The live broadcast seat of the imperial court.
"Yu Jia, who do you think will be handed over to the Trail Blazers for their final attack?"
Zhang Lili asked.
"Well," Yu Jia pondered for a moment and smiled: "There are many choices."
"Oh," Zhang Lili was surprised, "How do you say that?"
Yu Jia continued: "As far as statistics are concerned, the Trail Blazers had two buzzer-beating goals last season. If I remember correctly, the first time was Aldridge's buzzer-beating buzzer-beater against the Thunder at the beginning of the season, and the second time was the King's buzzer-beater. The buzzer beats the defending champion Miami Heat..."
Zhang Liji nodded: "Judging from last season's resume, both of them are indeed good choices. And in this kind of key ball, the success rate must be higher with sneakers."
Yu Jia: "That's right. I don't know if I think Lillard is also capable of becoming the third choice to execute the winning goal. From his rookie season to now, we have to admit that Lillard is definitely an excellent three-pointer in the league. As a shooter, he is threatening enough to contain every defender... If coach Terry Stotts lets him execute this shot, I wouldn't be surprised."
On the Trail Blazers' bench, Tristos is arranging the team's final attack and some responses to possible situations that may arise next.
The players listened on the sidelines with serious expressions, and everyone's face could not hide the nervous posture in their hearts.
We fought until the last moment and no one wanted to lose!
This ball must be struck.
Beep~
The timeout soon came and players from both sides returned to the court.
The Trail Blazers sent out a lineup with all starters, and all five of them had outside shooting threats, so the Thunder did not dare to use double-teaming tactics wantonly.
Terry Stotts' personnel arrangement is not very complicated. The candidates to execute the winning goal from the first pick are Wang Zelin, Aldridge, Lillard, Batum, and Matthews serves the sideline ball.
To be honest, Wang Zelin's current psychological pressure is quite high, but it will never be as high as when Durant hit the buzzer beater just now.
Because the score at this time is 102:102, the two sides are tied, and the worst result is to enter overtime.
Beep~
There was another whistle.
The referee signaled Matthews to serve the sideline ball.
The next second, the atmosphere in the audience suddenly became solemn. The Thunder players quickly found their defenders, while the Trail Blazers players were running quickly and began to take advantage of each other's pick-and-roll screens and run outside.
The first one to run out was Batum. He used the pick-and-roll of Wang Zelin and Aldridge to quickly come out from the right corner. If he raised his hands, he would feint and run away.
Apparently just a bait.
The Thunder didn't fall for the trick, and only one player followed.
Lillard followed, cutting into the basket from the left corner.
Matthews made a passing motion at this time.
Lillard is the player with the highest number of three-pointers on the Trail Blazers, and his shooting percentage is always among the top three in the opponent's field. The Thunder naturally know this very well, and two people immediately pounced on him.
However, the ball was not obtained until Lillard rushed to the right corner.
Just like that, Matthews suddenly took back the ball. At this moment, Aldridge approached the penalty area from a high position, and the five-second violation time was about to expire.
Durant immediately turned around and followed.
Just before the referee was about to blow the whistle for a violation, Matthews looked at the time, suddenly threw the ball away.
"Hey, the ball was passed high?"
Durant, who was guarding Aldridge closely under the basket, was surprised at first when he saw that the ball was indeed flying in his direction, and then he found that the basketball flew high over his head.
Father, like son.
Scott Brooks saw very clearly from the side that Wang Zelin appeared in the short corner area on the left wing at some point, but he clearly remembered that that was not the offensive area that the latter was good at?
"No. 36! Look where No. 36 is..."
However, Scott Brooks roared out instantly.
The moment Wang Zelin borrowed the ball, a figure came from the top of the key at lightning speed.
Russell Westbrook!
The moment Aldridge cut in, he felt something was wrong and turned his attention to the Blazers No. 36 who caused the most trouble to his team tonight.
Facts confirmed his intuition, and the Trail Blazers really handed over the final attack to No. 36.
As soon as Wang Zelin made a shooting move, he saw Thunder No. 0 rushing over. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and judging from the latter's sprinting speed, he should have expected it.
However, he did not have any panic.
So what if the response is fast?
So what if it's fast?
Westbrook may have forgotten the height difference between the two.
Next, Wang Zelin remained unchanged and glanced at the basket. A bold aura suddenly appeared on his face, as if he was determined to win.
"Oops!"
Seeing that Wang Zelin's shooting hand was still the same, Westbrook didn't care too much, and directly took off to interfere with the distance...
"beep!"
The moment Wang Zelin took action, the final lights came on.
The eyes of the fans at the scene were all focused on the spinning orange ball.
Zhang Lili and Yu Jia also forgot to explain at this time and stared at the basketball in the air.
Who was spinning in mid-air, the Thunder players were praying crazily in their hearts, "Don't go in, don't go in!", while the Trail Blazers players were silently praying, "Go in! Go in!"
After reaching the highest point, the basketball begins to fall.
In the stands, some players who couldn't stand the stimulation were covering their hearts and could feel their hearts beating rapidly.
There were also fans in front of the TV. Some even held their breath, and others chose to cover their eyes, even though they knew that their actions might miss an excellent goal.
At this moment, everyone is waiting for the judgment of fate.
"Uh-huh!"
The extremely clear sound of the net passing through the net echoed in the silent Energy Arena.
A bolt of lightning shatters the darkness!
And the hearts of countless Thunder fans!
we lose?
"Yes!"
On the court, the Trail Blazers players and coaching staff roared like crazy. Head coach Terry Stotts was the first to rush into the court and hugged Wang Zelin, hugging the man who had just defeated the Thunder. man.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck..."
Yu Jia made the telegraph tone over and over again.
"Kill! Here comes the king's buzzer-beating buzzer-beater!" Zhang Lili roared with the same excitement. He took a deep breath, but still couldn't hide the excitement on his face:
"Dear viewers in front of the TV, let us congratulate the Portland Trail Blazers, and congratulate them for having the last laugh in this extremely anxious and powerful dialogue!"
"At the same time, let us congratulate the king for making the buzzer-beating shot for the first time in his career! Perhaps, on tomorrow's poster, we can see his new title - Mr. Key!"
