plumnovel Chapter 1358: 3 Points of God (Part )
Chapter 1358: 3 Points of God (Part )
Giving up is sometimes more difficult than holding on.
Kenny Smith's words do make some sense. When the team is trailing by a large margin, his teammates are collectively out of touch, he is being targeted madly, and his teammates are in great shape, giving up the game is a reasonable choice.
After all, the chances of winning are slim, and the game is a series. It is obviously unwise to expend a lot of physical energy for such a game.
But sometimes, that’s not how it works.
The first is of course the morale issue. Giving up directly is very damaging. Although it seems that fighting to the end without giving up consumes more physical strength than giving up directly, the damaged morale is difficult to make up with physical strength.
If you lose your physical strength, you can still use willpower to hold on, but if your mentality collapses, then you will really collapse.
Besides, there is still a lot of time, halftime, and if the condition improves, 30 points is not an insurmountable gap.
Reversal is also the charm of competitive sports.
Putting aside everything mentioned above, under the current competition system, a 1-1 tie in the first two games is extremely disadvantageous to the Knicks.
Because they will go to Los Angeles next and play three consecutive games against the Lakers at Staples Center. In this case, 1-1 is definitely an extreme disadvantage for the Knicks.
So during the halftime break, D'Antoni said a lot, the only thing he didn't say was giving up.
Yes, we can’t give up and we are not going to give up. The word “give up” does not exist in the Knicks’ dictionary.
In the third quarter, Zuo Li continued to play.
If nothing unexpected happens, Zuo Li will not leave the court as long as the score gap does not continue to widen.
In addition, Curry, Klay, and Danny Green all played, and Draymond Green also partnered with them in the interior.
One big and four small.
When the Lakers saw the Knicks' lineup, they understood what the Knicks were going to do. Scott directly let all the Big Four play, and at the same time asked the Lakers players to slow down the pace as much as possible and not give the Knicks a chance to counterattack.
At the same time, the Lakers also began to shrink and protect the rebounds. Generally, when Zuo Li and Green appear on the court at the same time, the Knicks will speed up their counterattack.
But this time it's different.
"Draymond, that guy, you can handle it." When entering the court, Zuo Li hugged Green and said.
"Don't worry, boss. There will be absolutely no problem." Draymond patted his chest and assured.
If he can't even handle Jordan Hill, then all his efforts have been in vain.
And Draymond also understands that letting him come up is not just for a little Jordan Hill. Zuo Li and Coach D'Antoni obviously see his other abilities.
In the past, there was no need for him and Zuo Li to appear on the scene at the same time, because Zuo Li was too strong and could do everything by himself. But now, Zuo Li was in trouble. All the attention of the opponents was on him, while the others were not in good shape and could not form combat effectiveness. At this moment, Zuo Li must be liberated!
Draymond knows exactly what he needs to do, and now, he needs to show all his skills!
Game start!
The Knicks attacked first.
As always, as soon as Zuo Li entered the inside, he seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. From the overhead shot, it can be clearly seen that the Lakers' defense shrank in an instant, and they basically defended in the penalty area, basically ignoring three-pointers.
They even provoked Curry and Klay on the outside. Rondo kept talking trash to Curry who was holding the ball: "Shoot! Three-point shooter! Do you have the guts? I won't defend you, so you shoot!"
After seeing Curry pass the ball, Rondo kept chasing him and yelled, "Oh, you coward! Aren't you a three-point shooter? The three-point king? That's it? That's it? That's it!? Even my grandma would dare to shoot, and you chose to score?"
Curry's face turned black when he heard this. He really wanted to shoot just now, but he held back.
He didn't have a good touch tonight and only made one three-pointer among many shots. Although he was confident that he would not maintain this embarrassing shooting percentage, he still held back considering the team's plan.
But soon, Rondo could no longer laugh, because the Knicks really made a three-pointer in this round!
Not Curry, not Klay, not Danny Green.
Each of the Knicks' three major outside shooters caught the ball in this round, but each one was fake!
The one who actually took the shot was Zuo Li, who pulled out and shot the ball without relying on the pick-and-roll by Green!
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't even think about going over there!"
Zuo Li left after making the shot, while Draymond stayed and continued to have a passionate exchange with Jordan Hill.
This is the first thing Draymond Green has to do when he comes up. He has to help Zuo Li break free from the Lakers' large-scale defense!
Three points scored!
Zuo Li's eyes became firm.
Since I can’t get into the inside, I’ll pull out!
Three points of sword drawing!
In the next round, Draymond Green made another contribution!
The Knicks' defense was in place and the Lakers missed every shot. Although Kobe and Anthony tried their best to grab the rebound, Draymond Green blocked two shots with one, and Zuo Li easily got the backcourt rebound.
Then Zuo Li passed the ball to Draymond Green and broke away from the defense and ran forward.
Draymond Green passed the ball directly to Curry on the wing and then he just ran!
At the halftime, Curry passed the ball directly to Draymond Green. Draymond Green got the ball at the top of the arc. At this time, Zuo Li ran to the inside, and Draymond Green threw the ball into the sky!
Zuo Li took off from the spot, caught the ball with one arm and dunked it!
Hill, who had been following for a long time, was knocked out of the court by Zuo Li's impact under the blue sky!
boom!
"Roar!!!"
The fans who had been depressed for half the game were finally awakened by Zuo Li’s dunk!
Scott quickly called a timeout. He couldn't afford to miss this kind of dunk again.
Looking back, the Lakers scored and the Knicks did the same thing, but this time the inside space was completely locked by the Lakers.
However, Zuo Li pulled out directly and set a pick-and-roll with Green, and Zuo Li received the ball and shot directly!
Its brush!
"Another one! Zuo Li is now quite powerful from the outside! He scored 8 points in a row!" Barkley shouted.
"Although the score gap is still large, the Knicks are finally showing signs of recovery!" O'Neal said.
With two consecutive three-pointers and a dunk, the Knicks narrowed the gap to within 25 points.
The Lakers were a little shaken at this time. Could it be that Zuo Li really started to play from the outside?
What about defense?
Do you want to go out with me?
Scott fell into deep thought, but Zuo Li didn't give him more room to think.
In the next round, Zuo Li made another three-pointer!
Even though the Lakers also scored, the Knicks still made a profit after all the back and forth.
"Coach, do you want to expand the defense?" The assistant coach couldn't stand it anymore. If he continued to shoot like this, Zuo Li would be in trouble from the outside.
But Scott thought about it and refused: "No, no!"
"The situation is getting worse now. What if Zuo Li comes back to attack? If we let him shoot, I don't believe he can kill us with his shots. We are still leading by 23 points!"
The score difference gave Scott confidence. He didn't believe that Zuo Li could make up for the score difference with a three-pointer, nor did he believe that Zuo Li would keep shooting.
However, Zuo Li continued his style of play and made two more three-pointers.
His performance also inspired his teammates, Klay, and Danny Green finally made his first three-pointer of the game!
13 of 10 three-pointers in a single quarter!
In this quarter, the Knicks recovered 14 points!
After three quarters, the Knicks were trailing by 76 points, 90-14!
The score gap is narrowing!