basketball dreams

Chapter 68
With 14 seconds left in the game, Thompson blocked Lillard's shot, and then Li Yunchen succeeded in a fast break dunk, opening the gap between the two sides to 3 points!
It can almost be said that this is the goal that sealed the outcome of the game. After the goal was scored, almost everyone on the Cavaliers side breathed a sigh of relief. Three points, at least they can guarantee their invincibility.

However, after breathing a sigh of relief, everyone focused their attention again. After all, the game hadn't really ended yet.

Moreover, the opponent has Lillard, a super big-hearted player, the man who once killed the Rockets in 0.9 seconds in the playoffs, no matter when, he should not be underestimated!
Stotts called a timeout, and he wanted to fight for offensive time. The current situation is very critical for the Blazers.

The two sides returned to the bench to rest, and Yun Chen and others also returned to Tai Lunlu.

"Nice job! Thompson! That big hat of yours is so handsome!" JR was as happy as a two-hundred-pound child at this time, and rushed up to give Thompson a bear hug, completely ignoring the latter's sweat .

"Haha, I just want to blow up the Blazers and let Nurkic be honest with me!" Thompson was also very emotional.

But after the excitement, they quickly calmed down and surrounded Tylen Lue. At this time, defensive tactics will determine the success or failure of this game.

"Next, they will definitely use foul tactics to waste time. Li and Hill, you two must be steady in your free throws, do you hear me!" Tyronn Ruby was much calmer and quickly entered the state.

Yunchen and Hill looked at each other, and then they both nodded at the same time.

Next, Tyronn Lue emphasized the focus of defense.

Lillard has undoubtedly become everyone's target. The Cavaliers mainly defend against him, and the Blazers' attacker must also be him.

However, while defending Lillard, McCollum cannot be ignored. In terms of shooting ability alone, his level is not lower than Lillard.

"Beep!" Finally, the decisive moment came, the referee blew his whistle, and the players from both sides returned to the field.

The faces of the Blazers players are extremely serious at this time, especially Lillard. The ball was blocked just now to a large extent because he underestimated the opponent, and did not pay attention to the opponent's inside defense at all.

The two sides settled down, and Aminu served from the outside.The Blazers are frantically covering Lillard. They have only one purpose, and that is to let Lillard get the right to attack!

But the Cavaliers couldn't let them do it so easily. Osman and Hill surrounded Lillard in a tacit understanding, giving Lillard the greatest defensive pressure.

But after all, Lillard has experienced a lot of battles, and after some spiritual moves, he still got rid of the two, and finally received the ball on the right side of the three-point line, and then everyone began to shrink near the three-point line.

On the Cavaliers' side, Love was taken out from the inside. Now they would rather put the opponent on the inside to get two points than let Lillard shoot a three-pointer.

"Wow!" Lillard moved a moment after he was set, facing Hill's defense, he was dazzled by various changes of direction just like he did in the singles before, and Hill obviously couldn't keep up.

There is an obvious gap between the two in strength.

After a confrontation for about 4 seconds, Lillard made a quick breakthrough, passed Hill and rushed into the three-point line. It seemed that they were going to get two quick points.

At this time, Yunchen and Osman immediately shrank inward to defend, and Lillard's offensive line was directly blocked.

But just when people thought he was about to stop for a jump shot, he actually passed the ball to Aminu on the outside with a flick of his hand!
Osman secretly said that he was not good, and immediately went back to defend.

However, instead of making a shot, Aminu paused and passed the ball directly to the top of the arc.

There, McCollum has run out of space!This was Yun Chen's mistake. He believed too much that the opponent would hit two points, so he directly emptied the outside line.

"Ah!" Yun Chen yelled in shock. At this moment, he panicked again. He finally redeemed himself with a three-pointer. Could it be that he still couldn't escape the fate of being blamed?
If the ball is lost, the media will criticize him!

McCollum received the ball, and no one around him was defending. After getting the ball, he raised his hand and shot without stopping.

Yun Chen was a little speechless at this time, is it true that the Blazers players are so decisive at critical moments?

"Wow!" The basketball flew into the sky in front of his eyes. The rhythm of this three-point shot was perfect, and the Cavaliers could only watch it fly from above their heads to the basket!
At this moment, all the players on the Cavaliers side and almost every fan on the bench stopped breathing!
"bang!"

However, the three-point scoring method has the lowest success rate on the basketball court after all.

The arc of McCollum's ball was so perfect that Yunchen felt that the game was about to be tied like this.

But it still hit the iron. It bounced off the edge of the basket and flew a long way, and finally fell to the sidelines. The Blazers' best chance to tie the score disappeared.

"Wow!" The fans have already started cheering ahead of time. At this time, there are only 8 seconds left in the game, and the chances of the Blazers to tie the score are getting slimmer and slimmer.

"Phew!" Yun Chen put his hands on his thighs, and couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief. McCollum's move just now really scared him a lot.

The Cavaliers have the ball, Osman serves from the bottom line, Yunchen and Hill receive the ball.

The Blazers pressed hard, and Hill managed to catch the ball steadily through running.

Not surprisingly, Lillard made a foul, the number of fouls had already been reached, and he went directly to the free throw line.

Although Hill missed a key free throw in the first game of the finals last season, he withstood the pressure in this game and made two free throws.

114-119, the Cavaliers lead by 5 points, and the outcome is almost obvious.

But Stotts was not ready to give up, so he called a timeout and rearranged a halftime tactic.

However, their offense still failed to score, and finally Aminu took the shot. He hit the iron in the middle distance under the strict defense of Osman, and Thompson protected the last defensive rebound.

This time, the Blazers finally gave up the game, and Thompson handed the ball to Hill, who spent the last few seconds with the ball.

"Beep!" The final whistle sounded, and the game ended.

"Ahh!" The moment Yun Chen heard the final whistle, he almost fell to the ground. From the beginning of the season to now, this game is really the most exhausting one he has ever played.

In the last section, his spirit had been in a tense state, but at this moment he suddenly relaxed, and his vision blurred.

"Are you okay? Li." But just as he propped up his thighs and almost sat on the field, someone next to him came and patted him.

Yun Chen looked up, it was Lillard.

"Ah, brother, I don't want to play such a fierce game with you again. It's more tiring than playing back-to-back away games." Seeing Lillard, Yun Chen couldn't help complaining.

Hearing this, Lillard also laughed. Although he lost the game, it allowed him to truly see Yunchen's strength and made him more interested in Yunchen.

"Hehe, it's too easy if you don't want to play a game with me, just join us." He took the opportunity to win over Yunchen again.

"Oh, forget it then." But Yun Chen wasn't fooled, although he was tired, his mind was still very clear.

"Hahahahaha." In the end, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Full game data: Trail Blazers 114-117 Cavaliers, the Cavaliers narrowly won by three points.

骑士这边，凯文乐福得到25分15个篮板，其中前场篮板5个，李云晨27分9篮板8助攻准三双，奥斯曼12分7篮板6助攻，塞斯库里11分4助攻，特里斯坦汤普森8分9篮板3盖帽。

For the Blazers, Lillard scored a game-high 38 points and 7 assists, McCollum had 23 points and 5 rebounds, Aminu had 17 points and 4 assists, and Nurkic had 24 points and 10 rebounds.

(End of this chapter)