Basketball Dragon

Chapter 46 Different Endings
Li Hai has been practicing strength these days, and he has become familiar with Kurt Thomas.

Encouraged by the Knicks big brother at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Hai's mood suddenly brightened.

Regardless of whether they are leading or trailing, in the fourth quarter, it is time to fight the bayonet.

The Rockets handed the ball to McGrady again, and Li Hai waited quietly. From the speed at which McGrady turned around, he could roughly estimate that the opponent was about to attack.

Taking a quick sideways step, Li Hai and McGrady had an acquainted physical contact.

The referee's whistle blew, and he made a foul, but it was still a little slower, and he had gradually found the feeling.

McGrady made a very good mid-range shot today, but he had a little problem with free throws. He only made one of two free throws.

The Knicks attacked, Marbury handed the ball to Li Hai, Li Hai didn't stop and handed the ball to Crawford, who rushed to the bottom, and hit the net with a three-pointer.

Crawford's nerve knife finally opened at this time.

When the Rockets attacked, McGrady received the ball from outside the three-point line to break through, which was smoother than leaning on Li Hai to catch the ball, but the distance between the two also made Li Hai's lateral movement even in place. Unexpectedly, McGrady immediately Another step back and a three-pointer.

Li Hai didn't have time to follow him out, so he couldn't help but swear.

However, McGrady missed the three-pointer. Marbury dribbled the ball into the pick-and-roll and shot directly. The ball hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.

This time it bounced farther away, Muhammad jumped to the starting point, and several people rushed towards the basketball.

With all his strength, Li Hai jumped up and knocked McGrady aside, and grabbed the ball in his hands.

This is Li Hai's physical fitness and game attitude. Every ball must be contested. Before the others fully reacted, he dribbled the ball to the free throw line in two steps and made a successful mid-range shot.

McGrady seemed a little upset, and directly wanted to pass the ball and advance himself.

When he was one step away from the three-point line, he pulled it up directly. It seemed that he was still remembering the three-pointer just now. The Knicks scored one, and he had to return one.

It's a pity, facing Li Hai who had raised his hands to defend, he spent a little more effort in evading the defense, and he failed to score three points.

The basketball bounced far away, Li Hai turned around and grabbed the ball and pushed it forward quickly.

McGrady wanted to come up to slow down Li Hai's advancing speed, but he underestimated Li Hai's determination. He rushed over with the ball in a single waist, and McGrady couldn't keep up with the speed of his rushing in.

There were only two defenders standing in front of him. Li Hai glanced at the positions of his teammates, and suddenly stopped at the three-point line and shot a three-pointer.

One is that the feeling comes, which is the intuition of the athletes. Sometimes when they reach this position, they feel that they can enter.

Second, the opponent's defender noticed Crawford, who was going down fast. It was a good choice to defend against his pass, and shooting was a good choice. The other was Li Hai's instinctive counterattack. McGrady's choice made him a little annoyed.

Very beautiful arc, three-point hollow into the net.

Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy saw the point difference and was caught up all of a sudden, and immediately called a timeout.

McGrady was a little paranoid just now. This is a problem that talented players sometimes make. If they succeed, they will hurt the opponent's confidence. If they fail, they will hurt their team.

After the timeout, the Rockets returned to normal, lowered the rhythm and combined internal and external, and played steadily.

But the Knicks were already a little excited at this time. Li Hai, Crawford, and Kurt Thomas all played well, allowing Marbury's assists to be in double figures.

The game entered a fierce stage, and the main players of both sides returned to the field, except for Li Hai.

Due to the tight score, the Rockets have canceled McGrady's message time in the fourth quarter.

For the Knicks, Marbury and Muhammad did not rest for a minute at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The time has entered the last 3 minutes, the Knicks' attack time is passing by every minute and every second, Crawford keeps running back, Li Hai sees the timing and blocks Jim Jackson who is following Crawford, Crawford Lawford hit the catch and hit his fifth [-]-pointer of the game.

With more than 2 minutes left, the Knicks finally caught up with the score to only 1 point away.

Yao Ming has already scored 23 points, but his physical strength is also a bit exhausted. The Knicks' melee defense throughout the game finally received results.

The balance of victory finally began to tilt towards the Knicks.

"Yao Ming's turnaround jump shot from the bottom line, the power of the ball is a little bit weaker."

"Marbury tried a three-pointer, but the shot felt off. He gave all the three-pointers to Crawford today, and the score between the two sides was deadlocked."

"Time is running out, and the defenses of both sides are very tight. It seems that the outcome can only be determined by the shooting percentage from the outside... Li Hai directly went in, oh, Maurice Taylor's fifth foul, still 2+ 1."

"Li Hai hit a free throw and the Knicks took the lead by two points. This is the first time since the first quarter that the Knicks took the lead."

After Li Hai hit the free throw, he shook his arm violently. The time was less than a minute. As long as he defended the opponent for one more round, the Knicks would be able to take the absolute initiative.

McGrady dribbled the ball forward, and Li Hai firmly guarded near the three-point line. He would not give the opponent a chance to shoot easily. McGrady's offensive methods were much more familiar to him than at the beginning.

Pulling up was a three-point shot, and Li Hai's pupils dilated instantly. He didn't expect McGrady to make such a choice, he was too confident.

Prior to this, McGrady had never hit a three-pointer.

Don't go in, Li Hai thought silently, when he turned his head, the sound of a basketball hitting the net sounded, and at 91:92, the Rockets overtook the score again.

Coach Wilkens called a timeout, and there was about enough time for both sides to attack once, and the success rate must be guaranteed.

The ball was sent to Marbury, waiting for time.

Li Hai kept asking for the ball, but Marbury didn't respond to him at this time.

The attack time was less than 10 seconds, Kurt Thomas came up to pick and roll, Marbury changed direction, did not go in the blocked direction, but went to the other side and went straight to the basket.

The layup went very smoothly, but Yao Ming, who was already very tired at this time, jumped up.

He didn't jump high, but with his own height, he still blocked the ball.

The Rockets got the ball and called a timeout.

With less than 24 seconds left, Coach Wilkens decided on a tactic to press first, and foul if he didn't grab it in about 10 seconds.

Li Hai saw it right, and the Rockets handed over the ball to McGrady in all likelihood.

When the opponent made a free throw, he suddenly exploded with all his strength and squeezed McGrady staggered. With a sweep of his arm, he swept the ball to the frontcourt.

(End of this chapter)