You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 541 When the Mandate of Heaven Comes (1257)

Wesha's interference ball against Garnett brought the Celtics' lead back to 9 points.

Did the Bostonians get the absolute advantage they wanted?

No, they are getting farther and farther away from their goals.

What Wecha brought to Garnett's interference ball was not frustration or depression, but a kind of strength.

This kind of power can be simply called belief, which comes from the Lakers players' "we can!"

Kobe held the ball and took the initiative to play with Paul Pierce.

Wei Xia was treated differently by the referee, and it was difficult to cause a foul, but he could!
The advantage of being No.1 in the league is that you can still enjoy the superstar call in the away game.

Pierce's rough action paid for the foul, and Kobe made two free throws.

67 is better than 74
Instead, it was Rajon Rondo's two-point strike.

The Lakers treat his offense as if they were a useless person, and they don't take it seriously at all. As long as he gets the ball, Wei Xia's defense must retreat to a position two or three meters away.

After being emptied twice and three times, the anger accumulated in Rondo's chest was finally uncontrollable, and he threw a long-range mid-range shot.

If he can make the shot, the Lakers' confidence will definitely be hit hard.

Everyone who supports the Green Army hopes that he will invest-remember what Wei Xia said?At this moment, the most undesirable thing is "Wish".For Rondo, the open mid-range shot that is easy for many people is a wish that is elusive!

When the rebound flew out, Wei Xia locked it immediately.

Rondo's shooting feels extremely stiff, so as long as he doesn't score, he will basically pop out a long rebound.

Wei Xia aimed at the landing point, took off his 11th rebound in a single game, and accelerated forward. His counterattack, his pursuit, and his fiery offensive heart have all been clearly shown on his face: Come and stop me, Boston!
Rondo wanted to stop him, but he was mentally unbalanced, but he made a big mistake and failed to interfere with the dribble.

He gave Wei Xia the opportunity to make an emergency stop and jump shot in the frontcourt.

Two steps ahead of the free throw line, where Rondo missed the ball, Wei Xia stopped suddenly, threw the ball, and shot.

69 is better than 74
Wei Xia's shot allowed the Lakers to chase the point difference to 5 points. Considering that the position where he scored the ball was almost the same as the position where Rondo lost the ball, the atmosphere in the North Shore Garden became weird.

But before it was time to relax, the Celtics quickly recovered 2 points from Pierce.

76 is better than 69
The Lakers' first offensive option finds Bryant, the Celtics double-team, and the ball goes out.

Luke Walton has the ball and tries to release it because he sits on the open spot.

In the middle of a life-and-death battle, his shot failed, the ball bounced off the rim, and Gasol and Hollins pulled out all the stops to get the offensive rebound out of the basket.

Wharton fell to the ground.

"Basketball is still out of control!"

"Countless people fell to the ground!"

"Ball! Ball! Ball!"

The last person to fall for the ball was Wei Xia. He ran and threw it. Even if his body made the most direct contact with the floor, like his body flew towards the basketball like a ski, he would get it.

Sacrifice and dedication, and the all-out effort of his teammates, under all these exciting foundations, Wei Xia grabbed the offensive rebound!

"Kobe!"

The two insiders went all out, and the two players fell to the ground and fought for the ball in exchange for Kobe Bryant.

He stands high on the left side and throws the most ordinary shot.

"Shh!"

71 is better than 76
"You crazy people!" Ray Allen growled.

"Why do you think we should become lunatics?" Wei Xia pressed him on the spot.

Wei Xia, who has not been off the court for a second since the second quarter, fell heavily for the offensive rebound, Wei Xia still has the strength to press Ray Allen without the ball.

Wei Xia brought this head!
It has been a long time since no player in the league has been able to awaken the competitive consciousness of his teammates in a desperate way like him. He is overdrawing himself every night, but he has not been really overdrawn.

Looking back, that's how he survived on the court.

What is the purpose of doing your best in every game?
Just to win?
Yes, but not all.He wanted to get rid of all the shadows, he wanted to quit the game without regrets, and he wanted to tell the audience with a clear conscience when the timer reached the last second: In the 48-minute game just now, you saw an original, unreserved Wish!

How hot that emotion was, Ray Allen was closed by him.

The Celtics' offense was handed over to Garnett.

He has carried out the tradition of shooting-oriented big men who are unreliable in attacking moments.

However, letting the Celtics strike the iron does not mean that everything will be fine for the Lakers' offense.Their opponents are as good at strangling their opponent's offense as they are.

Luke Walton has a chance again. He is not a player who has no long-range threat like Rondo.

The Celtics let him go, as if predicting that the son of a famous general would not have the great potential of his father.

"boom!"

You can't use this shot to conclude that Walton is not great, but he missed it, and he didn't take advantage of the opportunity that was handed to him by the opponent himself.

Rondo grabs a long rebound off Weisha's hand.

The opportunity for a fast break has disappeared, and the Lakers retreated at an extremely fast speed.

Coming to the frontcourt, the Celtics, like their opponents, couldn't find a chance to score. They gave the ball to veteran PJ Brown.

Brown hit the back hard and hit the iron roughly.

Wesha grabbed No. 12 rebounds. They didn't take advantage of the Celtics' offense to chase points when they lost their level. Walton was overwhelmed by the pressure on him.

The ball flew into his hands and he couldn't hold up the system.

Rondo saw his fragile expression, and stealthily intercepted his pass. It was the counterattack brought by the interception, which ended the Celtics' scoring drought.

78 is better than 71
Wei Xia frantically asked for the ball. Rondo stood in front of him, asking for the ball as if he was standing in front of Scala Scalabrine.

After this battle, his teammates have no reason not to believe him.

He was as respected and trusted as Kobe, and when the ball came to him, Rondo didn't even let himself be one of the problems.Wei Xia's way of passing him is the simplest way to hold the ball and force the right side.

With outstanding explosive power, excellent body, and brutal strength, he has all three, smashed Rondo's defense, rushed to the basket like a star, and soared into the air. Facing the insistence of the Wolf King, he grabbed the basketball with courage and dunked it towards the basket that seemed to be making a face at him.

"BANG!"

A horrifying sound appeared in the Celtics' penalty area. People saw the Lakers' No. 6 grabbing the basket with one hand, while their goalkeeper looked like a Goliath who had been knocked down.

The referee's whistle came one step later, Garnett fouled, and Wei Xia's breakthrough dunk was ruled invalid.

Boos from North Shore Gardens came from four directions.

Wei Xia let go, fell to the ground, and said to Garnett who was about to get up: "I promise you, every second in the next, I will continue to rush in to finish you!"

Wish showed this level of aggression against his opponent for the first time. Garnett was furious and gritted his teeth. He had nothing to say after being dunked, but secretly held back his anger and waited for the opportunity to retaliate.

Wei Xia made an extra penalty, and the Lakers and Celtics made substitutions at the same time.

74 is better than 78
With a difference of 4 points, the Lakers replaced Walton with Fisher; the Celtics replaced Brown and Rondo with James Posey and Sam Cassell.

Wharton's self-confidence was shattered, Rondo's offense was blocked, Brown's physical strength, and the reasons for the substitutions of the two sides were different.

By 4 points, with less than 6 minutes left in the game.

Kassel dribbled the ball across the half, and it was not Wei Xia who was facing him in front of him.

Wei Xia's performance is unforgettable. Cassel wants to say that he is not surprised, but maybe no one will believe him.

He played for the toughest teams in history, and he knows what makes the impossible possible.Today's Wei Xia is that kind of person.

He couldn't say it, his teammates were determined to win tonight.

But looking at the posture of the Lakers, they can't let the Celtics easily get what they want. They will entangle to the end, just like the feud between the two teams for generations.

The offensive basketball pursued by the league cannot appear in this game.

The warning whistle blown by the referee at the beginning of the game had no effect, and the confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense. Entering the fourth quarter, it took less than half a quarter to decide whether the champion or the series would continue. No one would give up, no one would let go.

Cassell brought his role, posting Fisher, scoring jumpers, and that was the feedback the Celtics wanted from him.

80 is better than 74
5 minutes left
No one could have expected that it would be the easiest attack in the next 5 minutes.

Wei Xia fell down again in order to score. He was full of courage and rushed into the Celtics penalty area with the ball, trying to knock Perkins off the court who was burdened with five fouls.

As a result, the Celtics' confrontation caused him to fall to the ground again, but there was still no whistle.

He couldn't help asking, would the referee really let Perkins leave the field?
Just when Wei Xia was about to get up and chase the Celtics' counterattack, a golden figure jumped up in front of him. He caught the ball that Wei Xia didn't put in the basket, and while Garnett and Perkins were both attracted by Wei Xia, he seized the important position on the rebound, and at the moment the ball rebounded, he used his long arms to dunk the ball into the basket.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

Pau Gasol snarls like Garnett, who knocked him out for five straight games.

76 is better than 80
Garnett seemed to be affected, Weixia's trash talk, Gasol's counterattack, two unexpected factors superimposed, he made a mistake.

The ball was given to the Lakers for nothing, Wei Xia personally presided over the offense, and used tactical positioning to let Kobe single out on the weak side.

Kobe knew that the ball was precious, so he hugged the ball and rushed into it at the first time. He missed it, but caused a foul by his opponent.

At the free throw line, he firmly grasped the two free throws.

78 is better than 80
With less than 4 minutes left in the game, the intensity of the deadly battle between the Lakers and the Celtics is increasing every second.

"Who will win? No one knows!"

"We can only be sure of one thing: If the Celtics can't contain the Lakers Jedi counterattack, then they are not qualified to be a championship, at least not tonight."

Only 2 points away, the once desperate Lakers, facing the once crazy Celtics, just like Game5, used their tenacity to push the game to the origin little by little at the opponent's home court.

"No one can make a correct judgment on this game."

The spectators were surprised to see the Celtics hand the ball to an unstable Garnett again.

Will he break down like Wharton?

With a sharp roar, the wolf king gave up his most confident shot, took the ball to the penalty area, jumped to the highest altitude, and when the referee's whistle sounded, his right hand lifted the ball to the highest point and shot.

"Boom!"

"!!!"

"You can't win!!" Garnett roared, "You can't beat us!"

The angels from Angel City have already dyed their wings black, which is the influence of their opponents.

Only a respectable opponent will make you change yourself from head to toe.

What else do they have to lose?

Gasol's increasingly determined eyes let his opponent know that the success or failure of a goal can no longer shatter his belief.

At that moment, Garnett's penalty trembled.

"boom!"

"Watch out for their counterattack!"

It's too late!

Ryan Hollins saw Wescha's position the moment he took the defensive rebound, throwing a long pass with both hands.

Wei Xia took the ball in the front court, and the road ahead was smooth, and the only threat was Ray Allen behind him.

The latter barely moves his old legs to follow, how far can he chase?
Wei Xia doesn't believe that the opponent can suddenly rejuvenate, even if he catches up with him, if he competes for physical fitness, he will still win!
Wish never imagined that the most ferocious and ugly side would be exposed only at the last moment in the competition of blood and fire.

The humble gentleman Ray Allen attacked from behind, causing Wei Xia to fall.

The opponent's malicious foul made Wei Xia completely unable to throw the ball. He was almost pushed out of the field by the opponent from behind.

"Beep!!!"

The referee blew his whistle two meters away, and the Lakers players rushed over quickly, trying to fight, but the referee stopped them immediately.

The referee whistled Ray Allen for a technical foul, and Wei Xia turned over with difficulty, feeling that his body was no longer his own.

Every inch of his muscles was aching, and his legs were bruised and purple when they collided with the floor of the North Shore Garden. When he got up with the help of his teammates, he felt the pain in his knees.

But soon, the pain disappeared.

He took a lot of steps in a row, and after making sure it was a flawed injury, he went for a free throw.

Hollins' eye circles were bloodshot, reflecting Wei Xia's smile.

His smile spreads around like a dandelion, infecting everyone around him.

"21 years ago, that Lakers team could conquer the Garden in Game [-]—so could we!" Weisha said before the free throw, "We can too!"

Two free throws, Wei Xia missed one of them.

79 is better than 82
Trailing by 3 points and still owning the ball, the Lakers are one step closer to victory.

However, if you can't score the ball rights you desperately exchanged for, it will be meaningless.

The Celtics defended the Lakers to a desperate situation. Kobe made a drift shot and hit the iron, missing the opportunity to close the score to 1 point.

Facing the strong counterattack of the Celtics, the Lakers need to go all out.

They struggled to defend against the Celtics' counterattack. Without Rondo, their deadliest fast break couldn't be pushed.Cassell was a good player who could fly when he was young, but now he can't.

Time will make all stubborn people bow their heads.

The Celtics' offense was under the same pressure, and after nine passes, Ray Allen was the last receiver.

His receiving position is really not a good position, there must be a distance of nine meters from the basket, but only 2 seconds are left for him to deal with.

He gritted his teeth and forced a shot.

The dangerous malicious foul against Wei Xia did not affect his aim at all.

A fatal shot, just go in!
85 is better than 79
"Good! The Celtics have successfully taken the initiative, and they lead by 6 points again!"

With 2 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, Junzilei's three-pointer was like a lightning strike in the air, which almost made the opponent's whole body numb.

The Lakers' response?
——Fischer, Wei Xia, and Kobe moved forward at one point and three lines. When they reached the frontcourt, Lao Yu made a cross pass to Wei Xia.Wei Xia took the ball without hesitation, calculated Kobe's pace and rhythm, and sent the most comfortable ball.

Kobe, who got the ball, didn't want to do anything else but shoot.

He hit a 16 with [-] seconds left on the shot clock.

His shot was so sudden that Pierce didn't expect him to hastily handle key offenses and barely put pressure on the defense.

With 2 minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the game, the killer gene surging in Kobe's blood was activated. He hit a three-pointer that would not allow the opponent to breathe, and the point difference returned to 3 points.

82 is better than 85
Terrible pressure, began to destroy the Celtics.

As long as they miss the shot, Kobe who is in the state will bring disaster.

Playing critical moments with the best player in the world and the best key player in the world, every second is dancing on the tip of the knife.

The Celtics once again entrusted their hopes to Ray Allen.

This time, Wei Xia caught up with "Jesus", just like the group of people who put "Jesus" on the cross for trial, completely interfered with his shot.

"boom!"

Bostonians' hearts began to beat faster.

"Kobe! Be careful Kobe!"

"Don't let Kobe catch the ball!"

"Kobe got the ball!"

"He's playing against Paul Pierce!"

As soon as the voice fell, Kobe's way of dealing with the double-team was to pull up and make a strong shot in place.

How could he be so reckless?If you ask non-Lakers fans, they can only say that is Kobe.But those who supported the Lakers all the way to today know that Kobe at that moment is the epitome of the past few years.

It was he who used unreasonable shots that seemed incredible to other fans time and time again, and brought the Lakers to the top.

Now it's just that the familiar Kobe is back!

84 is better than 85
At 1 minute and 34 seconds, the Lakers caught up to 1 point.

Garnett turned over and hit the iron with two points, bringing the Celtics to the end of the road.

Kobe held the ball on the move, was unlucky, picked the basket, whoosh!
"86 to 85! The Lakers overtook!"

At 1 minute and 8 seconds, the Lakers turned the tables and forced the Celtics to call a timeout.

After the timeout ended, the Lakers almost defended for 24 seconds. Ray Allen made an unreasonable and strong shot like Kobe.

Hollins was blown for a card foul.

He protested with the Zen master, but the referees ignored it. They knew that if they went on like this, they would only be blown T, so they had to stop in time.

With 48 seconds left in the game, the Celtics regained 14 seconds of attack time.

There has never been a shortage of heroic feats in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics, who got another chance to attack, handed the ball to Paul Pierce.

"Truth" singled out Kobe, and everyone else pulled away. He was spraying trash talk, but his movements became more and more steady. He dribbled and shook the ball continuously, looking for the most stable timing, and shot suddenly.

Kobe only interfered, unable to block.

That ball!

"Shh!"

Dive into the rim, let the Celtics climb out of the abyss, and throw the Lakers into hell with a backhand.

The Lakers had 38 seconds of attack time left.

In 38 seconds, with a gap of 1 point, it is impossible for the Lakers not to hand the ball to Kobe who scored 7 points in a row.

Jackson called the timeout to ensure that Bryant had no chance of getting the ball.

When the ball flew into Kobe's hands, the Celtics naturally had a way to force him to make a choice.

Perkins decisively gave up Hollins and offered to double-team.

Bryant sought change with movement, and Garnett's defensive coverage was astonishing. While he covered Garnett, he also prevented Kobe from lobbing.

Kobe, who was marginalized, had no choice but to make a shot. 30 seconds before the end, he stepped back from the right wing.

Pierce's blocking seriously affected his shooting. He almost broke Boston's hearts by hitting key shots in a row, but he missed the shot.

The Celtics scored a backcourt rebound with 29 seconds left, 87 to 86, and the Celtics led by 1 point.

The old-fashioned Cassel deliberately slowed down the pace. Although Wei Xia took the initiative to defend him, he did not choose foul tactics, because even if the Celtics played 24 seconds, the Lakers still had time to play the final attack.

The premise is to get the rebound.

The Lakers are determined to use defense to create vitality. Their rotations, switching defenses, assisting defenses, and filling positions are as fast and powerful as if they just started.

Wei Xia's amazing athletic ability has been brought into full play, and every time he appears, he can have an amazing impact on the Celtics.

no one can get rid of him

The defense he brought up allowed the Celtics to choose a strong shot at the last second.

6 seconds!
The basketball hits the rim!
"Bang" a harsh sound.

The rebounding competition happened suffocatingly at the basket. Ryan Hollins, who was entrusted by the Zen master, fought fiercely with Perkins. He had a favorable position, but his lack of strength made him make a fatal mistake at the moment of take-off-he couldn't catch the ball, his palm touched the ball, and it was difficult to exert force.

With less than 5 seconds left in the game, Hollins undisputedly touched the ball out of bounds, and the ball belonged to the Celtics.

The Lakers called a timeout.

The cheers from North Shore Garden were piercing, and Celtic fans vaguely felt that they were less than 4 seconds away from the championship.

Old fans, led by Jerry Wayne, proudly displayed their classic jerseys.

"The Lakers missed their chance."

"Yes, they can only play fouls now, and then try to make three-pointers."

"Opportunity, time, all on Boston's side."

Phil Jackson immediately replaced Hollins and replaced Magloire, and then arranged one by one: "Kobe, you continue to defend Paul Pierce; Paul, use your long arms to interfere with their serve; Derek, don't lose your man; Wish, I don't care what you do, you must not let Ray Allen catch the ball-no matter who they serve the ball to, they fouled immediately!"

Wei Xia knew that Jackson didn't intend to take the risk of stealing the ball, but wanted them to foul the Celtics, betting on the opponent's free throw feel and his own three-pointer feel.

It is the safest and least error-prone method, and it is also the method that does not have the initiative.

Then, he found that the Celtics made a change.

They replaced Sam Cassell with Game5 and Game6's celestial Eddie House.

What would the Celtics want to do by suddenly switching to another dangerous shooter?
Then they let Cassell serve, Gasol did his best to use his length to distract the aliens from the line of sight, and the Celtics' two big men, Garnett and Perkins, would do useful things as planned to help their killers get their chances.

The order Wei Xia got was to stick to Ray Allen, and he was not allowed to catch the ball no matter what.

And now, what did he see?A Celtics strategy that has been successful many times in the finals is spread out in front of him like a scroll. He knows what the opponent is going to do, he knows how to destroy the opponent's tactics, and he knows who the ball will eventually be sent to, but he was ordered to follow Ray Allen closely.

Once he gave up Ray Allen and violated Jackson's arrangements, he would bear all the consequences alone, success or failure, it was all on him.If he chooses to keep up with Ray Allen instead of his own instincts, then no matter the outcome, he is worthy of everyone but himself.

If Jordan followed Hornacek in 1998 and didn't try to break Malone's ball, if Magic chose to pass the ball instead of using a sky hook to single out the Celtics' big three in the front court in 1987, if the Philadelphia 1977ers stood up for Dawkins in 76, if Wilt Chamberlain was a coward in Game 1972 of the 1963 Finals, if Frank Selway made that key shot in 76, if Havlicek Didn't steal the [-]ers' serve, what would happen if Wei Xia betrayed his instinct today?

what will happen? !
Will he be remembered as a coward?
No, no one would blame him but himself, yes, only himself!

Wei Xia only thought for half a second.

This half second created his destiny, the destiny of the Lakers and the destiny of the Celtics.His split-second decision determined the fate of the 2007-08 NBA season.

He heard fate calling to him, and he saw the goddess of victory waiting for him in her arms.

On the court, such a moment is extremely rare. When it falls on the wrong person, if the person does not seize the opportunity, no matter what virtues the person possesses, prudence, humility, obedience, friendliness, selflessness... will only make the light of victory from the sky disappear in the flames of inaction, and it will be useless.

This moment calls for a genius, who contemptuously pushes timid souls away, and forges immortal monuments of his nobility and valor.

This is a preordained moment, and the god of destiny will lift up the brave and push them to the kingdom of the victors!

"Celtics Serve, Sam Cassell, this seasoned veteran needs a good serve to claim his second championship ring!"

The calm voice ends here.

"Ohhno!"

The fierce roar lasted for a moment, and was replaced by: "Wish suddenly appeared from behind Eddie House, and he stole the ball! Wish stole the ball!!!"

Wei Xia moved the racket forward at an unprecedented speed. Under Phil Jackson's stunned gaze, his teammates were crazy to lose their minds in the celebration. In the last half second, the ball hit the backboard under his hands and bounced into the basket for a buzzer-beating lore!

"It's not over yet!" He turned around and raised his hands, yelling at the Celtic fans who were about to celebrate the team's championship, "It's not over yet!"

His carnival lasted just two seconds, and his teammates rushed over frantically, singing praises for the difficult victory of escaping from death!

This is the power of fate, the god of fate respects the brave.

Great moments often come to them in an instant, but they never hesitate, because they know that once missed, fate will never favor you twice!

(End of this chapter)