Basketball Dragon

Chapter 99 New Battlefield
When the Heat wanted to gain momentum in the third quarter, they were pressed down by Li Haisheng.

In the final moment of the decisive battle, Wade came on the court after a 2-minute break. When he and Li Hai were not on the court, the substitutes of the two teams played equally well, and their performances were not satisfactory.

After Wade came on the court, he hit the CIC again, and Li Hai also made a contribution to the CIC.

At the critical moment of the playoffs, neither side dared to be careless, and soon the main players returned to the court.

The Heat's ball was in Wade's hands most of the time. In order to defend with all his strength, Li Hai took the initiative to reduce the chance of touching the ball during the attack.

Under Li Hai's defense, Wade's shooting percentage also began to decline after exhausting a lot of energy.

In fact, Wade also sent a few good passes, but the Knicks can expand the defense of the ball. Damon Jones and Kenyon Dooling are just average shooters. They need to feed the ball, unlike the Knicks. Marbury and Crawford have individual singles ability like Marbury and Crawford here.

Mourning also began to lose some of his physical strength on the inside. He has played more than ten minutes in this game than when he was a substitute. He also doesn't have the singles ability.

Wade can only keep singles against Li Hai, and this is in the hands of the Knicks.

Li Hai also couldn't completely block Wade, and Wade would always make one in two or three mid-range shots, but that kind of efficiency was not enough to help the Heat win.

"Haslem rushed to grab the offensive rebound and succeeded in the second attack. The Heat still have a certain advantage inside, but they can only barely guarantee that the points will not be pulled."

"Wade looks a little tired. The Heat need someone to stand up and share some of it for him. Eddie Jones hasn't done enough. It would be great if O'Neal was on the court."

"Damon Jones was brought over by Marbury again. His moving speed was too slow. Haslem fouled for the fifth time. The Heat are in danger."

"Eddie Jones turned soft at the critical moment. The shot was too outrageous. The Knicks made a beautiful counterattack again. Crawford scored and the Knicks' leading score finally became double digits."

There was not much time left, Wade caught the ball outside the three-point line, and Li Hai took another half step back.

Wade was a little annoyed immediately, and shot the first three-pointer of the game, but it was an iron strike. No matter how strong a player is, he will have weaknesses, let alone Wade, who is still a second-year rookie. Hit a three-pointer.

The Knicks began to control the rhythm and let Li Hai go to the low post to catch the ball.

After Li Hai received the ball, he sat inside. The Heat had no choice but to attack. Li Hai immediately passed the ball to Crawford. Marbury hit a shot and the Knicks are winning.

At the last moment, the Knicks made no mistakes and finally pulled the series to 3:3.

"Cheer up, we still have a chance."

"Defend, defend, we can do it, just work a little harder."

At the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Li Hai was soaked in sweat, desperately hitting the Heat's basket.

Time and time again, a few bloodstains were drawn on his arm, proving his hard work.

Standing on the free throw line, his arms were a little trembling, but he still stabilized his emotions and made the free throw.

"Li Hai has tried his best. Even if he can't enter the next round, he can still walk out with his head held high."

"To be honest, I am looking forward to the Knicks next season. Although they still need to give Li Hai a new contract, I believe that no team will let go of such an excellent player."

"If the Knicks had a big man, even if it wasn't top-tier, the series could change."

The referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the Knicks lost Game 11 by [-] points.

At the home court of the Heat, O'Neal came back and showed a good state, while Tim Thomas of the Knicks was injured and could not play, and the height and attack power of the Knicks dropped further.

In the first quarter of the game, O'Neal let the Knicks' only reliable insider, Kurt Thomas, foul too much, and then killed the Quartet, leaving the Knicks behind by double digits in the first quarter.

However, Crawford didn't feel good in this game. Li Hai and Marbury struggled to support, but they didn't let the score catch up.

Li Hai only rested for 1 minute in this game. In the first half, he defended Wade with all his strength, and in the second half, he also defended desperately while attacking.

In this game, the Heat finally made up their minds and double-teamed Li Hai. When the Knicks were chasing points, they also caused Li Hai to make several mistakes.

After all, Li Hai never enjoyed this kind of treatment. He scored 35 points and tried his best in such a tense tiebreaker, but failed to lead the team to win the game. .

Half an hour after the game, everyone else was in a trance, partly because they were not reconciled, and partly because they were too tired.

The fans in China were sad that day. In the three tie-break games, Yao Ming's Rockets lost, and Li Hai's Knicks also lost.

Compared with being overturned by the Mavericks when the Rockets led 2:0, Li Hai received more comfort. He is still in his first year in the NBA, and he has already played the best games.

The teams entering the second round are the Heat, Wizards, Pistons and Pacers in the East. The Celtics were overturned by the Pacers, the sixth in the East, and they were also very depressed.

In the West, the Suns, Mavericks, Spurs and Supersonics entered the second round, which happened to be the first four victories, without any upsets.

And Li Hai didn't have time to watch the game leisurely. He had already received the official notification from the Basketball Association to return to China to prepare for the Asian Men's Basketball Championship. This was also his first time entering the national team.

On the NBA side, all kinds of awards came out. The regular season MVP selection Steve Nash defeated Shaquille O'Neal by a narrow margin.

Of course, Li Hai entered the All-Rookie First Team without any suspense. The other four were Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Emeka Okafor and Dwight Howard.

The second team is Josh Childress, Andre Iguodala, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson and Nenad Kostic.

The best team and the best defensive team with higher gold content made some mistakes for Li Hai's fans. Their stubborn Li Hai at least reached the standard of the best defensive second team.

However, as a rookie, Li Hai couldn't get favored.

After staying with Xia Weiliang for a few days, Li Hai returned to the country alone.

Returning to this land again, Li Hai was full of emotions. It was his dream to play in the NBA, and his other dream was to enter the national team. Now that both dreams have come true, the only thing left is to help the team win honors.

(End of this chapter)