Vol 3 Chapter 284: Lonely Hero Davis

The game does not seem to be any suspense!
101:94, the Thunder led the opponent by 7 points with 37 seconds left in the game. An Luo's two three-pointers extinguished the Pelicans' hopes!
The moment the ball fell into the net bag, Westbrook jumped with excitement. In the process of retreating from defense, he patted An Luo's severely. The Thunder players on the bench, including Donovan, also stood up and cheered. I can see that everyone is really excited! On the contrary, An Luo was more calm. His performance in this game is the best in this series. You know, so far, he has made 9 three-pointers! Created his career record for three-pointers in the playoffs.
In fact, he himself was very excited! After being targeted for two games, An Luo was still a little depressed. However, he was still very cautious. I played an excellent game myself, but I couldn't carelessly become the background of others.
The Pelicans still did not give up. Rondo held the ball and waved his hands constantly, directing the position and tactics of his teammates on the field. Under his arrangement, Davis came to the top of the arc and made a cover for Rondo, and then rushed in by himself. At this time, the Thunder's defense is not so tight! But An Luo followed closely. Rondo didn't make it directly! An unmarked pass from behind, passed the basketball to Davis on the outside. After the latter received the ball, he easily swung away Adams and hit a three-pointer!
101: 97!
At the critical moment, Davis has to be reliable!
Donovan hurriedly called a timeout. Although there is a four-point advantage in the score, the ball is in his own hands. But he still felt it necessary to give these guys a wake-up call.
"What about the defense? Do you all think you are set to win? The game has 30 seconds left! A lead of more than ten points can be reversed. How many points are we leading now? Let's relax!"
Donovan's tone is very harsh! This makes the Thunder players very embarrassed. They did relax a lot! So when Donovan said these things, all of them bowed their heads.
Because of the motivation of Davis's three-pointer, the pelican players' morale to fall into the trough has increased a little.
The timeout is over and the game between the two sides restarts.
After receiving the serve from Adams, Westbrook stood outside the right three-point line and observed the situation on the court. The Pelicans' defense is relatively outside. Especially the marking of Anluo and Paul George is very strict. However, the Thunder's rotation is also very positive. The state of both sides performed very well in the final round.
In fact, the Thunder's offense this time was based on the idea of ​​running out of offensive time. So Westbrook is not in a hurry. When time was running out, Westbrook rushed inside under the cover of Adams. Holiday stared Anlo very tightly this time and did not give him a chance to make the 10th three-pointer.
But their other scorer Paul George stepped up to end this offense. After Westbrook rushed in, he made a screen for Anlo. After it attracted defensive attention, he cut to the basket, received a pass from Westbrook, and scored a layup!
Davis has actually made up his defenses, but he dare not guard too tightly! He doesn't think that at such a critical moment, the referee will really open one eye and close another. Such a situation has happened many years ago!
At 103:97, the situation of the Pelicans once again became not optimistic. In less than 10 seconds, it is only theoretically possible to smooth out the 6-point difference.
Gentry surrendered the last timeout. Made some very detailed arrangements for this offense. In fact, in the round before the timeout, the Pelicans should foul first! In that case, the same is two points, and they are given plenty of time. Perhaps they have confidence in their defense.
After returning from a timeout, Davis left the three-point line after sending the ball to Rondo. The Thunder's defense is the opposite of that of the Pelicans. Their defense is closer to the inside, and if you take a three-pointer, you don't let the breakthrough.
The Pelicans had no choice but to give the ball to Davis in the end. The latter is also striving to make a three-pointer after shaking Adams a little outside the three-point line.
"Huh~"
The ball has been scored again!
103: 100. From the score, the gap between a ball is indeed not big, but the situation has not changed. After all, there are only 5 seconds left in the game! The ball is still in the hands of Thunder. The Thunder only need to send the ball and run out of time to win. No effort to attack and score!
But the Pelicans finally used foul tactics. After Westbrook received the ball, he was fouled by Rondo before he moved. But Westbrook, who was on the free throw line, didn't lose the chain! Two free throws were made to extend the score to 5 points!
Then Davis missed a three-pointer ~EbookFREE.me~ the rebound was snatched by Adams. In this case, the game is basically like this! The Pelicans players are no longer fouled. The time is quickly cleared and the game is over.
The Thunder defeated the Pelicans the road, rewritten the big score to 3:0, and won the match point in this series.
The atmosphere of the New Orleans Arena fell into silence when the final whistle sounded, except for the blue. But after a while, everyone became quiet. This is not Oklahoma City, and the Thunder is not like the Pelicans. It has many connections with Oklahoma City.
"We still have a chance!"
After the game, Davis left the public eye after saying this to the media. It seems that his mood is very low. Even if he just scored another 41 points, he didn't feel a bit happy. Davis's personal super performance is in sharp contrast with the situation of the team. The Pelicans who lost the game have already stood on the edge of the cliff. Moreover, there is absolutely no way to reverse it. Davis supported the entire Pelicans from the start of this series. Mirotic and Holiday, who performed well in the first round of the playoffs, were very severely suppressed by the Thunder in this series, and there was basically no outstanding performance. Davis, who lost the support of his teammates, finally became a lone hero!
But this is not the situation New Orleans wants to see, nor is it the situation Davis wants to see.
Although the Pelicans showed tenacious fighting spirit after the game, everyone with a discerning eye can see that this series is basically over. The Thunder will not give the Pelicans a chance to get the score back, and they will even end the fight directly in New Orleans! After all, the Thunder need more time to prepare for the next round.