play for it

Chapter 174
Afterwards, the referee blew his whistle, and the players of both sides took their positions on the field again. O'Neill's team served outside the boundary of the half court, and it was Monroe who served!
Standing in front of Yang Ke, Leonard, who had kept his face paralyzed before, obviously became nervous, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and his eyebrows were furrowed tightly. This scene is so familiar...

"Di!"

With another whistle from the referee, the basketball passed through his hands and was handed over to Monroe.At the same time, the players on the field became entangled in an instant, fighting for land!This year's Rookie Challenge has long been different from the previous ones. Due to the similar strength of the two sides, the intensity is completely comparable to the playoffs!
Taking a small step back, Yang Ke quickly ran over from one side along the three-point line, and behind him, Leonard pursued him without giving up.

When he ran to the top of the three-point line, Monroe found the space to pass the ball, and passed the ball immediately, and the moment Yang Ke touched the ball, the timing cards began to flow!
In the passage of time, Yang Ke didn't make any changes in his movements, but just drove back and forth at high speed along the three-point line.And Leonard still followed closely, and even as he gritted his teeth and ran wildly, the distance between the two narrowed!

The players of the O'Neal team who watched this scene did not make any movement, but stood quietly in place, ready to catch the ball at any time. Of course, in their hearts, they did not want Yang Ke to pass the ball!
Finally, when there were only three seconds left in the attack time, Yang Ke's movements changed. He suddenly slowed down, allowing Leonard to catch up.

Then Yang Ke leaned on Leonard's close defense, but suddenly took a step back, standing on the floor one step away from the three-point line, then he took off on one foot, leaned back, and raised his arms high basketball!

This is?!

His pupils shrank slightly, and Leonard completely remembered something. He immediately jumped up and rushed forward, gritted his teeth, and pressed his arms down with all his strength. If he wanted to interfere with this shot, it would be best to block it!
Man, I used to do that too!But, that guy has taught me how to deal with it!
His body was floating in the air, recalling the video images he had watched hundreds of times, Yang Ke suddenly exerted strength, relying on the sudden strength of his waist and abdomen.

Yang Ke twisted his body in the air, moved his whole body to the side and back, and slowly leaned back. He completely avoided Leonard's outstretched arm!
There was no cover in front of his eyes anymore, Yang Ke immediately pushed the ball out easily!When the basketball was still flying in the air, with a screeching sound, the red light on the timing card lit up, and all 24 seconds of offensive time were used up!

"This is?!"

Waiting for the time for the basketball to fly, in the VIP seats, countless NBA players opened their mouths slightly and let out exclamations.And Wade and Kobe even took off their sunglasses, just because Wade was killed by the latter.

And Kobe used this trick to kill two games, one was the Heat in 06, and the last game was the team where the two protagonists are currently on the field, the Spurs...

"Shh!"

"boom!"

Accompanied by a pleasant light sound, the Amway Center Arena burst into cheers that resounded through the sky!Fans and spectators excitedly waved everything in their hands, and even many strangers hugged each other because of this!
In the live commentary seats of the major TV stations, every commentator shouted loudly: "What a wonderful drifting three-pointer! There are only 20 seconds left in the game, and the O'Neal team has already led by five points. It can be said that, Yang has killed the suspense of this game!"

"call!"

Both feet landed on the ground. Amidst the celebration and cheers of the audience, Yang Ke panted slightly, but his face did not smile. He looked at Leonard in front of him and nodded, "Brother, wait for us next time." When we meet the Lakers again, we will beat him!"

Stretching out his arms, Leonard hugged Yang Ke tightly, and then whispered in his ear, affirmatively: "Of course!"

Under the influence of Yang Ke's drifting three-pointer, Barkley lost the fighting spirit of the final resistance and directly held the ball until the end of the game.

In the end, the O'Neal team defeated the Barkley team with a score of 151:146. In this game, not only the combined points of the two teams broke the record.Even the number of viewers around the world and the number of trendy celebrities on the scene are far beyond the past.

Just at the end of the game, David Stern received numerous calls from sponsors to increase the amount. It can be said that the league has already made a lot of money by relying on this Rookie Challenge.

There was no suspense at all about the ownership of the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, so just 10 minutes after the end of the game, David Stern walked to the middle of the court with representatives of NBA sponsor Kia Motors.

Behind them, a beautiful female staff member was holding a red plate. In the middle of the plate was the rookie challenge MVP trophy and a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

"I have decided that the funds for aiding poor communities will be increased to $1000 million, and all the communities represented by both teams will have it!"

Holding the microphone, Stern blushed with a smile. He first announced a new decision, and then put on a majestic gesture to silence everyone in the arena.

Without taking out the card with his name written on it, Stern directly announced loudly: "The player who won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge in the 2011-2012 season is—Yang Ke from San Antonio!"

"Congratulations!"

"Yang, remember to treat me!"

"Deserved!"

Amid the boisterous celebrations of all the rookies, Yang Ke slowly walked to the center of the court. Under the watchful eyes of countless cameras, he walked up to Stern and the representative, and shook hands with them with a smile.

Taking the trophy from the plate, Stern handed it to Yang Ke with a smile, and said, "Yang, congratulations on winning the MVP!"

"Thank you!"

Yang Ke nodded with a smile, and touched the extremely cold trophy with his right hand. It is impossible to say that he is not excited at this time.It's just that he hides it so deeply that ordinary people can't see it at all.

Afterwards, Yang Ke took the bouquet of flowers from the representative. Finally, under Stern's active gesture, the three walked shoulder to shoulder in front of the official NBA cameraman, leaving the clearest photos.

In the end, Hannah, who had interviewed Yang Ke before, stopped beside him with the camera, projected the footage on the huge screen in the arena for the final interview, and quickly asked: "Hello, Yang, first of all congratulations !Secondly, I would like to ask, how do you feel after winning the rookie game MVP?"

"The reason why I was able to win the MVP was because my teammates selflessly fed me a lot of balls. I would like to thank them, as well as Coach Kerr..."

After crackling a lot of words of thanks, and clutching the trophy tightly with both hands, Yang Ke continued, "In the end, it still feels a little unreal to win the MVP, but everything else is okay!"

"Okay! It can be seen that Yang is a very humble player! By the way, at this time, do you have anything to say to those who are close to you?"

"Of course there are, and there are quite a few!"

(End of this chapter)