The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 223 Key Attack and Defense
At the beginning of the second half, James held the ball and rushed inside, but naturally he ran into Li Pu head-on.

However, who is James, he knocked Li Pu away in the air in an instant, but Li Pu's long arm always enveloped James, and finally blocked the ball.

After landing, James froze for two seconds, and then felt something was wrong!

Suddenly remembered, what about whistle?

So he turned his head to look at the referee, and spread his hands: You don't want to blow this?

Foster also expressed his embarrassment: the higher-ups have sent a message, what can I do?I have to think about my job!

And just when James spread his hands, Li Pu had already accepted the rebound and passed it to Westbrook immediately.

Westbrook, who got the ball, was like a sprinter who heard the starting gun, and rushed out like an arrow off the string.

The speed was so fast that before all the Heat players could react, they dunked the ball into the basket.

The point difference was narrowed to 12 points.

After Chalmers dribbled the ball to the front court, James finished communicating with the referee and returned to the court.

Without the care of the referee, the Heat's initial offense was difficult.

There is no way, they are used to the whistle, after suddenly losing the whistle, it is like a Superman who has lost his superpower, Batman with money ability, very uncomfortable.

This time the offense ended with James missing a jumper in the face of Durant's long arms.

The Thunder fought back again.

In the fast break, Durant received Westbrook's point and dunked with both hands, and the point difference returned to 10 points.

Just two rounds into the game, Coach Spoelstra requested a timeout.

It has to be said that his sense of smell is very keen, and in such a short period of time, he has already discovered that the wind direction of the game is not right, so he hastily called a timeout to interrupt the Thunder's rhythm.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, the Heat stabilized the situation by relying on Bosh's mid-range shot.

In the subsequent games, the two sides competed fiercely, but the point difference was always hovering around 10 points and did not shrink.

Brooks, who had expected to set off a wave of chasing points in the third quarter, frowned when he saw this situation.

The difference of 10 points is not too much, but if they play like this, let alone the few minutes left, even if they hit the fourth quarter, the Thunder may not be able to catch up.

At this time, someone needs to stand up and score consecutively. When it comes to scoring, Brooks looked to Durant.

Durant, who is tightly entangled by Battier and will be double-teamed after getting the ball, let alone score, it is very difficult to catch the ball.

At this time, Durant's ability to hold the ball is far from being as good as later, so he dare not hold the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt to play.

Not only is he afraid of being intercepted, but it will also consume his physical strength, making him unable to persist until the end of the game.

"Shh!"

Just when Brooks didn't know what to do, he found out that after Li Pu had a pick-and-roll and changed defense, facing Chalmers' dispensable defense, he hit another three-pointer!

"Beautiful! This guy's three-pointer tonight is amazing!" Brooks jumped up excitedly when he saw this scene.

It's not over yet. In the next round, the Thunder defended against the Heat's offense and pushed for a fast break. After Li Pu received the ball, he took a step ahead of the top of the arc, pulled it up and shot.

Come in too!

"Bang!"

After two three-pointers, the point difference was quickly narrowed to only 5 points.

No one expected that such a big center like Li Pu would turn into a three-point shooter tonight. Before the end of the three quarters, he hit six three-pointers.

Originally, he was hot-handed, and he was still a tall turret with a height of 224cm. With such a high shot point, almost no one could cover it from outside the three-point line!

"Beautiful!" Westbrook excitedly rushed over to bump his chest with Li Pu, and other teammates also came over to give Li Pu high fives to celebrate.

The reason why he didn't return to defense was because coach Spoelstra called a timeout again.

There is one thing to say, in this round of the series, coach Spoelstra crushed Brooks in terms of tactical quality, but the team couldn't win. This is really unreasonable!

After the timeout, the Heat once again stabilized the situation, but until the end of the third quarter, 85:88, the point difference was still narrowed to only 3 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Harden hit a three-pointer with a step back in the face of Mike Miller, and the point difference was instantly smoothed out.

Harden's performance tonight is much better than the overall performance of this round of the series.

With the score tied, the two teams returned to the same starting line.

Time passed little by little, and the score rose like a dog's teeth. Until the last minute, the score of the two teams had reached 1.

James dribbles to the frontcourt, panting as he dribbles.

Tonight, he had no reservations, played a full 44 minutes, and was the player with the longest playing time on the Heat.

However, even if Zhan came with all his strength, he still failed to make the team win.

At this time, he has no strength to tank and break through, and then hangs a layup.

Therefore, he chose to let Bosh step forward to pick and roll, and after the pick and roll, he switched defenses, switched Li Pu in front of him, and then prepared to break through.

However, after taking a sudden step, he found that there was no chance, so he started to take a few steps back and returned to the top three-point line.

After some adjustments, James dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and then chose a three-point shot.

But his actions were judged by Li Pu.

At the same time as James made a shot, Li Pu had already swooped in, and his big hand completely blocked James' shot angle.

Like a movie in slow motion, the basketball flew out of Li Pu's eyes until it reached his fingers and touched his fingertips.

After landing, Li Pu immediately turned around and ran towards the basket, while shouting: "Rebound!"

"Duang!"

Sure enough, basketball is like what Li Pu said, hit the iron!

Not only that, but it was also a long rebound, which happened to bypass the huddled crowd under the basket. Seeing the basketball flying towards him, Li Pu jumped high again, his hands were like two big pliers, firmly Grab the ball in your hands.

After landing, Li Pu habitually raised the ball above his head without falling. Sure enough, James' slap suddenly fell from Li Pu's eyes and missed.

The rebound was protected.

Finally it was the Thunder's turn to attack.

Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Durant.

Durant singled James, changed direction twice in a row, swayed out of the shooting space, and immediately shot from mid-range.

But James made up for it, and even after being shaken away, he still interfered with Durant.

"Duang!"

Basketball also did not enter!

This time it wasn't a long rebound, the rebound fell straight towards the basket, and it turned out that Li Pu jumped high and caught the ball in his hand.

Almost instantly, Li Pu's place became the center of the storm, and countless people and hands came towards Li Pu.

At this moment, Li Pu saw Westbrook who was empty outside, and sent the ball out with both hands.

When everyone saw this scene, their bodies stopped, and they wanted to block Westbrook.

But then they discovered that the ball was still in Li Pu's hands. He raised the ball high with one hand, turned around and hooked, and he actually shot it himself!
"Shh!"

The basketball is wiped into the basket!

Two points scored!

Li Pu hit this key goal!

(End of this chapter)