Chapter 334: No seventh game
"21! The score is tied!"
O'Neal had just finished calling, and Lin Sen immediately missed a free throw! The sound of the score tied is still echoing in the stadium, but Lin Sen's missed free throw is considered to have hit O'Neal in the face.
This season, Linson's free throw shooting percentage is as high as 87%, a center with a three-pointer and good mid-range shot. It is not so easy for him to hit the free throw similar to O'Neal. But this time the key free throw failed. In one minute, the Pacers were 1 point behind.
There is a point, this score is a bit like this. It only takes 40 seconds. At the beginning, the scores of both sides are similar, and it is very likely to enter overtime. Then Lin Sen's 5 fouls and James' physical strength problems will all be a constraint for these two teams. But this 1 point? Generally, at this time, both sides may decide the winner at regular time.
The Cavaliers' chance comes, scoring two points and being invincible, which is very important for the Cavaliers. With these two points, their defensive choices can be much more comfortable, and give the opponent a two-point opportunity appropriately, so as to maintain a 1-point lead and wait for the opponent to foul.
Now, the Pacers can't give the Cavaliers a chance to shoot three points, and the four-point difference cannot be recovered in one round. The Cavaliers initially wanted to split the two rounds of these 40 seconds into three rounds with a fast attack.
In this way, the last chance of attack will be left to yourself and the initiative will be left to yourself.
However, this idea was seen through. After Irving broke into the inside, he was directly covered by Lin Sen. He had no room for attack and could only pass the ball to the outside line again. If he failed to attack quickly, they could only choose to control the rhythm.
The Cavaliers are not anxious now. What they need now is the success rate. When they are still 6 seconds of offensive time, the double pick-and-roll from the outside gave Jefferson the chance to hit a key three-pointer, and James' pass was directly sent to Jefferson.
This time, Lin Sen stepped forward very decisively and made up the open space immediately. Jefferson still took action. Directly in front of him, TT carded Lin Sen's backup defense. At the same time, Lin Sen's jumping was almost jumping through TT's body to defend. Even so, Lin Sen's defense was still in place.
The basketball hit the basket and bounced very high, and then bounced it very naughtyly on the basket several times.
"Even basketball is testing the hearts of Cavaliers fans!" O'Neal couldn't help but tease him when the atmosphere was so tense. Obviously, this teasing wanted to ease the current tense and explosive atmosphere.
Unfortunately, the ball bounced on the basket for several times and failed to hit, which was a bit embarrassing. No hit gave the Cavaliers unlimited possibilities. This also made Cavaliers fans who had been looking forward to scoring for a long time very uncomfortable. Lin Sen took the rebound and called out the timeout, the winner of this game was no longer something the Cavaliers could decide, it depends on the Pacers' feel.
"Who will win the final victory?" McMillan looked at several of his favorite players and frowned.
Lin Sen has two finals in the regular season this year, which doesn't seem to be many, but there are not many teams who can fight this Pacers until the moment of life and death in the regular season this year. Lin Sen has only shot 3 finals in total. If the hit rate of 2 of 3 is not large, the hit rate of this final or accurate final may be the first few days of the league, and he is also the Pacers' scoring champion tonight.
George is also a famous big heart. In his past few years of career, he has performed 80% of Pacers' last attacks. However, the problem is that his offensive efficiency tonight may not be as high as expected. In the final key attack, he has this confidence?
Another one is Eric Gordon. In terms of mid-range and long-distance shooting, he is the best among the Pacers tonight, and is even better than the scoring king Lin Sen. After all, Lin Sen still has many points in the inside and breakthroughs, and Gordon has never ended in the inside at all.
"I'll forget it, I can't feel it." George shook his head. He was on defense tonight, and his defense was bad. James won 40 tonight. He still didn't shoot well. He asked him to shoot the final shot? Forget it! He doesn't want to go back to Indiana to play Game 7.
Gordon shook his head like a while, and he also scored more open positions, and his efficiency in holding the ball was not high.
OK! The two consecutive refusals caught Lin Sen a little off guard, so??? I'm here to kill him? Lin Sen, who was still sweating, had not yet reacted, and the key point was that they had only a short pause and had not even discussed tactics, so he went straight to accept this difficult task.
There are quite a lot of core Pacers. The Cavaliers' defense cannot be concentrated on one person at the first time. Lin Sen serves. When George is given, the Cavaliers' defensive center of gravity immediately shifts to the top of the arc, which opens up space for Lin Sen in the horn position.
There were fourteen seconds left to catch the ball, and TT's expression began to panic. Why was this guy coming for the last attack? In the final shot, few teams would choose the center to execute the last attack.
At the turn of the Lakers' new century, O'Neal was undoubtedly the Lakers' No. 1 star, or even the league's No. 1 star. Kobe is the one who can execute the finale. This has a lot to do with the league's favorite to let players decide the game at the last moment, the tolerance for players' defense becomes higher, and it is more difficult to score points in the inside.
Lin Sen is different. He also has the ability to shoot in the Centre and long-range shots. I don’t know how to take steps and pull out the game, which gives Lin Sen the capital to complete the final shot without entering the inside.
As Lin Sen's special background board, TT doesn't want to be the best background board for this season. It was miserable before, so don't be even worse.
In the last 8 seconds of the game, Lin Sen suddenly started and wanted to go to the bottom line. James immediately assisted in defense and blocked the bottom line. This judgment was very accurate. At this critical moment, Lin Sen turned around to the middle position with the defense. James couldn't get it, but Shampoo was still there. His defensive ability made the Cavaliers choose to keep him on the court at this time.
With Shampoo and TT's palms, Lin Sen's back shot looked very elegant and also very difficult, but at the moment of shooting, Lin Sen understood that there was no seventh game in this round of series.
Before the ball could be entered, Lin Sen showed a happy smile on his face. This smile made Cavaliers fans panic!
Chapter completed!