Chapter 226 Mr. Key
"Technical fouls, at this critical moment... Drexler's uncoolness has cost the Trail Blazers. They are currently five points ahead of the Nuggets. Now Inglish is on the free throw line to execute the technical foul free throw, and the ball is still in the hands of the Nuggets. This is very unfavorable for the Trail Blazers."
Seanley's commentary revealed a strong sense of anxiety. Although the Trail Blazers remained ahead in the score, the situation on the field was tilting towards the Nuggets.
English stood on the free throw line and made a steadily free throw. 124:120. The gap between the two sides finally reached less than five points, and the ball was still on the Nuggets' side.
There are more than two minutes left before the end of the game, and the Nuggets still have the ball in a 4-point gap. If they score this goal, narrowing the gap to two points or even one point, then it is far from known who will win this game.
"The Trail Blazers replaced Kenny Carl and replaced Sampson, and he would defend Issel." Taking advantage of the dead ball, Ramsey decisively replaced Sampson and asked him to defend the old fried dough stick Issel. He was afraid that Gan Guoyang would suffer a loss in front of Issel.
"The Nuggets serve, Isel stepped forward to receive the ball, passed the ball to Cooper, and Cooper was handed over to Inglish, and Inglish made a jump shot!"
The Nuggets pulled out all two players in the inside. Isel first received the ball from the left three-point line, and then passed the ball to Cooper who was responding at the top of the arc.
At this time, Inglish was trying his best to get rid of Drexler's entanglement, and ran from the right side to the front of the basket. Cooper immediately passed the ball to Inglish.
After receiving the ball, England did not pause at all and immediately turned over and jumped, and Drexler also rushed up!
"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded!
At this time, England had already shot the ball, and he himself fell to the ground, standing next to him was Drexler who turned his head to look at the basket.
"Swish!" The ball was hollow into the net! The ball in England struck the throats of all the fans in the Memorial Stadium like a razor, and the entire stadium suddenly became quiet.
The referee's whistle seemed particularly harsh at this time, and it echoed in the ears of every Trail Blazers player.
"No. 22, the foul foul!" O'Donnell made a foul gesture for the foul, and while saying that, pointing at Drexler, who was still standing in a daze.
"Drexler's foul! This should be his sixth foul, he is going to be sent off! And Inglish has a chance to score three points, my god, the Trail Blazers have come to a very unfavorable situation."
Drexler was not as excited as the previous foul this time because he did hit the foul, but he still hated O'Donnell in his heart. He felt that he had received special care in this game. As for why, who knows?
O'Donnell pointed at Drexler and made a gesture to send him out. Drexler could only sit on the bench with his head down.
Since then, Drexler and O'Donnell have also settled their grudges. The grudges between the two will last for a full ten years. It will not be until ten years later, after a controversial punishment, that they will have an understanding.
There are 2 minutes and 29 seconds left before the end of the fourth quarter, and the score becomes 124:122. Drexler was sent off, and Inglish has to go to the free throw line and adds the penalty.
If the ball is made, the difference between the two sides will become only one point.
The Trail Blazers have come to the brink of extreme danger.
"English once again stood on the free throw line. He has scored 43 points. His free throw percentage this season is 83%.
With a shooting percentage of more than 80%, plus good psychological quality, Inglish steadily scored the ball on the free throw line, 124:123, the score difference between the two sides was only 1 point!
After Inglish hit a free throw, Corte received a serve from Gan Guoyang and began dribbling across the half court, organizing this key attack.
But at this time, Ramsey made another small mistake. After replacing Jim Paxson with Drexler, he did not replace Valentine, but continued to leave rookie Cort on the court.
Colt worked very well when pairing with Drexler because he dared to take action, and his organizational flaws can be compensated by Drexler.
But after Parkson came on the court, Parkson was a player who was good at running, receiving and shooting, and his combination with Valentine was the best.
Ramsey was stunned by the sudden change in the field. He did not send Valentine, an experienced point guard, to the field, but let the rookie Corte control a key attack.
Although Cort is old and dares to fight, he is young after all. Although the atmosphere of the game suddenly becomes tense, Cort also begins to shrink his hands and feet.
"Corte was a little hesitant. He was double-teamed on the right side! He couldn't pass the ball!"
Colt made a mistake. He was forced to advance from the right by Liff, but was double-teamed by two old Trail Blazers, Liff and Cooper, on the right sideline!
Gan Guoyang hurried forward to pick up the ball, but Corte could no longer pass the ball!
"Corte's ball was cut by Leaf!" Seanley's voice was full of anxiety, because the Trail Blazers' backcourt was empty.
Leaf ran wildly towards the frontcourt, which was a goal that turned the tide of the Nuggets. At this time, a hint of revenge flashed in Leaf's heart, because he had seen many Trail Blazers fans on the sidelines covering their mouths. He had imagined the disappointment of Trail Blazers fans after he advanced the ball.
The basket is close at hand, and no one defends it. As long as one light layup and two points get, the Nuggets will complete the overtake! The difference between 18 points behind in the third quarter will be completely smoothed out by them!
Leaf took off and gently sent the ball out. He could have expected the ball to bounce into the basket while rubbing the rebound.
But Lif suddenly felt a huge force coming from behind in the air, and he felt his whole body being pressed down.
A huge shadow appeared above his head. As the ball was about to hit the rebound, a big hand pressed it hard!
"Bang!" The ball was nailed to the rebound by that hand!
Soon, Leaf lost his balance and fell to the ground. The moment he fell to the ground, he looked back and found that the ball had fallen back to Cort's hand!
"What-a-play! What-a-play! (So beautiful!) Rip-city!" Seanley couldn't hide his excitement and shouted out rip-city again!
The scene immediately turned from silence to a huge explosion, and cheers were like ignited firecrackers resounding throughout the stadium!
Liff was lying on the ground and didn't know what was going on. The referee's whistle didn't sound, so he could only get up and return to defense quickly.
Only then did he realize that a person crawled out of the crowd of fans in the audience outside the bottom line and barely stood back to the stadium with the help of the fans.
It's Gan Guoyang!
A block like a life-saving pill, a successful defense that ran into the half!
Sometimes, changing the situation on the court only requires one ball!
Gan Guoyang wanted to come forward to pick up Corte, but Corte was intercepted. Gan Guoyang immediately chased after him without saying a word.
But Gan Guoyang did not follow Liv closely, but followed Liv's right, two steps away from Liv. Liv didn't expect that Gan Guoyang could quickly start at the last moment at such a distance, jumped up and nailed his ball to the rebound.
Perhaps Leaf was too focused on avenging the Trail Blazers and ignored the Trail Blazers' new patron saint.
"Gan saved the Trail Blazers, but the game was not over yet. Gan returned to the game, and the fans were cheering and boiling. Gan began to get a position at the low post! Cort passed the ball to Gan! Gan, holding back Cooper, and the Nuggets came forward to double-team! But he pushed Cooper and made a layup... The ball was in! The ball was in! "
Make a move in one go! This is making a move in one go!
Gan Guoyang had almost no offensive opportunity in the fourth quarter, but everyone in the Trail Blazers knew that they would hand over the ball to Gan Guoyang, and the Nuggets also knew that the Trail Blazers were going to attack from Gan Guoyang. They chose to double-team, but Gan Guoyang, who had accumulated a quarter of game strength, was simply unstoppable by Cooper.
He turned around and squeezed into the basket, and put the ball into the basket under the double-team of the three!
"It's-my-house! (This is my home court!)" After scoring the goal, Gan Guoyang vented his anger and dissatisfaction from being chased for a whole quarter.
The situation was reversed again, and there was 1 minute and 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and 126:123, the Trail Blazers once again pulled themselves above the safety line.
More importantly, the morale of the Trail Blazers was depressed by being continuously chased in the fourth quarter, and was swept away by Gan Guoyang's block and a layup.
Ramsey on the sidelines watched Gan Guoyang instantly fill the morale of the Trail Blazers. He had to admit that although Van dervic was the number one scorer in the Trail Blazers, Gan Guoyang is the real key gentleman of the team.
Not to mention the final victory over the Lakers this season, in the first game with the Nuggets at the beginning of the season, Gan Guoyang made consecutive key goals in the last moment and overtime, resuming the Blazers' lives.
If the Trail Blazers hadn't had a slightly worse luck, the Trail Blazers wouldn't have to wait until the end of the season to achieve it.
"Defend well! Don't miss gaps! Pay attention to filling up the position! Pay attention to filling up the position!" Ramsey also suddenly regained his vitality and began to command loudly on the sidelines.
In comparison, the Nuggets seemed to be a little confused by the hit. His passing speed suddenly slowed down and his operation began to become stagnant. Every time he made a choice, he seemed a little hesitant.
"Keep on!"
As time passes little by little, the Trail Blazers are getting stronger and stronger as they defend, the Nuggets have never found a good shooting opportunity.
They had to give the ball to England again and let England solve the problem alone.
But when the ball was handed to England, there were only 3 seconds left in 24 seconds of offense, and England barely took action at 20 feet.
"Bang!" The ball didn't go in! Gan Guoyang pushed Cooper away under the basket, jumped up and took the rebound.
At this time, the referee will not easily call a foul.
Gan Guoyang handed the ball to Corte, and the Trail Blazers fought back against each other. If the ball was scored, it would be a fatal blow to the Nuggets.
Gan Guoyang ran through the half as quickly as the wind, and he directly opened his position at the low position on the right side!
Colte threw the ball at Gan Guoyang without any hesitation. Gan Guoyang stretched out his long arm and jumped up to catch the long pass.
The Nuggets players were about to step forward and attack, but they were too late.
After landing, Gan Guoyang did not do any dribbling movements. He pushed Cooper with his right arm, raised his left leg, and held the ball high with his left hand.
"Left-Sky-Hook! (Left-hand Sky Hook!)"
"Swish!" The ball entered.
Chapter completed!