Chapter 48: Victory
(3rd Update)
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wang Meng still used the back singles he had just learned to play Rondo alone.
In the face of Wang Meng's almost rogue play, Rondo looked very helpless, he couldn't prevent Wang Meng at all, but fortunately, Wang Meng's hit rate was not high, not even half of it, otherwise the Celtics would have surrendered their guns.
Even so, the Celtics still did not lag behind the Lakers, Ray Allen Pierce Garnett and the three old guys were not easy to mess with, not to mention O'Neal and others, when there were one and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score of the Lakers and the Celtics was 92:92.
Wang Meng made four of nine shots, including a three-pointer, and scored nine points, and was the key figure in the Lakers' ability to play with the Celtics so far.
Rondo burst inside and caused Gasol to foul, two free throws, and Phil called a timeout.
"There are less than two minutes left in the game, we still have a chance to win, the next few balls must hit the percentage of shots, and leave it to the inside to solve, Wang Meng, you have to pay attention, you must not let Rondo play a fast attack, that kid is too fast, and no one in the Lakers can catch up with him when he runs." Phil said. "Whether you can win or not, it's up to you." ”
"Wang Meng's performance in this game is really good, he has scored 36 points in this game, and it is really good to stand up decisively after Kobe Bryant falls." Smith praised that he also likes to watch Wang Meng's games now, as long as he watches the NBA, there is no one who doesn't like to dunk, and now the hottest dunks in the league are Wang Meng and Griffin.
"His back technique is very fast, and although it is ugly, it is at least decent." "If I coach him a little bit, he'll develop a trick of his own," Barkley said.
"Looks like our Sir Barkley wants to make a comeback." Smith said: "If you want to coach Wang Meng, then he will definitely not refuse, but your skills don't seem to suit him well." ”
"These things are not suitable for it, Kobe Bryant also asked Olajuwon to learn dream steps." Barkley said disapprerovingly.
At the end of the timeout, Wang Meng took the serve, stood outside the three-point line and watched the time, until there were only ten seconds left, he passed the basketball to Gasol, Gasol held the ball and shook it twice, Garnett did not move, and in desperation, Gasol forced Garnett to move inside with his back.
Although Garnett is not a power forward, it is still very easy to resist Gasol, Gasol squeezed twice without squeezing, and the time is almost up at this time, he can only hurry up and shoot in a hurry, the basketball is missed under Garnett's interference, O'Neal wins the scoring rebound and passes quickly to Rondo.
Rondo didn't play a fast break, but slowly walked towards the half.
"Not good." Wang Meng is secretly anxious in his heart, now the Lakers are two points behind, and the ball is still in the hands of the Celtics, which is very unfavorable to the Lakers.
But fortunately, Wang Meng still has some physical strength, and there is no big problem with one or two instant explosions.
While Rondo was waiting for time, Wang Meng suddenly opened up and burst out instantly, pounced on Rondo fiercely.
Rondo didn't react to anything, only felt a strong wind blowing around him, and with a light hand in his hand, the basketball was gone.
Rondo was taken aback, and when he turned around, he could only see the back of a purple-gold eighteen. "How is this possible?" Rondo is rarely broken like this, because he has a long arm span, and his palms are huge, and he is very steady on the dribble, so a frontal steal basically never happens, but today, he was tackled in front of a rookie who has been tackled three times by him.
After stealing Rondo, Wang Meng was in front of an empty Celtics basket, although Rondo chased in vain, Wang Meng still scored an easy layup to tie the score.
"This guy can't really be drugged." Rondo took the ball again, thinking to himself as he ran past.
Wang Meng is not **, but hanging.
Due to Wang Meng's key steal, the Lakers have no gap with the Celtics, even if the Celtics score the ball, the Lakers are only two points behind the Celtics, and the time is enough to catch up.
In theory, this is true, but in reality it is a joke on everyone.
Rondo passed the ball to Pierce, Pierce shook off Artest's mid-range shot, and the free throw line should have been stable from Pierce's vacancy, but the basketball was naughty and swung around the basket and then slid out.
Naturally, Bydam would not let go of such a rebound, hugged it in his arms, and passed it back to Wang Meng after confirming that there was no threat.
The whole court was silent, if Wang Meng's goal could be scored, the Lakers would overtake the score, and there were only forty seconds left at this time.
At the critical moment, Wang Meng was surprisingly calm, he looked at the timer, imprinted the positions of all the players in his mind, and wanted to choose the best breakthrough position, but after looking for a long time, there was no good space, no matter where Wang Meng broke through, he would be trapped, which is also the horror of the Celtics defense.
If you don't have space, don't look for space. Wang Meng also went to the single, directly gave up the breakthrough, and smiled at Rondo.
"You." Rondo suddenly had a bad feeling again. "You don't think about it"
Sure enough, as Rondo expected, Wang Meng turned his back to Rondo again, pouting his ass and squeezing it in little by little.
"Not like that." Rondo pushed Wang Meng hard, but his body still retreated uncontrollably.
"Let me in!" When he reached the free throw line, Wang jumped up violently and threw the basketball out of his hand with his back.
The basketball hits the rebound and bounces into the basket.
"Oh yes!" Immediately, the audience cheered, and Wang Meng couldn't help but wave his fists and roar.
Freese called the last timeout, at which point the Celtics trailed the Lakers by two points with thirty seconds left, and even if the Celtics made a three-pointer, the Lakers still had a chance to kill.
But the Celtics seemed to have lost all of their hands suddenly, Ray Allen missed three points, the Lakers won the rebound, and the Celtics had no choice but to use foul tactics.
Gasol hit two free throws, and the game was over, and at this moment the Lakers led the Celtics by four points, and even if they made three points, they couldn't win.
After Ray Allen's three-pointer was deflected wide again, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Immediately, the audience cheered thunderously, and everyone was shouting Wang Meng's name.
Wang Meng closed his eyes and felt all this, there was nothing better than this, winning the ball, there were cheers, playing star statistics, and the favor of beautiful women, and most importantly, Wang Meng got fifteen training points.