Chapter 50: Screaming in the Sky
Everyone in the Staples Center was in a petrified state, they had seen Olajuwon's fantastic dance moves, they had seen the admiral's quick cuts, but they had never seen a real inside crossover.
A 2.11-meter-tall and weight-solid inside lineman can dribble with both hands and cross steps over people, which is simply a cross-era thing.
Durant can indeed do this move, but Horn is dozens of pounds heavier than Durant, which is a completely different thing, Horn is a pure interior lineman, and Durant is tall but he is still an outside lineman.
A real inside crossover, what a horrible thing to do. It's as if you see the world suddenly turn upside down, which is something that almost violates the conventions of the physical world.
So the Lakers players felt like they couldn't breathe, and the Hornets players exclaimed in their hearts my god what kind of monster I was on the same team! All the managers and commentators are dumbfounded, Horn can do this, then his limit is not the end of the universe?
Odom was even more dumbfounded to look at Horn's back, and he still didn't realize what was happening to him.
"Boom, boom!"
Although it was an away game, after Horn's goal, the entire Staples Center immediately erupted in waves of exclamations.
Horn's brilliance shook everyone's hearts, and Joan Barry was also surprised for a long time before he said, "I think Horn has finally found a way to use his speed correctly, and from now on there will be one more monster in the alliance." All teams need to be careful! ”
David Pash heard Barry say this, and he immediately thought of Horn using various breakthroughs to get past all the interior lines of the league like chopping vegetables. The sight David Pash couldn't help but even give a cold war, it was terrifying.
The Zen master did not shout or whistle when he stood on the sidelines, but he began to touch his beard. This alliance is full of monsters, and if you don't have monsters, you can't survive here. Now this Horn has also become a formidable monster, and today's game is not easy to play.
Although the Lakers are a championship team, they haven't seen this either. After being crossed by Horn once, the Lakers' side was also a little absent-minded when they came over again, and they were suppressed by Horn to a certain extent.
Gasol made a mistake when he was in the high post, and the ball was cut off by West.
Gasol is indeed old this season, and his form has deteriorated greatly. West broke the ball and immediately passed the ball to Paul, who advanced quickly with the ball, and when it came to the Lakers' half, Paul turned back and passed the ball directly to Horn.
Horn received the ball, Odom immediately chased after him as last time, and in the face of Odom, Horn started to spy on the step, raised his hand and made a feint, leaning to the left and changing direction to the right.
The last time Horn's passing was between lightning and flint, this time everyone paid attention, and then they found that Horn's change of direction action was not only fast, but also very rhythmic, the whole body was like undulating waves, and the outstretched arm was like a bird's wings with a gentle wave, and the basketball was on the right, Odom hurriedly went to the right, and at this time, Horn's natural right hand pulled back.
"Brush!"
Horn changed direction twice, Odom didn't turn around this time, Horn arrived in the Lakers' restricted area in one step, Horn's speed was also fast, the court seemed to be not enough for him, just one step of space, he could threaten the basket.
At this position, Bynum hurriedly rushed over to defend, but in the face of Bynum Horn, he slowed down slightly, grabbed the ball with one hand and lifted it up to make a shooting feint, Bynum was stiffened by Horn's action, and at this moment Horn stepped up and raised the basketball with one hand and smashed it fiercely on top of the basket.
"Bang dang!"
"Boom, boom!"
Horn had petrified Staples en masse, and now Horn had brought the whole Staples to life, the stadium was shaking, and the fans were jumping up and yelling at the stadium.
The Lakers' players were all stunned, and the Hornets players were all rushing up as if their hearts had been injected with a lot of adrenaline.
Horn not only double-sided past Odom, but also played this brilliant breakthrough against Bynum.
This is simply against the sky! Horn's performance today was an absolute superstar. It's incredible.
At this moment, Horn dominates the pitch and he is the absolute brightest man on the pitch.
Horne is playing like this, and the Hornets players are already sorry for Horne for not convulsing, and West, led by Horne, is the next mid-range shot, and Bynum and Gasol, who shot, have to follow him to the three-point line.
Once the Lakers' two interior lines were pulled out, Paul had a huge amount of space, and Paul also rushed into the Lakers' interior line with passion at this time, causing the Lakers to foul and score points in the Lakers' restricted area.
One Paul and one West erupted together, and even the Lakers had a hard time suppressing them.
Ball didn't expect the game to take such a turn, and Horn still had this ceiling, and he was going crazy with joy now. If Horn continues that form, there is hope for the playoffs, and the team can even hope to go one step further in the playoffs.
Ball recently knew that Horn's "stamina" seemed to have some problems based on his own observations, and when he saw Paul and West holding the team up, he replaced Horn for a break, and he was ready to use Horn again in the final moments of the game.
Although the Lakers were initially beaten by the Hornets, seeing that the game is coming to an end, the Lakers, the championship team, have finally awakened.
Bryant began to exert his power in the final period, and he withstood the play of West and Paul alone.
The Lakers and Hornets actually went together in the fourth quarter, and the two teams kept biting the score until the last 2 minutes.
The Hornets and the Lakers could play so fiercely and excitingly, David Pash didn't expect it, and he said at this time: "The Lakers' laziness has laid the root of the bane, and now it is very difficult for the Hornets to suppress their morale once they want to suppress it!" ”
Joan Barry also said: "It's true that once the game is still bitten together in the last two minutes, the team is not very useful. At this time, it is the performance of the top stars of the two teams! This is the moment when the absolute star decides the outcome of the game. ”
Ball, of course, understands this, and at this point he swapped Horn back on the court.
Back on the court, Horn immediately felt that the pressure on the court was definitely different from before. And as long as Horn gets the ball, the Lakers will immediately arrange layers of defense against Horn, the Lakers are a championship team, and the individual ability and team execution are very strong.
And Horn is just a novice attacker, and he is a little helpless in the face of this kind of high-intensity and tactical defense.
Horn had no choice but to pass the basketball to Paul and West, and continue his off-ball offensive line himself.
Although Horn couldn't score at this time, the containment force was still huge, and the Lakers didn't dare to relax Horn at all.
In this way, Paul and West can attack better, and the time is going on, and the difference between the two teams is still not widened, and in the last 35 seconds of the last minute, the two teams are only one point apart at 97:96.
The Lakers still had a one-point lead in possession at this time, and Kobe Bryant came over to get the ball and immediately controlled the rhythm.
The Lakers' intention is simple: try to play the full 24 seconds, score points, and suppress the Hornets in terms of time and score.
Ball naturally couldn't let the Lakers' calculation play too easily, and he immediately asked his players to increase their defense of the ball.
Horne and Collison pounced on Kobe Bryant, and Bryant saw the Hornets' move, and he turned around and passed to Bynum, who was very good on the baseline.
Bynum took the ball and dribbled a step and directly wanted to bully Ariza to the basket to score points. It was also when Bynum dribbled that Horn came to Bynum's side at once, and at this time Bynum did not realize that Horn was coming, and he raised his hand to attack directly.
Horn slapped Bynum's ball off with a quick slap and broke the ball!
"The ball is broken!!"
Joan Barry and David Pash shouted together, Lakers fans felt a chill in their hearts, and Hornets fans were excited.
Kobe rushed up to make a counter-attack, and Horn hurriedly passed the ball to Paul.
With just 26 seconds left in Paul's game, the Hornets thought like the Lakers, attacking after 24 seconds.
At this time, the Lakers did not dare to defend the ball with high pressure, because time was running out.
Paul holds the ball at the top of the arc and faces Kobe, Paul and Kobe Bryant are in different positions, play differently, but their surnames are somewhat close, they are both infinitely competitive and aggressive people, they do not hesitate to play dirty, they do not hesitate to play ruthlessly, and they do not hesitate to become the team's defensive guard.
Time faded little by little, 9 seconds, 8 seconds, 7 seconds, and in the last 7 seconds, Paul finally made his move, he changed direction with one hand outside the three-point line, and then immediately dribbled under the crotch and broke forward to break through and dribble under the crotch.
Paul's movements are like juggling, fast and beautiful, and they are all very fierce. Paul's every step of the dribble is very crisp, and when the body shakes, it is a dribble, and this dribble is a move and a feint.
Kobe Bryant's defense is also the top in the league, he stared at Paul, Paul saw that there was no chance, dribbled to the side, and then suddenly followed up with his back foot, stepped back to the side and pulled his body out sideways, and shot a step back.
Paul stepped back and forced a jumper!
Kobe flew over to block it, and it was Paul's shot that the basketball just crossed Kobe.
The arc of the ball was very beautiful, and the fans in the stadium looked at the ball with wide eyes.
The red arc glides over the "Bang! Paul's ball didn't go in, and it flew far away, just in time to be caught by Horn who ran out.
At the moment when Horn caught the basketball, a group of Lakers pounced on Horn, and there were only 2 seconds left at this time, and Horn didn't have many options.
In the face of a group of people who pounced on him, Horn did not lose his cool, and put the ball in Paul's side with both hands, and a group of Lakers who were shaking with a passing feint stopped.
After a moment of pause, Horn adjusted and turned on the desperate life, and then faced the slow-moving Bynum and Gasol, Horn leaned back and struck.
In order to dodge Bynum and Gasol, the basketball arc is very high, straight up and down as if it were two elevators.
There was a brief pause, a leaning body, a world that was about to lose its balance, and he couldn't see anything as Horn fell to the ground, but he heard his own familiar voice.
"Brush!"
It was the sound of a basketball coming into the frame, followed by Horn hearing the frantic shouts of his teammates and the earth-shattering screams of David Pash.