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Chapter 72 [Lore]

There are 11.3 seconds left, and the Lakers requested a pause.

The Los Angeles Times website recently conducted a survey. In Game 7 of the Finals, your team is one point behind, and the remaining time is just enough for one offense. Who would you hope to complete the last shot? The options are Kobe and Jordan.

Kobe won 65% of the votes, and Jordan won 35%.

Later, the Times reporter interviewed Kobe and asked him what he thought about the vote. "If you and Jordan were on the court at the same time, who would you like to have the final shot?"

Of course Kobe hopes to shoot himself. It’s best that Jordan is the one who was killed, but he dared not publicly show disrespect for Jordan. He paused and smiled: “Uh… this question is very interesting. I believe that I and Michael have the same spiritual temperament. When the critical moment, we will stand up. We are all born for that kind of scene, and we all hope that the ball can be in our hands at critical moments... But another similarity is: we all regard victory as the ultimate goal..."

At this time, the reporter was thinking to himself, "Do you dare to talk more nonsense?"

Kobe said seriously: "So, I will design this scene like this: I catch the ball at the bottom, jump up, and prepare to take action, Yu Guang saw that Jordan was unguarded, and I would pass the ball to him and let him end the opponent with a layup!"

Of course, this is just Kobe's entertainment statement. No team can leave Jordan undefensive at the last moment unless the coach's mind is in the water.

The Lakers now have someone to let go.

During the timeout, Sloan said to the players: "This ball must be defended. They are likely to let Kobe make the last shot, scoring two points is just overtime. If Kobe catches the ball, Memit (Oku) should pay attention to letting Kwame go at any time. Brown makes up for defense. They cannot pass the ball to Brown at this time. If Brown catches the ball, he will directly foul and let him free throw. As long as he misses one goal, we will definitely win."

If Brown heard Sloan's tactics and wondered what he would think, he was really afraid of going to the free throw line.

Jackson also arranged the tactics. "Lamar (Odom) was responsible for serving, and Kwame (Brown) was responsible for covering, allowing Kobe to receive the ball. Ye and Lamar pulled to the high post together to do an off-ball cover. Kobe can choose to attack by himself or pass back to the high post. What we want is success rate, score two points and play overtime with them."

Ye Feng has bounces, Odom has height, and it is difficult for his opponent to block their high jump shots. Everything depends on how Kobe chooses. Jackson does not intend to bet on three-pointers. Only Fisher and Kobe are sure of three-pointers on the court. If the Jazz focus on defense outside the three-point line, it will be difficult for the goal. The two teams are of the same level, and he is not afraid of playing overtime, so he decides to seek stability.

After the timeout, the players returned to the court. If the Lakers lose today, the home fans would not accept it. Just over a minute ago, they were still 4 points ahead. The stadium became very quiet, and people were waiting to watch the Lakers' final attack.

Odom sent the ball out, and Kobe successfully received the basketball under Brown's cover. Ronnie Brewer defended closely, forcing Kobe to turn around calmly at the three-point line.

Neither Odom nor Ye Feng were in a hurry to come forward to cover, and the Lakers placed all their hopes on this ball. They played overtime when they made the shot, and lost if they didn't make the shot. Snatching in such a short time is not a good choice. Once they didn't make the shot, the Jazz grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers could only adopt foul tactics. Now the Jazz's present are good at free throws except Kirie. The Lakers will be 4 points behind in both free throws and completely lose hope of a comeback.

Everyone was counting the time silently. Kobe protected the ball from the outside. With 5 seconds left, Ye Feng stepped forward to cover it, and Kobe threw Brewer away.

Boozer switched defense, his defense was not very good, but he was highly focused and did not lose his position. Odom followed him up and made a second cover. Kobe dribbled from the right to the left, and the defender was replaced by Kirirenko. Kirirenko's unique skill was blocking. Seeing that he was replaced by Kobe, everyone on the Jazz side saw hope.

With only 3 seconds left, Kobe stopped and jumped up, and gently tweeted his hands to the right in the air, passing it to Odom in the middle. Boozer also focused on Kobe, wanting to block all Kobe's shooting angles with Kirirenko, but Kobe passed the ball.

There is a saying that "Kome" is widely circulated on the Internet, "The reason why Kobe's shooting rate is not as high as the emperor is because other teams double-team him, and sometimes even four people go to double-team."

Facing so many people who don’t pass the ball, isn’t that mentally retarded? It’s hard to make people not criticize them. No one knows when “Kei” appeared, but through rational analysis, it will be found that there should be Komi first and then Komi. Because most Komi does not target Komi at all, they just fire at Komi.

Legend is a legend after all. In fact, Kobe is clear-headed and his coach arranged clear tactics, he will pass the ball. Otherwise, he would not have averaged nearly 5 assists per game in his career. Many teams' starting point guards are only 5 assists per game in their careers. After all, Kobe is a shooting guard. If he can get 10 assists per game per game, naturally no one will question him anymore, but that is impossible. He is still a human after all...

Odom had already made sufficient preparations for the ball to catch the ball, and immediately jumped after receiving the ball, but before the ball was shot, Brewer rushed up from behind and fouled Odom's thug!

Odom stood on the free throw line, facing the basket and took a few deep breaths. He knew how critical these two free throws were. There were only 1.6 seconds left and he had to hit both free throws. If he didn't score, he would just bounce higher and lean a little, and he wouldn't have enough time to make a tip-in.

Odom's free throw is not accurate, with a shooting percentage of only 70%. Last season, he missed two free throws at critical moments, and Kobe almost died of anger. Free throws at critical moments test their psychological quality. The reason why O'Neal is the leader is because although his free throw is bad, he can often withstand the pressure and get the ball into the critical moments.

Odom slapped the basketball a few times, aimed at the basket, and made a move, and the ball rolled into the basket.

The ball was very mysterious, and his teammates stepped forward to clap him and gave him encouragement. He was under greater pressure in the second free throw. With the same action, he knew something bad as soon as he made a move. He wanted to make the feel as soft as possible and increase the curve of the shot. The curve was very beautiful, but the ball slightly tilted to the right.

When! The sound of the iron is so harsh, it is the sound that makes all Lakers players feel suffocated, and everything is over. There is only one person who doesn't think so, that is Ye Feng, who is standing behind Odom outside the three-point line.

The only one who was responsible for the rebound was Kwame Brown and Odom who shot the ball, Ye Feng immediately started from outside the three-point line. When the ball was in the frame, he also entered the penalty area. He was impressed by the classic classics of Pippen's free throw and Jordan's deducted to the frame. I believe every fan has seen that goal several times, and Ye Feng remembers where he jumped.

When the ball was shot, Ye Feng had already determined the general direction of the ball's rebound. The person standing on the right basket was Oku, the person with the slowest movement on the Jazz. If it were Kirirenko, he might have to grab the board with all his strength, and it would be more difficult for him to make up for the dunk. But Oku did not have a rebound. Seeing the ball bounced in his direction, his tense nerves also relaxed.

Ye Feng jumped in front of the reasonable collision zone, raised his arms high and his legs slightly shrank back, like an eagle flying high with wings flying towards the basket.

Oku saw him but did not take any action. He was stunned and forgot to jump. He couldn't help but think of a word used to describe God - basketball flying man!

Ye Feng received the pop-up basketball with both hands. At that moment, he seemed to feel his hand touching heaven.

Bang! Ye Feng smashed the ball into the basket with both hands! He did it!

The whistle at the end of the midfield sounded at the same time, and it was a melodious sound of nature in the ears of the Lakers players, but it was a low death knell when it came to the ears of the Jazz players!

Sloan looked at the stadium with his waist pinched his waist. He didn't understand why Ye Feng, who was still a rugby player half a year ago, became so strong.

Ye Feng is not the first genius to make rapid progress, nor will he be the last one. Rodman came into contact with basketball at the age of 19, but became the 7th rebounding champion and a super defensive player. Olajuwon was still a goalkeeper for the Nigerian junior football team at the age of 15, but became the No. 1 NBA pick in 1984. That was a year with celebrities such as Jordan, Stockton, and Barkley!

Some people are gifted and born heroes.
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