call out.
The referee's whistle sounded, the timeout ended, and both sides took the stage again.
There was not much time left, and all the fans at the scene had already stood up.
Snapped.
The Cleveland Cavaliers give the ball away.
This time, LeBron James took the ball personally.
The Boston Celtics were also well prepared. Head coach Stevens replaced Jayson Tatum at the last minute to guard LeBron.
Although Kyrie Irving doesn't like this matter a little, considering that there are no better forward players to defend LeBron, he compromised!
LeBron stood at the top of the arc and played singles.
Facing Tatum who was marking him in front of him, LeBron took the ball and shook it. The two met each other, and LeBron suddenly accelerated with the ball and rushed into the basket. Unexpectedly, he had just entered the second zone, and Celtics big men Morris and Horford came up inside to fill in.
The sudden double-team interrupted LeBron's rhythm, and he decisively passed the ball to Kevin Love under the basket in the next second.
Being unmarked in front of Love was a good opportunity to take a shot. He raised the basketball and threw it towards the basket. However, at the moment of taking the shot, Morris, who was defending, jumped up high and slapped the basketball in Love's hand with the tip of his finger.
The basketball still flew out, but the location it hit was not the basket, but the area on the upper edge of the basket.
boom.
The basketball bounced off the backboard.
LeBron wanted to go up and fight for the rebound. Unexpectedly, Tristan Thompson also jumped up at this time. Neither of them noticed the other's actions. They bumped into each other during the fight, and the basketball bounced out.
Snapped.
This time Al Horford grabbed the rebound.
As before, he threw a long pass toward the three-point line. Not surprisingly, such a ball will naturally fall into Irving's hands.
Sure enough, the next second Irving caught the basketball.
After getting the ball, Irving accelerated like crazy and rushed towards the half court. Zhao Feiyang of the Cavaliers took the lead. He broke out with terrifying speed and rushed to Irving. When he entered the basket area, Irving also happened to rush over for a layup.
The two met in mid-air, and Zhao Feiyang pulled Irving down without hesitation.
Irving struggled to throw the ball when he landed, but was slapped by Zhao Feiyang who jumped up and sent the ball out of bounds.
Snapped.
The basketball flew very far.
The referee whistle sounded.
All Cavaliers fans on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.
In front of the Cavaliers' team table, head coach Tyronn Lue also wiped away his sweat nervously.
"fine!"
"Thanks to Zhao's foul!"
There are only 24 seconds left before the end of the game.
Irving stepped to the free throw line with everyone watching.
At this time, both the Cavaliers fans who supported him and the Cavaliers fans who did not support him began to boo wildly. Compared with the individual honors of the stars, people in the city of Cleveland still hope that the team can get a better record.
So, amid boos, Irving took the referee's pass and threw the free throw.
boom.
The first free throw bounced out of the basket.
Seeing this, the Cavaliers fans on the sidelines cheered.
"That's it!"
"Great job! But don't score this damn goal! We can't lose!"
It's the second free throw.
Players from both sides standing under the basket were already crowded together. Irving also received the referee's pass and was ready to take action. Bang, bang, he picked up the basketball and dribbled it twice. After taking a deep breath to adjust, he finally threw the ball.
Uh-huh.
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
On the electronic scoreboard, the score between the two sides became 110 to 110.
It’s a tie!
There is still one offensive opportunity left for the Cavaliers.
Time passed quickly on the scene, and the Cavaliers did not dare to hesitate. Love personally stood under the basket and served. Under the pressure of the Celtics players, the Cavaliers players kept running. LeBron was completely double-teamed by the opponent. Morris and Horford of the Celtics directly entangled him. .
"here."
At the critical moment, Zhao Feiyang rushed to Love and shouted.
When Love saw Zhao Feiyang running out of space, he hesitated for less than a second and threw the ball decisively. Zhao Feiyang, who got the ball, advanced with the ball. LeBron quickly rushed across the half court when he saw this. Irving immediately went up to mark Zhao Feiyang.
"JR, cover me!"
Zhao Feiyang shouted.
JR, who was still preparing to catch the ball, finally got the idea and hurried over to help Zhao Feiyang pick and roll. Taking advantage of his pick-and-roll, Zhao Feiyang also avoided Irving's interference and dribbled the ball across the half court.
LeBron also rushed over to ask for the ball at this time, but Zhao Feiyang did not pass the ball to him. Several previous shots failed to score, and Zhao Feiyang, as one of the core members of the team, no longer believes in LeBron's touch for the time being!
Therefore, he directly gave LeBron a signal to come on his own!
"Everyone, pull away!"
When Zhao Feiyang made this gesture, everyone in the audience was stunned.
First the fans were stunned, and then the teammates on the field were also frightened. Even the Celtics did not expect this outcome.
Today's Cavaliers are not the original Cavaliers.
In the original Cavaliers, not only LeBron had the ball, but Irving also had the right to take shots at critical moments. But in the current Cavaliers, it is obvious that LeBron has the greatest ball rights. When he needs to take a shot, everyone else must give up the ball unconditionally.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Feiyang does not intend to do this now!
After a brief surprise, Irving did not hesitate and came directly to defend Zhao Feiyang. Players in other positions also kept an eye on their own players, and the decisive moment for both sides finally arrived.
With less than 5 seconds left in the game, Zhao Feiyang and Irving started a singles match.
He dribbled the basketball and suddenly rushed to the left. Irving subconsciously moved his body, but in the next second, Zhao Feiyang suddenly pulled the ball back.
It turned out to be just a fake move!
After avoiding Irving's interference, Zhao Feiyang jumped up and took action decisively. Irving still flew towards him, but he was obviously a step slower. Zhao Feiyang threw the ball against his defense.
Uh-huh.
Zhao Feiyang's three-pointer accurately landed in the basket.
At this moment, the fans in the entire Quicken Loans Center Arena went crazy, everyone was screaming and shouting, and everyone was celebrating Zhao Feiyang's key goal!
However time is not over yet.
"Defense!"
LeBron yelled on the court to remind his teammates.
There are 4.1 seconds left.
The Celtics made an emergency serve. Irving tried to rush to the bottom corner to catch the ball, but he was stuck tightly by Zhao Feiyang. Tatum ran out of space at the critical moment and received a pass from his teammates. But just as he was about to throw the ball, LeBron jumped high and slapped the basketball away.
Beep.
The timer beep sounds.
The basketball thrown by Tatum flew out of bounds.
However, the game time was over, and the Cavaliers resisted the Celtics' attack at the last moment. The two sides ended the third game of the series 113-110.
"Won!"
"we won!"
The Cavaliers bench rushed to the court, cheered and hugged LeBron Zhao Feiyang and others, celebrating their victory.
Irving stared at this scene lonely. He didn't even say hello to anyone, and silently walked quickly towards the players' tunnel and left here.
