Chapter 666: The Longest Ending (2/3)
Starburst, rush out!
In a dazzling quick cooperation, two players with ball-holding ability on the outside of Philadelphia rushed out in turn, using Chen Mu's gravity as a cover, and seemed to step forward to catch the ball.
After settling down, he suddenly turned around, the door closed, and Chen Mu rushed out.
"Boss-!!"
Lowry swept his eyes, saw it clearly, and sent a pass the ball the moment Chen Mu rushed out of the elevator door. Rondo, who was defending in front of him, quickly moved his long arms and almost touched the basketball.
The basketball hit the ground and came to Chen Mu's hands, Rondo completely ignored Lowry who began to run towards the top of the arc, but turned around on the spot and began to wrap Chen Mu on the spot.
No, not a bag clip.
It's ...... encirclement and suppression!
What the......?!
Chen Mu received the ball, and as soon as the basketball was started, Rondo had already waved his arms and pounced.
Iguodala and Carney, who should have stopped Garnett perfectly behind him, did a good job. But Pierce and Ray Allen, who defended Philadelphia's outside line, also counterattacked directly on the spot, allowing Iguodala and Carney to rush to the weak side.
These guys are going to ......
"Bang bang bang!"
Chen Mu didn't dare to hesitate any longer, three outside players stepped forward to encircle and suppress, and his position was two steps away from the three-point line, and if he hesitated, the ball would be taken out immediately.
Dribbling three times in a row, Chen Mu took advantage of Pierce's defense to be completely in place, using his strength and body to forcibly crush and press Rondo to rush inside.
"Kevin !!"
Pierce knew it was his problem and shouted that, on the other side, Garnett appeared. Turned away by the elevator, the wolf king went straight to the fire escape, ran the stairs to the inner line, and blocked Chen Mu's way.
There are three outside players chasing after him. In front of him was the desperate and frantic defense of the wolf king Garnett, and Perkins was already running not far away.
Starburst?
Come on.
Chen Mu may be a star, but the Celtics ......
It's a superstar black hole!
"Old, Big-!!"
On the outside, the shouts of Lowry, Carney, and Iguodala sounded, and Milicic also ran quickly, wanting to help Chen Mu turn the ball.
The Philadelphia Perimeter Line is already empty and can't be empty anymore. As long as you can pass the ball in time......
"Whoosh!"
“YES!!!”
Carlisle raised his arm on the sidelines.
Chen, never drops the chain.
Although I didn't expect that the Celtics would be so crazy about encircling Chen Mu and ignoring other players at all. But even if you encounter such an unexpected situation, there will be no mistakes.
Next, it's up to the sky.
The first time, both as a player and as a coach. Carlisle looked up at the dome of the stadium.
If you're watching us from there, please let me know!
No, it's okay if you don't tell me, I just want you to give me a result.
I know I'm not a godly servant, but if I hadn't done anything bad......
Let the ball go into the frame!!
"Smack"
The man who received the ball was Carney.
Due to the time delayed by the Celtics' sudden black hole defense, the time the ball came to Carney's hands, the timer showed the remaining time. It was 1.33 seconds.
Enough is enough.
No matter how slow the action of the player, so long. You can also make a full shot.
"Whew......!"
Rodney Carney didn't have the slightest emotion on his face, and perhaps for him as a single cell, there was no difference between the ball and the ball that he had shot countless times on a regular day.
To enter or not to enter, it all depends on the feel.
Vajovia, the audience was silent.
Basketball. Flying to the basket, Rivers and his favorites also turned back to look at the life-or-death basketball.
Unprecedented resistance actually appeared on the Philadelphia 76ers. Celtic's strongest opponent on the road to defending the title. It turned out that the Philadelphia 76ers, who couldn't make the playoffs four seasons ago, were considered to be at the bottom of the league three seasons ago, and only won the first round of the post-Iverson post-Iverson playoff series two seasons ago.
Now, they are on the final stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, and it is this three-point shot that decides where they will go.
And this ball it ......
"Missed ......!"
"Dang", "Dut-!!! ”
"It's game over! It's game over! 96-94, the Boston Celtics won away, and the Eastern Conference Finals series ended, and the Celtics won 4-3 to become the 2008-2009 NBA Eastern Conference champions......!!!! ”
“NO…… NONONONONONONONONO……!!!! ”
Vajovia, countless fans held their heads in their hands, looked up at the scoreboard, and finally looked at the players on the field, with endless surprise and incomprehension in their eyes.
They can't accept, can't accept the cruelty of this sudden death.
Even if you already know in your heart that even if the 76ers enter the Finals, they will not be the opponent of the Lakers with a full lineup, but they have come to this point, won't they have the slightest idea?
Carney didn't do anything wrong, Chen Mu didn't do anything wrong, the whole Philadelphia team didn't do anything wrong, this game, no, from the beginning to the end of this series, all the Philadelphians didn't do anything wrong.
Wrong, maybe it's a damn injury.
"Hey, referee......!"
The expression on Carney's face froze, his hand still kept shooting, the flame in his eyes was extinguishing, he looked back at the referee not far away, and said hesitantly: "That...... That ball went out of bounds at the last minute, right? What I saw, after smashing the frame, it was out of bounds when it landed, I saw the time, and there was still time! Time hasn't run out yet! We've got about 0.5 seconds to go, referee, take a look at ......."
"Rodney ......"
Iguodala grimaced, walked up to Carney, put his hand on Carney's shoulder, and said, "When you go out of bounds, time has run out......"
"I didn't ...... No, ......! ”
Carney glared at Iguodala, who was looking down at the floor, and said, "I'm watching, I'm paying attention!" Andre, you didn't face the basket at that moment, you didn't see the number display of the timer on the rebound, so you didn't figure it out. I see it. I can see very clearly that there is still time when the basketball is out of bounds! 0.5 seconds to go! ”
With that, Carney started to walk to the sideline and shouted to the referee who was about to leave the field: "Referee, give me the ball!" No, no, no. Give the ball to Boston, they're going to serve, and then we're going to foul and if we're fast enough, we're going to have 0.4, or 0.3 seconds to attack. We can! We can play a three-plus-one! ”
"Rodney, you ......"
Lowry crossed his hands on his hips, and his nose was sour when he saw Carney's unyielding appearance. I didn't know what to say for a while.
"Didn't you hear the referee? I said, "We're not yet, we're done!! ”
Walking forward, Lowry reached out and grabbed Carney, who had already started yelling at the referee, and pulled hard, but Carney threw him away.
"Lowry! Don't give up! We still have time, and anything can happen if the game is not over! Boston has never beaten us in Wachovia, we are gods in Wachovia! Who said this, have you all forgotten?? It's the boss. It's the boss who ......."
Speaking loudly, the fans in the stadium were silent and silent. It is said that everyone watched Carney go crazy, but no one could bear to stop it. Some fans even shed tears on the spot, covering their faces with their hands and sobbing incessantly. Some fans may not even know that they have cried, and tears are connected into clear necklaces and slip from the corners of their eyes. But they don't know it.
In their hands, slogans and large avatars were still held in the air. In their ears, the DJ's tireless shouting didn't seem to stop. Before their eyes, it was as if the game had only reached halftime. There was still half time, a full 24 minutes left for them to enjoy.
It's as if the Philadelphia 76ers haven't fallen yet.
"You guys who don't have a fighting heart, it's just a little setback, there's less time left, and there's no hope! Didn't Fisher score a 0.4-second shot? Isn't there an example of the NCAA serving in the backcourt and directly going beyond the three-point shot? Miracles are things that have to be believed in and can be possible, are you right, boss......"
Carney turned his head and looked at Chen Mu in the black hole of the Celtic superstar, and when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything anymore.
Chen Mu was standing there, his eyes were also looking at Carney who was constantly fooling around, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, but there were some jewel-like things in the corners of his eyes, reflecting the stadium lights.
"Rodney, it's over."
Chen Mu opened his mouth, stepped forward, and reached out to rub Carney's head as he walked past him.
"The game is over."
In the back of Chen Mu walking towards the Celtics players, Carney clearly saw that the soul of Philadelphia that would never fall, and his shoulders seemed to tremble slightly.
"It's over, Rodney, we're ...... Let's go. ”
Iguodala also walked over to Carney and reached out to pat Carney on the back, and Carney could feel that a force was coming from behind him, hitting his heart in waves.
"We ...... Woo...... There is still time...... Target...... Woowoowoo......"
Rodni Carni, crying, stood in place and reached out to wipe his eyes, his eyes could no longer see anything, and his other hand grabbed the corner of the jersey and pulled it down hard, like a child.
"Woo woo woo ......"
Carney's cry seemed to be infectious, causing the fans who saw this scene to be stunned, and then many people sobbed.
Tears fell, Carney went limp, as if his soul had been drained, and he let his body be dragged by Iguodala and Lowry to the center of the court, and the tears in his eyes could not be stopped.
Iguodala bit her lower lip, the corners of her mouth twitched, the corners of her eyes trembled slightly, she blinked vigorously, and stubbornly looked at the dazzling light above her head.
Lowry leaned against Carney's side, fists clenched, and looked down at the ground. After a while, there were some droplets that couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears, dripping and scattering, like tiny crowns.
Milicic turned his head sideways to look at the sidelines, gasping for breath, as if he had not yet recovered from the exhaustion of the game. The handsome face was full of unwillingness, and when he passed by the bench, he flew up and kicked a chair directly.
Evans, Willie Green, Thaddeus Young, and the giants on the Philadelphia bench didn't say a word, and after getting up, they looked at the scoreboard for a long time, I don't know how many times they confirmed it, and they always felt that this instrument was probably misremembering the score.
Carlisle sat on the bench, bowed his head, and buried his face in his hands. After a long time, he raised his head, but there was a trace of exhaustion in his eyes that always shone with the light of wisdom. The tactics board lay quietly on the seat next to him, and the last tactic drawn on it was a tactic that was not complicated in terms of positioning, but quite innovative. It seems to be a starburst with an elevator door, sending the team to the strong side to pull away heads-up.
DeAndre Jordan, who participated in the playoffs for the first time and followed the team all the way to the Eastern Conference finals stage, had already cried. This rookie who is always giggling, basketball is just his hobby and job, even if he was beaten by Love in the NCAA knockout round, he didn't feel much.
But today, I don't know why, I don't know what magical magic Vagiovia has, it actually made him feel it for the first time, what it feels like to be heartbroken for basketball.
"Come, queue!"
Chen Mu, who had his back to everyone, waited for a long time before he spoke, and said loudly without looking back.
The players stepped forward in twos and threes, standing in a row next to Chen Mu, and the Celtic players on the opposite side also consciously fought in a row.
“GOOD-GAME……!”
The two sides opened their mouths in unison, and the winning Celtics looked at Philadelphia with unwilling eyes on their faces.
96-94, the Eastern Conference Finals, which belonged to the Philadelphia 76ers, was over.
The summer that belongs to Chen Mu has just begun. (To be continued.) )
PS: The second update! There is also a shift in the evening!