Legendary star

Chapter 67
At the last moment of the game, the sophomores' perimeter group misfired, so the sophomore team also became more determined to play inside, hitting Dirk Nowitzki. After hitting a half-turn jumper on Posey again, Nowitzki is now He has also scored 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists. As long as the second-year team wins, Nowitzki must be the MVP.

"The first-year team is in danger now." With 1 minute left in the game, Brand hit Riff LaFrentz again, but Nowitzki, who rushed to help defend, took the risk of the bottom. The grade team launched a fast break, Pierce scored a dunk, and the point difference was widened to 3 points.

With 49 seconds left, after Miller dribbled the ball for halftime, he did not pass the ball directly to Brand as usual, but chose to break through by himself. Le did not make a rash shot, but passed the ball to Meng Xu in the left corner with a ground strike. After Meng Xu received the ball, he hesitated because Meng Xu was not very good at the corner 3 Especially at the 3-point line in the left corner, Meng Xu's 3-point shooting rate in the bottom corner is more than 45 percentage points lower than that near the 10-degree line and the center line, but Miller doesn't know this. Xu's extremely high shooting rate of 3 of 8 4-pointers, coupled with Meng Xu's top 5 3-point shooting rate in the league, also made Miller trust Meng Xu more at this critical moment.

At this moment of hesitation, Pierce pounced and lost the opportunity to take a calm shot. After Meng Xu dribbled the ball and made a breakthrough, he passed the ball to Szczerbiak who was at 3 degrees from the 45-point line. After the unguarded Szczerbiak received the ball, without the slightest hesitation, he directly hit a 3-pointer, 89 to 89, and the first-year team tied the score again with 38 seconds left.

After Szczerbiak hit a 3-pointer, Meng Xu also breathed a sigh of relief. After stepping up to celebrate with Szczerbiak, he quickly returned to the defense. This time, Mike Bibby hoisted the ball directly into the inside lane. The second-year team still insisted on playing Nowitzki. Nowitzki, who had his back to the inside, forgot to hit the basket directly after receiving the ball.

Seeing Nowitzki back up James Posey again, Meng Xu gave up his defensive target, Pierce, and quickly stepped forward to double-team the flank. Nowitzki, who was double-teamed, did not pass the ball, but as usual , Ready to force a back turn jump shot.

"It's always this trick, don't you feel tired?" Just as Nowitzki slapped the basketball and turned halfway, he found that the basketball was gone.

After double-teaming Nowitzki with Posey for 6 minutes, Meng Xu finally succeeded in stealing one of Nowitzki, and it was still at this critical moment.

After Meng Xu made the steal, he continued to accelerate toward the basket. The two dunk moves that Meng Xu learned before the game were only used in this game, and now they finally have a place to use.

After Meng Xu double-teamed Nowitzki, Paul Pierce ran back from the corner to the side of the free throw line. After seeing Meng Xu steal the ball, he also quickly returned to defense, and retreated to the penalty area one step ahead of Meng Xu within.

Just when Pierce stood in the penalty area and was about to block Meng Xu's attack, Meng Xu changed direction slightly to the right, and then jumped up to face Pierce at a position more than 2 meters to the right within the free throw line. Meng Xu leaped high with the ball in his right hand, leaning slightly backwards.

After Meng Xu took off, Pierce had a bad premonition, but he jumped subconsciously, trying to block and interfere with Meng Xu, and soon the two collided in the air. Pierce's weight and strength were stronger than Meng Xu's. Not much, but after a long period of acceleration, Meng Xu also gained huge kinetic energy.

With the sound of Peng, the moment the two collided, the entire Oakland Arena was as quiet as suffocation, and then there was a burst of exclamation. Meng Xu and Pierce lost their balance at the same time, holding back With the pain in his chest, Meng Xu exerted all his strength and slammed the basketball with his right hand toward the basket.

After landing, cheers from all the fans rang in his ears. Pierce's mind went blank at the moment.

At this time, the reporter waiting behind the basket picked up the camera in his hand and quickly pressed the shutter. No one wanted to miss this one of the best shots of the game.

"Meng, you're amazing. This is the best dunk I've ever seen." Several players from the first-year team also rushed over from around the court, cheering and celebrating Meng Xu excitedly.

"Small meaning, small meaning." Meng Xu rubbed his chest that was still aching, and said excitedly that he finally used all the two dunks he had learned so hard.

Meng Xu's seemingly modest words sounded ironic to Pierce. Pierce on the side clenched his fists and walked to the bench with a livid face. After Meng Xu dunked, the second-year head coach Rick Carley Seeley called a timeout. With 27 seconds left in the game, 91 to 89, the second-year team was behind by 2 points. After the timeout, Rick Carlisley began to arrange the tactics for the last attack. Although he was behind by 2 points, the ball The power is still in the hands of the second grade, and the final outcome is still unknown.

After the timeout, Mike Bibby controlled the ball and slowly advanced across the half court. It was obvious that the second-year team was going to take time. After Bibby spent about 2 seconds, Mike Bibby hoisted the basketball to Novi on the inside Tsky.

"Does the second grade want to safely equalize the score and then play overtime?" Regarding the conservative tactics of the second grade, there were also different voices in the commentary.

Seeing that 20 seconds had passed, Nowitzki was getting closer and closer to the basket. Brand, who was supposed to double-team Nowitzki, was blocked by Liev LaFrentz. Meng Xu gave up on Pierce and went to the basket. Double-teaming Nowitzki, when Meng Xu ran two steps in front of Nowitzki, the basketball in Nowitzki's hand was passed out. After Pierce received the basketball from outside the 3-point line, he took a preview After a while, the basketball came out of his hand and went into the net hollowly. With 4.5 seconds left in the game, Pierce hit a crucial 3-pointer, and the second-year team overtook by 1 point.

After hitting the quasi-lore, Pierce roared loudly at Meng Xu, and at the same time slapped the chest with his fist. This 3-pointer was the best response to Meng Xu's dunking himself.

"Coach, it's my fault." After Pierce's quasi-lore, the first-year team coach Jim Clemens quickly called a timeout. After leaving the field, Meng Xu took the initiative to take responsibility. The tactic developed by Lemens is that Brand and James Posey double-team Nowitzki, Meng Xu marks Pierce, and Szczerbiak defends Michael Dixon. While double-teaming Nowitzki, he must also prevent The second-year team's 3 points, let Riff LaFrentz empty. In this game, Riff LaFrentz doesn't have many shots, and the shooting rate is not high. Even if he scores 2 points, he can still hit In overtime, if it is scored 3 points, it will really be over.

"Meng, it's not your fault." While speaking, Jim Clemens glared at Brand, and Brand, who was somewhat guilty, lowered his head slightly. If Brand hadn't been pulled by Liv Frentz is stuck, Meng Xu will not double-team Nowitzki, and there will be no Pierce's 3-point quasi-lore.

"Okay, let me formulate the tactics for the last shot." Jim Clemens took out the tactical board and called several players on the field together.

"Coach, I'll take the last shot." Meng Xu puffed out his chest and took the initiative to ask for a fight. I'm the best at lore shots.

"Well, it's up to Meng to execute the last shot, Andre throws the ball, Posilla comes out to cover for Meng, and Wally is on standby outside the left 3-point line." Jim Clemens took a pen and quickly wrote The tactical board slides, and with the sound of the whistle, the timeout ends and the final moment of the game begins.

(End of this chapter)