Rebounding is one of Wang Meng's weaknesses, no way, as a point guard, most of the time is still on the outside to organize the offense, away from the basket is undoubtedly much farther than the other four positions of the player, and most of the point guards are the smallest players in the team, and the height problem also makes their rebounding ability average.

Although there are a few exceptions in the league, such as Kidd, the triple-double king at his peak a few years ago, and the current Celtics' Rajon Rondo, or the Magic Johnson who has been retired for many years, are all good at grabbing rebounds, but after all, this kind of person is a minority in the league, and Wang Meng obviously does not belong to the minority here.

Four rebounds, if it is the target number of the whole game, Wang Meng will not show too much pressure, but if it is a single quarter, and there are about five minutes left in the game back to this quarter, Wang Meng feels a little tricky.

Kobe Bryant's rebounds in the whole game is 4, as the mission goal, Wang Meng must surpass Kobe Bryant 5 rebounds, in the first three quarters of the game, Wang Meng has grabbed 5 rebounds, but to grab 4 rebounds in the fourth quarter with 5 minutes left, this is really a bit difficult.

"In order to ensure the problem of rebounding, it can only be turned on and exploded instantly!" Wang Meng secretly said that relying on the instantaneous burst of bounce power, Wang Meng's ability to grab rebounds will be improved to a certain extent.

What makes Wang Meng a little embarrassed is that he turned on the instant burst to grab the rebound, and it turned out to be his own defensive rebound, no way, the Lakers' defensive rebounding protection is too good, Howard, Kenyon Martin and Jamison are three rebounding masters, even if Wang Meng starts the instant explosion, he can't grab a rebound from the Lakers' position, so he can only grab rebounds in the backcourt of the Hornets, Oden and Gasol are in the position of the others, Wang Meng took the opportunity to open the instant explosion and jump high to grab the rebound, Although it's a bit ugly to grab a teammate's rebound like this, it's much better than not being able to complete the task.

With five minutes left in the game, the Hornets took a dead-ball opportunity to bring Roy back on, and the Lakers also put Ci Shiping, who was stronger defensively than Jamison, back on the court to defend Wallace of the Hornets.

During this period, the Lakers completed another mid-range shot, turning the 1-point gap into 3 points, but the three-point gap is already dispensable, and an attack can easily chase it back.

In these five minutes, it has really become a meat grinder for both teams, and the strong defense and fierce style of play have been shown in these five minutes.

Wang Meng felt so difficult for the first time in his life on the offensive end, Ci Shiping's eyes drifted to his side from time to time, as long as he had chosen to break through, he rushed over and Kobe Bryant to wrap himself as soon as possible, under Ci Shiping's muscles that James was ashamed of, even if Wang Meng turned on the instant explosion, it was difficult to squeeze him away with strength when the speed did not add up, and even if he squeezed the bag between the two of them, there was a Howard waiting on the inside.

In this case, Wang Meng can only choose to pass, but no matter who he passes to, most of the Lakers' players can make up for the defense as soon as possible. Even the usual tried-and-true blocking and dismantling coordination is now extremely difficult to use.

Wang Meng has a feeling that even the defense in the first three quarters of the game together does not seem to be as stressful as the defense in these few minutes.

However, correspondingly, the Lakers' defense is very tough, and the Hornets will naturally not be far behind, in fact, in comparison, the Hornets' defense is even stronger than the Lakers.

The fans on the sidelines were stunned to find that what had always been a very gorgeous offensive battle turned into a defensive battle inexplicably at the end of the game.

Hitting iron, hitting iron, constantly hitting iron, the shooting rate of players on both sides invariably plummeted, including Wang Meng Kobe, the players on both sides did not score a point in the full 3 minutes.

kept hitting the iron, but it was a little fulfillment of Wang Meng, because as long as the basketball didn't hit, then there would be rebounds, even if Wang Meng's rebounding ability was average, but in the case of instant explosion and deliberateness, he quickly grabbed 4 rebounds in the case of the two sides playing iron in this 2 minutes.

Wang Meng's current rebounding count has risen to 9, and so far, he has got a quasi-triple-double of 45 points, 14 assists and 9 rebounds, and it is also a big triple-double. It's so strong. Smith sighed.

"Now all that's left is to score." Wang Meng, who grabbed 9 rebounds, was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, he looked at Kobe, and now, he is only 2 points away from completing the task.

Perhaps feeling Wang Meng's gaze, Kobe Bryant suddenly regained his fighting spirit, carried Wang Meng and forced him into the middle distance, and then hit a backward jumper, raising his score to 29 points, breaking the deadlock between the two teams without scoring for nearly 3 minutes, and at the same time widening the difference between the two teams to 5 points.

Monty paid attention to his pauses, and there were two more, hesitating, Monty didn't choose to call a pause, he wanted to use the pause in a more critical place. "Hit this goal steadily, there are only two minutes left."

Wang Meng glanced up at the timer, to be precise, there was 1 minute and 58 seconds left in the game, and the Hornets were 4 points behind the Lakers 114:118, and they were 4 points away from completing the task.

Holding the ball at the top of the three-point line, Wang Meng began to hesitate, "How to play." "Wang Meng now has two choices, one is to choose singles by himself, and then when the opponent Ci Shiping comes to make up for himself, he chooses to pass the ball out for his teammates to play, but the performance of the Lakers in the first few minutes also let Wang Meng know that it is useless to simply pass the ball to the vacant position, the Lakers' defense speed is very fast, basically will not give the Hornets a chance to shoot in the vacant position, if this offense is not scored, and then let the Lakers seize the opportunity to play back, the difference will be widened to 6 points, and the time will only be about 1 minute and 30 seconds left, Then it will be troublesome.

The second choice is much more stable than the first, Wang Meng still hasn't used his third skill, and he will hit with one hit. With this skill, Wang Meng can ensure that his three-point shot must be hit, and it may cause the opponent to foul and play a 3+1, the most feared thing in a blow must be the opponent's block, Wang Meng knows that with Kobe's current bounce, it is impossible to cover himself, that is to say, this ball is bound to hit. After scoring this three-pointer, the Hornets will only trail the Lakers by one point, and they will be on par with the Lakers in terms of initiative.

However, the second option has a drawback, that is, one hit must be used once in a game, if Wang Meng uses it now, then when there may be a more urgent situation later, Wang Meng cannot guarantee that his shot will hit 100%.

Wang Meng was a little entangled, the attack time passed little by little, and when there were ten seconds left, Wang Meng had to move, because if he hesitated, he would have to violate the rules for 24 seconds.

After making a feint to break through to attract Kobe's attention, Wang jumped violently on the spot.

Kobe Bryant naturally caught up with him as soon as possible, hesitating the reason for the bounce, Kobe Bryant could only block his hand in front of Wang Meng's eyes, expecting Wang Meng's hand to feel interference.

After jumping into the air, Wang quickly made his own judgment, he wanted to leave this chance to hit with one blow, and use him in a more urgent situation later.

Thinking about it, Wang Meng's body suddenly leaned back in the air, and as before, he took advantage of the glimpse of vision that he gave up when he leaned back, and quickly threw the basketball out.

But the moment the basketball shot, Wang Meng's heart suddenly cold. "Oops!" Although it seems that the shooting angle is very positive, Wang Meng can feel that this ball is about to be thrown!

"Box!" As Wang Meng expected, the basketball slammed heavily on the basket, and then bounced high.

"Rebounding!" Wang Meng yelled, but he was ready to turn around and defend himself, and Wang Meng didn't have much idea about this basketball.

Howard looked up at the rebounds in the sky, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face, Howard's favorite is such a rebound, bounce high, everyone has no advantage in the card position, and can only touch the basketball first with bounce. "This ball is mine!" Howard is confident in this, because there is simply no interior big man in the league who is pure explosive and bounces beyond him, not McGee of the Nuggets, nor can Griffin Jordan of the Clippers.

But just as a smile appeared on Howard's face and he was about to jump, a black figure suddenly appeared in front of him, jumped up violently, and stopped Howard behind him.

"Karma?!" Howard was taken aback, of course he recognized this person, this was Oden, but wasn't Oden stuck behind him? How did he suddenly run in front of him?

The body was blocked by Oden, and Howard couldn't grab this rebound even if he bounced well.

"Wang Meng!" Oden roared in the air and slapped the basketball at Wang Meng like a volleyball.

This beat is strong and heavy, Wang Meng's hand was shocked when he received the basketball, but despite this, Wang Meng was very happy in his heart, he did not pause at all, jumped directly in the spot where he received the basket, and dialed the basketball out again against the basket.

"Damn it!" Kobe Bryant was taken aback, Wang Meng's position was two steps away from the three-point line, and he was about to reach the halfcourt line, Wang Meng didn't hesitate to shoot in this position, and was caught off guard, Kobe didn't even have a chance to pounce on interference, and watched Wang Meng shoot with his eyes.

The basketball goes through the air in a very far, very high arc, and then "Wow! Enter the basket with a thud.

The audience boiled instantly.

There is only one point left and 1 minute and 38 seconds remaining.

"Well done!" Wang Meng patted Auden's back when he returned to defend and said. "Thanks to your rebounds."

Oden smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, Oden was suppressed by Howard throughout the game, and only at this moment did he finally take advantage of it.

was snatched of a rebound by Oden like this, Howard immediately turned red, he rushed into the Hornets inside without saying a word, and leaned on Oden to get a basketball.

Paul dropped the ball to Howard, Howard dribbled with his back and carried Oden twice, Oden grinned in pain, but he didn't dare to retreat, Howard hit twice and didn't knock Oden away, he was even more annoyed, and the third time Howard exerted all his strength and hit Oden hard again.

"Peng!" Oden fell in response, and Howard immediately turned around and dunked the basketball into the basket with both hands.

"Squeak!" At this moment, the referee's whistle sounded, pointed at Howard, and motioned for Howard to hit the man with the ball.

"What!?" Howard hung on the basket dumbfounded, and he immediately pretended to be innocent and looked at the referee, "Referee, he is pretending, I didn't use any force at all." ”

The referee directly ignored Howard, the sound of the two people's bodies colliding just now was so obvious, and the referee was not deaf, how could he not hear it?

"Well done!" After two successive meritorious services, the whole Hornets regarded Oden as a hero, and this hero is now rubbing his chest, and he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh with a bitter face.

"Dwight! Don't worry! Let's take our time! As the boss of the team, Kobe Bryant had to go up and remind Howard at this time.

"I know!" Howard said indignantly: "It's just that guy is too cunning, it makes me very unhappy!" ”

For Howard, Kobe Bryant can only say a few words, after all, Howard is a superstar whose influence is not weaker than the current Kobe, he is different from Bydam in the original team, not how Kobe wants to teach him, if Howard is annoyed, he has the courage to provoke Kobe, because Howard is still very young, if he really has a conflict with Kobe, then the Lakers uniform team is likely to trade Kobe Bryant in order to keep Howard.

This is one thing that Kobe Bryant understood after forcing O'Neal away, the NBA has always been a business field, if you want to ensure your competitiveness, then you have to show your strength and potential. Even if O'Neal brought three consecutive championships to the Lakers, in the face of Kobe, a potential star, the old shark O'Neal, who is already old, can only accept the fate of being traded.

Hornets possession, Wang Meng controlled the ball again over the half, this time Wang Meng's mentality was much less than the last offensive pressure, because at this time the score gap between the Hornets and the Lakers was only 1 point, the ball was on the Hornets' side, and Wang Meng had a lot of choices.

Wang Meng finally chose to hand over the ball to Roy, and Roy singled Paul, as easy as ever, after all, there is too much difference in height between the two people.

Roy hit a mid-range jumper to overtake the score, Hornets 119: Lakers 118.

Phil Jackson called a timeout.

He had to scream, because there was only 1 minute left in the game, 24 seconds of offensive time, if the tempo was a little faster, he could only maintain about 4 offenses, and the Lakers are now 1 point behind, and this offense is crucial.

After the timeout came back, the Lakers possessed the ball, Paul received the pass and pressed the offensive time, and when there were 10 seconds left in the offensive time, he slammed the ball to Kobe, Wang Meng wanted to catch up, but was blocked by Ci Shiping.

Kobe Bryant received the basketball and quickly turned around for a jumper, Wallace rushed up to make up for the defense as soon as possible, he jumped high, wanting to give Kobe Bryant a hat to try when he was shooting.

Bryant suddenly retracted the ball at this time and crashed into Wallace.

"Not good!" Wallace was taken aback and quickly withdrew his hand, but it was too late, his body hit Kobe, Kobe Bryant was immediately knocked crooked, the whistle sounded immediately, and Kobe reluctantly threw the basketball in his hand.

Wallace still lets Kobe Bryant shoot? You have already fouled me, don't think about playing 2+1, Wallace hugged Kobe, Kobe had no choice but to give up this shot.

Standing at the free throw line, Kobe Bryant made two free throws steadily, and the Lakers' total score rose to 120 points, surpassing the Hornets by 1 point.

Monty subconsciously wanted to call a timeout, but saw Wang shaking his head at him. Monty suddenly understood, temporarily gave up the timeout, and chose to believe Wang Meng.

Exactly like before, Wang Meng dribbled and stood at the three-point line, and then looked lively unhurriedly.

Kobe Bryant stood in front of Wang Meng, but he didn't dare to go up and press, if Wang Meng was allowed to pass easily at this critical moment, it would be very fatal. So Kobe Bryant put on a triple threat move and quietly waited for Wang Meng to take the initiative.

Time passed second by second, Wang Meng did not have the intention of moving, although Kobe Bryant had his back to the timer, but he had been silently thinking about the game time in his heart, and after 20 seconds of offensive time, Kobe was stunned to find that Wang Meng was still not moving.

"If you don't move, I'm going to move." Kobe Bryant doesn't care so much, 4 seconds of offensive time, Wang Meng is simply not enough to pass himself and rush into the inside attack, so Wang Meng can only choose one offensive method, that is, outside shooting, in this case, how could Kobe let Wang Meng get his wish?

Kobe Bryant immediately rushed over and clinged to Wang Meng, his hands constantly interfering with Wang Meng's dribbling. Then Kobe Bryant was pleasantly surprised to find that Wang Meng kept the basketball with both hands.

"Stopped!" Kobe Bryant was ecstatic, stopping the ball means that Wang Meng can no longer dribble, otherwise it will be a violation, Wang Meng can only have two options now, one pass! One votes for itself.

As soon as Kobe Bryant thought of this, he saw Wang Meng jump up violently on the spot.

Kobe, who was prepared, used all his strength on bouncing, and jumped up with Wang Meng.

The two of them rose in the air, and the joy on Kobe's face was faintly visible, "In this case, the shooting rate will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, Wang Meng!" You chose to shoot like this, you can't help but think too highly of yourself! ”

The two of them kept rising in the air, and then, Kobe was surprised to find that when he stopped, Wang Meng was still rising.

"What kind of bounce is this?" Kobe Bryant was shocked to see Wang Meng continue to rise, until he exceeded his own full head, and then stopped in the air.

With a full head taller and leaning back, Kobe Bryant found that he couldn't even cover his eyes, which is an extremely simple action.

"Instant explosion! One hit is a must! A smile appeared on Wang Meng's face in the air, and then slowly pulled the basketball out.

(To be continued)