Chapter 3 The Game

In the third quarter, the Lakers players sitting on the sidelines were so similar to the players of Ryonan High from Slam Dunk.

On the big screen, the starting lineups for the second half were displayed.

Gasol, Su Feng, Green, Kobe, Rondo.

Yao Ming, James, Butler, Klay, Curry.

Oracle Arena, Lakers with the first possession.

On the court, when they noticed Su Feng personally dribbling the ball across the half-court line, the Warriors players couldn't help but look at Jimmy Butler.

At the high post, Butler, fearless as a newborn calf, proactively stepped up to Su Feng.

On the sidelines, Van Gundy was gratified and said with emotion, "Given time, Jimmy will definitely become great."

In Van Gundy's eyes, no matter how frightening Su Feng was at this moment, you could only face him directly to eliminate that damned fear.

Bang!

Butler's defense was undeniably good.

Under his frantic entanglement, Su Feng was forced to turn his body sideways.

However, just when everyone thought Su Feng wanted to protect the ball first and then wait for his teammates to come up to receive it...

At the instant he turned sideways, Su Feng, while forcefully bouncing the ball, suddenly flicked the ball with his right hand and led it to the left side of his body.

Seeing this, Butler hurriedly moved to the right.

However, who would have thought that Su Feng would use his left hand to pull the ball back to his right side, and after stomping on the ground, accelerated and left Butler behind!

The Warriors' two wing players, Klay and James, dared not be negligent and hurriedly moved in the direction of Su Feng's dribbling penetration.

Just at the arc, after suddenly slowing down and stopping abruptly, Su Feng didn't give the Warriors players any further chance to react.

In front of the TV, watching Su Feng suddenly stop after sprinting with all his might, Kyrie Irving had already figured out how to retort to those scientists tomorrow, inertia was just something they made up to deceive children.

Swish!

An ordinary pull-up three-pointer.

Su Feng scored the Lakers' first goal of the second half.

And got his 11th point of the game.

70 to 67.

Back on the other end, it was the Warriors' turn to attack.

Facing Gasol, who was also at full power, Yao Ming spent some effort to get into the low post.

On the left, after receiving a pass from James, Butler quickly lobbed the ball to Yao Ming's hands.

Bang!

Immediately afterward, after receiving the ball and leaning against Gasol, Yao also used his signature turnaround fadeaway to score the Warriors' first goal of the second half.

70 to 69.

On the court, Gasol seemed a little frustrated that he couldn't stop Yao Ming from turning around.

However, after patting him on the back, Su Feng said to him, "Don't take this one to heart, go and inbound the ball, Marc."

At this moment, watching Su Feng's back as he ran forward, although this wasn't the first time Gasol had received comfort from Su Feng during a game...

But Gasol always felt that the reason Su Feng told him not to take this one to heart...

Was because Su Feng could make up for all the lost points for the Lakers on the offensive end tonight.

On the court, Rondo was responsible for dribbling the ball across the half-court line.

Gasol, who had retreated from the paint, moved up to the high post to respond.

And looking at Su Feng, who hadn't completely gotten rid of Butler, Gasol originally wanted to pass the ball to Kobe first before transitioning it.

However, just as Gasol was hesitating, Kobe suddenly roared at him, "Pass the ball to him!"

Hearing this, Gasol, not daring to doubt Kobe's judgment, immediately lobbed the ball to Su Feng, who was fighting for position with Butler.

In basketball, choosing to pass the ball to an offensive player when he hasn't fully established position is undoubtedly a very dangerous action.

Because it not only means that the defending side will have a high probability of intercepting the ball, but even if the offensive player barely receives the pass, his subsequent offense will definitely stall.

But at this moment, a scene that made Butler feel extremely puzzled happened.

On the right 45-degree angle of the Warriors' half-court, although Butler was closer to the ball, just as he was about to catch it, Su Feng's left hand suddenly stretched out and pulled the ball back.

And without adjusting his center of gravity, under Butler's gaze, Su Feng directly leaned backward and completed an ordinary fadeaway jump shot!

Swish!

72 to 69.

CCTV, it wasn't until the ball swished through the net that Yu Jia reacted and said, "Su Feng successfully turned danger into safety and scored two points for the Lakers."

And on the court, looking at Su Feng, who gave him a thumbs up and said "Nice pass" while retreating on defense...

Gasol couldn't help but recall what his older brother had said to him in London in 2012.

"You have no idea how lucky you are, Marc."

"Next, do everything you can to get the ball into his hands, that's our only mission right now." On the court, Kobe said to Gasol after patting him on the back.

Looking down at Kobe, Gasol nodded.

Although it was a bit outrageous.

But, when he noticed Kobe's incredibly firm eyes...

Gasol realized that at this moment, it wasn't just him who believed that Su Feng, even against this Warriors team, couldn't be stopped tonight!

Oracle Arena, Warriors offense.

Amidst the cheers of nearly 20,000 fans in the arena, Yao Ming once again preemptively got into position in the low post.

Butler's pass directly hit Yao's chest.

And after receiving such a comfortable pass, Yao Ming also took advantage of the situation to brush past Gasol, who had been guarding him from behind.

In the NBA, only after seeing Yao Ming play in person can you know how agile this fat man, who weighed nearly 400 pounds after retirement, was when he was young.

But under the basket, just as Yao Ming was about to put the ball into the hoop, he suddenly froze.

Impossible!

How could you be here, Brother Feng!

You...

When did you come to help defend?

And when did you suspend yourself in the sky?

Could it be...

Could it be that gravity really doesn't exist for you?

Slap!

Without a doubt.

This was a block that completely ignited Kyrie Irving's "theological dream."

Because only through God's perspective can you truly feel the shock that Su Feng's block brings you!

No prediction whatsoever.

Pure talent and instinct.

Tonight, when the world was praising this Warriors team's talent...

They seemed to have forgotten.

A team with Su Feng has never been afraid of anyone in a talent contest!

On the court, Su Feng personally blocked his cute brother Ming!

And after grabbing the second rebound himself, he disregarded the Warriors' defense and successively used his speed to blow past Curry, Klay, and Butler!

Warriors half-court.

When Butler was overtaken by Su Feng, he even didn't have time to reach out to commit a foul to stop the Lakers' fast break...

Su Feng disappeared in front of him like a gust of wind!

In front of the TV, at this moment, fans from Philadelphia, Toronto, and Miami simultaneously typed "Tears" on the public screen!

Because as Su Feng got older...

This kind of "Flying Raijin-style breakthrough," which people had only seen during his peak, had long disappeared from the basketball world!

Oracle Arena, amidst the exclamations of nearly 20,000 fans in the arena, in the instant that the cameraman almost lost the broadcast footage, Su Feng scored another point for the Lakers!

74 to 69!

At the same time, in front of the TV, those old fans who had witnessed Su Feng's peak hurriedly turned to their friends who had only started watching basketball in the past two years and said, "Unbelievable, my youth has returned!"

Flying Raijin! (Pinyin for Flying Thunder God)

This is the Flying Raijin we all watched back then!

On the Lakers' bench, Grant Hill, standing next to Walton, couldn't help but exclaim, "Tracy once asked me during practice, who was faster, him or Su.

As a result, after I answered 'Su' without thinking, I remember Tracy didn't say a word to me for nearly half a month.

It wasn't until after a game against the Raptors that Tracy finally found me and said to me, 'I think you're right, Grant.'"

After listening to Hill's off-court NBA story, Walton smiled and said, "Grant, in your eyes, who was faster at their peak, you or Su?"

Hearing this, Hill, who had always been straightforward, shook his head and said, "Luke, I'm definitely not deliberately praising Su.

But even me...

I don't think I can compare to Su in terms of speed."

"Su's speed isn't the kind of speed we generally understand.

Just like the fans are exclaiming...

When Su accelerates with all his might, you'll always feel like the scene you see has been abruptly removed by God." After pausing for a moment, Hill added.

On the court, the game continued.

Van Gundy didn't rush to call a timeout.

Warriors offense.

Yao Ming, receiving a lob pass from Butler at the free-throw line, found James cutting to the basket with a behind-the-back pass.

James scored with a layup, 74 to 71.

Back on the other end.

The Lakers' offensive possession.

Gasol, moving up to the high post, passed the ball to Su Feng with a handoff.

Seeing the critical situation, James simply abandoned his defense of Green and instead rushed towards Su Feng with Butler, who was about to switch Yao Ming to his front.

However, just as the world thought Su Feng would choose to pass the ball...

Who would have thought that Su Feng would take a step back and throw the ball in his hand toward the basket!

Swish!

CCTV, with the ball swishing through the net, Su Junyang shook his head repeatedly and exclaimed, "In the words of Coach Zhang, it's hard to say that this shot was a reasonable one.

But...

This is Su Feng!

As long as you dare to give him a chance to shoot, he dares to throw it!"

Yu Jia helped add from the side, "And the most important thing is, he can make it!"

77 to 71.

On the Warriors' bench, Van Gundy had to call a timeout this time.

Previously, the reason Van Gundy was unwilling to waste a timeout was because the Lakers' offense was simply unreasonable.

To put it bluntly.

Even if he called a timeout, he couldn't come up with any countermeasures.

But at this moment...

Van Gundy knew that even if he still had no countermeasures, he had to call a timeout to let the Warriors' players catch their breath.

And Oracle Arena.

It wasn't until this moment that the Warriors fans, who hadn't suffered like the Celtics and Mavericks fans in the past, gradually realized what kind of team they were facing in this year's Western Conference Finals.

Unfortunately.

Although the Warriors, led by Nash, had also experienced Su Feng's despairing dominance in the Finals in the past...

But compared to the Celtics and Mavericks fans, who had all suffered to the point of being unable to breathe...

In recent years, the Warriors fans had clearly triggered one of humanity's inherent attributes: "Forgetfulness."

On the Lakers' bench, during the timeout, looking at Su Feng, who had scored 10 consecutive points for the team at the beginning of the third quarter...

After handing him a towel, Kobe also used his eyes to stop those teammates who wanted to come up and high-five Su Feng while massaging him.

Knowing that Su Feng had entered a certain state, Kobe didn't want anyone to interrupt him at this moment.

And until the timeout ended, the Lakers' bench remained silent.

Coach Lue didn't make any adjustments to the Lakers' offense or defense during the timeout.

Because at this moment.

Just like that Bulls team back then.

The Lakers no longer needed to play any superfluous or complicated tactics.

After the timeout, the game continued.

Warriors offense.

Playing around Yao Ming, they used Yao's gravity in the paint to find Curry, who had found an open shot opportunity one step inside the three-point line on the wing, thanks to the elevator screen set by Klay and Yao Ming.

Swish!

77 to 73.

On the court, it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Van Gundy, who had instructed Butler during the timeout to try to increase Su Feng's shooting cost even if he couldn't defend him, was finding it difficult to remain as calm as before.

Because as the assistant coach of that Lakers dynasty back then...

Even though Van Gundy firmly believed that Su Feng's individual scoring couldn't be more efficient than this Warriors team...

He had to admit.

That such a possibility...

It wasn't non-existent.

On the left wing, Butler's defense was still very good.

Although he couldn't stop Su Feng from receiving the ball, he successfully forced Su Feng to change his intended receiving area by following him closely.

And because defensive players could be tacitly allowed to use the HC rule when defending Su Feng, Butler, who was holding Su's lower back with both hands while Su Feng received the ball, also took the opportunity to suppress Su Feng's subsequent stand-up action.

However, after Su Feng suddenly exerted force and broke free from Butler's defense in an instant, the next second, before Butler could pounce forward again, Su Feng threw this unbelievable pull-up shot from the left wing at a 45-degree angle!

Without the slightest pause.

Without even making any adjustments.

Exerting force, stomping, turning, jumping.

At this moment, Su Feng can be said to have interpreted "In the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that matters" to the extreme!

On the court, Butler, who had been stiffened by Su Feng, stood there like a wooden stake.

Butler couldn't believe it.

Also, it was impossible to believe it.

That Su Feng at 35 years old could still have such a fast action rate.

ESPN, Pippen and Ben Wallace, who were watching intently, said almost simultaneously, "This is why I always wanted to kneel down to Su on the court back then!"

Swish!

Oracle Arena, Su Feng made another three-pointer!

In the third quarter so far, Su Feng's shots have all been successful!

ESPN, after looking at each other for two seconds, Pippen smiled and said, "I think you should be able to understand now how much my heart broke when I was guarding Su back then."

And on the side, after Pippen voiced his feelings, Ben Wallace also complained, "I think you should be able to understand now how happy I was when I was Su's teammate back then."

Gulp.

Oracle Arena.

The Warriors fans, who were still trying to interfere with Su Feng with boos a second ago, couldn't help but swallow in their throats at this moment.

And in front of the TV, when the cameraman's close-up lens happened to show the various expressions of the Warriors fans, just like Loki being beaten up by Hulk...

Celtics fans and Mavericks fans also sent congratulatory messages to Oakland!

Well done, Su Feng!

Pui!

As Su Feng's mortal enemies, how can we cheer for Su Feng?

But...

But when we see others getting beaten up by Su Feng, this unspeakable joy...

It's really awesome!

Swish!

The Warriors fans in the arena: "..."

Receiving the ball, turning, dribbling back, stomping, pull-up.

In this defense just now, it's hard to say that Butler didn't defend well anywhere.

But just like Michael Jordan back then, you just can't defend him.

Of course, what's slightly different from Jordan is.

Su Feng's shot, was still a three-pointer.

Slap!

On the sidelines, watching Su Feng, who had scored 16 consecutive points for the Lakers, Van Gundy had already slammed the tactical board in his hand onto the floor.

Uh.

Don't be surprised.

Van Gundy wasn't complaining about the Warriors players on the court not defending well.

He just didn't know why Tyronn Lue on the other side of the court dared to spread his hands at him with a smug look after Su Feng made this shot.

Seriously!

This entire second half of the game, has nothing to do with you, Tyronn Lue?

Why the hell can you be so smug?

On the Warriors' bench, Van Gundy was tilted.

Fortunately, the Warriors' players are all people who have been through thick and thin.

Oracle Arena, Curry, who came out from the left baseline, used the elevator screen set by Klay and Yao Ming to return a three-pointer to the Lakers from the left 45-degree angle.

83 to 78.

And after scoring, Curry didn't forget to shrug at his Uncle Shu Feng.

That expression, that look, as if he was afraid that his Uncle Shu Feng's current buffs weren't enough, and wanted to add another buff to Su Feng.

So, back on the other end, pointing to the left 45-degree angle where Curry just scored, Su Feng said after smiling at Butler, "Don't say I didn't remind you.

Next, I will shoot from there and make a three-pointer from there."

Butler: "..."

Butler, who had heard about Su Feng's trash-talking deeds in the past, dared not be negligent.

But as the Lakers' offensive time elapsed, looking at Su Feng, who was always standing on the right wing...

Butler always felt that Su Feng was just joking with him.

However, Su Feng, who always kept his word, how could he be joking with Butler?

On the court, when the Lakers had 5 seconds left on the shot clock, Su Feng suddenly accelerated and ran along the high post.

Butler followed.

Because Butler was guarding him very closely on this play, until Su Feng shot, he couldn't believe that Su Feng would suddenly pull the trigger the moment he reached his intended position and received the ball.

Because there was no shooting space.

So, in order to seize the only chance to shoot, Su Feng almost lost his entire body's center of gravity when he shot.

Moreover, his shooting form was also destroyed.

Without a doubt.

This kind of forced shot to fulfill the previous flaunting...

In Butler's eyes, it was not only irrational, but even a bit childish.

But when the ball went through the net...

The young Jimmy Butler felt as uncomfortable as if ten thousand alpacas were galloping through his chest!

Seriously!

You can make this shot too?

Butler was convinced.

At this moment, besides believing that Su Feng was God himself, in Butler's eyes, he couldn't find any reason to explain Su Feng's goal.

So now the question is.

Why does Su Feng dare to trash-talk so often, and why can he always make it happen?

Is it because he knows he will definitely make the shot like some second-rate basketball novel protagonists? (Lin Yi: Don't cue me, thank you.)

The answer is of course no.

Because if Su Feng really had a 100% shooting cheat...

Then why did he secretly sweat for himself when he shot just now?

Moreover, in this world, if you are 100% sure that you can do anything before you do it, then what happiness is there when you accomplish that thing?

Just like the boy who entered the league seventeen years ago.

Su Feng has never doubted his shooting, that's all.

Because he is Su Feng, so he dares to trash-talk.

Because he is Su Feng, so he can trash-talk.

Because he is Su Feng, so he never trash-talks with the intention of making it happen, he is just trusting himself while trash-talking.

Oracle Arena.

Behind Su Feng's 19 consecutive points for the Lakers, is nearly twenty years of hard training day after day.

It is the Bai Lian Qinggang sword (a famous sword), the Po Zhen Bawang spear (spear of a famous general) forged after thousands of hammers and refinements on the field.

When Su Feng's opponents bury their heads in hard training...

How do they know that their doubled hard training is just the daily routine of this man?

On the court, after three quarters, 107 to 95.

NBA convention.

The visiting Lakers are ahead.

The home team Warriors are behind.

In the third quarter, Su Feng, who only missed two shots, scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal for the Lakers in a single quarter.

During the intermission, Coach Lue, who only needed to kneel down and kowtow to Su Feng, hurriedly handed him a sports drink himself.

At this time, Kobe also patted Su Feng on the shoulder and said, "Leave the first half of the fourth quarter to me!"

Kobe knew that in this wave of personal offensive climax in the third quarter, every shot of Su Feng was challenging the limits of his own speed, strength, and skill.

Therefore, to put it in simpler terms...

Although the Warriors didn't stop Su Feng in the third quarter.

But their defense did increase Su Feng's cost of shooting on the court.

Kobe, who has extremely high basketball IQ, is very clear that the Lakers can maintain the lead at this moment.

It is because this wave of personal bursts that Su Feng played in the third quarter has temporarily suppressed the Warriors' team offense in terms of efficiency.

But if no one can stand up to share the pressure for Su Feng all the time.

Then as time goes by, once Su Feng's efficiency declines off the court, then, in terms of the Lakers' current leading advantage...

The Warriors may counterattack the Lakers with a wave of climax and overtake the score at any time.

And hearing this, just when everyone thought that Su Feng would grit his teeth and hold on like he used to, who would have thought that after a deep affectionate gaze with Kobe for a few seconds, Su Feng would say to Kobe: "Then I'll leave it to you, Kobe."

"Don't worry, because the Warriors' defensive attention was all on you in the third quarter, so I took the opportunity to rest for a while." After ruffling Su Feng's head, Kobe then turned his gaze to Coach Lue.

"Put Su back on in the last quarter when there are 6 minutes left."

Coach Lue smiled and said, "That's exactly what I planned."

Although, in the eyes of bystanders, the Lakers' second half of the game tonight was played with no tactical content.

But as the coach who is best at riding coattails in this league, Coach Lue also knows the principle of riding coattails sustainably.

Without a doubt.

This G3 game.

In the game so far, the Lakers have perfectly... or even far exceeded Coach Lue's imagination, completed their pre-match established plan.

Before the start of the fourth quarter, looking at Gasol, Stephenson, Bogdanovic, Kobe, Livingston who were about to play...

There were still no superfluous tactical arrangements.

After pondering for two seconds, Coach Lue suddenly said to the five Lakers players who were about to play with a deep expression: "Believe in yourselves!

We... are very strong!"

And on TNT, when O'Neal noticed that Su Feng wasn't on the court at the beginning of the final quarter, but was replaced by Kobe leading the team...

At this moment, he also gradually understood why Su Feng and Kobe could coexist, but he always had various unpleasant things with Kobe.

There is no jealousy between each other.

There is also no excessive dissatisfaction with the other party's shots.

All there is is absolute trust in each other.

And standing in the other party's perspective, all kinds of considerations for the other party.

This is the strongest backcourt pair in NBA history for the first hundred years and the next five hundred years.

At the same time.

It is also their strongest form:

———— Taking turns to play one-on-one.

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