72:66! Li Kaiming's layup once again opened the point difference to 6 points, and there was also a chance for an extra penalty!
Standing on the free throw line, Li Kaiming closed his eyes and felt the noise of the audience, the heavy breathing of his teammates, and the fatigue coming from his central nervous system. He took a deep breath and let his chest expand. to the maximum, and then slowly spit it out.
The referee at the bottom line saw Li Kaiming open his eyes and immediately gave the ball to the latter.
After receiving the ball, Li Kaiming concentrated his attention and tentatively patted the ball three times. Then he bent his knees slightly, pointed his toes inward, and his legs in an inward posture. At the same time, he held the ball with both hands and lowered it vertically along his right arm to his right side. Above the knee.
After a slight pause, Li Kaiming held his breath, and the force was transmitted from the soles of the feet along the knee joints to the hip joints, and then coupled with the force of hip extension, was transmitted to the shoulder joints, one link after another, and finally, all the accumulated strength was His fingertips exploded.
The basketball flew away from his hand with the movement of his thumb, index finger and middle finger.
Under the spotlight, the basketball spun in the air for about a second, and finally hit the front edge of the basket!
Li Kaiming's expression changed! Are you so tired that you can’t even score free throws?
Pastner's face also looked a little depressed. If he couldn't make any free throws, the game would be really dangerous...
But God favors Memphis. After the basketball bounced on the front frame, it did not fall directly immediately. Instead, under the eager attention of everyone under the basket, it bounced on the basket three or four times before falling. Fell into the net!
Hit 2+1 successfully!
On the big screen, Memphis' score increased by 1 point again, reaching 73!
Pastner let go of his palm. He only felt a dull pain in his palm. It turned out that when he held the tactical pen hard, he didn't even notice that the reaction force of the tactical pen on him was so strong.
And his hands were completely wet, all covered with sweat from his hands!
A free throw can actually make the coach so nervous!
Tennessee's offense was still extremely sharp. Mize controlled the ball calmly and came to the frontcourt. Connington's physical strength ensured that he could keep running around the pile in the half court. The piles were naturally his teammates.
Williams had no energy left to follow Connington, so he had to ask nearby teammates to help change defense.
Although this can prevent Connington from throwing open shots on the outside, another more troublesome thing arises.
Changing defense can prevent the opponent's shots, but it cannot prevent the opponent's misplaced post-up play. At this time, although Williams did not face Connington, who kept running, he did face Tennessee center Chim!
Li Kaiming, on the other hand, was taken to the outside by the Tennessee players because he helped Williams change defense, so he could only watch helplessly as Chim scored on Williams' head.
73:68, Qim roared after scoring!
At this time, he had already scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and was the biggest contributor to maintaining the point difference!
For two consecutive rounds, Tennessee used Williams as a breakthrough point. Even if Pastner was unwilling, he had to change his formation at this time!
If the formation remains unchanged, the timeout will have to be reserved for next season. Therefore, Pastner, who dared to make drastic changes, immediately signaled a timeout to the referee.
"Memphis has used up its last timeout, and there are less than two minutes left before the end of the game! It seems that Pastner has made up his mind not to want overtime!" The commentator said the next moment the referee's whistle sounded, Just say it into the microphone to all the audience.
Bruce Bohr was also furious. Although they had a physical advantage, Tennessee had not taken the lead so far, which made him very dissatisfied!
If the so-called advantage cannot be converted into a lead in scores, then what is the use of this advantage?
On the bench, he yelled at the players surrounding him, "Damn it, cheer me up. After this time, if Elliott comes up on the other side, hit him." , if the opponent replaces Elliott, then you will use other tactics. But remember, on the defensive end, don’t let Li Kaiming score! Even if I leave his teammates open, he is not allowed to take a shot!"
The critical moment has arrived. Bohr, who has been immersed in the position of coach for many years, naturally knows that at the last moment, it is necessary to prevent the opposing stars from taking as few shots as possible and leave the right to take shots to the role players.
The pressure resistance of role players is completely different from that of stars. When the pressure is so high, 99% of role players will fail.
Therefore, we must not let Li Kaiming score any more points. The game will end in more than a minute. If we let that guy score one or two more points, the game will lose suspense!
Pastner was worried. He looked at his disciple with concern and said to Williams, "Elliot, there is only one minute left. Your condition is too bad. Let's find someone else!"
Williams wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Coach, is it really possible without me?"
Just as Pastner was about to speak, Li Kaiming hugged Williams and said, "Elliott, believe us, we will win the game!"
Seeing that Li Kaiming had said this, Williams stopped talking. After all, he saw this guy soaring into the sky.
At the last moment, defense is much more important than offense. Offense can directly hand the ball to your superstar, but no matter how strong one person is on the defensive end, it is impossible to defend one against two.
So Pastner asked Coleman to replace Williams. In this case, except for the first and second positions, the remaining two forwards and centers are all over 205 in height, which is a real oversized body in the NCAA. line-up!
Because Coleman was too tall and couldn't shoot, he could only swing to the 4th position. Daniel Mack took over as Williams' shooting guard and Weatherpens moved to the small forward position.
In this way, Memphis ushered in the last minute and a half of the Midwestern Conference finals with this strange lineup.
Kemp's control is still calm and sophisticated. When he comes to the frontcourt, he directs his teammates to move while using his other hand to block the defender's intrusion.
Everyone knows that at this time, Memphis only has one point on the field where it can hit hard!
The teammates took Tennessee's defenders to the other side, clearing the right side of the court for Li Kaiming to single out.
Kemp saw that the time had come. After passing the ball to Li Kaiming, he took a few steps back and stood at the top of the arc. At the same time, he opened his hands and prepared to catch the ball.
There is still 1 minute and 20 seconds left, right waist position, Li Kaiming vs. Qim!
After getting the ball, Li Kaiming used his left foot as a pivot. After turning around, he turned his back to the basket and faced the frame. It was at the last moment, so he naturally had to choose the most reliable offensive method.
His advantage over Chim is his speed, and his speed advantage can only be used when facing the frame.
Qim used his dark arms to interfere with Li Kaiming and said, "You can't score this ball! Your luck ends here!"
Li Kaiming ignored this guy's trash talk, suddenly started to the right, and reached the right side of the penalty area in one step!
Qim was shocked, "We've been fighting for a whole game, how come he's still so fast..."
Tennessee's defensive rotation also started at the same time. Negedu and Wallich, who were brought to the left by the Memphis players, directly let go of their defenders and both blocked the basket.
Li Kaiming was instantly surrounded and killed at the bottom line by three sturdy men!
