest quickly rushed to the old Jones.

He was the closest Pacers player on the field to Jones Sr.

At the critical moment, Artest did not firmly believe in coach Carlisle's judgment, but believed in his intuition.

And just after Artest started, Li Lei also moved, and he ran in the opposite direction of Artest, widening the distance.

At the free throw line, Odom stopped suddenly. His previous pass was a fake, and he finally passed the ball to Li Lei.

"be cheated!"

Artest woke up suddenly.

It turned out that it was really Li Lei who made the last shot for the Heat, and Jones was just a tool to attract attention.

He wanted to go back to defend Li Lei, but he was already entangled by Old Jones.

Li Lei's open position and Odom's pass are also in place.

O'Neill rushed forward, but the distance was too far and it was too late.

Li Lei can reach the ball with his hand.

But at this moment, Li Lei suddenly felt his legs go limp and staggered.

Li Lei failed to hold the ball firmly at the first time.

At the most critical moment, Li Lei's physical problems were finally exposed, and he had already reached his limit.

The hearts of all the fans were tugged.

"My God!"

Zhang Weiping also shouted involuntarily in front of the camera.

It took only a moment for Li Lei to catch the ball, but O'Neal was already very close.

With no time to adjust, Li Lei pulled up and shot.

Jermaine O'Neal also stood up and slapped the ball with his long arms.

His athletic talent is so good that he not only rushed over, but also interfered enough.

Li Lei felt something was wrong when he jumped up, he twisted his waist and abdomen with all his strength, leaned back slightly, and pushed the ball out.

The basketball just passed O'Neal's fingertips and flew towards the basket.

Bang!

short!

O'Neal's defense was successful, but Li Lei missed the winning goal.

Li Lei who landed squatted on the ground, supporting the floor with his hands.

This time, he was really exhausted.

Hearing the bang, Li Lei's eyes immediately turned red.

"Oh, NO!"

"Ugh!"

"How could this be?"

……

The Miami fan put his head in his hands and sighed.

But then, they quickly returned to normal.

It is enough for the team to play like this without Wade.

There is already a gap in strength between the two teams. The Heat's ability to survive until the last second is already an extraordinary performance.

Especially Li Lei, his offensive and defensive performance is the team's best.

Li Lei didn't make the shot, and the Miami people were somewhat disappointed.But they can also understand, after all, Li Lei is just a rookie, he is only 19 years old!

Bill Walton concluded: "Congratulations to the Pacers for winning the final victory. The Heat's performance today is also commendable. They defended the dignity of the home court. In short, thank the two teams for bringing us a wonderful game."

Brin said with a smile: "If it weren't for the lore failure, I would have forgotten that Stone is a rookie, and I forgot that he is only a second-round rookie."

The TV camera was once again shown on Li Lei.

Li Lei was still lying on the floor without moving.

Zhang Weiping was in a hurry: "Isn't the stone hurt? Pooh! I didn't say anything."

Su Qun exclaimed: "The stone moved!"

Li Lei stretched out a hand and slapped it heavily on the floor.

boom!
It's not that he can't accept failure.

He just: not reconciled!
Not reconciled!

Zhang Weiping and Su Qun watched with concern: "Shitou blames himself."

Old Jones came over, squatted beside Li Lei, hugged Li Lei's head, and softly comforted him: "Son, you did a good job tonight, we all saw it."

"Unfortunately, we still lost because we are not strong enough. Next, we must work harder."

"But now, it's time for the handshake. Let's congratulate the Pacers. They won. It's hard, but they won fair and square! They deserve all the praise tonight!"

Li Lei raised his head, with a smile on his face, but his red eyes couldn't fool others.

He has cried.

"Eddie, I'm fine. Let's go and congratulate the Pacers."

Li Lei said.

"Ok!"

Old Jones supported Li Lei to the midfield, and the two sides lined up as starters, greeting each other.

"Congratulations, you played great tonight! You guys won the game."

Li Lei said to every starter of the Pacers.

"You're good too."

O'Neal and Li Lei shook hands.

"Kids, keep going! You will be a fighter, and you have a future beyond measure."

Reggie Miller hugged Li Lei, he was completely different off the court and on the court.

Now he is a respectable elder.

Artest hugged Li Lei, very hard: "Next time, I will guard you for the whole game, you cunning bastard, I almost fell for you."

"No!"

Li Lei interrupted Artest: "You have been fooled."

Artest: "..."

Artest glared, trying to tear Li Lei's mouth open.

You bastard, I still want to comfort you.

Hahaha!
Li Lei laughed.

Artest also laughed.

They are the same kind of people, desperate to win.

Afterwards, Li Lei and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle also hugged.

Carlisle said, "Son, you've played both Reggie and Ron."

Li Lei smiled: "You played me too."

Carlisle let Li Lei play in the first three quarters, consuming Li Lei's energy.In the fourth quarter, let Artest defend the exhausted Li Lei, this is the real killing move.

Li Lei was the last to react.

Carlisle, what a tactical genius!
(End of this chapter)