Chapter 171

On the evening of June 6th, the Staples Center was brightly lit and crowded with people.

Although Kobe's injury had a negative impact on the game, this arena was still full of spectators.

The heritage of a wealthy family is extraordinary, plus they were sky-high tickets bought a week ago; the loss was already huge, wouldn't not coming be an even bigger loss?

And what if Jack-Miracle Child-Fan could show great power and take away the Miami Big Three in one wave?

Okay.

This last remaining spark of hope was also extinguished after the media exposed Fan Xi and Kendall Jenner's pool kiss. Although it's normal for young people to fall in love, falling in love at such a critical juncture, doesn't it mean they have already given up on the game?

*Sigh! *

Many fans sighed with desolation in their hearts; they just hoped Miami wouldn't carry out a humiliating slaughter tonight.

"It seems the Lakers fans don't have much interest on their faces. They didn't even wear the yellow T-shirts to support the team. The Lakers staff placed jerseys and some small gifts on each seat before the game started; this counts as an extra big gift package for the Finals."

Earl Johnson teased the Lakers fans on the TNT channel in a playful tone: "After all, they spent the most expensive tickets in history to come in and watch the game."

This year's Lakers tickets hit a record high, which many media reported spectacularly at the time. The Lakers management was also full of ambition, insisting on changing the Finals to selling tickets game by game, and selling the next game after one was finished.

At that time, the Lakers management was extremely confident. Now, with Kobe injured, the biggest gimmick disappeared, and the biggest guarantee of victory was also gone. Thus, the media turned around to mock them, saying if they had opened ticket sales for all three home games from the beginning, they might have already made a fortune.

Now, it's a mess.

"Don't say that, Earl." Charles Barkley was also a bit sarcastic: "Maybe they are Miami fans? I saw many fans wearing Wade and James jerseys mixed in; they probably bought discounted tickets from Lakers fans and ran over to witness Miami's victory."

The two sang in harmony.

When Kanye West appeared in the third row of the audience with three women from the Kardashian family—Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, and Khloe Kardashian. While Scarlett Johansson and Selena Gomez sat in the second row not far away. Kobe Bryant and his wife walked to the back of the Lakers bench with Kendall Jenner and sat down.

A wave of uproar appeared in the Staples Center.

This is Jack Fan's recent scandal heroine, how could she be with Kobe Bryant?

Everyone was very strange.

TNT's live broadcast camera quickly aimed at Scarlett Johansson and Selena; they were looking forward to capturing some unusual flavors from the faces of these two.

Scarlett Johansson was very calm; she maintained a smile on her face, and her eyes didn't even glance over there.

Selena clearly lacked some composure; the corners of her eyes glanced unnaturally toward the "visual focus stage center," and then, a downward smile was captured on the corner of her mouth—there was disdain, jealousy, envy, and competition.

Selena had acted in many youth campus films; her acting was rated by many picky film critics as superficial, unable to interpret the soul of the character.

However, this subtle expression vividly allowed people to read so many complex emotions.

Who says idol stars don't have delicate acting skills? It's just that they haven't reached the depth of feeling.

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When Fan Xi appeared, he was still the player who received the biggest cheers in the whole arena, but these cheers inevitably mixed with boos... this had never happened before.

It was probably the die-hard Lakers fans expressing their dissatisfaction with Fan Xi "giving up the game to fall in love" in this way.

Fan Xi faced everything very calmly.

No emotion could be seen from his expression; he was mature and calm for his young age.

By comparison, the expressions of the other Lakers players all looked very excited. Although they also commented on the kissing angle of Fan Xi in the pool in the locker room... however, they never doubted Fan Xi's seriousness about the game.

And, they were now psychologically prepared for a back-to-the-wall fight.

Phil Jackson was even worried about this; he was afraid that Fan Xi, as a leader, couldn't bear such a vigorous fighting spirit from his teammates. If Fan Xi could carry it, his core position would be stable, and his superstar status would have theoretical support. But if he couldn't carry it, Fan Xi would struggle very much.

Many superstars fell before this threshold.

Come on! Jack.

Phil Jackson shouted in his heart before the game started.

Brand new tactics, brand new positioning.

Tonight, Phil Jackson felt a long-lost tension and excitement; this feeling even exceeded his first time reaching the Finals with the Bulls back then.

*Beep! *

The whistle sounded.

Both teams' players walked onto the court.

The Lakers' starting players were Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol, Mike Deng Liwei, Matt Barnes, and Fan Xi.

The Miami Heat's starting players were: Joel Anthony, Chris Bosh, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Mike Bibby.

Compared to the excitement and solemnity on the faces of the Lakers players, the Heat players now had a very positive and happy mentality. Kobe's injury and the incomparably relaxed victory in the last game gave them confidence that the Finals were in the bag.

Based on this confidence, they were a bit floating.

You know, when James appeared just now, there were even some cheers in the arena.

This had quite the posture of being expected by the public and ruling the world.

James, who had been called the "Chosen One" and "Little Emperor" since he was a child, was finally going to be crowned emperor, holding the scepter to rule all living things.

James was very excited about this; he even did the chalk-toss action twice at the technical table.

"Your eye for beauty is good, Jenner is the most beautiful woman in the Kardashian family." James even spoke to Fan Xi very "friendlily" before the jump ball started.

Fan Xi didn't answer him.

Andrew Bynum walked over and bumped into him: "Kim Kardashian is the most beautiful woman, are you still a black person?"

Kim Kardashian, with her exaggerated hip circumference, has always been the bible of black male aesthetics; they love this hourglass-shaped woman too much.

Moreover, before this game, Fan Xi kept encouraging Bynum to be brave and have masculine charm so that women would like him. So, when James said such words, he couldn't wait to rush over and argue with James.

James was stunned; he didn't understand why Bynum was confronting him so "angrily."

He felt this was a trivial matter, just going to mess with Fan Xi's mentality.

James didn't want to argue with Bynum, so he vaguely said "Maybe you're right" and walked to his defensive position with his head down.

This made Bynum feel so cool.

'James is nothing more than this? He didn't dare look me in the eye; he actually ran away with his head down under my nose.'

Bynum's long-lost masculine charm raised its head deep in his heart.

Sure enough, Jack was right. Those who look strong and mighty are nothing more than paper tigers.

LeBron James probably never dreamed that the one sentence he used to mess with Fan Xi's mentality would trigger such a chain reaction, actually letting Bynum build up "distorted" confidence.

He was a bit braver than before.

*Beep! *

The head referee blew the whistle and threw the basketball into the sky. Andrew Bynum roared like a gorilla injected with stimulants, jumped up, and slapped the basketball toward Fan Xi. Joel Anthony was simply no match for him.

Fan Xi grabbed the basketball right then.

Then, Fan Xi ran straight with the ball.

He was like a purple-gold lightning bolt rushing toward the Miami half. After possessing Wilt Chamberlain's terrifying energy, Fan Xi was easier to "agitate"; it wasn't just an increase in endurance and physical fitness, but also an increase in excitement.

Although this stuff couldn't be quantified.

However, it could help players improve the quality of the game to a higher degree.

Fan Xi killed his way to the outside of the three-point line like an arrow off the string. Mike Bibby had just reached out to block, but was forced to face him, and he used a whistling spin to eat up his defense.

Immediately, Fan Xi turned his explosive power to the maximum. After taking two steps, he jumped up directly, heading straight for the basket.

At this time, James was chasing behind him... as everyone knows, James is the best chase-down blocker in the league today.

And on his side, Dwyane Wade was also eyeing him covetously.

Since the first game, Wade's biggest wish was to press Fan Xi to death in the air.

The most shameful thing in his life was being dunked on by Fan Xi for the game-winner; that goal that went down in history made him enter the list of shameful backgrounds for the rest of his life.

Moreover, directly in front of Fan Xi, Chris Bosh was also preparing.

Three-way pincer attack.

Normal people would choose to pass the ball in this situation.

But Fan Xi didn't.

He knew these were two historical-level superstars of the middle generation plus a superstar.

He knew the Miami Big Three made many guards tremble with fear.

However, why should Fan fear?

Fan Xi resolutely took two steps; he jumped up like a rocket launching. He had no intention of dodging at all; even the ball boy preparing to mop the floor could see Jack Fan was going to dunk.

Fan Xi's jumping ability came from Michael Jordan.

His aerial glide trajectory was unstoppable, heading straight for the basket.

However, when Fan Xi jumped to the highest point, Wade hesitated slightly because Chris Bosh had established a defensive position in the blink of an eye and raised his hands high; he seemed to want to draw an offensive foul on Fan Xi.

Thus, Wade turned his body, wanting to just interfere in the air.

However, when experts fight, where is there room for half a mistake?

*Pfft! *

Fan Xi collided straight into Chris Bosh's body in the blink of an eye. The huge impact at that moment made Chris Bosh, who had a thin physique, unable to stop retreating, while Fan Xi relied on his body to add an upward force.

He finally lifted the basketball over his head; at this time, the basket was right in front of him, and he smashed it down fiercely.

At the same time, James, who had spotted the opportunity, rushed over from behind and slapped the basketball in Fan Xi's hand. James had calculated everything; he was a shrewd blocker.

But he miscalculated one thing, which was that Fan Xi would add an upward force while retreating from Chris Bosh.

*Slap! *

James's hand slapped on the back of Fan Xi's hand, while Fan Xi had already smashed the basketball into the basket like splitting a mountain... *Boom! *

The basket roared for it.

Chris Bosh fell to the ground in response.

James and Wade accompanied him in flight from left and right behind him; the block and obstruction were in vain, and they could only serve as sky backgrounds.

All this happened in an instant.

The fans at the Staples Center were all stunned.

They never dreamed that such a thing would happen in the tenth second of the game.

They had envisioned Fan Xi fighting the Big Three in their dreams, but such a concrete picture had never been produced; this was something they didn't dare imagine even in their dreams.

Fan Xi broke through the aerial interception of James and Wade from left and right, and dunked Chris Bosh over from the front.

*Roar! *

After Fan Xi landed, he let out a roar that had been suppressed for a long time.

The TV camera aimed at his face, full of unstoppable sharpness and murderous aura.

Jack... Fan！！！！

The DJ at the Staples Center let out a loud and urgent roar at this moment; it was clear that this experienced on-site DJ didn't expect Fan Xi to be able to do such a formidable thing.

This was bound to be the second-best play of the year, and since the Big Three were established, they had controlled the entire league with a sweeping posture, and tonight, Fan Xi smashed their symbolized authority to pieces with the very first ball.

Who says the Big Three are unstoppable?

Who says peak teaming up can roam the world.

Today, a purple-gold youth is unconvinced.

"Ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has not been tested. Today I show it to you, who has injustice?"

The CCTV commentator recited a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Jia Dao with passion after roaring excitedly.

It was very appropriate at this moment.

This is the unique romantic sentiment of Chinese people.

Unlike foreign commentators, who only know how to roar: "My God!! Unbelievable! This is simply unimaginable, how could Jack Fan have such arrogant courage, how dare he face three superstars head-on, he is still a 19-year-old boy."

"My God, isn't he still falling in love with Jenner?"

Kenny Smith was also surprised.

The head referee blew the whistle after hesitating for ten seconds or so; he didn't give Fan Xi an offensive foul, but gave James a hand-checking foul.

This was a fair judgment.

Fan Xi walked to the free-throw line.

The Staples Center had become a unanimous shout: Fan! Fan! Fan!

The sound wave stacked higher and higher, like a tsunami.

The first ball of the game, the listless Los Angeles Lakers returned to being land immortals, restoring the style of a wealthy family.

Kobe Bryant cheered and jumped up, muttering to himself: "Simply unbelievable, he actually really did it."

"I just taught him to be brave and decisive, but I didn't expect him to do something I didn't dare imagine; he is stronger than me..."

Kobe sighed in a low voice.

The wife on the side asked him inappropriately: "Didn't you say he did so much work last night, and he would be soft-legged today?"

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