Chapter 631

Of course, whether it's the two of you or Yao, don't be nervous.

Everyone has done well enough throughout the game tonight; you have already exceeded your duties.

Now.

There are only 12 seconds left; keep a steady mindset, hold on for these 12 seconds, and we will be the winners."

"Oh!"

"Understood, Coach!"

"Don't worry, we will definitely win tonight's game!"

The entire Bulls team was full of fighting spirit; having reached this point and being only one step away from victory, no one was willing to give up this game.

Win.

Everyone was longing to win this duel.

Soon.

The timeout ended.

The final 12 seconds of the life-and-death battle arrived.

On the Bulls' side, Korver and Chandler, who had transformed into "secret weapons" tonight, were both on the court.

Shooters Hinrich and Korver on the perimeter, Yao and Chandler protecting the rim inside.

The Bulls were fully prepared to execute this attack.

Of course.

The Lakers would definitely not let them have their way.

Pippen inbounded the ball from the sideline at mid-court, wanting to find Hinrich and Korver immediately.

Kobe and Payton followed these two closely, not giving them a good chance to receive the ball; Yao saw this and immediately stepped up to set a screen, pulling O'Neal out as well.

Hinrich used Yao's screen to rush to the right arc, seemingly having a chance to receive the ball, but Karl Malone followed him, and the opportunity still didn't materialize.

Seeing the 5-second inbound time was about to expire.

Pippen, with no time to think, passed the ball to Yao in the middle of the arc.

Yao didn't have a three-pointer, so basically, there was no danger when he received the ball at the arc.

"Step!"

O'Neal followed, leaving Yao half a body length to guard against a drive.

Hinrich and Korver were being followed closely.

For a moment, no one had a good scoring opportunity.

Time was passing rapidly.

Yao held the ball at the arc for five or six seconds, unable to find a teammate, and his heart gradually grew anxious.

Should he take the ball from the outside and drive in?

That wasn't a good opportunity either.

The more he hesitated, the less he could find an opportunity; the more he hesitated, the faster time passed.

How to break it?

Seeing the final 12 seconds were about to run out, Yao glanced at the rim and then at O'Neal, who was giving him half a body length.

"Whoosh!"

He lifted his hand for a three-pointer.

"What?"

Eli Otter widened his eyes, "In the life-and-death moment, Yao is actually shooting a three-pointer from the outside?!"

"Holy shit!"

Doug Collins was also completely dumbfounded, "Why is it such a terrible shot selection? Why is Yao doing this!"

Unbelievable.

Completely unbelievable.

But for the Lakers, they could understand; in their view, this was due to their excellent defense, leaving the Bulls with no good offensive opportunities.

Forced into a corner.

That was why a center, a 226-cm tall center, was shooting a three-pointer from the outside.

"Rebound!!!"

Payton roared.

"Understood!"

"Got it!"

Malone and O'Neal, almost the moment Yao shot, didn't even look and returned directly to the paint to prepare for the rebound.

They knew.

Yao's three-pointer could absolutely not go in.

However... after the basketball traced a beautiful parabola in the air, it went straight into the net, splashing up ripples.

What?

"Swish!"

Yao hit this three-pointer.

After witnessing Peja's powerful three-point firepower this season, Yao also had the idea of improving his three-point ability.

Su Yan also gave him absolute support.

So much so that he practiced three-pointers in his daily training, although the coach didn't allow him to shoot them in normal game situations.

In fact, his three-pointer was indeed not that accurate.

Now, with no other choice and forced into a corner, Yao chose to shoot a three-pointer from the outside.

This was indeed a terrible choice.

But... without O'Neal's defense, this was almost like a practice three-pointer.

Yao could also shoot it.

Making it wasn't purely accidental.

This was also the result of his training bit by bit.

Practice for a thousand days, use it for one moment.

Now he had hit this desperate three-pointer, helping the Bulls take the lead by one point again.

"It went in? It went in!"

Hinrich was ecstatic.

"What a beautiful shot!" Korver was also completely excited.

"Yao's three-pointer, hahahaha!"

Pippen laughed wildly, "Tonight we are truly everyone is a soldier, everyone is exploding; why shouldn't we win, what reason is there not to win the game!!!"

There were only 4.2 seconds left.

The Lakers were under immense pressure.

The final attack, without suspense, went to Kobe again, and the Bulls knew Kobe would definitely not pass.

So Hinrich, Korver, and Pippen triple-teamed Kobe, and Kobe, who really didn't pass, forced his way through the three-man defense and then took an extreme super fadeaway.

This difficulty was not just heaven-defying, it was heaven-defying.

Could this still go in?

"Clang!"

Missed.

"Hah!"

Yao roared as he leaped up and swatted the ball away, and time ran out.

The Bulls laughed last because of Yao's incredible desperate three-pointer, winning the game.

Changing the series score to 1:2.

"Woooow~"

Eli Otter was excited, "Let us congratulate the Bulls for pulling one back with an incredible performance where everyone was a soldier.

Although they are still trailing 1:2 in the series.

But this means the Finals series will go at least 5 games, so in Game 5, when returning to the Bulls' home court, Su Yan will also return. ===== CHAPTER 633 =====