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Chapter 207 The Final Standoff
Swish!
Accompanied by a pleasant sound, the basketball went straight into the net.Relying on Yang Ke and Ginobili's two three-pointers, the Spurs overtook the Lakers by two points in one fell swoop, once again taking the initiative of the game in their hands.

"I actually chose to pass the ball."

On the commentary stand, looking at the wonderful three-pointer between Yang Ke and Ginobili, Miller shook his head in surprise and sighed, "I have to say that Yang's ability to read the game is very good. There is a degree of relaxation in the choice, and it will never be on the top."

With his right hand groping his chin, another commentator said curiously: "High ball quotient, soft touch, super defensive ability, tsk tsk, I can't figure out why Yang was only selected in the second half of the first round? The manager of the previous team Are they all blind?"

"What's the matter, Manu is still a second-round pick..."

While the commentators were discussing in full swing, the game was still going on intensely.Only two points behind, the Lakers will not give up resistance, and Kobe will not stop attacking.

As soon as he was in the frontcourt, Kobe had no doubts to get the ball from Black again.Continue to face-to-face with Yang Ke, and this time he even made gestures directly to allow the players to completely open the space, so that he can form a personal singles.

Staring aggressively at Yang Ke, his shoulders shook sharply, and Kobe speeded up his crotch dribble.Then suddenly changed direction, stepped out with his right foot, and rushed a small step to Yang Ke's left.

But when Yang Ke adjusted his body's center of gravity, Kobe pulled the ball back violently, followed by retracting his right foot, stepped out with his left foot, and tilted his body's center of gravity to the left.

squeak!
Frowning, watching Kobe's actions, Yang Ke's face was extremely serious.Immediately, he forcibly stopped his body, and continued to fine-tune to his right side in case Kobe made a breakthrough.

But Kobe didn't intend to break through from the beginning, seeing Yang Ke keep up with the defense again.Kobe quickly withdrew his left foot, where he made a difficult step-back jumper!

Although Yang Ke made a movement when he realized it, he jumped up instantly, stretched out his right arm, and rushed towards Kobe.But it was still half a second late, failing to interfere with Kobe's shooting, and he could only watch helplessly as the basketball flew past his fingertips.

boom!
It's just that the final shot ended in a shot. Kobe's shot this time was indeed a bit too difficult, and it was reasonable that he couldn't make it.

In fact, with an existence like Kobe, his shooting percentage in his career should have been better, but because he faced too tight a defense and chose too many difficult shots, his shooting percentage was seriously affected.

Bonner took the rebound and gave the ball to Yang Ke.Yang Ke took the ball across the half court and stopped two steps beyond the three-point line.

The other four of the Spurs immediately began to run without the ball. Although they failed to run out of a good position, they successfully stretched the Lakers' defensive space.A few seconds later, Blair, who was pulled out, took a small step to Kobe's right, and stood up straight.

Bang!Bang!
The shaking of his shoulders accelerated, and Yang Ke started immediately.Relying on Black's cover, he quickly entered the inside line along the right three-point line.

While running at high speed with the ball, he looked at the free throw line and followed him far away to delay his own Gasol.Yang Ke slowed down his speed unhurriedly, and when he saw Kobe catching up from the corner of his eyes, he gently slapped the basketball to the left front floor with his right arm.

Because the defensive attention of Kobe and Gasol was attracted by Yang Ke for a while, he found that no defensive player paid attention to Blair.After hindering Kobe's follow-up defense against Yang Ke, he went directly to the basket.

When rushing to the free throw line, Blair looked back subconsciously, and at first sight saw the hitting ball flying out from the gap between Kobe and Gasol.

The speed slowed down, Blair stretched out his hand to hold the ball in his arms, and immediately hit the mid-range shot directly on the spot.Scoring two points for the team, the difference between the two teams has also expanded to four points.

A few seconds later, Kobe continued to confront Yang Ke.Only this time, Kobe didn't ask for the ball as soon as halftime passed, but took the basketball after getting stuck in the right three-point line.

Back up!

Staring at Kobe in front of him with the ball and his back to him, Yang Ke took a deep breath, looking extremely cautious.Just like McGrady's dry pull, no player in today's league can do better than Kobe in low-post singles.

The horse stepped steadily, and Yang Ke gritted his teeth, resisting the impact from Kobe's back with his chest.Because there is still a certain gap between the physical fitness of the two, although Yang Ke is very firm, he is still constantly retreating.

Just when the two were entangled and about to enter the three-second zone, Kobe stopped advancing.He raised the basketball with both hands, and after shaking his shoulders left and right twice, Kobe used his left foot as the central axis, and turned his body to the right in an instant.

not good!

The pupils shrank slightly, and Yang Ke sensed the crisis.Through this active half-turn, Kobe not only faced the basket, but also temporarily got rid of his defensive range, gaining a little shot space.

Without even thinking about it, Yang Ke directly lifted his center of gravity upwards, controlled his body to stick to Kobe again, and at the same time raised his hands halfway above his head, ready to block the cover.

And then just when most thought he'd finish the offense with a post-up turnaround fadeaway.Kobe took advantage of Yang Ke's unstable foothold, bowed his head, and slipped to the basket with nimble steps.

Facing Bonner, who came to make up the defense, Kobe didn't change his face, and jumped up like a seal at an unabated speed.Passed a big tie rod in the air, avoided his right hand from blocking, successfully sent the ball into the net, and scored two points.

In the next game, as time passed, the scores of the two teams gradually increased.Under the leadership of Yang Ke and Ginobili, the Spurs have always held the score advantage firmly in their hands, but the Lakers played very tenaciously, causing the point difference to hover around four points.

In this way, the situation was temporarily stalemate, and the time came to the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter. Popovich replaced Leonard on the court again through a team free throw opportunity.

As the game drew to a close, seeing that the outcome was still unclear, all the fans and spectators stood up, clasped support objects with both hands, and looked at the center of the court expectantly and complicatedly.

Under the premise that the team lost Duncan and Parker, they can play like this with the Lakers who are doing their best. In fact, as fans of the home team, they are already very satisfied.

But in such a special environment, for some reason they always felt that something was missing.It was as if thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, but it had been a long time since I heard that deafening thunder.

In this way, under the attention of the audience, Bonner completed two free throws, but unfortunately missed one of them, so that the team's lead remained at four points.The Lakers, who took the rebound, also started a new round of offense.

(End of this chapter)