Vol 3 Chapter 71: How long is thirty seconds

As the referee's whistle sounded, the timeout ended. The players from both sides returned to the court.
"Defence!"
"Defence!"
… In this last attack, the voice of the Chesapeake Energy Arena resounded through the sky. All Oklahoma City people are with the Thunder players. They also did their best for victory.
Smart serves from the touchline. Adams blocked him before he shook it twice, then made a high toss and dropped the ball into Horford's hands. Westbrook is still shorter and can't interfere with the ball.
After the latter receives the ball, it passes it back to Smart. However, it is not yet time to attack. Smart was at the top of the arc, slowly dribbling the ball. Westbrook stretched out his hand and tried a few times, feeling unable to break the ball, so he could only give up.
As the number on the timer gets smaller and smaller, the audience's voice gets louder! When there were only 8 seconds left, the Celtics players moved!
It was not Smart who moved alone, but the five Celtics players on the field started to move. Their perimeter players started to run, and Horford and Olynik on the inside pulled out to cover.
The Thunder players moved almost at the same time. Their defensive speed was very fast, and they never gave the Celtics a chance to seize the gap. An Luo finally met Smart, this guy is much stronger than him. But An Luo didn't get too far forward, intentionally or unintentionally letting the opponent catch the ball. After all, he is the Celtics perimeter player with the lowest shooting percentage.
But the tenacious green shirts still found a shot. After Bradley blocked Anro for Smart, he ran to the right forty-five degrees. An Luo was pinned down for a while, and the speed of the change of defense was a little slower. At this point, Bradley threw the ball. In fact, he can't help but not vote! This time the offensive time is almost over. But An Luo still played a big interference role. Although he took off later than Bradley, his wingspan was long enough. The outstretched right hand completely blocked Bradley's vision.
After the ball was shot, Bradley felt that he would not score, so he loudly reminded his teammates to protect the rebound. But Adams and Kanter have already taken up positions at the basket. Westbrook also watched.
"boom!"
Sure enough, I didn't enter!
The basketball hit the rock behind the hoop, playing high. Then fell on the upper rock with a rebound and was sentenced to out of bounds. Let a bunch of big guys under the rebounds fight for nothing!
This out-of-bounds also completely shattered the Celtics' hopes of equalizing the score. They can only use foul tactics in the final 4.2 seconds to make the last fight.
The fans of Oklahoma City are already celebrating. The game tonight is very difficult. Fortunately, the victory ultimately belongs to the Thunder. They talked and laughed in the audience, talking about topics related to the game. Of course, it is also possible to make an appointment with each other and go to a bar for two drinks later.
The game on the court continues. The moment the ball was received by Westbrook, Smart kept him. The movements are great, but the strength is not great. After the foul, he raised his hands for fear that the referee would not see it. After all, the time is only 4 seconds, if you don't pay attention, it will be gone.
The number of fouls by the Celtics has already arrived. So Westbrook walked to the free throw line.
"MVP!"
"MVP!"
...
Every time, when he got to the free throw line, Chesapeake Energy Arena would scream for MVP. This is the cry of the star of this arena. Of course, every night, he performed well enough. Beloved by fans.
The first penalty missed. Westbrook shook his head. After he clapped with his teammates, he watched his hand gestures for a few shots. Then the second ball was firmly penalized.
98:102, the Thunder lead by 4 points. The game has 3.2 seconds left.
Just when everyone thought the victory was set, Stevenson's arrangement during the timeout and the realization of the Celtics players' timeout came back to everyone again.
The same position serves the sideline ball, the same is Smart's high throw, the same is Horford's catch. But the difference is that this time he did not pass the ball out, but directly shot it. Westbrook is actually prepared, but he is using small defenses, and there is really no way to take the opponent's shots.
"Huh!"
The basketball hit the net, and Smart rushed to Horford with excitement, and then jumped onto the opponent. The audience also made a huge surprise.
101:102, the game has 1.8 seconds left. The Celtics stubbornly kept their hopes until the last second.
Donovan also called a timeout. He knows that the opponent will foul immediately, so this timeout is not for tactics. Of course, he made some arrangements for the side ball. But more importantly, he must calm down his players, and then take this last little time seriously. It can be seen that their concentration is somewhat relaxed. Many times ~EbookFREE.me~ lost the game because of the looseness of the players.
Back from the timeout, the Celtics defended the sideline very strongly this time. They still want to directly cause the Thunder to make mistakes, and then they will have a chance to kill the game. But Westbrook did not panic, everything was expected. He shook it a few times, and then a base smashed the ball from Horford's right to the floor, and Adams' screen burst out and Anlow caught the ball.
Almost the moment Anro was in contact with basketball, Bradley fouled him. In fact, An Luo wanted to take it forward to run out of time. The execution is really strong, and the action is fast enough. Anlo felt that if he was a little slower, the ball would let Bradley go.
An Luo, who stood on the free throw line, took two deep breaths. At this time, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was silent, and everyone was afraid that it would affect An Luo's free throw. He must make a penalty, and only by hitting both free throws can he be unbeaten. If you miss one, you may be killed by the opponent.
Westbrook realized that An Luo was a little nervous, so he stepped forward and patted An Luo on the ass.
"Relax, man! We won't lose!"
He doesn't comfort people much, but An Luo still feels much better.
After steadily making the first free throw, An Luo breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed simple! But at this time, Westbrook walked up again, he leaned into An Luo's ear and murmured.
An Luo's face is a bit strange, this guy is a bit pregnant! However, he likes it! For the second ball, An Luo made a little effort. The basketball hit the edge of the hoop and bounced high. Although Horford had the final rebound, the time on the timer went away.
Finally, the time left for the Celtics is only 0.4 seconds! In theory, they have a chance to kill the game.