Chapter 328: Critical Moment
With more than four minutes left in the game, the score was tied, but the reaction of the audience seemed to be that the Lakers had won the game. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
And it's no wonder. The dull game made the audience almost suffocate their illness, and Lu Xiaofeng's shining debut made them see the wonderful performance they were familiar with and wanted to see, and of course they had to vent all the depression they held in their hearts.
The audience was very high, the players were also excited, and at the critical moment, Tang Shuai, as the coach, was very calm.
In addition to the routine tactical arrangements, Tang Shuai deliberately pulled Lu Xiaofeng to explain:
"Xiaofeng, pay attention to the foul control, don't do it!"
Tonight, except for Lu Xiaofeng, everyone else seems to be out of shape, and Tang Shuai can also see that if he wants to win tonight, he can only rely on Lu Xiaofeng's attack.
Therefore, he was very worried about Lu Xiaofeng, who was excited, and he was impulsive, and he was fouled by the referee, which would be a tragedy.
"Okay, I know."
Lu Xiaofeng nodded.
Although he was very excited, he was not too excited, knowing that he had committed four fouls, and the referee seemed to be staring at him, whether on the defensive end or on the offensive end, he had to be careful, and those exciting steals and blocks on weekdays, I am afraid that he could not do it.
When it came to the decisive moment, the Hornets players were also out of the way.
Anyone who plays on the court has no desire to lose, and tonight they saw the hope of beating the Lakers, the league's No. 1 team, and their fighting spirit and determination were extraordinarily strong.
After Armstrong and West blocked and dismantled, they played very confidently and went straight from Odom's side and made a low-handed layup.
Odom's chase was unsuccessful, and Lu Xiaofeng didn't dare to move, and was blocked by West, so he could only watch the basketball hit the board and enter the net.
Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, unimpressed.
If defense doesn't work, then use offense to solve it.
However, Scott also has a targeted arrangement.
Lu Xiaofeng and Odom blocked and dismantled, Odom dismantled out, giving Lu Xiaofeng room to break through, but West didn't care about him, but immediately chose to trap Lu Xiaofeng.
This also couldn't help Lu Xiaofeng, he didn't hesitate and quickly passed the ball to Odom.
But Odom hesitated, he shot two three-pointers before, but he didn't score, and now he didn't dare to shoot, and after glancing at PJ Brown who shrank to the basket, he didn't have the idea of rushing in.
As a result, the sharpest fast pass in the Lakers' offense was broken when it arrived at Odom, and Tang Shuai on the sidelines was so anxious that he stomped his foot.
Eventually, Odom passed the ball to Kobe.
Kobe Bryant faced Wesley, who was a head shorter, and chose to play with his back to the single.
This time, the Hornets didn't have a bag and seemed to bet that Kobe Bryant wouldn't score.
Bryant has already made 23 pitches tonight and only scored five, so betting that he won't make it would be a good choice.
"Dang!"
"Oh!"
The sound of basketball and the lamentation of the audience sounded one after another, the Hornets won the bet, Kobe Bryant hit the iron again, and the turnaround and backward jump shot that was like a bag in the past was not possible tonight.
Armstrong stared at Lu Xiaofeng tightly, although this rookie didn't show much tonight because of foul trouble, but in the limited playing time, he shot 4 of 4 and scored 10 points, he didn't dare to despise Lu Xiaofeng at all.
Lu Xiaofeng didn't mean to scramble for rebounds in the front court, he was only two points behind, and there were still 4 minutes left, so he was not in a hurry.
Sure enough, although the players of the Hornets played chicken blood, the gap in personal strength existed objectively, and when the Lakers players improved their defensive enthusiasm, their offense could not be played.
Lu Xiaofeng did not make a steal, nor did he jump up the block, but relied on the active rotation of the whole team to prevent the opponent from a 24-second violation.
After receiving Odom's serve, Lu Xiaofeng walked forward slowly, and said loudly to Odom:
"Lamar, don't hesitate, throw it when you get the chance!"
When it comes to the frontcourt, it's still the same tactics, blocking, being trapped, and then passing.
The difference is that this time, Odom made a decisive shot, a little to the left outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, received a pass from Lu Xiaofeng, and directly chose a three-point shot.
"Dang!"
"Oh!"
Odom's touch, but it is not Lu Xiaofeng's encouragement, it can be warmed up, it is still iron, and it is lamenting.
However, there is a characteristic of three-point playing, generally speaking, basketball rebounds farther, and this ball is no exception.
Odom, who shot the basketball, took a step forward and picked up the basketball that bounced back.
"Lamar!"
Lu Xiaofeng shouted, Odom turned his head to look, and the basketball in his hand flew over.
It turned out that the moment the opposing player retracted the basket to protect the rebound and saw the basketball flying towards Odom, Lu Xiaofeng quietly ran outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right wing.
The moment he received the ball, Lu Xiaofeng was empty, and by the time West pounced to make up for the defense, Lu Xiaofeng had already jumped high and shot.
“smile-winner! from-downtown! Yes! Yes! Yes! ”
"Oh! Oh! Oh! ”
"Bang Bang!"
“MVP!”
“MVP!”
The DJ reached its climax again, shouting "Yes" three times in a row, but not louder than the cheers of the audience that seemed to be about to tear down the roof.
Lu Xiaofeng really lived up to their expectations and stood up again.
And the audience also gave the warmest applause and cheers to Lu Xiaofeng, and almost everyone stood up and clapped their hands while shouting "MVP" in unison.
Lu Xiaofeng pointed to the sky with one hand, smiling, enjoying all this.
The game was not over, but the Lakers, who took the lead, completely overpowered the Hornets in momentum in the cheers of the audience.
Wesley faced Bryant's tight defense, made a reluctant breakaway layup, slid out of the basket, and Bryant won the rebound.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! ”
Seeing the home team's successful defense, the audience couldn't help cheering, I didn't know, I thought this was the finals!
In fact, it was just an inconsequential regular season.
The audience has been depressed for too long tonight.
The team took the lead, and the opponent clamped him again, Lu Xiaofeng did not block and dismantle again, but signaled Kobe Bryant to play singles.
Unfortunately, Kobe Bryant received the ball and turned to break through, but the ball was cut by Wesley and smashed into Kobe's leg out of bounds.
In the final minutes, the two sides fell into a scoring drought again, an ordinary regular season game, but the audience at the scene was scared.
"Oh!"
Hearing this lamentation, it must be the Lakers' iron or mistake.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! ”
The cheers were not a celebration of the Lakers' goal, but another defensive success.
With a score of 84:83, the stalemate lasted until the last minute.
Odom missed the pass, the Hornets called a timeout, and there were 45 seconds left in the game.