basketball never sleeps

Chapter 101 Christmas War ([-]) (End)

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After blocking the shot, O'Neal ignored Kobe, who was showing dissatisfaction, and walked around the field with his signature bully step.

Step by step, he walked vigorously, patting his chest while walking, and shouting loudly——

"I am back!"

The majestic and domineering appearance caused a lot of noise from the Lakers fans on the sidelines.

Some booed him, but many more cheered him on.

In less than half a year, Los Angeles fans could not forget the man who once led them to create a dynasty.

Although everyone knows that young people are better, but if the young are not too persecuted, who can give up the young and middle-aged.

Kobe gritted his teeth, but his emotions did not reach the level of rage.

He was ready to be blocked before he went to dunk the basket guarded by the fat man.

In the team training in the past few years, Kobe was often educated by O'Neal with a big hat.

However, Kobe just remembers to eat but not to fight.

Rather than saying that he was angry with O'Neill and those "rebellious" audiences, it would be better to say that he was angry with himself.

Still not strong enough.

Odom, who was inadvertently caught by Kobe's eyes, shivered and hurried forward to comfort him.

"It's okay, boss, why don't you give me the ball later, and I'll help you teach that fat fish a lesson?"

Odom wanted to solve Kobe's problems from the bottom of his heart, but as soon as he said this, he wanted to give himself a big mouth on the spot.

These words seem to be asking Kobe again if you can do it, not the boss, listen to my sophistry——

"You also think I can't handle that fat man? Huh, do your own thing first, defend well and go in. I don't want to see him laying up easily again."

Kobe squinted at Odom, who looked like a younger brother, and didn't go into the "disrespect" in his words.

Just as O'Neal didn't think Kobe had the ability to take his place, Kobe didn't think Odom was a threat to him.

O'Neal thought that a block hit someone's arrogance, but in fact it further inspired Kobe's fighting spirit.

In the second quarter, the Heat's Trident maintained a stable state, and role players such as Da Zhi and Rasul also had a high shooting efficiency today.

Except for Kobe and Peterson, the defense of the Lakers can only be said to be average. Not only is the defense not good, but the rebounds are about to be robbed by O'Pang.

But with such a favorable environment, the score still couldn't be opened.

Regardless of the home whistle, the state of the Lakers players has gradually become hot under the leadership of Kobe.

Especially three-pointers, the Lakers' three-pointers at work feel as accurate as technology.

Mo Wen felt like he was playing against a certain runner-up team with 73 wins.

In fact, Tang Shuai thought about a question before the start of the season. After losing O'Neal's sharp inside offensive threat, what else can the Lakers consider to create room for Kobe to play?

After several times of hard thinking, he found a direction for the Lakers.

Three points!

Only three points can save the Lakers!
So under Tang Shuai's training and arrangement, the Lakers, which had the lowest three-point production last season, have become the team with the most three-point shots after the Suns so far this season. He averaged 20 three-pointers per game.

And in this game, after Tang Shuai released the shackles, this group of wanton lunatics made 19 three-pointers in less than halftime.

It’s okay if they shoot too much, but they still feel very hot. They made 19 of 9 shots, and their three-point shooting percentage is close to 50%. If you convert it, it will almost catch up with O’Neal’s shooting percentage at the basket. Fan all ejaculated.

The Heat still use zone defense in this game, which is also to protect O'Neal and prevent the Lakers from hitting the basket too much and causing fouls to knock him down, but they don't want to help the Lakers' outside shooters.

In the current Lakers lineup, except for Grant inside, several other players have the ability to shoot three-pointers. If the Heat come out, they will shoot.

The most important thing is, it's so fucking real!
Faced with such a ferocious three-point rain, Da Fan did not have the courage to fight to the end after all, and rearranged the perimeter top defense tactics before halftime.

However, when the Heat were forced to open up space due to the situation, a long-awaited poisonous snake finally saw an opportunity.

At the end of halftime, relying on steady and steady play, the Heat still maintained their suppression of the Lakers.

65: 58.

It seems that the form advantage is still in the heat, but in the locker room of the visiting team, everyone is a little silent.

This lead was not without cost. O'Pang, Wade and Mo Wen played almost all of the first half. Wade committed 3 fouls and O'Pang also committed two fouls.

After paying this price, but only maintaining a 7-point difference, this situation is not so optimistic.

In the ESPN studio, Hubie Brown also pointed out the hidden dangers of the Heat on TV.

"In the first half, it seemed that the Heat were firmly in control of the rhythm of the game. They scored 65 points in only halftime, showing their strong offensive ability to the fullest. But what I want to say is that the current situation It's not good for them."

"Why do you say that?" Michaels cheered at the side.

"Oh, I don't know if you noticed. In the first half, the Heat still used their old style of play. Relying on O'Neal and Wade as the main offensive arrows, Mo Wen connected outside shooters to help them open up space, while the Lakers They are solving the game with three-pointers that consume less energy. Although they also have a lot of running and fast breaks, neither fast breaks nor three-pointers after screens involve very difficult physical confrontation."

"The core players of the two teams played about the same amount of time in the first half, but the Lakers played at home in the first few games, while the Heat experienced a series of away games in the West. Considering the above factors, I can be sure that the Lakers In the second half we will have the physical advantage."

Hubie Brown, who has just retired from the front line of coaching, is now standing from the perspective of a bystander, and his thinking is extremely clear.

"Let's also play three-pointers. Take out the three-point tactics that we have practiced before, and hand over the inside to Shaq to grab the board as much as possible. Compared with shooting skills and tactics, we are not bad."

In the locker room, Mo Wen gave his advice.

"It's too risky, Dwyane's three-pointer is not good, let's control the rhythm as in the first half and play steadily. There is only half time left, and I bite my teeth until the fourth quarter. I don't believe that group of shit referees are still doing this. "

Da Fan frowned and thought for a long time before replying.

Hey, sure enough.

It's okay when there is no pressure, but when the intensity is high, the old problem recurs.

It is reasonable to say that the disadvantaged side needs to change, and the advantaged side only needs stability, which is not wrong.

But sometimes the advantages on the surface do not necessarily represent the actual advantages.

As a prophet of plumbing in the Spring River, no one knows the current state of the Heat better than Mo Wen. Da Fan thinks that there is no need to adjust, so let him see the consequences of not adjusting.

During intermission,
After the break, in the second half, Da Fan did not lose his main force, and vowed to pull the score to double digits before giving up.

But as soon as the Heat's physical problems didn't break out, Kobe broke out first.

In order to contain the Lakers' three-pointers, the Heat continued the outside defense strategy at the end of the second quarter, which caused the Heat's inside line to become quite open.

When Kobe was prepared, it was actually difficult for O'Neal to restrain the skilled Kobe.

O'Neal had warned Kobe before the game not to try to challenge the restricted area he was defending, and Kobe said that the only way O'Neal could defend himself in the past eight years was to foul.

Judging from the results, these two sentences have been fulfilled successively.

O'Neal gave Kobe an unforgettable cap, and Kobe caused two unforgettable fouls in the third quarter.

Watching the score being overtaken bit by bit-tied-overtaken.

The Lakers fans on the sidelines became more and more excited, and Da Fan gradually lost his calmness just now.

And after Wade was fouled by Kobe again, Da Fan finally couldn't hold back, and grinned and sprayed at Crawford.

beep --

Crawford did not spoil him, and gave Fan a Christmas present from the referee team—a T.

Da Fan then calmed down.

He pointed to the bench towards Mo Wen, meaning whether to replace the players in the three-point tactics he mentioned, but Mo Wen shook his head at him.

Immediately in the fourth quarter, when the bayonet is about to see red, it is no longer possible to bet against the Lakers for three-pointers.

And the physical problem is not so serious now. The 4th offender, O'Pang and Wade, both rested, and he, the unlucky guy, was left on the court.

O'Neal, who took a 2-minute break off the court, applied to return to the court again. He could not accept that the team's winning streak had ended like this, and he could not accept that Kobe blocked their footsteps.

But neither Da Fan nor Mo Wen wanted O'Neill to play at this time.

This time, not only Tang Shuai gambled his hope until the fourth quarter, but the Heat also gambled their hope until the fourth quarter.

When Mo Wen saw that the score was not widening, he was not in a hurry to find a breakthrough. Instead, he chose a relatively energy-saving style of play, organization, passing, three-pointers, screens, defense, and rarely made breakthroughs or counterattacks. In order to deal with this situation.

The Heat have not reached the configuration of a super winning streak team, especially the substitute, who is basically a functional player with no surprises or nerves.

When the Pistons were on a basic salary, Mo Wen was not willing to work hard at all, but with the Heat on a middle-class salary, he could still accept small overtime.

O'Neal didn't want to lose, and he didn't want to. After all, it was the first show of his new shoes. He was still counting on winning the game and cooperating with Nike's wave of publicity to harvest leeks from a wave of old American fans.

Lost in the first actual game of the first shoe in actual combat?

The road is narrowed.

In the fourth quarter of the game, both Kobe and O'Neal had a straight face.

Whoever walks out of Staples Center with his head up tonight is in this section.

The two looked at each other from a distance in the void, and a strong smell of gunpowder appeared on the court.

Just when everyone thought that these two people would show their super strength and work together to create an offensive feast, they made a comedy for everyone.

Kobe, who was accurate for three quarters, made 5 of 1 shots.

O'Neal, who was very steady in free throws in the first half, made 8 of 2 free throws.

The two feel so synchronized, it's hard not to wonder if there is any connection between the two in private.

However, the ratings of the game did not drop because of the fight between the two sides. On the contrary, as the game drew to a close, the ratings got higher and higher.

The president was very happy looking at the game data, but in the last 3 minutes of the game, Crawford's whistle made the president unable to laugh.

It stands to reason that the closer the game is to the final stage, the less the referee should interfere with the game.

O'Pang also thought so, so he moved a little more when defending Kobe's layup. Crawford, who had quick eyes and quick hands, caught the foul and blew the whistle.

Prior to this, O'Pang had already received his fifth foul in the opening stage of the fourth quarter.

That is to say - at this whistle, O'Neill is out.

"This is a very correct call, but it also ruined a classic game."

Hubie Brown said regretfully.

"At this point, O'Neal's loss to the Heat is immeasurable."

The current score is Heat 112:115 Lakers.

The Heat are still 3 points behind.

An angry O'Neal returned to the bench and covered his big face with a towel.

He wasn't trying to hide his grief, he was swearing.

Kobe, who stayed on the court, showed a happy smile in front of the camera.

Finally, finally, he finally had a chance to prove to the public that he was stronger than this fat man.

After tonight, who would dare to say that all his achievements and honors were due to partnering with that fat man.

As for Mo Wen and Wade, their strength is good, but Kobe doesn't think they have the strength to kill the game.

Although Wade, who has been facing Kobe on the offensive and defensive teams, feels that he has reached the upper limit, he still turns his head and looks at Mo Wen.

"Give me the ball, I'll finish the game this time."

"Wonderful thought, if you wear my sneakers, maybe I will give you the chance, do you want to pay a timeout, go back and change your shoes?"

Mo Wen said jokingly.

Kobe next to him noticed the conversation here.

He also heard that Mo Wen would launch his signature shoes in the near future. He originally had a pair of shoes that would be released soon, but unfortunately, affected by the case that just ended, Nike postponed the release plan of his new shoes. .

He was a little jealous that Mo Wen could get his signature shoes so soon after signing a big contract.

But when he saw the shoes on Mo Wen's feet, he couldn't help laughing.

I have something to say...
When it was 13 years ago, it was sprayed miserably. Now it is 10 years earlier. It can only be said that one step ahead is a genius, and two steps ahead is a madman.

"Are these your new shoes? Haha, I thought you were wearing rain boots. These shoes are really ugly."

How to defeat a jungler with one sentence - your sneakers are fake, right?
How to piss off an NBA player with one sentence - you play basketball like...wait a minute (almost got a little sunspot)...you play basketball in rain boots? .

The smile disappeared from Mo Wen's face.

Inexplicably, Mo Wen felt that his legs, which seemed to be filled with lead, suddenly gained strength.

wellies, huh?

Ugly, right?
laugh, right?
Mo Wen, who suppressed his smile, elbowed out of the way and knocked away Peterson who was guarding him.

Odom saw that it was not good and went back to the basket directly, but watched Mo Wen who jumped high after one step past the free throw line.

But he soon regretted it.

No, brother (guo), this is the fourth quarter, you were panting for two steps just now, and now you can dunk?

Mo Wen didn't notice Odom's eyes. His eyes were only on the basket. He stretched his body in mid-air, aiming at the basket, like a tiger descending the mountain——

Bang - BOOM!

Under the effect of inertia, Odom was pushed back half a step, and his eyes went dark.

He was ridden, he was unclean.

His fear at the last moment made him lose the chance to save himself, but if he is willing, this scene will still become one of the classic paintings and will be played repeatedly in the days to come.

Mo Wen's slam dunk looks a bit majestic, but ignoring his ferocious face and only paying attention to his movements, it is actually a gliding dunk with an average jump height, a gliding dunk that almost exhausted Mo Wen's full strength. buckle.

But if you add momentum, and the momentum that Mo Wen has cultivated from nearly 3000 games in the dungeon, it will feel a bit unstoppable.

Momentum is subjective, even a bit metaphysical, but it does exist in competitive events.

It's like Jordan's high fever battle, Iverson's Jedi counterattack in the finals, and Mitchell's 70+10 comeback.

"I've said that this kid's physical fitness is not that bad. Every day, he looks like he is going to die in three quarters. I really believe his evil!"

Stan Van Gundy made a look that he had expected, but his slightly trembling fingers still revealed his inner unrest.

"If you ask me, this kid is not like Bird in terms of how he treats the game, but rather like Bird's deadly enemy." The assistant coach of the Heat next to him said with emotion.

"Nemesis, you mean... Moggie, oh I see, you're talking about that guy Thomas, the kid does have his style of play."

Da Fan raised his eyes and nodded.

In the commentary room of ESPN, Hubie Brown exhaled, calmed down the waves in his heart, and explained in an old but full of tone——

"I couldn't believe my eyes. When O'Neal was sent off, the Heat still had a player who could dunk Odom. I have to admit that my judgment was wrong. Mo's physical fitness may not be his strong point. But what he lacks in that, he more than makes up for in his will, his desire to win."

"I know that many people have great doubts about the results of the first round of the All-Star voting, so now, take a good look at this guy's eyes, I bet he will succeed."

In front of the camera, Mo Wen had already fallen from the "riding position". Looking at the approaching camera, he didn't dodge or do anything else, just looked at it coldly.

At this moment, I don't know how many Heat fans in front of the TV are worshiping Jesus.

"Wake up Shaq, we still have hope."

Kenyon Dooling pulled off the towel covering Ao Pang's head, Ao Pang looked blankly at the noisy teammates around him, but Kenyon Dooling motioned him to look up at the big screen above.

After a while, Ao Pang's big pie face also turned into an emoji.

"We're not over yet." Kenyon Dooling couldn't help but recall the lines Mo Wen wrote on his signature shoes——

"Writing a legend, right now."

Kobe glanced at the chaotic Odom, with a relaxed expression on his face.

He originally thought that after O'Neal was solved, the matchup would be over if Wade was dragged to death, but he didn't expect that at the last moment, someone from the Heat appeared again.

He is also really admired, why does this fat man always meet good teammates?
From Hardaway, to him, to Wade and Mo Wen, almost all of them are seamlessly connected.

Just a scumbag, why should he?
Even if he doesn't like it, he has to admit that this season's Heat will definitely have a chance to compete for the final throne under the premise of maintaining their health.

Then, it is even more necessary for him to win this game.

"Good job, Lamar, but let's leave the professional work to the professional in the future."

Not long after becoming the boss, Kobe is still working hard to learn the words of the leader, although he also feels weird after saying this.

Odom has seen what Feng Shui turns, and mountains and rivers meet each other.

At the Staples Center, when the Lakers organized an offense again, the momentum of the Heat has changed.

Because of Mo Wen's shocking dunk, the panic after O'Neill was sent off just now has been swept away.

Although O'Neill has been sent off, Mo Wen's upright figure can still play the role of backbone.

Wade, who had experienced this dunk at close range, was even more excited, wishing he could dunk one himself, but his rationality told him that now is not the time to be a hero.

In terms of physical fitness, although Wade is at an excellent level, he is still no match for physical monsters like Kobe and Hamilton.

I have been entangled with Kobe on both offensive and defensive ends, and now I can still stand and defend, which is already amazing.

He is really powerless now for dunking, which consumes a lot of physical energy.

Atkins didn't give the ball to Kobe after halftime in this round, but observed the Heat's defensive loopholes slowly from the outside.

Originally, this task should belong to Odom, but Odom, who has just been deducted, is now in the same mental state as the heroine in an island romance movie, and obviously cannot bear this burden.

Atkins' organization can be mediocre, but it really allowed him to find a space when he remained patient.

Peterson and Kobe slid around the bottom line, and then with the help of Mihm's cover, Kobe ran out of space one step ahead of the three-point line in the left corner.

Wade gritted his teeth and took a step slower in chasing and defending, but he was not pulled away too much. As a last resort, Kobe barely adjusted after receiving the ball. cast out.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

After the basketball hit the frame, it almost fell into the net.

"Ahhhh!"

The fans on the sidelines cheered violently. The dunk just now also made them terrified. At this time, Kobe's shot was like a shot in the arm, which really saved lives.

Tang Shuai also clenched his fist vigorously.

He only has one timeout left now, and even though he felt that the Heat's aura rose again during Mo Wen's dunk just now, he didn't dare to use it lightly.

"It's a good thing we have Kobe, but unfortunately we only have Kobe."

Heat 114:117 Lakers.

It was the Heat's turn to attack again. Mo Wen saw that there was a gap in the Lakers' return defense. Without saying a word, he yelled to signal the Heat players to launch a fast break again.

Dazhi now usually watches videos in addition to practicing and fitness. Although he missed the best time to raise the ball, hard work is not meaningless.

Under Mo Wen's guidance, the speed of Da Zhi, who lost weight and gained muscle, seemed to have changed back to the chasing boy.

It can only be said that Tang Shuai's ideological work is really good. Odom, who was dunked just now, subconsciously followed Da Zhi and ran towards the basket crazily.

Without hesitation, Mo Wen aimed at Da Zhi's running direction and forcefully passed the ball to the frontcourt.

Kobe noticed the movement and wanted to reach out to block it, but he was still a step too slow. Dazhi turned his head and caught the pass that almost hit his head in time. He noticed that Odom was blocking the basket, but he did not slow down. .

Mo Wen's button also gave him courage.

I don’t know if anyone still remembers that he was once a handsome guy who could fly into the sky and dunk dunks.

But just in case, he still propped up Mo Wenjiao's so-called "protecting himself" elbows and knees.

Odom looked at another yellow skin jumping in front of him and was a little panicked, but Kobe's "comfort" was still in his ears.

He didn't believe it, he could still be dunked for two rounds in a row? !

The furious Odom puffed out his chest, raised his arms, staggered half of his body from the heart, squeezed out the remaining courage in his body, and leaned forward towards Da Zhi... obliquely.

boom--

Big Zhi's weight is more than ten catties heavier than Odom after weight loss. There is no friction interference in mid-air collisions. It depends on speed and quality. Big Zhi has advantages in both aspects. Unless Big Zhi buckles the ball himself Fly, it is impossible for Odom to cause much interference.

Mo Wen thought that Odom would be directly knocked into the air, but he had to say that the man the Kardashian family likes has a lot of tricks.

It’s just that the contact and confrontation on one side of the body gave Odom a rotating force. Like a ballet dancer, he rotated his body for two and a half weeks in the air, and then with a snap——, his face was formed with the ground of the arena. Made an intimate contact.

Crawford subconsciously took a breath.

The whistle was in his mouth, he bit it but didn't blow it.

Odom did not establish a defensive position ahead of time, and the place where the two confronted was also on the edge of the reasonable collision zone.

"It's a perfect dunk, isn't it?"

Mo Wen put one hand on the back of the bald head, smiled, and sensibly rubbed the hard-working referee's shoulders.

If such a perfect ball is blown away by this bald head, it may not be rubbing shoulders in a while, but "Chinese horse killing chicken".

Crawford, with a sore shoulder, nodded and spat out the whistle.

"Actually, I think Odom seems to be a thug." Crawford managed to maintain a serious face, his shoulders sank, and he escaped from Mo Wen's claws.

Mo Wen didn't believe this guy's nonsense, shook his head with a light smile, and ran to Da Zhi's side to celebrate with a smile.

At this moment, Tang Shuai finally couldn't help calling a timeout.

One is to check Odom, who is dead or alive, and the other is to interrupt the momentum of the Heat because of these two balls.

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As a guy who almost died of sudden death in multi-day sports, his body is not that fragile, and the rotation in the air just now helped him remove most of the collision force, so he didn't need to be supported by a big hand, just rolled Kung fu Odom stood up by himself again.

But being dunked twice in a row did indelible damage to his weak heart. Looking at his dumbfounded look, the Lakers team doctor thought he had a concussion from the fall, so he led him off the court for an examination.

The Lakers' morale was inevitably hit because of Odom's departure.

The top insider Brian Cook looked at Mo Wen and Da Zhi and couldn't help swallowing, his eyes were full of nervousness and vigilance.

Although Bryant intends to take over the game behind.

But under Wade's suicidal defense and Mo Wen's desperate help to block, his last three shots were all hit.

And Mo Wen made 2 of 1 shots in the follow-up, and assisted Damon Jones to make a three-pointer, successfully leading the team to complete a comeback at the last moment.

"Good night, Los Angeles."

Mo Wen once again turned his head to the camera to sleep.

　These three chapters will be refined tomorrow, and many things have not been written. Those who have subscribed can read it again tomorrow, and there will be no price increase for additional volume.

　　Including the previous part, I will continue to repair it one after another.

　　Even less, because I have entered the period of burnout (although I have been quite burnt out since I went on the shelf, and I am a sheep again). Sometimes I want to lock myself in a small black room, code, why not code, TNND brushes Gouba Douyin!

　　I didn’t have any experience in writing long-form sports before, so I couldn’t adapt to it after changing the rhythm. Writing a book is like squeezing toothpaste, and the quality has also dropped significantly.

　　But you don’t have to worry about eunuchs or anything. I only paid half a year’s rent at the beginning of the month, which is enough for me to finish writing this book.

　　After writing this manuscript, the salary is probably enough for me to go to Hegang to buy a house. As for the two-bedroom or one-bedroom, it depends on the income later...

　　
　
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