Basketball Dragon

Chapter 97 Mr. Key
At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks encountered big trouble. O'Neal, who had been doing nothing in the first half, suddenly broke out, ignoring the defense and scoring consecutive points.

The reason why the Knicks were able to limit O'Neal was not because they were so good at shrinking defense, but because O'Neal was 33 years old and his physical strength began to decline.

But O'Neal can still do it regardless of the burst of physical strength in a short period of time.

Just like this time, the Knicks' inside defense took him a little bit wrong, and he paid three fouls.

Fortunately, they have several inside substitute players who can take turns to foul O'Neal.

Taking turns pestering O'Neal and exhausting his energy is the only way the Knicks can come up with now.

When O'Neal was overwhelmed on the inside, the Heat got several open opportunities on the outside. Eddie Jones and Damon Jones both scored from beyond the three-point line, and the Heat's leading score soared towards double digits.

Seeing that the team was behind, Li Hai didn't make random shots. He still focused on breaking through and caused Eddie Jones to foul again. The Heat had to replace this scoring point with too many fouls.

After Eddie Jones went down, the Heat's outside line was affected, but Marbury and Crawford hit consecutive long shots, and the Knicks chased the score again.

When Li Hai came off the court to rest, the Heat led by 3 points, which was also the final score gap in the third quarter.

At the beginning of the last quarter, Wade broke through and scored, but then Tim Thomas made a three-pointer.

Seeing the possibility of further narrowing the score, Wade actually made an unprecedented shot from outside the three-point line.

Without Li Hai's defense, Wade felt much more relaxed.

Originally, the Knicks planned to let Li Hai rest for a while, so as to accumulate his physical strength so that he could fight at the most critical time, but he didn't expect Wade to score like a wild horse at this time.

Herb Williams couldn't bear the pressure and quickly replaced Li Hai.

At this time, the Heat replaced Wade to rest, and replaced the rested O'Neal.

After O'Neal came up, he hit the ball in the double-team of the two, looking overwhelming.

Not to be outdone, Li Hai first scored in the mid-range shot, and then forced a foul on Eddie Jones. Eddie Jones, who just came up in the fourth quarter, got five fouls.

The Heat didn't make any substitutions and planned to let Eddie Jones go on like this.

After Li Hai scored a free throw, Wade returned to the court. The two sides began to change their main lineups for the final battle. The player defending Li Hai also became Wade.

The score gap between the two sides was not big, and the commentator became excited.

"Wade and Li Hai faced each other again. It was like this at the last moment of the last game. Their duel made people excited. This is also the young players telling everyone in the playoffs that they will also participate in the pursuit of the highest honor in the NBA. .”

"Li Hai still used half-court marking to deal with Wade. Wade was more cautious and asked his teammates to come over to cover. When Haslem stepped up, Wade immediately accelerated and rushed in from the right side."

"Li Hai's reaction was very quick. He turned around and chased after him. His defensive habits are very good. His arm has always interfered with Wade. I don't know whether Wade will choose to shoot or hit the basket."

"Wade passed the ball, he threw the ball directly into the air, O'Neal crashed in like a tank, Kurt Thomas couldn't stop it at all, Tim Thomas came to help defend, and the thug fouled."

"O'Neal made two free throws. Marbury dribbled the ball forward quickly. He threw the ball to Crawford. Crawford rushed in to face Eddie Jones. Eddie Jones had fouled five times. He didn't dare to force the block, and Crawford scored a layup."

"Wade passed the ball to Eddie Jones, Eddie Jones didn't have a chance and passed it back to Wade, Wade didn't have a chance to drive, passed the ball to Haslem, and Haslem made a shot fake Moved, drew a Tim Thomas foul."

"Tim Thomas fouled too much and got traded, and the Knicks got Malik Rose."

"Kurt Thomas came out to pick and roll with Marbury, Marbury rolled back to Kurt Thomas, Kurt Thomas passed to Li Hai who was outside the 45-degree three-point line, Li Hai raised the shot and hit a three-pointer .”

"Li Hai's strength lies in his comprehensiveness. You can't relax him at any time. Even if he has been making breakthroughs before, he may hit a three-pointer at any time."

"Wade lobs the ball to O'Neal, and O'Neal turns to the baseline and makes a shot."

"After the screen, Eddie Jones became in front of Marbury. He directly started and rushed in with the ball. Eddie Jones didn't have time to withdraw, and six fouled the field. Marbury did it on purpose. From Eddie -The Knicks have been trying to get off Jones since five fouls, and one less perimeter gun is in their favor."

The time soon only had more than 2 minutes left, the Heat led by 1 point, and the Knicks had the ball.

Li Hai squeezed to the inside and then ran back to catch the ball. A false shot made Wade go up, and he dribbled towards the opponent's basket.

O'Neal's eyes filled with viciousness, and Li Hai started without any fear.

O'Neal continued to show off in the second half, and now he can't jump up. Getting old is getting old, especially for a player of his weight.

Li Hai flew up lightly, and O'Neill also had his means, knocking Li Hai to the ground directly.

The referee's whistle blew, and O'Neal also fouled for the fifth time.

When Li Hai broke through, his body tensed up, and after being knocked to the ground, he adjusted a little, grabbed his teammate's hand and stood up.

"It seems that you have no other way to stop me...Of course, you can't stop me like this."

Li Hai said with a smile, and hit the free throw steadily.

O'Neill has been staring at him with murderous eyes, but Li Hai will not be defeated by his eyes.

The Knicks went ahead by 1 point. Wade dribbled the ball and pushed forward. After reaching the frontcourt, he directly asked his teammates to come over to cover, bypassing Li Hai and quickly shot a mid-range shot.

But Li Hai still quickly turned around and jumped up, interfering with the shot with his long arms.

The Knicks advanced quickly, Li Hai received the ball and changed direction and wiped it inside. When he reached the basket, he jumped high and hit a shot at a height that was difficult for others to block.

In the next round of the Heat's offense, Li Hai suddenly changed his defensive rhythm again, and took a quick step back to intercept Wade's lob.

The counterattack was extremely fast, Wade desperately followed up but couldn't resist Li Hai's strong body, 2+1 succeeded, and the Knicks led by 6 points at the last moment.

(End of this chapter)