Chapter 57 Key Defense
Wang Dapao's life-saving tip-in this time directly pulled the Heat back from the edge of the cliff, but the situation was still very serious.
With these two points, the Heat were still 1 point behind the Lakers. This offense took 26 seconds, including the time when Wang Dapao grabbed the rebound and made a tip-in after Wade's shooting. There were only 32 seconds left in the 58-second offensive time. Now that the Lakers are holding the ball, they have the chance to score a goal in the remaining 24 seconds, and then defend the Heat's final counterattack.
To take a step back, even if the Lakers cannot score in the next attack, as long as they can defend the Heat's final counterattack, the victory of the game will still belong to the Lakers.
If the Heat want to win, they must first defend one and then score one.
The key figure in the next ball was Wang Dapao, who had just saved the Heat's life. This time Wang Dapao's mission is to prevent Kobe from killing him.
At this critical moment, there is only one person the Lakers can rely on, that is Kobe.
Someone once did such a test. If your team has the last chance to shoot, who would you give the shot? The 30 current head coaches in the league voted together, but the final result was that Kobe won by an absolute advantage, which was more than Jordan won.
Although no one has ever mentioned the question of whether to bring retired players or not, it can also explain one problem. Kobe is definitely the top in the league in handling key balls.
If you look closely, Kobe's shooting percentage has never been high, and his average season shooting percentage is only about 45%. It is much worse than Jordan's career shooting percentage and James' 49% of 49% of 49% of 2018, but whenever he encounters a key goal, people will still think of Kobe.
This may be the influence a superstar deserves, after all, the game cannot be explained entirely by data.
At this moment, Wang Dapao felt his muscles tense up all over his body. Kobe's seemingly ordinary luck made Wang Dapao feel great pressure. It was not until this moment that Wang Dapao finally understood why Kobe's nickname was Black Mamba. This girl is really like a snake, and it looks very similar in terms of eyes, movements and shapes.
"This guy probably won't throw the ball aside and jump to bite me, right?"
Wang Dapao had to admit that for a few seconds, he was really afraid of such a Kobe, but time proved that Wang Dapao was just a simple two-handed YY.
At this time, Kobe did not speak trash with Wang Dapao. His attention was completely concentrated on the basket. At this time, he would not think about passing the ball, nor was he ready to pass the ball at all. Singles were the only thought in Kobe's mind at this moment.
Spoelstra also expected this result. When he was setting up the tactics just now, he had already given special instructions that when the Lakers attacked, Kobe must be double-teamed to defend, one-on-one is a very stupid way.
At this time, Wade and James also stared at Kobe. As long as the time is about the same, when Kobe is ready to attack, they will give up their defensive targets and pounce on Kobe.
Time passed by seconds, exactly the same as when Wade held the ball before. When 24 seconds of offense had 6 and 7 seconds left, Kobe moved violently.
He moved the ball under his crotch, moved the basketball from his left hand to his right hand and rushed to the inside line quickly.
Wang Dapao immediately met and blocked Kobe's route with his chest. At the same time, James and Wade also rushed towards Kobe, preparing to double-team Kobe.
Kobe immediately stopped immediately, then jumped up on the spot, holding the basketball in both hands, and leaned backwards.
Wang Dapao, Wade and James jumped up almost at the same time, and covered the basketball in Kobe's hand from three different directions.
But at this moment, Wang Dapao and the other two were shocked to find that Kobe did not shoot, but threw the basketball out of the gap between the three.
Kobe actually passed the ball!
Everyone's eyes suddenly gathered in the direction of the basketball flying. Artest had run to the three-point line on the left at some point and received Kobe's pass.
Since James emptied Artest, Artest had enough time to adjust his posture and shoot the basketball out in a very comfortable position.
The moment he was about to shoot, he saw a figure running towards him at an extremely fast speed. Because Artest was too hasty, he did not see who the visitor was. However, he gave an example that Artest's distance was at least four meters away.
"It's too late." Artest smiled and confidently shot the basketball in his hand. Although his three-point shooting percentage was not high, there was no room for defense in this way, and he could still ensure a good shooting percentage.
As soon as the basketball flew out, Artest saw the man chasing him take two steps and jump up. He was about to laugh at this guy who was overestimating his abilities, but immediately he widened his eyes and stood up and looked at the jumping figure.
At this time, he also saw clearly who this person was, with yellow skin, less than 2 meters tall, and fat body. Who could Wang Dapao have if he didn't?
"Fuck, this is too fast, right?!" It's not that Artest has never seen the world, but everything in front of him is really beyond his imagination.
Wang Dapao, who was four meters away, just now, only helped to run and jump in less than a second after Artest took action. When Artest took the basketball, Wang Dapao had already completed the jump, and one hand rose high and fanned towards the basketball.
At this time, the basketball had risen to a very high level. Under the gaze of all the spectators, Wang Dapao's hand passed by the basketball, and Wang Dapao smashed his head towards the ground like a shell.
Artest was so scared that he was so scared that he was so scared that Wang Dapao was facing him. Even if he was resistant to his body, he would probably not be able to take advantage of his robbery when he hit him. So Artest hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms.
As soon as Artest made way out, the audience behind him suddenly became victims. Wang Dapao's body was really like a cannonball, smashing into the crowd, causing chaos.
However, at this time, everyone's attention was not on Wang Dapao and the unlucky spectators pressed by him. Whether it was the players on the court or the coaches and referees off the court, everyone's eyes were gathered on the basketball in the sky.
In just a moment, everyone immediately judged that the ball was too high and could never hit it according to its rush!
"Rebound!" Almost at the same time, everyone screamed, including the head coaches of the two teams on the side of the court.
The Heat players immediately became nervous. Wang Dapao, who was the best rebounder among them, was still struggling in the audience at this time. Only Haslem and Bosh were left in the interior. There were three inside players on the Lakers, Gasol Bydam and Odom!
At this critical moment, Haslem, the Heat's merit suddenly broke out. He shouted loudly, and a Rocket took off like Wang Dapao, snatching the rebound into his arms before the Lakers' three major insides, and immediately passed the ball to James.
James subconsciously received the basketball and was stunned for a moment, but in less than 0:1 second, he immediately reacted, swung the basketball to the front court, shook it open, and ran out wildly.
Kobe subconsciously wanted to hold James, but how could Kobe hold him to the running James? Kobe, who was almost dragged down by James' beastly power, immediately looked at Artest who could defend James, but found that Artest had just avoided King Cannon and was too far from James to count on him.
"The grass! It's over!" Kobe cursed depressedly and chased James.
When joining the league, James did not pass most of the body side, but through his running on the court, the data madmen also came up with a data. James' 3-point sprinting speed can reach 2.89 seconds, which is completely overwhelming most defenders. Even the Flash Wade, who is famous for his speed, has only 3.05 seconds in 3-point sprinting. It can be seen how fast James' straight sprinting speed is?
Perhaps some super small motors in the league will be a little faster than James, but there is absolutely no Kobe among them.
In a blink of an eye, James had already galloped to the frontcourt, and took two and a half steps. James jumped high, facing the basket with a tomahawk dunk.
The whole Staples suddenly fell into chaos, but the Heat's bench was filled with joy.
From the free throw line to the Lakers' slam dunk, James took less than 5 seconds to complete the entire action. The Lakers took 24 seconds to attack, and James took another 5 seconds. Now there are only 3 seconds left for the Lakers.
Can you complete the final kill in 3 seconds? When you are one point behind?
No one knows.
Phil Jackson called for the last timeout with a dark face, and all the players gathered together.
It was not until this time that Wang Dapao climbed out of the bench with difficulty. Seeing the poor audience under him who were pressed to breathe and not venting, Wang Dapao sweated slightly.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"It's okay!" The man got up staggeringly, "It's good that my brother has practiced it."
"I didn't expect you to be able to fight to the death if you play basketball!" At this time, Wang Dapao heard a voice not far away from him.
Wang Dapao was stunned for a moment. This was Zhao Ling's voice.
At this time, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Ling had been watching this game all the time.
When Wang Dapao first came on the court, he still remembered Zhao Ling, and did he even make a face at her. After the game became nervous, Wang Dapao forgot about Zhao Ling and focused all his energy on the game.
Turning his head, Wang Dapao then realized that Zhao Ling was actually next to him. If she had just turned a few centimeters, then the one who was pressed under him was Zhao Ling.
Chapter completed!