NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Zhang Jinshui was even a little worried, under Kobe's high-pressure defense, whether his three-point shooting with explosive abilities could continue the previous arrows.

After all, the system has never said that there is a [-]% hit rate for three-point bursts. In the face of absolute defensive strength, the hit rate will definitely be limited.

However, the gamble-style defense just now was tantamount to giving the Lakers two points in vain. It was just to pave the way for this offense. Even if Zhang Jinshui drove the duck to the rack, he had to shoot this three-pointer.

However, after all, he suffered a lot from Kobe's defense in the first quarter. Zhang Jinshui knew that impatience was useless. He had to play steadily and bring the ball to the frontcourt step by step.

Despite the physical exertion of going up and down the court for more than half the court, Kobe's perimeter defense remained as tough as ever.

Although Zhang Jinshui, who has temporarily selected the ball-handling skill tree, will not be directly intercepted by Kobe, every step forward has to be described as difficult.

When Zhang Jinshui finally entered two steps outside the Lakers' three-point line through a series of flashes, maneuvers, left and right changes, the offensive time has been consumed a lot.

17, 16, 15...

When the time on the timing card indicates that the Rockets' attack time will soon consume 10 seconds, it actually means that the special effect time of Zhang Jinshui's [Ability Value Burst] is about to run out.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui had to shoot the ball if he wanted to take advantage of the special effects of [Explosive Abilities].

However, facing Kobe's tight defense, Zhang Jinshui really didn't think that throwing a super long three-pointer here would really have a good result.

And that kind of shot that is too reluctant, if it can't get in, will not only hurt the morale of the team, but also hurt the feelings of teammates.

In the end, Zhang Jinshui gritted his teeth, and reluctantly gave up the option of grabbing the tail of [exploding ability value] and rashly shooting three-pointers.

Of course, although the original plan was thwarted, Zhang Jinshui couldn't let the two points just now be lost in vain. He had to successfully perform [Backstep Magic Shot] at least once, and Xiang Lian scored 9 points to trigger [Fiery State] Make an impact.

Therefore, Zhang Jinshui still controls the ball, moving sideways to find a good opportunity to launch an attack.

With such a course of action, not to mention the players of the two teams on the field, even the Lakers fans in the stands can intuitively feel Zhang Jinshui's stickiness and desire to attack.

They began to shout "defense" in unison, trying to cause new troubles to Zhang Jinshui with deafening voices.

"Zhang Jinshui." McGrady on the weak side felt the pressure on Zhang Jinshui, waved his hand and shouted to him, asking Zhang Jinshui if he should give the ball to himself to share the offensive pressure on him.

After receiving Zhang Jinshui's firm gaze of "I'll take this ball", McGrady immediately ran over, stood in front of Kobe, and helped Zhang Jinshui make a pick-and-roll very intimately.

Zhang Jinshui was secretly grateful. If they were the leaders of any other NBA team, they would definitely stand up for the focus ball in this kind of focus game. How could they give up such an opportunity to the younger brother.

Only Yao Ming and McGrady are exceptions. In my impression, as long as Zhang Jinshui requests an offensive opportunity, Yao Ming and McGrady will try their best to cooperate with him.

To a certain extent, Zhang Jinshui was able to achieve such a reputation in less than two months after entering the league. On the one hand, it is certainly because of his own strength. On the other hand, it is also due to the trust and trust of Yao Ming and McGrady. patience.

However, Kobe's defense was even more difficult than Zhang Jinshui imagined.

When McGrady's pick-and-roll came, Kobe suddenly shrank and came out from behind McGrady, let his teammates pass, and blocked Zhang Jinshui again after Zhang Jinshui moved laterally.

10, 9, 8,

......

Before he knew it, the time left for Zhang Jinshui to attack became less and less.

Zhang Jinshui bit his teeth, and made up his mind not to make other dodge attempts. Now, hurry up, face Kobe's defense, and use [step back three-pointer] to complete this three-pointer attempt.

In short, the same sentence, the two points just now cannot be just given for nothing, even if the current offensive options have been somewhat deformed, Zhang Jinshui still has to shoot a three-pointer.

At this moment, Zhang Jinshui inadvertently looked up at the Lakers' basket, only to find that at some point, there was a purple light flashing on the Lakers' basket.

Zhang Jinshui's heart suddenly burst into excitement. Unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, the purple badge [Fulin Xinzhi] was randomly triggered.

The special effects of [Fu Lin Xin Zhi] are different from the three-point ability value that is fully filled by [Ability Value Explosion], that is, a [-]% hit rate that is guaranteed.

To put it a little bit exaggerated, even if Zhang Jinshui throws the basketball directly over the arena, with the blessing of the special effects of "Fu Lin Xin Zhi", the air conditioner in the Staples Arena can also rush the basketball into the Lakers' basket.

Now, Zhang Jinshui finally stopped being so anxious. He even had a sense of leisure and elegance. He raised his head and looked at Kobe in front of him with a smile and said, "Kobe, I don't think you can defend me with this ball."

Kobe grinned, eyes full of disdain, and said, "Since I entered the NBA, no one has ever said anything like that to me except Michael Jordan."

Zhang Jinshui laughed and said, "Really?"

After the words fell, Zhang Jinshui's face straightened, and he jumped up with the ball in both hands. In front of Kobe's quick-response jump defense, he shot the basketball quickly at a very high angle and was not afraid of being blocked.

The shouts of "defense" echoing in the Staples Center stopped abruptly, and the stands suddenly became extremely quiet.

Frankly speaking, in the past few years, Lakers fans have almost never seen someone shoot a three-pointer on Kobe's head in such a simple and crude way like a madman on the Staples court.

But the strange thing is that when someone actually does this today, their first feeling is not a sense of absurdity, but a kind of inexplicable anxiety, as if they are deeply afraid that something more absurd will happen soon.

And when they stared at the basketball closely, they found that when the basketball was still flying in the air, the Hua country boy who threw the ball fell to the ground, turned his back, and didn't even look at the basketball. They raised their arms like a mentally handicapped person, as if they were celebrating a three-pointer in advance, inexplicably, their heartstrings became tighter.

In the end, under the nervous gaze of all the Lakers fans, the basketball drew a high and far arc in the air, and finally hit the net with a "swish".

In the stands of the Staples Arena, there was a sudden silence.

On the sidelines of the stadium, the cheers from the Rockets' bench and the "good shot" from the critics such as Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary were like sparks, and at least spread to more than half of the stands.

They also believe that at this moment, if the cheers of the Rockets fans in Houston and Huaguo who are standing in front of the TV station gather together, they will definitely be even louder than the cheers at the Sputnius Stadium. A hundred times.

73 is better than 65!

Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets gain an already considerable 8-point lead.

At the same time, Zhang Jinshui finally heard the metallic system voice that he had been thinking about: "I am in a hot state during the game, and I have scored nine points in a row. The talent badge [hot state] has been activated. May I ask if it is now Trigger badge?"

"Trigger!" Zhang Jinshui shouted with his mind.

With a flash of thought, Zhang Jinshui immediately felt the obvious changes in his physical and mental state. He walked to Sean Battier's side and whispered a few words, and then looked at Van Gundy.

Van Gundy immediately understood Zhang Jinshui's intention and nodded without hesitation.

Then, Zhang Jinshui walked up to Kobe and said with a smile, "Next, please give me your advice."

At this time, Kobe looked at Zhang Jinshui with complicated eyes, even a little more appreciative, but when Zhang Jinshui said that he wanted to defend him, his face was filled with disdain: "You want to mark me?"

After all, don't mention personal offensive and defensive abilities. Zhang Jinshui is far behind Kobe in terms of physical fitness such as height and weight, and it cannot be said at the same time.

However, Zhang Jinshui dared to take the initiative to defend Kobe, of course it was not just simple bravery.

He firmly believes that after his perimeter defense, movement speed, strength and other ability values ​​have been increased by 10 ability values ​​by [Fiery State], they can still limit Kobe to some extent.

After all, Payton, the glove that claimed to be able to defend against Jordan alone, is actually far behind Jordan in terms of physical fitness.

Of course, single defense and high defensive success rate are two different things. Zhang Jinshui has no confidence to completely seal Kobe.

However, as long as Zhang Jinshui can catch the baton from Sean Battier and continue to consume Kobe's physical strength in the next few rounds, he will be able to help the Rockets a lot in the overall situation.

In his expectation, when he had such a provocative defensive invitation, the rebellious Kobe would definitely not rest in the next few rounds, and he should single him in every round to give out response.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, Kobe went to the frontcourt, and immediately reached out at a 45-degree angle to the right to ask for a basketball from Parker, and directly faced Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui didn't dare to be careless. He was well aware of his physical weakness, so he took half a step forward, and then kept moving his feet back and forth to seal Kobe's breakthrough space.

To Zhang Jinshui's surprise, under the blessing of the special effects of [Status Hot], [Shadow Follows] is really a bit powerful, even if Kobe changed hands and directions twice, he didn't find a good breakthrough space.

But Kobe was Kobe after all. Seeing that there was no chance of a breakthrough, he turned around directly, dribbled the ball with his back against Zhang Jinshui, and squeezed into the three-second zone bit by bit, before Sean Battier's help defense arrived. , turned over and jumped up, and hit a jumper that took a lot of effort.

In the stands of Staples, there was a burst of cheers immediately, but they didn't dare to get too hysterical.

Anyone can see that Kobe squeezed into the shooting comfort zone with Zhang Jinshui's back. It was not a victory in offensive skills, but more of taking advantage of his physical fitness and forced Zhang Jinshui to take one.

Moreover, if Sean Battier's help defense had arrived 2 seconds earlier, Kobe might have had to distribute the ball to other teammates, which meant Kobe's singles failure this time.

From this ball, it can be seen that Zhang Jinshui's defense really has the power to fight against Kobe.

After the offensive and defensive transition, it was Kobe's turn to release Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui's ball-handling advance immediately shocked the Lakers fans on the scene.

Under the blessing of the special effects of [Fiery State], Zhang Jinshui's ball control is dazzling like a butterfly piercing through flowers. He also suddenly became more comfortable in the face of Kobe's high-pressure defense.

In the end, Zhang Jinshui not only successfully advanced to the frontcourt, but also broke through to the inside of the Lakers with a lightning-like first step without calling a pick-and-roll.

Although Kobe's defense still interfered with Zhang Jinshui's breakthrough route very well, he could no longer prevent Zhang Jinshui from throwing his body on Odom's body, causing the opponent's defensive foul and successfully getting 2 free throws , and widened the point difference on the field to 8 points.

And the offense and defense of this round is a microcosm of the next two minutes.

The reporters in the media area and the ball critics and experts in the commentary were surprised to find that this battle of focus, which had attracted a lot of attention because of the narrow encounter between Kobe and Tracy McGrady, suddenly changed its style and became a battle between Kobe and Zhang Jinshui. The battle between offense and defense.

On the one hand, because of the fight with Tracy McGrady before, as well as the all-inclusive offensive and defensive ends, Kobe did consume too much physical strength, and his physical condition declined.

On the other hand, under the blessing of the special effect of [Status Hot], Zhang Jinshui's various ability values ​​have been increased by 10 points, and the overall ability value has increased to more than 90, which is equivalent to briefly possessing the strength of a superstar .

The superposition of the two factors made Zhang Jinshui not at all disadvantaged in the matchup with Kobe.

In three consecutive rounds of competition, Kobe made a mid-range shot and made a breakthrough, plus a point after the breakthrough, helping the Lakers score 3 points, while Zhang Jinshui made a three-pointer and two free throws plus assists Birdman Anderson's alley-oop helped the Rockets get 6 points.

At this moment, not to mention the Lakers fans in the stands, even Barkley and Kenny Smith, who have always known Zhang Jinshui in the SB commentary, were shocked by Zhang Jinshui's performance on the field.

"Please, Zhang Jinshui played too exaggeratedly today, right?! Standing opposite him is Black Mamba Kobe. I really didn't expect that he could fight Kobe back and forth." Barkley said loudly. The face said in amazement.