The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 217 216. Gritting Your Teeth: Do Your Best ([-] Words)

After returning from the fourth quarter, the two sides also replaced the substitute lineup to compete, allowing the main players to take more rest off the court.

In order to be able to take over the game smoothly at the last moment.

But for the Magic, this is obviously not good news.

Because throughout the first three quarters of the contest, the Magic's bench lineup has also been suppressed.

Ever since Nelson was placed on the bench, his offensive efficiency has been greatly reduced. I don't know if this has something to do with his personal mentality.

Looking at Su Jiu who was sitting off the court as tired as a dead dog, Van Gundy frowned tightly.

Although the Magic team successfully overtook the Cavaliers after the end of the third quarter, the current situation on the court can be said to be quite unfavorable for the Magic team.

After all, instead of pinning hopes on the bench lineup to perform well, it is better to make some impromptu changes on the court.

So after the fourth quarter came up, Van Gundy also took Howard, who got more than two minutes of rest in the third quarter, to the court first.

After all, when Su Jiu and Howard both left the field at the same time, the Magic's offense could be said to be in a mess.

Although Howard played during this time period, he had to give him a little rest time in the next one.

However, if Howard is not the first to get on the court at this time, then the Magic may not last until the end.

At this time, Su Jiu was already in a state of semi-stretch. If Van Gundy wanted to win this game, Su Jiu's rest in the fourth quarter was crucial.

With Howard playing, the Magic also has a backbone on the offensive end.

Although Howard has been targeted in this game, as long as he is on the court, he can naturally attract the Cavaliers' defense and create better opportunities for other teammates.

This can also be regarded as a star effect.

Even at this moment, Howard has lost a lot of physical strength, but compared to Su Jiu, who has just entered the league, Howard is currently at the peak of his career in terms of physical fitness.

So spending more time in this game is not a fatal thing.

In the next match between the two teams, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy is also very obvious, that is, once Howard receives the ball in the low post, he will immediately double-team him.

Forcing Howard had to pass the ball for other teammates to finish.

But the good news is that in the first half of the fourth quarter, the Magic's substitute players were relatively strong. After receiving Howard's points, they finally seized a few opportunities and did not waste them in vain.

Even Bogans, who has begun to enter the diarrhea stage on the offensive end, hit two three-pointers successively, which solved the urgent need of the Magic.

Seeing that the players' performance on the court was not as bad as he imagined, Stan Van Gundy off the court also let out a long breath.

After all, Van Gundy at this moment does not require this lineup to expand the score. He only prays that the Cavaliers will not be overtaken by the Cavaliers at this time, which is already considered satisfactory.

However, compared to Stan Van Gundy, watching the team not only did not close the score after returning from the fourth quarter, but also maintained a tangled state.

This is what made Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown even more anxious.

Although the Cavaliers also have an advantage in lineup and physical strength in this game, but after all, this is also the home court of the Magic.

Once the Cavaliers fail to chase the score quickly, it may be a little dangerous at the last moment.

Even though the team has LeBron James, the favorite of the sky, the key is that the Magic's rookie Su Jiu is so fucking scary! !

As time passed, both sides tried their best on the field, and every player felt a deep sense of oppression at this time.

And Warcraft Howard, who was suppressed for a whole game, was even more annoyed. After all, the Cavaliers' targeting of themselves was too disgusting.

This also caused Howard to make two strong kicks when facing a double-team. Although he failed to score the ball, he also created a foul for the Cavaliers and added a penalty.

Use your own way to complete the life extension for the Magic, clinging to the score.

In the end, with more than seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, Mike Brown, who was the first to sit still, also directly called a timeout. It seemed that he wanted to take all his main lineup to give it a go after the timeout.

"Su, it's up to you, Dwight, come down and rest for a while, but you must recover your strength as soon as possible. After all, once the situation on the court starts to go unfavorable, I may bring you to the court in advance."

After hearing Stan Van Gundy's words, Su Jiu, who got a rest time of more than four minutes in the fourth quarter, also stood up slowly.

Although this time I stood up, I felt a kind of soreness in the muscles all over my body, and even my calves began to tremble unconsciously.

But Su Jiu also knows that this is the case in competitive sports. Being a star not only requires outstanding personal ability, but also the ability to lead the team at critical moments is a test of a star's psychological quality.

Among them, physical strength is definitely the most important part that cannot be ignored.

Just like Kevin Durant of later generations, Durant definitely has the league's top scoring ability, but his biggest shortcoming on the court is physical strength.

Once the two sides played too anxiously on the court and Durant's playing time skyrocketed, then Durant's shooting percentage would start to plummet.

According to statistics, Durant is the second-lowest player in the fourth quarter among all the stars who averaged more than 25 points per game in later generations.

And ranked first from the bottom is Devin Booker, the new generation scoring artifact of the 18-19 season.

This is also the main reason why Durant has such a terrifying scoring ability in later generations, but he has not been able to become No. 1 in the league.

After returning from the timeout, the Cavaliers did as expected. Mike Brown took all of his main lineup during this period of time, and planned to give it a go and fight the Magic to the death.

And Van Gundy naturally replaced other main players except Howard during this timeout.

Returning to the field, enduring the discomfort caused by muscle soreness, Su Jiu tried his best to devote himself to the game.

Although there are still more than seven minutes on the court, Su Jiu doesn't know whether he can support until the last moment.

But at this moment, Su Jiu's mind is always echoing a sentence that Allen Iverson once said to himself:

"Remember, little guy, the basketball court is another battlefield in peaceful times, so no matter how you perform off the court, once you stand on the court, then you should overcome all difficulties."

So after Mo Williams passed the halftime slowly with the ball, Su Jiu tried to lower his center of gravity as much as possible to ensure that he could keep up with the opponent's rhythm in the first place.

However, after halftime, Mo Williams took the initiative to hand the ball to James, and then played an off-ball role by himself.

Compared to Su Jiu's exhaustion, Mo Williams also had a long rest at the moment, so he definitely had a great advantage in terms of physical strength.

And Mike Brown was even more insidious at this time, because he also noticed Su Jiu's physical strength off the court, so after he came on the court, he let Mo Williams keep running on the offensive end, forcing Su Jiu to follow closely behind him.

It looks like this is to consume Su Jiu's physical strength on the court as soon as possible. It has to be said that none of the people who can be the head coach in the NBA is a real idiot.

At this time, LeBron James held the ball and stood at a high position, and kept pressing the time, while Mo Williams on the court did not stop at all, and kept leading Su Jiu in circles.

Even if there is no chance, it seems that he wants to take Su Jiu to run the marathon laps, and Shengsheng has exhausted his physical strength with Su Jiu.

Stan Van Gundy couldn't help but frowned after seeing the way the Cavaliers did it after they first came up.

After all, this is just too disgusting.

Now that Howard had already rested, the Magic had to rely entirely on Su Jiu on the offensive end.

And Mo Williams has been consuming Su Jiu's physical strength, so I'm afraid Su Jiu's situation will become worse after the game.

But Stan Van Gundy, who saw through the Cavaliers' routine at a glance, had no choice but to take Su Jiu off the court to rest.

Because once he did that, it would be like cutting off his own arm! !

In the following period of time, the Magic team has been relying on Su Jiu on the offensive end. As long as Su Jiu holds the ball for half court, the Cavaliers will go forward and attack directly.

On the defensive end of the Magic, Mo Williams has been consuming Su Jiu's physical strength, making him unable to participate in the offensive end as much as possible, but also greatly exhausted on the defensive end.

However, Su Jiu was not surprised by this kind of scene. After all, the only people the Magic can rely on in this game are themselves and Howard.

At this moment, Howard is resting, so he will inevitably become the key target of the Cavaliers.

Faced with this situation, Su Jiu also tried his best to send accurate passes to his teammates to ensure the team's offensive operation on the field.

Until there were more than five minutes in the game, taking advantage of a dead ball stage, Van Gundy also regained the Warcraft Howard who had rested for more than two minutes.

With Howard re-entering the court, all the main lineups of the two sides have all returned to their positions, ready to start the final battle of the game in the next five minutes or so.

Next, Su Jiu and Howard also tried their best to play the pick-and-roll in the high position, because once Howard sits in the low position and asks for the ball, then he must face the double team of the Cavaliers.

So the Magic also took the opportunity to play a two-person connection between the two. After all, these two people are currently the Magic's biggest reliance on the court.

With Su Jiu once again relying on Howard's pick-and-roll to complete a mid-range shot, the current score of the two sides on the field has also come:

97:93

The Magic led by four points at home with only 34 seconds left on the court.

Before the Cavaliers started to attack, the off-court head coach Mike Brown also looked anxious at this time.

But at this stage of the game, Mike Brown only had the last timeout left in his hand, so Mike Brown didn't dare to call it out easily.

This also led to this offense having to rely entirely on the players' own performance on the court.

After receiving the serve from his teammate, LeBron James also quickly dribbled the ball across the half court

After halftime, James frowned and kept gesturing to Mo Williams, motioning for Mo Williams to come up and do a pick-and-roll for him.

After receiving James' signal, Mo Williams also raised it immediately and made a pick-and-roll for James.

With the help of this pick-and-roll, James burst out with strength in an instant, and this strength even surprised Su Jiu.

Because the competition has reached the current stage, Su Jiu can be said to have run out of ammunition and food, and he still hasn't fallen down until now, relying on his perseverance on the field.

As a result, this guy James was still able to erupt with such strength so far, which made Su Jiu feel a little bad.

"Change, change, change!!"

When Su Jiu regained his composure, he found that Xiao Lizi had obviously lost his position, and at this moment, Mo Williams was pulled directly outside the three-point line on the left after the pick-and-roll.

If Su Jiu chooses to keep up with Mo Williams at this time, then James can easily break through the defense and get to the basket.

So at the moment when the pick-and-roll was opened, Su Jiu pushed a handful of Lizi directly, and shouted anxiously.

Since Courtney Lee has always shouldered the task of defending James in this game, and his playing time at this moment has reached 36 minutes.

So the current little Lizi's feet are a little weak, which also caused him to fail to keep up with James' footsteps immediately after facing the pick-and-roll.

However, after feeling Su Jiu's pushing and anxious voice towards him, Courtney Lee also gritted his teeth suddenly at this moment, bursting out with strength in an instant, and threw himself in the direction of Mo Williams.

And when Courtney Lee arrived for the first time, James' pass also happened to be in the hands of Mo Williams.

Just after Mo Williams received the pass, Li Zi rushed forward in time, leaving Mo Williams with no room to shoot.

But when Mo Williams was hesitating whether to force the shot, he heard James loudly asking for the ball at the first time.

After hearing James' shout, Mo Williams also returned the ball directly to James, and then pulled himself to the other side, freeing up more space for James.

After all, it is point guard Su Jiu, who is only 1.9 meters tall, defending James at the moment. This can be said to be a natural misplacement! !

Seeing that there was a dislocation on the field at this time, the other players of the Cavaliers didn't need to remind them at all. They immediately opened up space and freed up more singles opportunities for James.

Even this kind of scene surprised Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown, because James went to Su Jiu, whose physical strength was almost exhausted in singles, this was simply an excellent opportunity for misplacement! !

And once the Cavaliers can score this goal, even if it is only a two-pointer, then the point difference on the field will also be reduced to two points, and the situation will be much better in an instant! !

However, when Stan Van Gundy saw that Su Jiu was misplaced by James, he frowned tightly, and couldn't help but hide his feet anxiously on the sidelines.

Because even when Su Jiu was at his best physical strength, he might have escaped death when defending James.

So at this stage of the game, Su Jiu's personal physical strength has long been on the verge of collapse. At this moment, defending James in a misplaced position is simply a sheep in the mouth of a tiger! !

Seeing that he was misplaced by James, Su Jiu instantly felt something was wrong.

But still lowered the center of gravity for the first time, and moved the body backwards, trying to give myself more opportunities to react, because James's ball has a high probability of breaking through! !

Barkley: "Su was also successfully dislocated by the Cavaliers' pick-and-roll on this ball. At this moment, Su is dislocated to defend LeBron. This is simply a bad situation."

"Besides, Su's physical strength has basically reached his limit so far. We can easily see this from the previous rounds of offense and defense."

"So it's really dangerous for Su at this moment."

Kenny Smith: "Yes, although Su's personal defensive ability is very good, but don't say that Su's current physical strength is on the verge of collapse, just to say that defending LeBron in a misplaced position is definitely a very difficult thing!!"

Under the voice of the on-site commentator, the fans in the entire Orlando Arena fell into a silent scene instantly after seeing this situation.

Everyone put their hands tightly on their chests, with nervousness and anticipation on their faces, as if they were praying for this defense.

And when everyone was very nervous, at this moment LeBron James suddenly took two steps back with the ball, and it seemed that he wanted to complete a tough breakthrough.

Seeing James' movements, Su Jiu concentrated all his energy, not daring to move on James' body, for fear that he might miss some details in the blink of an eye.

As time passed a little bit, James also suddenly started a breakthrough after assisting.

When James broke through in front of his eyes, Su Jiu only felt a gust of wind hit his face, and even this force made Su Jiu grit his teeth unconsciously.

However, when many spectators at the scene had already covered their eyes and dared not look at it, an accident suddenly happened on the field! !

"God!!"

"Oy!!"

Just when James broke through in front of Su Jiu, Su Jiu stretched out his hand suddenly.

And this time, he cut the ball very accurately. After feeling that he had successfully cut the basketball, Su Jiu didn't have time to think about it, but directly swooped and got the basketball behind James.

At the same time that James reacted, Su Jiu also stumbled up from the ground, and then buried himself in a sprint forward.

At this moment, Su Jiu only felt that his legs were filled with lead, and his speed on the court was as slow as a snail.

But Su Jiu still clenched his teeth, as if he used his strength when he was breastfeeding to sprint with all his strength.

While sprinting, Su Jiu felt a strong wind following behind him, which was obviously LeBron James following behind him.

Just as he sprinted near the free throw line, Su Jiu gritted his teeth suddenly, and stood up forcibly in three steps to complete a fast break dunk with both hands.

Due to the exhaustion of physical strength, at this moment Su Jiu only felt that his jumping ability had been greatly reduced, but he was still ready to press the ball into the basket with all his strength.

But just when Su Jiu was jumping in the air, he suddenly felt a force coming from his back.

This force hit him like a boulder, causing Su Jiu in the air to lose his balance in an instant, and flew towards the outside of the court.

"Pfft!"

"what!"

With a loud noise, Su Jiu also curled up into a ball after landing, clutching his right elbow tightly, and let out that very painful cry from his mouth.

And because Su Jiu's body was unbalanced in the last kick, the ball finally hit Lan Neck and was ejected high.

However, the moment Su Jiu landed, the referee in the backcourt immediately blew the whistle on his neck.

"Beep-beep!"

Defensive foul! !

While the referee whistled the foul, LeBron James rushed up and complained to the referee.

However, the players on the Magic team immediately ran to the frontcourt, ready to check on Su Jiu's personal situation.

After all his teammates surrounded him, Su Jiu, who was lying on the ground, was panting heavily while rubbing his right elbow.

This look is simply as embarrassing as it looks, as sad as it is sad.

"Su, what's the matter, I can't stand it."

Howard, who was surrounded by Su Jiu at this moment, also squatted down to check Su Jiu's personal situation for the first time.

After hearing Howard's words, Su Jiu gritted his teeth and said with pain and fatigue:

"Huh~, I should be able to hold on."

After Su Jiu was pulled up by his teammates in the frontcourt, bursts of cheers erupted from the entire Orlando Arena.

Under the cheers of the fans at the scene, Su Jiu gritted his teeth and stood on the free throw line. After receiving the serve given to him by the referee, Su Jiu first took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and then raised his hand to throw the first free throw.

"Shu~"

98:93

Following Su Jiu's first free throw, there was another burst of crazy shouts in the Orlando Arena, and every fan seemed to have fallen into a kind of madness at this time.

Picking up a corner of the jersey, Su Jiu wiped the sweat from his eyes first, then took a deep breath, and then nodded to the referee to indicate that he could serve.

After receiving the referee's serve again, just as Su Jiu was adjusting his breathing, the entire Orlando Arena rang out faintly at this moment! !

"MVP~MVP~MVP~"

Facing the vague and orderly sounds of the entire home court, Su Jiu was concentrating on staring at the basket at the moment, as calm as if he didn't hear any sound in his ears.

As Su Jiu raised his hand again, under the sound of the MVP of the entire home court, the basketball also drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then

"Shu~"

Respond to the Internet! !

"Su!!"

"Enter!"

99:93

Following Su Jiu's free throw, the atmosphere of the entire home court seemed to be pushed to a climax in an instant.

Under the crazy shouts of all the fans, Mike Brown angrily called the last timeout of the game.

During the timeout, Su Jiu didn't know how he got back to the field, but when he was half lying on the chair, the last voice that came from his ear was:

"Su, well done!!"

After returning from the timeout, Su Jiu only felt that he had not rested all over his body, as if he was even more sore than at that moment just now.

But the soreness in his body reminded Su Jiu of a very cruel fact, that is, the game is not over yet...

As the Cavaliers served from the sideline, Su Jiu gritted his teeth and followed Mo Williams closely.

In the end, when the five seconds of the serve were approaching, Ilgauskas also sent the ball to Delonti West who went to the outside to catch the ball.

Since the Cavaliers are already six points behind, the team urgently needs a three-pointer at the moment.

So after receiving Ilgauskas' serve, West also directly completed a shot from outside the three-point line.

After the shot, the entire Orlando Arena seemed to fall into silence for an instant, and every fan and player was staring at the shot.

"boom!"

As the sound of basketball hitting the iron came out, Howard, the monster under the basket, also tried his best to protect the backcourt rebound abruptly.

Seeing Howard who successfully protected the backcourt rebound, Ben Wallace followed Mike Brown's order and fouled Howard immediately.

After being fouled, Howard also successfully completed two free throws under tremendous pressure, and with this free throw made by Howard, the current score on the field came:

100:93

Leading the Cavaliers by 7 points, and with less than 10 seconds left, the Cavaliers did not call for a timeout.

As the Cavaliers failed to hit a super long three-pointer from the backcourt, the game was completely declared over.

At the same time as the final whistle sounded, the entire Orlando Arena was instantly boiled.

The players of the Magic team also ran into the court for the first time to celebrate.

In the midst of this joyful scene, Su Jiu, who was standing at the back of the court, collapsed directly to the ground.

Before closing his eyes, although there was a smile on the corner of Su Jiu's mouth, there was only one last thought in his mind:

"I... really led the team to win..."

　I can't do it today, my brain hurts like hell, I'm very confused, the kind of delirious.

　　That's all for this chapter today. Although I'm late, I finally made it out.

　　I can't do it, brothers, sleep, sleep, good night...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)