Chapter XXVI: Epilogue
Wade broke through the layup and didn't score, Bydam grabbed the offensive rebound, Wang Meng did not choose the fast attack, but steadily controlled the ball to the half, now in this situation, if you play fast break, once the ball does not score, you will immediately be counterattacked by the opponent A fast attack, the Lakers' advantage lies in the inside, Wang Meng wants to give full play to the Lakers' advantages.
When everyone was in a good position, Wang Meng dribbled and made a few feints, and Chalmers didn't move, this guy's defensive skills are quite good.
Wang Meng waited for Gasol to come out to make a block for himself, and then quickly rushed into the inside.
Bosh came over to make up for himself, and Chalmers also chased after him, Wang Meng didn't look back, threw the basketball in his hand back, and Gasol, who was blocked, stood one step behind the free throw line and hit the ball.
There are only two points left in the difference.
Bosh gave James a pick-and-roll, and James hit a three-point shot from the right.
Wang Meng hoisted the ball to Bydam, Bydam carried the big z to dunk, James immediately went up to help defend, Bydam passed the ball to the empty Artest, Artest hit a two-point shot.
Both sides tried to slow down the pace of the game as much as possible in order to achieve a shooting rate, and for a time both sides had a high shooting rate, but although the shooting rate was high, each ball needed more than 20 seconds of offensive time, only a few balls were played, and most of the time had passed unconsciously, after James assisted Bosh to score a one-handed dunk, the Lakers trailed the Heat by five points. And at the moment, there is a minute and a half left before the end of the game.
Phil called the last timeout, Wang Meng seized the opportunity to take a quick rest, Wang Meng was on the court for most of the fourth quarter, which was a test of his physical strength, fortunately, with the injury-free training of the training system, Wang Meng's physical strength increased somewhat and barely resisted.
It's very simple for the Lakers to play key shots, just give the ball to Kobe, so Phil just focused on how to defend the Heat, Wang Meng's Chalmers offense at this point is not strong, and the pressure is not great. The pressure was on Wade Bryant to defend Wade and Artest to put James.
The game started again, and the Lakers had the ball.
Wang fiercely controlled the ball, came to the three-point line, and faced Chalmers' tight defense, he passed the ball to Kobe.
Wade tried his best to prevent Kobe, Kobe Bryant held the ball on the right side of the three-point line and suddenly pulled out a jumper, Wade could only jump as hard as he could to block Kobe's sight, but after all, he was only 1.93, and Kobe Bryant's height was 1.98, so he could only helplessly watch the basketball fly into the basket. Kobe Bryant's kind of ball is sometimes really unreasonable, unless he is blocked, otherwise even if his eyes are all covered, Kobe can shoot it.
After hitting a three-point shot, the Lakers trailed the Heat by two points.
Watching Chalmers dribble, Wang Meng was still relatively relaxed, he knew that Chalmers would not play, especially at such a critical time, he would not play.
Sure enough, when it came to the half, Chalmers immediately handed the ball to Wade, and then ran to the right three-point line with Wang.
Wade can't stop Kobe, and it's really difficult for Kobe to guard against Wade. Wade started with the ball instantly, and the speed was fast, passing Kobe Bryant most of the body in one step, Kobe Bryant only had time to slide sideways and barely follow Wade, trying his best to squeeze him to the weak side of the basket.
However, a figure blocked him, it was Bosh. Wade suddenly accelerated fully and pounced on the basket.
"Stop him! Don't let him score for a foul! Phil yelled from the sidelines.
Gasol obediently went up and hugged Wade.
Wade hit both free throws from the free-throw line to give the Heat a four-point lead, leaving the Lakers with one minute left.
Wang Meng frowned, the situation is not good, his current physical strength can still open an instant explosion, but that can only recover two points, at most it is a 2+1, after opening the instant explosion, he can't shoot three points. However, the Heat are four points ahead of the Lakers, which is difficult to do.
"Now the Lakers are in danger." "The Heat are four points ahead, there's one minute left on the clock, let's see if the Lakers can turn the Heat around," Smith said. ”
"I'm more interested in Wang Meng's stats than the wins or losses of the game." Barkley looked at the statistics on the computer and said: "Wang Meng is really radiant in this game, there is one minute left in the game, Wang Meng has scored 15 points and 12 assists, complete all-star data." ”
"It seems that the biggest shortcoming of the Lakers this year is also going to disappear." Smith sighed: "Wang Meng is only twenty years old now, very young, and the potential for improvement in the future is very great, and the Lakers have really picked up a treasure." ”
"Not necessarily." Barkley shook his head and said: "As far as I know, Wang Meng and the Lakers signed a contract with a base salary of 440,000 yuan a year, which is a mistake of the Lakers, only signed for one year, and it is very difficult for the Lakers to renew Wang Meng's contract next year." ”
"That's right, Wang Meng has already played his own value, plus the Chinese market behind him, next year's Wang Meng is at least worth a middle-class contract, where will the Lakers take it out for him?" Smith said, "The problem now is very simple, the Lakers can't sign Wang Meng, if they want to maximize the benefits, they can only send Wang Meng out before the trade deadline and exchange for a strong guard." ”
"But that's still early." Barkley shook his head, "It's still December, the trade deadline is a few days after the All-Star break, and the All-Star Game won't start until February 10th, so there's still more than a month to go." ”
"Okay, without further ado, let's watch the game, the Lakers have the ball, and there are only ten seconds left in the offensive time."
Several rotations of the ball, did not find a good offensive opportunity, the ball returned to Wang Meng's hand, watching the time pass little by little, Wang Meng was also a little anxious, although he has played a lot of games in the NBA, but this situation is the first time he has encountered it, seeing that the time is coming soon, Wang Meng had to shoot at the three-point line in a hurry.
"Wang Meng's handling of this ball is very unreasonable, he should give it to Kobe, how can this ball go in? The opposing Chalmers' defense is very good, this ball? The goal went in. "Most of the Chinese fans sweated profusely when they listened to Zhang's explanation, and a small number of them didn't know how to watch basketball at all.
Throwing this ball, Wang Meng secretly said that it was lucky, he didn't expect this ball to be covered, Chalmers's defense has reached the point of blindfolding, Wang Meng can only rely on feeling to throw it, but he didn't expect it to really go in.
This time the pressure came to the Heat's side, Wang Meng scored three points, and the score gap was only one point, and there were still thirty-six seconds left at the moment, if the Heat didn't score the next ball, they could only defend the Lakers with one ball to ensure victory, even if they scored two points, they had to defend the Lakers from shooting three points in overtime. Only a three-pointer can truly guarantee a victory.
However, among the Heat's starters, only Chalmers' three-point shooting is more reliable, and Wade and James are both half-shot and half-masked players, so they are still ready to play two points and then defend the Lakers to shoot three-pointers.
But Wang Meng didn't let it, waited for so long, and finally waited for the moment when Wang Meng broke out.