pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 682 G5-I Can't afford to lose

"It should be almost the same." James was fully aware of Oscar's offensive intentions, and had a strong premonition that Oscar was not far from success.

Oscar has already taken the first step towards success, the basketball can completely pass Gaia's defense, but the remaining problem is the most important, how to send the ball into the basket.

Judging from the shot just now, it’s not easy to send the ball past Gaia’s fingertips. His vision is completely covered by him, and he can’t see the position of the basket at all. He can only rely on his feeling to make a shot. Such a shot has a very low hit rate. If he can’t lock the position of the basket, even sending the basketball over will not help. Instead, it will give the opponent an extra chance to grab a rebound.

How to lock the specific position of the basket is a problem that Oscar will continue to solve. Now the Lakers are in a backward situation, coupled with his consecutive "ineffective attempts", the point difference has been pulled to 10 points, and he can't waste any more time. Otherwise, even if he can overcome this problem, it doesn't make much sense to use too many shots. In his mind, the outcome is the first.

"Captain." Oscar walked slowly in front of James and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" James asked.

"Give me one more chance. If I fail again, I hope you will allow me to give up. Before the gap is widened, we still have a chance to come back." Oscar confided his thoughts to James without reservation.

James didn't expect that victory or defeat would have such an important weight in Oscar's mind, so he agreed, "Okay, let's have another chance."

The premonition of the goal became more and more obvious, and it flocked to James again, stronger than the previous premonition. If it was just a guess before, then this feeling is more like a certainty.

Oscar was not in a hurry to complete the shot this time, but kept taking sneak peeks to measure the distance between himself and the basket, and he would not rush to make a shot until he had to.

"Don't worry, that kid won't be able to score a goal under my defense, even one goal is impossible." In the last 3 minutes, Oscar has been trying to challenge himself, and Gaia has achieved a lot of results. He has won Oscar's 5 challenges, "I have beaten you 5 times, and I don't mind having a 6th time." Gaia told others not to interfere in the "PK" between the two.

Gaia is well aware of how terrifying his defensive deterrence is to a "small" guard like Oscar. Even if he doesn't block the basketball, relying solely on his oppressiveness is enough to make the opponent frightened.

Oscar kept locking the position of the basket, but he only had 24 seconds to attack.

"What is Oscar doing? Why didn't he make a move? What a great opportunity just now." The teammate said doubtfully.

"Wait a little longer," James said, "Anyway, there's still a lot of time."

With 7 seconds left in the clock, Oscar started.

"Has it been locked?" James was a little surprised when it was locked at this time point. He expected that Oscar would start at 3 seconds, so that he would have a little more time to measure the position of the basket, but he started it ahead of time.

Oscar keeps himself facing the basket at all times, so that he can accurately capture the flight line of the basketball, but such a direct offensive method is easy to be blocked.

"It's coming, it's coming." Oscar gradually approached him, which made Gaia more and more excited. He wanted to use this shot to completely make Oscar lose confidence. If Oscar was knocked out, the hope of the Heat's comeback would be even greater.

Oscar challenged Gaia head-on, and the two jumped at the same time, but Gaia was obviously much taller than Oscar, covering the basket in an instant, and the basket completely disappeared from Oscar's eyes.

"How is it? If you can't see the basket, I'll see how you shoot." Gaia said excitedly. Others use their hands to close their eyes, but he uses his body.

"It's here." When Oscar reached the highest point, Oscar made a shot, and the basketball slowly left his hand, passed Gaia's fingertips, and flew towards the basket.

"Although I couldn't see the basket, you gave me a goal." The reason why Oscar didn't take off with all his strength was to create Gaia's height difference, so that Gaia's head just "covered" the position of the basket, so that he could use Gaia's head as a reference to determine the specific direction of the basket.

The position of his shot is also carefully selected, one step away from the free throw line, the position that basketball players are very familiar with, and the position that must be "conquered" when practicing basic shooting skills. Here he has the most solid muscle memory. Even with his eyes closed, he can accurately judge the position from the basket and adjust the strength of his shot to the best.

shuh~
Gaia only heard a rubbing sound from the back of his head, and the net was like a fringe of waves being smashed, churning under the basket.

"Go in? How is it possible? You obviously can't see the basket." Gaia looked at Oscar with incredible eyes, and he actually did it.

Oscar's confidence was completely stimulated by this shot, "It is not necessary to see the basket to play, some things are clearer in the heart than in the eyes."

"It's just a fluke, come again." Gaia was very unconvinced, thinking that Oscar's goal was just luck.

The confidence in Oscar's eyes was almost overflowing, "I will get in no matter how many times I do it again, because I can't afford to lose."

James' decision to bet on the ownership of the "championship" did not disappoint him after all.

"It's a good job, one round is one round." The teammates encouraged each other.

"Okay, everyone, get ready to fight back," James said.

The atmosphere of the Heat team was a bit gloomy, especially Gaia. He wanted to use this ball to hit Oscar's morale, but he didn't expect to be hit by himself in the end.

"Oscar's condition has returned, Mu Chenfeng, you have to watch carefully when defending." Wade instructed.

"Yes." In fact, Wade didn't need to remind Mu Chenfeng to do the same. In these few games, he always felt that Oscar's poor performance was not due to his strength, but his lack of self-confidence. With his level, he shouldn't just play such a mediocre performance on the field. The reason why James was willing to let him be the team's "second-in-chief" was naturally because of his extraordinary potential. As Oscar's confidence gradually opened up, his performance on the field will definitely make a big leap.

The 8-point lead suddenly became unsafe.

(End of this chapter)