McHale looked at Wen Hao. He was hesitating whether to let Wen Hao go. If Wen Hao was allowed to go, he would not be obedient at all. I really don’t know what he would do. But if he was not allowed to go, at this time
In this situation, I really don’t know who to let go.
After hesitating for a moment, McHale finally gritted his teeth, gritted his teeth, and said to Wen Hao: "Wen, come on."
Wen Hao had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He immediately stood up, threw away the towel on his shoulder, and walked onto the field.
"Oh, did McHale make a mistake and let the Chinese guy play?" ESPN commentator Harlan said.
"Although he performed extremely well in this game and scored 40 points, he has rarely played in critical moments before. Now it is overtime. If nothing else, just his mental quality, can he adapt to such a game?
Or two things; on the other hand, he averaged less than 20 minutes per game before. Today he played more than 30 minutes, which is his limit. Now he plays overtime, can his physical fitness keep up?"
Reggie Miller pondered.
"I don't care whether he can keep up physically, I only know that Kobe's tenacity will allow the Lakers to win the final victory." Barkley said, shaking his head.
The Hollywood stars on the sidelines were still immersed in the madness of Kobe's three-pointer at the buzzer. In their opinion, it was unreasonable for the Lakers to lose to Kobe in such a state. So when Wen Hao came on the court
, they started to boo like all the fans. Although the Chinese performed very well tonight, he is still too young after all, and he is far behind Kobe.
At this time, the game continued. After Kobe made two free throws, his score had increased to 38 points.
He seemed to glance at Wen Hao intentionally or unintentionally, with an undisguised fighting spirit in his eyes.
Originally, in his opinion, this Chinese was not worth mentioning and was not qualified to be his opponent. But in today's game, he actually scored 40 points on his head, which he could not tolerate. Taking advantage of just now
After beating Harden, he will work hard to kill the Chinese as well.
The Rockets served, Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball past half court, and according to McHale's arrangement, first handed the ball to the inside.
Howard squeezed Gasol away and dunked.
In the next two rounds, the Rockets were still attacked by others, and the ball was not handed to Wen Hao.
In fact, Jeremy Lin also has his own ideas. Based on Kobe's previous defense of Wen Hao, if the ball is handed over to Wen Hao now, he will definitely be severely guarded by Kobe. So let others play first. When Kobe's attention is caught
When other people are attracted, go for Wen Hao.
After the third round, Jeremy Lin finally handed over to Wen Hao.
Sure enough, Kobe only wanted to double-team the inside, and his defense against Wen Hao was a little lax. Wen Hao raised his hand from the free throw line and hit a mid-range shot.
Barkley was still saying that Wen Hao's mental and physical qualities were not good, but he was only halfway through his words when he was hit by this shot. This kid hit again!
Reggie Miller looked at Wen Hao in surprise - he actually scored nine goals in a row.
After Harlan was surprised for a moment, he said: "I wonder... will this Chinese miss?"
Kobe turned his head, the fighting spirit in his eyes even stronger.
But Wen Hao was not worried at all, because he saw sweat pouring from Kobe's head and his chest heaving violently, like a bellows. Kobe was old after all, and after another such a high-intensity confrontation, his physical fitness could not keep up.
.
Thinking of this, Wenhao stuck to Kobe and refused to let Kobe get the ball at all.
Sure enough, as Wen Hao thought, after it became difficult for Kobe to catch the ball, he stopped moving and just stood there. He was really too tired.
Seeing this, the fans on the sidelines felt relaxed again.
Looking back, Wen Hao once again received a pass from Jeremy Lin. Facing Kobe, he dribbled one step and turned his back.
When Kobe saw this, he predicted his position in advance and jumped up.
But Wenhao did not collect the ball after turning around. Instead, he switched to his left hand to dribble and directly passed Kobe. He entered the inside and when Gasol was defending, he passed the ball to Howard.
Howard smashed the ball into the basket again, turned around, grinned at Wen Hao, and shouted: "Good pass!"
After two minutes of this, without Kobe's participation, the Lakers' offense lost a powerful firepower, and the Rockets scored 6 points in a row, widening the point difference to 5 points.
Wen Hao felt slightly relaxed, and the balance of victory had begun to tilt toward the Rockets.
He looked at Kobe, full of respect in his heart, but secretly sighed: The 37-year-old veteran played more than 40 minutes and scored 38 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. He has done a perfect job. But, after all,
He is no longer young, and the years have mercilessly taken away his physical strength bit by bit. By the time overtime came, he was already a little exhausted.
Wen Hao was just sighing, and the Rockets were just celebrating, but they didn't notice that there was a hint of cruelty in Kobe's eyes.
Like a lurking black mamba, it lurks temporarily only for a fatal blow later.
The Lakers served and Kobe dribbled the ball. When he came to the frontcourt, facing Wen Hao's defense, he changed direction with his hips and suddenly broke through from the right side.
But due to lack of physical fitness and limited speed, this breakthrough did not throw away Wen Hao. Wen Hao slid forward and pressed his chest against Kobe, reaching the right baseline.
At this time, Kobe suddenly collected the ball and took off.
Wen Hao jumped up. At this time, it was already a negative angle. He had already blocked Kobe's shooting point and it was impossible for him to hit.
But at this moment, Kobe Bryant's upper body suddenly leaned back, avoiding Wen Hao's block, and took the shot calmly. His posture was as graceful as leaves falling in the wind or butterflies in flowers.
"Uh-huh."
Under Wen Hao's incredible gaze, the sound of the basketball rubbing against the basket was heard.
Negative angle, difficult fadeaway jump shot.
"Oh, Black Mamba, our Black Mamba!" Actor Nicholson was so excited that he stood up during the live broadcast and stretched out his hands in worship.
Wen Hao looked at Kobe in horror, his heart filled with shock. He had never seen Kobe's shot like this before, but when he defended it himself, he realized how incredible it was. In his opinion, this shot was simply
It was impossible to score, because not only was it a negative angle, it could be said that there was no shooting angle at all. How did he score?
Raising his head and looking at the big screen, Wen Hao couldn't help but take a breath.
On the big screen, Kobe not only leaned back, but also drifted in the air to throw the ball. The basketball drew a huge parabola in the air, passed over the backboard, and fell into the basket.
At this moment, there was only one word in Wen Hao's mind - miracle!
