The Way of the Center

The score did not change because the referee was not sure whether the ball was deducted. The duel between the two big men, Anjie and Bynum just now was really very fast. The referee only saw Bynum and Anjie jumping high at the same time, and then Bynum hung on the basket. As for how the basketball landed, whether it made it or not, the referee needed the help of playback to judge.

"What's wrong, Ann?" Seeing Anjie gritted his teeth and walked back to the bench alone, Van Gundy immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.

"Get ready for overtime." An Jie sat on the bench confidently, completely out of touch with the tense atmosphere of the audience.

Finally, a replay of the last ball was played on the big screen. Several referees gathered in front of the technical stage and studied the key goal that determines the outcome of the game.

When Bynum grabbed the offensive rebound and prepared to dunk for the second time, Anjie, who lost the rebound, also reacted quickly to the interference.

Although he lost his defensive position and was behind Bynum, Anjie still tried his best and even extended his arms, trying to shoot the basketball in Bynum's hands.

It is undoubtedly very difficult to block an opponent's shot from behind without sprinting. Anjie failed to take the racket away directly, but pressed the basketball with his right hand, and at the same time Bynum began to fall.

In the end, under Anjie's strength, although Bynum still hugged the ball tightly with both hands, the ball dunked at the front edge of the basket and fell from the side. The ball finally touched the rim, and all this was born among the sparks, so the referee had no way of judging the result.

After all these pictures were played, before the referee gave the result, Chesapeake Energy Arena burst into enthusiastic cheers.

All the Thunder players went off the court to give An Jie a high-five, and he blocked the block in the last moment, so that the Lakers did not take away the victory!

"Ann relied on the last key and beautiful block to prevent the defending champion from winning! If you want to retreat, the Lakers must continue their fierce battle at the Chesapeake Energy Arena!" Mike Brin saw this result again. Happy, not because he is partial to the Thunder, but because he is not willing to end such a wonderful matchup.

This is all right, An Jie's blocked shots allowed the game to continue.

Bynum clenched his fists and was very unwilling. At that time, if he could use more strength, he might be able to smash the ball into the killing game and become the hero of the Lakers today. But the 16th Thunder, who was inseparable by his side throughout the game, broke all these beautiful illusions.

"We must hit the success rate in overtime! You all try to make room for Bryant so that he can get more singles opportunities!" At the last moment, the Zen master Phil Jackson, of course, chose to believe in Kobe.

After hearing this arrangement, Bynum was very disappointed. With the Lakers and by Kobe's side, it seemed that he would never be able to get ahead.

After his outstanding performance in the playoffs last season, Bynum has treated himself as a major player, but in the eyes of Phil Jackson, his tactical status actually ranks behind Gasol.

"Saab, you did a good job in the previous four quarters. As long as you pay attention not to foul, Kobe can be restricted by us!" 8 of 2o. Kobe's shooting rate in this game is not high. In addition to Kobe's own reasons, Serbia Frosa's defense is also the key to this situation.

"Kevin, I want you to double-team decisively when necessary. In short, you must guard Kobe to me at any cost!" Even though Artest performed well in the fourth quarter, Van Gundy still focused all his attention on On Kobe.

"Let's go! To prove to others that we can beat the defending champion!" In the end, Van Gundy did not arrange any offensive tactics at all, and everything was offensive in accordance with conventional tactics. Defense is the only thing Van Gundy thinks is important.

After playing, An Jie immediately felt the murderous aura from Bynum. However, Kobe's tough expression is even more terrifying.

Once the black mamba shows its fangs, someone will surely fall as a result.

Bynum leaped up with all his energy, and got the ball before Anjie.

This time, it was not Fischer who had the ball to advance, but Kobe!

Sefrossa kept the center of gravity very low, and did not dare to relax in the slightest. Now in these five minutes, every ball will determine the outcome.

The person who served as the power forward in overtime became Andrew Morris, Van Gundy can be said to have sent the strongest defensive lineup he can get, and Zen Master put his sharpest spear at the forefront.

"The combined inside defense of Morris and Anjie is bound to make the Lakers play very hard. Will Kobe choose to shoot from the outside or attack the inside without hesitation? You know that Ann has committed 4 fouls now, Kobe It is entirely possible to get him off the court."

Kobe doesn't have an answer to this question in his own mind, as long as he has the opportunity, he will take action, there is no fixed pattern at all.

After Kobe dribbled to the free throw line, he began to lean on Sefrossa's back. Seeing this situation, Durant immediately dropped Artest and prepared to complete the encirclement with Sefrosa.

Kobe naturally saw Durant running towards him. If he was entangled by Durant, who was tall and arm long, it would indeed be very troublesome. So before Durant's double-teaming was in place, Kobe shook his shoulders and turned over to shoot a jumper!

This has become Kobe's iconic action, and Anjie has seen Kobe repeat this action countless times when he was in the Big Dream training camp in the summer.

Efforts will definitely be rewarded, and Anjie himself has come to the present through hard work, and this applies to Kobe as well.

The movements are graceful, with a slight backward lean, and the rhythm of the shot is not disrupted. The basketball shot by Kobe flew over everyone's head, and finally fell straight to the Nets.

"Nice turnaround jumper! Black Mamba takes the lead for the Lakers!"

After the goal, Kobe pointed at Anjie with two fingers, as if firing a shot at him. If nothing else, this offense will be the epitome of the Lakers' entire overtime.

Switching to the Thunder's offense, unlike the Lakers' star singles, the Thunder still play positions and play overall. This time Kobe directly requested to change positions with Fischer, and he crossed in front of Westbrook.

In addition to offense, Bryant's defense is also the league's top. Kobe's selection of the best defensive team last season is the best proof.

Westbrook was almost made a mistake by Kobe's fierce defense. After Westbrook's dribble was interrupted, Kobe posted up the whole person, even leaving him no room to pass the ball.

Durant was difficult to run out of the open space under Artest's desperate struggle. Seeing Kobe quickly took the ball away, Westbrook suddenly jumped up and threw the ball into the penalty area.

The ball is passed fast and big, there is no way, it is not easy to pass the ball under such tight defense.

"Westbrook was forced to make a mistake under Kobe's defense." Everyone believes that the ball will fly directly out of the baseline, but the person who is unwilling to give up has a different view.

Seeing that Westbrook threw the ball out, An Jie immediately turned and got rid of the entanglement with Bynum, ran from the left side of the basket to the right side, straightened his long arms and big hands, and he took the ball. !

Although the ball was controlled, An Jie did not hold it steady due to too much passing power. The basketball changed direction and flew out of bounds.

An Jie didn't even think about it, glanced at the position of his teammates in advance, and jumped forward to save the ball!

With a height of 2.19 meters, the ball was reached by An Jie without any suspense. An Jie relied on the memory in his mind to pass to the position where Durant was just now, and there was only so much he could do.

Afterwards, An Jie threw himself on the bench. With the help of Ibaka, An Jie Xun got up. After he got up, he did not make extra moves, but ran back to the court.

Because Anjie flew out of bounds, the entire Lakers missed him. But when Bynum saw Angel Che go inside, he even felt that he was dazzled.

"Didn't this guy just fly out!? Why did he come back so quickly!?"

Bynum hurried back to chase, but to no avail. Durant threw the ball to the penalty area, An Jie then jumped with all his strength, received the basketball in the air and swung to the basket!

"Nice air relay cooperation! An Jie just flew to save the ball and fell out of bounds, but the next second he ran back to the court to complete the air relay! Such a desperate player deserves everyone's respect!" Mike Brin I really want to applaud for An Jie, but to understand the effect, he can only use words to describe his appreciation of An Jie.

An Jie pointed to Durant after landing, and Durant also high-five with An Jie when he retreated. With such a teammate who is so desperate and eager to win, does the Thunder still have a reason not to win the game! ?

An Jie's goal not only tied the score for the Thunder, but also greatly improved the morale of everyone on the Thunder team.

After that, the young Thunder became more and more courageous, and the defensive intensity continued to increase, and it could even be said to have reached the level of the playoffs.

Apart from Kobe, the Lakers don't have a second player who can score with this kind of defense.

Bynum is very difficult even to get a position, Odom found that he could no longer easily score against Morris, a rookie.

Artest's explosion in the fourth quarter failed to continue, and it was difficult for Fischer to get a chance under Westbrook's inseparable "care".

Only Kobe, alone, faced Sefrosa again and again, scoring the ball with difficult movements again and again.

In the last minute of overtime, the two coaches did not change, and the first five played the entire overtime.

Kobe broke through again, this time he was back to singles, and turned around quickly, leaving Sefrosa behind, who had not reacted in time.

In the face of Anjie's blockade, Kobe is not afraid. He took off against An Jie, caused An Jie's foul, and almost scored the ball.

"Ann's fifth foul! Although the game time is only one minute, if Ann leaves for a foul, it will have a major impact on the whole situation!" Mike Brin was so nervous that his hands were sweaty. The duel is really exciting than expected.

Kobe stood on the free throw line, took a breath, stared at the basket, and then shot.

"Hey!"

"Kobe missed the first penalty! He shook his fist in annoyance."

Kobe remained focused on the second free throw, and finally made the ball steadily. 98 to 99, thanks to Kobe's two free throws, the Thunder still sits on a one-point advantage.

When Westbrook shot again, the time had come to 38 seconds. Unfortunately, Kobe's will is so strong that Westbrook is very surprised. It looked like an empty shot, but it was severely interfered by Kobe.

The Lakers offense, the score has not changed.

Kobe repeated his old skills and broke through again, trying to get An Jie off the court. Unexpectedly, Morris came out halfway to help Anjie take the foul, but it also gave Kobe two free throw opportunities.

This time Kobe made no mistakes, made two free throws, and the Lakers scored a goal!

After that, Van Gundy immediately called a timeout to set up tactics for the Thunder's final attack.

"In the last 20 seconds, the Thunder has the last chance!" With the commentary, the scene almost without exception was given to Durant. Just like the Lakers' Kobe, Durant will be the most threatening point of the Thunder in the last moment.

All the Thunder players are surrounded by Van Gundy. No one knows what he has arranged. Offense has never been Van Gundy's strong point. The Thunder fans are a little worried.

Anjie started to move his hands and feet, the last chance, failure will lose all efforts!

The Lakers adopted a half-court press tactic, which made it very difficult for the Thunder players to catch the ball. In the end, it was under Anjie's off-the-ball pick and roll that Westbrook barely received a sideline ball from Morris.

Westbrook first suppressed the rhythm after receiving the ball. At the same time, Sefrossa and Durant interspersed running positions, which made the Lakers rarely nervous.

Now these three outside lines seem to have the possibility of executing the final attack. Although the Lakers are leading, their pressure is no less than that of the Thunder players.

In ten seconds, Westbrook took a small step back and suddenly started. The explosiveness of his first step even made Kobe half behind him.

Into the mid-range position, Westbrook suddenly passed, the basketball was divided, and Durant was the one who received the ball!

"Kd will kill the game!?" All the TV commentators were nervous, but Durant's actions were beyond everyone's expectations.

He didn't choose to shoot, but after making a fake shooting trick to deceive Artest, he broke through and passed the ball to the ground during the march to let Anjie take control of the ball.

"It's not Durant! Ann is Van Gundy's last choice!" Mike Brin exclaimed. Due to Durant's breakthrough, Odom and Bynum both shrank to the basket. An Jie's opportunity now is very good.

An Jie calmly received the ball. This is not the first time he has executed the final blow.

Bynum madly saved the inside~www.NovelMTL.com~ hoping to interfere with Anjie's shooting.

An Jie raised his hand, and Bynum took off. Just when Bynum stretched his arms in the air, he realized that An Jie did not take a shot, but took a step to the side. After completely avoiding the interference, An Jie pushed the basketball out.

Before the basketball hits the net, the timer number on the backboard has been reset to zero. This basketball, under the shining of the red light, did not touch the hoop, but was hollow into the net.

"This ball has passed time, the goal is invalid!" The Lakers player immediately complained to the referee...

And An Jie, as he prevented the lore in the fourth quarter, confidently faced the referee's decision.

(It seems that a lot of book friends have misunderstood. To tell the truth, I wrote this game very refreshingly, but it may be that I know the reason of the plot, so I think it’s okay to leave suspense as in the previous chapter. Let’s add a new one today. Let everyone see it quickly. Don’t hang around. I originally wanted to save a certain number of manuscripts and then burst in one day. Now it seems that I have to add updates separately. Tomorrow will also be three changes, and there will be three changes the day after tomorrow. If the subscription is strong, continue to add. I have completed the changes promised to you this month, and I hope you can support it.) (To be continued.) 8