Chapter 801: Madness and Legend in the 100s

"Beautiful footsteps, Shaq was shaken away again, Yao Ming scored again, the Boston Celtics still led by 2 points, this is a crazy inside matchup, from the beginning of the fourth quarter to the present, both teams dominate their own offense is their own center forward, this is after 1995, 9 years later, I saw such a game again, and after that season, Shaq O'Neal took over the title of Hakeem Olajuwon league's first center, and now, Just like when Shaq O'Neal stood in front of Olajuwon, a new center is standing in front of O'Neill again, and is he here to carry on the legacy of the league's No. 1 center this time? ”

Magic Johnson was already extremely nervous at this time, especially when he saw the interior players of the two teams slowly slowing down, for the interior players, especially the big center, these two people have played to the extreme in this game, O'Neal Don't say, he has exerted his influence on the game from the very beginning of the game, and at the beginning he led his team forward when Kobe Bryant was not mad, under such a long period of madness, The pace of the league's No. 1 center has begun to slowly change, and Yao Ming on the other side is not much better.

Although Yao Ming's physical fitness has not been too much of a problem, but he is a big man of 2.26 meters, a big man like this took over the game for more than 9 minutes in the fourth quarter, which is a miracle, in the history of the NBA, more than 2.20 meters tall inside, no one can do this, and it is precisely because of this that the Magic will associate the league's No. 1 center with Yao Ming It does not make people feel abrupt, to be able to fight against O'Neal in the fourth quarter for so long, and not to fall behind, There is even a vague advantage in the position, which is not the performance of the league's No. 1 center?

In fact, there were too many surprises in this round of finals. Yao Ming's outbreak in the finals is a big surprise, whether it is the first three games to contribute 20+ with extremely stable offensive efficiency or the fourth half of 20 and 40 performance is amazing, in this year's regular season, as one of the few players in the league who can score more than 10 points as long as he plays every game, Yao Ming has been recognized by many people, people are already saying that he is the top five center in the league, but who really thinks he is the first in the league. I'm afraid that person is sick, although O'Neal is a lot older, because of last season's injury, his dominance is far less than before, but this does not mean that there are people in the NBA who can compare with him in the position of center, at least, before the Finals began, no one thought that Yao Ming was O'Neal's opponent, but now. After these five games, no one should have such an idea.

Of course, Yao Ming and O'Neal are the most certain points of attack and the most consistent points for both teams, just like a lot of great interior lines. You can't expect them to do everything, when they can't move, your teammates have to step up, in fact. Whether it's the Boston Celtics or the Lakers, this game has people like that.

117 to 115, that's the score of the two Finals teams right now. The Boston Celtics almost led the Lakers again by 2 points with Yao Ming's last somewhat oiled goal, and at this time there was 1 minute and 45 seconds left in the game, for the current two teams, other players did not dare to hold the ball at all, this time is the moment when the real superstar, whether it is Yao Ming or Ao Fat before, or Kobe Bryant and Maddie opposite Kobe Bryant who is holding the ball at this time, these four people are superstars, and they are star stars who can decide the outcome of the game, at this time, The others had to stand on one side.

Kobe Bryant's expression at this time is very unpredictable, the Lakers guard does not have too many expressions, such a situation is rare, even Maddie, who has always had a good relationship with him, is a little surprised, or the Lakers' guard has always been like this in this game, maybe for him, who has been excluded before, at this time, at the most critical time of the team, he regained the team's ball, such a thing should be a happy thing, but Maddie did not see such a thing happen at all.

Of course, no matter what Kobe Bryant's mood is at this time, now, at this time, nothing is useless, and you can only use your strength to decide the outcome of the game.

"I won't let you step over me" Maddy's sleepy eyes were staring closely at Kobe Bryant who was dribbling in front of him at this time, the top of the three-way arc, and at this time, he didn't dare to take the lead, at this time, the two were like the air around them stagnated, and in fact, the scope of the scene should indeed be stagnant, originally Lakers fans should be shouting wildly at this time, but at this time everyone held ten hands and put them on their chests, the atmosphere at the scene was quiet and terrible, Even Johnson, the Magician on the commentary bench, could hear Kobe Bryant's dribbling at a constant speed, which made even Magic and Larry Bird afraid to speak loudly, for fear of ruining the atmosphere because of himself.

1 second, 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, Kobe Bryant dribbled in place motionlessly, seemingly waiting for an opportunity.

"How will he attack?" This is the idea of almost everyone in Staples Arena, including Lakers head coach Phil Jackson who is standing on the Lakers bench, he has no choice but to let Kobe Bryant dominate the team's offense, O'Neal and Yao Ming are running out of oil, and no one else is suitable to take over the current Lakers, if he can, he is willing to give players like Fan Maniac a chance, but in fact, the feeling of Fan Maniac in this game is completely devoid of the perversion of the previous games, in my heart, Phil Jackson hopes that this time Kobe Bryant can steadily break through the inside line, at this time Yao Ming is already weak, and it is difficult for the interior defense of the two teams to keep up, but just when Phil Jackson was thinking about what kind of defense Kobe Bryant used to break through Maddie, the sudden scene in front of him made the Lakers head coach's heart shrink, and he almost stopped breathing.

"What. Straight dry pull three points? Pulling out a three-point shot in front of Maddie? It's so irrational" When the Magic on the commentary bench watched Kobe Bryant pull up in a daze, and then threw the basketball out at the top of the arc, the greatest player in the history of the Lakers had already stood up from his seat excitedly, and even shouted out loudly, this is an absolutely cancerous style of play, the team is two points behind, and there are 90 seconds left in the game, at this time such an attack misses. It means the loss of the team.

And at this moment, the Lakers fans who were looking forward to how Kobe Bryant's ball should attack gasped with a 'hiss' after seeing this ball, and when the ball thrown out of Kobe's hand crossed a beautiful arc and fell straight into the net, the whole court fell silent again after the 'hiss', and at this time, the magician who had stood up from the commentary seat also fell directly to his position, and Lakers head coach Phil Jackson sat down like Magic. At this time, the famous coach who almost stopped breathing just now was already stunned to look at Kobe Bryant, who was still doing the shooting posture, and his heart was very complicated at this time.

The silence was short-lived, when the Lakers fans in the audience reacted, there was a 'boom', like an explosion, and at this time Kobe Bryant on the court just glanced at Maddie and turned around and left, and at this time Maddie was a little stunned and looked at the back of Kobe Bryant who was unexpectedly embarrassed in front of him.

118-117, the Lakers completed the comeback with 90 seconds left in the game, and at this time, Zhuang Fei and his assistant Green on the sidelines were constantly shaking their heads. From the six-minute TV timeout in the game, to now, the two teams have been biting tightly, from one team leading by 2 points to tying and then leading. The two teams have been tugging at each other in a rhythmic way, and Kobe's goal is undoubtedly a goal that broke this rhythm.

"It was a turning point in the game, and the Boston Celtics lost their original rhythm point. Now both teams need to start looking for a new rhythm point again, and this will be the last chance to see who can take it. Whoever wins," Larry Bird continued, looking at the distracted Magician next to him, as he was calm as the Celtics lost their rhythm and the two teams were on the same page again.

"Tracy, don't worry, this ball is just an accident," James Posey patted Maddie lightly, who was still in a state of distraction, and said with some comfort.

"I know, James, I won't care" Maddie also shook her head gently after James Posey's reminder, turned around, and then said to James Posey: "Let's attack, the ball can be on our side"

Now the score is 118-117, the Lakers temporarily lead by one point, and in the final less than two minutes of the game, even a point is extremely precious, for Maddie, now the pressure is all on his side, this goal must be scored.

If Kobe Bryant's dribbling outside the three-point line just now makes people unpredictable about his offensive style, then Maddy's dribbling at this time can let people know what he wants to do, at this time Kobe is one step away from Maddy, he firmly believes that his good friend will not be like him outside the three-point line at this time, so this time Kobe is going to pinch Maddy's breakthrough, which is a completely gambling defense, just like he gambled just now to throw three points.

But this is Kobe's choice, either a hero who goes off the rails or a sinner who walks alone in the world, and he is willing to bear it all.

And it turned out that Kobe's gamble was correct, Maddie did not pull out outside the three-point line, but after dribbling two steps in place at a constant speed, he quickly moved again, and moved directly to Kobe Bryant, who was standing in front of the free throw line.

This ball was his 'answer-ball' that went straight to Kobe.

The purpose of this ball is very strong, and almost everyone on the court knows that this ball is Maddie actively looking for Kobe, so when the two meet at the free throw line, almost everyone on and off the court is waiting for the result.

Maddie is nearly 10 centimeters taller than Kobe, but his flexibility and athleticism are no worse than Kobe, this is where his talent lies, and this time Maddie met Kobe Bryant at the free throw line, what is more surprising is that Maddie did not choose to directly use his height and footstep advantage to complete the turn and breakthrough, but stopped directly there.

Stopping the ball at the free throw line is not a good choice, so after Kobe Bryant's meal, he was ready to break the ball immediately, he also had such a move before this game, and he was successful, but this time, when Kobe Bryant started, he suddenly found that Maddie, who was leaning back to him and did not choose to turn around and break through, but chose to stop the ball, had bounced out. And Kobe Bryant's outstretched right hand hit the pop out very awkwardly, and after being in the air, he turned around and prepared to shoot.

"Is he so good now?" Phil Jackson, who had just come back to his senses in front of the Lakers bench, was shocked again, and when he saw Maddy's ball smashed into the front rebound and hit the board into the frame to complete 2+1, his heart twitched again. And the same convulsions as him were the Lakers fans on the scene.

If Kobe's goal ignited the enthusiasm of these people, then Maddie's 'answer-ball' was poured directly on their heads like a basin of cold water, which was too shocking.

"This is a long-planned trick to cheat" Magic Johnson and Larry Bird looked at each other and were both a little helpless, in their time, there have never been two players with such a personal touch, Kobe Bryant will not talk about it. Even Maddie, although he did not choose a very toxic dry three-pointer, but his ball was also a lot of poison, and the failure was to be directly counterattacked by Kobe Bryant.

"That's genius and talent, and this game is a perfect illustration of where the highest talent in the NBA is right now" When Larry Bird and Magic push all of this to talent, it means that these two are beyond the scope of their knowledge, and the last player who can't recognize both of them at the same time is the basketball god, Michael Jordan

2+1, Madiga hits the penalty. The Boston Celtics 120-118 once again exceeded by two points, and at this time, the game time was only 75s, and when the time of the game slowly came to this point, everyone's mood began to become more and more nervous. At least the suffocating atmosphere has spread, even O'Neill and Yao Ming, who are no longer able to walk on the court at this time, are forcibly moving at this time, wanting to use their last bit of strength to help their team, but what makes the two embarrassed. When these two people were entangled with each other on the inside, the scene immediately exploded again with a 'boom', and when the two looked outside. Almost at the same place, Kobe Bryant pulled up again, and at this time, Yao Ming and O'Neal plus the other two inside linemen under the basket, Malone and Xiao Ao, were all staring at the basket above their heads, and everyone was also staring at the basket.

With a "brush", Kobe Bryant hit again with a three-point throw at the top of the arc. The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics by one point 121-120, and there were 60s left in the game at this time, just one minute.

After Kobe Bryant's goal was scored, the Lakers guard's slight glance at his bench was caught by the TV camera, and when the broadcast camera followed Kobe's eyes, Van Exel, who had been crazy in the previous games, appeared on the camera, and when the Magic Johnson and Larry Bird on the commentary bench saw this scene, the two looked at each other wordlessly again, in fact, now Staples Arena except for the fans who are crazy, everyone else is speechless.

"He's a black mamba, a black mamba who will be retribution" Finally, after a while, Magic Johnson said such a sentence, at this time, he was still thinking about his teammates who suppressed him before, this is Kobe, this is his basketball.

When the game reached the fourth quarter, this game became the time for the stars of the two teams to take over the game, especially at this time Kobe and Maddy, who were already completely on fire, after Kobe Bryant scored two unbelievable dry three-pointers in a row, in the 45th second, Maddy hit a back-of-the-back jumper in O'Neal after breaking through Kobe, and the Boston Celtics overtook the Lakers by one point again 122-121, and it didn't take long after Maddy scored these two points, A dunk by Kobe Bryant gave the Lakers a 123-122 lead over the Celtics again, and the two teams bit again, and at this time the game was only 18s left, and the Boston Celtics had one last chance to attack

"It seems that the Boston Celtics don't mean to call a timeout, one point behind, and there are still 18s in the game, which shouldn't be a problem for Maddie, but I don't know how he will attack, whether it's a quick offense or a delay in time to shoot the game when there is only a little time left in the game, of course, the price of these two ways is not the same" The Magic on the commentary bench was thinking about Maddy's offensive style at this time, and at this time Maddie had already dribbled through the half court.

"Is there still a point of difference?" Maddie looked at the scoreboard on the side. Looking at the timer not far away, he also sighed in his heart, he didn't expect the game to come to this point, even now he is a little weak, this kind of pressure, this sense of responsibility is too great, originally he signaled his coach to ask for a timeout. But in the end, he was rejected once, and the coach asked him to complete the offense, in a sense, this result determines the success or failure of the Boston Celtics this year, at this time he feels good, so the coach does not let him call a timeout, and in fact does not give the Lakers a chance to adjust, as long as they do not adjust at this time, whether it is the Lakers or the Celtics are beneficial to the offensive side. The defense on both sides is now in a state of collapse, after all, both teams put almost all their energy on the offensive end, and this game is undoubtedly the most offensive firepower in the history of the Finals.

Of course, for Maddie, he is also willing to take on such responsibilities, especially when he sees Yao Ming doing his best for the team in the fourth quarter. Now he is the only one who can stand up on the team, and at this time only he needs to be alone, and sometimes he is a little envious when he sees Kobe Bryant in front of him, because Maddie knows that his current basketball is no longer his original basketball. I didn't play like this before, but in fact, Kobe Bryant has been insisting on his own basketball. It is precisely because of this that the two have also embarked on a completely different path.

At this time, when Maddie saw Kobe Bryant in front of him, he couldn't help but look at the team head coach Zhuang Fei in front of the Celtics bench again, and the death of this Chinese man allowed him to find another kind of basketball, and also made his basketball career complete the rebirth, so he will never resist a little in front of this Chinese. At this time, seeing this teacher who had been frowning, Maddie showed a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Just let me be willful one last time" When Maddie looked away from Zhuang Fei's body, he looked at Kobe Bryant, who was one step away from him, and suddenly smiled at his young friend again: "This time your judgment is wrong"

Seeing Maddie's smile, Kobe Bryant was shocked and immediately pounced, but it was too late at this time and he had already jumped.

"This is my fourth pull-and-shoot three-pointer of the game," Maddie said as she watched the timer in front of her slowly slide towards 0. According to the agreement between him and Zhuang Fei, he had to go out of the game after three three-point pulls in a game.

"Brush" should be called into the network.

"Three-point shot, 125-123, Boston Celtics lead again, 3 seconds left in the game" When Larry Bird said this mechanically, the Magic on the side had nothing to say, in the past 100s, Kobe Bryant and Maddy told everyone what an irrational offense is, and at this time, both the head coach of the Lakers and the head coach of the Boston Celtics all looked at the court a little sluggish, even the players on the court, the Lakers players even forgot to serve the baseline ball, and the game was not over, just when everyone is losing their minds. A voice slipped into the quiet Staples Arena.

"Shaq, Kobe, I'm here"

And when everyone looked at the voice, the Lakers player Szczebiak had already taken the lead in the half, and after being stunned, O'Neal quickly picked up the basketball next to him and threw it to his most hated teammate Kobe Bryant at the free throw line, and Kobe Bryant had no other thoughts at this time, almost subconsciously threw it forward. And the Celtics players also woke up and tried hard to chase back, but at this time, Szzczebiak, who got the ball at the top of the arc, almost looked up at the timer, did not dribble to the basket again, but took a deep breath and threw the basketball in his hand.

At this time, Phil Jackson and Zhuang Fei were already squatting on the side of the court, and when the basketball fell into the net, Phil Jackson did it directly on the ground.

Szczebiak hit a three-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in the game when the Boston Celtics called a timeout. (To be continued.) )