my golden age

Chapter 39 Thrilling clearance
The rivalry between Arenas and Double Star lasted for three and a half quarters, and the point difference never widened, and the scene was always hot.

Phil Jackson looked at the statistics at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Arenas scored 41 points in three quarters, only one point less than Kobe's 24 points and Goofy's 18 points combined.

Gao Fei briefly entered the singles mode. As one of the core players, he put more energy into organizing the offense.Although it is a bit of a waste of offensive talent, the team's strength has indeed become stronger.

Sacrifice is sometimes an important part of team sports.

Arenas has always been at full capacity. The defensive end is in charge of Luke Walton, who has poor offensive ability, and the high-tech combination is handed over to his teammates.

Gao Fei stood in the backcourt and looked up at the scoreboard. With 1 minute and 32 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers temporarily led the Wizards by two points 97-95.

Arenas bent over to dribble, observing the Lakers' defense.

Gao Fei stretched his right hand forward to cover Arenas' face, preventing him from seeing the basket.

Players finally have the habit of looking at the timer, even if it only affects the sight, it can damage the rhythm to a certain extent.This defensive method is more afraid of touching porcelain. Once a foul is raised, it will be a bit troublesome.

Arenas didn't want to use this opportunistic way to score, waiting for the cover, jumping laterally, and making a tough three-pointer!
97-98!

Instant overtake!

"Gilbert!!" The fans shouted Arenas' name.

Arenas opened his arms and greeted the audience with cheers.He thought of the years in Golden State again. At that time, no one knew his name.

Just like Adidas' advertisement for Arenas, he was a substitute with nothing.After dormant for 40 games in the first season, he ushered in his opportunity.

Nearly three months, with confusion and loss.He spends most of his time in the training hall, has no right to speak, and does not know when he will be able to play.The only thing to do is train, train, train.

Arenas looked at the audience cheering for him and felt that all this was a gift from God.He finally changed from a zero with nothing to a great general that everyone was looking forward to.

It was Kobe who could understand the mood of Arenas on the spot.As a talented player, he was ranked 96th in the 13 NBA Draft. Although the pick was lower than Gao Fei, it was almost the same because it was a big year in the draft.

At that time, the Lakers had a good shooting guard on the back line, and Kobe couldn't get the starting position, and he didn't even have much playing time.This time lasted for two years.

The guard who suppressed Kobe was named Eddie Jones, and he was also wearing the No. 6 jersey.Even more coincidentally, Eddie Jones was selected with the tenth overall pick in the first round in 1994, the same as Goofy.

Kobe once joked about this incident, saying that Gao Fei should start playing as his substitute, which can be regarded as a reincarnation of No. 6.

Goofy's No. 6 is not the same as Eddie Jones' No. 6. These are of course just anecdotes.

Butler lowered his center of gravity and watched the high-flying dribble at the top of the arc.

When the decisive moment comes, the psychological pressure is greater than usual, and the concentration is high, for fear that Gao Fei will miss a certain action.

Odom, as another point of the triangle offense, mentioned the right side of the free throw line and gave Kobe a chance to sink the low post.

A high-flying lob pass into the paint!
Kobe holds the ball with his back, singles Jamison, turns left and turns back!

He often practices this trick during training, and he can repeat it for 10 minutes for shooting warm-ups.This kind of action seems to be engraved in the bone.

The basketball spun over Jamison's outstretched hand and fell into the hoop!

99-98!

1 minutes and 05 seconds!
Arenas wanted to lead the team to victory, dribbled to the frontcourt, and once again faced the high-flying defense.

The pick-and-roll tactic is the easiest to break the single defense. He didn't try his best, and continued to cooperate with Jeffries to avoid Gao Fei's defense.

"Gilbert Arenas used the screen to find space, misplaced Lamar, and the horns made a three-pointer! BANG!" Mike Breen explained Arenas' goal, "If the Lakers can't find a good way, they have to The winning streak has stopped."

99-101!

52.7 seconds!
Gao Fei watched the timer, suppressed the offensive rhythm, and passed the ball to Kobe again.

Kobe switched to face-up mode, three threats with the ball, and was in no rush to start.

Jamison spread his arms, expanding the defensive area, trying to block Kobe who entered the sweet spot.

Kobe began to dribble, looking for familiar muscle memory, and without warning, he collected the ball and took off.

Jamison panicked and jumped up, but the day lily was cold.

101-101!

37.6 seconds!
Eddie Jordan knew that the success or failure lay in the scheduling in the final stage, calling a timeout and laying out a frontcourt attack.

Arenas is the unquestioned receiver.He was tightly entangled by Gao Fei, and he never found the space to catch the ball.

Seeing that Jamison was about to serve a five-second violation, he hurriedly sent it to Caron Butler.

This almost miss serve scared Eddie Jordan into a cold sweat.

Butler is an experienced player, knowing that there is still time, and stabilize his success rate.

Arenas pushed Goofy, caught the ball by covering the free throw line on the right side, ignored the defense, and turned around for a jumper.He wants to complete the attack as soon as possible, and try to save time for the last attack.

Hit the board!

101-103!

Phil Jackson didn't want the Wizards to switch to defensive champions or deploy defenses. He didn't call a timeout and left it to the players who led the team out of the quagmire in consecutive games.

Gao Fei controlled the key moments of several games and naturally became the focus of the Wizards' defense.

Kobe only has a single defense!

The basketball flew sideways and came into Kobe's hands.

Jamison once again saw Kobe jumping high, feeling hopeless in his heart, and jumped with all his might.

The basketball is undisturbed and spins into the hoop!
104-103!

15.8 seconds!
The Wizards called a timeout!

Kobe clenched his fists in celebration, high-fived Goofy, and came to the sidelines to listen to Phil Jackson's defensive tactics.

"High, there is a [-]% probability that the Wizards will give the ball to Gilbert. If you lie in ambush at this position, there is a high chance of stealing it." Phil Jackson was talking about the position between the arc top three-point line and the right free throw line .

Eddie Jordan's arrangement seemed to be seen through by Phil Jackson. Goofy successfully intercepted the ball passed by Jamison to Arenas, and then drove to the frontcourt at full speed.The time ran out before Gao Fei dunked in, and the buzzer dunk he envisioned turned into a meaningless performance.

Arenas squatted on the court, feeling extremely lost.They were only one step away from victory, and finally fell short, losing to the Lakers with a score of 103-104, witnessing the Lakers' five-game winning streak.

科比贡献35分5篮板5助攻；高飞26分7篮板9助攻。

Arenas 55 points and 5 rebounds; Jamison 19 points; Caron Butler 14 points.

There were bursts of cheers in the visiting team's locker room, occasionally mixed with shouts of "five consecutive victories".

Kobe wrapped ice packs around his knees and applied ice to his knees to relieve fatigue after the game.

Gao Fei didn't celebrate the five-game winning streak with his teammates. He found out the schedule and found that the third opponent of the Eastern Conference's three-game winning streak was the Philadelphia 76ers led by Allen Iverson.

(End of this chapter)