I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 130 Shot the Winning Goal

After a short 15-minute break, the second half of the game began, and the main players of both sides returned to the field to continue the game.

Although the Lakers fell behind by 9 points, the enthusiasm of the fans in the Staples Center is still high, and they believe that the Lakers can reverse and win the game.

At the beginning of the game, Li Xuan saw that Kobe was defending him, and quickly thought that he might be targeted by the Lakers.

"Boy, don't you feel very honored? After all, the players who make me defend seriously are the top scorers in the league." Kobe said stinky.

"Boss, I am really honored. I am a bit flattered that a role player like me is treated like this!" Li Xuan responded with an excited tone.

"You have to be prepared mentally. My defense is no weaker than Kevin's. You won't have an open shot!" After Kobe finished speaking, he immediately assumed a defensive posture and stared at Li Xuan.

Am I being targeted by the black mamba?
Li Xuan glanced at Kobe, and then tried to move without the ball, but found that he couldn't get rid of Kobe's pursuit.

"Boss, can you stop sticking to me like a piece of brown sugar? Don't you double-team Dirk? He is the core of our team."

Li Xuan complained, he finally realized how it feels to defend others.

Kobe ignored Li Xuan's words and devoted himself to defense.

On the other side, seeing that Li Xuan failed to run out of opportunities, Nash passed the ball to Nowitzki for a single.

After the "driver" received the ball, he began to play Malone with his back. After testing the opponent's defensive center of gravity, he immediately turned over and shot a jumper.

Malone's reaction was half a beat slow and failed to interfere with the shot.

"Shh!"

The basketball is hollow into the net and hits steadily!
45: 56!

The Lakers responded quickly. O'Neal recovered some strength after the intermission, squeezed Bradley away forcefully, turned around and came to the basket, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

47: 56!

Seeing this, Li Xuan shook his head helplessly, and didn't give him a chance to help defend, so couldn't Brother Bu be tougher?

In the next few rounds, Li Xuan was completely blocked by Kobe and failed to get a chance to shoot.

The Mavericks' offensive burden fell entirely on Nowitzki's shoulders. At the beginning, the shooting rate was not bad, but after Malone used the big iron elbow, the shooting rate dropped suddenly.

Nowitzki appealed to the referee several times, and the referee readily agreed to pay attention to Malone's small movements, but Malone's elbow was used very covertly and skillfully, so that the referee could not catch him.

The Mavericks' offense is in trouble, and the Lakers' offense is also unable to open.

Kobe was entangled tightly by Li Xuan, and the two of them staged a scene of love and killing each other, and their scoring was hindered to a certain extent, but the situation was much better than that of Li Xuan, after all, he could attack with the ball.

And O'Neal was either double-teamed, or the Mavericks adopted the "shark-cutting tactic", which made him unable to find an offensive rhythm. Except for dunks, his other offensive methods made less than [-]% of his field goals.

In this way, the two sides fought back and forth, and a feast of blacksmithing was staged at the Staples Center Arena.

At the end of the third quarter, the score on the big screen was 68 to 74. The Mavericks led by 6 points and entered the fourth quarter.

The intermission is over and the fourth quarter begins.

When Kobe ran to the right three-point line, he found that Li Xuan in front of him remained calm, and his confrontational intensity did not decline at all.

"This kid is really hard to deal with!" Kobe cursed secretly, and decided to use a unique move.

Kobe quickly ran to the middle distance on the right and leaned against Li Xuan to ask for the ball, as if he wanted to play Li Xuan with his back.

At this time, Kobe hadn't achieved great success in post-up singles, but it wasn't impossible to play at all.

Li Xuan fought hard to resist Kobe, not letting him catch the ball easily.

But at this moment, Kobe suddenly pushed Li Xuan, and then ran away at the fastest speed.

"Go! The boss can do this trick!" Li Xuan immediately rushed to defend after being pushed away.

Kobe relied on his "trick" to get a shooting opportunity, received a pass from Payton, and immediately jumped up and shot.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

70: 74!

"Boss, you're not kind, you even stole Gang Leader Qiao's tricks." Li Xuan complained as he passed by Kobe.

Kobe didn't respond, and quickly returned to defense, a little arrogant.

In the next round, Li Xuan came to the middle distance on the right side, pushed Kobe away in the same way, ran out of space to receive a wonderful pass from Nash, hit a mid-range jumper, and scored his first score in the second half.

"Boss, not only you can use this trick, but I can also use it." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he quickly returned to defense without waiting for Kobe to respond.

Kobe looked at the back of Li Xuan leaving, and complained: "Interesting little guy."

In the next game, the two teams competed according to the head coach's offensive and defensive tactics. Both sides scored points, and the point difference was kept within 5 points.

In this way, with the last 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score on the big screen was 86:90, and the Mavericks only led the Lakers by 4 points.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for fulfilling the activation condition of the skill [Fatal Strike], and the skill is now activated."

At this time, Li Xuan's mind sounded the prompt voice of the system, his spirit was shaken, and my hangup finally came.

Back to the game, the Lakers have the ball.

Payton dribbled the ball across the half court and came outside the three-point line to organize an offense. He observed that Kobe and O'Neal were both heavily defended by the Mavericks, unable to pass the ball, and could only attack by themselves.

After cooperating with Malone's pick-and-roll, he broke through to the free throw line, swayed Nowitzki with a small hit, and rushed to the basket quickly.

Upon seeing this, Bradley immediately stepped forward to defend, leaving a gap under the basket.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Payton threw the ball to the basket.

"Big Shark" O'Neill plucked the green onion in the dry land, caught the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked it into the basket hard.

88: 90!

There was instant thunderous applause in the auditorium, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.

Looking back, the Mavericks gave Nowitzki the opportunity to execute the attack.

The "driver" held the ball in a high position on the right, made a few fake moves to shake Malone's center of gravity, and then suddenly started to break through to the basket.

Malone took heavy steps, failed to stop Nowitzki's footsteps, and sighed helplessly.

Nowitzki didn't rush into the basket, came near the middle distance, made an emergency stop, took off and made a hit.

88: 92!

In the next round, Kobe used Malone's screen to cut to the basket, received the pass, rushed to the basket, faced the pincer defense of Li Xuan and Bradley, and passed the ball to the basket from the gap.

In the face of victory, Kobe was able to write off the previous grievances, which shows that he is extremely persistent in victory.

Under the basket, after receiving the pass, O'Neal stood up and dunked the ball in with both hands.

90: 92!

In the next round, Nowitzki singled Malone again, used a back turn to pass Malone, dribbled a bit, and shot a mid-range jumper.

At this time, Kobe came to help defend and rushed to interfere.

Nowitzki's shooting was still affected a little, the basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed.

Under the basket, O'Neal stuck Bradley, trying to grab this key rebound.

Unexpectedly, a black shadow flashed past him, and the basketball in the air disappeared.

Li Xuan, who was unguarded in the high position on the right, saw Nowitzki take a shot, and immediately rushed to the basket, took off vigorously, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and dunked the ball into the basket.

90: 94!

With the last 40 seconds left in the game, Lakers coach Phil Jackson requested a final timeout to arrange offensive tactics.

Not long after, the timeout ended and players from both sides returned to the field to continue the game.

The Lakers sent the sideline ball, Payton received the pass, dribbled to the top of the arc to organize the offense.

Malone ran out to screen for Kobe Bryant, but this time it failed. Li Xuan bypassed the screen ahead of time and stuck to Kobe's side.

Seeing this, Payton could only break through with the ball by himself, leaning on Nash and rushing towards the basket.

Nash is not a vegetarian either. Seeing that he was about to lose his position, he quickly reached out and poked at the basketball in Payton's hand, causing Payton to lose control of the ball.

Finley grabbed the basketball and sprinted toward the frontcourt.

The Lakers will return to defense immediately. If the goal is scored by the Mavericks, there will be no suspense in the game.

Finley, who ran to the frontcourt, was chased and intercepted by the retreating Lakers players, and immediately passed the ball to Li Xuan, who then inserted it.

Li Xuan, who was still two or three steps away from the three-point line, received the basketball, and Kobe immediately caught up and put up the defense.

Li Xuan ignored Kobe's existence, pulled it up without hesitation, and activated the active effect of [Fatal Strike] at the moment of the shot.

Kobe didn't expect this kid to be so decisive, he even pulled himself face to face, missed the opportunity to block the shot, and could only interfere with his straight arm. He believed that this difficult three-pointer would definitely not hit.

So, he yelled at his teammates: "Protect the rebounds in the backcourt!"

The basketball draws a perfect arc in the air.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

90: 97!

Kobe couldn't believe his eyes, this kid really has a big heart, and he managed to grasp one of the few shots in the second half!
The Lakers have no more timeouts, and immediately send the bottom line to start the offense.

But the Mavericks didn't want to spend any more time with the Lakers, and directly carried out "shark-cutting tactics" against O'Neal.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson scolded Nelson for being shameless. He knew it would be difficult to win this game.

O'Neal stood on the free throw line and scored 1 point with one of two free throws.

The possession of the ball was switched, and the Mavericks served from the baseline and handed the ball to Nash firmly.

The Lakers adopted foul tactics and sent Nash to the free throw line.

Lao Na withstood the pressure and made two free throws and scored 2 points.

The Lakers replaced O'Neal taking advantage of the free throw.

The possession of the ball was changed, the Lakers attacked, Kobe received the bottom line serve, quickly ran to the frontcourt, against Li Xuan's defense, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

With a bang, strike with anger!
The Mavericks protected the rebound, and the players on both sides tacitly stopped playing, waiting for the game time to pass.

With the piercing beep, the game came to an end.

In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Lakers 99 to 91 and won two consecutive victories.

数据方面，李轩这场比赛上场36分钟，投篮16投10中，其中三分球8投5中，得到25分11篮板3助攻3抢断8盖帽的准三双数据。

诺维斯基投篮19投9中，其中三分球2投1中，罚球5罚4中，砍下23分7篮板3助攻的全面数据。

纳什获得11分12助攻的两双数据，芬利砍下13分2篮板2助攻的数据。

湖人队方面，科比打了42分钟，投篮21投10中，其中三分球6投2中，罚球7罚6中，砍下28分5篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽的全面数据。

奥尼尔打了36分钟，投篮17投9中，罚球10罚4中，拿下22分14篮板2盖帽的两双数据。

Payton scored 8 points and 6 assists, and Malone scored 6 points and 5 rebounds.

Not long after the game ended, the best player of the game was displayed on the big screen at the scene, without any suspense, Li Xuan won this honor.

After the game, Li Xuan, who had a brilliant performance just after his comeback, naturally became the target of reporters rushing to interview.

"Li, congratulations on your outstanding performance just after you came back. Can you talk about how you felt when you blocked O'Neal consecutively?" ESPN reporter asked.

Li Xuan did not expect that the first question would be to whip O'Neill. It is conceivable that if O'Neill saw tomorrow's news report, he would definitely be furious.

"I didn't think about anything at the time, I just wanted to defend against that attack. Maybe it was Shaq who underestimated the enemy, which allowed me to complete this great achievement." Li Xuan replied "sincerely".

"In tonight's game, you blocked 8 shots and scored double figures in rebounds. Such statistics seem to be the performance of an insider. Is it an arrangement made by the coach?" a reporter from TNT TV station asked.

"Actually, I'm a shooting guard, not an insider. This can be seen from my scoring, and the coach didn't make any arrangements. It's a coincidence that I hit such a statistic." Li Xuan responded with a sincere expression.

Afterwards, Li Xuan returned to a few unimportant questions, squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the player tunnel.

Back in the locker room, Li Xuan greeted his teammates one after another, then opened his personal locker and organized his belongings.

Not long after, the old Nelson pushed the door in. According to the usual practice, he encouraged the players who performed well, followed by a brief post-match summary, and then sent the players to wash and shower.

After all the Mavericks players finished showering, Nelson left the locker room with a group of people.

Escorted by security personnel, all members of the Mavericks got on the bus parked in front of the arena gate and went to the hotel where they stayed.

After arriving at the hotel, Old Nelson gave some instructions, and then left with the coaching team.

After old Nelson and others left, some players hooked up and left the hotel to enjoy the nightlife in Los Angeles.

"Li, do you want to go outside and play for a while, so that you can see the world of adults." Finley asked.

"Michael, thank you for your kindness. I won't play when I'm a little tired. I hope you have a good time." Li Xuan responded.

"It's so boring. You are really similar to Dirk in a certain way. He doesn't go out to play. I invited him many times before but was rejected. Now I don't call him when I go out to play. If you don't go out, then I will Go." After Finley finished speaking, he called a few like-minded people, left the hotel together, and took a taxi to the nightclub Chisa.

After Li Xuan bid farewell to his teammates, he took his room card and came to his room. After changing his shoes, he went to lie down on the bed, and then opened the system panel to receive the reward.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing goals 1, 3 and 4 in the temporary mission."

"Rewards: Stealing attribute improvement card +1, block attribute improvement card +1, skill rebound sense."

Skill: [Rebound Smell]

Level: LV1
Passive effect: Possess the ability to read the rebounding route, and the rebounding attribute is increased by 5%.

Active effect: There is a chance to predict the landing point of the basketball.

After receiving the task reward, Li Xuan immediately used the items to improve his strength, and spent 10 [skill experience cards] to upgrade the skill [sense of rebound] to LV2.

After the skill is upgraded, the effect has not changed, but there are more skills and experience in rebounding and blocking in my mind.

After finishing everything, Li Xuan opened the personal attributes panel to check.

Host: Li Xuan

Age: 19
Height: 2 meters
Armspan: 2 meters 28
Weight: 102 kg (actual weight 121 kg)
Skills: Death Coil LV2, God-Level Elbow MAX, Cozy Backward Jump Shot LV2, Fatal Blow LV2, Rebound Smell LV2
Technique: God-level running without the ball
Shot Pack: Klay Thompson Shot Pack
Layup Pack: Stephen Curry Layup Pack

Item column: functional drink +86, A-level attribute breakthrough card +1, injury immunity card +3, primary skill experience card +72, lightning step +1.

Technical attributes: ball control D+; passing C+
Offensive attributes: three-pointer S; mid-range shot S; layup B; free throw S-
Defensive attribute: rebound B+; steal C-; block A; help defense A-
Physical attributes: Speed ​​B; Endurance S; Bounce A+; Explosion B+; Strength B
Others: Off-the-ball movement SS+; disease resistance S
Comprehensive evaluation: A- (basketball player with rough skills, excellent offense and defense, and strong physical fitness)
Seeing that various attributes have improved, I feel very happy. It seems that the usual training is still somewhat effective. Although it is slow, it is already very good to be able to improve.

At the same time, he checked that the experience bar behind the ball control attribute has almost reached the critical point, and he can advance to the next stage without relying on the promotion card. After more than ten days of training, he should be able to improve.

After checking personal attributes, Li Xuan turned off the system panel, then found out his pajamas and went to the bathroom to wash up, ready to sleep and rest to end a fulfilling day.

(End of this chapter)