Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 194
What does it mean when a steal happens, especially if it's the result of a point guard turnover?
This not only means a transfer of the ball, but also means that the opponent is likely to score because of this steal, because your other teammates have no time to return to the defense, and you are the last barrier in the entire team.

Therefore, any mistake by a point guard is extremely serious, especially in the final moments of the game, when every point may be fatal.

Thomas committed such serious consequences. When he saw the ball he passed to Bird was intercepted by Li Weisi, he realized how big the consequences would be.

After all, this is something he is very familiar with. He has averaged 4.2 turnovers per game this season, which is comparable to the Thunder's second-mover, who has a huge and explosive turnover. Therefore, he knows this very well and immediately judged this point.

Li Weisi was very fast after the steal, but Thomas was even faster. Thomas flew close to Li Weisi all the way, hoping to interfere with Li Weisi's layup.

As for the foul, forget it. Fouling Li Weisi at this time is equivalent to directly scoring two points for the western team.

However, Thomas' plan didn't work out, because Li Weisi had a lot of experience in close defense. While dribbling, he knew that Thomas was following him.

So when he dribbles into the three-point line, he immediately slows down and blocks in front of Thomas, actively confronting Thomas, which is very important.

Because of this, the defender will also slow down because the route is blocked, it will take more time to go around you, and if the opponent does not brake the car and knocks you directly to the ground, then get two free throws It is also earned.

But Thomas successfully stopped the car and did not knock Li Weisi to the ground, but his speed was also affected and slowed down.

Feeling the movement of Thomas' thigh with his own butt, he knew that Thomas' speed had slowed down. Taking advantage of this time difference, Li Weisi made a quick layup in one step, without giving Thomas a chance to block the shot.

Relying on his soft touch, Li Weisi successfully scored two points, and the western team also relied on Li Weisi's goal to overtake the score by 137:136.

KC Jones immediately called a timeout. At the last moment of the game, even in the All-Star Game, this timeout must be called.

"Next, Dr. J comes on and replaces Isiah!"

"What did you say?" Thomas protested immediately after hearing this, his face changed drastically.

"Today is the farewell game of Dr. J's All-Star Game. Shouldn't Irving play the last moment of the game?" KC Jones had already prepared.

"But why was it me? Not..." At this point, Thomas glanced at Jordan, but didn't say the rest. The reason was too obvious. Isn't it because he was not as popular as Jordan?

"Since you have no objection, then I will arrange the tactics next. I believe that since the game has reached the present, no one wants to lose!"

Just as everyone in the team was listening to Jones' speech, Jordan looked at Thomas with a smile. This smile was three points cold, three points ridicule and four points careless, which made Thomas even more annoyed, and secretly decided in his heart. Make sure this kid looks good!

In this way, although the two did not communicate during this match, the conflict deepened a little bit, like a volcano that is about to move, waiting for the moment of earth-shattering eruption.

Back on the court, with 38 seconds left in the game, if two points can be scored quickly, it means that the Eastern team can have two offensive rounds.

Sure enough, when the Eastern team served, Jordan quickly rushed towards the Western team after receiving the ball.

Since Thomas was on the field before, Jordan hadn't touched the ball for a long time, but he was suffocated. Therefore, after receiving Parish's serve, Jordan came to the Western team's half in an instant like an arrow off the string. At this time, Parish had just stepped into the court, and he hadn't left his basket yet!
Faced with Jordan who was inside the three-point line, Magic Johnson took the initiative to defend. Now he expects Li Weisi to defend Jordan. Isn't that just letting the opponent chase points in vain?
However, the magician's defensive effect is no better than that of Li Weisi. Facing the breakthrough of Jordan, who is 8 cm lower than himself, the magician's feet are obviously a beat slower.

I saw Jordan's body leaning forward, the sneakers slid out, and the huge force caused the blue and white pair of AJ86 under his feet, which was just released in November 11, to undergo drastic deformation. It's a miracle that it didn't break under such a large force.

This will be 30 years later, and Jordan and Fat Tiger are guaranteed to end up together.

Jordan's breakthrough adopted the way of going around the ball, first accelerating in a straight line to get rid of Johnson, and then changing the line, cutting into the footsteps with a huge range, directly getting rid of Johnson's defense into his heart.

After entering the inside line, facing Malone's defense, he forced a layup.

As mentioned earlier, Malone's shot blocking is not strong, so even though he tried his best to block shots, he still couldn't stop Jordan from shooting. Not only that, he also grabbed Jordan's arm while Jordan shot, and brought Jordan to the ground.

Malone was not in the mood to see if Jordan was injured. He quickly raised his head to grab a rebound, but the basketball hit the backboard, bounced to the basket, bounced three times, and finally fell into the basket.

"Wow..." The audience, even if they weren't fans of Jordan, were shocked by Jordan's layup and exclaimed.

This is not over yet, "beep..." The referee Jess Cosey blew his whistle, and he raised his right index finger and middle finger and pressed down, deciding that two points are valid. At the same time, he stretched out his finger to the free throw line, which meant clearly However, there will be an additional penalty for scoring two points!

Ma Long immediately covered his head with his hands, and hurriedly came to argue in front of Cauchy, but it was all useless efforts. In this situation, and now that the challenge cannot be videotaped, the referee will not change the penalty.

On the other side, Dr. J excitedly reached out and pulled Jordan who was lying on the ground up, and patted him on the shoulder and said, "You did it, Mike! You did it!"

The East team was not happy for too long, and then it was Jordan's turn to go to the free throw line. Jordan just took a deep breath, then received the referee's serve, and used standard shooting movements to make free throws without any suspense.

The score became 137:139, with the East leading by two points with 30 seconds left.

At this time, Pat Riley did not call a timeout. After receiving the serve, Magic Johnson immediately advanced to the opponent's half, and then played back to Dr. J.

Yes, at this time Jordan was called to defend Li Weisi.

After Johnson came near the free throw line, he immediately made a shoulder-shaking fake, and then immediately turned around and shot a jumper. He enjoyed the mid-range jumper he had practiced for a summer to kill the game. This kind of shot, this season, he has already Have done several games.

However, with this ball, Dr. J also bet his own reputation. He leaped vigorously, although he failed to give Johnson a hot pot, but his finger touched the basketball.

"Grab the basketball!"

"Grab the basketball!"

After the two landed, they both looked at the basket at the same time and shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)