Chapter 980 (1/2)
Until now, Steve Cole couldn't believe that link had covered Thompson's shot.
Although Cole is his first year as head coach, he has been in the League for many years as a player. After his retirement, he also served as the general manager of the suns and worked as a commentator at T.N.T...
it can be said that Cole has been dealing with NBA players all his life. He has seen countless incredible players, from Jordan to the second decade of the millennium, and he has watched countless players rise and fall.
But just the kind of block that takes off from mid range and blocks the shooter off the three-point line... Steve Cole hasn't seen it in years.
A block, destroyed the victory of the warriors. Without the seal from link, the warriors will now lead by three points in the last 3.1 seconds.
Without that goal, Cole would have been able to celebrate ahead of time.
But link crushed it all and destroyed it all by himself. Even if the attack power decreases, link can torture warriors in other ways.
He's like a big devil, making Auckland fans miserable.
Last season, Cole after watching the Spurs and Grizzlies series, germinated the idea of five small lineups.
Although the Grizzlies played well last season, Cole still felt quite incredible that the Spurs only won one game in the series.
Cole played for the Spurs as a player and has worked with Duncan and Popovich. He knows better than anyone what a great and powerful team San Antonio is.
But last season, the Spurs played the best team basketball, actually only won a grizzly bear, this let colbeth not understand, incomparably confused.
Now, a year later, when he was actually standing opposite link, Cole finally understood why.
A player like link can get all teams into a mess! Only by fighting him in person can you really appreciate his horror.
On the big screen, the picture of link blocking Thompson's shooting was also replayed. All the fans around the world who paid attention to the game were stunned. Link's frightening take-off height made people shut their mouths for a long time.
Link's block was a big blow to morale, but the warriors fans didn't give up cheering for their players.
After all, the right to kill the game is still in the hands of the warriors!
After Cole nervously arranged the tactics of the final attack, the pause time just ended.
The air in the Oracle stadium seems to be getting cold. No matter what happens later, it will have a profound impact on this game and even the whole series.
Warrior side, in the last minute still sent their five small teams of death.
And Grizzlies here, is still the first five tigers to play. Vince Carter was standing on the sidelines, and he knew what he was going to do next, so he kept taking deep breaths, adjusting his heart rate and tight muscles.
This time, he must not miss again!
Of course, before that happens, the Grizzlies have to grab the ball from the warriors.
This is almost another impossible task.
The game started again and the players on both sides crowded together. This kind of moment has experienced innumerable times, whether as the offensive side or as the defensive side, link is quite experienced.
But never before, he had to get the ball back in this situation... It's not the most difficult thing to prevent the opponent's kill ball, the most difficult thing is to complete the snatch in this 3.1 second time.
3.1 seconds. To put it bluntly, link has only one chance to try. He failed, and the whole game effort and the last elbow in the third quarter were wasted.
Link is following Steven curry, who believes that curry will be the warriors' last shot. The last time the two sides reached a decisive moment, Cole had used Thompson. That time, Thompson failed to kill the game.
Just now, Thompson missed another shot.
So Cole will definitely try a change. The most steady heart player of the warriors at the critical moment is Curry!
Green was on the sideline to serve, and clay Thompson came to meet him. But Jimmy Butler blocked Thompson to death and gave him no chance to catch the ball.
On the other side, Barnes is very clever to cut in suddenly! Now the two sides are tied and no one has to kill the game with a three-point goal.
Tony Allen, however, was not fooled by the trivia. He caught up with Barnes in time and blocked the passing route!
Although Thompson and Barnes are very active, they are just feigning. Their job is to attract attention and hide.
Sure enough, after Thompson and Barnes, the library that had no reaction suddenly started! Besides, there is a Livingston who does not have the ball to cover beside him!
Livingston is a full back player and he is not supposed to be a cover. But now this critical moment, link really dare not squeeze through roughly. If Livingston is knocked down and the warriors are on the free throw line, it's all over.Curry took the cover and killed him immediately. Although link skilfully bypassed Livingston, he was still half a body behind curry.
Green saw the timing and passed the ball. Link gritted his teeth, staring at the orange basketball that was slowly approaching curry.