basketball myth

() In the audience seats around the target center, die-hard Timberwolves fans stood up one after another, clenched their fists, widened their eyes, and some seemed to be shaking unnaturally.

They all felt helpless and extremely nervous, facing what might be the last bit of competition time.

Originally, the Timberwolves just happened to be lucky enough to get the opportunity to end the game early. As long as Matt Barnes could make both of his free throws into the basket, or even just one of the free throws."

" .So, for the current Timberwolves, it should be almost a sure win.

It's a pity that Matt Barnes may have had bad luck just now, or his arm may have been really affected. Those two free throws that could determine the outcome of the entire night were all wasted. Unfortunately, the Timberwolves became

Not so sure of immediate victory.

Therefore, Matt Barnes himself immediately felt a little frustrated and annoyed.

At the critical moment when the opponent Thunder was calling a timeout to make a desperate move, when he returned to the Timberwolves bench, he slowly showed a very frustrated and painful look.

However, as the boss and leader, Li Feng will never allow his team members to show signs of declining morale. That is definitely not a good sign.

He quickly walked to Matt Barnes, reached out and put his arm around Matt Barnes' shoulders, patted him and said with a smile: "Hey, Matt, don't worry about the free throw just now, I know it wasn't you.

Question. The two basketballs have obviously got into the basket smoothly, but they can still roll in a circle and fall out. It is probably just God playing a joke on us. Now, what I care more about is, you

The arm just now was probably not injured suddenly?"

Matt Barnes heard Li Feng's disguised consolation. He turned around and was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "Although my arm is slightly uncomfortable, it will not affect the next game. Don't worry!"

"Well, this is the right attitude. We are still leading by three points, so we just need to maintain a good mentality for the game. The one who really should be anxious to get angry is the opponent! In addition, Matt, as long as you face the opponent next

Kevin Durant uses more crazy steel defense. That can make up for the little accident just now. There is no need to immerse in that unfortunate situation." Li Feng said to Matt Barnes again.

, he took a drink from the caddy and drank it quickly to replenish his exhausted energy.

At this time, other teammates of the Timberwolves also took the initiative to comfort or make fun of Matt Barnes. There was no sign of anyone complaining about him.

Then, everyone gathered around Rambis again and began to study defensive tactics at critical moments, striving to stifle the Thunder in the last attack.

The Timberwolves spectators at the scene became more and more nervous. As time continued to pass, when the Thunder's last round gradually came, they became more and more unable to calm down. Obviously, the closer to the real victory

The closer the end comes, the harder it becomes for these Timberwolves fans to control their restless and nervous mentality.

Fortunately, they still did not forget to shout loudly for the Timberwolves: "Come on!"

At the same time, they gradually continued to shout neatly: "Defense!", "Beat OKC!"

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However, compared to the tension and anxiety of the Timberwolves players and fans, the Thunder, as the lagging team, are actually much more afraid and worried.

Because, they are still three points behind the Timberwolves, and there is no guarantee that the next attack will be able to score. And once they lose this final goal, they will really say goodbye to this season.

There is also the championship that makes them dream.

This huge cost and mental pressure has become a burden and shackles on their mood during the game, and may also have a negative impact on their execution and state at critical moments.

Therefore, while the Thunder players are listening carefully to the coach's specific tactical arrangements, on the other hand they are still making adjustments, cheering each other up, shouting "come on" and encouraging each other, trying to ease the extremely tense game.

A lot of negative pressure came.

Unfortunately, for them, the pause in the game was extremely short, and the situation on the field was not favorable to them. Their actions to immediately change their mental state had little effect.

Not long after, the on-site game continued, the referees took their places, and the main players from both sides also returned to the playing field.

The Timberwolves still have the same lineup. Since the players have survived most of the overtime, head coach Rambissuoxing still sent out the main lineup that he is more accustomed to and adapted to in the last little time.

The Thunder, on the other hand, continued to make some changes. Although they were passive choices, they still came up with a relatively novel lineup of one player and four players.

Serge Ibaka completely dominates the Thunder's inside position, and he is the only big inside player in the entire lineup.

Then, the offensive core of the trident of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook continued to appear on the court, trying to use their talents and personal abilities to find opportunities to change the fate of the game for the Thunder.

opportunity.

Finally, the one playing position they still lacked was filled by veteran fisher Fisher.

It seems that the Thunder are also thinking about this veteran savior. They are trying to use the veteran Fisher's rich game experience and big heart to serve the team at critical moments. Maybe once the veteran Fisher is lucky,

Maybe we can really stage another 0.4-second critical victory. This kind of situation should be exactly what the Thunder head coach wants to happen now.

The Thunder then served at half court, and the person standing outside the service line was Fisher.

After being reminded by Li Feng, Kevin Love took the initiative to find him, opened his arms and body, and kept waving and twisting to interfere with and prevent the old fish Fisher from serving.

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At the same moment, Wesley Johnson and Matt Barnes naturally focused on their respective defensive targets, following each other closely, trying to prevent Russell Westbrook and

Kevin Durant has a chance to come out and catch the ball.

At this time, Li Feng also took action, carefully keeping an eye on James Harden.

The Thunder's remaining post player, Serge Ibaka, was naturally handed over to Nikola Pekovic to deal with.

Faced with Kevin Love's defensive blocking behavior, veteran fisher Fisher's line of sight was indeed quickly blocked and blocked. As expected, he was still in a helpless and anxious state.

Then, he suddenly picked up the ball and put it in his arms. He seemed to want to stretch out his two palms and shout a timeout again.

When Kevin Love saw this, he was subconsciously stunned.

But at this extremely sudden moment, the old fish Fisher pushed hard with both hands to the outside, and unexpectedly sent the basketball directly out from the side of Kevin Love's body!

The basketball flew out decisively and reached Kevin Durant's hands. The entire passing process was relatively smooth.

When Kevin Love suddenly heard a sigh from the Timberwolves fans at the scene, he immediately felt a sense of embarrassment and failure. He was obviously deceived by Fisher's fake move, because in fact, the Thunder

The team no longer has any timeouts available.

Fortunately, his temporary self-adjustment ability was effective at this moment, and he quickly calmed down, and immediately followed the old fish Fisher to prevent Fisher from pulling out the big fish.

The tendency for vacancies to come.

Since Kevin Durant had obtained the basketball as he wished, he naturally immediately set up an offensive formation and prepared to carry out his personal singles game.

In fact, this situation is the most reasonable team choice at this critical moment. The team boss should indeed take on the important task of saving the team, there is no doubt about this.

However, Kevin Durant's current opponent is still the very desperate and effective Matt Barnes.

Moreover, Matt Barnes just regretted losing two free throw opportunities, and now he launched extremely desperate defensive actions due to his mentality of making up for the past, which made Kevin Durant feel suffocated in an instant.

There is no way to even pull it up and shoot a three-pointer.

In desperation, Kevin Durant was in a stalemate for a moment, then quickly threw the basketball out of his hand and chose to let his teammates find opportunities to shoot.

There was nothing he could do. He was already being guarded. If he tried to attack again, he would probably waste the opportunity. And his teammates might have a better chance than he did now.

The basketball was quickly passed by him and fell directly towards Li Feng and James Harden.

The moment the basketball came over, Li Feng suddenly wanted to reach out and grab the basketball in advance, so as to cut off the Thunder's last hope of attacking.

Unfortunately, he was a little too greedy. Not only was he not able to get the basketball smoothly in advance, but he also allowed James Harden to catch the ball very well, and he got this very important ball right as he wished.

After James Harden was lucky enough to get the basketball, he just glanced at Li Feng's figure and suddenly threw the basketball decisively towards the Timberwolves' basket. The action was a bit weird and urgent!

Obviously, in addition to the fact that the Thunder's offensive time was really running out, he was also very wary of Li Feng's defense, so he just grabbed the opportunity and threw the basketball out, truly betting on his touch and luck.

Probably, just after a few minutes passed, the basketball goddess, or God, finally pronounced the result of James Harden's gambling shot.

Fortunately, he actually hit the three-pointer as he wished, like a dream!

At that moment, James Harden jumped up in excitement and kept shouting something very ecstatically. He was very carried away and proud!

As for the other players on the Thunder team, it was as if they had just encountered a super good thing that fell from the sky. Every one of them was immediately excited and dancing!

"Quick, serve!"

Although Li Feng was very annoyed and regretful, he still reacted quickly and timely. He turned around and shouted to his teammates under the basket, telling them to release the basketball quickly, and they would also bet on the last shot.

She has a chance.

Due to the previous consumption, they no longer had a timeout at this time and could only rush to serve and attack quickly.

The process of serving is still very smooth for them.

Li Feng then received the basketball from his teammate as he wished. Then he was able to successfully turn around despite the fierce blocking of the Thunder players, and continued to run for a few steps.

When he saw the timer on the Thunder's basket almost stopping, he suddenly threw the basketball in his hand far into the Thunder's basket, leaving the future of the game to luck.

Got it!

At that time, his feet had not actually crossed the half court yet!

The basketball thrown by him quickly drew a very steady arc. Carrying the expectations of countless fans at the scene, it flew straight forward.

However, what followed was a sudden scene that made countless people feel frustrated and regretful at the same time!

After all, they actually let the Thunder escape another disaster.

The overtime time has passed, and the Timberwolves and Thunder continued to draw in the first overtime.

With a score of 114, both sides had no choice but to immediately enter the second overtime.

The miraculous life-saving scene just now caused everyone in the Thunder team to cheer loudly again, and kept touching James Harden, who had the same luck just now, to show their gratitude!

James Harden himself was extremely ecstatic. Even his thick beard could not hide his face with a split-mouthed laugh.

After a period of regret and disappointment, the Timberwolves fans at the scene quickly applauded the court and continued to encourage Li Feng and the Timberwolves players. Because the Timberwolves did still have a chance to win.

There is no need to worry or care too much.

Time always passes extremely quickly during breaks.

Before everyone could take a serious rest, the game was about to start again.

In the second overtime, players from both sides had to continue to go all out.

The Thunder still used the last-minute lineup, but the Timberwolves temporarily replaced a group of players.

Nikola Pekovic, Wesley Johnson and Matt Barnes left the court to rest first, and Darko Milicic, Ricky Rubio and Michael Beasley returned at the same time.

Replace them on the field.

In the second overtime, the head coach of the Timberwolves, Rambis, after maintaining the height and hardness of the inside line, should have paid more attention to the team's offense, hoping that the players who had been rested before would share Li Feng's workload.

Offensive pressure, using their kind of strength to completely destroy the Thunder.

It's just that the subsequent game process did not exactly follow the script Rambis envisioned. There were still some deviations and deviations.

The addition of the Timberwolves' new force has indeed played some role in the offense, but without the desperate and strong defensive blocking of the opponent Thunder, they can still fight back against the Timberwolves on the offensive end. The new outside players even when defending

He also works hard, but after all, he is not a defensive player who has been immersed in this skill for a long time. He still lacks some defensive talent.

It can be said that the Timberwolves and the Thunder have become tit-for-tat again. They keep fighting back and forth, but there is still no game situation that is very favorable to the Timberwolves.

The second overtime was indeed more anxious and jittery than the first overtime, which made the players on both sides become even more nervous, and many fans were so nervous that they did not dare to open their eyes and face the field easily.

Saw it.

Then, witnessed by countless fans with mixed emotions such as helplessness and surprise, the Timberwolves and Thunder were tied for all the time in the second overtime, and there was still no winner yet!

In other words, the Timberwolves and Thunder will enter a very rare third overtime. The score of 128:128 clearly appeared in front of countless people, making everyone stunned.

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It’s not like we haven’t seen overtime games before. Two overtime games also occasionally appear.

However, three consecutive overtimes are really a very rare situation.

And if you put such a rare situation in the playoffs and the key games of the finals of the division, it would be an extremely rare and super rare situation!

For a time, the influence of this game quickly reached new heights.

Although for the fans watching the game, this is a further torture and tremor. However, everyone is still watching with worry and nervousness, but at the same time they are not really willing to give up their attention to the game. Their watching of the game

The interest is actually much higher than at any other moment.

However, the players on both sides who are actually fighting in the game are already close to their limits. Especially the main core players of both sides, in such a high-intensity and long-term game, they are basically close to collapse.

How much.

Even Li Feng, who had been baptized by the magic pill, began to feel a little erratic in his body, not to mention other players from both sides who had played for a long time.

However, the good news for the Timberwolves is that they also performed rotations in the second overtime, and their players' condition and physical strength are slightly better than those of the Thunder.

The Thunder were obviously more tired and depressed. In addition, James Harden was punished by Li Feng for six fouls in the second overtime with a vengeance, which made the Thunder even more stretched.

Saab Sefolosha, who had consumed a lot of energy during the game, had no choice but to continue playing to deal with it.

Soon, in the third overtime, multiple competitions between willpower and physical strength began again.

The game process and viewing experience of both sides gradually became less enjoyable than before, leaving only a group of players who were struggling to win the game.

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