swing striker

Chapter 453 The Legendary Bet
In the game and in life, Shi Lei has become one of the most trusted people in the Celtics with what he has done. Facing his move to ask for the ball, Ray Allen has nothing to do. Without any hesitation, he immediately passed the ball, even though Howard was already stuck behind Shi Lei's body!
No one asked Shi Lei what he planned to do, but everyone here believed that Shi Lei could complete this attack.But Shi Lei doesn't have such self-confidence now. He wants the ball not because he wants to help the team by scoring inside. What he wants is to cause Howard's defensive foul!

This was one of the ways Shi Lei got to kill the Magic by studying the Magic's tactics and detailed data of the players before the start of the semifinals.

After getting the basketball, Shi Lei leaned hard and exerted pressure on his back, which definitely couldn't resist Howard, but the force from the opposite direction allowed Shi Lei to successfully complete the turn.

For Shi Lei, who is used to the outside line, the space under the basket is undoubtedly much narrower. In order to gain more space, Shi Lei deliberately took a big step forward when turning around.Turning around, Shi Lei, who was holding the ball in his right hand, quickly handed the basketball to his left hand, making an awkward breakthrough to the left.

This breakthrough seems very awkward to others, but Shi Lei doesn't feel it at all. Although his dominant hand is his right hand, his left hand is actually stronger than his right hand. Well, this is mainly Odom's effect.

Shi Lei's breakthrough surprised Howard, maybe other insiders, Shi Lei walked behind him, but why would he be called a "Warcraft" by people? When the center of gravity of the body was fighting with consciousness, Howard just let him I struggled for a moment, then quickly adjusted, and then moved sideways with a big stride, barely blocking Shi Lei when he was about to reach the basket.

"Chance!"

Shi Lei suddenly lowered his weight, holding the ball in his left hand, and the right half of his body against Howard's chest.

In this state, Howard couldn't help being pushed back by Shi Lei, and Shi Lei took the opportunity to complete the jump under the basket.

"Roar!"

Howard took a small step forward in an extremely oppressive manner, and then jumped up immediately.

"Mass egg!"

Shi Lei couldn't help cursing inwardly with those arms raised vertically like giant spirits.

Howard's reaction speed was really too fast, Shi Lei only completed half of the action that made him want to make a foul.

There was no chance at all, Howard's chest in mid-air was already on Shi Lei's shoulder.Shi Lei couldn't see where the basket was at all, the bigger problem was that Shi Lei's body started to be pushed outwards.

"Oh"

Seeing that Shi Lei was in deep trouble, Tolbert couldn't help but groaned with concern.

"Terrible offensive choice!"

As the center with the strongest passing ability in history, Bill Walton was very indifferent to Shi Lei's offensive choice. Even if Shi Lei passed the basketball, Bill Walton did not "forgive" him. Instead, he continued to criticize: "He can actually be smarter, I know he has that ability!"

At this time, no one knew what Shi Lei wanted to do.

But apart from Rivers, the fans at the scene, including the Celtics players, didn't care why Shi Lei was so "brave". Behind him, assists Perkins to complete a dunk.

"boom!"

The explosion on the basketball hoop excited the home fans, and the cheers here also reached their first climax.

People cheered, Perkins and Shi Lei clapped their hands in celebration.

Watching Perkins leave roaring amid the cheers of the crowd, Howard stood on the baseline and called out to Turkoglu before the Magic launched an attack, and his thumbs slightly turned up.

Turkoglu nodded.

For the Magic, this is a very important battle, much more important than for the Celtics, because this is the first time they have stood on this arena since O'Neal left.So their emphasis, and the huge threat of the Celtics team to their existence, make them unwilling and unable to fall behind in any aspect.

The momentum of the Celtics has begun to rise now, and what Howard has to do now is to reverse them!

After Howard handed the basketball to Alston, he ran towards the Celtics half court, and went deep to the basket. Shi Lei immediately let himself stand in front of him.

This is also a general tactic for smaller players to defend the opponent's big man. It is suitable for those defenders with flexible feet, physical coordination, and good explosiveness.Shi Lei has all these aspects, but he is not easy at all in defense.Because the object of his defense is Howard, a player who can kill most defenders in seconds with his body.

But just like Ben Wallace and O'Neal, don't think that Howard is very relaxed now. It is the strength and footsteps on his body that make him quite uncomfortable.

This made the tug-of-war between the two start very anxiously from the Magic's attack.

No one can do anything to anyone, and the same is true for the offense and defense between the other teams. Rondo can't block Alston's advance, and Alstom can't break through Rondo's defense. The basketball soon came to Turkoglu's goal. hand.

At this time, Howard suddenly exerted force, pushed Shi Lei away, and then pulled towards the side of the basket.Shi Lei couldn't let him leave his defensive range, even if he pulled and pulled, he followed closely.However, Howard took the opportunity to turn around, and with one step, Shi Lei was stuck behind him.

Shi Lei turned pale with fright. It wasn't because Howard's position was so good this time, nor was it because he made a defensive mistake. This is actually a very common situation in the confrontation. Shi Lei was surprised that Turkoglu's The pass passed to Howard's hands in this split second.

It was too late for Shi Lei to react, Howard leaned hard after receiving the ball, lifted Shi Lei away from his body, and jumped up from the floor suddenly.

Shi Lei retreated uncontrollably, and Perkins was already out of the basket by Lewis, making Howard finally become a beast that escaped from the cage.

With a roar, he raised both hands of the basketball above his head, stretched his whole body into a huge bow with full strings, and smashed it down hard at the Celtics' basket.

With a loud bang, the basketball hoop began to shake violently.

After hanging on the basketball hoop flamboyantly for a while, Howard fell down from it, provocatively pointing his jersey at Perkins and the home fans who were still invincible just now.

The arena was silent for a moment, and then there was a majestic booing. However, it was wobbly and finally unable to stay in its original position. The timer fixed above the basketball hoop, "Papa" A fall made the hiss look so feeble!

"Oh my God! He's off the timer! This is crazy!"

Seeing this scene, Tolbert, who had no subjective inclination, immediately sang praises to Howard in the commentary booth.

Bill Walton, a Celtic warrior with a firm revolutionary stance, pouted at his partner and said dismissively, "What's the point? O'Neal even dunked a rebound!"

"But that's different Bill, the current basketball hoop has been thickened countless times, no one is doing that!"

Two people are pulling eggs. Or pulling chickens. Let it go, no, the game has entered a timeout. The destructive power of Howard's dunk made the Celtics' home support personnel temporarily repair the timer.

It took about 10 minutes or so, and the two sides were standing on the field again.However, the anger of the fans did not dissipate because of the passage of time. As soon as Howard came on the court, the fans booed him.

Howard grinned fearlessly and even clapped his hands.

This kind of provocative action caught the attention of the advancing Celtic players. Before Pierce, Shi Lei suddenly reached out to Rondo for the ball.

He wants to complete his enthronement this season, so he won't hold back when any team needs someone to stand up, and no one can dunk better than him, right?

Then Tolbert, who had no position, was immediately surprised by Shi Lei's actions: "Oh, Shi looks like he is going to fight back, I don't know what moves he will use to complete this attack. But I don't think this is such a good choice, Know that their opponent has the best defensive player of the season!"

"In fact, if Shi starts this season, the best defensive player will become the same as the best sixth man, there will be no suspense!"

"So how about we make a bet? I bet Shi can't pull off a dunk like that!"

Tolbert is much worse than Kenny Smith, but such a shameless gamble did not make the steadfast Bill Wharton back down. He would rather lose than express his support for the Celtics, so he generously said : "Okay, I'm betting that Shi can do it, so what's the bet? Kissing each other's ass?"

In the commentary world, this is a legendary bet. No one dares to imitate it, and naturally it has never been surpassed. For the Celtics, Bill Wharton can be regarded as fighting this time.

"Great idea, let's do it! And I will never be stupid enough to replace myself with a donkey!"

That's a damn good idea, for anyone but Bill Wharton.

Shi Lei couldn't hear the commentary of the two, but now he also planned to respond to his opponent with a perfect dunk.Without Garnett, the Celtics with an incomplete lineup can't afford to lose in terms of momentum.

So what kind of action do you use to complete this dunk?

People who can ask such questions must not be distracted. The official game is not a slam dunk contest, and the opponent's defense is not all dead. Of course Shi Lei doesn't know what moves he will use to complete this dunk. The only thing he can think of now is Use up all the energy in your body!

Slowly controlling the ball across half court, when he came to the three-point line, Shi Lei immediately turned on his horsepower.

With such a contrast between front and back, Turkoglu didn't hold on for a second before Shi Lei brutally pushed him aside.

Pietrus, the best defensive perimeter player of the Magic, naturally lost the preparation time to make up the defense. He came over in a hurry, but in the end he couldn't make himself even more tenacious than Koglu.

Shi Lei's indomitable breakthrough momentum, and Howard's performance, made the fans who had been paying attention to the team's reaction suddenly burst into violent cheers. Shi Lei's left and right came to Howard.

Lewis didn't come up to make a fool of himself. After Shi Lei broke through the Magic's perimeter defense, he faced Howard directly.

Howard bent over, looked at Shi Lei without blinking, Shi Lei also lowered his head, his eyes were fixed on Howard, the distance between the two of them was constantly being drawn.

The cheers in the stadium gradually became quieter, and a stormy atmosphere began to gradually rise here.

"Stone dribbled the ball and quickly completed a breakthrough on the outside of the Magic. Let's keep our eyes open and see what happens next?"

Tolbert is very excited now. While he was explaining, he glanced proudly at Bill Wharton from time to time.

Shi Lei, who was sprinting with all his strength, finally approached Howard. There was only a basketball distance between them. At this time, Shi Lei suddenly stopped and changed direction.

Long expected that Shi Lei would not be able to "simply" force himself directly, Howard immediately changed his body's center of gravity following Shi Lei's movements.

The outside line is more flexible than the inside line, and the ability to change directions in a small range is even better, but these inside lines do not include Howard.Such a rough person, lacking offensive skills comparable to a blue-collar, why Howard can still be considered by people as the natural ruler of the inside line after O'Neill, is because he has a body that surpasses most inside lines, and at the same time has The flexible mobility of most outside lines.

The sudden stop and change of direction did not throw off the opponent, Shi Lei immediately turned around, trying to force his way into the basket when the opponent's center of gravity was unstable.He did it, Howard's calf was not strong enough, allowing Shi Lei to advance a step, but Howard just retreated, and did not lose his protection of the basket.

Bill Wharton in the commentary was secretly worried about Shi Lei. Seeing Howard stabilized his body again, he seemed to see Tolbert's upturned butt. He even maliciously guessed that this old rabbit might be there One day, he changed into a pair of underwear that had not been washed for many years. Bill Wharton's face turned green!

But the moment Howard sank his weight, Shi Lei suddenly completed the jump!

Bill Wharton's eyelids twitched: "It's too risky!"

Howard's reaction speed was astonishing, he raised his body's center of gravity up again, and stood in front of Shi Lei again.

"Nice defense! Shi didn't get any chances, will he choose to pass this time?"

　Sorry, this part is a bit sloppy, forgive me!In addition, I would like to thank Archimonde Shenwei for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
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