Chapter 881 The Victory Has Been Determined
Chapter 881 The Victory Has Been Determined
As Richmond said, Li Weisi, the opponent's nightmare, really came back.
As the third quarter began, after the three-pointer hit, Li Weisi let out like a bladder that had been held back for a long time.
Soon, in the next round, Li Weisi forced a counterattack. Taking advantage of the Jazz's mistake in the defensive position during the fast break, he immediately inserted into the opponent's hinterland like a snake, using two people to defend There was a little bit of space between the positions, and the layup was successful.
Although both Malone and Spencer tried their best to block the ball, it was a pity that Li Weisi's high-scratch throw was higher, just bypassing the palms of the two, hitting the backboard, and refracting into the net.
Not long after, it was Li Weisi again. Facing Stockton's defense during the offense, he directly chose a three-pointer after changing direction continuously. Stockton was obviously about to seal his hand to his face, but basketball still could Enter.
For a while, the Jazz's defense line was riddled with holes by Li Weisi, and it seemed almost to the point of crumbling.
It is precisely because of Li Weisi's sudden recovery that under his continuous scoring, the Warriors also overtook the score again, and it was different from Richmond's difficult increase in points and slowly overtaking. Chasing points was even more intense. The Jazz suddenly found that their team had gone from leading to 5 points behind almost in the blink of an eye, and it was already 10 points in the blink of an eye.
It can be said that the entire third quarter was almost completely reduced to Li Weisi's performance alone. He scored 18 points in this quarter alone, almost catching up with the Jazz team's scoring.
However, in the face of Li Weisi's scoring high, the Jazz managed to persevere with the perseverance of Malone and Stockton. Although they were beaten by the Warriors 24:34 in a single quarter, they were not beaten by a stick. Death still maintains the suspense of the game.
In this way, the suspense of the game was kept until the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Malone and Stockton were left on the court. Obviously, they did not plan to play in the second half of this game.
Li Weisi was different from them. Since he played the full third quarter and was injured, Nelson didn't dare to let him continue to play the full fourth quarter and had to take a certain amount of rest time.
In this case, as soon as the fourth quarter opened, it became the weak link of the Warriors.
Logically speaking, Kassel's defensive pressure is not great, Stockton's speed is not fast, and his breakthrough ability is really average. Although the shooting rate is high tonight, he has few shots. However, Stockton is like this, But it gave Cassel a headache.
Because in the fourth quarter, Stockton actually increased his shots, and more importantly, he often made shots, which made Cassel look like a fool in front of Stockton.
In the offense, although it is difficult for Stockton to defend his own back, his ubiquitous small movements made Cassel miserable, especially the trick of pinching the yin hand. He experienced it once and definitely let him I know what it feels like to feel pain in the egg, and I don't want to try it for the second time.
It was this unspeakable pain that led to Cassel's poor performance tonight, with the plus-minus value almost reaching -15.
On the other hand, Stockton has become more and more comfortable playing. Not only can he frequently assist Malone to score, but he can also shoot from the outside from time to time, stabbing people in the back.
In this way, when Li Weisi rested for 3 minutes and returned to the court, the point difference between the two teams had been quickly reduced from 8 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter to only 1 point. If not for this, Kukoc hit a goal With a three-pointer, the Warriors are likely to have been overtaken.
But even so, it took only 3 minutes for the two teams to almost return to the same starting line, which still shocked the Warriors into a cold sweat.
Sure enough, in such a playoff game against the Jazz, a moment of slack would be fatal.
As soon as he returned to the court, Li Weisi took advantage of his attraction to the Jazz's defense and gave the ball to Richmond who was running down. The latter made a layup in the air and successfully scored another 2 points for the Warriors.
But at this time, the Jazz had already displayed their confidence and state. Soon in the offensive round, Malone faced Rodman's defense and hit another mid-range hit, continuing to close the point difference to 1 point.
This kind of round lasted for several rounds. The Warriors could not widen the point difference, but the Jazz also couldn't overtake the point difference. At this time, 1 point was like a natural moat, separating the two teams tightly. .
However, things will always change. When Li Weisi finally missed a three-pointer and Malone received a backcourt rebound, the Jazz finally had a chance to overtake the score.
After coming to the frontcourt, the starting style is still the pick-and-roll between Stockton and Malone. However, after the pick-and-roll, Stockton did not pass the ball to Malone this time, but passed it to Horner on the outside. gram.
Hornacek's performance tonight was not good. He only took 6 shots in the game, hit 2 goals, and made 2 of 0 three-pointers.
But in this case, Stockton still gave the ball to Hornacek, and the pass was just right. Basically, if Hornacek didn't shoot, he would be sorry for Stockton's pass.
Under such circumstances, Hornacek was of course embarrassed not to shoot, so he first feinted and sent Richmond flying, and then took a step to avoid Richmond's interference while adjusting his state, followed by three shots. split up.
"Boom!" The basketball was like a bomb, detonating the entire basket, and even the entire scene. The moment the basketball entered the basket, the entire scene erupted into cheers. They jazzed again Go-ahead score.
Although the Jazz overtook the score, Nelson did not call a timeout this time. He believed in Li Weisi, and believed that even if he called a timeout at this time, the tactics he arranged would not surpass Li Weisi's judgment.
So, after the goal, Li Weisi immediately counterattacked with the ball, but the Jazz retreated in time, and Hornacek didn't even celebrate, so he ran directly to the backcourt.
Seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, Li Weisi took the initiative to slow down after coming to the frontcourt. It seemed that he had given up on this fast break.
But Stockton suddenly felt a chill from the soles of his feet to the back of his head. This guy is going to shoot!
Stockton immediately judged Li Weisi's plan. He was retreating, but he quickly changed his footsteps and rushed forward, but it was too late.
At this time, Li Weisi had already collected the ball and started shooting.
To say that Stockton's reaction was not slow, he actually jumped in front of Li Weisi before Li Weisi's shot was completed. Unfortunately, Stockton, who is 185cm tall, is still not as tall as Li Weisi, so his block, in the end, only It hit Li Weisi's arm, and Li Weisi had almost completed his shot at this time.
Due to external interference, Li Weisi's whole body fell to the ground at a slant. Even though he used his feet to support him when he landed, he was still thrown into a mess, but he didn't even bother to check his body at this time. , with his eyes fixed on the direction the basketball was flying to.
The basketball did not disappoint him, and it fell into the basket accurately. At the same time, the referee whistled, "3+1".
Seeing this scene, Li Weisi laughed excitedly "haha". Obviously, the victory of this game is already decided!
(End of this chapter)