The Basketball Court Swordsman

What is the experience of being unable to win the game even with the bias of the referee? Now, there must be countless reporters who want to throw this question to Spoelstra. Because when the Pacers once again encountered an unfair penalty scale, but still held a 5-point lead in the last minute, everyone must face one thing: the Pacers are likely to reach the finals!

"Don't foul, don't foul!" Henson yelled anxiously from the sidelines. This may be his most exciting period of the game.

Even in the face of the referee's unfair penalty before, Henson maintained a calm state. But now, just 1 minute away from the finals, Henson found that he could no longer calm down.

His roar hit the ears of every Pacers player. In just a few minutes of the fourth quarter, the Pacers had been called 6 defensive fouls and 2 offensive fouls. If it weren't for the referee's whistleblowing, the Heat would never be able to close the point difference. So now, walkers must pay attention to the scale of physical contact.

James is still closely guarded by Leonard, but instead of avoiding him, he actively seeks physical confrontation! James knows how to use the rules, as long as the action is too big, the referee will blow the whistle in all likelihood!

However, Leonard is very smart. He didn't touch James' body at all, but put his chest against the Heat No. 6 to put pressure on him. The referee is paying attention to the confrontation between the two sides, but there is no way to sound the whistle.

"Damn it!" James gave a secret push, shook Leonard away, and went to the right horn to catch the ball.

After receiving the pass from Wade, James went directly to Riza, and then threw the ball into the air during the confrontation!

"Dududu! Defensive foul!"

Henson opened his mouth wide, then took a deep breath, but in the end he couldn't scold anything. It's not that Henson was afraid of the referee, but that he was tired.

In the fourth quarter, except for the period when the two sides were looking for each other, the entire penalty scale seemed to make Henson return to g6.

It seems that the referees can no longer control that much. Even with the great pressure and the irony of the Pacers, they have to make the Heat VS Thunder a reality.

Backhand defense? If you want, you can recite it. Flop? If you fall, I will definitely not give a whistle.

When the referee was so shameless that Henson had no choice but to play a rogue. Therefore, now we must rely on the strength of real swords and guns to finish this last minute. In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Pacers relied on their clean and efficient team attack to resist the referee's offensive wave. So Henson now only cares about his offense, whether the referee blows his whistle or not, Henson doesn't care much anymore.

James panted to the free throw line. He has played 43 minutes in this game. Counting the last minute is 44 minutes.

What is the concept of playing 44 minutes? In other words, James can only get an average of 1 minute of rest in each quarter!

So on the free throw line, James is working hard to adjust his breathing. At the same time, in the stands of the Conseco Arena, countless fans in corn yellow short sleeves stood up, waved everything in their hands, and tried their best to interfere with the number 6 free throw.

James is a player with almost no shortcomings. He can organize offenses, can defend, and has a heavier weight than Duncan but not heavier than any third player. He even developed a back-to-back offense this season.

But even so, James is only "almost" without shortcomings. Because of the projection, it has always been one of James' weaknesses. But this is as it should be. After all, there are few big players like him in history who really project very well.

Shooting is a very broad technical application, including free throws. LeBron’s free throw percentage hovered around 75% all year round, and even fell below 70% in the 2006-07 season.

Is the 75% free throw percentage high? To be honest, compared to Howard and his like, I don't know how it is better.

But as a comparison, Durant's free throw percentage has been stable for a long time above 85%, even as high as 90% last season! Paul's free throw percentage has never been less than 80%, and this season it is as high as 87.8%.

So looking back at James, is his free throw percentage high? I am afraid it is not too high. What's more, when he was nearly exhausted.

In the first free throw, James made a steady shot with the ball under pressure. The Heat chased the point difference to only 4 points, and Spoelstra's palm was completely soaked.

But for the second penalty, James's basketball shot out! Missing a free throw at a critical moment, which is terrible!

"Ah!" Horford yelled and steadily picked off the defensive rebound. The Heat's rebounding ability is not strong, not to mention that they still lack Bosh.

"Foul, foul!" Spoelstra also yelled, and he signaled Joe Anthony to foul Horford directly. Because Horford grabbed a rebound, it means that the Pacers can directly launch a fast break! Don't forget, Horford is one of the best passing centers in this league!

Anyway, the Heat have not yet reached the number of free throws, so there is still the capital to interrupt the offense with fouls.

However, Joe Anthony was still in a daze, Horford threw the ball to the front court with a long pass! Paul George rode a thousand, but behind him was Wade whose body could not keep up with consciousness.

Wade wanted to jump up and intercept the ball, but the ball passed very high, obviously for George's height of 2.06 meters!

As a pure guard, Wade is only 1.93 meters tall, he even played a point guard when he first entered the league! The Heat captain, power forward Haslem, who joined the league with Wade in 2003, is only 2.03 meters tall!

Although George played guard this season, he and Wade are not at the same level in terms of height!

George stretched out his long arm and easily removed Horford's long pass. This is not the first time Wade has experienced such a desperate moment in this game. Once again, he can only watch the No. 24 dunk the ball in front of him. As one of the most blocked guards in the league, he is powerless.

This sense of powerlessness makes Wade's morale low!

"Nice counterattack, too fast! The Heat must seize the free throw chance, or they won't be able to get it back!" Reggie Miller's voice was already hoarse, but he was still yelling and didn't want to stop. the meaning of.

Can you not get excited? The Pacers now lead the Heat by 6 points. If it can continue, wait another 40 seconds, and the Pacers will... they will reach the NBA Finals for the second time in history!

In the finals, it was like a dream for Reggie Miller. Because even a great player like him has only one Finals experience. Although he has been a commentator for more than ten years at this time, he has long been far away from the NBA disputes. But watching the team that he played for his entire career can once again have the chance to reach the finals, Miller feels that his dream that hasn't burned for many years seems to have been extended!

The Heat were plunged into deep despair. James made two free throws, which was a bad sign. This means that the Heat's free throws are beginning to be unstable. An unstable free throw means that the referee's whistle can't help the Heat!

Who else can the Heat rely on for free throws? Wade? Sorry, Wade is also a defender who has almost no shortcomings, but has a quick shot, and his free throw percentage is just as good as James. In fact, this is why the two did not blend well in the first half of last season.

Anyone besides James and Wade? If someone else has the ball, the Pacers will definitely not foul, because their offensive threat is too small!

Battier, Chalmers, Norris Cole, Mike Miller, Joe Anthony, Turiaf, Haslem... In this pile of names, none of them can The end of the game!

At this time, Miami fans must miss Bosh, who was so humble before. But it's useless to miss, not all coaches are like Henson, who have the ability to prevent injuries.

At the last moment, James still did not give up. This time, he knew he could no longer find a whistle. So James cut without the ball, and then received a pass from Wade to attack the frame!

Under the interference and physical contact of Horford and Leonard, James still made the ball! This is his 32nd point today. Even Henson has to admit that James is indeed the best athlete in the league during this period.

"The score difference has chased to 4 points again, the Miami Heat are really tenacious!"

4 minutes, 28 seconds. The Heat did not intend to foul right away, they still want to prevent it!

Paul stepped forward. He controlled the rhythm steadily and delayed time. When Henson said to him "the time has come", Paul thought it was not the time to kill, but the time to realize his dream!

As time passed, James was anxious, but he had to be patient.

There are 8 seconds left! Paul beckoned, Horford and West double-screened up! Paul accelerated the breakthrough, and Chalmers was delayed by West. Of course, West’s cover is actually suspected of being an illegal cover, but as long as the referee does not call it, it is a good cover!

As soon as Paul bypassed the screen, Wade made up his defense! CP3 did not hesitate and gave the ball to Leonard who was standing in the right corner!

James raised his arms and rushed forward. Although Leonard had separated three in this series, his shooting percentage was average, and he was not accurate enough to be particularly abnormal. Therefore, as long as you give him some interference, his three points will not work.

But Leonard didn't rush to shoot. With the last 3 seconds left, he could pass the ball calmly!

With a wave of Leonard's long arm, the basketball flew along the bottom line to the other bottom corner! There, George, who made great progress this season, steadily caught the "ammunition." No one thought that the Pacers could transfer the ball to the weak side, so now George is unguarded!

"Paul George!" Reggie Miller didn't know what to say anymore, only shouting George's name.

In the regular season last season, George averaged 9.6 points per game. In the regular season this season, he averaged 17.1 points per game. George averaged 6.2 points in the playoffs last season. This season's playoffs, averaging 17.7 points!

George's tremendous improvement speed is obvious to all. In his second year, he has already become the Pacers' second scoring point. It's just that because the Pacers have always been in a state of all soldiers, George did not stand out. As a result, people often ignore the scoring ability of this second-year forward!

It is very dangerous to let a team's second scoring point be fully exposed.

George leaped high and threw the ball in like training! After scoring 5 points in a row, George crushed James' dream of championship with his own hands!

The moment the basketball hit the net, Reggie Miller lost his voice instead, just growing his mouth and raising his arms. The entire Conseco arena tumbled, causing the camera lens to shake.

Where's Coach Henson? He has already thrown off his suit, put his shoulders on his shoulders with the bench players, ready to rush into the court at any time!

In 4 seconds, the Pacers led by 7 points. The finals are already beckoning to Indianapolis!