Chapter 382: Energy Halo lit up
His scoring method did not transcend his original offensive system.
Even at the most critical moment, Fan Xi still didn't bring out new weapons.
This made Wade gradually wake up, or walk out of his own thinking loop: maybe Jack Fan was just bluffing, maybe he over-interpreted it.
He told James his views and said to James: "In the fourth quarter, we can stimulate him more sharply. If he has no new weapons, he will definitely lose."
LeBron James nodded and asked: "How should we stimulate him?"
Dwyane Wade smiled and said: "He exerts pressure on you through those Fan girls; can't you stimulate him through those Fan girls? A man's soft spot is women."
Wade had no psychological burden in this regard.
This was probably why he abandoned his wife of his youth. You know, Wade was supported by his wife back then, but after he became famous, he still couldn't hold back and replaced her.
LeBron James nodded as if he understood.
The whistle blew, and the game continued.
The fourth quarter finally arrived.
This would directly determine the final direction of this year's Finals.
All Clippers players, all fans in the Staples Center knew clearly that once the Heat brought the game back to Miami, the Clippers would be in bad shape this year. The unstoppable momentum of the first three games would become the foreshadowing of the Miami miracle.
No one wanted to put a cooked duck into someone else's pocket, no one wanted to be the foreshadowing of someone else's miracle.
So, since it had come to this, only a death battle!
Leonard passed the ball to Fan Xi, Fan Xi dribbled across half-court, still Wade staring at him; this guy had played three full quarters, he had no intention of resting at all, because he knew clearly that as long as he went down, Fan Xi would definitely bite up crazily.
"Jack, how about my previous suggestion?"
Wade had been implementing his stimulation plan, constantly saying some dirty words: "Not winning the game, venting anger on women, is a wonderful thing..."
Fan Xi ignored him and passed the ball to Leonard.
Then he quickly ran inside.
Leonard turned his back and played one-on-one against James; James's defense was very fierce, but Leonard still found space through steady probing; he turned around, jumped and shot... Bang!
The ball hit the iron.
But at this time, Jimmy Butler rushed into the paint, he jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket over Haslem's head.
After scoring, Butler coldly swept a glance at James.
Changing sides to fight again, Wade broke into the paint, and under Fan Xi's strict defense, passed to James; James rushed into the paint and scored a layup.
The Heat's two super outside superstars both exerted their power.
Turning back, it was Fan Xi rushing into the paint, but his layup was fouled by Haslem.
Haslem got his fifth foul.
He was subbed off, and Marcus Camby returned to the court. In fact, Marcus Camby also carried 5 fouls, Chris Bosh had 4 fouls, and another interior Joel Anthony had 4 fouls.
Miami didn't seem to care about interior foul problems at all.
Their most diligent defensive policy in the paint tonight was fouling, sending Kwame Brown or DeAndre Jordan to the free-throw line; if Fan Xi and Butler broke into the paint, they would also do the same work: this was partly because they were used to the loose scale of the previous games and thought the referee would continue to take care of them. On the other hand, they wanted to send DeAndre Jordan and Kwame Brown to the free-throw line; after all, these two were not shooting experts.
Swish! Swish!
Fan Xi made both free throws.
Kobe Bryant in front of the TV sighed: "Actually, this is a strange thing; Jack's open shot ability is unique in the league, but when he dribbles and moves, his shooting percentage drops sharply. It has improved in recent times, but as a standard scoring method, there is still a distance. If Jack hits three consecutive dribbling jump shots, the Heat will be destroyed; the defensive system they have built now will collapse completely."
The NBA superstars around didn't speak; they were even a bit scared, because the current Fan Xi still had weaknesses; if Fan Xi was really like what Kobe said, possessing high-intensity dribbling scoring ability, then... he was too scary.
In the past period, Fan Xi's shooting percentage under high-intensity defense was quite good, and the higher the difficulty, the better his shooting percentage.
However, with the strengthening of information from various teams... when Fan Xi dribbled, defenders no longer deliberately strengthened the blockade on him.
The game continued.
James rushed into the paint again, and he successfully drew a foul.
This time, the Fan girls on the sidelines stood up in unison again to exert pressure on him: "Actor James!"
However, James was no longer annoyed; under Wade's prompt, he instead turned around and bowed to the Fan girls: "Very happy to get your favor; if you don't mind, come to my celebration party tonight."
LeBron James raised his eyebrows, trying to make himself look elegant.
But it looked a bit sleazy.
He really got the unanimous disgust of the Fan girls.
He didn't care, he turned around, and when passing Fan Xi, he covered his mouth and whispered: "Watch your girlfriend."
James proudly went to the free-throw line.
Swish!
Swish!
He made both free throws.
After scoring, when passing the Fan girls, he specifically said: "Thank you for your encouragement."
James learned a bit of essence from Wade.
And the Heat also started to grasp the real initiative on the court from this round.
Changing sides to fight again, Fan Xi broke into the 3-point line, suddenly stepped back, and shot with a one-stage jump shot... he had been practicing this move hard recently, Swish!
He hit the shot.
But then Wade strengthened the defense; the one-stage jump shot tested hand speed, because the shooting point was not high, and it was easy to be blocked.
Fan Xi's shooting rate was not as fast as Curry's, so it was very restricted.
At the same time, the Clippers' other two scorers, Jimmy Butler and Leonard, were not in good touch either.
In this situation, Fan Xi could only constantly rush into the paint to fight.
But at this time, the head referee's officiating on both sides became loose... they didn't blow the whistle easily.
The hateful thing was that LeBron James, after teasing the Fan girls back, found his touch; he hit frequently from mid-to-long range, which liberated Wade's offensive pressure.
Both were overjoyed.
They thought this was the result of stimulating Fan Xi.
So, they constantly strengthened the stimulation of Fan Xi. Even James paid less and less attention to the persona he and the team had carefully built.
After hitting a 3-pointer in the sixth minute of the fourth quarter, he blew a kiss to the Fan girls and shouted loudly: This is a real basketball player.
"LeBron is celebrating so arrogantly, isn't he afraid of being overtaken by the Clippers?"
Westbrook said in front of the TV.
"How to overtake? What do the Clippers have to overtake?" Chris Paul said dismissively: "The Heat are already leading by 7 points, LeBron is firing on all cylinders, finding his outside shooting touch. Even if Nowitzki comes back, they can't win!"
The No. 1 point guard was certain.
On the way back to the half-court.
Jimmy Butler walked towards Fan Xi and said to Fan Xi: "Let me try again? I seem to have found the shooting feeling Gilbert mentioned."
Butler had been looking for the shooting feeling, but with little effect.
Usually in this situation, the team would sub him out.
However, Fan Xi and the Clippers withstood the pressure.
On one hand, they wanted to give young players more training. On the other hand, at such a critical moment, the defensive intensity could not be relaxed. On the matter of defense, whether it was Hamilton, Vince Carter, or Grant Hill, they were not as good as Jimmy Butler.
Fan Xi dribbled to the front court and observed the situation for a while.
He was about to pass the ball to Butler when he suddenly saw an opening.
Following the momentum... he made a change of direction, sharply cutting through Wade's defense; he rushed into the paint like lightning, like a tiger descending a mountain; after rushing into the paint, he jumped up fiercely, holding the ball with one hand and smashing it towards the basket.
Just at this time, Wade flew over from behind regardless of his own safety... he hit Fan Xi, and Fan Xi lost his center of gravity in the air at that time.
But relying on his historical-level stability, Fan Xi forcibly threw the ball out... even facing Marcus Camby's block.
After throwing this ball, Fan Xi's body could no longer stabilize, and he fell heavily to the ground... Beep!
At the same time the head referee blew the whistle... Swish!
The ball fell into the net.
The goal was valid, and Fan Xi also got an additional free throw.
But the regrettable thing was that the head referee didn't record this foul on Wade who pushed from behind, but gave it to Marcus Camby.
Camby got his sixth foul and went off.
Fan Xi, lying on the ground, felt a stinging pain in his back.
Just as he turned around, grimacing, he found Wade actually leaning over: "Jack, how is my back entry? This force should be enough to string your Fan girls together and top them into the bedside table, right? Haha. I will treat them as dessert after victory and eat them bit by bit..."
Saying that, Wade also made a licking motion and thrust his hips.
This was a game tactic; basketball players, when the game was intense, would always use various means to mess with others' mindsets. Wade and James used such moves tonight.
Only, what they didn't know was that the behavior they deliberately committed released their own nightmare.
Fan Xi's anger rushed to the top under the stimulation of pain.
In this game, Wade and James had been using those women to stimulate him, and his emotions had long reached the top.
Wade's move directly ignited his anger completely, completing a qualitative leap.
No man could allow others to talk about his woman in front of him, especially the shameless offense of Wade and James.
Slap!
Fan Xi slapped the floor hard, he stood up with a swoosh, and he didn't care about the pain in his body.
But just as he stood up and prepared to teach Wade a lesson... Hum!
The brain waves he hadn't triggered for a long time instantly lit up the halo, and then in the halo, he saw someone he couldn't be more familiar with.
This person was ejected from the court by despicable means in this game.
He was Arenas.
Arenas's most glorious moment in his career was in the Staples Center, where he scored 60 points under Kobe's defense.
Fan Xi saw Arenas appearing in his mind, and he was caught off guard.
And what caught him even more off guard was that the signal he received in his brain wave revealed the biggest message: Arenas's greatest talent was actually not shooting, but something Fan Xi hadn't thought of.
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