745: I still envy them
In the stands at the Federal Express Arena, no fan's butt is next to the bench.
Everyone stood up, jumped excitedly, or clasped their hands nervously on their chests. But at this time, you absolutely couldn't see anyone still treating the game calmly.
On the court, LeBron James was holding the ball and confronting Link. Today, the Heat made a fantasy start. But after the second half, Link destroyed all the Heat's fantasies with his unfavorable attack.
The Heat are lucky that this is just a regular season game, not a finals.
If all this happens today in the finals, God knows whether the Miami Heat can still play the next game.
James called for cover, and then rushed into the basket like a big truck out of control.
This simple and crude offensive method is what James is best at. Of course, if he was not desperate, James would not want to hit the basket so roughly.
He forced a layup against Link. After losing the center of gravity in the air, James fell in a mess. However, the basketball still rubbed the rebound and fell into the net. James scored the 32nd point in this game! He still did not give up until now!
However, James' goal now cannot cause any trouble. Because even after this goal is scored, the Heat are still 12 points behind the Grizzlies!
At this time, there were only 4 minutes before the game ended! James had no chance to regain the situation with such a 2-point and 2-point chisel.
If you want to close the score difference, you not only have to be able to score goals, but also have to make the opponent unable to score goals.
And at this point, the Heat did a very bad job today.
The second quarter allowed Randolph to score 19 points in a single quarter, which actually indicates that there was something wrong with the Heat's defense. In the third quarter, Link scored 13 points in a single quarter, completely tearing off the Heat's last fig leaf.
Link's attack in the third quarter made James powerless. His strange change of direction and quick stops were always found under James' heavy pressure.
In the end, the Miami Heat entered the fourth quarter with a score difference of 16 points! Now they can narrow the score difference to 12 points, which has been a big effort. It is even harder to fill in 12 points in 4 minutes than to land on the moon that year!
But James still did not give up, and his tough breakthrough just now proved it!
He doesn't want to give up this game easily. He can't care about any other opponent in the regular season, but he can't care about the Grizzlies!
He must prove with facts that the Grizzlies can be defeated. In this way, they can leave a memory for the finals.
So James endured the pain and stood up from the floor immediately and returned to defense immediately! He still had hope in 4 minutes and 12 minutes!
Link rubbed his chest that was stuffy and stuffy. James was really fighting today, just like the Heat who was about to win 72.
However, from the second half, Link firmly controlled the rhythm on the court. He believed that he could hold on in the last four minutes!
Everyone is staring at 72 wins at this time, Link doesn't want to let everyone go!
The game continues. Now whenever the Grizzlies attack, deafening shouts will come from the scene. Fans know that for every extra goal the Grizzlies score now, they are one step closer to the 72-win record!
In that spring of 1996, when the omnipotent "God" led the Bulls to 72 wins, who would have thought that this record would actually be reproduced on a small city team like the Memphis Grizzlies.
No one could have expected it, so everyone hopes to witness the miracle with their own eyes.
"The atmosphere on the scene has almost gone out of control. I feel that fans will rush into the court at any time! I can't imagine what this place will be like at the end of the game. I can't even imagine what I feel later!" Hubby Brown's voice was a little trembling. When he saw the Bulls win 72, he could do nothing except open his mouth and shout God.
But what about later? He can't let fans hear his roar.
When Link received the basketball from the left side of the three-point line, the cheers from the Federal Express Arena were pushed to the climax. James and Link's duel today are definitely the most classic star duel of this season.
Both of them did their best to present a real star battle to the fans.
Link did not choose to pass this time, he wanted to use his quick change of direction to swing past James!
But James did not lose his position this round, and his remaining last bit of self-esteem did not allow him to be knocked down by Link!
Without shaking James away, Link made a quick stop and jump shot! James blocked it without reservation. As long as the ball is defended again, the Heat will have a chance to narrow the gap to single digits!
However, the basketball eventually crossed James' finger. James also found that even if Link was disturbed, his shooting movement would not be deformed at all!
In the uneasy mood of all the fans around the world, Link made this shot that snatched everyone's hope with James!
"The ball is in! Link still throws the ball! No one knows how he did it. LeBron's defense seemed extremely powerless in front of Link! The game ended with 3 minutes and 55 seconds, and the Miami Heat fell 14 points behind! Cheer, we only need to endure another 3 minutes and 55 seconds to celebrate the arrival of 72 wins!"
Hubby Brown stood up the moment Link scored a goal, and with a shot against James' defensive hit, is there anything else that makes people more desperate?
Link scored the 35th point of the game, then jumped up and waved his fist hard. This scene reminded people of Jordan after the 1989 Eastern Conference Finals, who threw the classic "the shot"!
People were surprised to find that this guy with a completely different skin color from Jordan was surprisingly similar to him!
The title of "Jordan Successor" was used up as early as the late 1990s. Since the 21st century, people have not been reluctant to put such titles on a certain player.
But if Link is deducted this title, you will find that he may be the most worthy of the "successors".
James' last dignity and confidence were completely shattered by Link's shot.
He took a deep breath of exhaustion, but found that even the air was filled with the scorching temperature left by Link's shot.
The fans began to shout in unison, shouting the number "72". The shouts of nearly 20,000 people in the audience seemed to make the whole state of Tennessee tremble!
In such a home atmosphere, the momentum of the Heat players is slowly being swallowed up. They don’t want to be the background board of Grizzlies to win 72 wins. As an athlete with greatness, James does not allow himself to be the flap of another superstar.
But competitive sports are so cruel. What you don’t want is exactly what your opponent thinks. If you don’t have the strength to change the results of the game, you must accept all the results you don’t want to see.
Even if the result is very bad.
In the next three minutes, the Heat seemed to have a deflated ball, and their resistance was not so intense.
The fans on the scene were no longer under control, and the fans watching the live TV could not even hear the commentator's voice because the scene was too noisy!
With 30 seconds left in the game, Rashad Lewis, a former 15th three-pointer in the game, hit the Heat's 15th three-pointer today. The Heat made 15 of 25 three-pointers today, with a shooting percentage of up to 60%!
But this incredible three-point shooting percentage still cannot bring the Heat even a game victory. Lewis' three-pointer allowed the Heat to narrow the gap to 8 points, but it was too late.
All of this is because of the Grizzly Bear No. 0 who beat James so hard that he shook his head and sighed!
Randolph blasted a hole for Link, and then he became unstoppable.
In the last 30 seconds of the game, Conley felt his legs trembling when he was holding the ball. He was about to win 72, and he couldn't even believe it was true!
Off the court, the players on the Grizzlies' bench were all so excited that they were restless. Mike Miller, a veteran who entered the final stage of his career, even covered his face with a towel and did not dare to watch the game. They couldn't believe that they could still participate in this great miracle at the last moment of their career!
The Heat players did not foul, they had given up. They were 8 points behind in the last 30 seconds and had not been suspended. Even using foul tactics, the Heat no longer had the chance to equalize the score.
In the end, Conley took possession of the ball to the end of 24 seconds. There are 7 seconds left in the whole game! As long as you survive these last 7 seconds, a new legendary record will be born!
The referee sent the ball to the Heat player, Bosh took the sideline ball, and Chalmos took the ball through half. Then, James turned around and left early before the game was over.
Today, James no longer showed his gentlemanly demeanor, nor did he show his general style. Because these things are displayed by the winner to the loser. Only the winner is worthy of talking about sports spirit in a grand manner!
Seeing this, Chalmos directly put the ball on the wooden floor and left with his teammates. Then, the fans of the court began to count down, "5...4...3...2...1!"
"Beep~~~~~~" The electronic beep sounded, and the fans in the audience jumped!
Before Link could react, he was hugged by his teammates. All the Grizzlies players were hugged together, and they became the second team in NBA history to achieve a miracle of 72 wins in a single season! Each of their names will be recorded in history!
"They did it, they did it! They broke the records that were considered almost impossible to break, and they were on an opponent with extremely valuable value! The great Memphis Grizzlies, they pioneered their own era, and they walked their own path in this alliance!"
Hubby Brown stood up and yelled incoherently. He never expected that Memphis, a city that once could not protect itself, could produce a miracle!
A real, small city, anti-traditional, anti-mainstream miracle!
Link broke free from his teammates, rushed to the technical stand, and spread his arms.
He closed his eyes, raised his head, and enjoyed this glorious moment of reaching the top like a newly crowned king.
An unbreakable historical record? Joke! From now on, Link represents history!
After jumping off the technical stand, Link's mood had calmed down a lot. He faced the camera and showed a kind smile. Sometimes Link really doesn't understand why a person who smiles so kindly can be treated as a villain.
Espn reporter came up excitedly, and almost fell down because of unstable feet. At this time, he was like an ordinary fan who saw his idol, and he didn't even know how to say anything.
"That... by the way, I believe that the Heat players must envy you at this time. You have made your career brighter with a perfect game."
"I envy me?" Link looked at the reporter and shrugged. "I still envy them, envy them for playing with players like Link, and envy them for being written into history together."
Link still kept a kind smile on his face when he said this.
Chapter completed!