Chapter 590: Counterpoint James
Tang Shuai looked up at the large LED screen above his head at this time, and on the screen there, his game statistics so far in this game were played: 20 points, 20 assists and 3 rebounds, and the data of double 20 was particularly dazzling in the court.
In the second year of his career, as he said before the game, he improved his personal assist record to 20, which no Lakers had done in the past 25 years, and even put aside the 24 all-time record set by Magic Johnson.
Soon, though, he put his eyes back on the court, and with more than 40 seconds to go, the Cavaliers not only had a two-point lead, but also possessed the ball.
James himself holds the ball and advances to the field.
“Let’s.go! Cavaliers! ”
All the audience stood up from their seats and cheered for the home team in unison.
After James advanced to the frontcourt, he directly reached out and motioned for his teammates to pull away.
Although he came a little later than Tang Shuai, as the absolute core of the team, at the last moment, he chose to end the game in a singles way.
After his teammates pulled away, he dribbled outside the three-point line to consume time, and when the offensive time entered 10 seconds, he suddenly accelerated violently, squeezed Barnes with his body, got up and rushed directly to the basket.
In basketball, a top-tier defender deserves respect because they may have to endure a constant rampage of opposing players every night, but not everyone can step up when faced with a player of James' calibre, because it takes too much courage.
Although he has not yet retired, James has become the best small forward in NBA history, he is a monster with a perfect combination of body and technique, especially his breakthrough, which rushes up, is really not much different from a car, in the Drew League, there are amateur players who try to block, but they are directly knocked off the court, and two ribs are directly broken.
But at this moment, a figure rushed over from the outside, and after occupying a favorable position with speed, he directly protected his hands on his chest.
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang, and James and the visitor were directly loaded together, which was like a car suddenly hitting a wall, and the wall was directly knocked upside down and flew out, and the car staggered to a stop.
After all, Tang Shuai rushed in later, although he had used all the strength of his body, but in the face of James who rushed up, he still couldn't completely block James, after he was hit, his whole footsteps were completely uncontrollable, and he flew out of the field directly.
The fans in the front row couldn't dodge, and were directly hit by him, and then a burst of people flipped on their backs.
The cola suddenly spilled on the ground, and Tang Shuai, who fell into the crowd, even felt a lot of splashes on his face.
Tang Shuai quickly struggled to get up from the crowd, with a faint pain in his chest, thanks to the fact that he had a bus power pack, and he had done a good job of protection in advance, otherwise this time, he might really be broken by the ribs like the amateur player.
After he walked out of the crowd, he asked about the fans with concern, and found that no one seemed to be injured except for the spilled Coke, so he turned around and rubbed his chest and walked to the field.
The gesture drew sporadic applause for him.
The referee quickly blew the penalty, and Tang Shuai's blocking foul!
Tang Shuai just walked back to the sidelines, and when he saw the referee's decision, he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "! ”
After being knocked off the field and being whistled for a foul, he couldn't hold back even if he had a good temper.
That's the whistle treatment of a top superstar.
The referee looked at him in surprise, but there was no whistle, and thanks to Tang Shuai being Chinese, if it is a word starting with F, it is estimated that the referee will shake his hand is a technical foul.
At this moment, there was a burst of applause at the scene, although the ball was a defensive foul, but daring to rush to block at such a critical moment has proved his courage.
After being blocked by Don, James threw the ball out before stopping, and although the basketball went wide of the basket, he won two free throws.
“MVP! MVP! ”
As soon as James walked onto the court, there was a neat shout from the scene.
So far, James has contributed 26 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, and it is under his leadership that the Cavaliers have maintained their lead until now.
James took a deep breath and made the first free throw amid the shouts of the fans in the stadium.
"Huh!"
A crisp sound, the first penalty, in!
There was a burst of cheers from the audience.
“MVP! MVP! ”
As James started to take the second free throw, there was another cheer from the audience.
James took a deep breath and shot the second.
"Bang!"
James' free throws weren't particularly consistent, and that second free throw ended up deflecting off the basket.
However, just after the free throw, James suddenly rushed inside, grabbed the ball that popped up, and directly came to a powerful dunk.
The scene burst into cheers.
"Bang!"
Noll under the basket jumped desperately to interfere with James, and he dunked and bounced out of the frame and flew directly out of bounds.
The Lakers' ball possession!
Wharton reached out and called a timeout.
James shook his head in frustration that if he had scored the last goal, or if the last dunk had been made, the game would have ended early.
The fans at the scene gave him a round of applause, and James' performance in the final moments was definitely the first person in the league.
"There's no way back, we have to shoot a three-pointer." As soon as the Lakers players got off the court, Wharton said bluntly.
"Coach, leave it to me." Tang Shuai said directly at this time.
"Hmm." Wharton glanced at Tang Shuai, didn't think much about it, and nodded directly, the most critical ball, and it was a three-point shot, and only Tang Shuai could execute it, so he followed and said, "Let's arrange it." ”
"The Lakers will definitely shoot three-pointers, and most of them will be Don." On the other side of the court, Lue also expected the Lakers' final offense.
"Leave it to me." James turned his head to look at the Lakers' bench and spoke.
Tang Shuai and James both chose to take the responsibility on their shoulders at the last moment.
The last attack of the game after the pause, the Cavaliers' previous attack, plus a supplementary dunk, has consumed the game time to less than 24 seconds, and this attack of the Lakers will be the decisive goal.
Tang Shuai advanced to the outside line with the ball, and began to press time one step away from the three-point line.
In front of him, James pressed him to death, and at the last moment, everyone knew that the Lakers would shoot three-pointers, so James didn't have to think about defending two-pointers at this time.
Time passed in a second, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the last 10 seconds.
Tang Shuai suddenly raised his hand and stretched out his hand at this time.
James didn't move, he trusted his teammates in crunch time, and he didn't think there was much chance of a hit if the rest of the Lakers shot him, so he preferred to believe it was a deceptive gesture.
James's idea was right, but there were some errors in his judgment, and Tang Shuai's gesture was not a lie.
After he beckoned, Gasol on the inside ran directly to the three-point line, Tang Shuai followed with his back against James, and then pressed the ball back with his right hand, and the basketball was passed to Gasol's hands by him.
Gasol didn't choose to shoot after receiving the ball, but just after passing the ball, Tang Shuai suddenly turned around and rushed to the other side.
This time he was caught off guard, James didn't expect that Tang Shuai still chose to pass the ball at the last moment, and he also wanted to run.
He hastened to follow.
But just then, Barnes rushed over and blocked it fiercely.
Tang Shuai managed to run outside the three-point line and got a shot that looked very good.
Gasol's pass followed.
The crowd was in an uproar, and in the final moments, Wharton showed his bold tactical ability, and Gasol, the pivotal center, played a crucial role in the final moments.
After Tang Shuai received the ball, he jumped directly.
He jumped up and struck quickly.
But just before he could make a move, James actually hit Barnes with his body and then flew back in again.
It's really perverted to the extreme.
Tang Shuai glanced at James's flying figure, but he had no other choice.
"Smack!"
James's hand hit Tang Shuai's hand hard, Tang Shuai grabbed the ball and threw it out before he was fouled, and then the whole person was knocked out again.
"Toot!"
The referee's whistle sounded on the sidelines.
While the referee will put the decision of the game in the hands of the players at the last minute, they cannot ignore such clear fouls.
Tang Shuai felt that his body was out of balance, but the next moment, he was pulled by James, and the two of them were able to stabilize their bodies after they landed.
Although James was in a hurry for the ball, his ball was still very good, and he pulled Tang Shuai, who was knocked away by himself, at the last moment.
He was just about to open his mouth to ask if Tang Shuai was okay.
"Huh!"
At that moment, a crisp sound followed.
Tang Shuai's three-point shot is in!
There was an uproar at the scene, and James also turned back in a daze, the ball just now turned out to be ...... Entered?!
The referee then made a downward pressure to signal that the goal was valid and there was a chance to add a penalty.
The scene was suddenly agitated, and no one expected that in the final attack, the game would have such a dramatic scene.
"I'm fine." Tang Shuai spoke, took his arm out of James's hand, and then walked towards the free throw line.
James looked at Tang Shuai's figure, and it wasn't until the referee on the sidelines reminded Tang Shuai that he was going to increase the penalty that he came back to his senses.
The LED screen at the scene played back Tang Shuai's shot just now, which can really be said to be thrilling, almost being hit, and most importantly, at the moment when he was about to be hit, he did not choose to protect himself, but maintained the gesture of shooting, which was the key to his last shot.
How strong a mental quality it takes to be able to do this.
In fact, Tang Shuai himself is a calm player, after so many games of experience, coupled with the rapid growth of his own strength, it would be really strange if he messed up.
But standing on the free throw line and watching the referee in front of him gesture to him, he was at a loss in his heart.
The last and most crucial goal was the penalty kick.
And free throws are exactly his weakness. (To be continued.) )