NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 71: Turning the tide, three points to tie the game! (610)

Seeing that the score was so close to Lin Chuan, Kobe supported his knees with his hands and took a nap on the court.

Durant also walked up to him, with his hands on his hips, panting.

The two of them have scored more than 70 points in this game. No team has ever forced them to play to this extent before.

Durant looked at the KD4 in the so-called "gold medal" color scheme under his feet, and he only had one thought left.

There is only one minute left. If you can hold on, you will be the champion!
Old K called a timeout and replaced the team with the strongest lineup.

Love, Durant, Anthony, Kobe, Paul.

"Give it to me, I'll fight."

Love was about to pass the ball to Paul, but when he heard Kobe asking for the ball, he threw it to him decisively.

Kobe slowly dribbled across half court. Wang Shipeng saw that he was trying to delay time. Just as he was about to drag his tired body forward to press the ball, he was stopped by Deng Huade. He retreated to his defensive position and waited for Kobe to slowly dribble forward.

Eight seconds later, Kobe stood at the top of the arc and dribbled slowly, deciding to play one-on-one.

His teammates all consciously moved away and watched him play the crucial ball.

Time passed second by second, the two players played against each other, and the air in the entire stadium seemed to be stagnant.

With 6 seconds left, Kobe moved. He put down the ball and made a quick change of direction in front of his body, but Wang Shipeng followed closely and did not give him any chance. He changed direction to the left again and rushed to the inside. This time Kobe chose to rush directly to the baseline.

When the ball was almost out of bounds, Kobe turned to face the basket, facing Wang Shipeng who was following closely, and did a graceful backward shot until he was almost lying down.

Wang Shipeng tried his best to block the ball to the limit, and even forced Kobe to raise the arc a lot before shooting.

At the last second, the ball hit the rim and bounced in.

120: 127!

The atmosphere at the scene exploded instantly. Kobe's incredible fadeaway shot almost drove the fans of the US team crazy. They only had 36 seconds left to win the championship. This was also their first two consecutive championships since they lost the championship in 04!

It was the Chinese team's turn to attack.

The moment Lin Chuan received the ball, he began to rush forward with big strides. Kevin Love rushed over to try to defend Lin Chuan, so Lin Chuan simply stood on tiptoe and shot two steps outside the three-point line.

This crucial three-pointer flew in the air and hit the rim and bounced up. The US team was ready to celebrate, but the referee's whistle interrupted them.

Three free throws.

It turned out that just now, Love jumped too hard on the three-pointer and knocked Lin Chuan to the ground.

Fortunately, Lin Chuan still has a lot of fat on his body to protect him, otherwise it would take him a long time to get there.

There are 32 seconds left at this time.

"Three free throws! If we make all of them, the difference will only be 4 points!"

Yu Jia clenched his fists and pressed them hard on the table. There had never been a moment when he hoped that all the free throws could go in as much as he did now.

As expected, Lin Chuan made all three free throws and the ball was returned to the US team.

This time, the Chinese team sent a large force forward, determined to fight to the death.

The ball was passed out with difficulty three seconds later, and was almost cut off by Liu Wei when it reached Paul.

Fortunately, Paul had steady hands and finally caught the ball after a few attempts. However, Liu Wei's pressure was too fierce and he was about to go out of bounds, so he had to pass the ball.

"Pass it this way!"

Kobe's voice came from the baseline, and Paul hit the ground without saying a word.

"Break it!!"

Lin Chuan shouted, and at the same time someone appeared under the basket, grabbed the basketball that had just bounced off the ground and was about to fly to another basketball, and at the same time he jumped up and dunked it.

"It's Yi Jianlian! He did it! At the most critical moment, he appeared there, intercepted the ball and scored the crucial two points! His goal once again increased the hope of the Chinese team to win the championship!!!"

Zhang Weiping couldn't help but shout.

"Oh my god, after struggling to catch up in the second quarter, Yi Jianlian once again contributed a crucial goal in the fourth quarter! Go men's basketball team!"

There are 28 seconds left now.

The difference is still two points.

The United States team served again.

This time Kobe took it directly and then made a high pass to Durant in the frontcourt.

Facing the Chinese team's completely unformed defense, he rushed straight to the basket and slammed the ball with both hands in the empty penalty area to widen the gap to four points again.

There were 23 seconds left, less than one offensive round. Fearing that the Chinese team would take advantage of the situation and rush into the basket, the U.S. team chose to retreat back to their own half.

Lin Chuan dribbled the ball and advanced quickly, crossing half court in three seconds.

This time Love chose to quickly move forward to defend.

However, his defense was indeed useless. Lin Chuan didn't care and just held off Love and took three slow steps to score a layup.

The score difference was back to two points.

There were 18 seconds left in the game.

Kobe and Paul were both tightly entangled and had no space to receive the ball.

Love hesitated for a moment and passed the ball to Durant.

The moment he caught the ball, Yi Jianlian's hand was already on him.

penalty.

Amid the various cheers from the fans in the stadium, Durant took a deep breath and was about to shoot the first ball when the Chinese fans under the basketball hoop shouted.

Durant's hand shook and the ball hit the right frame and bounced out.

The fans were immediately warned by the on-site security.

He was not disturbed again and made the second free throw.

The score difference is still three points.

In these last 17 seconds, everyone became nervous.

Deng Huade also called a timeout immediately so that he could switch from serving from the baseline to serving at the extended midfield line.

Better for attack.

Back on the bench, Deng Huade patted everyone on the shoulder.

"Try to get the ball to Lin Chuan later and let him handle the final attack."

Deng Huade thought for a while, and finally said a tactic that sounded like nonsense.

At this point, everyone knows that the ball should be given to Lin Chuan.

However, everyone was already feeling a little dizzy from the pressure, and if they didn’t say anything, they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to come up with an idea.

The pause ends.

Serve at midfield.

Yi Jianlian struggled to pass the ball to the only open hand, Zhu Fangyu, amid Durant's waving arms.

The moment he received the ball, Zhu Fangyu passed it backwards between his legs.

Lin Chuan finally received the ball, but the US team's double-team was quickly brought up.

Seeing that there was no space to shoot, Lin Chuan held the ball high and checked the situation on the court.

Then a powerful cross pass.

The ball came into the hands of Wang Zhizhi who was squatting in the bottom corner.

He kept his composure, jumped high, and took action at the most critical moment.

"Bang!"

The ball hit the rim.

There are only 5 seconds left.

As long as the US team grabs this rebound, they can win!

But Yi Jianlian suddenly rushed out, overpowering Love and Durant, grabbing the key frontcourt rebound over their heads, and then threw it outside the three-point line to meet Lin Chuan who was waiting early.

Three-point shot.

Carrying the hopes of fans all over China, the basketball flies towards the basket.

"Shh!"

Three-pointer scored!

Lin Chuan scored the tying three-pointer in the last second!
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