Chapter 159: This is Basketball

Swish!

LeBron James hit the free throw.

Narrowing the score.

He demonstrated his strength as the league's signature star.

When Bynum passed the basketball to Fan Xi, Kobe Bryant walked up specially, and he lectured the Little Shark who was still dissatisfied: "You don't have to be so resentful."

"When you stand alone, shouldering the basketball dream of an entire city, carrying the hope of millions or even tens of millions of fans, you will also be so harsh."

"If you want to become a true leader, turn your anger into your fighting spirit now, and bare your teeth at your opponent, instead of gnashing your teeth at your teammates."

Kobe Bryant lectured Bynum.

I don't know if Bynum could listen.

"Slow down the rhythm, steady and steady," Kobe turned his head to Fan Xi: "The Heat are panicked; they are now like an idiom in your Chinese, a dog jumping over a wall in a hurry."

Kobe shared his basketball wisdom and experience selflessly with the young people on the team.

Fan Xi lowered the rhythm and walked to the frontcourt.

The Lakers players took their positions in the halfcourt according to tactics; Kobe Bryant closely connected with the Miami Heat's defense on the wing.

Fan Xi played one-on-one with Chalmers at the arc top, he broke the defense again, Wade flew over, Fan Xi handed the basketball to Kobe, Kobe killed in alone, attracted LeBron James to help defend, he feinted, a 'Buddha-worship' to deceive James, killed into the paint, and completed a layup under Haslem's frontal defense, and created Haslem's foul.

In the boos created by the American Airlines Arena, Kobe stood proudly.

"See? This is basketball."

The Black Mamba glared coldly at Bynum and said: "Use strength to overcome strength!"

Subsequently, Kobe walked to the free-throw line, Swish!

He hit the free throw.

He hit an answer-ball for his little brother and gave Bynum a vivid lesson.

Bynum pursed his lips; he finally understood something.

Turning back, Bynum faced Wade's impact; he didn't dodge again, but jumped up and swatted Wade's layup onto the backboard with one palm.

Although the head referee called a goaltending.

But Kobe still walked over, high-fived Bynum excitedly, and told him that this ball was played well.

Kobe was teaching the rookie by example on this side.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the other side were not idle either; they sprinted frantically, and Wade actually found his touch outside the three-point line.

He was never known for three-pointers.

However, when such a superstar hit his rhythm, it was a disaster for any opponent.

There had always been a 'dispute' over ball possession between James and Wade; they were both ball-holding cores. In fact, when Chris Bosh played in Toronto, he also used ball-holding face-up one-on-one as his main scoring method.

To solve this problem, the Heat's plan was to find another experienced organizational point guard Mike Bibby to distribute ball possession for them.

Ultimately, it treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

Now that Wade suddenly found his touch outside the three-point line, this made the two have a non-overlapping effect.

James often killed into the paint, messed up the Lakers' defense, and then passed it out; Wade received the ball and hit a long-distance shot.

The two formed a strong James-Wade connection.

Before the end of the third quarter, Wade grabbed a rebound from the frontcourt; he immediately ran at full speed, he ran toward the frontcourt, and at the same time James was also accelerating frantically.

The two were on the left and right, their speed was extremely fast.

Fan Xi hurriedly chased, but he could only chase one.

He locked onto Wade.

When Wade killed to the three-point line, he quickly passed the basketball to James, and James continued to rush inside.

Fan Xi hurriedly went to chase James again, trying to give James a foul.

However, when Fan Xi was almost flying over to prepare to foul, James threw the basketball into the sky, and Wade killed in from the other side; he leaped up forcefully, although Kobe was chasing on the side, but the Flash was still a step faster; he leaped up, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and smashed it toward the rim... Boom!!

"James-Wade Connection!!!!"

The home court commentator shouted loudly, and 20,000 fans in the American Airlines Arena emitted a monstrous sound wave.

Although they were still trailing by 2 points at this time.

But they felt everything had returned, and the home court atmosphere was frantically filled.

"This is basketball."

Dwyane Wade shouted at Kobe Bryant in the monstrous sound wave: "Talent and brothers. Instead of boss and little brother."

He was echoing Kobe's previous words.

They were competing.

The fourth quarter game started quickly.

Kobe Bryant returned to the bench to rest temporarily; he had played the full three quarters, and he needed to rest for a while at this time.

When going on the court, Kobe pulled Fan Xi and said: "You try to interact more with Bynum and Odom; you can play off-ball and create lethality on both wings of their three-point line."

Fan Xi walked onto the court with Matt Barnes, Mike Dunleavy, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom.

The Heat's Big Three, besides LeBron James, were all back on the bench to rest.

James is an iron man; he is the most bug-like monster in NBA history; he not only possesses the strength of a center, the physique of a football player, the speed and bounce of a guard, but also the physical fitness of an iron man.

In a confrontation of this level in the Finals, he could play the full game.

Fan Xi had rested for so long, and now he was starting to breathe unevenly again. Following James onto the court were Eddie House, Mike Miller, Haslem, and Joel Anthony.

Fan Xi arrived at the frontcourt steadily.

He stopped at the arc top of the three-point line for about three or four seconds, then passed the basketball to Lamar Odom.

Odom faced Haslem at the free-throw line.

While the two were deadlocked, Fan Xi quickly completed a sensitive back-cut; he left Eddie House's defense in the paint, and he went to the corner through Bynum's screen.

Odom quickly passed the basketball over.

Fan Xi received the ball and shot... Swish!

Hit a 3-pointer.

The point difference expanded to 5 points again.

Changing sides to fight again, the Heat increased the offensive rhythm.

James received the ball from the wing and killed into the paint, creating Odom's foul.

Hit one of two free throws.

Turning back, Fan Xi did the same.

However, when Fan Xi ran out of position and Lamar Odom passed the ball, James quickly killed out from halfway, snatched the basketball, and launched a fast offensive; he rushed to the frontcourt and completed a thunderous tomahawk violent dunk with lightning speed.

The American Airlines Arena cheered again.

The sound was explosive, and the home court atmosphere was completely set off.

James raised his hands high, quite like the dominance of the Chosen One.

Fan Xi walked past him quietly; he instructed Matt Barnes to pass the ball to himself and signaled everyone to lower the rhythm and not be affected.

At this moment, he heard a sound from behind: Beep!

Electronic buzzer prompt, was a timeout called?

Turning around to look, it was Kobe Bryant walking onto the court quickly.

Fan Xi was taken aback.

When Kobe walked over, replaced Matt Barnes, and passed the ball to him, he asked Kobe: "Aren't you resting? I can handle it, play steadily, no problem."

Kobe smiled.

He said: "I suddenly feel that we should concentrate our strength to finish them off directly. Instead of giving them a breather."

Fan Xi frowned.

He felt Kobe Bryant should go to rest. Because Kobe's physical reserve was definitely not as good as James's, and his physical consumption tonight was extremely large.

But since Kobe insisted, let's play.

Arriving at the frontcourt, Fan Xi subconsciously handed the basketball to Kobe, then opened up.

But Kobe called a No. 6 tactic.

And called Bynum's name.

Fan Xi was a bit puzzled, but still quickly ran into the paint from the weak side; Bynum tacitly went over to give him a screen, blocking Eddie House.

Fan Xi quickly went from the baseline to the left three-point line.

Kobe Bryant happened to feint to deceive Mike Miller; he made a passing fake to the paint, and the lurking James was indeed fooled and showed his head, and at this time he passed the basketball to the outside of the three-point line.

Fan Xi received the ball, jumped... Swish!

The second three-pointer hit.

The point difference widened again.

After Fan Xi scored, he high-fived Kobe.

But Kobe's eyes looked toward the Heat's bench; he found Wade and raised his eyebrows 'provocatively'.

His meaning was very clear; he just wanted to tell Wade that this is what I call basketball.

This is a silent retort!

The game is still continuing.

James's impact did not work, but his straight-in was blocked by Kobe Bryant with a very simple lateral movement; he passed the ball quickly, but was directly stolen by Fan Xi.

After Fan Xi stole the ball, he stabilized the rhythm and pushed forward slowly.

The Lakers were as aggressive as fire on the defensive end, but their rhythm on the offensive end was as immovable as a mountain.

After Fan Xi arrived at the frontcourt, he still handed it to Kobe, and then ran the No. 6 tactic himself.

Previously, the reason why Fan Xi and Lamar Odom's tactic was destroyed by James was because Odom's technique was not up to par; he couldn't attract defense; at most, he made Haslem's defensive attention concentrated.

Kobe was different; he could make the entire defense compress toward his area, and Fan Xi would naturally escape.

This time, it was the same.

It's just that Fan Xi ran to the outside of the three-point line through Bynum's screen, Kobe passed the ball over, Miami adjusted the defense to fly to the wing, and Fan Xi quickly threw the basketball straight into the paint.

Bynum received the ball, turned, and dunked, all in one go.

Phil Jackson showed an excited expression.

The terrifying triangle reappeared.

Although it was not the absolute triangle offense tactic he pursued, this one looked more advanced.

Who would have thought... Fan Xi, Kobe, and Bynum were so tacit and harmonious at this moment?

You know, Bynum had fought with Fan Xi and Kobe separately.

Beep!

After the point difference expanded rapidly, Miami had to replace Wade and Bosh.

They didn't dare to be big anymore.

If they continued to play like this, if they couldn't stabilize the rhythm, the Lakers would take away the victory in one wave.

"The unity shown by Los Angeles is too terrifying; they are completely ahead of the Heat on the tactical end."

"So, building a team doesn't necessarily mean purely piling up superstars; you also have to pay attention to the rationality of the lineup."

Kenny Smith said so on TV.

Charles Barkley on the side said angrily: "You are completely talking nonsense, standing and talking without back pain. If the Lakers didn't have heaven-sent luck and signed Fan Xi, this phenomenal undrafted player, do you think they could have the current chemical reaction? I even think they were full of chaos and couldn't make it to the Finals."

"Now you admit Jack is a phenomenal rookie?" Kenny didn't discuss with him, only grabbing his 'slip of the tongue'.

Barkley didn't make a sound.

He couldn't help but admit it, although he had become a laughingstock in the basketball world because he kissed a donkey's butt many times because of Fan Xi. However, even with such deep prejudice, he still believed in his heart that Fan Xi was a phenomenal player; if there was no Fan Xi, the Lakers would be nothing. It's just that he didn't say much about it with his mouth.

Now, he only said it because he was forced.

After the Miami Big Three reunited, they played with stronger aggression.

However, they didn't solve the real problem.

They just improved their offensive efficiency a bit.

While the Lakers firmly controlled the advantage.

Kobe Bryant turned into an adjustment master; he activated the whole team on the strong side. Fan Xi's running, Bynum's screen, plus Gasol's low-post support after going on the court, and Dunleavy's omnipresent three-point threat.

The Heat's trailing score was getting bigger and bigger.

When there were 4 minutes left in the game, they were already trailing by 11 points.

Kenny Smith even deliberately stimulated Miami fans on TV: maybe it will be garbage time soon.

At this time, Fan Xi brought the ball to the frontcourt.

He passed the basketball to Kobe as usual; when Kobe received the ball, he collided with Wade... Wade tried to bypass and snatch the basketball from Kobe.

But Kobe was experienced; he blocked Wade, and although his figure staggered, he still grabbed the basketball.

After he grabbed the basketball, he turned around quickly... Bang!

Wade gave Kobe a hand knife.

He originally wanted to hack the ball, but hacked it on Kobe's arm bone.

If it were other players, they would definitely have jumped up to create a foul.

But Kobe was a tough guy; he just wanted to finish the opponent with upright techniques and didn't want to use the porcelain-touching style of creating fouls.

He continued to press down, deceived Wade's defense, and broke through inward.

Who knew, just as he entered a step, James helped defend, and his strong body hit Kobe directly.

Kobe staggered at that time.

His physical reserve was close to zero.

Plus he had been continuously infringed by Wade before.

He fell to the ground, and then, he quickly flew out to grab the ball.

At this time, James also fell to the ground.

Two league signature superstars grabbed into a ball.

But when James landed, he pressed on Kobe; Kobe was still struggling to grab the ball, completely ignoring James's huge body.

The basketball was poked out of the court by James during the struggle.

The head referee made a fair judgment and ignored the boos.

James didn't resist; he stood up.

But at this time, Kobe didn't stand up immediately.

Fan Xi hurriedly ran over to pull Kobe up.

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