Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Standing on the free throw line, listening to the roar of the audience, Zuo Li dribbled the ball steadily twice.

Raising his hand and shaking his wrist, the basketball bounced to the back edge of the basket and still fell into the basket unyieldingly!

"The 40th free throw was made by Zuo Li. It has created a single-game free throw record in the NBA Finals and continues to refresh this record." Barkley said.

He is now filled with shock. He has made 40 free throws in a single game in the playoffs. Except for O'Neal and Zuo Li in one of last year's playoffs, almost no one has touched him.

Zuo Li broke O'Neal's single-game free throw record in the playoffs last year, and now, he also broke the single-game free throw record in the Finals.

Compared with the NBA regular season, referees will adjust the penalty scale in the playoffs. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for players to get 20 free throw opportunities.

When it comes to the NBA Finals, referees are more cautious about free throws. It is basically impossible for a player to get 25 free throws in a single game in the Finals.

However, in the history of the previous NBA Finals, there were still two players who successfully made 25 free throws in a single game in the Finals.

One is that in the NBA Finals of the 2005-06 season, the Heat in the Eastern Division and the Mavericks in the Western Division staged the final showdown, and Wade scored 43 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in G5, helping the Heat.

101:100 narrowly defeated the Mavericks.

In this game, Wade's number of free throws also aroused heated discussion among fans. Wade took a total of 25 free throws in the entire game. In the end, Wade made 21 of 25 free throws, relying on free throws to score 21 points.

However, this game was very controversial. After all, the Mavericks only made 25 free throws, which was the same as Wade alone.

Later, the referee on duty was arrested and the secret of that year was revealed.

The one who ranked first before was, of course, O'Neal. There was no controversy in this game. The 39 free throws were considered a medal for the Pacers' efforts to limit O'Neal. After all, they really couldn't stop him and had no choice but to kill the shark.

In fact, O'Neal only made 18 of 39 free throws. The Pacers actually succeeded.

These two times, one person was controversial and the other was a tactical choice. But like Zuo Li tonight, it was the first time in the finals that he made accurate and numerous penalties.

Later, Zuo Li made his 41st free throw, making 34 of 41 free throws in the game. He scored 34 points on free throws alone. This is also a new history in the playoffs.

"mvp!" "mvp!" "mvp!"

The fans at the scene gave Zuo Li the best shouts, with Spike Lee acting as the leader. While shouting, he winked at Nicholson who was not far away.

Nicholson couldn't see it anymore, and he was helpless. The Lakers played well in three quarters of this game. Until the first half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers held the lead. Kobe Bryant scored 30 points in three quarters, and he was in great shape. But

, There are really too many fouls!

Mbenga, Bynum, and Odom, three insiders were ejected one after another. There were still Gasol with 5 fouls and Artest with 4 fouls on the court. Almost all the defenders on the left side were gone.

This also made the Lakers unable to resist the Knicks' offense in the second half of the fourth quarter and eventually collapsed.

From the sixth minute to the 11th minute, 15-5, the Knicks hit a small climax and opened the score in one fell swoop.

After Zuo Li scored these two free throws, the point difference was close to 10 points, and there was only the last minute left.

Everyone knows that the Lakers are gone in this game.

Kobe still didn't give up. He stood up and held the team on his shoulders, scoring 7 points in a row. However, there was no barrier inside. Zuo Li simply got what he asked for. He twice grabbed offensive rebounds and dunked on the second offense, which made Kobe's efforts worthless.

Down the drain.

114-107, the Knicks defeated the Lakers with a 7-point advantage, defending their first home court and changing the finals score to 1-0!

Zuo Li played 44 minutes, took 8 shots, hit one three-pointer, four two-pointers, and made 34 of 41 free throws... He scored 45 points, 17 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists, and 1 steal.

This is the second time in Zuoli's career that he has made more than 40 free throws in a single game in the playoffs, and the first time in the finals.

At the same time, he caused 25 fouls to his opponents in the entire game, surpassing O'Brien and ranking first in history.

The two teams shot 58-28 free throws throughout the game, with a gap of as many as 30 times. This is also the largest gap in the number of free throws in a single game in the history of the finals.

In a game that broke many records, Zuo Li led his team to a good start in the finals. At the same time, Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in vain.

The performance of others was actually similar. For the Knicks, Randolph had 14 points and 7 rebounds, David Lee had 10 points, Dragic had 7 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, Ke Liu had 8 points, and Curry had 9 points and 7 assists.

Curry's first Finals game was considered a success. After all, he played in the Finals as a rookie. Although his statistics were average, it was still a good start.

For the Lakers, Gasol had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Bynum had 4 points and 3 rebounds, Odom had 10 points, Artest had 15 points, and Fisher had 7 points.

From the data point of view, such defense is a waste of martial arts, and the three high pressures have no advantage at all.

After the game, media around the world rushed to report on this somewhat unusual game.

According to past experience, it is inevitable that a game with such a large gap in free throws will cause controversy, but this game was unexpected. Except for the Los Angeles media, no media felt that there was anything wrong with the free throws.

According to ESPN: "The people of Los Angeles got themselves into it."

Originally, if you open up your stance and fight normally, the Lakers may not be able to defeat you. After all, in terms of physical fitness and experience, the Lakers have an absolute advantage. But from the beginning, they decided to use physical combat, which they are not very good at, to give the Knicks a chance.

If you increase the intensity, wouldn't this be a mess?

Do you think anyone can achieve high strength?

The Celtics and the Knicks fought for 7 games, and the intensity in each game was high, but they controlled the number of fouls very well. In the final analysis, the inside players are Garnett, Perkins, Tony Allen, and Rondo.

The defensive gate is a natural talent in itself.

Except for Kobe and Artest, everyone else here is not good at defense. If you have to blindly focus on intensity, isn't this exploiting your weaknesses and avoiding your strengths?

Moreover, this vicious move against Zuo Li made everyone very dissatisfied.

So after the game, the media praised Zuo Li for being smart, saying that he successfully cracked the Lakers' fierce style of play and was worth learning from.

Barkley also called Zuo Li the "foul-drawing master" and believed that this skill was also a hidden weapon in Zuo Li's arsenal.

The Zen master didn't defend himself. He admitted his mistake in tactics and praised Zuo Li very much.

"Zuo Li is a smart man. He uses his brain to play. In fact, our tactics have been more than half successful. I just didn't expect Zuo Li to deal with it so well."

Zen Master also did not forget to put pressure on the referee: "Actually, I think Zuo Li's final foul is worthy of scrutiny. The referee should see who committed the foul intentionally."

This remark also triggered ridicule from Knicks fans. After all, you are allowed to foul but not allowed to commit fouls. This is too much of a double standard.

However, Zuo Li believed that what Zen Master said before was very reasonable, that is, the tactic itself was quite successful. If Zuo Li had not had such reserves, the Lakers might have succeeded.

At the same time, Zuo Li also paid more attention to the following games. The Zen master's tactical reserves were more sufficient than he thought.