Chapter 359: The King of Yellow Robes
??“ To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself. ”
Game 6 of the Grand Final will basically be the last game of the 2012-2013 season.
Li Liang hopes to bring this match to a successful conclusion.
49 points in the third quarter did not satisfy him, he is a man who strives for excellence.
If he could break the record, he would never pretend to miss such an opportunity.
If you miss it, is it worth the system? Is it worth the hard-earned anger?
So in the fourth quarter, Li Liang still did not rest, and continued to play, he wanted to score.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, a third of the audience had already walked through the American Airlines Center, and the seats were empty here and there.
This Heat is very strong, but not so strong, their lineup is actually very deformed, and their style of play is easy to target.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been dragged into a tie-break by the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the face of the Lakers, they had a chance, but in front of the magical Li Liang, everything came to naught.
Crash, Miami Heat collapsed.
Spo's rotation was completely messed up, and he didn't know who to let continue playing and who to rest.
Seeing that Li Liang was still on the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Spo knew that this guy must want to break the record of 50 points in the finals.
Only five players in NBA history have ever scored 50 points in the Finals.
They are Jordan, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Bob Petit and Jerry West.
Only one of them scored 60 points, Baylor's 61 points.
Li Liang is only one point away from 50 points.
Everyone's focus is on how many points Li Liang can get.
And at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers attacked for the first time, and Nash handed the ball into Li Liang's hands.
As soon as Li Liang got the ball, the Heat immediately surrounded two defenders.
Li Liang passed back to Nash, who was completely empty, and hit a three-point shot from the outside.
The Heat would rather not guard against others than give Li Liang a chance to score.
But that kind of defense doesn't last, especially when the Lakers are on the counters.
Li Liang hit the basket in a counterattack, and after Nash made a beautiful ground-hitting pass, Li Liang received the ball and took another step, and after withdrawing from the three-second zone, he hit the board with a close-range pull-up jump shot.
This unique way of getting down quickly makes James can't cover the cap even if he wants to.
51 points!
Broke through the 50-point mark!
The American Airlines Center grew quieter, and elsewhere, at the Stamp Center, in the bars of Los Angeles, at the University of Kentucky's training halls, at schools in China, the cheers were deafening.
"The ball is in, 50 points! 50 points! Li Liang made history by becoming the sixth player in the NBA to score 50 points in a single game in the Finals! It's incredible, this is definitely the greatest individual performance in the NBA Finals of the 21st century, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the greatest in the entire history of the NBA. ”
The Chinese TV commentary was very excited, but Li Liang was very calm, thinking how could he get 50 points, and the system would not give a reward?
Li Liang's game is a pure shooting performance, and it is an offensive drama in which the whole Lakers team cooperates with him.
Everyone trusts his shooting, and uses all kinds of covers and blocks to create a shooting opportunity for Li Liang.
And Li Liang grasped it, and maintained his feel and physical fitness throughout the court, which created such a dazzling game.
But the game is not over yet, and Li Liang has not stopped setting records.
He began to steal chickens and dogs.
The Heat's defense line has already collapsed under Nash's constant needle lead and Li Liang's outside bombardment.
As the suspense of the game is lost, their defensive intensity and backcourt rebounding protection are getting worse and worse.
Li Liang seized the opportunity to win two secondary attacks under the basket.
55 minutes.
There are still 8 minutes left until the end of the fourth quarter.
The Lakers knew that Li Liang was likely to create a historical record, and began to feed Li Liang the ball and create opportunities for Li Liang.
Unless the Heat wrap up Li Liang in a circle with four people, he can always find a scoring opportunity.
With five minutes left before the end of the game, the Lakers counterattacked, and Li Liang rushed to the bottom left corner.
His fitness is about to reach its limit, and this is his final sprint, receiving a pass from Nash and shooting from outside the three-point line!
James tried his best to block the ball, and Li Liang almost shot from a negative angle.
As a result, the ball bumped on the basket and rolled into the net!
58 points!
There are only half of the fans left at the American Airlines Center, and many of them belong to the fans who are very passionate about basketball.
Even if you see your home team lose, you can't help but applaud someone who can play such a magical and brilliant scoring performance.
Li Liang's efficiency dropped sharply in the fourth quarter, but he still managed to score 58 points.
With 2 more points, 2 more points, Li Liang will be able to score 60 points, becoming the second player to score 60 points in the Finals after Elgin Baylor.
It's an honor that Michael Jordan has never received.
The entire Lakers team is cooperating with Li Liang and wants to help him achieve this achievement.
But the Heat players have gone crazy, desperately not letting Li Liang catch the ball, and even do not hesitate to foul, or send other players to the free throw line, and their own control of the ball to consume time.
Anyway, you're going to lose, you can't lose too ugly and let a rookie get 60?
Truth be told, until the end of the game, the Heat players felt like they were in a dream, so unreal.
In the last two minutes of the game, Li Liang still didn't play, and he didn't want to give up this opportunity to make history.
He couldn't get the ball on offense, but he grabbed an offensive rebound!
This was his third offensive rebound in the fourth quarter, and Bosh chose to foul under the basket and sent Li Liang to the free throw line!
Sure enough, the 60th point needs to be achieved by free throws.
Li Liang stood on the free throw line, and everyone watched, waiting for the historic moment.
In the finals, Li Liang only missed one free throw, and only two in the entire playoffs.
Suddenly, the MVP shouted at the scene.
It's incredible, in Miami, at the American Airlines Center, at the opponent's home stadium, Li Liang beat the opponent's fans to the point of shouting MVP.
One free throw hit, 59 points.
Two free throws are also hit, 60 points!
Li Liang scored 60 points!
At this moment, Li Liang was finally satisfied, 60 points.
The all-time record is Baylor's 61 points, and he could have scored two more points.
Because he still has skills that are useless, [Dave Debusschel's lucky hand] CD time has long come, as long as he has the ball, he can score goals with a casual stroke.
But Li Liang feels that enough is enough, and people need to leave a little room for improvement.
After hitting two free throws, Li Liang beckoned to the bench and signaled that he could go down.
Mike Brown immediately called a timeout and replaced Li Liang.
He was really tired, very tired.
Kobe Bryant stood up from the bench on crutches and stepped forward to hug Li Liang.
Li Liang almost fell on Kobe's shoulder, and this scene was recorded by a courtside photographer and became a classic photo of this finals.
A little more than a minute later, as the buzzer sounded, the game was over.
At 121:97, the Lakers won a big win on the road, defeating the Heat with a total score of 4:2 and winning the championship in the 2012-2013 season!
The Lakers players couldn't hold back for a long time and began to hug and celebrate wildly.
Li Liang raised his arms high, heralding the birth of a new king.
The Yellow Kings are back in the NBA, with their 17th championship flag, tying the Celtics.
The Lakers players all donned their black championship caps, and the bigger celebrations will take place when they return to Los Angeles.
David Stern came to the center of the set up field with the O'Brien Cup and FMVP trophies, handed the O'Brien Cup to Kobe Bryant, and handed the FMVP trophy to Li Liang.
Happiness came suddenly but naturally, thinking back on this season, Li Liang was full of emotion.
From working hard to enter the NBA, to now winning the NBA's highest honor, the championship, and getting the FMVP, this feeling is difficult to express in words.
He held the FMVP trophy high and showed the new king to the whole world.
At this time, a line of subtitles appeared in front of Li Liang:
[Congratulations, you won the NBA championship, and the final value player of the finals, and scored 60 points in a single game, completing the last task of the first volume of the City of Angels book.] Achievements: King of the Yellow Robe, Rewards: Rage +10,000 points, 5 lottery attempts, special items, table of contents for the second volume of the City of Angels book. Please check in the system. 】
Seeing the reward given by the system, the next volume of the City of Angels book is collected like this.
It looks like his next stop will be determined.
With the Lakers, he got what he could.
Li Liang took the O'Brien Cup from Kobe's hand and kissed it gently.
Cold, that's what a champion tastes like?