The Wizards served with less than 10 minutes left in the game. After Hinrich dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he still started a pick-and-roll with Li Kaiming. The rest of the Wizards ran without the ball. After the pick-and-roll, Li Kaiming moved to the mid-range waist position. A pick-and-roll was set for Nick Young. Hinrich passed the ball inside and out to Nick Young who was running. The latter caught the ball and threw it, and made a crisp hit.
The opportunity for this ball actually came out. It was completely open. Li Kaiming blocked Nick Young from the chasing Ray Allen, but the latter still missed the hit.
The Celtics attacked, Rondo used the screen to break through to the mid-range, and then moved the ball in a wide range to Pierce on the outside. Pierce shook Thornton and broke through two steps in, attracting Nick Young, and then passed to the bottom Horned Ray Allen.
Fortunately, Ray Allen's touch was not good tonight, and the ball did not hit. Garnett and Blatche competed for the rebound, and the basketball was pointed out. Li Kaiming dribbled the ball to start a fast break. Now the Wizards The scoring drought needs to be broken. If this continues, the game time will almost run out.
When Garnett saw that Li Kaiming wanted to play with the ball by himself, he immediately followed him. Davis was 100% unable to keep up.
But even for a fast inside line like Garnett, the former's follow-up defense is not enough in front of someone with elite outside speed like Li Kaiming.
In other words, Li Kaiming dribbled forward by himself, so the speed slowed down, and Garnett could barely catch up with him.
Several other members of the Celtics also quickly returned to defense. Ray Allen and Rondo were the fastest. The two of them had been waiting outside the three-point line early, preparing to directly help Li Kaiming force the brakes.
The other players of the Wizards divided into three groups to start the fast break. Hinrich ran to the bottom corner. When Li Kaiming saw Rondo and Ray Allen standing at the top of the arc, he knew that he would have no chance of breaking through with the ball, so he directly threw the ball directly. Passed to Hinrich in the bottom corner.
Just when Hinrich was about to catch the ball and throw it, he suddenly saw Li Kaiming wink at him, and then point to the sky with his finger. Is this an alley-oop?
Garnett, who was following Li Kaiming, saw Li Kaiming passing the ball. He just breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly found that Li Kaiming in front started to start again. He forced his way in from Ray Allen's side, took a big step and directly hit the ball. He rushed to the free throw line. At this time, there was another Celtics player in the frontcourt, Pierce, who ran to defend Hinrich. Before the latter could turn around, Li Kaiming took off directly one step inside the free throw line. Got it!
And Hinrich in the bottom corner also had a tacit understanding. Before Li Kaiming could take off, he threw the ball directly towards the basket!
There was no one under the basket at this time. After Li Kaiming glided in the air for a second, he blocked Hinrich's pass with one hand one meter away from the basket, and then his whole torso bent into a bow in the air. shape, and then all the energy stored in his body exploded. Li Kaiming dunked with a single-arm tomahawk and poured the basketball into the basket!
78 to 88.
"Damn it! Li Kaiming was able to make such an action after playing three quarters without any rest. Isn't he tired? What a monster!" Commentator Braden exclaimed.
After Li Kaiming bent his knees and landed on the ground, he high-fived Hinrich. The emotions of the audience were once again aroused by this ball. His own star has not given up yet, and there is still hope for the game!
Next, the Celtics attacked. Faced with the boos of the fans at the McI Center, Garnett challenged Blatche's defense with his back. After the iron, the rebound was taken by Li Kaiming. The Celtics began to strictly control and not allow Li Kaiming got the ball, so Li Kaiming passed the ball to Hinrich, and he threw away his arms and ran towards the frontcourt with all his strength!
Li Kaiming's speed without the ball is the fastest on the court. It is estimated that only Nate Robinson, the little potato on the Green Army bench, can keep up, and the others can't even think about it.
Garnett was panting heavily and gritting his teeth as he chased Li Kaiming's back, while cursing the latter in his mind, "You are playing in the jungle. Why are you running so fast? Is there a wolf chasing you behind?"
Hinrich has used this tactic against Li Kaiming more than once. Seeing Li Kaiming running ahead of everyone, Hinrich directly passed the ball across the court and passed the ball exactly one step in front of Li Kaiming. .
Li Kaiming, on the other hand, accelerated a second time and caught Hinrich's pass. At this time, he had reached the three-point line. The moment he received the ball, Li Kaiming's speed slowed down because he had to adjust the ball. The rhythm of the basket was in this short period of less than one second. Garnett, who was chasing after him, had already caught up. Li Kaiming made a prompt decision and directly connected with the ball, starting from the three-point line for a three-step layup!
Victor in the commentary box was stunned, "Hey, dear, what is Li Kaiming going to do? A three-step layup from the three-point line?"
Garnett later did not expect that Li Kaiming would be so straightforward, because as long as it was a little later, Garnett could directly pull the ball down with an understatement foul, but he can't do it now!
Li Kaiming took two big steps in a row, just like a triple jumper. Each step could cover a long distance, and then directly connected with a one-arm split!
Get another 2 points, 80 to 88!
Li Kaiming alone defeated the Celtics 4-0, and the point difference returned to the 8 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
There are 8 minutes left before the end of the game, and 3 minutes left before Li Kaiming's key striker time.
The Celtics failed in two consecutive rounds, so this time they planned to play with a success rate and handed the ball to Pierce to single out Thornton and score 2 points. Thornton spent almost all of his energy tonight defending Pierce, but Even this was completely unable to prevent the latter.
80 versus 90.
The Celtics have also made changes on the defensive end. When the Wizards serve, all four players except Rondo return to the backcourt to defend, just to prevent Li Kaiming from hitting another one with a fast break.
The two teams played like this until the last five minutes of the game. At this time, the score difference between the two sides was 86 to 95. The Celtics steadily maintained the score difference, and then simply began to restrict Li Kaiming from receiving the ball, so the Wizards The offense once again ran into trouble.
When there were 5 minutes left in the game, Li Kaiming once again felt the familiar offensive badge effect, so he directly took over the ball just like the last time he played against the Bulls.
The first time he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and while Garnett was not close to defend, he took a shot directly one step away from the three-point line!
Garnett reached out too late, and Li Kaiming scored a three-pointer!
89 to 95.
In the Celtics' offense, Rondo made a pass error and was intercepted by Thornton. Li Kaiming directly asked for the ball from Thornton's hands and then moved it to the frontcourt. Garnett chose to defend closely this time. Li Kaiming made a huge change of direction. He shook Garnett away and took a step toward the three-point line. After letting Garnett move inside the three-point line, he suddenly stopped and retreated outside the three-point line. Then he picked it up and threw it!
Three more points!
92 to 95!
The audience at the mcI Center went crazy because the same scene happened at the Bulls' home game a few days ago. Will the same thing happen again tonight?
In the commentary box, both Braden and Victor had originally planned to sign something to get off work, but now they sat up straight again and stared at the court unblinkingly, "Could it be that Li Kaiming is going to create something new at home again?" A miracle?"
The fans at the scene wanted to see their home team make a comeback, but the commentator in the commentary box was just watching the excitement and did not take it too seriously. Only Doc Rivers on the Celtics bench did not want to see such a thing happen. .
He didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the Bulls, so he shouted directly to the players on the court, "Double-team to prevent the ball. If you can, defend the rest. If you can't, just let go!"
In order to prevent himself from overturning, Rivers actually planned to ask superstars such as Garnett and Pierce to lower their bodies to double-team Li Kaiming to catch the ball. It seemed that he had watched the video of the previous Bulls game.
And Garnett and others actually did exactly what Rivers said and had no other ideas. This shows that the Green Army's military discipline is still very strict.
The Celtics used this defensive method. Li Kaiming had to pass the ball to other teammates. If someone double-teamed him, someone would definitely be open. Therefore, his passing also created some opportunities for his teammates. Although his My teammates felt average tonight, but they are professional players after all. If they take too many shots, they will definitely be able to hit a few.
Under the frenzied defense of the Celtics, Li Kaiming was denied a single point in the next few minutes, but he got 3 assists because he passed the ball to his teammates.
The Celtics double-teamed him and paid his dues. The Wizards chased the score to 3 points with 30 seconds left before the end of the game. Sanders spent the last timeout and was ready to make a good attack. , as long as he can score this time, no matter where Li Kaiming is in the end, just give the ball to him.
After both sides prepared on the bench for two minutes, the Wizards took the ball forward.
Li Kaiming serves the ball out of bounds because he is tall, has good vision, and has good passing skills.
Li Kaiming took the ball from the referee, and then passed it to Hinrich who came out with the help of a screen. Then he immediately rushed to the court, took the basketball from Hinrich's arms, and then dribbled directly in!
The Wizards are 3 points behind. If they want to win this game, this offense must be scored within 6 seconds, and then defended against the opponent, so that the initiative returns to the Wizards.
Therefore, this offense must not be able to shoot three-pointers. The Celtics will strictly guard against his three-pointers, and if the three-pointers are not made too fast, the outcome of the game will be equivalent to a one-shot deal.
Li Kaiming dribbled through the Celtics' outside defense. Garnett and Davis were already surrounding them on the inside. Li Kaiming didn't care. He directly joined the ball in three steps and went to the basket. He held the ball with his right hand and made a challenge. basket.
Based on Li Kaiming's muscle memory in training, this ball should be scored, but just when he was about to take the ball, Garnett, who followed him and rushed towards him, slapped him hard on the arm.
Li Kaiming fully understood how powerful the NBA insiders were. Even though Garnett's power was not strong in the paint, he still heard a loud "pop" sound, and then a burst of energy came from his arm. I feel a burning sensation, and I don’t even need to look at it to know that it will definitely be swollen later!
However, the condition of the arm is secondary, because Garnett's palm directly destroyed Li Kaiming's layup, and the basketball hit the lower edge of the backboard, and all of this happened in a flash. Others It looked like Garnett's nail-biting block directly shattered the Wizards' offense!
Li Kaiming was knocked off balance by Garnett and fell into the camera area behind the backboard.
At the same time, Garnett thought that his defense killed the game. He stood under the backboard, hammered his chest twice in front of tens of thousands of Wizards fans, and roared at the same time!
The entire McI Center was silent. Everyone thought it was Garnett's defense that ended the game. For a moment, no one booed Garnett...
