Chapter 161: I Will Bear It, I Will Allow It

Kobe Bryant stuck closely to James, and James's ball-handling rhythm was disrupted.

He failed to shake off Kobe within two steps, but at this time his pace had already entered the free-throw line.

Therefore, James no longer hesitated.

Facing the attraction of the rim, facing the temptation of dominating the league alone, he decisively collected the ball, took a big step, then jumped, and rushed toward the rim.

But just as he jumped, Slap!

He felt his hands go numb; Kobe Bryant's left hand chopped accurately on his basketball, the basketball slipped out at that time, he hurriedly forced a landing, and controlled the basketball with both hands; he was about to pass the basketball out, but found a pale-faced person approaching him.

At this time, Kobe's entire teeth were chattering uncontrollably.

LeBron James immediately realized a very clear fact: Kobe was injured.

Or rather, he was very likely injured very early on.

He didn't understand.

Why not leave the battlefield when injured, and have to stay on the court, what if the injury worsened.

Tonight's game is only one, but the career is very long.

LeBron James couldn't understand this basketball thinking, because he wasn't that kind of person; he wouldn't risk playing for the victory of a game.

However, he made a decision in milliseconds.

He determined that Kobe was injured and was already a sick tiger; he made a decision and no longer passed the ball.

He feinted upward, then turned his back; he tried to use his strong body to knock Kobe away.

However, James's back-to-the-basket technique was very poor at this time, having only a wide back and solid thigh strength.

Kobe Bryant didn't move at all.

James decided to force it; he pushed his shoulders backward, and he already understood that Kobe's injured hand was the left hand, because his entire left hand was trembling.

Therefore, without a doubt, he turned to his right side and forcefully pressed with his body.

James had always possessed a smart brain good at calculating.

He could always make the decision that best fit his interests.

However, the human heart is not interest.

Willpower is not interest.

There are always some things higher than secular interest values.

When James hit, Kobe Bryant met him, and raised his left hand high, which he hadn't raised since the last fall; his entire expression was distorted.

However, he was unrepentant.

When LeBron James jumped and stretched out his hands to shoot, Kobe Bryant jumped at the same time; he was shorter than James, thinner than James, and his wingspan and palms were more than a cut shorter than James's.

However, when narrow roads meet, the brave wins.

When James jumped halfway, Kobe had already jumped violently, and unswervingly used his left hand to suppress it fiercely... Slap!

James himself was scared at that time.

He didn't expect it.

He didn't expect Kobe's left hand to still be able to explode with such great power; clearly his entire arm was trembling, and he was almost fainting.

The basketball slipped from James's hands.

At this time, Fan Xi had already rushed out from the side, as if he had known that Kobe could finish off James.

He grabbed the basketball.

Rushed through the halfcourt in the sound wave of 'kill Kobe' that hadn't stopped in the arena.

Beep!

The Lakers requested a timeout.

There were still 18 seconds left.

The Lakers got the most important ball possession.

Fan Xi hurriedly turned his head and looked at Kobe Bryant; Kobe Bryant's body was swaying at this time, and Pau Gasol on the side supported him; he showed an encouraging smile to Fan Xi.

At this time, Fan Xi understood.

Returning to the bench, Fan Xi asked Kobe Bryant for the first time: "Will you execute the last shot later?"

"No, Jack, now it's your responsibility. I can't come back." Kobe Bryant stared at Fan Xi very seriously: "I mean, I can't come back for this series."

Kobe said very calmly.

However, behind this calmness was clearly surging sorrow and regret.

Kobe Bryant had been chasing the three-peat and the third Finals MVP in the second half of his career, and this year he finally got this opportunity. However, however.

"From the moment I was knocked down by James, I knew I couldn't come back. However, I am so unwilling, so I gritted my teeth and insisted on staying on the court; I have to tell you more ways to handle the Finals, Jack."

Kobe pointed to his left forearm and said: "The bones in here are cracked or broken."

Fan Xi looked at Kobe's left forearm, which was visibly swollen, and even his fingers were a bit congested.

It can be seen what kind of pain Kobe was enduring to persist for these 3 minutes just now.

The team doctor walked over to urge Kobe to go to the hospital quickly.

Kobe said to him: "I want to watch us win this game; I don't want to leave with failure."

Fan Xi pursed his lips; he recalled what Kobe had done in the past three minutes, and his eyes were wet.

Kobe is really a steel tough guy.

At this time, the Lakers bench was filled with an indescribable sad atmosphere; Kobe had always been the soul of the team, and now hearing the news of his injury, many players felt pessimistic inside.

The opponent is the Big Three, the two strongest wings of the middle generation, plus the former King of the North.

"Let's discuss the last attack."

Phil Jackson held the tactical board, he looked around calmly, and he asked the players: "Now I want to hear your opinions; who of you wants to be the executor of the last attack."

At this moment, Phil Jackson threw out such a question.

Everyone was taken aback.

Because it was always Kobe who executed the last shot before.

No choice was needed at all.

Phil Jackson was also a coach with his own opinions; why did he ask this?

Phil Jackson's eyes first looked at Pau Gasol; he was theoretically the second person on the Lakers.

But the Spaniard's eyes dodged.

Just as Kobe said, Gasol never believed he could complete a ruling job from beginning to end.

Then, Phil Jackson looked at Andrew Bynum.

Bynum's eyes were very flustered at this time; he had always been fantasizing about replacing Kobe; he wanted to become the Lakers' signature. But now, hearing that Kobe was injured, and that he wouldn't come back for this series, he was at a loss, losing his backbone.

He was like a willful but cowardly child; when his parents were there, he was always tossing and singing against them; when his parents left, he was timid and couldn't deal with challenges independently at all.

Just at this time.

Fan Xi spoke, and he said decisively: "Let me do it."

"You do it? You bear this?" Phil Jackson asked Fan Xi back, he stared at Fan Xi's eyes.

Fan Xi looked at Phil Jackson, incomparably firm, he said incomparably surely: "Yes, I will bear it, I will allow it, I will carry the entire world!"

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