I’m Really Playing Basketball

To be fair, because of the experience of the Nets and Cavaliers in G1, Phil Jackson was really panicked when he saw Chen Xiao calling his teammates to cheer him up.

After all, it really happened!

And entering the fourth quarter of this game, the Nets' leading score was exactly the same as G1's, 12 points.

For Phil Jackson, a 12-point lead is great, but just like New York fans were stunned when they saw a 6-point lead with 18.7 seconds, Phil Jackson is also a little terrified now when he sees himself leading by 12 points entering the fourth quarter.

However, as a nine-time head coach, Phil Jackson's outrage is just a fleeting emotion.

Moreover, the Nets fans in front of the Nets bench now also give him great confidence.

Look at the intense concentration on the faces of Shaq, Malone and Carter.

Malone and O'Neal played so well in the third quarter of this game.

In the third quarter of this game, the Nets' performance completely exceeded his expectations for the team's third quarter.

He just expected to pull up 6 points in the third quarter, which was already good, but the Nets led by O'Neal and Malone forced a 10-point deficit in the third quarter!

Of course, in order to widen such a big point difference, O'Neal and Malone played very hard in the third quarter.

Now when I'm sitting off the field, my breathing is very rapid, and the sweat on my face is involuntarily pouring out.

Malone doesn't say anything.

After working with O'Neal for so many years, Phil Jackson has never seen O'Neal like this.

He has never seen O'Neal so focused and working so hard in a game!

Seeing O'Neal and Malone spending so much to win more in the third quarter at this time, Phil Jackson became even more uneasy while feeling relieved.

According to his estimation, the rest time he gave O'Neal and Malone in the fourth quarter of this game was about eight minutes.

Now, seeing that O'Neal and Malone looked a little exhausted at this time, he felt that 8 minutes might not be enough.

"At least six minutes, Shaq and Karl need at least six minutes of rest in the fourth quarter, and they are consecutive breaks!"

Leading by 12 points, but without Shaq and Karl for six consecutive minutes, the Nets are indeed in a very good situation now.

But there are variables.

"Phil, I'm not going to get within three points until Shaq and Karl get on the court!"

Seeing the extremely serious expression on Carter's face at this time, Phil Jackson felt relieved once again after being stunned for a moment.

He believes in Chaoju very much.

His coaching philosophy is to believe in super giants.

When Karl and Shaq are unable to play, as long as the Nets have super players on the court, he can look forward to it.

And Carter, without a doubt, is also the super giant who can be trusted by him.

Although in the Nets this season, Carter has been relatively silent, not saying that he is out of tune with the team.

Indeed, Carter is in the Nets and feels very isolated from the team this season.

Phil Jackson is understandable. After all, Carter was the first super giant to come to the Nets. He did not come to the Nets to form an invincible F7 lineup in the Nets.

After a season of silence.

At the team's most critical moment, Carter still stood up.

"Vince, in this game, the Cavaliers' Wonder Boy and James did not pay enough and did not have enough physical strength on the defensive end. The two of them will probably play the entire fourth quarter. There will be no time for Shaq and Karl in these six minutes. I don’t need you to keep the point difference above 3 points, I just ask that when Shaq and Karl play, we are leading.”

Phil Jackson's requirements for these six minutes without O'Neal and Malone are very low.

On the other side, on the Cavaliers' bench, it was obvious that Chen Xiao's encouragement from his teammates in the center circle had a great impact on the Cavaliers players.

After returning to the court, many Cavaliers players discovered that Chen Xiao was right!

Don't look at the fact that we are 12 points behind now. In fact, this game is completely different from G1.

O'Neal and Malone were extremely exhausted in this game.

By the fourth quarter, the two are likely to be out for a long time.

As for our Cavaliers, in this game Chen Xiao and James focused on offense, while Chandler, Diop and Miles focused on defense.

It can be said that these younger players of the Cavaliers have a very clear division of labor in this game, and the physical exertion is not that great.

In this game, James was not as ubiquitous on the defensive end as he was in G1. Like G1, Chen Xiao also spent very little on the defensive end.

The two could play together in the fourth quarter of this game.

If O'Neal and Malone are not here, but Chen Xiao and James are both here at the same time, this situation has never happened in this series.

Very beneficial to the Cavaliers.

So at the end of the third quarter, Barkley said the Cavaliers could despair.

After Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith next to him agreed very much with what Chen Xiao said, the game has just begun!

"The first six minutes of the fourth quarter are very critical. These six minutes are the Cavaliers' desperate situation and the Nets' desperate situation. Both teams need to find their own vitality in the desperate situation."

After Kenny Smith finished speaking, the players of the Cavaliers and Nets returned to the court again.

When the Cavaliers started the fourth quarter, the players remaining on the court were James, Crawford, Korver, Chen Xiao, and Diop.

Chandler and Miles need to rest because they have played 36 consecutive minutes.

The players on the Nets side are Payton, Carter, Richard Jefferson, Martin and Mourning.

There are no Malone and O'Neal, but because Carter is still on the court, the Nets' lineup in the fourth quarter rotation is much stronger than their second quarter.

Due to the strong performance of O'Neal and Malone in the third quarter, the score was 92 to 80 when entering the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers fell behind by a full 12 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers' only goal was to chase points.

"Boys, before O'Neal and Malone, I hope you can overtake the score!"

Carlisle's request was simple.

He didn't know whether the Cavaliers would be favored by God in the final moments of the fourth quarter.

But what he knows is that during the period when O'Neal and Malone cannot play, it may be the Cavaliers' real last chance!

Come on guys!

Looking at Chen Xiao's back as he led the Cavaliers players onto the field, Carlisle clenched his fists tightly.

The 12-point difference is neither too big nor too small, so Carlisle's point-chasing lineup for the Cavaliers is an offensive lineup with one big player and four small ones.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, James quickly dribbled the ball across half court.

If you want to get the score back during the absence of O'Neal and Malone, you need to increase the speed of the offense.

After James dribbled the ball to half-court, he glanced around and saw that the Nets' defense against Chen Xiao was still very tough.

Even though the Cavaliers have one senior, four juniors, and four very good offensive players on the court, the Nets still put all their defensive focus on Chen Xiao.

So when James was dribbling the ball across half court, what he saw from the corner of his eye was Carter clinging to Chen Xiao, and although Richard Jefferson was guarding him, he didn't even look at him head-on. , but kept taking small steps in the direction of Chen Xiao.

As for Crawford, Payton is constantly giving Crawford physical confrontations, physical confrontations without the ball.

I have to say that Payton's defensive experience is really better than Fisher's. For a player like Crawford, after he receives the ball, it is already too late to defend. When he needs to be without the ball, he will be given a huge advantage. Confrontation, to affect his state and physical fitness.

There is no way, after all, Payton successfully defended Jordan's gloves. Jordan is the ancestor of players like Crawford.

Payton is very experienced guarding this type of player.

Xiao Zhan is a very smart player. He knows that the Nets' defense is actually to let him attack!

Whether it is a shot or a breakthrough, he is free.

In the end, in order to attack quickly, James did not cooperate with Chen Xiao or Crawford.

Because he knew that even after the cooperation, he would still have to break out in the end.

Rather than doing this, it is better to save time and attack directly!

Facing James' breakthrough, Richard Jefferson gave in directly.

Even after passing, Richard Jefferson did not follow James to the basket, but continued to help guard Chen Xiao, who was being held tightly by Carter.

James' breakthrough was thunderous. Mourning was waiting under the basket, and Martin, who had been helping guard Korver, was already preparing to move to the basket when James broke through.

The two points that James broke through the basket to challenge Mourning and Martin were deliberately released by the Nets.

Although Mourning's athletic ability is no longer good, his defensive experience is still very good, and his standing defense is still top-notch.

A breakthrough like James may not actually have a great effect.

Coupled with Martin's defense pressure...

Yes, it's not Martin's help defense, it's Martin's help defense pressure!

During the breakthrough, James clearly felt from the corner of his eye that Martin was actually pretending to go to the basket to help defend, but was actually facing Korver.

"He's trying to get me to pass the ball to Korver!"

Faced with Martin's inducement for him to break through and score the ball, James gave up all attempts and the option of breaking through and passing the ball, and instead went directly to the basket.

Facing Mourning with his hands raised in the air, James took a European step, broke through from Mourning's side, and made a drifting throw, throwing the basket in his hand toward the basket.

James didn't try hard. He knew that the most that was waiting for him was a Mourning foul, so he made a free throw.

Mourning will definitely not give him a chance to make a phone call.

It's not worth it.

Such a European step causes a side collision, regardless of whether the shot can hit or not, at least a foul free throw is guaranteed.

Bang!

James' difficult and elegant throw missed, the whistle sounded, and Mourning fouled.

2 free throws.

2 penalty hits!

Regardless of Xiao Zhan's low shooting percentage this season, his free throws are quite accurate. His shooting percentage is slightly higher than Chen Xiaodu, close to 76%.

82 to 92!

The Cavaliers recovered two points with the help of Xiao Zhan's breakthrough kill.

Looking back, the Nets attacked.

For the Cavaliers who are chasing points, it doesn't matter how many points they score on offense, 1 point, 2 points, or 3 points are all fine.

But defend, you must hold on!

The Cavaliers' lineup now has two defensive holes in Crawford and Korver.

If you want to defend the Nets' offense, you can imagine how much effort it takes for Chen Xiao and James.

Under the command of Chen Xiao, Crawford pressed the whole court to harass Payton.

Being able to steal is better, but not being able to steal can also slow down the Nets' offensive rhythm.

Of course, as the leading side, the Nets' offense is inherently suspected of delaying time.

For the Cavaliers, even if the Nets are allowed to delay, they will never be allowed to score.

Facing the full-court press and delaying Crawford, Payton, who dribbled the ball for more than 15 seconds this time, did not rush. Instead, he calmly called Carter to his side, who used Mourning's screen to get rid of Chen Xiao.

From this we can see how poor Crawford's defensive quality and pressing quality are.

After a pick-and-roll between Payton and Carter.

Payton threw the basketball in Carter's hand, and he ran over and hugged Chen Xiao, who was thrown to Mourning's defense.

Both Payton and Mourning have problems with their athletic ability, and their offense is now unstable, but in terms of defensive skills and confrontation skills, the two of them are no different from human beings.

Facing Crawford's defense, Carter easily turned around and broke through Crawford.

After breaking through Crawford, Carter did not choose to shoot, but went straight to the basket, challenging Diop just like James challenged Mourning before.

Carter is a strong shot, but as long as he shoots, even if he is a shooting god, there will be risks.

Therefore, for the Nets, scoring is the most important!

Foul!

Facing the strong Diop under the basket, Carter stepped on Hot Wheels and went straight up.

Seeing Carter like this, Phil Jackson clenched his fists tightly on the sidelines.

"We can definitely win this game!"

Faced with Carter's suicidal attack, Diop was actually in a difficult position.

The foul is bad because he has to guard O'Neal later.

There is no foul, but Carter actively looks for fouls. After all, he is not as flexible as Chandler and Miles.

While Diop was hesitating like this...

Beep beep beep!

A quick sound came. Before Carter fouled Diop, James got rid of his defensive player Richard Jefferson and used his super mobility to foul Carter in advance.

The Nets served a sideline ball. This time the Cavaliers switched defense. Chen Xiao continued to defend Carter, while James switched defense in front of Payton.

After a circle of free throws from the Nets sideline, the opportunity appeared in the hands of Richard Jefferson. Richard Jefferson broke through for a layup and was blocked by Diop.

Jefferson's layup skills and Carter's layup skills are different. Carter's impact can give Diop a huge threat.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack. The attack and defense just now in the fourth quarter took a full 40 seconds. Now there are only 11 minutes and 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Time has become even more pressing for the Cavaliers.

So chasing after two points is definitely not that easy.

The Cavaliers are actively looking for three-point opportunities.

In the planning of the 20-second attack time, when the Cavaliers finally put the basketball in Chen Xiao's hands and Chen Xiao was preparing to shoot...

Beep beep beep!

There was another urgent sound.

The moment James passed the ball to Chen Xiao, Payton in front of James had already committed a hugging foul.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xiao was stunned after receiving the ball.

It's not just Chen Xiao, the Nets fans at the scene, and the audience in front of the TV.

And the commentary on the sidelines, everyone was stunned at this time.

"Foul play at the beginning of the fourth quarter?!"

"And as long as the magical boy receives the ball, no matter whether it is a chance or not, he will foul in advance?!"

"Isn't it too hard for the Nets to spend the six minutes without O'Neal and Malone safely?"

"They are the strongest team in history. Facing the Cavaliers, they still lead by 12 points. Is this necessary?!"

"How scared are they by the magical boy to make such a choice of killing 1,000 enemies and damaging 1,500!"

When the Nets used this trick against the Cavaliers, both the American audience and the Chinese audience were stunned.

Even Wade and Yao Ming in front of the TV were a little dumbfounded.

"Do you need to be so shameless?"

To be honest, this is really shameless.

Even Phil Jackson himself felt that his actions were shameless.

It doesn't matter if you say I'm scared of the Wonder Boy in the fourth quarter, or you say I'm shameless.

I don't care.

"Right now, I just want to win!"

The fourth quarter has been played for 1 minute, but Boy Wonder didn't take a single shot. This is the victory I want!

"Without those magical three-pointers of the Wonder Boy, it would not be easy for the Cavaliers to chase points!"

"Kenny, you never thought that the Nets, as the strongest team in history, would be scared by the Wonder Boy and do such a thing, right? This is to put down all the teams for the sake of winning the game."

Facing Barkley's teasing, Kenny Smith nodded dumbfounded.

I really didn't think of it.

"The Nets already have the strongest strength in history. When they can even do such things for victory, victory will only be theirs. In this game, the Cavaliers really have no chance."

After the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, the score between the Cavaliers and Nets was 100 to 94. The Cavaliers faced the Nets' rotation without Malone and O'Neal and recovered 6 points.

The score went from 12 points, and it took half a quarter to recover 6 points. This is indeed very successful.

The Nets' early foul tactics were very successful.

Similarly, Carter's breakthrough play of throwing himself around like a cannonball in these six minutes was also very successful.

The Nets scored 8 points in half a quarter, and 6 of these 8 points were obtained by Carter through free throws, and 2 points were obtained by Carter's layup.

So, when there was an official timeout and Carter came off the court with the Nets players, Phil Jackson, who was greeting the Nets players next to him, gave Carter a big hug.

Afterwards, Malone and O'Neal all hugged Carter fiercely.

"Vince, you are a hero!"

Phil Jackson looked at Carter emotionally and said excitedly.

Although early foul tactics are very useful, without Carter, in his expectation, the score difference between the two sides would definitely shrink to less than three points.

Unexpectedly, Carter used his body and madness to score unexpected points for the Nets without a chance.

If the Nets can finally win this game, then Carter's madness in these six minutes will take most of the credit!

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

In the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, the Nets' early foul tactics were very successful.

Now that the starting lineups of both sides have come up, the Nets have no reason to give up such early foul tactics.

You must know that Darius Miles's free throw shooting percentage is 52%, which is lower than Diop's 60%!

As long as Chen Xiao gets the ball, he will foul early and send Miles to a free throw!

The Nets have players who can execute foul tactics.

And more importantly, after Malone and O'Neal came on the court, the Nets' offensive ability was too strong!

As long as Myers misses two free throws, or makes one, the Nets will make a profit!

Seeing that the Nets are now going to use such shameless tactics to the end, how can Carlisle on the sidelines endure it?

With a big move, Crawford and Korver replaced Diop and Miles.

"Carlisle wants to fight Phil Jackson?!"

"The Cavaliers are going to kill the shark!"

"Crazy, crazy, the Cavaliers and Nets are actually starting to attack each other!"

Watching the Nets cut Chandler on the court, the Cavaliers cut O'Neal.

The commentators on the sidelines and the audience in front of the TV went crazy.

For them, they really didn't expect that the game would turn out like this.

In the penalty kick contest between Chandler and O'Neal, the two played a 50-50 game.

With 2 minutes left in the game, when the two sides finally had no way to fight anymore.

At this time, the score between the two sides was 112 to 104!

With less than 2 minutes left in the game, the Nets actually led by 8 points.

Seeing this time and then looking at this score, the Nets fans at the scene were completely desperate.

Yes, desperate.

Not to mention the Nets fans at the scene, even the Chinese fans in front of the TV were desperate at this time.

"No chance, the Cavaliers have no chance!"

"Congratulations to the Nets for winning a very cruel game in a very cruel way!"

On the sidelines, Barkley was already shouting for the Nets' victory.

On the court, the game between the two teams continued.

1 minute and 02 seconds before the end of the game, the Cavaliers' lagging continued, still 8 points behind. In the past minute, neither team scored in a sports game. Although they could not score, they were still committing crazy fouls.

But this time, the Nets seemed to have no fouls. James missed the shot after breaking through, but Chandler grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed the ball to Chen Xiao. Richard Jefferson fouled and Chen Xiao made 2 free throws.

It's not that the Nets didn't foul, but that they didn't foul James.

Afterwards, the Nets sent a baseline kick. At this time, time was running out. The Cavaliers were forced to adopt foul tactics. The opponent's Fisher made 2 free throws, and the gap was stretched to 8 points.

At this time, there are 44.2 seconds left.

44.2 seconds behind, 8 points behind!

How hopeless is this?

"It seems like the Cavaliers' madness in the playoffs this season is over."

McGrady in front of the TV said to Duncan next to him with some regret.

"It seems that the final winner is the Nets."

The voice just fell.

At this time, on TV, Chen Xiao, who was double-covered by Chandler and Diop, came out to receive a pass from James and quickly completed a three-pointer!

A swipe!

Three point hit!

116 to 111!

There are 34.9 seconds left in the game.

"..."

Looking at the Cavaliers No. 24 who made a three-pointer on TV, McGrady and Duncan didn't know what to say for a moment.

A bit silent.

Chen Xiao's shot was quite difficult. He pushed away the defensive player without the ball and then took a quick shot after catching the ball with the help of double screens.

Not only is it difficult to shoot, but you must also know that this three-pointer is Chen Xiao's first three-pointer in this game.

It can be said that it is more difficult to hit than to shoot.

But in the end, the shot hit.

It can only be said that Chen Xiao is indeed a super powerful key man.

But……

No matter how critical he is, it is impossible to lead the Cavaliers to win at this time.

Trailing by 5 points in less than 35 seconds, the opponent still had the ball.

Therefore, although the three-pointer just now was very powerful.

but……

"This three points can't change anything."

McGrady isn't the only one who thinks so.

The commentators on the TV, the reporters on the scene, and the experts in front of the TV all thought so.

But……

Is it really?

At this time, no one knows what kind of storm will happen next...

35 seconds, the time has come!

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