Basketball Fanatic: Genius Is on the Left

Standing on the free-throw line, Zuo Li steadily dribbled the ball twice, listening to the surging mountains and tsunamis in the audience.

Raising his hand, shaking his wrist, the basketball bounced to the back edge of the basket, and still fell into the basket unyieldingly!

"The 40th free throw, Zuo Li, has created a single-game free throw record in the NBA Finals, and continues to refresh this record." Barkley said.

He is full of shock now. He made 40 free throws in a single game in the playoffs. Except for O'Neal and Zuo Li in a playoff game last year, almost no one has touched him.

Zuo Li broke O'Neal's single-game free throw record in the playoffs last year, and now, by the way, he has also broken the single-game free throw record in the finals.

Compared with the NBA regular season, referees will adjust the penalty scale in the playoffs. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for players to get 20+ free throws.

When it came to the NBA Finals, the referee was more careful about free throws. If a player wants to get 25 free throws in a single game in the finals, this is basically difficult.

However, in the history of the previous NBA Finals, there are still two players who successfully entered the finals with 25 free throws.

One is that in the 2005-06 NBA Finals, the Heat in the Eastern Division and the Mavericks in the Western Division staged a final showdown, while Wade scored 43 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in G5, helping the Heat. 101:100 win over the Mavericks.

In this game, Wade's number of free throws also aroused heated discussion among fans. In the whole game, Wade made a total of 25 free throws. In the end, Wade made 21 of 25 free throws and scored 21 points by relying on free throws.

However, this game is very controversial. After all, the Mavericks only have 25 free throws and Wade alone.

Later, when the referee on duty was arrested, the secret of that year was solved.

Of course, O'Neal ranked first before. There was no controversy in this game. 39 free throws can be regarded as a medal for the Pacers to try to limit O'Neal.

In fact, O'Neal only made 18 of 39 free throws, and the Pacers actually succeeded.

These two times, one was controversial, the other was a tactical choice, and like Zuo Li tonight, the penalties were accurate and numerous, and it was the first time in the finals.

Afterwards, Zuo Li made his 41st free throw. He made 34 of 41 free throws in the game, and scored 34 points from free throws alone. This is also a new history in the playoffs.

"MVP!" "MVP!" "MVP!"

The fans at the scene gave Zuo Li the best shout, and Spike Lee acted as the leader, and while shouting, he blinked at Nicholson who was not far away.

Nicholson has lost sight of it, and he is also very helpless. In this game, the Lakers played three good shots. Until the first half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers held the lead. Kobe scored 30 points in three quarters, and his state was bursting, but , foul is really too much!

Mbenga, Bynum, Odom, the three insiders were sent off successively. Gasol with 5 fouls and Artest with 4 fouls remained on the field. Almost all the defenders on the left stand were gone. This also made the Lakers unable to resist the Knicks' offense in the second half of the fourth quarter and eventually collapsed.

From the sixth minute to the 11th minute, 15-5, the Knicks played a small climax and pulled the score away in one fell swoop.

And after Zuo Li scored these two free throws, the difference was close to 10 points, and the time was only the last minute.

Everyone knows that in this game, the Lakers are gone.

Kobe still didn't give up. He stood up to put the team on his shoulders and scored 7 points in a row, but there was no barrier on the inside. Zuo Li simply asked for anything. After two offensive rebounds, the second offensive dunk made Kobe's efforts Wasted.

114-107, the Knicks won the Lakers with a 7-point advantage, defended their first home court, and turned the big score in the finals to 1-0!

Zuo Li scored 45 points and 17 rebounds, including 7 offensive rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists and 1 steal.

This is the second time that Zuo Li has over 40 free throws in a single game in the playoffs in his career, and the first time in the finals.

At the same time, Zuoli caused the opponent 25 fouls in the audience, surpassing Ao Fatty and ranking first in history.

The two teams made free throws 58-28 in the whole game, with a gap of as many as 30 times. This is also the largest difference in the number of free throws in a single game in the history of the finals.

Zuo Li, who broke many records, led the team to a good start in the finals, and at the same time, Kobe Bryant returned with 39 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

On the Knicks side, Randolph had 14 points and 7 rebounds, David Lee had 10 points, Dragic had 7 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, K6 had 8 points, and Curry had 9 points and 7 assists.

Curry's first finals in his life can be considered a success. After all, the rookie game is played in the finals. Although the data is ordinary, it is also a good start.

For the Lakers, Gasol had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Bynum had 4 points and 3 rebounds, Odom had 10 points, Artest had 15 points, and Fisher had 7 points.

From the data point of view, such defense is self-defeating martial arts, and the three high-pressure roots did not give any advantage.

After the game, the world's media rushed to report this somewhat unusual game.

According to past experience, it is inevitable for a game with such a large free throw gap to cause controversy, but this game was unexpected. Except for the Los Angeles media, no media felt that there was anything wrong with the free throw.

According to ESPN's words: "The Los Angeles people are playing themselves."

Originally, if you open up the stance and fight well normally, the Lakers may not be able to win. After all, in terms of physical fitness and experience, the Lakers have an absolute advantage, but from the beginning they decided to use their melee combat, which they are not very good at, and wanted to give Nick Stress on the strength, isn't this a mess.

Do you think anyone can do it with strength?

The Celtics and the Knicks fought in 7 games. The intensity of each game was not low, but they controlled the number of fouls very well. In the final analysis, the inside line was Garnett, Perkins, and Tony. Defensive gates like Allen and Rondo are inherently talented.

Except Kobe and Artest, everyone else here is not good at defense, so you have to blindly increase your strength.

Moreover, this fierce action against Zuo Li made everyone very dissatisfied.

So after the game, the media praised Zuo Li for being smart, saying that he successfully cracked the Lakers' fierce style of play, which is worth learning from.

And Barkley also called Zuo Li a "foul master", thinking that this skill is also a hidden killer in Zuo Li's arsenal.

And the Zen master didn't make any excuses. He admitted his tactical mistakes as a bachelor, and also praised Zuo Li.

"Zuo Li is a smart guy. He uses his brain to play. In fact, our tactics have been successful for more than half, but I didn't expect Zuo Li to deal with it so well."

Zen master did not forget to put pressure on the referee: "Actually, I think Zuo Li's last foul is worth scrutinizing. The referee should see who is deliberately committing the foul."

This remark also aroused the ridicule of Knicks fans. After all, you are allowed to foul, but you are not allowed to make fouls. This is too double standard.

However, Zuo Li believes that what Zen Master said before is very reasonable, that is, this tactic itself is quite successful. If Zuo Li did not have such a reserve, he might have been succeeded by the Lakers.

At the same time, Zuo Li also paid more attention to the games that followed. Master Zeng had more tactical reserves than he thought.