Chapter Twenty-Five: The Battle Is Deadlocked

"Barkley, who do you think will win the Lakers or the Heat?" Smith asked, looking at the cheerleaders dancing the field.

"It's hard to say, now the scores of the two teams are too close, and it is possible for them to win." Barkley touched his chin and said: "But I am personally more optimistic about the Lakers, after all, the Lakers have Kobe Bryant, a key gentleman, and there is a Wang Meng, and there is a lot of instability." ”

Smith shook his head and said, "Barkley, I think you're about to become a king." ”

Regardless of whether Barkley is Wang Mi or not, Wang Meng is not under much pressure at the moment.

Players on the Lakers can never be bosses, because the Lakers have Kobe, and similarly, when it comes to critical moments, Lakers players don't have to be nervous either, because the Lakers have Kobe.

As the saying goes, Kobe Bryant is also Kobe Bryant, no matter what, Kobe can always stand up when the team needs him the most.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant immediately showed his gorgeous offensive ability, changing direction and breaking through, drifting shots, leaning back in the low post, omnipotent, and playing Wade a little dizzy, but the Heat is not a vegetarian, Wade and James are eyebrows, you and I are the other, and the Lakers' interior line is turned upside down.

James' performance today was very eye-catching, and under Artest's defense, he has scored 23 points, while getting six assists and seven rebounds all-around statistics. Wade, although slightly worse, also scored 21 points and five assists. Only Bosh was slightly more miserable, with 13 points and eight rebounds.

On the other side, Kobe Bryant scored 27 points alone, Wang Meng scored 15 points, and had seven assists, Gasol scored 16 points and 10 rebounds, Odom scored 12 points, and Bydam scored 10 points. In terms of the main force, the two sides played evenly matched.

By the time there were five minutes left in the fourth quarter, Wang Meng had already handed out ten assists, and the score between the Lakers and the Heat was 88-91, and the Heat led by three points.

got two pairs, Wang Meng also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, in this way, half of the task is completed, and the rest is to defeat the Heat, and then sit and wait for the training point to come to his arms.

Before Wang Meng could be happy, the Heat immediately shattered his dream.

Kobe Bryant couldn't shoot, Bosh grabbed the defensive rebound and quickly passed to Chalmers, who then passed to Wade, Wade pulled his leg and threw the ball high when he ran to the three-point line. Odom, who was under the basket, didn't understand what was going on, and thought Wade was giving him a rebound, so he burst into tears and said "Good brother, I didn't hurt you in vain when I was the boss of the Heat."

Before Odom could finish thinking about it, a behemoth suddenly appeared next to him, pressing him to dunk the basketball into it.

"Ahh dunked the ball, James shouted excitedly, domineering and exposed.

"What is this?" Barkley pouted, "I was only separated by one, and now it's jumping open again." ”

Smith: ""

Odom stared at Wade for a long time, but the latter didn't even look at him, so he had no choice but to serve.

Wang Meng dribbled through the half, looked at the situation, and found that Odom's position was very good, and it was Haslem who defended him, although the defense was also good, but Odom should have no problem hitting him, thinking, Wang Meng transferred the ball to Odom.

Odom caught the ball and carried Haslem twice, and found that he had squeezed him away, Odom didn't think much about it, and immediately jumped up to the basket, but as soon as he jumped up, a huge black shadow immediately enveloped him.

"Go ahead!" James let out a big shout and pressed Odom's layup directly to the rebound.

Odom wants to cry without tears, friend, why am I not taking you to play like this?

After blocking Odom, James immediately jumped up and grabbed the basketball again, and immediately passed to Wade, who broke fast. Among the Lakers, only Wang Meng came back to defense, and in the face of Wang Meng's defense, Wade used a slight lost step, which made Wang Meng dizzy, and Wang Meng was ruthless in his heart, "Come down, you." He went up and hugged Wade.

Wade went to the free throw line and made both free throws, and the Heat immediately led the Lakers by seven points, and Phil called a timeout.

Looking at the depressed Odom, Wang Meng didn't know what to say.

It is said that this product was once known as the second magician, and he was the boss of the Heat for a while, and Wade was still his little brother, and he also carried a bag to him. Later, in exchange for O'Neal, the Heat used him as a bargaining chip, and the Lakers agreed to it, which shows that they attach importance to him.

But since Odom came to the Lakers, it has not been as good as a year, many people say that he is because he is lost in the life of a drunken fan in Los Angeles, and he doesn't have to worry about playing games, some people say that as long as he can stay on the court for twenty minutes without distraction, he can become a second magician, but those are just empty words, Odom still slowly changed from the Lakers' starter to the sixth man, although he won the best sixth man award, but the sixth man is the sixth man after all, and the starter is different.

"After a while, Gasoldo blocked Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant looked for an opportunity to shoot or pass, and Wang Meng ran outside the three-point line to look for a shooting opportunity." Phil laid out the next tactics and said, "Artay must follow James and don't let him hold the ball easily." Bydam was in a good position on the inside and guaranteed the rebound. ”

Phil called a 30-second timeout, so the game was hastily arranged and the game resumed, and the Lakers replaced Odom, who was bullied by James, with Artest, the beast. And the Heat replaced Haslem, who was not tall enough, and replaced him with Big Z, although Big Z has a lot of injuries this year, but after all, where is the height, there is still a certain amount of mid-range shots, as long as the Lakers stand on the inside, they can't ignore it.

Wang Meng passed the ball to Kobe, Kobe held the ball at the top of the three-point line, and waited for Gasol to block and break into the interior line, and then threw the basketball out, Wang Meng received the ball as a gesture to shoot, Chalmers immediately got up to defend, Wang Meng shook a shot and also rushed into the inside, James came to make up for the defense, Wang Meng passed the ball to Artest who was released, Artest hit a three-point shot, and the Lakers recovered three points.

"The Lakers are really going really strong right now." Looking at this offense, Smith commented: "With Wang Meng, the Lakers' biggest shortcoming point guard has been completely filled, Wang Meng has good offensive ability, and his organizational ability is also very good, this is his eleventh assist." ”

"That's right," Barkley replied, "Wang Meng is exactly the kind of player the Lakers want most." Although there have been many good point guards among the league's rookies in recent years, such as Rose, Wall, Curry and other players, who are very capable, but when it comes to the most suitable player for the Lakers, there is really only Wang Meng. And most importantly, Wang Meng is very cheap. The Lakers don't have the salary to sign a quality guard. ”